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Vijil returns to Shock

Spokane Shock veteran receiver Raul Vijil will return to the team for his fourth season.

Vijil, the former Eastern Washington University standout, is the franchise’s all-time leader in receptions (223), touchdown receptions (62), reception yardage (2,454) and all-purpose yardage (4,164).

“I’m really excited for this upcoming year,” Vijil said. “It’s good to be in a place where the fans support you the way they do here in Spokane.”

Last season, Vijil was named first-team all-af2 after he recorded 107 receptions – including 35 touchdown receptions – for 1,212 yards.

The Shock open the 2009 season on April 3 at the Spokane Arena.

Tennis

Seles makes Hall of Fame

Monica Seles was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Thursday, honored for a career in which she won nine Grand Slam singles titles and returned to the tour after being stabbed while playing a match.

“It was just a lot of highs and a lot of lows,” Seles said during a conference call. “One of the things that always kept me going was my love of the game.”

Also elected were 1972 French Open champion Andres Gimeno, Association for Tennis Professionals co-founder Donald Dell, and the late Robert Johnson, who pioneered the integration of tennis. The induction is July 11.

Known for her two-tone grunts and two-handed swings off both wings, Seles won 53 singles titles, including four at the Australian Open, three at the French Open and two at the U.S. Open.

College football

CWU’s Reilly in Shrine

Central Washington quarterback Mike Reilly is scheduled to play in the 84th annual East-West Shrine Game Saturday in Houston.

The game will be televised on ESPN2, beginning at 1 p.m.

Reilly, who will wear No. 13, is one of three quarterbacks on the West roster. The others are Tom Brandstater of Fresno State and Stephen McGee of Texas A&M.

Reilly, a Washington State transfer, was also invited to play in the Texas vs. The Nation All-Star Challenge game on Jan. 31 in El Paso, Texas.