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Wopat receives All-America honorable mention

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Carly Wopat, right, with twin sister Sam, left, won a pair of CIF titles at Dos Pueblos.

Former Dos Pueblos Charger Carly Wopat earned All-American honorable mention honors for Stanford when the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced its selections on Wednesday.Wopat's Stanford teammate and fellow sophomore Rachel Williams also earned the same honors.The selections bring Stanford's total AVCA All-America award count to 68 honors spread over 28 players. It is the first career honors for both Williams and Wopat.Wopat, a middle blocker from Santa Barbara, Calif., … [Read more...]

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Carly Wopat named Pac-12 Offensive Player of Week

Monday, October 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Former Dos Pueblos High star and Stanford sophomore Carly Wopat has been selected as the Pac-12 women’s volleyball Bank of the West Offensive Players of the Week for Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, Commissioner Larry Scott announced today.Wopat led Stanford to wins over Arizona State and Arizona last weekend. The middle blocker hit .502 in the two matches, registering 3.71 kills per set and 2.00 blocks per set. Against ASU, Wopat was nearly perfect in recording 12 kills on 21 attempts, registering … [Read more...]

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Random Notes: Hill, Neushul playing for U.S. at Junior World Championships

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Sami Hill and Kiley Neushul are back on the same team again.The former Dos Pueblos water polo teammates are playing for the U.S. Junior National team at the FINA Water Polo Junior World Championships in Trieste, Italy.In the U.S. opener against host Italy, Hill, the goalkeeper, swatted down numerous shots in an impressive 11-4 victory.Neushul won the initial sprint and scored from seven meters on the first U.S. possession to set the tone in a game where the Americans dominated … [Read more...]

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Random Notes: Uribe sharp in his QB debut at Lindenwood

Thursday, September 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Former Santa Barbara High and SBCC football standout John Uribe led Lindenwood University to a huge victory in his debut at quarterback last Saturday. Trailing 20-19, Uribe guided the Lions on a last-minute drive to a game-winning field goal on the road at  Northern Colorado.Uribe completed 5-of-5 passes for 46 yards in the final minute, and James Neal kicked a 21-yard field goal as time expired to give Lindenwood a 22-20 victory — the biggest regular-season victory in program … [Read more...]

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Locals reunite at the Stanford Invitational

Saturday, September 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Former local prep volleyball standouts, from left, Sam Wopat, Sammie Brown, Kristen Dealy and Carly Wopat played against each other Friday night at the Stanford Invitational. The Wopats play for Stanford and Brown and Dealy play for Notre Dame. (Photo by Ron Wopat)

The Stanford-Notre Dame women’s volleyball match on Friday brought four former local prep standouts together on the court.Carly and Sam Wopat of the Cardinal hooked up with their former Dos Pueblos teammate Sammie Brown and ex-Santa Barbara High star Kristen Dealy before they played against each other in the Stanford Invitational.Carly Wopat tied her career high of nine blocks, had 13 kills and hit .600 to help Stanford win the match in four games, 25-12 25-13, 21-25. 25-23, and hand … [Read more...]

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Next Level: Spivey, Miller make an impact at Boston U

Monday, August 29, 2011 By 1 Comment
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After graduating in June from Santa Barbara High, soccer players Sanford Spivey and Kai Miller have made a quick adjustment to the next level at Boston University.Both players have seen plenty of action right off the bat.Spivey, who led the Dons to a CIF Regional Championship, started at defender and played nearly all 90 minutes in the Terriers’ 2-0 win over Holy Cross on Saturday.Miller has played considerable minutes in all four matches for BU’s women’s soccer team. She … [Read more...]

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Carly Wopat picked to U.S. team for World Junior Championships

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 By 1 Comment

Former Dos Pueblos High star Carly Wopat has been selected to the USA Volleyball Women’s Junior National Team that will compete at the FIVB Women’s World Junior Championships in Peru, beginning Friday.Wopat is a 6-2 middle blocker who plays at Stanford and earned All-Freshman team honors in the Pac-10 last season.She played on the junior national team last year that captured the gold medal at the NORCECA Women’s Junior Continental Championship in Tijuana, Mexico.The junior … [Read more...]

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NEXT LEVEL: Former DP star Stone sets assist record at UTEP

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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One night after receiving his college degree, former Dos Pueblos High basketball star Julyan Stone rewrote the record book at the University of Texas, El Paso.Stone became the school’s all-time leader in assists, passing Miner legend and former NBA star Tim Hardaway.In a game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday, Stone fed Jeremy Williams for his 564th career assist. He finished the game with five assists and now needs nine more to pass Corey Santee of TCU as Conference USA’s … [Read more...]

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Wopats part of No. 2 Stanford’s streak-snapper

Sunday, September 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Former Dos Pueblos volleyball stars Carly and Sam Wopat are just a couple of weeks into their college careers at Stanford, but the twins have already experienced a monumental victory.The Cardinal snapped No. 1 Penn State's 109-match winning streak on Saturday with a 28-26, 25-12, 25-18 win in the championship game of the Nike Big Four Volleyball Classic in Gainesville, FL.Carly, a middle blocker, recorded four kills on seven swings and had three aces with two block assists. Sam got in … [Read more...]

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Dons-Chargers volleyball rivalry taken to a higher level

Friday, September 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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When it comes to prep sports in Santa Barbara, there’s one thing you could count on: a local girls volleyball team will win a league championship and contend for a CIF championship.Going back to the 1970s, the area has produced CIF championship teams in the sport. Bishop Diego won three straight in 1977-79 and finished as runners-up in 1983.In the 90s, Bishop and San Marcos took second in their respective divisions in 1997, and the Royals won it all in 1999.Four titles and six … [Read more...]

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THE NEXT LEVEL: Rottman wows them in the ACC

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 By 2 Comments
Emily Rottman started her college volleyball career with a bang. Virginia.com photo

It hasn’t taken long for Emily Rottman to make an impact in Division 1 women’s volleyball.The former Santa Barbara High star started her collegiate career with a bang for the University of Virginia. Rottman had 28 digs in her debut match and 53 in three weekend matches to lead the Cavaliers to wins over Valparaiso, Delaware and Temple.Her eye-popping performance, which included 26 kills, earned her Freshman of the Week honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference.Rottman wasn’t the … [Read more...]

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Wopat named CIF Player of the Year

Thursday, December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The postseason awards have started to roll out and Dos Pueblos' Carly Wopat claimed one of the big ones on Monday, being announced as Division I's girls volleyball CIF Player of the Year.The Stanford-bound senior led the Chargers to a Southern Section CIF title in November before the Chargers fell in the State semifinals to Newport Harbor in early December.FULL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ALL CIF-TEAMSTwin sister Sam Wopat was the only Charger to make the First Team, joined by Santa … [Read more...]

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