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More honors for BYUH's Gaspar
Advertiser Staff
Brigham Young University Hawai'i tennis player Petra Gaspar has been named to the 2002 Verizon All-District VIII College Division Women's At-Large All-Academic Team.
Gaspar helped BYU-Hawai'i win the NCAA Division II national championships earlier this week in Kansas City, Mo. It was the Seasiders' fifth title in six years.
Gaspar, a four-time first-team All-American, went undefeated this season with a 29-0 record. She is 132-1 overall, including a consecutive match winning streak of 103.
The senior travel-management major also was selected to the PacWest Conference All-Academic team for the third straight year.
To qualify an athlete must maintain a GPA of 3.2 and have substantial athletic achievements.
MORE TENNIS
• Night doubles semifinals: Petra Gaspar and Tagifano So'onalole Taosoga of BYU-Hawaii advanced to the semifinals of the Women's Night Doubles Tournament with a straight set victory last night at the Kailua Racquet Club.
Gaspar and Taosoga defeated Dora Holdarova and Summer Terry, 6-0, 6-1.
In another quarterfinal, Lani Matsunaga and Fleurette Miranti ousted Sylva Schenck and Vanne Akagi-Bustin, 6-4. 7-5.
In tonight's semifinals, Matsunaga and Miranti will play Tomoko Sukegawa and Amy Sun at 6 p.m., followed by Gaspar and Taosoga taking on state high school champions Heidi and Kim Kaloi at 7:15.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
• HPU's Choy Foo second team: Hawai'i Pacific University sophomore shortstop Brandy Choy Foo was named to the NCAA Division II All-West Region softball second team.
Choy Foo was the only player from a Hawai'i team selected for the honor.
The Waimanalo resident played in all 42 games this season and led the Sea Warriors in batting average (.356), hits (47) and runs scored (28).
Choy Foo was an all-conference honorable mention selection last year.
• UH's Judd, Porter honored: University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine shortstop Kate Judd and first baseman Stacey Porter were named to the Louisville Slugger West Region First Team.
Both are from Australia.
Judd, a junior, led the WAC with a .354 batting average while being selected as the WAC Player of the Year for the second straight year.
Porter, a sophomore, led the league with 15 homers, 112 total bases and a .622 slugging percentage. She was first team All-WAC.
The two are now eligible for the Louisville Slugger All-American team, which will be announced later this month.
TRACK AND FIELD
• UH scores a point: University of Hawai'i's Nicole Kaffka finished eighth in the heptathlon yesterday, giving the Rainbow Wahine one point after two days of the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Houston.
SMU's Stephanie Rombach won the heptathlon with 5,268 points. Kaffka finished with 4,284 points.
The Rainbows' Sadie Martin was 10th (4,044 points), followed by Lana Phillips (3,972) and Kira Lee (3,118).
Nevada leads the team standings with 18 points, followed by SMU (10) and Boise State (5). Hawai'i is in sixth place.
Full competition — running and field events — begins today and concludes tomorrow.
