STANFORD, Calif. – Led by first-team selections Kami Miner and Elia Rubin, three Stanford women’s volleyball players earned All-America honors, the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today.
The pair marks the sixth time in eight seasons under Kevin Hambly, the Montag Family Director of Women’s Volleyball, in which the Cardinal has boasted multiple first-team picks.
Miner is now a three-time AVCA selection, while Rubin is a repeat honoree. Middle blocker Sami Francis was selected to the second team, the first career honor for the senior.
The selections bring Stanford’s total AVCA All-America award count to 118 honors spread over 48 players. The Cardinal has produced multiple All-Americans in the same season in 19 of the past 20 seasons.
Miner, the AVCA Pacific Region Player of the Year, led the ACC and was ninth nationally with 11.21 assists per set. The ACC Setter of the Year guided the Cardinal offense to the third-best hitting percentage in the nation at .314 – tied for the fifth-best mark in program history. The senior led the team with 16 double-doubles on the season, averaging 2.55 digs per set. She became just the fifth player in program history to register 5,000 career assists and finished her career third all-time at 5,189. Miner recorded 40 or more assists in 16 matches and was named the ACC Setter of the Week six times this season.
Rubin, a three-time all-region selection, led the team and was third in the ACC with 4.54 points per set. She was fourth in the conference with 3.93 kills per set and was second on the team with 10 double-doubles this season. The Santa Monica native hit .300 or better in 19 matches, including 10 matches above the .400 threshold. Rubin led the Cardinal in kills in 21 of 32 matches played and recorded 20 or more kills four times.
Francis, an All-ACC First Team pick, was third in the ACC and seventh nationally with 1.53 blocks per set. She was also second in the conference and 20th in the nation with a .401 attack percentage. A three-time ACC Defensive Player of the Week, the senior hit .400 or better in 21 matches this season and registered double-digit kills on 10 occasions. She tallied five or more blocks in 20 of 32 matches played.
Stanford made its 43rd NCAA Tournament appearance in 2024, reaching its 18th regional final since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1998. The Cardinal finished the year 28-5 overall and tied for second in its first season in the Atlantic Coast…
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