2 Former Local Stars Transfer to Pepperdine

Former area high school girls’ basketball standouts Nikki Brodowy and Barbara Tanner have transferred to Pepperdine.

Brodowy, a 1989 graduate of Hart High, transferred from Fresno State, where she played in 12 games and averaged 1.3 points last season. Brodowy was selected the Foothill League’s most valuable player after helping lead Hart to the Southern Section 5-A Division title as a senior.

Tanner, a 1988 graduate of Thousand Oaks High, appeared in 18 games last season at Oregon State, averaging 1.6 points and 1.2 points. Tanner averaged 15.8 points for Thousand Oaks as a senior and was selected the Marmonte League player of the year.

According to NCAA regulations governing transfers from one four-year school to another, both players must redshirt next season. In 1991-92, Tanner will be a junior and Brodowy will be a sophomore.

Shane O’Brien, who will be a senior at Hart High in the fall, made a par putt on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff Wednesday to win the 16-17 age group division of the Junior Masters golf tournament at Westview Golf Club in Quincy, Ill.

O’Brien, 16, fired rounds of 73 and 74 to finish in a tie with Ryan Graff of Quincy at five-over par.

Both players parred the first two holes of sudden death before Graff made a bogey on the decisive hole.

O’Brien of Valencia will compete in the state junior amateur at Sunnyside Country Club in Fresno from Monday to Wednesday.

Kristine Quance finished eighth in the 400-meter individual medley Monday at the Legion of European Nations Cup in Rome. Quance, 15, of Northridge, finished in 4 minutes 58.22 seconds.

The event was won by Anamaria Petricevic of Yugoslavia in 4:47.15.