The Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball team represents Stanford University in the Pac-12 Conference. They are currently led by head coach Kevin Hambly and play their home games at

Maples Pavilion Maples Pavilion is a 7,392-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. Opened in 1969, Maples underwent a United States dollar, $30 million renovation in March 2004 and reopened ahead of schedule, in tim ...

. The team has won nine NCAA national championships, the most of all time, and 21 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 2020–2021 season. In January 2017, John Dunning retired as head coach of Stanford volleyball. The school named

Kevin Hambly Kevin Hambly (born March 12, 1973) is an American volleyball coach. He previously coached at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (2009–2017). Coaching his first team to a 26–6 record, he had reached at least the Sweet Sixteen or ...

as the new head coach. Hambly came from the University of Illinois and 2017 was his first season with the Cardinal.

Notable players

* Inky Ajanaku – 2016 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player * Foluke Akinradewo** – 2007 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Player of the Year,

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indoor volleyball Olympian * Cynthia Barboza * Kristin Folkl** *

Jenna Gray Jenna Gray is an American professional volleyball player who completed her collegiate career at Stanford University. She currently plays for Minas Tenis Clube. Early years Gray was born to Brian and Debbie Gray and grew up in Shawnee, Kansas. ...

—All-Tournament team

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, Honda Sports Award (2019) *

Morgan Hentz Morgan Irene Hentz (born July 27, 1998) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a libero for the United States women's national volleyball team. Early life Hentz was born to Mike and Kerin Hentz and grew up in Lakeside Par ...

– 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). *

Kerri Walsh Jennings Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 ha ...

*** – 1996 Volleyball Magazine Freshman of the Year, 1996 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, 1999 AVCA National Co Player of the Year, 2004,

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, and

Olympic gold medalist in beach volleyball,

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indoor volleyball Olympian *

Kristin Klein Kristin Klein Keefe ( Kristin Magdalen Klein; born March 20, 1970, in Santa Monica, California) is an American retired volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. She represented the United States national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics ...

** – 1996 indoor volleyball Olympian *

Alix Klineman Alexandra Rose "Alix" Klineman (born December 30, 1989) is an American beach volleyball, 2020 Summer Olympics gold medalist, and former indoor volleyball player. In high school she was the 2006 Gatorade National Player of the Year. She was a fou ...

** – 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, 2004 and

indoor volleyball Olympian *

Beverly Oden Beverly ("Bev") Oden (born March 19, 1971 in Millington, Tennessee) is a volleyball player from the United States. She played middle blocker for the U.S women's volleyball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Oden played volleybal ...

*** – 1992 AVCA National Player of the Year, 1996 indoor volleyball Olympian *

Kim Oden Kimberley Yvette "Kim" Oden (born May 6, 1964, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former volleyball player and two-time Olympian who played on the United States women's national volleyball team. College Oden was a three-time All-American volleyball pl ...

– 1985 AVCA National Player of the Year,

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, 1992 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 *

Logan Tom Logan Maile Lei Tom (born May 25, 1981) was an American indoor volleyball, beach volleyball player, and is current head coach of the Israel women's national volleyball team. She is a four-time Olympian at the outside hitter position. At age 19, ...

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

, 2004,

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
Source:

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

* {{Pac-12 Conference women's volleyball navbox

Notable players

Season-by-season results

See also

References

External links