EUGENE, Ore. – Owing to their famous fathers, Willow Johnson and Ronika Stone already enjoyed some notoriety before joining the Oregon volleyball program. They're earning more with their play as Ducks.
Both Stone, the daughter of two-time Super Bowl champion offensive lineman Ron, and Johnson, whose father is baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher Randy, are key cogs in the Ducks' rotation as they enter the final weekend of nonconference play this fall. The UO volleyball team hosts No. 21 Illinois on Friday in Matthew Knight Arena (7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks), part of the three-day Nike Invitational that also includes Belmont and Saint Mary's.