Campbell Makes Grade at Colorado

Former Corona del Mar High setter Kelly Campbell, an All-American volleyball player at Colorado, is one of a dozen Big 12 athletes to receive $5,000 postgraduate scholarships, the conference announced this week.

The fourth annual awards are given to seniors who have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 and have participated on a sports team at least two years. They must also intend to enroll in graduate or professional school within two years after graduation.

Campbell, who has an internship with Student Sports Magazine in Southern California this summer, said last week that she plans to graduate from Colorado in December with a degree in radio/television/broadcasting.

Campbell is one of the most decorated players in Colorado history. She is Colorado’s first academic All-American and was the first player in Big 12 history to be named all-conference and academic all-conference four consecutive times.

She set an NCAA career record in assists per game (14.45). Her 6,228 career assists rank seventh all-time and she didn’t miss a game at Colorado, playing in 431.

NET RESULTS

Stanford senior Geoff Abrams (Newport Harbor High) and USC sophomore Ryan Moore (Servite High) have been selected to the NCAA Division I men’s All-American team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Assn.

Abrams qualified in singles because he finished among the top 20 ranked players in the nation.

Moore qualified when he and teammate Nick Rainey advanced to the NCAA finals in doubles.

ACADEMIC HONORS

UC Irvine handed out its annual scholar-athlete awards and many former county performers were recognized.

The men’s winners from the county were: Ben Jones of Sonora, basketball; Peter Mateo of Trabuco Hills, crew; Viken Jermakian of Marina and Terry Nelson of Golden West College and Servite, cross-country; Mike Lavery of Irvine and Scott Rynders of Capistrano Valley, golf; Aaron Colacion of Esperanza, Dominic Fratantaro of Newport Harbor, Matt Stein of El Toro and Saul Wolf of Woodbridge, soccer; Peter Kovacs and Santosh Swamidass of El Modena, track and field; Steve Cavella of Marina, Josh Richardson of Orange Coast College and Newport Harbor and Casey Swenson of San Clemente, volleyball; Dan Hayes of University, water polo.

Women’s honorees from the county included Kirsten Cappel of Marina and Krissy Duperron of Woodbridge, basketball; Kelsie Anderson of Laguna Hills, Tiffany Park of Villa Park, Sharon Lee of Sunny Hills and Diana Shea of Mater Dei, crew; Jennifer Giffel of Edison, Allyson Kulak of Sunny Hills and Lisa Massoth of Esperanza, cross-country; Elizabeth Spies of Rosary, Cynthia Tredway of Los Alamitos and Alisha Van Tassel of Cypress College and Marina, soccer; Stacy Rosenberg of El Dorado and Sara Showalter of University, swimming; Natalie Exon of Woodbridge and Liz Yim of Laguna Hills, tennis; Jamie Vaicaro of Katella, track and field; Larissa Carter of Fountain Valley, volleyball.

The awards went to the player in each sport with the highest grade-point average.

NOTABLE

Janella Bart, formerly of Huntington Beach High, has qualified for the Olympic swimming trials in the 1,500-meter freestyle. A junior at Washington, she finished 28th in the 1,500 and 47th in the 400 freestyle (4:20.60) at the NCAA finals in March. Bart holds three school records and will be a team captain next season.

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