The Arizona Wildcats women's volleyball team represents University of Arizona in the Big 12 Conference. They are currently led by head coach Charita Stubbs and play their home games at McKale Center.
Notable players Melissa McLinden – First Team All-American (1985), 1988 indoor volleyball Olympian, All-Pac-West Conference (1985), University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame (1991) Caren Kemner – Three-time indoor volleyball Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996), University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame (1992) Dana Burkholder – Two time First Team All-American (2000, 2001), Pac-10 Player of the Year (2000), three-time All-Pac-10 (1999, 2000, 2001), University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame (2006) Jill Talbot – First Team All-American (2001) Kim Glass – First Team All-American (2005), 2008 indoor volleyball Olympian, holds Arizona’s single season records in kills (650), attempts (1,584), AVCA National Freshman of the Year (2002), Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (2002), four-time All-Pac-10 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame (2011) Sofia Maldonado Diaz – Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2020/2021), All-Pac-12 (2021)
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Wildcats in the Olympics Three Arizona Wildcats women's volleyball players have represented one countries five total times in volleyball in the Summer Olympics:
1988 Melissa McLinden Seoul 7thCaren Kemner Seoul 7th 1992 Barcelona Bronze 1996 Atlanta 7th 2008 Kim Glass Beijing Silver U of A Olympians
Season-by-season results Arizona has appeared in 29 NCAA tournament since its inception in 1981. Arizona has appeared in the final four 1 time, in 2001. Results by season Source:
Conference records 1974–1979 Intermountain Conference 59—24 () 1980–1984 WCAA 29–37 () 1985–1986 Pacific-West 10–16 () 1987–2011 Pacific-10 Conference 226–300 () 2011–2023 Pac-12 Conference 97–144 () 2024–present Big 12 Conference 19–17 () Total All conferences 440–544 ()
Record vs. Big 12 opponents The Arizona Wildcats lead the all-time series regardless of conference affiliation vs. eleven other Big 12 opponents, trailing only BYU, Iowa State and TCU. Oklahoma State does not field a volleyball team.
Arizona State58570()Arizona State 6Baylor300()Arizona 3BYU14170()BYU 1Cincinnati200()Arizona 2Colorado16120()Colorado 1Houston910() Arizona 7Iowa State120()Iowa State 1Kansas210()Kansas 1Kansas State320()Arizona 1TCU120()Arizona 1Texas Tech901()Arizona 9UCF300() Arizona 3Utah27190()Utah 1West Virginia300()Arizona 2 Total (148–113–1, ) Note all-time series includes non-conference matchups.
See also List of NCAA Division I women's volleyball programs
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