In the News: Warriors Hall-of-Famer Featured by AVCA
2025 AVCA TWO-YEAR COLLEGE SUCCESS STORIES - AVCA.COM
TORRANCE, Calif. --- El Camino College women's volleyball alumni and ECC Hall of Famer Karina Woehrstein was featured recently by the American Volleyball Coaches' Association.
Woehrstein was named a 2025 AVCA Two-Year College Success Story in the AVCA's recent newsletter. The 2018 ECC Hall-of-Famer was a member of the 2007 and 2008 Warriors women's volleyball state championship teams. She was also named one of ECC's Top-75 female athletes of all-time during the institution's 75th year anniversary celebration in 2022.
The AVCA Two-Year College Success Stories initiative provides an opportunity to shine a light on some great volleyball competitors, and even better people, who are products of the two-year college community. Nominations are accepted annually in the fall, and the stories are reviewed by a selection committee before being released early the following year.
Here is an excerpt from the AVCA's story on Woehrstein…
Karina is a great example of a two-year college success story. While in her senior year of high school she was told she was too small to make it as a college volleyball player, so she decided to attend a 4-year college and not play. After not playing for a year, she missed the game and decided to come to El Camino College and see if she could hang at the college level. She quickly proved that size doesn't matter by solidifying herself as the team's libero and excelling on the court as a player and leader…