VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS MARY CARLS, SPORTS SHACK WIN GOLD AT USA VOLLEYBALL GIRLS’ JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS; SHANNON FLEMING, VISION TAKE BRONZE
IRVINE, Calif. --- Incoming freshmen volleyball players Mary Carls (Sherman Oaks/Marymount HS) and Shannon Fleming
(Saratoga/Archbishop
Mitty HS) won gold and bronze with their respective volleyball teams at the 31st
annual USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships 18 Open Gold
Division
last weekend at the Reno-Sparks
Convention Center in Reno, Nevada.
Mary Carls and Shannon Fleming will join head coach volleyball coach Paula Weishoff’s Anteater volleyball team this fall.
Mary Carls and Sports Shack 18-Asics went 10-1, dropping just three sets in 11 matches to capture gold. After falling to Laguna Beach 18, 2-1, the college volleyball team went on to sweep its final four opponents, including Rancho Valley 18-1 by scores of 25-22 and 25-23, in the title match.
Carls, a 5-9 volleyball setter, was a four-year letterwinner at Marymount High School. The standout helped the team go undefeated in the Sunshine League her junior and senior seasons and captured team Most Valuable Player honors as a sophomore and a freshman.
Fleming, a member of the Vision 18 Gold volleyball team, won bronze at the event. Vision 18 Gold was 7-2, rebounding from an early loss to Orange County 18 Roxy and winning five straight matches before falling 25-22, 25-19 to Sports Shack 18-Asics.
Fleming, a middle blocker, who prepped at Archbishop Mitty High School, was named an Under Armour All-American last season. The All-West Catholic Athletic League talent helped her high school volleyball team win CIF state titles as a junior and senior and is a four-time volleyball league champion. Fleming posted 228 kills and 135 total blocks her senior year.
The 2010 Anteaters open the season August 27 against Washington State in Pullman, Wash.
