Oregon's Colyer named AVCA Freshman of the Year to highlight 2022 All-America honors
SAN FRANCISCO - Oregon's Mimi Colyer was named the 2022 National Freshman of the Year and a total of 8 Pac-12 women's volleyball student-athletes were recognized as first, second and third-team All-Americans on Wednesday when the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced its Division I All-America teams.
Colyer is the first ever Oregon Duck and seventh freshman in Pac-12 history to take home the national honor. Washington State's Magda Jehlarova, a first-team selection on Wednesday, was the league's last freshman to pick up the award in 2019. Colyer was also named an AVCA Third Team All-America selection.
Jehlarova joins USC's Skylar Fields, Oregon's Brooke Nuneviller and Stanford's Kendall Kipp and Kami Miner as AVCA First Team All-American selections. Jehlarova and Nuneviller end their careers as three-time honorees, while Kipp, the 2022 Pac-12 Player of the Year, and Fields (2021 at Texas) collected their second career awards. Miner, the 2022 Pac-12 Setter of the Year, earned her first career selection.
The five first-team nods are the most for the Pac-12 since 2017 and most of any conference this year.
Now a three-time All-American, Washington's Claire Hoffman garnered a second team nod along with Oregon's Hannah Pukis, who earned her first selection. Colyer was the Pac-12's only third team honoree.
Elena Oglivie (Stanford), Ella May Powell (Washington), Madelyn Robinson (Utah) and Mia Tuaniga (USC) received honorable mention All-America acclaim.
AVCA Division I Freshman of the Year: Mimi Colyer, Oregon
FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. |
Skylar Fields** | USC | OH | Sr. |
Magda Jehlarova*** | Washington State | MB | Sr. |
Kendall Kipp** | Stanford | OH | Gr. |
Kami Miner | Stanford | S | So. |
Brooke Nuneviller*** | Oregon | OH | Sr. |
SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. |
Claire Hoffman*** | Washington | OH | Sr. |
Hannah Pukis | Oregon | S | Rs-Jr. |
THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. |
Mimi Colyer | Oregon | OH | Fr. |
HONORABLE MENTION
NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. |
Elena Oglivie | Stanford | L | Jr. |
Ella May Powell*** | Washington | S | Sr. |
Madelyn Robinson | Utah | OH | Gr. |
Mia Tuaniga | USC | S | So. |
** two-time selection, *** three-time selection, **** four-time selection