June 18, 2008
DAVIS, Calif. - UC Davis senior attacker Christi Raycraft was selected to the 2008 All-America second team, it was announced by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches on Wednesday. She was one of three Aggies to earn All-America distinction this year, as senior center Laura Uribe and junior attacker Lindsay Kiyama also captured honorable mention.
Raycraft's second-team nod stands as the highest Division I All-America honor in UC Davis women's water polo history. The previous bests were third-team selections for Katherine O'Rourke in 2007 and Tiffany Hodgens in 2001. A hometown favorite - she is a graduate of nearby Davis Senior High - Raycraft lead the Aggies with 53 goals, 22 blocked shots and a school-record 91 drawn exclusions, while adding 42 steals and 15 assists. She also earned All-Western Water Polo Association first-team accolades and was named to all-tournament teams at the WWPA and NCAA championship events.
Kiyama, who recently claimed the university's W.P. Lindley Award as the outstanding scholar-athlete of the year, scored 38 goals with 33 assists while pacing UC Davis with 54 steals. She also added 14 field blocks and won 90 of 101 sprints. A Concord, Calif. native, Kiyama finished the season in particularly strong form, scoring a hat trick in her team's NCAA first-round win over San Diego State, helping her earn a spot on the all-tournament second team.
Uribe, a former transfer from Chaffey College, tallied 51 goals with 22 assists for a team-leading 71 points in her second year with the program. She earned All-WWPA second-team honors then earned a spot on the WWPA all-tournament team for her seven-goal performance in the Aggies' title run.
UC Davis finished with a school-record 27-10 record, placed fourth at the NCAA Championship during May, then finished fifth in the final national coaches' poll.
ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE WATER POLO COACHES 2008 ALL-AMERICA TEAM
NCAA Division I squad only.
FIRST TEAM
Lauren Silver, Stanford
Jillian Kraus, UCLA
Courtney Mathewson, UCLA
Veronika Bartunkova, USC
Kelly Mason, Hawai'i
Addison McGrath, Arizona State
Tumua Anae, USC
SECOND TEAM
Jackie Gauthier, Stanford
Christi Raycraft, UC Davis
Tanya Gandy, UCLA
Jenna Schuster, San Diego State
Molly Hayes, California
Brittany Fullen, UCLA
Nicole Hughes, Loyola Marymount
THIRD TEAM
Brittany Rowe, UCLA
Miranda Nichols, USC
Michelle Stein, USC
Julie Hyrne, Michigan
Amber Oland, Stanford
Angela Turnbull, Hawai'i
Katie Rulon, UCLA
HONORABLE MENTION
Kirsten Hudson, Hartwick
Anna Gonzalez, San Diego State
Beth Harberts, San Jose State
Juliet Moss, San Jose State
Amanda Ortiz, Cal State Bakersfield
Leah Robertson, Michigan
Alison Brookes, Cal State Northridge
Gabrielle Domanic, UCLA
Kelly Eaton, Stanford
Caylinn Wallace, Arizona State
Dayna Wawrzynski, Long Beach State
Valentina Rozas, Bucknell
Laura Uribe, UC Davis
Alex Wike, Loyola Marymount
Lisa Van Raalte, Hawai'i
Brooke Zimmerman, Indiana
Heather Stuart, California
Phoebe Champion, Princeton
Maggie Hatcher, Marist
Natalie Kim, Princeton
Lindsay Kiyama, UC Davis
Chelsea Curran, Cal State Northridge
Billy Hoelck, Wagner
Kelly Phelps, Arizona State
Jillian Stapf, Cal State Northridge
Blaise Stanicic, Maryland
Veronica Campbell, Cal State Bakersfield
