Day claims honor

Costa Mesa High senior Sharon Day was named the Orange County Female

Athlete of the Year Tuesday night by the county’s Athletic Director’s

Association at the Anaheim Convention Center.

It is believed to be the first time a Costa Mesa female athlete

has ever won the award, Pat Leahy, the school’s girls athletic

director, said.

Day, who was also voted the Golden West League Female Athlete of

the Year by the circuit’s athletic directors, is a soccer, volleyball

and track and field standout. She’s the county record holder in the

high jump at 6 feet, 2 inches.

Mesa senior Danny Krikorian, who competed in basketball,

volleyball and track, earned Golden West League Boys Athlete of the

Year accolades at the meeting.