IRVINE, Calif. – Senior Josephine Ough and sophomore Olivia Utterback were named to the 2022 Big West Conference All-Conference Volleyball Team. Ough made the All-Big West Second Team while Utterback was named as an Honorable Mention nominee.

A native of El Cerrito, California, Ough earns all-conference accolades for the third straight season. She was third on the team on the kills overall (251) and in Big Conference play (173) on the Aggies. She led the Aggies in blocks – total with 111, solo with 12 and assisted with 99. She finished fifth in the Big West Conference in blocks as well.

Utterback, a sophomore from Plainfield, Indiana, is the 21^st Aggie to receive an Honorable Mention nomination. Utterback led the team in service aces overall (35) and service aces in Big West Conference play (25). She was second on the team in kills (265), kills in Big West Conference play (191), sets played (118), digs (265) and digs in Big West Conference play (187). She was also named Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Week on November 21^st.

THE BIG WEST 2022 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Amber Igiede, Hawai'i
SETTER OF THE YEAR: Kate Lang, Hawai'i
LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Macall Peed, UC Santa Barbara
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Caylen Alexander, Hawai'i
COACH OF THE YEAR: Robyn Ah Mow, Hawai'i
 
ALL-BIG WEST FIRST TEAM
Maia Dvoracek, Sr., OPP, Cal Poly, Truckee, Calif.
Amber Igiede, Jr., MB, Hawai'I, Baton Rouge, La.
Kate Lang, So., S, Hawai'I, Keller, Texas
Onye Ofoegbu, Jr., MB, UC Irvine, Cerritos, Calif.
Michelle Ohwobete, Jr., OH, UC Santa Barbara, Oakland, Calif.
Tommi Stockham, R-So., OH, Cal Poly, Las Vegas, Nev.
Riley Wagoner, Jr., OH, Hawai'I, Dublin, Ohio
Deni Wilson, Sr., MB, UC Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Calif.
 
ALL-BIG WEST SECOND TEAM
Caylen Alexander, Fr., OH, Hawai'I, Alpharetta, Ga.
Morgan Chacon, R-Jr., OH, Long Beach State, Crown Point, Ind.
Katie Kennedy, Jr., OPP/MB, Long Beach State, Hood River, Ore.
Ava McInnes, So., OH, UC San Diego, Tustin, Calif.
Zayna Meyer, R-Fr., S, Long Beach State, Wheaton, Ill.
Josephine Ough, Sr., MB, UC Davis, El Cerrito, Calif.
Macall Peed, Jr., L, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego, Calif.
Joy Umeh, Jr., OH, UC Irvine, Lakewood, Calif.
 
Honorable Mention: Emme Bullis (Cal Poly); Carisa Barron (CSUN); Dylan Dela Cruz (Long Beach State); Tasia Farmer (UC Santa Barbara); Tallulah Froley (UC Santa Barbara); Tayler Hifo (UC Riverside); Danielle Jefferies (Cal State Fullerton); Hayley McCluskey (CSU Bakersfield); Meredith Phillips (Cal Poly); Elizabeth Schuster (Cal State Fullerton); Olivia Utterback (UC Davis)
 
Big West All-Freshman Team
Caylen Alexander, OH, Hawai'I, Alpharetta, Ga.
Emme Bullis, S, Cal Poly, Whitewater, Wis.
Campbell Jensen, L, UC Irvine, Burbank, Calif.
Lizzy Markovska, R-Fr., Cal Poly, Menifee, Calif.
Bianca Martinez, MB, Cal State Fullerton, Omaha, Neb.
Zayna Meyer, S, Long Beach State, Wheaton, Ill.
Brenna Mitchell, DS/L, CSUN, Temecula, Calif.