Horn chooses Vassar

Kayleigh Horn, who captained Newport Harbor High’s girls golf team

the last two seasons, has committed to Vassar College in

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Horn, who finished no lower than sixth in three Sea View League

individual tournaments, was selected Newport Harbor’s Scholar Athlete

of the Year for 2004-05, one of only 178 students out of 700,000 in

CIF to receive the award. The Sailors finished third in league and

seventh in the CIF Southern Divisional team championships.

Horn’s best round as a Sailor was a 1-under-par 35 in October en

route to earning the team’s Most Valuable Player award for the third

time in four varsity seasons.

Since joining Newport in 2001, she shaved nearly 18 strokes off

her score. Horn, a second baseman on Newport’s softball teams her

sophomore and junior seasons, placed third in the league golf

championship in 2004 and finished second in the Newport Beach Country

Club junior championship.

Horn will major in language and international business, Brian

Horn, her father said, at Vassar, entering its third season of

women’s golf in NCAA Division III.

The Brewers open their season Sept. 18-19 at the Cortland (N.Y.)

University Invitational.

-- Bryce Alderton