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College notebook: McCartney named Sac State’s female athlete of year

Local gymnast also finalist for two other awards

By The Columbian

Published: May 5, 2016, 8:22pm

Sacramento State gymnast Kalliah McCartney of Vancouver was honored as Female Student-Athlete of the Year at the school’s fifth annual Green and Golden Globes Awards held Monday at the University Union Ballroom to recognize athletic and academic performance during the 2015-16 academic year.

McCartney, a graduate of CAM High School in Battle Ground who trained at Naydenov Gymnastics of Vancouver and Multnomah Athletic Club of Portland, and her teammates were honored for Female Team Performance of the Year for their Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship.

McCartney was also a finalist for Female Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year and for Female Individual Performance of the Year.

McCartney was named the MPSF Gymnast of the Year and qualified for the NCAA postseason for the fourth time of her career.

She is the only Hornet to compete at the NCAA national championships in program history, doing so as a junior in 2014 before her 2015 season was lost to injury. She narrowly missed advancing to nationals this season.

In the performance that garnered a nomination in the individual performance category, McCartney set the school all-around record at the MPSF Championship meet and was also the federation champion on vault and beam.

During the season, McCartney finished first in the all-around six times and added nine other individual event wins. She was the only gymnast to earn first team all-MPSF honors in all four events, as well as the all-around.

The video created for the “2015-16 Female Athlete of the Year” nominees is available on the Hornet Athletics channel on YouTube. McCartney appears at the 1:40 mark.

Beach volleyball: Haynes All-Big West

Cal State Bakersfield’s Sydney Haynes and her partner Carol Grasso were named First Team All-Big West Conference.

Haynes, a 6-foot-2 middle blocker in indoor volleyball and graduate of Evergreen High School, and Grasso went 12-6 during the 2016 season, including a pair of wins at the Apr. 29-30 Big West Tournament. The pair’s 12 victories are the second most in a season by a CSUB duo since the program was started in 2013.

With 35 career victories, Haynes is now tied for the career lead at CSUB with Mariah Alvidrez.

Baseball: McCann named to Bench watch list

Columbia River grad Michael McCann has been named to the watch list for the 2016 Johnny Bench Award, given to the nation’s top collegiate catcher.

McCann is a junior at Seattle University, which is 28-16 and currently leads the Western Athletic Conference at 15-3.

In 38 games, McCann is hitting .319 with 28 runs, 15 RBI and an on-base percentage of .491.

Baseball: Dallas’ Martin All-SCAC honorable mention

University of Dallas freshman first baseman/outfielder Thomas Martin was named Honorable Mention All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

The Seton Catholic graduate led the Crusaders with a .351 batting average, and had 46 hits, 24 runs batted in, 51 total bases and five doubles, tied for the team high. He had a 13-game hitting streak during the season, and finished his first collegiate season on a seven-game hitting streak as the Crusaders finished 12-28, 8-10 in the NCAA Division III SCAC.

Beach volleyball: Haynes All-Big West

Baseball: McCann named to Bench watch list

Baseball: Dallas’ Martin All-SCAC honorable mention

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