Former Southwestern College and Montgomery High girls basketball coach Lori Morris has joined the staff of the University of Louisiana Lafayette.

Morris, 46, will be an assistant under second-year head coach Errol Rogers.

“I am very appreciative of this opportunity,” Morris told The Daily Advertiser in Lafayette. “I thought maybe the time had passed for me to coach at the Division I level, so this is really exciting.”

Morris spent last season as head coach at Southwestern, returning to a position she held from 1984 to 1986. Before that, Morris spent most of her 30-year coaching career at Montgomery, leading the Aztecs to seven league titles and two San Diego Section runner-up finishes.

Morris, a standout point guard for the University of San Diego, graduated from Chula Vista High.

Morris will not be the only San Diego connection for the Ragin' Cajuns. Bishop's graduate Michelle Brunker will begin her college basketball career at Louisiana-Lafayette in the fall.

All-American

Oceanside High graduate Matt Cerda has been named a second-team high school baseball All-American by video-game maker EA Sports.

Cerda, the San Diego Section Player of the Year, batted .542 with 16 home runs and 45 RBI. He turned down a scholarship to the University of San Diego and signed with the Chicago Cubs after being taken in the fourth round of the pro baseball draft in June.

Cerda has been stationed at second base for the Cubs' Arizona Rookie League, compiling a .319 batting mark after 13 games.

Sign-ups

Registration for the fall Miracle League season is available online for players, coaches, buddies and other volunteers.

The Miracle League provides children with mental or physical challenges an opportunity to play baseball as a team member in an organized league. The fall season will run from Sept. 20 through Nov. 15. Registration will close Aug. 22. For information, go to miracleleagueofsandiego.org.

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