Irvine Valley sophomore women's volleyball standout Kayla Scheevel recently signed with Texas Christian University.
Scheevel was a star on and off the court for Irvine Valley. She was named to the California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association Scholar Athlete Team for the fall season of 2015.
To be named to the team, players had to complete at least one season of competition with a minimum of 24 units accumulated from the beginning of the first season of competition along with a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average in those accumulated unites.
Eighteen players from throughout the state were named to the academic squad.
Scheevel also helped Irvine Valley to its third Orange Empire Conference in a row. The team made the second round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs.
The Lasers ended with a record of 16-6 overall and were 12-2 in conference play.
Scheevel, an outside hitter, was named a co-most valuable player of the conference.
She averaged 3.11 kills and 3.49 digs per set overall and 3.15 kills and 3.43 digs per set in conference for the Lasers.
Scheevel ranked eighth in the conference in kills per set and seventh in digs per set. She also hit .302 in conference action.
She was a key player for the 2014 IVC women's team that won the program's first state title.
The Lasers defeated defending state champion Cabrillo, the top team from Northern California, in the title match, 3-1 (25-15, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18).
The win capped a perfect 27-0 season for the Lasers. Three teams (Irvine Valley, Grossmont and Cabrillo) went into the state event undefeated, but only the Lasers ended that way.
Scheevel played libero on that squad and averaged 2.14 digs per set.
Scheevel also was a main player for the Lasers on the sand. She helped IVC to the inaugural CCCAA State Title in women's sand volleyball in 2015 and then to a second-place finish this past season.
She is headed to a TCU program that went 19-10 overall and 9-7 in conference last season.
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