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Long Beach State junior shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has been named a third team pre-season All-American by College Baseball News. Tulowitzki, who played baseball and basketball locally at Fremont High School, spent last summer helping Team USA win a gold medal at the World Championships in Taiwan.
Sophomore Robert Perry (Mitty), a teammate of Tulowitzki over the years on several successful Sunnyvale National Little League all-star teams, will be the starting centerfielder for Santa Clara University. Perry, who last year was the first freshman in 22 years to start for the Broncos, earned second-team All-West Coast Conference honors last spring. He played in all but one of SCU's 56 games, batting .300 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs.
Tyler Duran, a Mitty and Sunnyvale youth league teammate of Perry, will be a redshirt freshman for the Broncos. He hopes to break into the line-up as a pitcher or infielder.
Other area players on head coach Mark O'Brien's Santa Clara roster in 2005 include senior first baseman Sean Epidendio (Mitty) of San Jose, junior infielders Dustin Realini (Monta Vista/Valley Christian) of Cupertino and Kyle Newton (Leland) and freshmen Kyle Jensen (Los Gatos), Ryan Conan (Mitty) and Jason Matteucci (Bellarmine).
Bayer at Alabama
Mari Bayer, a 2002 Lynbrook graduate and a former gymnast with West Valley Gymnastics Club, is gearing up for her third season at the University of Alabama. Bayer, an All-American as a freshman and an Academic All-American as a sophomore, helped the Crimson Tide claim third place at last April's NCAA Championship meet in Los Angeles. Alabama, a gymnastics powerhouse, has finished among the top four teams in 19 of the last 22 seasons.
Rutter an Oredigger
Nate Rutter, a 2001 graduate of Monta Vista High School, was a linebacker on the football team at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo., last fall. The junior mining major played in 10 games for the Orediggers and got in on six tackles.
Rutter played football for four years at Monta Vista and was the starting quarterback on the varsity squad as a senior. His younger twin brothers--Benjamin and Christopher--were juniors on the Monta Vista squad this past fall.
Lipton, Seremeta sign
Monta Vista tennis stars Allie Lipton and Carmen Seremeta will continue their brilliant court careers at the collegiate level after signing National Letters of Intent.
Lipton has accepted a scholarship to play tennis at UC-Santa Barbara and Seremeta will play on at the University of Oregon.
This fall, the two led the Matadors to league, Central Coast Section and Northern California titles for the second straight season.
Lipton's sister, Ashley, is a sophomore at Syracuse University where she set a school record with 43 wins for the women's tennis team.
Mollett, Wald still star
Ali Mollett, Del Mar's top player a year ago, is off to a good start for the women's basketball team at Sacramento State. The freshman guard averaged 14 minutes and four points during the Hornets first eight games this season.
An interesting match-up is scheduled for Dec. 31 when Mollett's team hosts New Mexico State. A freshman member of the visiting Aggies will be Mollett's friend and former AAU club teammate Mandy Wald.
Wald, a 2004 graduate of Homestead High School, is one of seven freshmen on the New Mexico team and is averaging about five minutes of playing time through 10 games in the current season. Wald averaged 17 points a game as a senior at Homestead and was an all-league selection as a sophomore, junior, and senior.
Green at UOP
Tanya Green is in her fourth year at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, where she is a member of the women's basketball team. As a freshman in the 200102 season, Green played in 11 games for the Tigers. She was a redshirt in 200203 and then used a medical redshirt last season. In seven games this year, Green has scored 26 points and is averaging 15 minutes per game of playing time.
Green had a very successful career at Homestead High School where she was a 2001 graduate.
Randall tops Slugs
Julia Randall is a senior forward at UC Santa Cruz and a starter on the Banana Slugs' women's basketball team. Through eight games this season, Randall leads the team in scoring, averaging 9.5 points per game. She is a graduate of Homestead High School.
Kenyon an all-UAA pick
Tracie Kenyon of Sunnyvale was named to the all-University Athletic Association volleyball team after a super junior season at the University of Chicago. The St. Francis High School graduate won honorable mention recognition for the second straight year after setting a school single-season record with 625 digs. She is Chicago's career leader in digs with 1,636.
Grelli still running
Former Presentation cross country star Melissa Grelli recently completed her first season at Georgetown University, placing 19th in the East Coast Athletic Conference race on Nov. 20. Grelli, who was the second Hoya to cross the finish line at the ECAC event, consistently was among the Hoyas' top five finishers throughout the fall season.
Locals at Cal
Prospect graduate Amber Madsen was a starting forward on the field hockey team at UC Berkeley this fall. Madsen tallied career highs in goals (eight) and assists (five).
Cal, which finished this fall as the nation's 13th-ranked team with a team-record 17 wins, had a host of former area high school stars on its roster. Juniors Alexandra Harkins (Prospect) and Kiely Schmidt (Archbishop Mitty), sophomore Jamie Nance (Leigh), and freshmen Jamie Sibilia (Monta Vista), Annie Smith (Los Gatos), Veronica Sykes (Del Mar), Christina McGrath (St. Francis) and Jenny and Missy Crane (St. Francis) of Los Gatos.
Jenny Crane was the Bears' top scoring threat off the bench this season, scoring goals on five of her eight shot attempts.
Bob Scudder and Dick Sparrer contributed to this story.
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