Long Beach State women’s volleyball head coach Brian Gimmillaro has announced the addition of Rob Koehler to the coaching staff for the 2011 season as the team’s volunteer assistant coach.

Junior infielder Matt Duffy has been chosen to represent the East Division as an All-Star for the Cape Cod League, as announced by the prestigious summer college league.

Long Beach City College has announced interim, six-month-long personnel changes directly connected with its athletics program.

A very good summer for Casper Ware continued its upward trajectory over the weekend. Ware and 49er teammate Edis Dervisevic had a hand in Drew League fame when they teamed up with LeBron James.

All in all, things are good these days for Long Beach State basketball. But good enough to attract the best high school player in the nation?

Nearly 2,000 trampoline and tumbling gymnasts will converge on Long Beach next summer for the 2012 Junior Olympic National Championships slated for July 5-11 at the Long Beach Arena.

This is the delayed Dust version of Notes on My Napkin, a little late while awaiting the next black-and-gold sneaker to drop.

Long Beach native Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh on Saturday won the gold medal in the 2011 FIVB Swatch Moscow Grand Slam.

Long Beach State’s Nick Rascon has been named to the USA Men’s Junior National Team and will participate in the 2011 FINA Junior World Championships in Volos, Greece, from Aug. 27 to Sept. 4.