Honors: Tars’ Perrine Sea View Athlete of the Year

Barry Faulkner

NEWPORT BEACH - Newport Harbor High senior Greg Perrine, who led

the Sailors to Sea View League championships in basketball and

volleyball, en route to league MVP honors in both sports, is the Sea View

League Male Athlete of the Year.

Perrine, who will attend Chapman University and play basketball, was

chosen by Sea View athletic directors as the top senior boys athlete.

The 6-foot-1 standout was a three-year varsity performer in each of

his sports, overcoming a torn ACL sustained in late July, 2001, to come

back and flourish in his senior year.

As Coach Larry Hirst’s senior point guard, he averaged 10.2 points per

game, was a rugged defender, and ran the show as the Sailors finished

20-7 and advanced to the second round of the CIF Southern Section

Division II-AA Playoffs.

He missed the Sailors’ first seven games while still recovering from

the knee injury, then scored a team-high 14 points in his first game

back, a nonleague home win over Edison.

He had a career-high 23 points in a league-opening victory at Aliso

Niguel. One week later, he hit the game-winning three-pointer in the

final seconds of a league triumph at Laguna Hills.

His senior volleyball season produced Co-MVP honors, along with senior

teammate Loyd Wright. Perrine, an outside hitter, was the consistent kill

leader for Coach Dan Glenn’s unit, which won all eight league matches and

advanced to the CIF Division II semifinals, compiling a 26-7 record.

Perrine was named MVP of the Orange County Championships, where he led

the Sailors to the title.

He is a likely All-CIF honoree when those honors are announced at a

later date.

As a junior, Perrine averaged 9.7 points in 28 basketball games,

helping guide the Tars to a 21-7 record and a berth in the CIF Division

I-A quarterfinals. He was a second-team All-Sea View selection.

His junior volleyball campaign also garnered second-team all-league

recognition, as he helped the Sailors reach the CIF Division III

semifinals.

As a sophomore, he averaged 4.9 points in 26 basketball games, earning

second-team all-league honors and helping the Sailors advance to the

second round of the playoffs.

He was also a member of the Sea View volleyball co-champions, who

advanced to the CIF Division I title game before falling to Back Bay

rival Corona del Mar.

He was called up to the varsity for the volleyball playoffs as a

freshman, when the Sailors went on to claim the CIF Division I crown.