SUMMER 2014     

11  

LAGUNA GETS A SPIKE

 TO ITS GROWING 

ATHLETIC COMPLEX!

Need another reason to love
the Laguna sports program? 
Laguna students now have three 
new sand volleyball courts to 
enjoy, thanks to a generous lead 
gift from the Bickett family, 
with design and construction 
management donated by the 
Zimmerman family through 
Zimmerman Construction.
 

Laguna added a girls sand 

volleyball program last spring—
and a boys team this fall—some
of the first among Santa Barbara 
area high schools. According 
to coach Dillan Bennett, having 
its own courts will allow Laguna 
to host practices and matches 
on campus, and will further 
strengthen the school’s already 

successful volleyball program. 
Laguna girls have won or tied 
the Condor League title in each 
of the past 12 seasons and the 
boys have placed in six of the 
past eight seasons. Both teams 
have participated in CIF playoffs, 
and many players have gone on to 
play volleyball in college. 
 

“It’s all very exciting as sand 

volleyball continues to gain 
momentum as an Olympic sport, 
and now as a NCAA Division I and 
II sport,” explains Board Chair 
Tom Pickett.
 

 The new sand courts are 

located next to the school’s new 
tennis courts along the eastern 
edge of the athletic fields. 
  Thank you to the Bickett and 
Zimmerman families for their 
support of Laguna athletics! 

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