All-American honors

Corona del Mar High freshman Danielle Carlson was named to the USA

Water Polo Junior Olympic All-American first team following competition

at the Junior Olympic Tournament.

Honorable mention laurels went to teammate Christina Hewko, also a CdM

freshman.

Both girls competed for the under-14 SOCAL club team which finished

second at the tournament.

After a successful season which included several tournament wins and a

summer league championship, SOCAL entered the national tournament as the

No. 2 seed.

SOCAL swept through the preliminary and championship rounds with an

unbeaten record, including wins over Commerce, San Diego, Chicago and

Newport Beach.

In one of the most exciting games of the tournament, SOCAL lost by one

goal in double overtime in the championship game.