On Campus college notebook, Nov. 18

Villa Maria graduate and Notre Dame basketball player Kayla McBride has been named to the early season Naismith Award watch list announced by the Atlanta Tip Off club.

The list is based off last year's performance and expectations for this season. The Naismith Women's College Player of the Year will be announced April 8 in New Orleans. The list will be narrowed to 30 in late February and reduced to the final four in March.

McBride, a starter for nationally ranked Notre Dame, had 16 points, six rebounds and two assists in the Fighting Irish's season-opening 57-51 win over Ohio State.

She appeared in every Notre Dame game as a sophomore, starting 36 of the 39 games, and was 13th in the Big East with a .496 field-goal percentage. McBride was 27th in the conference with 11.6 points per game and was also the top free-throw shooter in the Big East last year with a .919 percentage.

- Sarah Hansen, a redshirt-junior guard/forward for Florida Gulf Coast University, had 24 points and 11 rebounds as the Eagles romped to a 69-45 victory over Florida International last week.

A 2009 graduate of General McLane, Hansen was an all-Atlantic Sun Conference first-team selection in 2011-12. She helped FGCU to an appearance in the NCAA Division I tournament in its first season of eligibility.

The Eagles finished 29-3, bowing 72-65 to St. Bonaventure in the first round of the tournament.

Hansen was named FGCU female athlete of the year in 2011-12.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

- McDowell graduate Lindsey Oberacker claimed first-team all-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors recently.

Oberacker, a 6-foot senior outside hitter, led Point Park with 396 kills, good for third in the conference. She also ranked ninth in the KIAC with a .263 hitting percentage. She added 342 digs and 72 blocks.

It marked the fourth time in her career that Oberacker earned all-conference honors. She was a two-time first-team honoree in the American Mideast Conference before it disbanded during the summer. She also was second-team all-AMC as a freshman.

She recently became the second Point Park player with more than 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career.

She helped Point Park to a 30-10 record this season before the Pioneers lost to Indiana University East in five games in the KIAC championship match.

- Another McDowell graduate, Kelly Fromknecht, a senior opposite hitter/setter for California, Pa., finished the regular season with 244 kills and 527 digs. She also ranked fourth in the PSAC with a .317 hitting percentage.

- Lock Haven's Bethany Burns, another McDowell graduate, ranked third on the Lady Eagles' volleyball team with 257 digs.

MEN'S SOCCER

- Three members of the California, Pa., team have area ties: Sophomore forward and Cathedral Prep graduate Brad Colvin was third in team scoring with five goals and six assists.

Sophomore goalkeeper Mitch Mack, another former Rambler, went 3-0-2 with two shutouts and a 0.51 goals-against average.

Junior midfielder Scott Campbell, a Harbor Creek graduate, played in 12 games, four of which were shutouts.

- Cathedral Prep graduate Bobby Mohr had four goals, including two game-winning goals, and two assists this past season for Lock Haven.

FOOTBALL

- McDowell graduate and Iowa freshman running back Greg Garmon had 73 yards rushing on 23 rushes in eight games going into Saturday's game against Michigan. Garmon also had five receptions for 17 yards and had returned five kickoffs for 118 yards for an average of 23.6 yards per return. His longest return was 39 yards.

- McDowell graduate and Westminster College place-kicker Zach Miller made 5-of-8 field-goal attempts and all 24 extra-point kicks this season as a freshman.

BASEBALL

- Erie resident George Opron recently was inducted into the Fairmont State Athletic Association Hall of Fame.

Opron helped the Falcons to three league titles and the national playoffs in 1957. He was also 10th in the nation with a .479 batting average that season. He led Fairmont State in batting in three of his four seasons.

His college time was split between 1953-54 and 1957-58 because of his military duty. Opron did not live in Erie during his early school days.

Source: http://www.goerie.com/article/20121118/SPORTS04/311189882/On-Campus-college-notebook-Nov-18

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