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MITCH FEDORKA WINS NICKLAUS AWARD AS TOP GOLFER IN DIVISION III GOLF'S RIZAL AMIN EARNS ANTHONY P. SCAFANI MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD VOLLEYBALL'S BRIANNA GONZALES RECEIVES JESSE ILES SCAFANI FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() LA VERNE FINISHED WITH A 27-3 OVERALL RECORD (.900) AND REACHED THE NCAA DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. THE LEOS CONCLUDED THE 2008 SEASON WITH A #2 RANKING IN THE FINAL AVCA TOP 25 POLL. THE LEOPARDS CAPTURED THEIR NINTH CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE CROWN, FINISHING WITH A PERFECT 14-0 MARK IN 2008. THE LEOPARDS HAVE WON 28 CONSECUTIVE MATCHES IN SCIAC PLAY. DON FLORA NAMED 2008 WEST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR 2008 ALL SCIAC SELECTIONS: BRIANNA GONZALES (PLAYER OF THE YEAR), CRISTA JONES (FIRST TEAM), ANNA CALMER (FIRST TEAM), YESENIA LOPEZ (SECOND TEAM), ASHLEY MORGADO (SECOND TEAM) THE LEOPARDS FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON RANKED #1 IN THE WEST REGION AND SERVED AS HOST OF THE 2008 NCAA WEST REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS. SENIOR BRIANNA GONZALES EARNED AVCA FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, IN ADDITION TO BEING EARNING ALL-WEST REGION ACCOLADES. GONZALES WAS NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER OF THE WEST REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EARNED ALL-TOURNAMENT HONORS AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS. JUNIOR CRISTA JONES WAS NAMED AVCA FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA WHILE ALSO EARNING ALL-WEST HONORS. JONES ALSO WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS OF THE WEST REGION AND NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS. ![]() | |||
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