Arizona senior Cursty Jackson was named to the All-Pac-12 volleyball team Tuesday, and three other Wildcats were honored by the conference.
Senior Courtney Karst was named honorable mention, and freshmen Madi Kingdon and Chloe Mathis were named to the all-freshman team.
USC garnered most of the major awards: Alex Jupiter, player of the year; Kendall Bateman, setter of the year; Natalie Hagglund, libero of the year; and Mick Haley, coach of the year.
Washington's Krista Vansant was named freshman of the year.
Jackson and Karst have been solid senior leaders all year, leading the Wildcats to a 19-12 season, 11-11 in the Pac-12. Jackson leads the team in hitting percentage at .306 and blocks with 100 (.93 per set), and Karst leads in kills with 345 (3.19 per set) on the season.
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Arizona was the only school to get more than one athlete on the seven-member all-freshman team.
Mathis took on setting duties for the Wildcats in 2011, posting 933 assists, 164 digs, 50 kills, 13 aces and 30 blocks. Kingdon has recorded 343 kills, 242 digs and has a team-high nine double-doubles.
Arizona will take on Michigan State on Friday in Austin, Texas, in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
UA cross country
Lalang, Bergman, Kibet honored by Pac-12
Freshman Lawi Lalang was named a first-team all-Pac-12 cross country selection Tuesday, as well as the Pac-12 runner of the year and newcomer of the year. Lalang also was named the USTFCCCA national male athlete of the year and the USTFCCCA male west regional athlete of the year.
On the women's side, Jen Bergman was a first-team all-conference selection and Elvin Kibet was a second-team all-conference honoree.
Auto racing
Raikkonen to return to Formula One
LONDON - Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will be back in a Formula One car next season after agreeing to return to action with the Lotus team.
Lotus Renault GP said Tuesday the 2007 world champion, who quit in 2009 and switched to rallying, has signed a two-year contract.
Raikkonen, 32, said he is glad to get back into action after experiencing mixed fortunes in the World Rally Championship and a subsequent stint in NASCAR.
"I wouldn't come back if I wouldn't be motivated," Raikkonen said on the team's website. "There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself."
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