Riggs named OEC MVP: Five others earn all-conference honors
COSTA MESA -- Sophomore outside hitter Karlee Riggs was named the Orange Empire Conference's Most Valuable Player, as voted on by the head coaches at their end-of-the-year meeting.
Riggs, a Tustin HS grad who will be attending the University of Hawaii in the Spring, notched 373 kills and 195 digs in 2012. Her outstanding play also earned her a spot on the 2012 All-State Team. As a freshman, Riggs earned first-team, all-conference honors with 375 kills and 192 digs in 2011.
Riggs finished her two-year career at Coast with 748 kills, second all-time in school history behind two-time All-American Kiwi Winkler's 895.
A pair of Pirates earned first-team, All-Orange Empire Conference honors -- sophomore setter Allison Lumsden and sophomore middle blocker Morgan Link.
Lumsden (Brea Olinda HS), a two-time, first-team all-conference selection, dished out 698 assists this year and finished her Coast career with 1,456 assists, good for fifth all-time in OCC history.
Link (Woodbridge HS) finished 2012 with 115 kills and 39 total blocks, giving her 253 kills and 82 total blocks for her Pirate career. She was also a two-time, all-conference selection.
Sophomore libero Andi Frisina and sophomore opposite Isabel Emrich each earned second-team, all-conference honors.
Frisina (Brea HS), a two-time, second-team selection, finished 2012 with 270 digs and ended her Coast career with 655 digs, third-best all time in school history.
Emrich (University HS), another two-time, second-team selection for the Pirates, finished 2012 with 64 kills, 51 digs and 19 total blocks. Emrich finished her career with 180 kills, 187 digs and will continue her athletic and academic careers at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Freshman middle blocker Kourtney Chadderdon (Mater Dei HS) was an all-conference honorable mention after totaling 45 kills and a team-best 41 total blocks in 2012.
