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| Washington Huskies women's volleyball | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1974; 52 years ago (1974) |
| University | University of Washington |
| Athletic director | Patrick Chun |
| Head coach | Leslie Gabriel |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Home arena | Hec Edmundson Pavilion (capacity: 10,000) |
| Nickname | Huskies |
| Colors | Purple and gold[1] |
| AIAW/NCAA tournament champion | |
| 2005 | |
| AIAW/NCAA tournament semifinal | |
| 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2020 | |
| AIAW/NCAA Regional Final | |
| 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 | |
| AIAW/NCAA regional semifinal | |
| 1979, 1980, 1988, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
| AIAW/NCAA tournament appearance | |
| 1979, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 | |
| Conference regular season champion | |
| 1980, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021 | |
TheWashington Huskies volleyball team is the intercollegiate women's volleyball team of theUniversity of Washington inSeattle. They compete in theBig Ten Conference and play their home games atAlaska Airlines Arena atHec Edmundson Pavilion, which was built in 1927 and renovated in 2000. Prior to 1988, the Washington volleyball program had seen Huskies' victories, but it has now emerged as a perennial power. The Huskies have reached theNCAA Final Four on five occasions with one national title (2005), and won multiple Pac-10/12 championships.
1980'sAIAW team finished 28–12 withLisa Baughn being named the All-American.
1988 was a significant year for the Husky VB Program. This year the team made its firstNCAA tournament, elite eight appearance. Behind the leadership of its first everAVCA 1st Team All-AmericanLaurie Wetzel (Puyallup, WA), the lady Huskies finished tied for fifth having beatenStanford though coming up short against theUCLA Bruins.
USA National Team coachBill Neville (UW: 1991–2000) led the program in its recruiting out ofWoodinville, Washington; now, it is UW Associate Head CoachLeslie Tuiasosopo-Gabriel who has continued on as leadership of the Husky program. In these experimental years, Neville's swing hitters' offense was fashioned after the contemporaneous international men's game.
When McLaughlin took over the Washington program in 2001, the team was last in thePac-10 Conference. In his first year at UW, he led the Huskies to an 11–16 record and a 4–14 mark in the Pac-10. The team's 11 wins in 2001 were the most for the program since 1997 (it had been '97 that UW made the NCAA Sweet Sixteen). Just one year later, the Huskies went 20–11 and made the NCAA second round. Since 2003, Washington has not won fewer than 23 matches or lost more than nine in any season.[2]
In 2004, the Huskies won their first-ever Pac-10 title, and McLaughlin earned his firstAVCA National Coach of the Year honor. In his fifth year at UW in 2005, he led the program to its onlynational title and a 32–1 (.970) record as Washington swept all six of their matches in the tournament,[3] including top-rankedNebraska in the final at theAlamodome inSan Antonio.[4][5][6] McLaughlin was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, and made history as the first coach in NCAA history to win a national championship in both men and women's volleyball, having led theUSC men's team to a national title in1990.[7]
In 2006, he led UW to its third straightnational semifinal, but the Dawgs fell to runner-upStanford.[8][9]
The NCAA Championships were hosted in Seattle atKeyArena atSeattle Center in2013. The Huskies, led by AVCA National Player of the Year and Honda Award WinnerKrista Vansant, won the Pac-12 title and reached the Final Four, but they fell in straight sets in the semifinals to eventual national championPenn State.[10][11]
There had been 35 All-Americans and 9 Academic All-Americans since McLaughlin's deeded arrival.
A young Coach Keegan's tenure has begun with the awarding of several All-Americans moreover, significantly, inKara Bajema (c/o 2019), Lianna Sybeldon (consensus) and Courtney Schwan (uniquely, of the PNW).
Additionally, foremost, also distinctive of the Pacific Northwest (Portland, OR; Seattle-Tacoma, WA; Spokane, WA; Boise, ID), the program has been a national leading attendance draw. Their turnstile numbers consistently rank among top 10 averages.[12]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Jim McLaughlin(Pac-10 Conference)(2001–2010) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Washington | 11–16 | 4–14 | 8th | |||||
| 2002 | Washington | 20–11 | 9–9 | T-5th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2003 | Washington | 23–9 | 10–8 | T-5th | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2004 | Washington | 28–3 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Semifinals | ||||
| 2005 | Washington | 32–1 | 16–1 | 2nd | NCAA Champion | ||||
| 2006 | Washington | 29–5 | 15–3 | T-2nd | NCAA Semifinals | ||||
| 2007 | Washington | 27–4 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2008 | Washington | 27–6 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2009 | Washington | 24–6 | 13–5 | T-2nd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2010 | Washington | 24–69 | 10–8 | 5th | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| Jim McLaughlin(Pac-12 Conference)(2011–2014) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Washington | 24–8 | 15–7 | T-4th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2012 | Washington | 25–7 | 14–6 | T-4th | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2013 | Washington | 30–3 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Semifinals | ||||
| 2014 | Washington | 31–3 | 18–2 | 2nd | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| Jim McLaughlin: | 355–90 (.798) | 189–73 (.721) | |||||||
| Keegan Cook(Pac-12 Conference)(2015–2022) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Washington | 31–3 | 18–2 | T-1st | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2016 | Washington | 29–5 | 16–4 | 1st | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2017 | Washington | 25–8 | 14–6 | T-2nd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2018 | Washington | 20–13 | 10–10 | T-6th | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2019 | Washington | 27–7 | 15–5 | 2nd | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2020 | Washington | 20–4 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA Semifinals | ||||
| 2021 | Washington | 25–6 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2022 | Washington | 20–11 | 12-8 | T-5th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Keegan Cook: | 197–57 (.776) | 119–41 (.744) | |||||||
| Leslie Gabriel(Pac-12 Conference)(2023–2023) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Washington | 16-15 | 7-13 | 8th | |||||
| Leslie Gabriel(Big Ten Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Washington | 19-12 | 9-11 | 9th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2025 | Washington | 13-17 | 8-12 | T-10th | |||||
| Leslie Gabriel: | 48–44 (.522) | 24–36 (.400) | |||||||
| Total: | 1078–559 (.659) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
The program has retired two jersey numbers.[13]
| Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 3 | Courtney Thompson |
| 16 | Krista Vansant |
