Sonoma State sophomore point guard Ashley Arnott is expected to play next season after undergoing offseason surgery for a back injury.

Seawolves women's water polo coach Coralie Simmons has been selected to be an assistant coach on the women's senior national water polo team. Simmons will help guide Team USA at the World Championships in Rome this summer.

Former Petaluma High star Sam Banister will help lead the Arizona softball team into the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City when the Wildcats meet the University of Florida in a first-round game which will televised at 6 p.m. today on ESPN.

Santa Rosa Junior College swimmer David Hernandez has been named the Male Scholar Athlete of the Year by the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators.

The prestigious award, in its 17^th year, is given to the male and female student athlete who best demonstrates outstanding accomplishment and leadership in academics, athletics and citizenship.

Former Cardinal Newman star J.K. Withers served as a rabbit, a track term for pace-setter, as the University of Oregon's four-by-mile relay team set an NCAA record in the seldom-run event Saturday at the Oregon Twilight Meet in Eugene, Ore.

Santa Rosa's Jake Arnold won the Multistars Decathlon in Desenzano, Italy, on Sunday with 7,994 points to beat runner-up Roland Schwarzl of Austria by 81 points.