Hahn wins Libero of the Year, three others get First Team All-Big 12

Kristen Hahn goes for a dig during Wednesday’s game against Kansas State. Hahn has been recognized as a Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week three times this season.

Dean Berhow-Goll

Sophomore Kristen Hahn earned Big 12

Libero of the Year honors, marking the fourth consecutive year that

a Cyclones has garnished the honor. Three other Cyclones were named

to the All-Big 12 team.

Hahn led the Big 12 in digs per set

the entire year with 5.54 digs per set and was Big 12 Defensive

Player of the week four times. Hahn was the only libero in the Big

12 to record a 35-dig match which came against North Dakota State

on Sept. 10. She posted 24 double-digit matches including 13

twenty-dig matches, which ties her for most in school history with

Ashley Mass.

Senior Carly Jenson earned her first

Big 12 honors as a unanimous selection, posting 4.04 kills per set

in Big 12 play which was good for third in the conference. Jenson

was the only Cyclone to play an entire rotation managing 3.28 digs

per set which helped her earn 15 double-doubles on the  year. She

finished the regular season with four-straight

double-doubles. 

Junior Alison Landwehr landed First

Team Big 12 honors leading the Big 12 in assists per set with 11.37

and 11.77 in Big 12 play. Landwehr had 64 assists against Oklahoma

on Nov. 2, which was the second-highest total in the Big 12. She

also helped out on the defensive end managing 2.52 digs per set

which was good for fourth on the team.

Junior Jamie Straube earned her

second-straight First Team Big 12 selection. This is also the

second-straight season where Straube has led the Cyclones in

hitting, attacking on a .344 clip in Big 12 matches which ranked

her fifth overall. 

Straube also was a force on the

serving end. She led the Big 12 with 0.39 aces per set in

conference play. Straube was the only Big 12 player with four aces

in two conference matches. 

She also demonstrated her value on

the defensive end at the net. Straube led the Cyclones in solo

blocks with 10 and was second on the team in block assists with

77.