Meet the Utah Unity, the state's newest professional sports franchise.
The Unity are a new pro volleyball team that will play in the Premier Volleyball League. The roster features many local products -- like Airial Salvo (Viewmont High, Utah), Brenda Barton-Wicker (Davis High, Utah), and Kayla Walker (Davis, BYU).
The team will play in the upcoming 12-team inaugural PVL tournament taking place at the USA Volleyball Open Championships, set for May 26-June 2 in Salt Lake City.
Perhaps a bigger deal, the women provide professional opportunities and adult role models for young volleyball players across the state.
More information is available at www.utah-unity.com.
Wolverine power
Utah Valley University's exciting baseball winning streak has been the perfect combination or success and sheer surprise.
The Wolverines won an amazing 32 straight this season, knocking off big teams and little, but more importantly, getting the job done day-in and day-out.
But on Tuesday at Brent Brown Ballpark, Utah Valley dropped an 11-10 battle to rival Utah.
The winning streak will go down as the fourth longest in NCAA history.
The UVU team included Alex Exon (Viewmont) and Bountiful's Court Zollinger (Judge Memorial).
The winning Utah team includes Gavin Green (Layton), Biss Larsen (Viewmont) and Centerville's Joe Pond (Judge Memorial).
Tidbits
BYU's Brian Kariya (Davis High) was one of five Cougars recognized by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame as members of the 2012 Hampshire Honor Society. It is comprised of college football players who maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college career. Besides Kariya, the others are Corby Eason, McKay Jacobson, Matt Reynolds and Marco Thorson. ...
Salt Lake City's Shane Turpin will be a wild card entry at nexts weekend's FIM Superbike World Championship at USA round at Miller Motorsports Park's BigM Weekend. ...
In celebration of 28 years as a golf course, Mount Ogden Golf Course is inviting residents to play the course for free on June 2. Golfers will be sent out in shotgun starts at 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Advance reservations are required as well as a $14 cart fee. For information, call 801-629-0699. ...
The Bureau of Land Management Utah recently announced that Jennifer Jones, an outdoor recreation planner in the BLM Moab Field Office, was honored by the River Management Society as the 2012 river manager of the year. ...
BYU senior softball player Stacie Graham Toney (Viewmont High) was named to the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team for her efforts as an all-around student-athlete. ...
Dixie State College earned an NCAA community service award for, get this, hosting a "Trunk or Treat" event for the St. George community. More than 700 members of the community attended the event. ...
Oregon runner Luke Puskedra, a North Ogden native, qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials in the 10,000 meters. ...
The Far West Ski Association will present its 80th annual Convention June 7-10 at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center.
Special guests slated to participate in the event include Billy Kidd (1964 Olympic silver medalist), Richard Neustedter (executive director of Can Do MS), Kurt Miller (film producer and director and Make a Hero founder) and Deedee Corradini (president of Women's Ski Jumping USA).
Chris J. Miller is sports editor for the Standard-Examiner. He can be reached at 801-625-4261 or cmiller@standard.net
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