SAN FRANCISCO -- Washington State's Taylor Mims is the Pac-12 Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, the Pac-12 Conference office announced Monday.
The Cougars, ranked No. 10 in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll this week, are coming off a trio of consecutive upset wins against top 10 nationally-ranked teams: at then-No. 4 Washington, at then-No.9 UCLA (when WSU was unranked) and against then-No. 9 Stanford (when WSU was ranked No. 17). This was WSU's fourth win over the Cardinal in 61 matches, and the first time the Cougars have defeated Stanford since 2002.
Mims, a sophomore middle blocker from Billings, Mont., had 13 kills with only one error in 26 attacks for a .462 hitting percentage, a 3.9 points per set average, served one ace and tallied eight blocks in the Stanford win. In the 3-0 win over California, Mims had eight kills, hit .357, served one ace and had five blocks.
In season stats, Mims' .387 hitting percentage leads the team, is third-best in the Pac-12 and 35th-best in the NCAA. Her blocker per sets average is 1.48 which is fourth-best in Pac-12 and 15th-best nationally. In total blocks, Mims' 86 - 13 solos and 73 assisted blocks - leads the Pac-12 and is 13th-best nationally.
This is Mims' first Pac-12 honor and the 24th all-time for WSU. Kyra Holt was the Offensive Player of the Week and Claire Martin was the Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 19-25.
No. 10 WSU (14-2 overall, 4-0 Pac-12) travels to Oregon State and co-Pac-12 leading No. 20 Oregon this week for Friday and Sunday matches.
The Cougars, ranked No. 10 in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll this week, are coming off a trio of consecutive upset wins against top 10 nationally-ranked teams: at then-No. 4 Washington, at then-No.9 UCLA (when WSU was unranked) and against then-No. 9 Stanford (when WSU was ranked No. 17). This was WSU's fourth win over the Cardinal in 61 matches, and the first time the Cougars have defeated Stanford since 2002.
Mims, a sophomore middle blocker from Billings, Mont., had 13 kills with only one error in 26 attacks for a .462 hitting percentage, a 3.9 points per set average, served one ace and tallied eight blocks in the Stanford win. In the 3-0 win over California, Mims had eight kills, hit .357, served one ace and had five blocks.
In season stats, Mims' .387 hitting percentage leads the team, is third-best in the Pac-12 and 35th-best in the NCAA. Her blocker per sets average is 1.48 which is fourth-best in Pac-12 and 15th-best nationally. In total blocks, Mims' 86 - 13 solos and 73 assisted blocks - leads the Pac-12 and is 13th-best nationally.
This is Mims' first Pac-12 honor and the 24th all-time for WSU. Kyra Holt was the Offensive Player of the Week and Claire Martin was the Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 19-25.
No. 10 WSU (14-2 overall, 4-0 Pac-12) travels to Oregon State and co-Pac-12 leading No. 20 Oregon this week for Friday and Sunday matches.