Snyder, Yelsey collect honors

Recent Corona del Mar High graduates Garrett Snyder and Anne Yelsey

have received National High School Tennis All-American accolades, CdM

boys tennis coach Tim Mang said Wednesday.

There were 40 boys and 40 girls selected for the honor, which

requires all tennis players to compete for their high school team,

Mang said.

Snyder, bound for the University of Texas, capped his impressive

high school career by leading the Sea Kings to a CIF Southern Section

Division I title June 4. Snyder, the No. 1 singles player, won

without dropping a game and finished undefeated in singles and

doubles play throughout dual match competition during the season.

He reached the final of the CIF singles tournament this past

season and won CIF doubles titles in 2001 with Brian Morton, and in

2002 with Carsten Ball.

Yelsey, who will play for Stanford next season, finished No. 9 in

the 2003 USTA junior final rankings. She endured injuries in her

senior season, but came back and played doubles with her sister,

Rachel, who will be a sophomore for the Sea Kings in the fall.

Anne Yelsey provided consistency in helping lead CdM to its

dominant runs to CIF Southern Section Division IV titles in 2000 and

2001. The CdM girls tennis team reached the CIF Division I semifinals

this past year, losing on games to Calabasas, 78-74.