SPOKANE, Wash. -- Following Gonzaga volleyball's season finale against Pepperdine on Tuesday, a pair of Zag standouts picked up All-West Coast Conference honors for their performances this fall, the league announced Monday.

Junior outside hitter Kennedy Croft and grad middle blocker Cara McKenzie both earned All-WCC Honorable Mention nods after a season in which Croft led the team in kills (261) and service aces (34) and McKenzie led the team in total blocks (68.0).

Croft, an All-WCC honoree last season, cracked double-digit kills in 10 different games for the Bulldogs, doing so in each of GU's last three games. Her 98 career service aces are the eighth-most in program history, and she ranked among the top five GU players in blocks, digs, assists, kills and aces this season.

In her first year in a Zags uniform, McKenzie's .309 hitting percentage was the seventh-highest in a single season in program history and ninth-best in the conference overall, all while the Belchertown, Mass. native proved herself to be a force at the net. Starting 24 times for the Bulldogs, McKenzie accumulated multiple blocks in 17 different games, reaching double-digit kills seven times in the process. 

Full All-Conference lists are below.

 

WCC Coach of the Year

Heather Olmsted, BYU

WCC Player of the Year

Kenzie Koerber, BYU, Sr., OH

WCC Setter of the Year

Whitney Bower, BYU, Jr.

WCC Libero of the Year

Jadyn Tubbs, Pacific, Sr.

WCC Freshman of the Year

Grace Chillingworth, Pepperdine, OH
 

First Team

Rachel Ahrens, Pepperdine, Sr., OH

Taylen Ballard-Nixon, BYU, Sr., OH

Annie Benbow, San Diego, Sr., LB

Leyla Blackwell, San Diego, So., MH

Whitney Bower, BYU, Jr., S

Alexa Edwards, Pacific, So., OH

Kennedy Eschenberg, BYU, Sr., MB

Grace Frohling, San Diego, So., RS

Heather Gneiting, BYU, Jr., MB

Kenzie Koerber, BYU, Sr., OH

Jennifer Laird, Saint Mary's, Sr., MB

Katie Lukes, San Diego, Sr., OH

Megan Rice, LMU, Sr., OH

Julia Sangiacomo, Santa Clara, Jr., OH

Jadyn Tubbs, Pacific, Sr., LB

Isabel Zelaya, Pepperdine, Jr., S

Second Team

Isabella Bareford, LMU, Fr., S

Meg Brown, Pepperdine, So., MB

Kari Geissberger, LMU, Fr., OH

Erin Livingston, BYU, So., OH

Michelle Shaffer, Santa Clara, Sr., OPP

Madison Shields, Pepperdine, Sr., LB

Honorable Mention

Madi Allen, BYU, So., LB

Grace Chillingworth, Pepperdine, Fr., OH

Ramonni Cook, Pacific, So., OPP

Kennedy Croft, Gonzaga, Jr., OH

Jayde Harris, Portland, Jr., OH

Audrey Klemp, LMU, Fr., OPP

Kelsey Knudsen, Saint Mary's, Sr., DS

Darina Kumanova, Pacific, So., OH

Cara McKenzie, Gonzaga, Sr., MB

Kylie Pries, San Diego, So., OH
 

All-WCC Freshman Team

Grace Chillingworth, Pepperdine, OH

Kristen Erland, Saint Mary's, MB

Jenna Heller, Pacific, S

Jacquelyn Moore, LMU, MB

Haylee Stoner, San Diego, MH

Nive Tuileta, Santa Clara, S

Emily Wilson, San Diego, OH