Turner chooses Princeton

Newport Harbor High senior outside hitter Emily Turner, a first-team

All-Sea View League selection this fall, has committed to play

volleyball at Princeton University next season.

Turner played three years on the varsity squad under Coach Dan

Glenn and earned second-team all-league laurels as a junior.

“[Princeton] is on the East Coast, so it will allow me to

experience something different,” said Turner, who is undecided on a

major. “I saw the team and I like the girls. A lot of them are from

Southern California.”

The Tigers finished 17-6 last fall, good for second place in the

Ivy League. Nine of the 14 players hail from Southern California,

including sophomore setter Jenny Senske (Mater Dei) and Brittany

Wood, a middle blocker from Laguna Beach.

Turner considered Yale, Georgetown, Brown, USC, UCLA and UC

Berkeley before deciding on Princeton, which she likes for its

proximity to New York City.

“It is a 45-minute train ride,” she said. “Living that close will

allow me to see plays and enjoy city life. Who would pass up that

opportunity?”

The Sailors (26-7) finished second in CIF Southern Section

Division II-AA and reached the semifinals of the CIF State Division

II regional semifinal.

Turner battled back from early-season tendinitis in her knees to

provide the Sailors another potent weapon at the net.

She joins fellow senior teammates Alyson Jennings (University of

Texas) and Lauren Miller (Baylor University) -- both All-CIF

first-team Division II selections -- to sign national letters of

intent.

Bryce Alderton