Washington State’s Taylor Mims Wins Pac-12 Week 6 Honors

Offensive: Taylor Mims, So., Washington State

• 2.63 kpg, .425 hitting pct., 1.63 bpg, 3.9 ppg

• Key player in WSU’s defeat of then-No. 9 Stanford, the team’s third-consecutive win over top-10 team.

• Led WSU with a .462 hitting percentage, tallying 13 kills and eight blocks in a 3-2 win over Stanford.

• First-career weekly honor and 24th all-time for WSU.

Defensive: Taylor Whittingham, Sr., USC

• 5.22 dpg, 0.00 kpg, .00 hitting pct., 0.00 bpg, 0.2 ppg

• Returned to action following two matches out with an injury, leading the team in digs in two straight road wins.

• 28 digs in a five-set win at Utah which followed a 19-dig outing at Colorado. Notched her 11th match in double-digit digs this season including her sixth over the 20-dig mark.

• Third-career weekly honor and 68th all-time for USC.

Freshman: Ronika Stone, Fr., Oregon

• 2.38 kpg, .516 hitting pct., 1.25 bpg, 3.3 ppg

• Led the 21st-ranked Ducks with five blocks in road wins at Arizona State and Arizona while also leading the team with 13 kills and a .625 hitting percentage in the four-set win over the Wildcats, committing just one error on 19 swings.

• Leads the Ducks in hitting percentage, blocks and blocks per set last week.

• First fershman of the week honor for Stone.

ALSO NOMINATED:
Offensive: Gabby Simpson, COLO; Taylor Agost, ORE; Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU; Jordan Anderson, UCLA; Elise Ruddins, USC; Crissy Jones, WASH.
Defensive: Laura Larson, ARIZ; Cierra Simpson, COLO; Amanda Benson, ORE; Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU; Taylor Formicio, UCLA; Tia Scambray, WASH; Taylor Mims, WSU.
Freshman: Kylie Miller, UCLA; Khalia Lanier, USC; Avie Niece, WASH; Alexis Dirige, WSU.

2016 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Courtesy of The Pac 12.