Dec. 11, 1997

Stanford Lands Three On All-District Team

Shaw Named District Coach of the Year

STANFORD, CA --- Stanford University seniors Kristin Folkl and Lisa Sharpley and sophomore Kerri Walsh have been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-District 8 Team. In addition, Cardinal coach Don Shaw was named District 8 Coach of the Year. District 8 is made up of players and coaches from the Big Sky Conference, Pacific-10 Conference and West Coast Conference.

Folkl, also the 1997 Pac-10 Player of the Year, earned all-district honors for the fourth time. The honor was the third for Sharpley and second for Walsh. All three players are now eligible to earn AVCA All-America honors, which will be announced on Wednesday, December 17.

Shaw earned District Coach of the Year honors for the third time (1992 and 1994) after leading Stanford to the Pac-10 title and berth in the NCAA Mountain Regional this weekend at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal (29-2) next faces Colorado in the Mountain Regional Semifinals on Friday at 8 p.m.

AVCA All-District 8 Team
Name                Pos.   School
Kim Coleman         S      UCLA
Makare Desilets     MB     Washington
Kim Exner           MB     Eastern Washington
Kristin Folkl       OH     Stanford
Jennifer Kessy      OH     USC
Jasmina Marinkovic  MB     USC
Kara Milling        OPP    UCLA
LaManda Mounts      OH     San Diego
Sarah Noriega       OPP    Loyola Marymount
Nicole Sanderson    OPP    Pepperdine
Lisa Sharpley       S      Stanford
Kerri Walsh         OPP    Stanford

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