STANFORD, Calif. – Pac-12 Player of the Year Kendall Kipp, Setter of the Year Kami Miner, Libero of the Year Elena Oglivie and Coach of the Year Kevin Hambly, The Montag Family Director of Women's Volleyball, highlight Stanford's 2022 All-Pac-12 awards, the conference announced today.
Joining Kipp, Miner and Oglivie on the 18-player all-conference team are outside hitters Caitie Baird and Elia Rubin, while middle blocker McKenna Vicini landed on the honorable mention list. Rubin was also a member of the seven-player All-Freshman Team. Stanford now has 158 all-conference selections all-time, including honorable mention, and 48 all-freshman picks.
Kipp is the 13th Cardinal player to earn the conference's highest honor, capturing Stanford's 17th Player of the Year award overall and first since Kathryn Plummer won back-to-back in 2017 and 2018.
Miner is the third Stanford player to be named Setter of the Year, collecting the seventh award overall as Madi Bugg won it from 2013-15 and Jenna Gray from 2017-19. Oglivie becomes the second Cardinal to be tabbed Libero of the Year, joining Morgan Hentz who won it three times (2017-19).
This marks the second Pac-12 Coach of the Year honor for Hambly, now in his sixth season at the helm of the program, and the ninth overall for the Cardinal. Hambly is 139-32 during his time on The Farm and 317-118 overall.
An opposite from Newport Beach, Kipp leads the team with 4.31 kills per set on .301 hitting. She's registered double-digit kills in 27 of 28 matches this season. She ranks ninth nationally with 5.21 points per set and is third in the Pac-12 with 0.41 aces per set. A two-time Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week, the senior has hit .300 or better in 16 matches and has racked up 20-plus kills on six occasions. At USC on Nov. 9, she had a career-high 24 kills, including the 1,000th of her career.
Miner, who hails from Redondo Beach, leads the Pac-12 and is eighth nationally with 11.25 assists per set. She's guided the Cardinal offense to a .292 hitting percentage – second in the Pac-12 and seventh-best in the country. She paces the team with 10 double-doubles on the year. The sophomore was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and the AVCA National Player of the Week after averaging 13.50 assists per set and leading the Cardinal offense to a combined .458 hitting percentage against UCLA and USC in October. Stanford's .605 team hitting percentage against USC was the second-highest in the NCAA this season, the fifth-highest in Pac-12 history and the highest between Pac-12 opponents in the rally-scoring era (2001-present).
Oglivie, a junior from Honolulu, leads the conference with 4.35 digs per set – a mark that would be ninth-best in a single season in program history. A three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, she has registered double-digit digs in 26 consecutive matches. Oglivie has tallied 20-plus digs on seven occasions and has helped the Cardinal to a Pac-12-best .198 opponent hitting percentage. Against Arizona on Nov. 19, she became the 19th player in program history to register 1,000 career digs and had a career-high 28 digs versus Oregon State (Nov. 23) to help clinch the program's 20th Pac-12 title.
An outside hitter from Indianapolis, Baird earns her third career All-Pac-12 honor. She's second on the team with 3.34 kills and 3.93 points per set. She also averages 2.00 digs per set. The Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 31, she has led the team in kills five times and posted six double-doubles. Baird has produced double-digit kills in 19 matches this season and hit .300 or better 13 times.
Rubin has had a stellar rookie campaign and is one of two freshman on the All-Pac-12 team. She is second on the team with 2.29 digs per set and third with 3.16 kills and 3.74 points per set. A native of Brentwood, California, she has six double-doubles on the year. A five-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, Rubin has led the team in kills four times. She has recorded double-digit kills in 18 matches and hit .300 or better on seven occasions.
Vicini is being recognized for the first time in her career. The redshirt junior is third in the Pac-12 with a .419 attack percentage – the 10th-best in a single season in program history. The Lexington, Kentucky, native is fourth in the Pac-12 with 1.31 blocks per set. She has totaled five-plus blocks in 16 matches and hit .400 or better 16 times. Vicini earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 28, averaging 2.29 blocks per set in wins over Oregon State (Nov. 23) and Cal (Nov. 25).
Stanford earned a No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament, and the No. 4 overall national seed. The Cardinal hosts Pepperdine for its first round match on Friday at 7 p.m. Hawaii and LSU will play in the first match on Friday at 4 p.m. The winners will meet on Saturday at 6 p.m. All matches will be broadcast on ESPN+.