Feb. 15, 2001

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara senior outside hitter Ynez Carrasco was named an honorable mention All-American by Volleyball magazine for the 2000 season, as announced last week.

Carrasco, who was named the West Coast Conference's Player and Defender of the Year, finished the 2000 season with a team-high 537 kills a 5.07 per-game mark. Defensively, she posted 437 digs, good for 4.12 per game. The Visalia native is the all-time career leader in kills in Santa Clara recordbooks, and is fifth in digs. In December, she was named an All-Pacific Region team member by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, becoming only the third Bronco to earn such honors.

She is joined by Loyola Marymount's Sarah McFarland as the only WCC representatives on the several the Asics/Volleyball magazine list.

Asics/Volleyball Magazine 2000 All-America Team
Player of the Year: Kristee Porter, UCLA
Coach of the Year: John Cook, Nebraska

First Team
Greichaly Cepero, Nebraska
Dana Burkholder, Arizona
Lily Kahumoku, Hawaii
Amber Holmquist, Nebraska
Sherisa Livingston, Wisconsin
Nina Puikkonen, BYU

Second Team
Nicole Branagh, Minnesota
Cheryl Weaver, Long Beach State
Angela Knopf, Colorado State
Kara Gormsen, Pacific
Sarah McFarland, Loyola Marymount
Lizzy Fitzgerald, Wisconsin

Third Team
Brooke Rundle, UC Santa Barbara
Jenny Maastricht, Wisconsin
Katie Schumacher, Penn State
Logan Tom, Stanford
Mishka Levy, Penn State
April Ross, USC

Honorable Mention
Laura Pilakowski, Nebraska
Courtney Cox, Colorado State
Jennifer Joines, Pacific
Denise Boylan, Notre Dame
Alma Kovaci ,Temple
Stephanie Hagen, Minnesota
Ynez Carrasco, Santa Clara
Jennifer Paul, USC
Joslynn Gallop, San Jose State
Liz Wegner, Kansas State
Jenna Moscovic, Texas A&M
Elisabeth Bachman, UCLA
Amanda Burbridge, Arizona State
Lindsey Berg, Minnesota
Nicole McCray,Florida
Melanie Hathaway, Cal Poly
Betsy Spicer, Illinois