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Brittany Cook, a North Idaho College freshman forward from Meridian, Idaho, who had 14 goals and one assist, has received honorable mention on the National Junior College Athletic Association women’s soccer All-America team.

•Jared Karstetter, Washington State’s sophomore wide receiver from Ferris, was a second-team selection on the Pac-10 Conference All-Academic team in football. Cougars junior guard Brian Danaher from Colfax received honorable mention.

•Lewis-Clark State College coach Jen Greeny, the former Davenport and Washington State star, has been selected the American Volleyball Coaches Association NAIA Northwest Region coach of the year for a third straight year after guiding the Warriors to a 25-9 record and into the NAIA national tournament.

Four of Greeny’s players also received postseason honors. Senior outside hitter Anile Clemente was an AVCA NAIA All-Northwest Region first-team selection for a third straight year.

Senior middle blocker Dani Barrett received honorable mention on that team and was selected a Daktronics-NAIA volleyball scholar-athlete along with Warriors teammates Lisa Davis, a senior from Genesee, and Kim Fong, a junior from Lewiston. Both are setters.

•Ashley Magee, a sophomore from North Central on the Walla Walla Community College volleyball team, led the Warriors in three statistical categories as they compiled a 23-18 record.

Magee was No. 1 on the team with 365 kills, 2.9 kills per set and a .280 hitting percentage. She finished her career with 583 kills, 233 digs and 203 blocks.

Ashley VanCurler, a WWCC freshman from Central Valley, missed the second half of the season with an ankle injury.

She had 37 kills, 29 blocks, 22 digs and a .195 hitting percentage for the Warriors.

Volleyball

Hannah Deede, a 6-foot-2 right-side hitter from Silverton, Ore., has signed a national letter of intent with Gonzaga, Bulldogs coach Dave Gantt announced.

Deede, who also plays with the Salem Volleyball Club and is a three-sport athlete (basketball and track), led Silverton to a 25-5-1 record and a second-straight Mid-Willamette championship this past season. She was first-team All-Mid-Willamette for a second straight season. As a junior, she was a co-player of the year in the league and all-state.

•Margie Ray, who officiated the championship matches of the last two NCAA Division I women’s tournaments, was named Spokane Area Volleyball Referees Association referee of the year.

Mark Yamamoto was named both partner of the year and most improved by the SAVRA.

Other awards went to Phil Robinson and Bob Francis, who shared most inspirational; Dale Goodwin, contributor of the year; Roger Walser, rookie of the year; Juli Jones, best second-year referee; and Heide Wehr, best third-year referee.

•In the SAVRA elections, David Williams was selected president; Linda Kildew, vice president; Mary Ann Ehrgott, secretary; and Jodi Murphy, Barb Silvey, Patty Kells and Wehr, board members at large. Kammi Smith is the past president.

Miscellany

Jack Sareault, a longtime former sports writer, publicist and sports historian, died late last month in Gig Harbor, Wash., at the age of 74.

Sareault’s résumé included sports writing stints with the Daily Olympian and Tacoma News Tribune, and sports information director positions for the Northwest Conference and NAIA District 1. The NWC has an award named in his honor that goes annually to a conference sports information director. A tireless researcher, he documented the history of the NWC, one of the oldest athletic alliances in the western U.S.

He is enshrined in the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the College Sports Informational Directors of America.