CHATTER: MIRANDA ADDED TO U.S. ROSTER.Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer Former Camarillo High standout and Oregon State All-American Cambria Miranda has been selected to the U.S. softball roster for the World University Games, scheduled for July15-23 in Tainan City "Tainan" redirects here; for the county of the same name see Tainan County. Tainan City (Traditional Chinese: 臺南; Hanyu Pinyin: , Taiwan. Miranda, a first-team All-America selection by Easton-Bell Sports and Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association, was one of 17 players picked from a group of 30 that participated in the selection camp June 8-11 in Chula Vista Chula Vista (ch  `lə), city (1990 pop. 135,163), San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1911. . Miranda set Oregon State's single-season record during her sophomore campaign with 52 runs scored and tied the mark with 16 home runs. She'll be joined on the team by All-American pitcher Brianne McGowan, who went 29-9 for the Beavers this past season. The team will be coached by Michigan's Carol Hutchins and will scrimmage the U.S. women's national team The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. -- featuring former Camarillo standout Jessica Mendoza Jessica Mendoza (born 11 November 1980) is an American softball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She was a four-time first team All-American at Stanford University from 1999-2002. Mendoza was named Softball player of the year in 2006. -- July 10 in Irvine before departing for Taiwan. The U.S. won the inaugural World University Games in 2004 in Plant City, Fla. Elizabeth Olear ran a personal-best 11.33 seconds in the 100 meters Thursday for a fifth-place finish at the USA Junior Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis to guarantee her a spot in at least the relay pool on the U.S. team that will travel to Beijing, China, in August. Olear, who recently graduated from Louisville High of Woodland Hills and begins at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. in the fall, runs the 200 meters today. The top two finishers in each event advance to the World Championships. In the 100 meters, the top six placers make the 400-relay team. ``I'm happy to be going to Beijing,'' Olear said. ``For the 100, the main thing was to get me on the team. But last year I made it on the relay pool (for the Pan American Games Pan American (Sports) Games Quadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. ). This year, it's important to me to do an individual event. I always want improvement.'' Olear's previous best in the 100 was 11.34. Oaks Christian of Westlake Village defensive back Anthony Gildon became the latest player on this year's Lions football team to commit to a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . I program, selecting Oregon. As many as 10 players from Oaks Christian's senior class could wind up at Div. I schools, with linebacker Casey Matthews possibly the next one to announce. Oaks Christian coach Bill Redell believes Matthews' decision could come down to Oregon or Cal. Matthew Kredell and Heather Gripp contributed ramona.shelburne@dailynews.com (818) 713-3617 |
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