3 honored as Corona's varsity Athletes of Year
The Varsity Letter Club at Corona del
Sol High School has established an Athlete of the Year Award for senior male
and female athletes.
The award, given since 1988, is based
upon a point-generated system that rewards athletes for participation,
academics and achievement in athletics, extracurricular activities and
community service.
Student athletes for the 2001-2002 year
are Breanna Pursley, Jeffery Webb and Ryan McBride.
Breanna has participated in
volleyball, basketball and softball, lettering in volleyball and basketball.
She holds numerous school records in
basketball and helped lead the team to back-to-back state basketball finals,
winning in 2001 and finishing as state runner-up in 2002.
She assisted the volleyball team with in
reaching the state championship game in 2001 and finishing state runner-up.
Breanna was first team all-state
volleyball and basketball and led those teams top regional championships in
her junior and senior years. She will be attending Texas Tech University on
a volleyball scholarship in the fall.
Jeff Webb participated in football,
soccer and track while attending Corona. He lettered three years in soccer
and two in football.
He was the most valuable player and team
captain in football and Joe Sellah (most inspirational) award recipient in
soccer.
He was awarded all-city, region and East
Valley honors. Jeff maintains above a 3.5 grade point average and is active
in his church and community organizations. In the fall, he will be
participating in a mission for his church.
Ryan McBride lettered in tennis for four
years at Corona. During that time, he placed third in state competition
twice and was the state champion in men’s tennis this year.
He was three-time most valuable player
on his team and was a three-time all-state athlete. He was all-region and
participated in the state tournament his freshman, sophomore and senior
years, missing his junior year due to injury.
Ryan will be attending ASU in the fall
and playing on the Sun Devil tennis team.
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