UCI trio named to first team

UC Irvine junior Kelly Wing, a repeat first-team selection,

highlights four Anteaters named first-team All-Big West Conference by

conference women’s volleyball coaches.

Wing, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter, is joined on the first team by

teammates Ashlie Hain, a junior setter, and junior middle blocker

Sami Cash.

Wing has led the Anteaters to a 21-9 record, 12-6 in the Big West.

The latter, good for second place, represents UCI’s best conference

finish. Wing was named conference Player of the Week four times this

season and became only the fourth player in Big West history to hold

five such awards in a career. Hain has ranked among the nation’s

assist leaders for 12 weeks and reaching a ranking as high as No. 3.

Cash, UCI’s leader with a .367 hitting percentage, was No. 1 among

conference rivals in hitting percentage early in the season and is

currently ranked No. 2 in that category.

Dana Kurzbard, a 6-5 junior middle blocker, received honorable

mention.

UCI women sign duo

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine women’s tennis team has signed two top

players from Northern California, Anteaters Coach Mike Edles

announced.

Becky Bernhard of Oakmont High in Roseville, the No. 5-ranked

junior in Northern California and ranked 163rd nationally, will join

the Anteaters, as will Inna Agababian from George Washington High in

San Francisco. Agababian is ranked No. 9 in Northern California and

No. 148 nationally.

King is All-American

* VOLLEYBALL: Katie King, a former Newport Harbor High standout

and a setter on the Irvine Valley College women’s volleyball team,

has been named second-team All-American, as voted by the coaches in

their respective regions. It is the highest honor earned by a player

in IVC women’s volleyball history.

King, who recorded 750 assists during the regular season, also

received first-team All-State, first-team All-Orange Empire

Conference and All-Southern California honors. UCI adds two recruits

* BASKETBALL: The UC Irvine women’s basketball program added a

couple of recruits during the recent early signing period.

Haley Tull, a 6-foot-1 forward from Cleburne High in Cleburne,

Texas, averaged 17.7 points and 7.7 rebounds as a junior last season,

earning District eight 4-A all-region and second-team all-state

honors.

Miranda Forry, a 5-10 guard from Marin Catholic High in Kentfield,

Calif., averaged 12 points and 6.9 rebounds as a junior, earning

all-league honors.