6/10/2009

Pac-10 Names 2008-09 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners

The 2008-09 Pacific-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal winners were announced today. A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership. The Pac-10 recently renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who is retiring at the end of June after serving 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.

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5/15/2009

Pac-10 Volleyball Spring Recap

Volleyball teams around the Pacific-10 Conference have been involved in games, tournaments and USA team tryouts. Read more for a recap on what your favorite Pac-10 volleyball team has been up to this spring.

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12/29/2008

This Year In Pac-10 Volleyball

The STANFORD Cardinal, which captured their 12th Pac-10 title, reached the Final Four for the third consecutive year, and 18th overall. The Cardinal finished runner-up for the eighth time in school history... Overall, it was the 42nd appearance by a Pac-10 team in the Final Four. In 28 years of NCAA Tournament play, the Pac-10 has placed at least one team in the Final Four in 26 Tournaments... The Pac-10 was 16-6 (.727) in this year's Tournament. The league went a perfect 6-0 in NCAA First Round play and is now 43-2 (.956) in the first round over the last seven years... It's the eighth consecutive year in which the Pac-10 has sent at least six teams into the NCAA Tournament, and 17th overall. No other conference had more than five teams selected to play in the NCAA Tournament.

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12/24/2008

Stanford's Akinradewo Earns Third Consecutive Honda Award Nomination

For the third consecutive year, Stanford senior middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo has been named one of four finalists for the Honda Sports Award for volleyball, awarded annually to the top collegiate female athlete in each sport. Akinradewo joins Texas' Destinee Hooker and Penn State's Christa Harmotto and Nicole Fawcett as this year's nominees for the award.

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