Blackwell Twins, Desouza Sign With St. Andrews

Front row, from left: Jacob Desouza, Alexandria Blackwell, Nathaniel Blackwell. Back row, from left: Stephen Kaas, girls volleyball head coach; Brian Howitt, boys volleyball assistant coach; Katie Bradley, boys volleyball head coach; Kevin Hart, head coach Club Forza-1 18-1s.

Three members of the Paloma Valley High School volleyball program recently signed letters of intent to attend and play volleyball at St. Andrews University in North Carolina.

Alexandria Blackwell and Nathaniel Blackwell are twins. Nathaniel is a 6-foot-6 middle blocker for the boys team, which just clinched its third straight league title. His sister Alexandria is a 5-foot-11 middle blocker and was captain of the girls team last fall.

Joining them at St. Andrews will be Julian Desouza, an outside hitter and captain of the boys team.