The Lady Hornets

volleyball team at Alabama State College will have a little more sting

next year. Racine Francis, a senior at Sandy Creek High School, signed

a letter of intent to attend the university in the fall.

Francis, daughter

of Sandy Creek boys basketball and tennis coach Rick Francis, will receive

a full scholarship to play on the school's volletball team as an outside

hitter. While with the Lady Patriots, Francis played middle blocker and

helped the team make the Elite Eight of the AAAA state tournament. She

was named Most Valueable Player of the team this year and was also named

to the All-Area and All-State teams. Francis is the first volleyball player

from Sandy Creek to be named to the All-State squad.

"I really

liked the school," said Francis, when asked why she chose the Montogomery-based

college. "The coach is really down to earth, my teammates seem very

cool and I feel like I can contribute to the program."

Her coach at

Sandy Creek, James Slayton agrees. "Her skills are very good and

she is very coachable. She has come a long way in her career at Sandy

Creek and she is still progressing."

Francis has

a lot of memories from her four years at Sandy Creek, but none more special

than advancing to the elite eight this year.

"We lost

our first game and almost everybody thought that we were done, but we

came back and pushed ourselves and made it."

It was certainly

a special season for the Lady Patriot volleyball team and for Francis,

this was a very happy ending.

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