SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Santa Clara’s Cate Shanahan was named the West Coast Conference Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week for the third straight week, while a pair of San Diego Toreros — Meghan Scholz (Defensive) and Kylie Munday (with her second Setter honor) — picked up accolades and San Francisco’s Katariina Korhonen garnered the WCC Volleyball Freshman of the Week award.
WEST COAST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – CATE SHANAHAN, JR., OH – SANTA CLARA
Cate Shanahan averaged a whopping 5.67 kills per set for Santa Clara with two 20-plus kills performances during the week. On Thursday she fell only one kill short of tying her season and career high with 25 against Pacific. She hit .300 against the Tigers while also collecting four digs, two service aces and two blocks. On Saturday she did tie her season and career high with 26 kills against Saint Mary's. She logged her sixth double-double of the year against the Gaels with a season-high-tying 14 digs. Shanahan also had a service ace and a block in that match.
Also Nominated: Nemo Beach, San Diego; Taina Kaauwai, Portland; Antonie Kelnarova, Saint Mary's; Katariina Korhonen, San Francisco; Ella Piskorz, Pepperdine; Alicia Thibodeau, Denver
WEST COAST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – MEGHAN SCHOLZ, SR., MB – SAN DIEGO
In on 12 of San Diego’s 17 blocks this week, Meghan Scholz averaged 2.00 blocks per set and led all players in blocks at both Seattle U and Portland. She had five block assists at Seattle U on Thursday, including one with Nemo Beach that capped four straight Torero points for a 17-8 first-set lead. At Portland on Saturday, she posted seven blocks, three of them solo, with a solo block in every set, and she was in on all five San Diego blocks in the first set. Scholz also put down 16 kills on .387 hitting (16-4-31) and served two aces for the week, and her 25.5 points led the team. This marks Scholz’s first WCC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week award in 2026.
Also Nominated: Laura Amaro, San Francisco; Laine Briggs, Pepperdine; Jeryn Hildenbrand, Portland; Alayna Pearson, Saint Mary's; Lexi Trapani, Santa Clara; Madison Winkler, Denver
WEST COAST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK – KATARIINA KORHONEN, FR., OH – SAN FRANCISCO
Katariina Korhonen just missed a double-double with 10 kills and nine digs in the Dons' 3-1 win over Pacific on Saturday. Prior to the win over the Tigers, Korhonen tallied a team-best 19 kills, for the second straight match, four digs and a .500 hitting percentage against Saint Mary's last Thursday. This is Korhonen’s first WCC Volleyball Freshman of the Week award.
Also Nominated: Kalaweloilehua Chock, Portland; Nikol Dvornikova, Pepperdine; Allison Dzieciuch, Santa Clara; Mikayla Haner, Saint Mary's; Ryann Knuth, San Diego; Lily Van Hal, Denver
WEST COAST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL SETTER OF THE WEEK – KYLIE MUNDAY, JR., S – SAN DIEGO
San Diego hit .376 (87-19-181) for the week with Kylie Munday setting all six sets. She handed out 65 assists, an average of 10.83 per set, and added four kills on nine error-free swings, 11 digs, six block assists and two aces. At Seattle U on Thursday, Munday had 35 assists and set Kierstyn Barton for three kills in the final six rallies of the second set as the Toreros came back from 22-20 down to win it 25-23. Two days later at Portland, she added 30 assists and two aces as the offense hit .453, including .542 and .583 in the last two sets. She served the final four points of the second set, ending it with an ace, and served four more in a row, with another ace, during an 11-1 run in the third.
Also Nominated: Macy Hinshaw, Santa Clara; Havannah Hoeft, Portland; Tristen Raymond, Pepperdine; Jordan Smart, San Francisco; Sadie White, Saint Mary's
2026 West Coast Conference Volleyball Offensive Players of the Week
August 31: Maria Tabacuks, Loyola Marymount
September 7: Morgan Hayes, Santa Clara
September 14: Morgan Hayes, Santa Clara
September 21: Petra Fritz, San Francisco
September 28: Maria Tabacuks, Loyola Marymount
October 5: Cate Shanahan, Santa Clara
October 12: Cate Shanahan, Santa Clara
October 19: Cate Shanahan, Santa Clara
2026 West Coast Conference Volleyball Defensive Players of the Week
August 31: Bella Gutierrez, Pacific
September 7: Madison Winkler, Denver
September 14: Laine Briggs, Pepperdine
September 21: Laine Briggs, Pepperdine
September 28: Antonie Kelnarova, Saint Mary’s
October 5: Lauren Lynch, San Diego
October 12: Ella Piskorz, Pepperdine
October 19: Meghan Scholz, San Diego
2026 West Coast Conference Volleyball Freshmen of the Week
August 31: Kalaweloilehua Chock, Portland
September 7: Adelynn Legates, San Francisco
September 14: Kalaweloilehua Chock, Portland
September 21: Emma Brewer, San Diego
September 28: Kalaweloilehua Chock, Portland
October 5: Allison Dzieciuch, Santa Clara
October 12: Nikol Dvornikova, Pepperdine
October 19: Katariina Korhonen, San Francisco
2026 West Coast Conference Volleyball Setters of the Week
August 31: Kylie Munday, San Diego
September 7: Macy Hinshaw, Santa Clara
September 14: Tristen Raymond, Pepperdine
September 21: Havannah Hoeft, Portland
September 28: Sadie White, Saint Mary’s
October 5: Macy Hinshaw, Santa Clara
October 12: Sadie White, Saint Mary’s
October 19: Kylie Munday, San Diego