Former Titan Infielder Solis Dies at 31

Yvonne Solis, an infielder on Cal State Fullerton’s softball team in 1986 and ‘87, died Friday of a heart attack. She was 31.

An autopsy revealed a blood clot had caused damage to one of the main arteries, an athletic department spokesman said.

She attended Western High School, had a two-year career at Orange Coast College, then played on the Titans’ 1986 national championship team.

Solis, an Oceanside resident, was a manager with Del Taco Corp.

“I think I’m in shock, and it’s especially poignant given that we just saw Yvonne at our alumni game in October,” Titan Coach Judi Garman said Monday. “We were talking about how happy she was, that her life was really going well. She had planned to come back [to school] this season and stay more involved with the program.”

She is survived by her parents, Pablo and Benita Solis of Riverside, and a sister, Xiomara of Anaheim. Services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills.

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Former Dana Hills sprinter Brian Harrison, the 1995 state champion in the 200 meters, has committed to UCLA, his mother, Debra, said.

Harrison, who won the state title as a sophomore, is a senior at Roswell High in Alpharetta, Ga., where he lives with his family. He posted the seventh-best time in the nation last year in the 200 and finished third last summer at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Sydney, Australia.

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Shortstop Morey Aldrup, a senior at La Quinta, has committed to attend Michigan, Aztec Coach Dave Demarest said.

Aldrup, a first-team All-Garden Grove League selection, drove in 28 runs last season for the Aztecs.

Demarest also said junior catcher Gerald Laird will travel with a USA Baseball-sponsored age 17-19 team on a two-week, 15-game goodwill tour through Australia. Last season Laird--also a first team all-league pick--batted .456, with 19 RBIs for La Quinta.

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Kirsten Roy, a senior goalkeeper at Aliso Niguel, has orally committed to UC Irvine, Wolverine Coach Sharon Alvarez said. Roy was a Southern Section Division II first-team player last season.