Marissa YoungMater Dei, FreshmanSoftball/PitcherYoung, who led her...

Marissa Young

Mater Dei, Freshman

Softball/Pitcher

Young, who led her traveling team to the 14-and-under national championship last summer, has quickly mastered high school competition. In the title game of the Canyon tournament last week, she struck out the first 10 batters and finished with 17 strikeouts in a 5-0, one-hit victory over El Modena. She also pitched a one-hitter in a 6-0 victory over Garden Grove. She also was six for nine with a home run and four runs batted in for the week. “She’s just a remarkable athlete,” Mater Dei Coach Doug Meyers said.

Softball

Stephanie Swenson

* San Clemente, junior. Pitched a no-hitter--her perfect game was spoiled with two outs in the seventh--in a 2-0 victory over Capistrano Valley.

Jessica Walker

* Huntington Beach, senior. Pitched a one-hitter and scored the only run in a 1-0 victory over Marina and went four for four in a 8-4 victory over San Clemente.

Swimming

Katie Simmons

* El Toro, senior. Won 100-yard breaststroke in county-leading 1 minute 5.45 seconds in dual meet with Santa Margarita, and won her races--100 free (56.94) and 200 IM (2:12.68)--in a meet with Foothill and Mission Viejo.

Track and field

Angie Winkler

* Fountain Valley, senior. Won the 1,600 meters in 5:12.07 and the 3,200 in 11:11.59 at the Irvine Invitational.