Long Beach State women’s volleyball head coach Brian Gimmillaro announced the intent of two players to join the 49ers on Wednesday for the 2011 season as Tara Roenicke and Tyler Jackson will both be added to the roster.
Roenicke, a native of Alta Loma, Calif., comes to the 49ers as a sophomore transfer from the University of Houston where she started in all but one match as the team’s starting setter.
“Tara is one of the best beach volleyball players in the country,” Gimmillaro said in a statement. “She’s also an accomplished indoor player, and there’s a possibility that she could help us this fall in a variety of positions.”
Roenicke tallied 1,041 assists as a true freshman in 2009 with Houston, but transferred as part of a focus on beach volleyball, where she, along with Summer Ross, make up the No. 1 ranked U21 tandem in the FIVB.
The pair won last season’s FIVB U21 World Championships in Turkey, and Roenicke has won a number of other international tournaments on the sand.
LBSU also signed freshman outside hitter Tyler Jackson of Lakewood High School.
“Tyler is certainly one of the best players in the greater Long Beach area,” Gimmillaro said in a statement. “She can play on the right side or help us in the back row. As she adjusts and feels comfortable, she can make an impact on the team’s success right away.”
Jackson was a Long Beach Press-Telegram “Dream Team” selection as an outside hitter for Lakewood High, and rounds out the 2011 additions for The Beach, which has eight new faces joining the squad next season.
LBSU will begin the 2011 season on August 20, hosting the first of two tournaments to be held at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers will face Prairie View A&M, University of Maryland Baltimore County and Washington.
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