Posted on: Monday, November 1, 2004
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Lacrosse player given NCAA honor
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Kelly Albin, a lacrosse player at the University of California-Davis who also served as a volunteer in Peru, was chosen yesterday as the NCAA Woman of the Year.
Albin was selected for her athletic and academic excellence, as well as community service and leadership.
She led California-Davis to a No. 2 ranking in Division II lacrosse.
Albin set 18 school records, including shots in a game, career assists, season assists, assists in a game, career ground balls and career turnovers.
Albin graduated magna cum laude in March with a 3.953 grade-point average in food science.
She was a College Sports Information Directors Association Academic All-American, a member of the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic All-American Team and was the Division II Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Albin also served as a volunteer in Peru in 2003, teaching physical education, building clean-burning stoves in adobe houses, installing septic systems and flush toilets in a preschool, and planting trees on a reforestation site.
Albin was chosen from 276 nominees — including former University of Hawai'i volleyball player Lily Kahumoku — and 10 national finalists.
Cardinals dismiss hitting coach Page
The St. Louis Cardinals fired hitting coach Mitchell Page, but not because of St. Louis' poor hitting in its World Series loss to the Boston Red Sox.
Page told the St. Louis Post Dispatch that he will enter an alcohol treatment facility near his Oakland, Calif., home this week after he was let go Thursday by Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty and manager Tony La Russa.
St. Louis scored only 12 runs and hit .190 in a four-game sweep at the hands of the Red Sox.
Page served as the Cardinals hitting coach for 3› seasons.
"I need help and I'm going to get it," Page told the newspaper.
Bulgarians capture ice dancing at Skate Canada
Bulgaria's Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski won the gold medal in ice dancing with an overall score of 208.93 points yesterday at Skate Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Bulgarians edged Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon of Canada by five points to win the title. Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovski of Israel moved up from fourth after the original dance to win the bronze.
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