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Volleyball nets talented setter from LMU
The Daily Barometer
Issue date: 3/2/07 Section: Sports
K.C. Walsh, an outstanding setter from Loyola Marymount, will be joining the OSU volleyball team this coming fall, head coach Taras Liskevych has announced.
It is a welcome addition for the Beavers, who lost starting setter Camilla Ah-Hoy midseason to a torn ACL. Ah-Hoy is in the midst of rehab and is expected to be back, but Liskevych said the addition of Walsh will do nothing but help.
"K.C. is a good setter, and we have to protect the team," he said. "We never know when Camilla is going to be 100 percent."
Walsh will also bring with her a history of winning, something the Beavers - who went 0-18 in the Pacific-10 this year - desperately need.
"Anytime someone in a leader position comes in that's been successful - that's the kind of athlete we need in this program," Liskevych said, adding that there's "no question" she will make an impact right away.
The 5-foot-10 Walsh started for the Lions as a freshman in 2005, tallying 995 assists to rank among LMU's career assist leaders. The Lions finished 19-11 in her rookie season, and their season ended with a first-round loss in the NCAA Tournament. In 2006, Walsh played in 48 games recording 226 assists to finish her LMU career with 1,261, ranking her eighth all-time.
Under NCAA volleyball transfer rules, Walsh will be eligible to play right away, unlike in basketball and football, where athletes must sit out one year if they transfer from one Division-I school to another. She will have two years of eligibility remaining.
The courtship of Walsh started in early January, when Liskevych and his staff heard there may be a possibility of Walsh transferring. Walsh sent Liskevych a letter on Jan. 12, formally letting him know she was interested in Oregon State. It snowballed from there, as Walsh and her father took an official visit in February. She has now signed a financial aid agreement to attend Oregon State.
A 2005 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., Walsh was a four-time all-league setter and a four-time All-California Central Coast selection. A three-time state champion, she was named a first-team All-American and Player of the Year by Cal-High Sports, and Volleyball Magazine included her on its list of the "Fab 50." She was also named the San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year in 2004.
Walsh's family also knows a thing or two about the sport: her older sister, Kerry, was an Olympic Gold Medalist at the summer games in Athens, winning the gold with Misty May in outdoor volleyball in 2004.
It is a welcome addition for the Beavers, who lost starting setter Camilla Ah-Hoy midseason to a torn ACL. Ah-Hoy is in the midst of rehab and is expected to be back, but Liskevych said the addition of Walsh will do nothing but help.
"K.C. is a good setter, and we have to protect the team," he said. "We never know when Camilla is going to be 100 percent."
Walsh will also bring with her a history of winning, something the Beavers - who went 0-18 in the Pacific-10 this year - desperately need.
"Anytime someone in a leader position comes in that's been successful - that's the kind of athlete we need in this program," Liskevych said, adding that there's "no question" she will make an impact right away.
The 5-foot-10 Walsh started for the Lions as a freshman in 2005, tallying 995 assists to rank among LMU's career assist leaders. The Lions finished 19-11 in her rookie season, and their season ended with a first-round loss in the NCAA Tournament. In 2006, Walsh played in 48 games recording 226 assists to finish her LMU career with 1,261, ranking her eighth all-time.
Under NCAA volleyball transfer rules, Walsh will be eligible to play right away, unlike in basketball and football, where athletes must sit out one year if they transfer from one Division-I school to another. She will have two years of eligibility remaining.
The courtship of Walsh started in early January, when Liskevych and his staff heard there may be a possibility of Walsh transferring. Walsh sent Liskevych a letter on Jan. 12, formally letting him know she was interested in Oregon State. It snowballed from there, as Walsh and her father took an official visit in February. She has now signed a financial aid agreement to attend Oregon State.
A 2005 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., Walsh was a four-time all-league setter and a four-time All-California Central Coast selection. A three-time state champion, she was named a first-team All-American and Player of the Year by Cal-High Sports, and Volleyball Magazine included her on its list of the "Fab 50." She was also named the San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year in 2004.
Walsh's family also knows a thing or two about the sport: her older sister, Kerry, was an Olympic Gold Medalist at the summer games in Athens, winning the gold with Misty May in outdoor volleyball in 2004.
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