SAN MATEO, Calif. – Following the conclusion of the 2022 regular season, the West Coast Conference officially announced their annual women's volleyball honors on Monday afternoon.
 
For San Francisco, Claire Crijns was named to the All-WCC Second Team while Abby Wadas was selected as an All-WCC Honorable Mention while also earning a spot on the WCC's All-Freshman Team.
 
"It has been an immense pleasure to coach Claire for these past four months," said head coach Diogo Silva. "She is a fantastic person and a natural talent to play volleyball. I am also very grateful to continue to have Abby in our program as she has the responsibility of continuing the new wave of winning in this program. She has a lot of talent both as a leader and on the court and with hard work, she will continue to be one of the best liberos in the WCC. Congratulations to these two, well done and definitely deserving." 
 
For Crijns, the graduate student from the Netherlands dominated from the start for USF as her 320 kills, 393.5 total points, 38 services aces and 2.96 kills per set led the Dons offensively. Starting and playing in all 28 matches for the green and gold, Crijns also ranked in the top ten in the conference in service aces (fifth) kills (seventh), points (seventh), service aces per set (0.35, ninth) and sets played (108, ninth). Primarily playing the right side, Crijns also tallied 202 total digs and 65.0 total blocks, including six solo blocks.
 
For Wadas, the McKinney, Texas native stepped right into an important role for USF in her first year on the Hilltop as she started and played in all 28 matches for USF this season as well. Impressively, her 414 digs were good for the team lead while also ranking her third overall in the WCC in this category. Additionally, her 3.80 digs per set also paced the Dons while placing her third in the WCC. Notably, her 109 sets played also tied with teammate Orsula Staka for fifth-most in the conference.
 
The full 2022 West Coast Conference Women's Volleyball All-Conference Honors can be viewed below:

2022 WCC VOLLEYBALL AWARDS:

WCC COACH OF THE YEAR
Jennifer Petrie	San Diego

 

WCC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Katie Lukes	San Diego	Sr.

 

WCC SETTER OF THE YEAR
Gabby Blossom	San Diego	Sr.

 

WCC LIBERO OF THE YEAR
Annie Benbow	San Diego	Sr.

 

WCC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Emily Hellmuth	Pepperdine	OH

 
ALL-WCC FIRST TEAM:

NAME	SCHOOL	POSITION	YEAR
Phoebe Awoleye	LMU	MB	So.
Isabella Bareford	LMU	S	So.
Leyla Blackwell	San Diego	MB	Jr.
Gabby Blossom	San Diego	S	Sr.
Whitney Bower	BYU	S	Sr.
Meg Brown	Pepperdine	MB	Jr.
Grace Chillingworth	Pepperdine	OH	So.
Grace Frohling	San Diego	O/S	Sr.
Kari Geissberger	LMU	OH	So.
Heather Gneiting	BYU	MB	Sr.
Biamba Kabengele	Pacific	OH	Sr.
Erin Livingston	BYU	OH	Jr.
Whitney Llarenas	BYU	MB	Sr.
Katie Lukes	San Diego	OH	Sr.
Jacquelyn Moore	LMU	MB	So.
Julia Sangiacomo	Santa Clara	OH	Sr.

 
ALL-WCC SECOND TEAM:

NAME	SCHOOL	POSITION	YEAR
Annie Benbow	San Diego	LB	Sr.
Claire Crijns	San Francisco	RS	Sr.
Breana Edwards	San Diego	OH	Sr.
Hawley Harrer	Saint Mary's	OPP	Sr.
Riley Patterson	Pepperdine	L/DS	Sr.
Kjersti Strong	Saint Mary's	MB	Jr.

 
ALL-WCC FRESHMAN TEAM:

NAME	SCHOOL	POSITION
Emily Hellmuth	Pepperdine	OH
Lia Okammor	Santa Clara	MB
Vanessa Polk	Pepperdine	MB
Kate Prior	BYU	MB
Maui Robins	Portland	PA
Layla Truitt	Santa Clara	OH
Abby Wadas	San Francisco	L

 
ALL-WCC HONORABLE MENTION:

NAME	SCHOOL	POSITION
Kennedy Croft	Gonzaga	OH
Alexa Edwards	Pacific	OH
Kat Georgiadis	Santa Clara	DS/L
Jayde Harris	Portland	PA
Sam Hastings	LMU	LB
Alyssa Hughes	Gonzaga	MB
Noelani Helm	Portland	S
Audrey Klemp	LMU	RS
Kelsey Knudsen	BYU	L
Lia Okammor	Santa Clara	MB
Kate Prior	BYU	MB
Haylee Stoner	San Diego	MB
Zoe Thiros	Gonzaga	OH
Jadyn Tubbs	Pacific	LB
Abby Wadas	San Francisco	L
Isabel Zelaya	Pepperdine	S

 
For more information and updates on the University of San Francisco volleyball program, be sure to follow the Dons on Twitter @USFDonsVB, @USFDonsVB on Instagram and @USFDonsVball on Facebook.