Elaine Zivich Named Women's Water Polo Player of the Year
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The American Water Polo Coaches Association announced the 2000 All-America team Wednesday with UCLA sophomore Elaine Zivich earning Player of the Year accolades. In addition, six Bruins received All-America acclaim.
Sophomore Elaine Zivich (Lompoc, Calif./ Cabrillo) picked up first-team All-America acclaim for the second straight year. The sophomore attacker, who earned Tournament MVP honors at the Collegiate Nationals after helping guide the Bruins to their fourth national crown, was the team's second-leading scorer with 54 goals. Also earning first-team honors was senior captain and U.S. National Team member Catharine von Schwarz (Annapolis, MD/ St. Mary's), who ranks fourth on the team with 42 goals. von Schwarz, who picks up her fourth All-American honor in as many years, is the first female athlete at UCLA to ever win four national championships.
Sophomore transfer Kelly Heuchan (Perth, Australia/ U. of Western Australia) and freshman Jessica Lopez (Commerce, Calif./ Bell Gardens) received second-team honors. Heuchan was the team's leading-scorer with 57 goals, while Lopez ranked fourth on the team with 44 goals.
Freshman Jaime Hipp (Fresno, Calif./ Edison) was UCLA's only third-team selection. The 6-0 goalkeeper held a 4.52 goals against average and was named to the Collegiate National Tournament second-team after pulling down 10 saves in UCLA's 11-4 win over USC in the title game.
Senior Erin Golaboski (Severna Park, MD/ Severna Park), who is tied for fourth on the team with 42 goals, received honorable mention acclaim.
Following is the complete list of honors:
Division I
Coach of the Year Dan McOsker University of Massachusetts
Player of the Year Elaine Zivich University of California, Los Angeles
First Team
Elaine Zivich University of California, Los Angeles
Catherine von Schwarz University of California, Los Angeles
Aniko Pelle University of Southern California
Nina Wengst University of Southern California
Margie Dingeldein Stanford University
Katie Grogan University of Massachusetts
Fana Fuqua, Goalie University of California, Berkeley
Second Team
Larisa Baltgalvis San Diego State University
Beth Irwin University of California, Berkeley
Collette Glinkowski University of California, Berkeley
Adele MacCarthy-BeauvaisPrinceton University
Kelly Heuchan University of California, Los Angeles
Jessica Lopez University of California, Los Angeles
Jackie Frank, Goalie Stanford University
Third Team
Tiffany Hodgens University of California, Davis
Kris Koblik Stanford University
Stacy Black Long Beach State University
Marci Hupp University of Massachusetts
Neva West San Jose State University
Julie Gardner Stanford University
Jamie Hipp, Goalie University of California, Los Angeles
Honorable Mention
Erin Golaboski University of California, Los Angeles
Lynn Nisbet University of California, Santa Barbara
Jen Durley University of Southern California
Claudia Clement University of Massachusetts
Cassie Nichols Princeton University
Katrim Diefolf University of Southern California
Kelly Shouey Stanford University
Lisa De Rossi University of Hawaii
Anne-Marie Keenan Stanford University
Sandra Milicev University of Southern California
Molly Smith University of the Pacific
Kaliya Young University of California, Berkeley
Lucy Windes Loyola Marymount University
Karin Umemura University of Hawaii
Curran Teigen, Goalie San Diego State University
Dana Sinkwich, Goalie University of Massachusetts
Goga Vukmirovic, Goalie Princeton University