Washington Huskies women's volleyball

Washington Huskies women's volleyball
University University of Washington
Head coach Keegan Cook (3rd season)
Conference Pac-12
Location Seattle, WA
Home arena Hec Edmundson Pavilion (Capacity: 10,000)
Nickname Huskies
Colors Purple and Gold[1]
         
AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion
2005
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal
2004, 2005, 2006, 2013
AIAW/ NCAA Tournament regional final
1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016
AIAW/NCAA Tournament regional semifinal
1979, 1980, 1988, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance
1979, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002-2017
Conference regular season champion
1980, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2016

The Washington Huskies volleyball team is the intercollegiate women's volleyball team of the University of Washington and competes in the Pac-12 Conference. The team plays its home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, which was built in 1929 and renovated in the year 2000. Prior to 1988 the Washington Volleyball program had seen Huskies' victories but it has now emerged as a perennial power in the world of women's volleyball. The program has been able to reach the final four, win the Pac-10/12 championship, and travel the world as a competitive volleyball club. The current head coach is Keegan Cook, who began as head coach in January 2015.[2]

Head coaching

  • 1974–1975: Joyce Johnson
  • 1976–1977: Carol Garringer
  • 1978–1983: Steve Suttich
  • 1984–1987: Lindy Vivas
  • 1988–1991: Debbie Buse
  • 1991–2000: Bill Neville
  • 2001–2014: Jim McLaughlin
  • 2015–present: Keegan Cook

1980's AIAW team finished 28–12 with Lisa Baughn being named the All-American.

1988 was a significant year for the Husky VB Program. This year the team made its first NCAA tournament, elite eight appearance. Behind the leadership of its first ever AVCA 1st Team All-American Laurie Wetzel (Puyallup, WA), the lady Huskies finished tied for 5th having beaten Stanford tho coming up short against the UCLA Bruins.

USA National Team coach Bill Neville (UW: 1991–2000) led the program in its recruiting out of Woodinville, Washington; now, it is UW Associate Head Coach Leslie Tuiasosopo-Gabriel who has continued on as leadership of the Husky program. In these experimental years, Neville's swing hitters' offense was fashioned after the contemporaneous international men's game.

History

UW volleyball vs. Cal in a battle of national AVCA top 10 teams.

When McLaughlin took over the Washington program in 2001, the team was last in the Pac-10 Conference. In his first year at UW, he led the Huskies to an 11–16 record and a 4–14 mark in the Pac-10. The team's 11 wins in 2001 were the most for the program since 1997 (it had been '97 that UW made the NCAA Sweet Sixteen). Just one year later, the Huskies went 20–11 and made the NCAA second round. Since 2003, Washington has not won fewer than 23 matches or lost more than nine in any season.[3]

In 2004, the Huskies won their first-ever Pac-10 title, and McLaughlin earned his first AVCA National Coach of the Year honor. In his fifth year at UW in 2005, he led Washington to its first-ever NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship and a 32–1 (.970) record as Washington swept all six of their matches in the tournament,[4] including top-ranked Nebraska in the final at the Alamodome in San Antonio.[5] McLaughlin was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, and made history as the first coach in NCAA history to win a national championship in both men and women's volleyball, having led the USC men's team to a national title in 1990.[6]

In 2006, he led UW to its third straight national semifinal, but the Dawgs fell to runner-up Stanford.[7][8]

The NCAA Championships were hosted in Seattle at KeyArena at Seattle Center in 2013. The Huskies, led by AVCA National Player of the Year and Honda Award Winner Krista Vansant, won the Pac-12 title and reached the Final Four, but they fell in straight sets in the semifinals to eventual national champion Penn State.[9][10]

There had been 35 All-Americans and 9 Academic All-Americans since McLaughlin’s deeded arrival.

A young Coach Keegan's tenure has begun with the awarding of several All-Americans moreover, significantly, in Lianna Sybeldon (consensus) and Courtney Schwan (uniquely, of the PNW).

Additionally, foremost, also distinctive of the Pacific Northwest (Portland, OR; Seattle-Tacoma, WA; Spokane, WA; Boise, ID), the program has been a national leading attendance draw. Their turnstile numbers consistently rank among top 10 averages. [11]

Season-by-season results

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Washington Huskies (Pac-10/12 Conference) (2001–present)
2001 Washington 11–164–148th
2002 Washington 20–119–9T-5thNCAA Second Round
2003 Washington 23–910–8T-5thNCAA Quarterfinals
2004 Washington 28–316–21stNCAA Semifinals
2005 Washington 32–116–12ndNCAA Champion
2006 Washington 29–515–3T-2ndNCAA Semifinals
2007 Washington 27–415–32ndNCAA Second Round
2008 Washington 27–515–32ndNCAA Quarterfinals
2009 Washington 24–613–5T-2ndNCAA Second Round
2010 Washington 24–910–85thNCAA Quarterfinals
2011 Washington 24–815–7T-4thNCAA Second Round
2012 Washington 25–714–6T-4thNCAA Round of 16
2013 Washington 30–318–21stNCAA Semifinals
2014 Washington 31–318–22ndNCAA Round of 16
2015 Washington 32–318–2T-1stNCAA Quarterfinals
2016 Washington 29–516–41stNCAA Quarterfinals
2017 Washington 25-814-6T-2ndNCAA Second Round
Pac-10/12: 236–85 (.735)
Total:441–106 (.806)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  • Final Pac-10 season was 2010; became Pac-12 in 2011

Notable Players

  • Melinda Beckenhauer 2x All-America (1988–89); 1st noteworthy transfer into the "U-District" from the University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Leslie Gabriel Tuiasosopo family volleyball athlete; professional volleyball player post-BCS; current Udub Associate Head Volleyball coach (2001–present)
  • Sanja Tomasevic 3x All-America (2003–05); 2005 Volleyball Magazine NCAA women's P.O.Y. Current Head Coach at Arizona State University.
  • Christal Morrison program's only 4x All-American (2004–07); current member of the Association of Volleyball Professionals
  • Courtney Thompson @@
  • Stevie Mussie 2006 Seattle Regional MVP; 2007 All-Pac10 1st Team selection. Coast-to-coast juniors' club and NCAA collegiate coach.
  • Jill Collymore 2009 all-star (Pac-10 Scholar Athlete of the Year, USAV Open MVP at Nationals (upwards U.S. A2 National Teams))
  • Tamari Miyashiro 3x All-America (2007–09); current USA National Team libero
  • Bianca Rowland program's only non-Prepvolleyball.com Wa. Senior Ace athlete, out of Seattle's King's High School, to become All-American in 2011
  • Krista Vansant 3x All-American (2012–14); 1st Husky named AVCA P.O.Y. in 2013 and Academic All-American P.O.Y. in 2014 /to program's twice Honda Award winner following 2005's Courtney Thompson
  • 2015-16 Graduating Class 6-Seniors that left UW with the most wins of any class in school history. The group combined to go 117–16 over four years.
  • Courtney Schwan Two time all-American of the South Puget Sound. All academic honors awardee, in the PAC-12, by her senior year (2017).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "University of Washington Athletics Identity Standards Manual" (PDF). Washington Huskies. January 6, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=208062188
  3. ↑ http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/mclaughlin_jim00.html
  4. ↑ Wood, Terry (December 17, 2006). "Volleyball Notes: Huskies aim to launch a legacy". Seattle Times. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ Wood, Terry (December 18, 2006). "Bump, set, champs! Huskies stun No. 1 Cornhuskers". Seattle Times. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ 2005 season in review
  7. ↑ Hamann, Jack (December 15, 2006). "Volleyball: Stanford sweeps UW". Seattle Times. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ Washington blitzed by Stanford in national semifinal
  9. ↑ Evans, Jayda (December 20, 2013). "Huskies' Krista Vansant is national player of the year". Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ Stone, Larry (December 18, 2013). "With UW in Final Four at KeyArena, we're a city rabid for volleyball". Seattle Times. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/record-book.pdf
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