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WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALLCOUGAR CHALLENGE, Bohler Gym

Thurs., Aug. 31 vs. Incarnate Word 1:45 p.m.; vs. Baylor 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 1 vs. Quinnipiac Noon; vs. Charleston 7:30 p.m.

WSU VOLLEYBALL HOME FOR COUGAR CHALLENGE TOURNAMENTThe Washington State University volleyball team, 2-0 and ranked 28th in the Aug. 28 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll, plays at home for the first time this sea-son, hosting the five-team Cougar Challenge tournament Thursday-Saturday in Bohler Gym...Cougs take on Incarnate Word (0-0) Aug. 31 at 1:45 p.m. and then Baylor (2-1) at 8 p.m...Sept. 1 WSU plays Quinnipiac (0-3 pending 8/29 vs. Bryant) at Noon, and College of Charleston (2-1 pending 8/29 vs. Charleston South) at 7:30 p.m...complete tournament schedule below...all WSU Cougar Challenge matches will be webcast at wsucougars.com.

2017 COUGAR CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT, BOHLER GYMThursday, Aug. 31 9 a.m. Quinnipiac vs. Incarnate Word 11:45 p.m. WSU vs. Incarnate Word 5:30 p.m. College of Charleston vs. Quinnipiac 8 p.m. WSU vs. BaylorFriday, Sept. 1 Noon WSU vs. Quinnipiac 2:30 p.m. Incarnate Word vs. College of Charleston 5 p.m. Baylor vs. Quinnipiac 7:30 p.m. WSU vs. College of CharlestonSaturday, Sept. 2 10 a.m. College of Charleston vs. Baylor

Tickets are $10 adult reserved, $7 adult general admission, youth (ages 2-18), senior and student/student guest general admission is $5

HOME MATCH WEBCASTSHome matches for the WSU volleyball team in 2017 that are not broadcast by Pac-12 Networks will be webcast for free on the official site www.wsucougars.com...to find the link, go to the Volleyball Schedule page, and click on Live Video to view home matches.

WSU COACHING STAFFJen Stinson Greeny is in her seventh season as WSU’s head coach (93-104 at WSU, 7 years; 205-128 in career, 11 years)...2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year...Greeny bio on page 5...staff includes associate head coach Burdette Greeny (seventh year) and assistant coach Shannon Hunt (fifth year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...technical operations Grant Schoenlein (first year), volunteer coach James Dorr (second year) and student coach Kyra Holt...Kaysie Shebenick is coordinator of operations (first year).

COUGARS ON THE NATIONAL STAGEIn the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Aug. 28 Poll the Cougars are 28th, up one spot from the preseason poll last week...one of the Cougar Challenge teams, Bay-lor, is ranked No. 29 this week...in other preseason national rankings include: VolleyMob.com - 26th; PrepVolleyball.com - 22nd; Pablo Rankings - 23rd; Rich Kern Poll - 29th; RKPI - 38th; and Massey Ratings - 25th...WSU will play eight teams this season that are ranked or have received votes in the AVCA Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll...complete poll on page 4.

Linda Chalich • Athletic Communications Asst. Dir. (Volleyball Contact) • W-509-335-0268 • C-509-432-3263 • [email protected]

2017 WSU VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE / RESULTS2-0 overall, 0-0 Pac-12

AUGUSTWashington D.C.27 W 3-1 @American University28 W, 3-1 @Howard University

Cougar Challenge, Pullman31 vs. Incarnate Word 1:45 p.m. vs. Baylor 8 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 1 vs. Quinnipiac Noon vs. Col. of Charleston 7:30 p.m.

Fairfield Invitational, Connecticut 8 vs. New Hampshire 9 a.m. PT @Fairfield 4 p.m. PT 9 @Fairfield 4 p.m. PT

Missouri State Wynn Invitational, Springfield, Missouri15 vs. Tennessee State 9 a.m. PT @Missouri State 4 p.m. PT16 vs. UT Chattanooga 9:30 a.m. PT

20 vs. *Washington 7 p.m. TV23 @*Arizona 6 p.m.30 @*USC 1 p.m.

OCTOBER 1 @*UCLA 1 p.m. 6 vs. *Colorado 6 p.m. TV 8 vs. *Utah 11 a.m. TV13 vs. *Oregon 6 p.m. TV15 vs. *Oregon State 1 p.m. TV20 @*California 7 p.m. TV21 @*Stanford 7 p.m.27 vs. *UCLA 8 p.m. TV30 vs. *USC 1 p.m. TV

NOVEMBER 1 @*Colorado 6 p.m. TV 2 @*Utah 6 p.m.10 vs. *California 7 p.m.11 vs. *Stanford TBD TV17 @*Oregon TBD TV19 @*Oregon State TBD TV22 vs. *Arizona State 7 p.m.24 @*Washington 8 p.m. TV

* = Pac-12 Conference Matches TV = Pac-12 Networks

COUGAR QUICK FACTS

Location: Pullman, WashingtonFounded/Enrollment: 1890 / 19,556President: Kirk H. SchulzFaculty Athletic Rep: Nancy SwangerDirector of Athletics: Bill MoosDeputy Director/SWA: Anne McCoyMascot: CougarsColors: Crimson & GrayFacility: Bohler Gym (capacity 2,752)Conference: Pac-12

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Jen Greeny (7th Year) WSU Record: 93-104 (7 yrs) Career Record: 205-128 (11 yrs) Alma Mater: WSU, 1999Associate Head Coach: Burdette Greeny (7th) Alma Mater: WSU 1999Assistant Coach: Shannon Hunt (6th) Alma Mater: WSU 1998Operations Coord: Kaysie Shebeneck (1st) Alma Mater: Texas A&M 2017Technical Coord: Grant Schoenlein (1st)Volunteer Coach: James Dorr (2nd)Student Coach: Kyra HoltSport Assistant: Shelley McLam

TEAM HISTORYFirst Season: 1973All-Time Record: 664-701 (.486)NCAA Appearances: 11 (10-11 record)(1991, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 2000, 01, 02, 09, 16) Best NCAA Finishes: Elite 8 (1996, 2002)

2016 REVIEW2016 Records: 22-12 overall 11-9 Pac-12 (t-5th)NCAA First Round: Def. Marquette 3-1Second Round: Lost @No. 3 Wisconsin 3-0Returning All-Pac-12 Hon. Mention: Taylor Mims, Casey SchoenleinPrepVolleyball.com All-America Hon.

Mention: Taylor Mims

2017 National TeamsUS Collegiate National Team- Europe Taylor Mims, All-Tournament at 13th Annual Global Challenge Tournament ChampionUS Collegiate National Team- Thailand McKenna WoodfordUS Collegiate Natl Team- Minneapolis Casey SchoenleinMexican National Team at FIVB Grand Prix Tournament Jocelyn Urias

WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE Aug. 31, Sept. 1 COUGAR CHALLENGE, Bohler Gym

Washington State University 2017 Volleyball RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Penny Tusa S 5-8 Fr. HS Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) 2 Julia Cubbedge OH 5-8 Jr. 1V Murrieta, Calif. (Chapparral HS/Colorado St.) 3 Nicole Rigoni* S 5-8 Sr. 1V Beaverton, Ore. (Southridge HS/E. Washington) 4 Alexis Dirige* DS/L 5-2 So. 1V San Francisco, Calif. (Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep.) 5 McKenna Woodford * OH 6-4 Jr. 2V Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS) 6 Jocelyn Urias MB 6-3 So.+ 1V Tijuana, Mexico (José Vasconcelos Bilingual) 8 Charity Bradley OH 6-4 Fr. HS St. George, Utah (Emery HS) 10 Taylor Mims * OH 6-3 Jr. 2V Billings, Mont. (Billings Senior HS) 12 Claire Martin * MB/OPP 6-4 Jr. 2V Bremerton, Wash. (Bellarmine Prep) 13 Olivia Coale DS 5-6 Jr. 2V Vancouver, Wash. (Skyview HS) 15 Abby Phillips DS 5-5 Jr. TR Central City, Iowa (Marion HS/Iowa St.) 16 Savanah Smith OH 5-11 Fr. HS Roseville, Calif. (Roseville HS) 18 Ella Lajos MB 6-3 Jr. 2V San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian HS) 19 Ashley Brown S 5-9 So. TR Prosper, Texas (Prosper HS/Oklahoma) 21 Casey Schoenlein * OPP 6-5 Sr. 3V Bellevue, Wash. (Newport HS) 28 Cameron Antoine-Dillon MB 6-0 Fr. HS Calabasas, Calif. (Sierra Canyon HS) * = returning starters + = taken redshirt season

Head Coach: Jen Greeny (Washington State ‘99)Associate Head Coach: Burdette Greeny (Washington State ‘99)Assistant Coach: Shannon Hunt (Washington State ‘98)Operations Coordinator: Kaysie Shebeneck (Texas A&M ‘17)Technical Coordinator: Grant SchoenleinVolunteer Coach: James DorrStudent Coach: Kyra Holt

CATCHIN’ UP WITH CASEYJunior Casey Schoenlein will be sharing the student-athlete point of view on Cougar Volleyball through-out the season with her blog entries called Catchin’ Up with Casey...a Communication major, Casey will share her observations as well as regale the fun times with her teammates...look for Catchin’ Up with Casey on wsucougars.com.


WSU OPPONENTS AT THE COUGAR CHALLENGE

ABOUT THE INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS (0-0)Location: San Antonio, TexasEnrollment: 9,900 Colors: Red, Black & WhiteWebsite: www.uiwcardinals.comHead Coach: Jennifer Montoya (Florida ’02)Record at UIW/Career/Years: 183-226 / 14 Assistant Coaches: Steven Roschitz, Shawn McLaughlin2016 Records: 22-7 Southland Conference: 9-3 / 2nd NorthLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 9 / 3Series Record: First meeting

ABOUT THE BAYLOR BEARS (2-1)Location: Waco, TexasEnrollment: 16,787 Colors: Green & GoldWebsite: www.BaylorBears.comHead Coach: Ryan McGuyre (Biola ’98)Record at Baylor / Years: 41-26 / 3Career Record/Years: 376-159 / 16Assistant Coaches: Sam Erger, Jason Williams2016 Records: 22-12 Big 12: 9-7 / t-4thNCAA Second RoundSeries Record: Tied 1-1 (WSU streak -1)Date W/L Location ScoreNov. 27, 1993 W, 3-1 Reno 17-15, 6-15, 15-7, 16-14Sep. 17, 2016 L, 4-3 @Baylor 23-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 9-15

ABOUT THE QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS (0-3 pending 8/29 @Bryant)Location: Hamden, Conn.Enrollment: 10,000 Colors: Navy Blue & GoldWebsite: www.quinnipiacbobcats.comHead Coach: Kris Czaplinski (New Haven ‘06)Record at QU/Career Record: 33-124 / 6 Assistant Coach: Chad Davis2016 Records: 21-12 Mid-American Athletic Conf: 11-7 (3rd)Series Record: First meeting

ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON COUGARS (2-1 pending 8/29 vs. Charleston South)Location: Charleston, South CarolinaEnrollment: 11,619 Colors: Maroon & WhiteWebsite: www.CofCSports.comHead Coach: Jason Kepner (Penn State ’97)Record at CofC/Career Record: 239-94 / 12Assistant Coaches: Katelyn Harrison, John Lucas2016 Records: 17-12 CAA: 10-6 / 2ndSeries Record: WSU leads 1-0 (WSU streak +1)Date W/L Location ScoreSep. 16, 2016 W, 3-0 Waco 25-12, 26-24, 25-22


AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll

August 28, 2017

Rank School (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts. ‘17 Record Last Week

1 Stanford (53) 1587 3-0 2 2 Minnesota (3) 1461 2-0 4 3 Florida (7) 1447 2-0 12 4 Texas (1) 1332 1-1 1 5 Penn State 1320 3-0 6 6 Wisconsin 1271 2-0 7 7 Creighton 1250 3-0 9 8 Washington 1095 2-1 3 9 Kansas 1070 3-0 8 10 BYU 1054 3-0 10 11 UCLA 988 3-0 13 12 Nebraska 850 0-2 5 13 Kentucky 833 3-0 14 14 Oregon 750 1-1 18 15 Florida State 680 3-0 15 16 North Carolina 602 0-2 11 17 San Diego 494 3-1 22 18 USC 454 3-1 NR 19 Michigan 413 2-1 16 20 Ohio State 383 2-1 21 21 Purdue 335 3-0 25 22 Utah 315 2-1 23 23 Michigan State 207 2-1 17 24 W. Kentucky 137 3-0 NR 25 Iowa State 116 3-0 NR

Others Receiving Votes, listed on two or more ballots: Wichita State 73; Missouri 40; Washington State 31; Baylor 30; Hawai’i 30; Northern Iowa 27; Arizona 18; Cal Poly 14; Colorado State 14; Pittsburgh 12; Marquette 11; Duke 10; Lipscomb 8; Dayton 6.

Other Preseason National RankingsRich Kern Poll Pablo Rankings 1. Stanford 1. Nebraska 2. Penn State 2. Minnesota 3. Minnesota 3. Stanford 4. Florida 4. Wisconsin 5. Wisconsin 5. Penn State 6. Texas 6. Washington 7. Creighton Texas 8. Washington 8. UCLA 9. UCLA 9. Forida10. Kansas 10. BYU29. WSU 23. WSU (Full rankings at www.richkern.com.)

RKPI Rankings: 38th (7th in Pac-12)

PrepVolleyball.com Rankings: Aug. 28 - WSU is 22ndMassey Ratings: Aug. 28 - WSU is 25thVolleyMob.com Rankings: Aug. 28 - WSU is 26thNCAA RPI Rankings (329 teams) TBA

PAC-12 CONFERENCE 2017 STANDINGS as of Aug. 29(Nat. Rankings) Conference Overall StreakArizona State 0-0 3-0 Won 3Colorado 0-0 3-0 Won 3Oregon State 0-0 3-0 Won 3Stanford (1) 0-0 3-0 Won 13UCLA (11) 0-0 3-0 Won 3USC (18) 0-0 3-0 Won 3Washington State 0-0 2-0 Won 2California 0-0 2-1 Won 2Utah (22) 0-0 2-1 Won 1Washington (8) 0-0 2-1 Lost 1Arizona 0-0 1-1 Won 1Oregon (14) 0-0 1-1 Lost 1

2017 PAC-12 COACHES PRESEASON POLLThe Pac-12 coaches predicted Washington State would finish seventh in the 2017 standings...reigning national champions Stanford were voted second behind UW...top eight teams in the preseason poll all competed in the 2016 NCAA Championship tournament including WSU...2017 Pac-12 Preseason Coaches poll with point totals and first place votes in parentheses: 1. Washington (8) 118; 2. Stanford (3) 113; 3. Oregon 93; 4. Utah (1) 88; 5. UCLA 83; 6. USC 1; 7. Washington State 66; 8. Arizona 51; 9. Colorado 38; 10. Oregon State 33; 11. California 23; and 12. Arizona State 15...WSU received its most points and highest preseason poll spot in the six years of the 12-school conference poll.

PAC-12 LEADERS FROM OVERALL MATCHES (through 8/27/17)INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (TOP 10):Rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader)Kills - No WSU player (Mary-Kaate Marshall, OSU 5.50 kps)Hitting Pct. - 2nd. Ella Lajos .529 (Katie Smoot, Arizona .545)Assists - No WSU player (Shelbie Dobmeier, ASU 12.89 aps)Service Aces - t-6th Taylor Mims 0.50 saps (K. Plummer, Stanford 0.67 saps)Digs - t-5th Alexis Dirige 4.00 dps (Halle Harker, ASU 6.78 dps)Blocks - 3rd Jocelyn Urias 1.75 bps (Naghede Abu, Colorado 2.09 bps)Points - ?? Not included in stats from Conference

TEAM STATISTICS: Rank in Overall Matches (Leader)Kills - WSU is 12th at 11.50 kps (Oregon State 15.50 kps)Hitting Percentage - WSU is 10th at .230 (USC .383)Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 4th at .147Assists - WSU is 12th at 10.50 aps (Arizona State 14.67 aps)Service Aces - WSU is 10th at 1.00 saps (Stanford 2.33 saps)Digs - WSU is 12th at 11.50 dps (Arizona State 21.67 dps)Blocks - WSU is 4th at 3.38 bps (Washington 3.90 bps)


Jen Greeny: 2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year Jen Greeny begins her seventh season at the helm of the Washington State University volleyball program in 2017 after the most successful year since 2002. In 2016 the Cougars tallied a 22-12 overall record and an 11-9 record for fifth place in the highly-competitive Pac-12 Conference after a preseason coaches’ poll predicted a ninth-place finish. Seeing her success throughout the season, Greeny’s fellow conference coaches voted her the 2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. WSU also made history in 2016 with consecutive wins over AVCA Top 10 nationally-ranked teams in 10 days: at No. 4 Washington Sept. 21, at No. 9 UCLA Sept. 23 and versus No. 9 Stanford Sept. 30. The Cougars earned at at-large bid to the NCAA Championship tournament for the first time in seven years and won a First Round match for the first time in 14 seasons. Greeny has coached or played

in seven of WSU’s 11 NCAA Championship tournament appearances. The 2016 season’s 22 wins is tied for fifth-most in WSU volleyball program history and under Greeny’s leadership, WSU has produced the best three season win-totals in the last 14 years with 18 wins in 2013, 16 wins in 2015 and 22 wins in 2016. Greeny’s WSU teams have posted a 62-11 nonconference record during her six years as head coach. The Cougars compete in the country’s strongest volleyball conference, the Pac-12, where for the last 17 seasons the conference has had six or more teams advance to the NCAA Championship tournament. In 2016 Kyra Holt was an AVCA/Volleymag.com/PrepVolleyball.com All-America honorable mention, All-Pacific North Region and two-time All-Pac-12 selection. A versatile all-around player, Holt led the team on and off the court. She was the fifth player in WSU history to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career, claimed school records in points (2,051) and attack attempts (5,074), and is in WSU’s career top 10 lists in kills (1,777 - 2nd), kills per set (3.74 - 5th), aces (123 - 5th), and digs (1,172 - 7th). Holt was the espnW National Player of the Week for Sept. 19-25, as well as Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and earned a trio of nonconference all-tournament honors. The Cougars led the country in total blocks in 2016 and was third-best nationally for blocks per set (3.23 bps) led by sophomore middle blockers Taylor Mims and Claire Martin. Mims was third-best nationally in total blocks (191) and eighth-best in blocks per set (1.49 bps) while Martin was 24th-best in total blocks (156) and 16th-best in blocks per set (1.41bps). Mims and WSU junior outside hitter Schoenlein were named to the 2016 All-Pac-12 honorable mention team and Mims was a PrepVlleyball.com All-America honorable mention selection. WSU had the second-most current players in the NCAA to play on National Teams in the summer of 2017: Mims played on the U.S. Collegiate National Team - Europe, McKenna Woodford played for USCNT-Thailand, Schoenlein played for USCNT-Minneapolis, and Jocelyn Urias played on the Mexican National Team at the FIVB Grand Prix. Mims was a leader of the CNT-Europe’s Gold Medal finish at the 13th Annual Global Challenge Tournament (Croatia) and was named to the All-Tournament team. This was the second consecutive year that Cougars were on the CNT-Europe Gold Medal team: in 2016 Woodford and Schoenlein, as well as Coach Greeny, came home with gold from the Global Challenge. Greeny and her staff have tirelessly worked to return the Cougars volleyball program back to the national prominence it received when Greeny was a player and an assistant coach. To that end, the Cougars ranked No. 17 in recruiting class rankings from 2013-15 according to PrepVolleyball.com, which includes two classes ranked among the Top 21: No. 14 in 2013, and No. 21 in 2015, with the 2014 class garnering honorable mention accolades. Among the WSU recruits are seven PrepVolleyball.com Top 100 players and two Gatorade State Players of the Year. Greeny credits her husband and lead recruiter, associate head coach Burdette Greeny, with achieving these fine recruiting classes. Greeny became the 12th coach in the history of the Cougars volleyball program in March 2011. She has compiled a six-year record of 91-104 at WSU and has a 10-year career record of 203-128. As Jennifer Stinson, Greeny played and coached at WSU during the program’s most successful years on the Palouse. Under Greeny’s mentoring, Holt became the fifth All-America player in WSU history following Meagan Ganzer’s 2011 selection which was the first since 1996. Jen and Burdette Greeny have coached nine All-Americans and several players who have had successful professional careers including Holt (Puerto Rico), Ganzer (Puerto Rico, Romania, and Germany), Camryn Irwin (Austria and Sweden), Chelsie Bettinson (Sweden) and Anile Clemente, a three-time All-American at Lewis-Clark State (Denmark). Greeny has also changed the academic culture of the Cougars program with 10 semesters of a team grade point average of 3.0 or better. As the head volleyball coach at Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, Idaho) from 2007-10, Greeny accumulating an impressive 112-24 record (.824) while turning the Warriors’ program into one of the premier NAIA teams, winning four consecutive Frontier Conference regular season titles and four consecutive berths to the NAIA National Tournament. The Warriors finished in the top 13 in the nation each year and ended the 2010 season at 31-3 (.912), the best mark in the history of the program. Greeny was a four-time Frontier Conference Coach of the Year and the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association’s Northwest Region Coach of the Year. Greeny spent four and one-half years on WSU Head Coach Cindy Fredrick’s volleyball coaching staff. At the time of her departure, Greeny had been involved in seven of the 11 seasons Cougar volleyball qualified for postseason action, three as a player, three as an assistant coach and once as head coach. During her playing career, WSU was ranked as high as fifth in the country and made the Elite Eight of the NCAA Championship Tournament. Greeny was instrumental in WSU’s second and only other appearance in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, in 2002, this time as an assistant coach.


Jen GreenyWashington State University Volleyball Head Coach

2011 to 2017

> Cougars had 4 current players on 2017 National Teams, second only to the University of Texas: McKenna Woodford on CNT- Thailand, Taylor Mims on CNT-Europe (winners of Global Challenge), Casey Schoenlein on CNT-Minneapolis squad and Jocelyn Urias on Mexican National Team at the FIVB Grand Prix> 2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year> 22 wins and 11 Pac-12 wins in 2016 are most since 2002 and 22 wins tied for 5th most in WSU history> WSU defeated five ranked teams in 2016, and four of those teams were Pac-12 teams: at No. 4 UW, at No. 9 UCLA, vs. No. 9 Stanford and vs. No. 25 Arizona> WSU is the only DI school to defeat three top 10-ranked schools in consecutive matches> The 5-0 Pac-12 start in 2016 was the best conference start for the Cougars all-time...WSU went 4-0 in 1997 when Head Coach Jen Greeny and Asst. Coach Shannon Wyckoff Hunt were players> BEST three-season win totals in last 14 years of program (22 in 2016, 16 in 2015, 18 in 2013)> In 2016, 27 WSU player records were etched into WSU’s Single Season Top 10, Career Top 10, Team Match Top Five records by six different players> TWO of the five AVCA All-Americans in WSU Volleyball Program> FIRST AVCA Regional Freshman of the Year in 30 years of Pac-12 program history (Kyra Holt 2013)> SIX First Team All-Pac-12 Selections> Kyra Holt is one of only four WSU players all-time to earn multiple conference First Team honors (2015, 2016)…the

others were: LaToya Harris (2000, ‘01, ‘02), Sarah Silvernail (1994, ‘95, ‘96 - Player of the Year), and Keri Killebrew (1991, ‘92)...Holt is one of 10 players in program history earn multiple Pac-12 Conference honors…Jen Greeny has direct ties to all 10: she was the head coach for two of those players (Holt, Meagan Ganzer), assistant coach for four players (LaToya Harris, Adrian Hankoff, Kali Surplus, Chelsie Schafer), teammates with three players (Sarah Silvernail, Stephanie Papke, Keren Oigman), and was coached by Keri Killebrew (asst. coach 1995-97).

> Taylor Mims led the Pac-12 with 30 solo blocks, the highest total in five seasons, and is the second WSU player in three years to lead the conference in this category, following Chelsie Bettinson’s 21 in 2014…this is the 25th time a WSU player has led the Pac-12 in a statistical category for a season and the sixth time a Jen Greeny-coached player led the conference (Meagan Ganzer in 2011: 595 kills, 1,457 attacks, 4.88 kills per set, 656.5 points; Chelsie Bettinson in 2014: solo blocks; Mims in 2016: 30 solo blocks)…of the remaining 19 times a Cougar has led the conference in a stats category, 18 of those were from 1988-1996.

> TWO First Team Pac-12 All-Freshman Selections and FOUR Pac-12 All-Freshman selections> Led team to HIGHEST GPA in 30 years of Pac-12 program history> Cougar Volleyball has 10 consecutive semesters of a team GPA of 3.0 or higher> SIX Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honorees> 11 players have earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honors 25 times> Casey Schoenlein was one of three players in WSU history to earn Pac-12 All-Academic First Team as well

as All-Pac-12 First Team or Honorable Mention honors (Carrie Couturier 1991, and Stephanie Papke 1996)…Schoenlein is also one of only three players in program history to earn back-to-back First Team All-Academic honors (Brittany Johnson 2006-08, and Camryn Irwin 2012-13).

> In 2016, WSU was tied for the most Pac-12 All-Academic First Team members with two (Casey Schoenlein and McKenna Woodford)…additionally, WSU has the most Pac-12 All-Academic First and Second Team members with three (Hailey Bethune)…WSU had the second-most Pac-12 All-Academic selections with six players (Haley MacDonald, Claire Martin, Tani Stephens)…WSU has had at least one Pac-12 All-Academic selection for five consecutive years and six first team selections in the last five years.

> Jen Greeny is the third Pac-10/12 Conference Coach of the Year from WSU (Cindy Fredrick 1995, Andrew Palileo 2009), making WSU have the third-most Pac-12 COY honorees…2016 is only the sixth time a woman has earned the honor in 34 years…in total, 18 different coaches have earned the COY in the Pac-10/12 Conference and Greeny is the sixth-youngest coach to be honored.

> Jen Greeny is one of an elite group of conference Coach of the Year honorees who also were outstanding players for the same schools…as a player, she became the seventh player in WSU history with 1,000 career kills and was a three-time All-Pac-10 selection...she trained with the 1997 U.S. National volleyball team and was the WSU Athlete of the Year in 1998-99…other NCAA DI coaches who were players at the schools where they became the conference coach of the year include Bobbi (Becker) Petersen, University of Northern Iowa (player 1986-89) and the Missouri Valley Conference COY five times, and Colgate’s Vicky Chun, the 1991 Patriot League Volleyball Player of the Year and 1996 Patriot League Volleyball Coach of the Year.

> In Collegiate Coaching Career, Jen Greeny has coached FIVE Professional players, NINE All-Americans, and received FOUR AVCA Regional Coach of the Year Awards

COUGAR VOLLEYBALLALL-TIME

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTSThrough 2017 Season

Individual Match RecordsDigs T2. Alexis Dirige, 2017 36

Digs in Four-set Match 1. Alexis Dirige, 2017 36

WSU Single Season Top 10s:

Digs - 7. Alexis Dirige, 2016 486

Digs per set - 10. Alexis Dirige, 2016 3.83

Block Assists - 3. Taylor Mims, 2016 161 6. Claire Martin, 2016 143

Total Blocks - 3. Taylor Mims, 2016 191 9. Claire Martin, 2016 156

WSU 2016 TEAM Season Marks: Hitting Pct. - 10th .220 Opp. H. Pct. - 4th .168 Block solos - t-8th. 87 Block assists - 1st. 653 Total blocks - 1st. 413.5 Blocks per set - 3rd. 3.23 Points - 2nd. 2167.5 Sets played - 5th. 128 Matches played - 6th. 34


COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ON THE PAC-12 TV NETWORKSThe Pac-12 TV Networks will broadcast 13 WSU volleyball matches in 2017, beginning with WSU’s opening Pac-12 match against cross-state rival Washington Sept. 20 from Pullman...other WSU Pac-12 TV contests that will be broadcast live this year for the Cougars include Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Utah.

TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIOCougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2017 sea-son LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-1150 AM radio…veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the 12th consecutive sea-son...road match audio is also available online at wsucougars.com.

The 2017 Cougar Volleyball Staff L-R: Operations Coordinator Kaysie Shebeneck, Volunteer Coach James Dorr, Assistant Coach Shannon Hunt, Associate Head Coach Burdette Greeny, Head Coach Jen Greeny, and Technical Coordinator Grant Schoenlein.

COUGAR LITTLE SPIKERS PROGRAMThe Cougar Volleyball program will conduct a series of three Little Spik-ers volleyball one-hour clinics for girls and boys ages 5 through 10 years...the clinics run from 10 to 11 a.m. in Bohler Gym on the following Saturdays: Oct. 7, Oct. 14, and Oct. 28...Little Spikers will demonstrate their skills between sets two and three of the Washington State versus USC volleyball match at 1 p.m. Sun., Oct. 29, at Bohler Gym...a fun atmo-sphere is provided for learning the basics of volleyball including pass-ing, setting and hitting using a special lightweight ball...with the $30 reg-istration fee the Little Spikers receive three clinics, a T-shirt, particpant prizes, and a membership card that allows Little Spikers free admis-sion into all WSU Pac-12 home matches...for more information, contact the WSU Volleyball Office ([email protected]) at 509-335-7169

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL2017 STATISTICAL FACTS

Washington State’s record when... Playing at home: 0-0 Playing on the road: 2-0 Playing at a neutral site: 0-0 Longest winning streak: 2 Longest losing streak: 0 Playing 3 sets: 0-0 Playing 4 sets: 2-0 Playing 5 sets: 0-0 WSU wins first set: 2-0 Opponent wins first set: 0-0 Winning first 2 sets: 0-0 Losing first 2 sets: 0-0 Spliting first 2 sets: 0-0 Hitting .250 or better: 1-0 Hitting below .250: 1-0 Out-hit opponents: 2-0 Out-hit by opponents: 0-0 Vs. ranked opponents: 0-0 Vs. unranked opponents: 2-0 In the Pac-12: 0-0 Outside the conference: 2-0 Last 5 matches: 2-0 Last 10 matches: 0-0 Televised matches: 0-0 In August: 2-0 In September: 0-0 In October: 0-0 In November: 0-0 In December: 0-0


THE LAST TIME WASHINGTON STATE...Won a match............................................................... at Howard, 8/28/17Lost a match.................................... at No. 3 Wisconsin (NCAA), 12/2/16Won at home................................................................. vs. USC, 11/23/16Lost at home........................................... vs. No. 7 Washington, 11/26/16Won on the road*....................................................... at Howard, 8/28/17Lost on the road*.......................................... at No. 3 Wisconsin, 12/2/16Won 3-0 .................................................................. at Colorado, 11/20/16Lost 3-0 ......................................................... at No. 3 Wisconsin, 12/2/16Won 3-0 at home.................................................... vs. California, 10/2/16Lost 3-0 at home..................................... vs. No. 7 Washington, 11/26/16Won 3-0 on the road*............................................. at Colorado, 11/20/16Lost 3-0 on the road*................................... at No. 3 Wisconsin, 12/2/16Won in four sets......................................................... at Howard, 8/28/17Lost in four sets................................................ vs. Oregon State, 11/4/16Won in five sets............................................................. vs. USC, 11/23/16Lost in five sets.................................................... at No.16 Utah, 11/17/16Beat a Pac-12 opponent................................................ vs. USC, 11/23/16Lost to a Pac-12 opponent..................... vs. No. 7 Washington, 11/26/16Beat a ranked opponent...............................vs. No. 25 Arizona, 11/13/16Lost to an unranked opponent.........................vs. Oregon State, 11/4/16(* road matches include neutral sites)

2017 WSU VOLLEYBALL PROMOTIONAL CALENDAR

DATE OPPONENT TIME GIVEAWAYS & PROMOTIONSAug. 31 Baylor 8 p.m. - Tank Tops for first 200 ZZU CRU members

Sept. 20 Washington* 6 p.m. - $2 Hot Dog Night #bEATtheDAWGS

Oct. 6 Colorado* 6 p.m. - Faculty/Staff Appreciation (complimentary admission) Jr. Cougs Bring a Friend Night Postmatch autographs

Oct. 8 Utah* 11 a.m. - Breakfast in Bohler - First 300 get French Toast

Oct. 13 Oregon* 6 p.m . - 3rd Annual Dads & Daughters Disney Date Night

Oct. 15 Oregon State* 1 p.m. - Cougar Trading Card Giveaway Postmatch autographs

Oct. 27 UCLA* 8 p.m. - Halloween Spiketacular Costume contest ZZU Capes for WSU Students 100 Trick-or-Treat buckets for kids

Oct. 29 USC* 1 p.m. - Little Spikers Bring a Friend Day Postmatch Ice Cream Social

Nov. 10 California* 7 p.m. - ZZU CRU Wing Night

Nov. 11 Stanford* TBD - 100 Mini Volleyballs GIveaway

Nov. 22 Arizona State* 7 p.m. - Fan Appreciation Night

*Pac-12 Conference Game All times PacificAll times, dates and promotions are subject to change

2017 WSU VOLLEYBALL TEAM CAPTAINS

MEET THE 2017 COUGARS

#28 Cameron Antoine-Dillon (6-0, Fr., MB, Calabasas, Calif.) - Yet to see action in 2017...prep highlights include Sierra Canyon HS two-time Gold Coast League Champions, won 2016 CIF Southern Section D4 Championship...ended season 32-4...led Southern Section with 115 blocks and .417 hitting percentage...named to L.A. Daily News All-Area First Team...played on San Gabriel Elite Volleyball Club...runners-up at Las Vegas, third at Colorado Crossroads, 17th at Junior Olympics 17s, tied for fifth at Junior Olympics 16s...vertical jump of 10-feet 4 inches...invited to play on top U19 team in Austria for World Games through SAWT...father Corey Dillon was record-setting running back at Washington and four-time NFL Pro-Bowl player.

#8 Charity Bradley (6-4, Fr., OH, St. George, Utah) - Yet to see action in 2017...prep highlights include Waterford HS winning 2A Region 14 Champions during freshman and junior years…earned three-time All-State Honorable Men-tion honors…played senior year of volleyball at Desert Hills HS where Thunder finished the 2016 season as the 3A Region 9 Champions with a 22-8 record…broke school record with the most digs in a season with 311…named All-Region 9 Co-MVP…selected to Senior All-State team…also played on Club V Volleyball Club team, ranked best in the state of Utah...father Shawn Bradley played basketball at BYU and 12 years in the NBA.

#19 Ashley Brown (5-9, So., S, Prosper, Texas) - Integral part of WSU’s 6-2 offense...averaging 5.62 assists per set...tal-lied 12 digs @American 8/27/17...Pre-WSU: saw limited action as freshman in 2016 at the University of Oklahoma…Sooners had a 14-15 overall record and were 5-11 in Big 12 action for seventh-place…transferred to WSU in January 2017…spent spring training and conditioning with Cougars...father Robert played professional hockey in Finland.

Brown’s Season Bests:Asssists: 26 @Howard 8/28/17Digs: 12 @American 8/27/17Points: 1.0 @American 8/27/17 & @Howard 8/28/17

#13 Olivia Coale (5-6, Jr., DS, Vancouver, Wash.) - Played two sets @American 8/27/17...had one dig...saw action in nine sets in eight matches in 2016...landed an ace in 3-0 win over Virginia 9/17...in 2015 played in 89 of team’s 114 sets...served 4 aces at Radford 8/28/15...served 4 aces again vs. Ball State 9/11/15...3 digs vs. No. 8 UCLA 10/30/15...season’s 18 aces is fifth-best on team.

Coale’s Season [Career} Bests:Sets played in 2017: 2Aces: 0 [4 - 2x in 2015]Digs: 1 @American 8/27/17 [3 in 2015}Points: 0. [4.0 - 2x in 2015]

#2 Julia Cubbedge (5-8, Jr., OH, Murrieta, Calif.) - In 2016 saw action in 14 sets...1 kill vs. Northeastern and 1 kill vs. Idaho...1 block assist vs. No. 21 Utah...came in off the bench to play four set vs. No. 20 Oregon and had 6 kills, .500 and 1 block...3 kills, 2 blocks vs. ASU…surgery to repair knee in Spring 2017.

The WSU co-captains for the 2017 are (pictured left to right): senior opposite Casey Schoenlein, junior outside hitter Taylor Mims, junior outside hitter McKenna Woodford, and sophmore libero Alexis Dirige...the captain selection is by the WSU vol-leyball coaching staff and current players using the volleyball program’s five pillars of Passion, Humility, Unity, Servanthood and Thankfulness.



#4 Alexis Dirige (5-2, So., DS/L, San Francisco, Calif.) - Had career-high 36 digs in WSU’s 3-1 win @Howard 8/28/17...36 digs ties Kate Sommer (2013) for the second-highest digs total in a match in school history...school record for most digs in a four-set match....averaging 6.50 digs per set average...2016 Highlights: tallied double-digit digs in 26 of 34 matches in 2016...in WSU SIngle Season Records: 486 digs in 2016 (7th), 3.83 digs per set in 2016 (10th).

Dirige’s Season [Career Bests]:Sets played in 2017: 8Kills: 0 [1 - 3x in 2016]Aces: 0 [3 in 2016]

Digs: 36 @Howard 8/28/17

#18 Ella Lajos (6-3, Jr., MB, San Jose, Calif.) - Earned starting role in 2017...second on team with 2.62 kps...second on team with 1.25 blocks per set...career-high 11 kills @Howard 8/28/17, hit .435 and had five blocks...@American tallied 10 kills, hit .529 and had five blocks...saw action in 28 sets in 2016.

Lajos’ Season [Career] Bests:Kills: 11 @Howard 8/28/17H.Pct: .529 @American 8/27/17 [.700 in 2015]Total Blocks: 5.0 @American 8/27/17 & @Howard 8/28/17 [8 in 2015]Points: 13.5 @Howard 8/28/17

#12 Claire Martin (6-4, Jr., MB/OPP, Bremerton, Wash.) - Sharing position of middle blocker/opposite hitter this sea-son...three kills and three blocks at both American and Howard matches...2016 Highlights: Pac-12 All-Academic Hon-orable Mention...named Best Blocker at Baylor Classic...at Baylor had career-high 13 blocks (11 assists/2 solos) which tied school record for blocks in a match...named Pac-12 Defensive Player of Week (Sept. 19-25)...1.41 blocks per set was fourth-best in Pac-12, 16th-best in NCAA...total blocks of 156 was 24th-best in NCAA...in Pac-12 ONLY stats 1.42 bps was third-best in conference...CAREER STATS (WSU rankings): 29 solo blocks (t-24th), 260 block assists (14th), 289 total blocks (15th), 1.34 bps (3rd)...mechanical engineer major.

Martin’s Season [Career] Bests:Kills: 3 @American 8/27/17 & @Howard 8/28/17 [9 in 2016]H.Pct: .091 @American 8/27/17 [.545in 2016]Digs: 1 @Howard 8/28/17 [3 in 2015]Total Blocks: 3 @American 8/27/17 & @Howard 8/28/17 [13 in 2016]

Points: 5.0 @American 8/27/17 [13.0 in 2016]

#10 Taylor Mims (6-3, Jr., OH, Billings, Mont.) - Moved from middle blocker to outside hitter this season...tied for third on team a 2.38 kps...Summer 2017: on CNT-Europe team that won gold at 13th Annual Global Challenge tour-nament in Croatia...named to All-Tournament team...2016 Highlights: PrepVolleyball.com All-America Honorable Mention team...ALL-PAC-12 HONORABLE MENTION TEAM...named to Purdue Mortar Board Premier All-Tournament team...Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26-Oct. 2)...Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 7-13)...School Record Single Season Stats from 2016: 161 block assists is third and 191 total blocks is third...CAREER STATS (WSU rankings): 42 solo blocks (14th), 246 block assists (15th), 288 total blocks (16th), 1.29 bps (6th).

Mims’ Season [Career] Bests:Kills: 10 @Howard 8/28/17 [14 in 2016]H.Pct: .500 @Howard 8/28/17 [.750 in 2016]Aces: 2 @American 8/27/17 [4 in 2016]Digs: 7 @American 8/27/17 & @Howard 8/28/17 [8 in 2016]

Total Blocks: 4 @American 8/27/17 [11 - 2x in 2016] Points: 13.0 @American 8/27/17 [21.0 in 2016]


#15 Abby Phillips (5-5, Jr., DS/L, Central City, Iowa) - Played in 3-1 win @Howard 8/28/17...tallied five digs and one assist...Pre-WSU: Transferred from Iowa State in June 2017...at Iowa State played in 18 matches and 56 sets including seven starts at libero in 2016 season…career-high 21 digs against TCU and against UNI…played five-set UNI match on sprained ankle…came back from injury to recorded 18 digs in sweep of Missouri State, earning Marquette Invi-tational All-Tournament Team honors…also 18 digs against Montana…served a pair of aces at Baylor…Academic All-Big 12 First Team...2015 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team…Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016.

Phillips’ Season Bests:Sets Played in 2017: 4Aces: 0Digs: 5 @Howard 8/28/17Points: 0

#3 Nicole Rigoni (5-8, Sr., S, Beaverton, Ore.) - Second year setting in WSU’s 6-2 scheme...tallied 12 assist and one ace @American 8/27/17...four digs @Howard 8/28/17.....2016 Highlights: had 4.95 assists per set...career-high 31 as-sists in NCAA First Round win over Marquette...1.66 dps average...six double-doubles...transferred to WSU in Janu-ary 2016 from Eastern Washington after two seasons.

Rigoni’s Season [Career] Bests:Assists: 12 @American 8/27/17 [31 in 2016]Aces: 1 @American 8/27/17 [3 in 2016]Digs: 4 @Howard 8/2/17 [13 in 2016]Points: 1.0 @American 8/27/17 [3.0 in 2016]

#21 Casey Schoenlein (6-5, Sr., OPP, Bellevue, Wash.) - Changed from outside hitter to opposite this season...tied for third on team a 2.38 kps...10 kills and four blocks @American 8/27/17...Summer 2017: on CNT-Minneapolis team...2016 Highlights: ALL-PAC-12 HONORABLE MENTION TEAM...Pac-12 All-Academic First Team...along with Cougar teammate McKenna Woodford, among 12 chosen for the U.S. Collegiate National Team - Europe Tour that won the 12th Annual Global Challenge Tournament in Pula, Croatia…WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny was part of coaching staff....2016 stats: 1.77 kps and 2.30 pps are fourth-best on team, and 0.94 bps is third-best...named to 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team....last name pronounced Shane-line...older brother Grant was a practice player at WSU and volunteer coach at Idaho in 2016, now Technical Coodinator for Cougars Volleyball program...CAREER STATS (WSU rankings): 26 solo blocks (t-31st), 165 block assists (31st), 191 total blocks (t-30th).

Schoenlein’s Season [Career] Bests:Kills: 10 @Americn 8/27/17 [15 in 2016]H.Pct: .240 @Howard 8/28/17 [.611 in 2016]Digs: 0 [5 - 2x in 2016]Total Blocks: 4 @Americn 8/27/17 & @Howard 8/28/17 [8 - 2x in 2015]

Points: 12.0 @American 8/27/17 [17.5 in 2016]

#16 Savanah Smith (5-11, Fr., OH, Roseville, Calif.) - Yet to see action in 2017...left-handed hitter...prep highlights in-clude Roseville HS advancing to playoffs three straight years: third round as sophomore, first round as junior and second round as senior…junior season named All-Capital Valley Conference second team…fifth on the school’s top ten Fall athletes list as junior and third as senior...selected to play in the 33rd Annual Optimist All-Star girls volleyball game in December 2016…played on the Synergy Force Club team.


#1 Penny Tusa (5-8, Fr., S, Long Beach, Calif.) - Seeing action as part of WSU’s 6-2 offensive scheme...tallied 10 as-sists adn four digs @Howard 8/28/17...prep highlights include leading Long Beach Poly HS to a league championship in 2015 and runner-up finish in 2016…four-year All-Moore League honoree and league MVP in 2016..named Most Competitive Player of the Year three times…selected 2016 Outstanding Athlete of the Amateur Union and to the 2016 Dream Team…LB Poly team was one of top 16 to advance to 2016 CIF State playoffs…selected to All-CIF Southern Section D1 team…played on Mizuno Long Beach 16 Rockstar Club Team…named to the Girls’ National Champions All-Tournament team…named Most Competitive Player of the Year...uncle Hercules Mata’afa, is a defensive lineman on the Cougar football team.

Tusa’s Season Bests:Sets Played in 2017: 4Assists: 10 @Howard 8/28/17

Aces: 0 Digs: 4 @Howard 8/28/17 Points: 0

#6 Jocelyn Urias (6-3, Rs-So., MB, Tijuana, Mexico) - Starting middle blocker making an immediate impact on 2017 team...yet to commit a hitting error in 2017 - 5-0-0 and .714 @American 8/27/17 and 6-0-16 @Howard 8/28/17...had sevent blocks @American and six blocks @Howard...1.62 blocks per set leading team...Summer 2017: played on the Mexican National Team in FIVB (Federation Internationale de Volleyball) Grand Prix...redshirt for 2016 season...four-year member of the Mexican Junior National team…selected to the Mexican National Team for competition at the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix…last name pronounced oo-ree-us.

Urias’ Season [Career] Bests:Kills: 6 @Howard 8/27/17Aces: 1 @American 8/27/17 & @Howard 8/2/17H.Pct: .714 @American 8/27/17Total Blocks: 7 @American 8/27/17

Points: 10.5 @Howard 8/28/17

#5 McKenna Woodford (6-4, Jr., OH, Chandler, Ariz.) - Leadin team with 3.25 kills per set...also second on team with 2.75 digs per set...top kills producer @American 8/27/17 with career-high 26 kills (.222) and @Howard 8/28/17 with 21 kills (.286)...also equalled career-high 17 digs @Howard...Summer 2017: on CNT-Thailand squad...2016 Highlights: Plays Big in Big matches...in Pac-12 opening matches tallied 20 kills, 10 digs and nine blocks in upsets at No. 4 Wash-ington and No. 9 UCLA...career-high seven blocks @No. 9 UCLA...career-high two aces in win over No. 9 Stanford...season-high 13 digs vs. No. 25 Arizona...in 2016 stats: 2.41 kills per set is second-best on team and 2.80 points per set are third-best on team...along with Cougar teammate Casey Schoenlein, among 12 chosen for the U.S. Collegiate National Team - Europe Tour team that won the 12th Annual Global Challenge Tournament in Pula, Croatia…WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny was part of coaching staff...2015 Pac-12 All-Freshman First Team...two-time Pac-12 Fresh-man of the Week...CAREER STATS (WSU rankings): 658 kills (31st), 2.76 kps (22nd), 1884 total attacks (26th).

Woodford’s Season [Career] Bests:Kills: 26 @American 8/27/17H.Pct: .286 [.538 in 2015]Aces: 0 [4 in 2015]Digs: 17 @Howard 8/28/17 [17 in 2015]Total Blocks: 3 @American 8/27/17 [7 in 2016]

Points: 18.0 @Howard 8/28/17 [23.5 in 2015]

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