NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

Koryn Kendall, a middle hitter from Napa, will graduate from the University of Chicago as the all-time leader in total blocks (389) and block assists (244) in volleyball. She leaves as the most dominant blocker in the Chicago program’s history.

Kendall, a former Vintage High School player, is also second all-time in kills (1,135) and solo blocks (145).

“It felt pretty good to do that,” Kendall said on the school’s athletic web site. “It will be cool to have my name in the hall of records at Ratner (Athletics Center) for a while.”

“I’m going to miss the laughter,” Kendall added. “No matter what the outcome of the game was, I could always find something to be happy about with my team. They have been my family away from home for these past four years, and I’m going to miss having them around.”

She played four years for Chicago, an NCAA-Division III school that plays in the University Athletic Association, comprised also of Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Emory University, New York University, University of Rochester and Washington University of St. Louis.

She was an All-UAA honorable mention or second-team selection for three seasons in a row.

As a freshman, Kendall led the Maroons in attack percentage as the squad battled to its first winning season in eight years.

Kendall, a public policy major, was part of a very good Vintage volleyball team her senior year that advanced to the CIF Northern California playoffs under coach Jim Cherniss.

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New Vintage High head volleyball coach Kate Gauger will be the guest of the KVON Sportsvine, an hour-long show that airs Saturday at 9 a.m. on KVON 1440 AM. The KVON Sportsvine is hosted by Terry Simpkins, Charles Kennedy and Mark McLeod.

Gauger, who coached La Jolla High School to four CIF San Diego Section Division III championships in five years, is a Napa resident and teaches English and P.E. at New Tech High School.

Gauger, who led La Jolla to five Western League titles in five years as the Vikings’ coach, takes over for Jim Cherniss, who stepped down following the 2007 season with the Crushers. They were 21-9 overall with a second-place finish in the Monticello Empire League and moved on to the Sac-Joaquin Section Div. I playoffs.

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Robert Exum of Napa deadlifted 622 pounds and took first place at the World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters Golden State Bench Press and Deadlift Championships. The contest was held Saturday at the Doubletree Hotel in Modesto.

Exum competed in the masters 40-46 age group/242-pound weight class.

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Driving a 1968 McLaren, Steve Cook of Yountville won the Group 9 race, a 10-lap event for 1966-1972 Historic Can-Am Cars at the Wine Country Classic Historic Car Races Sunday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.

The race was contested on Infineon’s 12-turn, 2.52-mile road course.

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The No. 3-ranked Arizona State baseball team, which has two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year Brett Wallace, beat Oklahoma 12-0 in the championship game of the Tempe Regional Sunday night. Wallace, a junior third baseman who is from Sonoma and is a Justin-Siena graduate, was among seven Sun Devils who were named to the Regional All-Tournament team.

The win makes the Sun Devils 48-11 on the season, and they advance to the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Jesuit-Carmichael beat Buhach Colony-Atwater in a best-of-three series, two games to one, to win the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I baseball championship Saturday at the Klein Family Field at University of the Pacific in Stockton.

Jesuit won the third game, 9-2. The Marauders (27-7 overall) also won Game 1 of the series Friday, 5-2.

Buhach Colony (28-7) won the second game, 5-2.

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Three home runs powered No. 2 St. Vincent-Petaluma to a 5-3 win over fourth-seed Salesian-Richmond in the championship game of the CIF North Coast Section Class A championship game at Alberts Field in San Rafael Saturday.

St. Vincent finishes the baseball season 23-3 overall.

E-mail Executive Sports Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.