Gordon repeats feat

Rick Devereux

Sage Hill School graduate Laura Gordon can be mentioned with the

likes of tennis greats Monica Seles, Chris Evert, Althea Gibson and

Alice Marble, as well as golfing legends Kathy Whitworth, Mickey

Wright and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

Those professionals were all named the Associated Press Female

Athlete of the Year in consecutive years.

Gordon, a two-sport star, has repeated as the Lightning’s Female

Athlete of the Year.

As goalie on the soccer team, Gordon was named first-team

All-Academy League and team MVP for the past three seasons. She was

also the team captain the past two campaigns. This year, she was

selected first-team All-CIF Division VI and led the Lightning to a

21-2-1 record as well as a berth in the divisional semifinals.

She anchored a Lightning squad that won three playoff games, the

school’s first in five varsity seasons, after a second-place finish

in league.

In track and field, Gordon won three league titles, including the

triple jump, long jump and 100-meter hurdles. Her best event is the

triple jump, where she is the league two-time champion. She finished

fourth at this year’s Orange County championships and won the

Division IV title with a leap of 37-2 1/4 .