USD Women's Tennis 1998-1999

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M EET THE TOREROS

ERIKA PYNE 5'6" Fr. - Gresham, OR

Erika enters her first season with the USO ten- • nis team ... she comes to San Diego from Gresham, Oregon where she prepped at Cen– tennial High School ... thi s past season she a.a-• led her team to the Mt. Hood Conference

Championship while earning Mt. Hood Conference Player of the Year honors , and the team's Most Valuable Player award ... during her junior campaign she was selected the team's MVP with the team finishing second in conference play ... the team finished first in con– ference play during her freshman and sophomore years, with Pyne earni ng MVP and Conference Player of the Year honors her sopho– more campaign with the team being ranked No. 2 in the state ... she chose USO for its great location, good academic program and tennis tradition ... her parents are Jim and Teena Pyne ofGresham, Oregon ... besides playing tennis, she enjoys all water sports. Major: Undeclared.

KATARINA VALKYOVA 5'9" Fr. - Bratislava, Slovakia Katarina enters her first season with the USO ten– nis program ... a freshman from Brati s lava, Slovakia, she is in her first semester at the Uni– versity ofSan Diego ... having played tennis since the age of six, Katarina has quite a few tennis

achievements to her credit ... she won the 1996 European Junior's Team Championship in France; the European Junior's Championship in doubles in Austria for U-16; won the 1994 International Children's Olympic Games in Canada; won the Slovak National Championship for U-16s; and won the Slovak National Championship in women's category in 1997 ... chose USO for its strong academics and tennis program ... prepped at the Sport Grammar School in Bratislava where she graduated in May, 1998 ... her favorite subjects were foreign languages and geography ... besides tenni s, enjoys swim– ming, reading and traveling ... parents are Miroslav and Darina

Valkyova ofBratislava, Slovakia. Major: Business Administration.