Maurer signs with USF

Brynn Maurer, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter for the Mater Dei High girls

volleyball team and Newport Beach resident, has signed a letter of

intent to continue her athletic career at the University of San

Francisco, her coach Craig Pazanti said.

Maurer is an All-CIF honoree in both volleyball and track and

field and is also a member of the Orange County Volleyball Club.

The Monarchs’ girls volleyball team (30-3) advanced the semifinals

of the CIF Southern Section Division II-A playoffs with a sweep of

Fullerton Saturday. They will resume action tonight at 7 at Buena.

Maurer chose the University of San Francisco over UC Irvine and

Georgetown.

-- Bryce Alderton

UCI assistant honored

* BASKETBALL: UC Irvine assistant women’s basketball coach Kim

Lummus-Crabtree was inducted into the Texas High School Basketball

Hall of Fame Saturday in Waco, Texas.

Lummus-Crabtree was a four-year starter at Cleburne High from

1991-95 and was a four-time all-district selection for Coach Judy

Brown-Mizell. While Lummus-Crabtree was at Cleburne, the team went

105-30 and won a state championship in 1995.

Her senior year, Lummus-Crabtree made every all-state team and was

the 4A Player of the Year, as well as MVP of the state tournament.

She was the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches free-throw

champion (83%) in 1993-94 and the three-point champion (114 of 220

for 52%) in 1994-95, making her the only player to ever win both

titles.

She received honorable mention for USA Today’s All-America

selections as a senior.

Lummus-Crabtree, in her fourth year as an assistant at UCI, went

on to play for the University of Texas from 1995-99.