TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona volleyball seniors
Devyn Cross and
Julia Patterson were honored by the Pac-12 in the conference's postseason awards. Cross was named All-Pac-12 and Patterson was named honorable mention All-Pac-12.
This marks Cross's first career All-Pac-12 selection; both Cross and Patterson were named honorable mention all-conference last season.
Cross becomes Arizona's first middle blocker to be named to the all-conference team since Cursty Jackson in 2011. Cross averaged a career-most 2.18 kills/set on a career-high .381 hitting, second highest hitting percentage in the Pac-12 this season and fourth best in Arizona history. Cross is the first Wildcat to average more than 2.00 kills and hit better than .380 in a season in modern scoring history and first overall since Jolene Killough (2.39; .388) in 2004. The senior added 0.94 blocks/set as well on the season.
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Cross, a 2018 honorable mention AVCA All-American, will leave Arizona as one of the best middle blockers in school history. On her senior day, she crossed the 400 career block mark, ending her storied career with 403 blocks, eighth most in school history. She also left finished her career fourth in school history in career hitting percentage (.334); she is the first Wildcat to finish her career with a hitting percentage above .300 (minimum 1,000 attempts) since Dominique Lamb from 2004-07 (.304).
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Patterson ends her career with her second consecutive honorable mention All-Pac-12 honor. The senior averaged 9.31 assists, 2.56 digs and 1.22 kills per set, making her the only setter in the Pac-12 to average 9.00 assists, 2.00 digs and 1.00 kills per set this season. Patterson is currently second in the Pac-12 in double-doubles (16) this season and has the lone triple-double in the conference this season, a 43-assist, 13-dig and 10-kill performance vs. Utah (11/3) the first by a Wildcat in over a decade.
Patterson will leave Arizona with 3,539 career assists, sixth most in Arizona history. She averaged 9.31 assists, 2.38 digs, 0.79 kills and 0.38 blocks/set in her Wildcat career.
PAC-12 AWARDS
Player of the Year: Mac May (UCLA)Â
Freshman of the Year: Magda Jehlarova (Washington State)
Setter of the Year: Jenna Gray (Stanford)
Libero of the Year: Morgan Hentz (Stanford)
Coach of the Year: Beth Launiere (Utah)