Jen Greeny Named Pac-12 Coach of the Year
Kyra Holt All-America HM/All-Pacific North Region/All-Pac-12

NCAA TOURNAMENT ONE OF MANY NOTABLE FEATS FOR 2016 WSU VOLLEYBALL
The Washington State University volleyball team ended the 2016 season ranked No. 24 in the Final AVCA Coaches Poll with a 22-12 overall record: the most wins in a season since 2002, and tied for fifth-best all-time wins in WSU history with the 1988 team...WSU's 11-9 Pac-12 record, tied for fifth place, was the most conference wins for the Cougars since 2002 (also 11)...the Cougars received an at-large bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament, the 11th trip to the NCAAs for the WSU program and the first under sixth-year WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny...WSU advanced to the NCAA Second Round after defeating Marquette in the First Round (25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 25-20), Dec. 1 in Madison, Wis...the Cougars fell to No. 3 seed Wisconsin Dec. 2 on the Badgers' home court (25-18, 25-18, 25-17)...WSU senior Kyra Holt earned All-America Honorable Mention honors from the AVCA, VolleyballMag.com and PrepVolleyball.com.

COUGARS HONORED BY FOR PAC-12 CONFERENCE
WSU's Jen Greeny was named the 2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year after leading the Cougars to a fifth-place finish and NCAA Championship Tournament bid after WSU was predicted to finish ninth in the Pac-12 preseason coaches poll..she is the third WSU coach to receive the conference COY honor....Kyra Holt repeated as All-Pac-12 First Team selection...earning All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors were Taylor Mims and Casey Schoenlein.

PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS
WSU's First Team Pac-12 All-Academic Team members are Casey Schoenlein and McKenna Woodford...Second Team member is Hailey Bethune...Honorable mention team: Haley MacDonald, Claire Martin and Tani Stephens...WSU had six of the 57 volleyball student-athletes honored.

COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny completed her sixth season as WSU's head coach (91-104 at WSU, 6 years; 203-128 in career, 10 years) - complete Greeny bio on page 4...assistant coaches Burdette Greeny (sixth year) and Shannon Hunt (fourth year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...volunteer coach Milan Vucinic (first year)...Katie Hinrichs is coordinator of operations (sixth year).

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL 2016 MILESTONES:
22 wins most in a season since 2002, and tied for 5th-most in WSU history…Head Coach Jen Greeny was part of three of the five seasons with more wins than 2016: as a player in 1996 (27 wins) and 1997 (26 wins), and as an assistant coach in 2002 (24 wins).
WSU's 11 conference wins (tied for 5th in Pac-12) is the 4th-best conference win total in WSU history, and the most wins since 2002 season (11-7)...Head Coach Jen Greeny was a part of six of the eight season with the same or better finish: as a player in 1995 (t-2nd), 1996 (2nd), 1997 (t-4th), and 1998 (t-5th), and as an assistant coach in 2000 (t-5th) and 2002 (t-3rd).
WSU broke 24-year old school records for single-season blocks assists (653) and total blocks (413.5)…both records were broken in fewer sets played (128 in 2016 vs. 137 in 1992) and in rally scoring format instead of the sideout scoring format…in 2016 the Cougars kept opponents hitting an average of .168 which was the lowest percentage in the conference and 26th-best in the NCAA this season…2016 percentage is fourth-best all-time (1983) and the best in the past 18 seasons (.156 in 1997).
First time in school history that WSU has achieved 3-0 sweeps at both Arizona and Arizona State and the first time since 1995 that WSU won both matches at ASU and UA in the same year, the other years being 1991 and 1995…first 3-0 win at Arizona since 1992, the third 3-0 win at Arizona all-time, and the fifth WSU win in Tucson all-time.
The 10th win all-time at ASU and Jen Greeny has been a part of eight of those wins as either a player or coach…only the fourth 3-0 sweep at Tempe in 31 matches and the first since 2002. 
First win at Colorado in six matches.
WSU's win over No. 9 Stanford Sept. 30 was the first since the 2002 season, breaking a 14-year 25-match losing streak…also the fourth win all-time over Stanford and Jen Greeny has been on the court for all four: as a player in 1996, as an assistant coach in 2000 and 2002, and head coach in 2016. This was the first five-set win over Stanford.
WSU's win over the Stanford was the second time the Cougars defeated the eventual National Champion...in 1996 WSU defeated eventual NCAA DI champion Stanford.
First win vs UCLA since 2002, breaking a 14-year, 26-match losing streak, first win at UCLA since 1997 breaking a 19-year/18-match losing streak, and third win at UCLA all-time…Jen Greeny was part of all eight wins vs UCLA all-time (as a player in 1995, 2x in 1996 and in 1997, as an assistant coach in 2000 and 2002, and as a head coach in 2016)…in Cougars vs Bruins history there have been eight five-set matches with WSU claiming two wins…WSU's 3-2 win was the only five-set win over UCLA at home in 2016.
First season sweep of UCLA and USC in WSU history.
First win vs Washington since 2009 and first win at UW since 2001 breaking a 15-year/14-match losing streak in Seattle…all-time, only the fifth win at UW.
In the Pac-12 records, WSU has 11 players in the top 160 with 1,000 or more career kills…included in this elite list are Head Coach Jen Greeny (1,006 kills) and Assistant Coach Shannon Hunt (1,051 kills)…three are players Greeny mentored as a head coach: Jaicee Harris (1,180 kills), Meagan Ganzer (1,531 kills) and Kyra Holt (1,777 kills)…one was mentored by Greeny as an assistant coach: LaToya Harris (1,459 kills)…still another was a Greeny teammate: Sarah Silvernail (1,848 kills).
WSU Team rankings reached in 2016 include: 35 block assists at Baylor is 5th-best for a match, 19 total blocks vs. Arizona State tied for 4th-best for 5-set match, 16 total blocks vs. Northeastern tied for 5th-best in 3-set match.
At the end of the regular season, WSU was No. 1 in NCAA DI stats for total team blocks with 399.5 and No. 3 in blocks per set at 3.30 bps.
Kyra Holt - All-America Honorable Mention Teams - AVCA, VolleyballMag.com and PrepVolleyball.com...AVCA Pacific North All-Region First Team, All-Pac-12 First Team, Pac-12 Offensive Player of Week and espnW National Player of the Week (Sept. 19-25)...fifth player in WSU history to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career...led Pac-12 in career kills by an active player...third in NCAA in career kills among active players...31st player in Pac-12 history to go over the 1,700-kills with 1,777, ranked 27th, and 123 aces is tied for 34th in Pac-12 all-time.
Taylor Mims - PrepVolleyball.com All-America Honorable Mention team...All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention Team, Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26-Oct. 2), Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 7-13)...in blocks per set 2nd in Pac-12, 4th in NCAA, in total blocks, 8th in NCAA...career-high 11 blocks at OSU (and vs. Arizona State) tied Claire Martin (2015) at 4th-best for blocks in a four-set match in WSU records.
Claire Martin - Pac-12 Defensive Player of Week (Sept. 19-25)...in blocks per set 4th in Pac-12, 16th in NCAA, in total blocks, 24th in NCAA...13 blocks (11 assists/2 solos) at Baylor tied WSU record for most blocks in a match.

AVCA COACHES TOP 25 POLL: 
After not receiving votes in the first two polls in 2016, WSU received votes to be ranked No. 36 or higher in all 13 of the remaining weekly polls including being ranked in the Top 25 for eight of those 13 polls…in the history of the AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll, WSU has nine Top 25 finishes which is tied for 30th-best in NCAA DI history...WSU is 24th in the 2016 poll, breaking a 14-year Final Poll drought...the other final poll rankings were: 1991 - 19th, 1992 - 20th, 1993 - 21st, 1994 - 25th, 1996 - 7th, 1997 - 12th, and 2002 - 7th...WSU's highest ranking in the 2016 season was No.10 (Oct. 3)...WSU's highest-ever  ranking was No. 5 (Oct. 17, 1995) when Head Coach Jen Stinson Greeny and Asst. Coach Shannon Wyckoff Hunt were Cougar starters.
  >    22 wins is most overall season wins since 2002 and tied for 5th most in WSU history
>    11 Pac-12 wins most since 2002
>     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 the best representation of any Pac-12 school on the 2016 All-Academic Teams with 11 points (First Team = 3 points, Second Team = 2 points and Honorable Mention = 1 point)…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:
    FIVE Professional players coached
    NINE All-Americans coached
    FOUR AVCA Regional Coach of the Year Awards