Johnson, Spadaro move on to Alaska, Hawaii

Orange Coast College sophomore Joanna Johnson and freshman Chelsea Spadaro have transferred to play volleyball at the University of Alaska-Anchorage and the University of Hawaii-Hilo, respectively.

Johnson, who helped the Pirates to back-to-back state titles, notched 83 kills, 43 assists, 56 digs and 31 blocks as an outside hitter, who earned second-team All-Orange Empire Conference honors.

Spadaro, the starting setter on OCC’s state championship team, collected 973 assists, the most in a single season in the program’s history. That one-year total put her seventh all-time on the career assist list and her 67 assists against Riverside was fifth highest for one match in OCC history.

Johnson and Spadaro have expanded the list of 2006-07 OCC players who have reached the four-year university level, joining sophomore middle blocker Eva Johnson (Hawaii Pacific University) and sophomore libero Ashlee Moon (Florida State University).

— From staff reports