USC Women's Volleyball's Fields, Tuaniga, and Wijay Garner Pac-12 Postseason Awards

SAN FRANCISCO – USC women's volleyball senior OH Skylar Fields (Missouri City, Texas) and junior setter Mia Tuaniga (Long Beach, Calif.) were each named to the Pac-12's All-Conference Team and OH London Wijay (Porter Ranch, Calif.) earned a spot on the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, the Conference announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28.

Fields and Tuaniga are each repeat selections from 2022 and now push the program's total all-conference selections to 105 all-time. In the Pac-12 specifically, their awards are the 81st and 82nd All-Pac-12 certificates garnered by Trojans. Wijay was also named for all-conference honorable mention. This year's award is Tuaniga's second-career all-conference nod and the fifth for Fields who was also chosen three times for Big XII honors while at Texas. Wijay's selection to the All-Freshman Team is the 36th all-time for a USC student-athlete.

Fields leads the Pac-12 in kills (586), kills per set (5.19 kps), points (633.0), and points per set (5.60 pps); and ranks third nationally in each of those categories, second for kills per set. She was chosen for Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week three times to up her career total to seven selections; behind only nine awards won by All-American OH Samantha Bricio among Trojans. Fields was also chosen as the AVCA's National Player of the Week for the third time in her career. She crossed the 2,000-kill plateau this season and moved into USC's top-20 for career kills with 1,184 of those collected in the Cardinal & Gold. Fields logged eight more double-doubles this season to up her career total to 18 double-doubles. Her 2023 season totals for attacks (1,422 in third), kills (fourth), and points (fifth) are all top five in USC single-season history. Fields ended the regular season with 11 straight 20-kill performances and produced her 57th double-digit kills match as a Trojan; and has now had 36 matches with 20 kills or more for the Women of Troy.

Tuaniga ranks fourth in the Pac-12 for assists (1,157) and is fifth for assists per set (10.06 aps). Her setting has the Trojans hitting at a .254 clip for fifth best in the Pac-12. She became just the eighth Trojan to cross the 3,000-assist plateau and ranks eighth all-time with 3,237 heading into postseason play. Tuaniga also moved into seventh place in USC's career records for service aces with 111 and has had eight matches this season with multiple aces, including her fourth-career match with five or more. Tuaniga has produced 13 double-doubles this season to bring her career total to 28 double-doubles.

Wijay appeared in 20 matches for the Trojans with action in 72 sets and collected 183 kills (2.54 kps). She finished the regular season with 203.0 points (2.82 pps) and is the Trojans' second-leading scorer. Wijay was chosen for the Pac-12's Freshman of the Week award four times to tie for third most all-time among Trojans (Ebony Nwanebu, 6; Bricio 5, Raquel Lázaro, 4) and was one of only four freshmen in the conference to win the award throughout the season.

The 25th-ranked Women of Troy (18-12) received the eighth seed in the Pittsburgh quarter of the NCAA bracket and will face America East champion UMBC (17-7) in a first-round match on Friday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. A win over the Retrievers would advance USC to the second round on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. ET.

The Trojans make their second consecutive appearance in the postseason tournament; the program's 39th overall. USC owns three NCAA titles (1981, 2002, '03) and is 128-42 (.753) all-time in the postseason with an 82-35 (.701) mark in NCAA tournament matches. USC is the winner of six national championships including the three NCAA crowns. The Women of Troy won back-to-back championships under Mick Haley in 2002 and 2003 and are the holders of three AIAW titles (1976, '77, '80) under the guidance of Chuck Erbe. USC has appeared in all but four of the NCAA's 43 annual championship tournaments (1986, 1990, 2020-21, 2021). Since the NCAA expanded to a field of 64 teams in 1998, USC has advanced to 12 regional championship matches, seven national semifinals (final four), and two national finals (both wins).

For more information on the USC women's volleyball team, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on X, Facebook, and Instagram.

Players Mentioned

Skylar Fields

Mia Tuaniga

London Wijay