| Show Laurel Brassey Signs with Stingers year Nine-year United States National Volleyball Team member er Laurel Brassey whose dreams of Olympic participation in Moscow this summer were recently shattered shattered shattered shat shat- has signed a 1980 contract contract contract con con- tract with the Salt Lake City Stingers The announcement was made Wednesday by Stingers' Stingers General Manager Tony Lovitt The negotiating rights to the year old Brassey were obtained by the Stingers on March 20 1980 from the Seattle in exchange for the rights to Debo Costello The speculative specula specula- tive move eventually paid big dividends for the Stingers as the subsequent decision by bythe bythe bythe the United States Olympic Committee not to send an American team to the Moscow Olympiade ultimately ultimately ultimately ulti ulti- prompted Laurels Laurel's decision decision decision de de- to play in Salt Lake Her abilities have been sought by IV IVA A teams since the inception of the league in 1975 She will now vie for a Stingers starting job with Hilary Johnson Robin Irvin Joni Rogers and Sandy Lynn Laurel has the ability to immediately become one of the IV IVAs IVA's As A's foremost woman athletes said Lovitt She will tremendously improve the Stingers' Stingers with her precision passing and tenacious tenacious tenacious ten ten- defense The first woman to play playon on an intercollegiate mens men's volleyball team while at San Diego State in 1974 Laurel earned United States Volleyball Volley Volley- ball Association Team First-Team American All-American honors in 1976 1977 and 1978 During her world-wide world travels as a member of the US U.S. National Team she appeared appeared appeared ap ap- in over international international international matches including the 1973 and 1977 World Cup the 1974 and 1978 World Championships the 1975 and 1979 Pan American Games and the 1979 Olympic Qualifying Qualifying Qualifying Tournament Also involved in amateur volleyball at the administrative tive levie Laurel is a member of the Board of Directors Directors Directors Di Di- rectors and the Athletic Athletic Athletic Athle Athle- tic Advisory Council She was among a number of American athletes to meet with President President President dent Carter in Washington to discuss the United States' States in involvement involvement involvement in- in in the 1980 Summer Summer Summer Sum Sum- mer Olympic at Moscow Laurel will travel to China this week to serve as an analyst on TVs TV's coverage coverage coverage cover cover- age of international women's volleyball between the United States and the Peoples People's Republic Republic Republic Re Re- public of China She is interested in interested interested in- in in architecture and interior design when not in involved involved involved in- in with volleyball |
