Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball

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Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball
Stanford Cardinal logo.svg
University Stanford University
Head coach Kevin Hambly (7th season)
Conference ACC
Location Stanford, California
Home arena Maples Pavilion (capacity: 7,233)
Nickname Cardinal
ColorsCardinal and white [1]
   
AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion
1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2016, 2018, 2019
AIAW/NCAA Tournament runner-up
1984, 1985, 1987, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference regular season champion
Nor-Cal Conference
1977

WCAA
1984


PacWest
1985


Pac-10
1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Contents


Pac-12
2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023

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. The team has won nine NCAA national championships, the most of all time, and 24 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. [2] In January 2017, John Dunning retired as head coach of Stanford volleyball. The school named Kevin Hambly as the new head coach. Hambly came from the University of Illinois and 2017 was his first season with the Cardinal. [3]

Notable players

**Four-Time AVCA Division I All-Americans
***Four-Time AVCA Division I All-American First-Team Selections
Source: [5]

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. [6] [7] [8]

YearHead CoachOverall
record
Conference
record
Conference
standing
Postseason
Bruce Downing ( WCAA )(1976–1976)
1976Bruce Downing9–32ndNCIAC Runner-Up
Art Lambert ( WCAA )(1977–1977)
1977Art Lambert23–7–111–21stAIAW Participant
Fred Sturm ( WCAA )(1978–1983)
1978Fred Sturm14–7–110–32nd
1979Fred Sturm15–14–26–65th
1980Fred Sturm33–1810–22ndAIAW Participant
1981Fred Sturm31–1410–22nd NCAA Regional semifinal
1982Fred Sturm30–1311–32nd NCAA Fourth Place
1983Fred Sturm22–911–32nd NCAA Third Place
Fred Sturm and Don Shaw (WCAA/Pac-West)(1984–1985)
1984Fred Sturm, Don Shaw20–512–21st NCAA Runner-Up
1985Fred Sturm, Don Shaw28–37–11st NCAA Runner-Up
Don Shaw (Pac-10)(1986–2000)
1986Don Shaw24–1016–22nd NCAA Final Four
1987Don Shaw29–717–11st NCAA Runner-Up
1988Don Shaw28–316–22nd NCAA Regional semifinal
1989Don Shaw18–1213–5T–2nd NCAA Regional semifinal
1990Don Shaw27–416–22nd NCAA Regional Final
1991Don Shaw*30–218–01st NCAA Regional Final
1992Don Shaw31–216–22nd NCAA Champions
1993Don Shaw22–713–5T-2nd NCAA Regional semifinal
1994Don Shaw32–117–11st NCAA Champions
1995Don Shaw29–318–03rd NCAA Final Four
1996Don Shaw31–217–11st NCAA Champions
1997Don Shaw33–218–01st NCAA Champions
1998Don Shaw27–417–11st NCAA Regional semifinal
1999Don Shaw31–317–1T–1st NCAA Runner-Up
Denise Corlett (Pac-10)(2000–2000)
2000Denise Corlett19–1210–84th NCAA Second Round
John Dunning (Pac-10)(2001–2010)
2001John Dunning*33–217–11st NCAA Champions
2002John Dunning32–515–32nd NCAA Runner-Up
2003John Dunning25–714–42nd NCAA Regional semifinal
2004John Dunning30–615–32nd NCAA Champions
2005John Dunning26–614–4T–2nd NCAA Second Round
2006John Dunning30–416–21st NCAA Runner-Up
2007John Dunning32–316–21st NCAA Runner-Up
2008John Dunning31–417–11st NCAA Runner-Up
2009John Dunning23–814–41st NCAA Regional semifinal
2010John Dunning27–415–3T–1st NCAA Regional Final
John Dunning (Pac-12)(2011–2016)
2011John Dunning22–815–7T–4th NCAA Second Round
2012John Dunning30–419–11st NCAA Regional Final
2013John Dunning27–617–32nd NCAA Regional Final
2014John Dunning33–219–11st NCAA Final Four
2015John Dunning23–716–43rd NCAA Second Round
2016John Dunning*27–715–5T–2nd NCAA Champions
Kevin Hambly (Pac-12)(2017–2023)
2017Kevin Hambly30–419–11st NCAA Final Four
2018Kevin Hambly34–120–01st NCAA Champions
2019Kevin Hambly30–418–21st NCAA Champions
2020Kevin Hambly2–82–811thdid not qualify
2021Kevin Hambly19–1113–7T–4th NCAA Second Round
2022Kevin Hambly27-519–11st NCAA Regional Final
2023Kevin Hambly29-419–11st NCAA Regional Final
Kevin Hambly (ACC)(2024–Present)
2024Kevin Hambly25–417–32ndTBD
Total1,458–278–4640–87

* AVCA National Coach of the Year

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