SAN MATEO, Calif. — After wrapping up Katie Wilson's first season as head coach, three Gonzaga Volleyball players picked up All-West Coast Conference honorable mention honors as the league announced major award winners and all-conference teams on Monday.
The trio of Senior Outside Hitter Kennedy Croft, Senior Middle Blocker Alyssa Hughes and Junior Outside Zoe Thiros are the most All-WCC selections since the Spring season of 2021, when five Zags picked up recognition from the league. Before that, the last time GU had three players named All-WCC was in 2007. Croft picked up her third-straight All-Conference honor and Hughes got the second of her career in their final seasons at GU, with Thiros making the list for the first time in her career.
All five individual awards as well as the all-conference teams were voted on solely by the WCC's 10 head coaches.
Thiros led the Zags in kills on the season with 332 (3.13 per set) while serving up a team-high 36 aces and picking up 256 digs, second-most on the team. She finished with three double-doubles on the season and reached double-digit kills 19 times while starting every match for the Bulldogs. Hughes' .319 attacking percentage was the highest on the team, racking up 117 kills (1.67 per set) and finishing second on the team with 46 total blocks in just 21 appearances on the season.
In 2022, Croft broke the GU record for career aces with 108 total and 27 this season to go with 221 kills in 23 appearances (2.54 per set). She was the only Zag to rank in the top five on the team in kills, assists, digs, blocks and aces.
Full WCC All-Conference lists are below.
ALL-WCC FIRST TEAM
NAME
|
SCHOOL
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POSITION
|
YEAR
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Phoebe Awoleye
|
LMU
|
MB
|
So.
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Isabella Bareford
|
LMU
|
S
|
So.
|
Leyla Blackwell
|
San Diego
|
MB
|
Jr.
|
Gabby Blossom
|
San Diego
|
S
|
Sr.
|
Whitney Bower
|
BYU
|
S
|
Sr.
|
Meg Brown
|
Pepperdine
|
MB
|
Jr.
|
Grace Chillingworth
|
Pepperdine
|
OH
|
So.
|
Grace Frohling
|
San Diego
|
O/S
|
Sr.
|
Kari Geissberger
|
LMU
|
OH
|
So.
|
Heather Gneiting
|
BYU
|
MB
|
Sr.
|
Biamba Kabengele
|
Pacific
|
OH
|
Sr.
|
Erin Livingston
|
BYU
|
OH
|
Jr.
|
Whitney Llarenas
|
BYU
|
MB
|
Sr.
|
Katie Lukes
|
San Diego
|
OH
|
Sr.
|
Jacquelyn Moore
|
LMU
|
MB
|
So.
|
Julia Sangiacomo
|
Santa Clara
|
OH
|
Sr.
|
ALL-WCC SECOND TEAM
NAME
|
SCHOOL
|
POSITION
|
YEAR
|
Annie Benbow
|
San Diego
|
LB
|
Sr.
|
Claire Crijns
|
San Francisco
|
RS
|
Sr.
|
Breana Edwards
|
San Diego
|
OH
|
Sr.
|
Hawley Harrer
|
Saint Mary's
|
OPP
|
Sr.
|
Riley Patterson
|
Pepperdine
|
L/DS
|
Sr.
|
Kjersti Strong
|
Saint Mary's
|
MB
|
Jr.
|
ALL-WCC FRESHMAN TEAM
NAME
|
SCHOOL
|
POSITION
|
Emily Hellmuth
|
Pepperdine
|
OH
|
Lia Okammor
|
Santa Clara
|
MB
|
Vanessa Polk
|
Pepperdine
|
MB
|
Kate Prior
|
BYU
|
MB
|
Maui Robins
|
Portland
|
PA
|
Layla Truitt
|
Santa Clara
|
OH
|
Abby Wadas
|
San Francisco
|
L
|
ALL-WCC HONORABLE MENTION
NAME
|
SCHOOL
|
POSITION
|
Kennedy Croft
|
Gonzaga
|
OH
|
Alexa Edwards
|
Pacific
|
OH
|
Kat Georgiadis
|
Santa Clara
|
DS/L
|
Jayde Harris
|
Portland
|
PA
|
Sam Hastings
|
LMU
|
LB
|
Alyssa Hughes
|
Gonzaga
|
MB
|
Noelani Helm
|
Portland
|
S
|
Audrey Klemp
|
LMU
|
RS
|
Kelsey Knudsen
|
BYU
|
L
|
Lia Okammor
|
Santa Clara
|
MB
|
Kate Prior
|
BYU
|
MB
|
Haylee Stoner
|
San Diego
|
MB
|
Zoe Thiros
|
Gonzaga
|
OH
|
Jadyn Tubbs
|
Pacific
|
LB
|
Abby Wadas
|
San Francisco
|
L
|
Isabel Zelaya
|
Pepperdine
|
S
|