2016 All-Big 12 List

WACO, Texas -The Baylor volleyball team placed three on the All-Big 12 postseason honors, announced Monday afternoon by the conference office.

Baylor tied for a program record, with three total selections, one unanimous first team and two on the second team.

Redshirt junior Katie Staiger was one of seven unanimous first team selections, leading the league in kills, kills/set, points, and points/set. She was among the top-four in the nation in all four categories, additionally leading the conference in offensive player of the week selections and double-doubles.

Staiger's season was unlike anything seen in the conference in recent history, with the outside hitter breaking the Baylor single-season kills record and finishing the regular season with the second-most kills in a season in conference history.

Juniors Jana Brusek and Camryn Freiberg were both named to the ten-member All-Big 12 second team.

Brusek earned two defensive player of the week honors this season, while finishing third in digs/set and first in total digs.

Brusek's 552 digs this season sits as the fourth-most digs in a single-season in program history, trailing Elisha Polk by just five for the No. 3 spot.

Freiberg showed immediate impact to help stem the tide of preseason injuries to Baylor's middles, with the middle blocker finishing second in the conference in total blocks and sixth in blocks/set in her first season with the Bears.

With 139 blocks this season, Freiberg was the first Baylor blocker to eclipse the 100-block mark since Torri Campbell's 108 in 2011.

Kansas nearly swept the conference postseason honors, with Ray Bechard (Coach of the Year), Kelsie Payne (Player of the Year), Cassie Wait (Libero of the Year), and Ainise Havili (Setter of the Year) all earning recognition. Texas outside hitter Micaya White was the only non-Jayhawk to take home honors, earning Freshman of the Year.

Baylor will begin its postseason run in Los Angeles, facing No. 14 San Diego to kick off the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 7:30 p.m. CT in a single elimination bracket, featuring San Diego, Murray State, and the host-school No. 8 UCLA, picked as the 10-seed. The winner of the weekend rounds will advance to the NCAA Regionals, hosted by the highest remaining seed from the bracket.

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