Ferguson Accepts Scholarship at Redlands

Leslie Ferguson, a standout volleyball and basketball player at La Habra High School, has accepted an academic scholarship to Redlands and will be a walk-on on the university’s basketball team, her mother, Susan, said Monday.

Ferguson, 6 feet 1, turned down athletic scholarships to UC Santa Barbara and Occidental.

“Leslie was going for a good education,” Susan Ferguson said. “She wanted a small-school atmosphere, so she picked Redlands.”

Ferguson, who has a 4.3 grade-point average, plans to study psychology at Redlands.

She helped the La Habra volleyball team win its second consecutive State Division II title in December, and averaged 15 points for the basketball team. She won the scholar-athlete award at the Orange County basketball all-star game in April.