Price, Trio of Players From CSUN Earn Volleyball Honors

John Price of Cal State Northridge has been selected men’s volleyball coach of the year by Volleyball Monthly magazine, and Matador players Coley Kyman, Ken Lynch and Axel Hager have earned All-American recognition.

Price, 34, guided the Matadors to a 23-10 record and a runner-up finish in the NCAA championships this season, his eighth at Northridge.

Kyman, a senior middle blocker, was a first-team All-American for the second consecutive year.

Lynch, a senior middle blocker, was a third-team selection; Hager, a senior outside hitter, was honorable mention.

Baseball

For the second consecutive year, Cal State Northridge senior shortstop Andy Hodgins earned District VIII Academic All-American honors.

Hodgins, a business major from Simi Valley High, posted a 3.34 grade-point average.

An All-Western Athletic Conference West Division selection at shortstop, Hodgins batted .394 in conference play and .336 overall. He has a 14-game hitting streak.

Football

Kennedy High kicker Jeremy Deach, an All-Northwest Valley Conference selection, has accepted a scholarship to Southwestern Louisiana, Coach Bob Francola said Tuesday.

“We’re pleased that someone finally showed faith in him,” Francola said.

“We knew he was deserving of a scholarship all along. Better late than never.”

Deach (6-1, 185 pounds) scored 30 points for the Golden Cougars last season.

He was successful on 12 of 13 extra points and six of 13 field-goal attempts. He averaged 41.2 yards per punt last season, Francola said. As a junior, Deach totaled 58 points.

He will join former Kennedy standout Ryan Mcgrath (‘89) at the Lafayette, La., school. Mcgrath plays tight end for the Ragin’ Cajuns.

Basketball

Sasha Garrison of Antelope Valley, the Foothill Conference women’s basketball player of the year, has signed to attend Alaska Fairbanks.

Garrison, a 6-foot-1 forward, led the conference in scoring with a 19.8 average. She averaged 14.4 points and 10.3 rebounds in her two seasons at Antelope Valley. Alaska Fairbanks, a Division II school, plays in the Pacific West Conference.