The Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball team represents

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in the

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. They are currently led by head coach Kevin Hambly and play their home games at

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. The team has won nine

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, the most of all time, and 24 regular season conference titles. They have finished as national runner-up eight times and appeared in the first 39 NCAA tournaments, failing to qualify for the postseason for the first time during the 2020–21 season. In January 2017, John Dunning retired as head coach of Stanford volleyball. The school named Kevin Hambly as the new head coach. Hambly came from the

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and 2017 was his first season with the Cardinal.

Notable players

* Inky Ajanaku – 2016 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player *

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** – 2007

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(AVCA) National Player of the Year,

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and

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indoor volleyball Olympian * Cynthia Barboza *

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** * Jenna Gray—All-Tournament team

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(2019) *

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– All-Tournament team

, co-most outstanding NCAA tournament player (2018), all-time dig records at Stanford, three time First Team All-American (2017, 2018, 2019). *

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*** – 1996 Volleyball Magazine Freshman of the Year, 1996 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, 1999 AVCA National Co Player of the Year,

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, and

Olympic gold medalist in beach volleyball,

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indoor volleyball Olympian * Kristin Klein** –

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

indoor volleyball Olympian *

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** – 2010 ''Volleyball Magazine'' Player of the Year,

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Player of the Year, AVCA National Freshman of the Year, multi AVCA All-American, All-Conference selection all four years, 2007 and 2008 NCAA All-Tournament Team; second at Stanford and fifth all-time in Pac-10 history with 2,008 kills; in 2010 ranked second in the US with 5.55 kills per set and 6.25 points per set."Alix Klineman; Beach Volleyball,"
Team USA. * Ogonna Nnamani** – 2004 AVCA National Co Player of the Year, 2004 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, 2004

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winner,

and

indoor volleyball Olympian * Beverly Oden*** – 1992 AVCA National Player of the Year,

indoor volleyball Olympian * Kim Oden – 1985 AVCA National Player of the Year,

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indoor volleyball Olympian * Kathryn Plummer – 2016 AVCA National Freshman of the Year, 2017 and 2018 AVCA National Player of the Year, 2018 NCAA Championship Co Most Outstanding Player, 2019 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player *

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*** – 1999 AVCA National Freshman of the Year, 2001 and 2002 AVCA National Player of the Year, 2001 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player,

and

indoor volleyball Olympian * Cary Wendell – 1995 AVCA National Co Player of the Year **Four-Time AVCA Division I All-Americans
***Four-Time AVCA Division I All-American First-Team Selections
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Season-by-season results

Stanford has appeared in every NCAA tournament since its inception in 1981 except for the 2020-21 tournament. Stanford has appeared in 17 championship games, and won 9 titles, more than any other team. * AVCA National Coach of the Year

References

External links

* {{Stanford University

Notable players

Season-by-season results

See also

References

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