Segerstrom goalie Jacqueline Lopez, who helped the Jaguars capture the CIF-SS Division 4 girls water polo title in a dramatic victory over Long Beach Poly, and Newport Harbor coach Brian Melstrom, who guided the Sailors to a last-second triumph against Santa Barbara in the Division 2 final, earned two of the top awards in the All-CIF teams released Monday.
Lopez, a senior, was selected Division 4 player of the year while Melstrom was named the Division 2 coach of the year. Melstrom announced his retirement after the season.
Segerstrom’s first-year coach Michael Varela took the coaching award in Division 4.
Laguna Beach placed a county-leading three players on the Division 1 team with goalie Thea Walsh, Sophia Lucas and Evan Tingler. Mater Dei’s selections were Bella Baia and Grace Thawley.
Also earning All-CIF honors in Division 1 were Val Ayala and Noelle Wijnbelt of Foothill, Chloe Harbilas of Corona del Mar, Bayley Weber of Los Alamitos and Hannah Palmer of Orange Lutheran.
Ryann Neushul of Dos Pueblos earned Division 1 player of the year while Chuckie Roth of champion San Marcos collected coach of the year.
Newport Harbor placed Jessica Lynch, Sarah Barker and Kili Skibby on the Division 2 team,.
Also selected All-CIF in Division 2 were San Clemente goalie Sophia Noble and Santa Margarita’s duo of Honnie Vandeweghe and Christina Doherty.
Orange County’s other All-CIF selections were:
In Division 3: Bianca Becerra of Rosary
In Division 4: Destiny Hernandez of Segerstrom, goalie Meghan Lopez of Brea Olinda, Faith Cuevas of Segerstrom and Rachel Westphal of Esperanza.
In Division 5: Goalies Samantha Martinez of Santa Ana Valley and Krisa Komrij of Sunny Hills. Martinez finished the season with 405 saves.
In Division 6: Dana Twisk of Tustin, Stephanie Offner and Kelli Van Dam of runner-up Valencia, goalie Kalypso Fish of Tustin, Nicolette Janocha of Garden Grove and Tarsis Ledezma of Savanna.
In Division 7: Natalie Valentin, Bri Arostico and Briana Valencia of runner-up Los Amigos and goalie Julie Cons of Godinez,