COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: USC'S ZATOVIC SELECTED AS TOP MEN'S WATER POLO PLAYER.Byline: Scott French Staff Writer Juraj Zatovic capped one of the finest careers in NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association men's water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. history with his selection as national Player of the Year by the American Water Polo Coaches Association. Zatovic, a 2000 Slovakian Olympian and four-time All-American, scored 68 goals to lead the Trojans to a 26-1 record and their third NCAA title. He finished with a school-record 220 goals. Jovan Vavic was chosen national Coach of the Year, and two Trojans - Harvard-Westlake of Studio City product Juan Delgadillo and goalkeeper Adam Schilling - joined Zatovic on the first team. Delgadillo scored 55 goals, and Schilling was co-MVP, with Zatovic, at the NCAA final four. Pepperdine's Jesse Smith Jesse Smith may refer to:
Cal Lutheran's Scott Breseden was a second-team Division III All- American. --Candelas, again: USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. senior Bibiana Candelas picked up her third successive American Volleyball Coaches Association The American Volleyball Coaches Association aka (AVCA) is an organization, incorporated as a private non-profit educational corporation in 1981, as the Collegiate Volleyball Coaches Association. All-America honor. The Mexican outside hitter was a second-team selection after leading the Trojans in kills (career-high 501) and hitting percentage (.315). UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX middle blocker Nana Meriwether was a second-team choice. --Shorthanded to start: UCLA's women's gymnastics team, ranked third in the preseason coaches poll, begins its season tonight without its top performer, defending NCAA all-around champion Tasha Schwikert. Schwikert, a 2000 U.S. Olympian, underwent shoulder surgery Dec. 19, and the 21-year-old sophomore isn't expected to return to the Bruins until late February or March. Two All-Americans - Jordan Schwikert, Tasha's younger sister, and two-time Canadian Olympian Kate Richardson, the 2003 NCAA bars and beam champion - will be with UCLA for today's six-team meet in Oahu, Hawaii. The Bruins will compete against No. 13 Oregon State, No. 18 Washington, No. 20 Arkansas, Cal and Sacramento State. UCLA will meet No. 2 Utah in its home opener at 6 p.m. Saturday at Pauley Pavilion. Defending champion Georgia is ranked No. 1. --Also: UCLA women's soccer star Jill Oakes, a Harvard-Westlake of Studio City product, was selected to all three prominent All-America teams. She was a first-team choice by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and by Soccer Buzz, and Soccer America magazine Soccer America Magazine is a weekly magazine devoted to soccer founded in the early 1970s and still being published. Its primary focus is soccer in the United States but it also contains some information on international leagues and teams. placed her on its MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. list. Scott French, (818) 713-3627 scott.french(at)dailynews.com |
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