CROWN - Croatian World Network

LEARNING CROATIAN

Dear Nenad:

In answer to your question, I am interested in learning Croatian and
hope an internet school for this can be a reality. There is a company
called Systran, which does a lot of translating work, and I think I
heard along the way that they were doing a translating program for the
military, which would soon be available for the general public.
Perhaps a contact from CROWN may be a nudge to get this going and the
software could be used in the program.

Rudy Pavlick
hrvata@worldnet.att.net

Op-ed
Since CROWN is connected with Croatian Radio and TV as well as major newspapers
I got a call from Mr. Zakarije from Croatian Radio who would like to interview people from 2nd and 3rd generation of Croatians around the world. If you are interested, let me know.

Nenad Bach
Editor in Chief
letters@CroatianWorld.net

Martina Cukrov - Piano

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City

December 15th at 5:30 PM

Program:Sonata in a minor W.A. MOZART Allegro maestoso Andante cantabile con espressione Presto Musica Ricercata G.LIGETI (b.1923)Sostenuto/Misurato, stringendo poco a poco sin al prestissimo Mesto. Parlando Allegro con spirito Tempo di valse (poco animato) Rubato. Lamentoso Allegro un poco capriccioso Con moto giusto Vivace. Energico Adagio. Mesto (Bela Bartók in memoriam) Vivace. Capriccioso Andante misurato e tranquillo (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi)

(intermission) Chocolate or Strawberry?

I.Lisak (b.1973)Molto espressivo e legatoAndante, semplice-World premiere-Etudes Symphoniques, op.13 R.Schumann Revised version (1852)

A native of Croatia, Martina Cukrov has performed throughout Europe and in the United States as a recitalist, chamber musician, and as soloist with orchestra at such prestigious venues as UNESCO in Paris, the Kongressalle in Salzburg, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie, The Harvard Club of New York, the Polish Consulate in New York, and New York s City Hall. Ms Cukrov completed her undergraduate studies in her native Croatia as a student of Branko Sepcic.She also studied on scholarship with Konstantin Bogino in Italy, and Marina Horak in Germany.In 1998, Ms Cukrov came to the United States to pursue graduate studies at the Mannes College of Music in New York where she received her Master s degree as a student of Jerome Rose. Since 1999, she has participated in the International Keyboard Institute and Festival held in NY every summer, where she studied with Pavlina Dokovska, Vladislav Kovalsky, Victor Rosembaum, Georgy Sandor.At the Festival s competition of the Dorothy Mac Kenzie Artist Recognition Award. Ms Cukrov currently lives as an active freelance musician in New York, and serves on the faculty of the Amati conservatory in Tenafly, NY and the Monmouth Conservatory,in red Bank, NJ.

4523 Broadway, apt.7D
New York, NY 10040
phone (212) 942 4820
cukrovm@bway.net

Karte su $20, mogu se kupiti kod mene (Martina) ili na dan koncerta jedan sat prije izvedbe nasalteru. za karte moze se kontaktirati i moja sestra, koja na istom broju,

Terezija Cukrov
cukrovt@yahoo.com

Op-ed

Come and support Croatian talent ! Tickets can be bought directly throughMartina or her sister Terezija. Phone: (212) 942 4820 or/and email cukrovt@yahoo.com

Nenad Bach

Authorities uncover dozens of bodies in western Serbia

Tue Dec 3,10:24 AM ET

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Serbian authorities have exhumed 42 bodies of people believed killed during the wars in neighboring Bosnia and Croatia in the 1990s, a court official said Tuesday.

During 10 days of exhumations that ended Tuesday at a cemetery near the city of Sabac, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of Belgrade, forensic experts uncovered corpses which they hope to identify through DNA analysis, an investigative judge involved in the case, Ljubomir Sljukic, said.

The bodies were found from 1991-1996 floating in the nearby Sava and Drina rivers, which separate Croatia and Bosnia from Serbia, the dominant Yugoslav republic. At the time, they were buried in individual graves without being identified.

Sljukic said that the identification process "could clarify the fate of some of civilians and soldiers still accounted missing." He also announced that forensic experts plan to soon exhume another nine bodies in the neighboring municipalities of Loznica and Mali Zvornik.

Those efforts have intensified following the ouster in 2000 of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (news - web sites), who is now on trial for war crimes and genocide at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague (news - web sites), Netherlands.

The former Yugoslav began breaking apart in 1991 in a series of bloody wars. Croatia saw fighting in 1991 and 1995, and in Bosnia, war raged from 1992-1995, killing about 200,000 people. More than 20,000 people remain missing from the Bosnian war.

Croatian and Bosnian authorities were also present at the exhumations in Serbia.

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Cool ...Croatia's Parliament live from theInternet

C-SPAN brings history into classroom
By SHUVA RAHIM, News-Sun Staff Writer
Chris Bauer, a senior at Springfield South High School, was amazed when he learned he could see Croatia's Parliament live from the Internet.

"Wow! Cool!" he said Monday during a lab session with representatives from the C-SPAN cable network.

Bauer and others in his government class were among several students Monday who learned about the network's Web site,www.cspan.org.

They got a glimpse of what's available on the cable network, which is part of the regular package offered by Time Warner Cable in the Springfield area. People can also see live what's going on C-SPAN 2 and C-SPAN 3, which are carried on a tier package by the cable company.

The Webcasts of the stations are new this year and are part of an ongoing effort to introduce high school and college students to how they can get access to information about politics, history and other topics, said Dennis Baltimore, master control operator for C-SPAN.

C-SPAN officials do a national bus tour that includes interactive features. But the bus was under maintenance Monday, causing network officials to go into the classroom instead. The tour usually targets places where C-SPAN doesn't have a strong presence.

Students at South learned that "AA" in political lingo meant administrative assistant, not Alcoholics Anonymous, as many students initially thought.

They also learned they could find information about the presidents, famous American authors and different policies.

"Look at C-SPAN like you look at a library," Vanessa Melius, C-SPAN community relations representative, told students.

The Web site is also a good resource for teachers, who she said usually don't have a lot of time to research information they want to teach.

Pete Smith, who teaches American history and psychology, said the Web site offers his students a good review of what they've learned in class. C-SPAN's visit also meant some South teachers such as Smith would receive a six-foot wide, laminated poster titled, "C-SPAN's American Presidents Timeline."

The poster showcases how long each president served, whether their career included military experience, and major events during their presidency, such as Sept. 11 and the World War II bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.

The C-SPAN staff also reintroduced a contest in which students can win a trip to Washington{M4, D.C., by expressing their thoughts on public service. The topic this time is, "How do we balance civil liberties and national security to best serve the Common Good?" More information on the "Common Good" can be found atwww.c-span.org/classroom/commongood.

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/newsfd/auto/feed/news/2002/12/02/1038889231.03162.1095.4997.html

Croatians learningCroatian

My sister Nancy Brown forwarded to me your letter to her about your web
site. I am DELIGHTED to see your kind of Croatian web site. I have
been studying my Croatian heritage and Croatian history for over 2 years
now, and I've visited many web sites. Your site is unique because it is
directed to 2nd and 3rd generation Croatians in the English-speaking
world.

I would love to be a part of your network. In 2001, I traveled to
Croatia and toured the country and visited relatives I had never met
before. The experience left me with an overwhelming love of that
country and the need to learn more about Croatia and Croatians.

Right now, I have been trying to find someone to tutor me in the
Croatian language. My parents spoke it at home, but they never taught
it to their children (typical .. I guess). Needless to say, Croatian is
not taught in Colleges (with the exception of a few). No colleges in my
area teach Croatian (although they teach other Slavic languages).

I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Last year, the
Lingual Institute in Philadelphia (which claims to teach ALL languages)
put me in touch with a local woman who tutored me for a few months. So
I have studied the basics of Croatian, but unfortunately, that tutor is
not teaching any more and I have been unable to find anyone in my area
who tutors Croatian. I'm surrounded by other cities where there are
people who teach Croatian (N.Y., Washington, DC, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Harrisburg, Pa.). However, as hard as I've tried, there is no one near
Philadelphia who could help me learn Croatian. If you know of anyone
who teaches in my area, please let me know. I study on my own with
audio tapes, but it is a hard language for English speakers to learn
without some assistance.

Thanks again for your web site.

Marlene (Shilobod) Richter
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania USA
e-mail: mfsrich@ix.netcom.com

Op-ed

Dear All,

This is very indicative letter. Steve Rukavina's son is learning too Croatian.2nd and 3rd generation of Croatian Americans are waking up and pursuing what isnot easy but very important - knowledge of language. I am delighted to see thistrend happening more often then before. These Croatians are "uspavanidiv". We have an amazing potential and cultural beauty in our 2nd and 3rdgeneration. WELCOME !!!

Nenad Bach

Editor-in-chief

Cubic Showcases `Full Spectrum' Combat Training Package at U.S. Defense Exhibition

Cubic won MILES 2000 contracts from the Republic of Croatia

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002--Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB - News) today showcases its "full spectrum" combat training and simulation technologies at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Fla.

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Cubic's "full spectrum" package is an outgrowth of the company's recent realignment of its defense segment. Five separate companies have been strategically integrated to become the Cubic Defense Applications (CDA) group -- allowing the company to bring more capability to bear on individual customer needs and pursue a broader spectrum of defense markets, including Homeland Security.

"Cubic is now a more flexible, agile and responsive company," said Gerald Dinkel, president and CEO of Cubic Defense Applications (CDA). "We provide the complete spectrum of training that warfighters need to survive on today's battlefield, everything from live training systems and products, to training mission support, doctrine and leader development, simulation development and support and battle command training. Each element reinforces and supports the others."

At I/ITSEC, CDA is showcasing its integrated training capabilities that can help all branches of the military to succeed on the battlefield. The exhibit's theme -- "architects of joint training" -- conveys the group's thrust to provide everything from individual components and technologies to turnkey systems and services for joint, interagency and multinational forces. The company also emphasized its ability to integrate "live, virtual and constructive domains."

"Cubic owns more pieces of the `training puzzle' than any of our competitors. We are placing significant emphasis on creating a total training solution, which includes linking legacy training assets and developing new systems that help foster behaviors that win battles," said Ray Barker, CDA senior vice president of Business Development.

Barker said the group is concentrating its efforts on developing standard protocols and technologies for the U.S Army's family of Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) systems, developing a family of mobile training products and systems that provide an environment for joint training missions among allied nations.

Examples of the group's recent successes and initiatives include:

TEAMING

One TESS: Cubic has joined Northrop Grumman's One TESS team in pursuit of the One Tactical Engagement Simulation System for the U.S. Army. One TESS is a family of Tactical Engagement Simulation systems that support Force-on-Force (FOF) and Force-on-Target (FOT) training exercises at Brigade and below, in all battlefield operating systems at home stations, instrumented Combat Training Centers and deployed sites. One TESS will develop a standard protocol for products ranging from Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems (MILES), Precision TES, Aircraft TES and Land Warrior.

P5 Combat Training System: Cubic has partnered with Metric Systems Corporation on the P5 Combat Training System (P5 CTS), which will provide an improved combat training capability for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The system will provide rangeless capabilities that enable pilots to train without a fixed infrastructure. Cubic, serving as the prime contractor, will provide overall systems engineering and all the ground systems' hardware and software to support the advanced security and live monitoring requirements of the program.

JOINT AND MOBILE TRAINING EFFORTS

Alaska Training Range: Cubic will provide the first joint mobile training system for the U.S. Armed Forces to support "Cope Thunder/Northern Edge" joint training exercises in Alaska. The effort calls for the development of Alaska Mobile Units (AMUs), MILES 2000 laser-based manworn systems, and GPS-based player units that will provide near real-time tracking capabilities. The AMU is an outgrowth of Cubic's Deployable System for Training & Readiness (DSTAR) -- a mobile exercise control center that provides live simulation training and feedback on units' performance.

DSTAR AT "MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE": Cubic debuted its new joint mobile training capabilities during the recent Millennium Challenge 2002 -- the U.S. military's largest and most ambitious joint experiment to date. The event represented the first operational use of DSTAR, which uniquely allowed commanders at the Joint Forces Command at Suffolk, Va., to view the troops' movements and location on PCs -- in real time -- and also review the casualty status of the Marines as the exercise was occurring. This was made possible with Cubic's laser-based MILES 2000 system and new GPS radios mounted on vests and vehicles.

"MAPLE FLAG" JOINT AIR EXERCISES: Cubic successfully demonstrated its interoperable training capabilities at Maple Flag, one of the world's largest multinational air combat exercises held annually at Cold Lake, Canada. During the month-long event last summer, pilots from 11 countries trained in a NATO team environment using Cubic's "rangeless" Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) system. The system now provides both fully autonomous and tethered ACMI training capabilities.

NATO ACMI INTEROPERABILITY EFFORTS: Philip J. Fisch, CDA director of business development for Training Systems for the Cubic Defense Applications group, played a key role last year in the NATO effort to improve interoperability among air combat training systems. Fisch, who served as vice chairman of the Autonomous Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (AACMI) Working Group, recently presented the team's findings at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The recommendations are the result of a yearlong study by 23 ACMI experts from 14 companies in seven countries.

NEW PRODUCT ROLLOUTS

PRECISION COMBAT TRAINING SYSTEM: Cubic is providing its new Precision Combat Training System (PCTS) for the Spanish Army's new fleet of Leopard 2E Main Battle Tanks under a contract awarded to ELCO Sistemas S.A., a company of Grupo Tecnobit. PCTS, a direct-fire weapons simulation system, is the first system of its kind that supports both precision gunnery and tactical training requirements in realistic, rugged environments. A key advantage of PCTS over older precision gunnery systems is its automatic "hunter-killer" capabilities, which allows the "attacker" to engage a second threat immediately after firing.

MSTCS DATA LINK: Cubic is developing an advanced data link for the U.S. Multi-Service Target Control System (MSTCS) program, which will improve the interoperability of target control systems at various Department of Defense test and training ranges. The data link uses programmable radio technology developed under the company's Common Data Link research-and-development program. The MSTCS data link is a spin-off from the company's new digital Tactical Common Data Link, or TCDL. Cubic's new digital Common Data Link connects airborne radar, video and imagery sensors to analysts and users on the ground or on ships.

PROGRAM DELIVERIES

AREA WEAPONS EFFECTS SIMULATOR (AWES): The Cubic-developed AWES system is now operational at the Salisbury Plain Training Area in the United Kingdom. Cubic is on track to formally deliver the UK system in mid-December, with completion of the system at the British Army Training Unit at Suffield (BATUS) in Canada to follow in 2003. AWES incorporates GPS-based position tracking with realistic, high-fidelity area weapons and direct-fire simulation effects. It features new individual soldier and vehicle instrumentation systems, and a software-based system for exercise planning, control and evaluation of force-on-force exercises.

MILES ORDERS AND DELIVERIES

MILES 2000: Cubic has received approximately $50 million in orders for its MILES 2000 laser-based training system in the past fiscal year. Recently, Cubic won MILES 2000 contracts from the Republic of Croatia and Brazil. MILES 2000 is currently being fielded by the U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Air Force as well as international forces, including the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, Kuwait Land Forces and the UK Ministry of Defence.

OSCMAR MILES: Oscmar International Ltd, a Cubic subsidiary, was recently awarded a $10 million contract to supply laser-based combat training systems to a customer in the Asia-Pacific Region. Under the contract, Oscmar will provide MILES to Army units, combat analysis software for after-action reviews, and ongoing maintenance and support. The tactical simulators will be mounted on a variety of weapons, ranging from assault rifles and guided missiles to main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

SIMULATION SUPPORT/FORCE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS

ROMANIA SIMULATION CENTER: The Romanian Armed Forces and Cubic Corporation have opened a new Simulation Training Center in Bucharest, Romania. Cubic designed and implemented the simulation center for the Romanian Armed Forces under a four-year contract with the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command awarded earlier this year. The simulation center is the first ever for the Romanian Armed Forces. Cubic is assisting several Eastern European governments through the company's highly successful force modernization efforts.

CUBIC ANALYSIS CENTER: CDA's Simulation Systems Division has established the Cubic Analysis Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, to provide information-sharing services for military users and their international and non-government partners around the globe. The center's analysts find and collect raw "open source" data on the Internet, newspapers and other public sources. Then they verify and analyze the data to produce knowledge and real-world situational awareness for decision-makers.

The Cubic Defense Applications group, one of Cubic's two major segments, produces instrumented air and ground combat training systems, battle command training, simulations and simulation support for U.S. and allied military forces. The group also produces high technology avionics, data links and communications products for government and commercial customers, and a wide range of technical and logistics services. The corporation's other major segment, Cubic Transportation Systems, designs and manufactures automatic fare collection systems for public mass transit authorities. For more information about Cubic, see the company' web site at www.cubic.com.

Contact:

Cubic Corporation
Janet Dayton, 858/505-2923
858/344-8812 (cell)
janet.dayton@cubic.com

Knights off to a fast start

Sunday, December 01, 2002

From staff and wire service reports

HACKENSACK - Freshman forward Gordon Klaiber got a passing grade Saturday night in his debut for Fairleigh Dickinson, which is enjoying its first two-game winning streak in two seasons.

The Knights (2-0) ran past Morgan State, 91-75, in the Rothman Center, and the 6-foot-8 Klaiber came off the bench late in the first half and contributed seven points, two rebounds, and one block in 10 minutes.

"This is my first game, so I know I'm going to build on this and have a better game next game," Klaiber said after shooting 2-for-5 from the field, including a dunk, and a three-point play, and swishing all three foul shots.

Klaiber sat out the preseason and Monday's opening win over Army while the NCAA determined the legitimacy of a high school Spanish class toward his eligibility. He was cleared Tuesday and looked capable of contributing immediately to a team that last season suffered a worst-ever 4-25 campaign.

"For a first game, I'm real pleased with Gordon," coach Tom Green said. "It's going to take him a while to really learn our offenses and defenses. He's behind three or four weeks in terms of the rest of the team, but he is going to blend in. He's a natural athlete, and he is going to be a help, no question about it."

Klaiber was part of a bench that contributed mightily with 54 points. Freshman sharpshooter Neven Cuzela of Croatia made five of 10 three-pointers and scored a team-high 17. Standout senior forward Matt Hammond, still working his way back from knee surgery, had 12 points and a team-high six rebounds. Senior forward Lionel Bomayako scored 14 for the Knights, and junior point guard Marcus Whitaker added 11 points and a game-high eight assists.

Senior guard Randy Dukes led Butch Beard-coached Morgan State (0-3) with a game-high 19 points.

FDU has beaten Morgan State five times in six tries, and has not lost to the Bears since 1979.

Janica Kostelic

Croatia's Janica Kostelic (L) and Sweden'sAnja Paerson stand together on the women's alpine World Cup slalom podium inAspen, Colorado November 30, 2002. Paerson won the event in a time of oneminute, 38.65 with Kostelic finishing second with a time of one minute, 39.06.REUTERS/Gary C. Caskey

Heather Mills McCartney

Heather Mills McCartney was known in Britain as a model who turned a terrible
accident into a crusade to help amputees. Her own left leg was amputated
just below the knee in an accident in London with a police motorcycle in
1993. Her relationship with musician ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, brought her to
worldwide attention. It also put her cause center stage. She tells her life
story in her book "A Single Step". All of the author's net proceeds will be
donated to "Adopt-A-Minefield".

Heather describes her traumatic childhood in Britain with a violent and
abusive father. When she was nine, her mother left her father. Without any
money, her mother did not take along her three children. Years of setbacks
and traumas have given Heather the drive and determination needed to cope
with one disaster after another. Before she turned sixteen she had been
arrested for stealing, run away from a broken home, lived on the streets and
refused to go to school.

Working in a succession of menial jobs, she travailed her way to modeling.
Heather flew to Slovenia for a skiing vacation near Bled in 1990. Skiing
there was so playful and so much fun, especially after she met a Slovenian
ski instructor. She moved to Slovenia, learned the language and described her
life there as the happiest. She loved skiing so much she was getting her
license to teach, while also modeling. From Slovenia she drove to vacation to
the Croatian Adriatic coast. She even taught aerobics in one of the Croatian
hotels on a small island. Due to chronic shortage of money in Slovenia to
meet their basic needs, her relationship with Milos, the ski instructor, was
not working out despite their tremendous feelings of love. In great details,
Heather describes in her book how she was learning the history of the region
the hard way, when in June of 1991 the Yugoslav army of mostly Serbs attacked
Slovenia. From Ljubljana, Heather and Milos barely escaped while the tank gun
was trained on them.

When she reached London, first thing she wanted to do was help Slovenians and
soon Croatians. Immediately she started to organize and was baffled that so
little attention was given in the media. Branded as civil war in former
Yugoslavia, Heather knew firsthand what was happening via her telephone calls
with her friend Renata from Slavonia. Deeply distressed, she flew to Croatia
several times, risking her life, to collect evidence of Serb atrocities. She
saw it first hand, dead bodies, burnet homes, shootings and spoke to refugees
who were raped.

All her attempts to help bring the evidence to the worldwide media backfired
repeatedly when Croatian border guards completely confiscated her cameras,
films and prints. During meetings with Croatian politicians they would rave
and rant to Heather how nobody cares and no one is helping, but then they
themselves did not follow through in their own jobs of providing the
necessary documentation for Heather to deliver help. Deeply committed,
Heather was adamant to find a way. After her own amputation, she organized a
convoy of two thirty-eight-ton trucks laden with nearly five thousand
artificial limbs, five hundred wheelchairs, and hundreds of pairs of
crutches. With a group of volunteers, Heather set off on the
twelve-hundred-mile journey to Zagreb despite the snail-like pace of Croatian
bureaucracy. When she arrived in Zagreb, she was told "Nothing doing. We are
closed for All Saints Day".

Read this moving and inspirational book by extraordinary woman of how she
overcame her accident and made it through the darkest hours.

Heather Mills McCartney is committed to Adopt-A-Minefield which raises
awareness and funds to clear land mines and rehabilitate land-mine survivors.
It offers everyone an opportunity to give people in mine-affected countries
back their lives, return land to productive use, and provide assistance to
those who have been injured in land-mine explosions. It only costs about $1
to $2 to clear a square meter of land, $30 to help a child walk again. If you
would like to find out what you can do to help, or to learn more about
Adopt-A-Minefield, contact:

Adopt-A-Minefield UNA-USA 801 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10017 Telephone (212) 907-1305 www.landmines.org or info@landmines.org

P.s. As of today, the "Sloboda" or "Freedom" munitions factory in southwest
Serbia has been churning out land mines, anti-aircraft artillery shells,
smokeless gunpowder and other equipment. At the present time, production is
for Iraq.

The Ottawa convention on land mines had been drawn up with the aim to get all
governments to agree to ban the use of land mines in all future wars. Many
countries, including Britain, had signed it. America and several others are
still refusing to do so.

United States campaign to ban landmines in care of Physicians for Human
Rights 100 Boylston Street, Suite 702, Boston, MA 02116 Telephone (617)
695-0041 banmines@phrusa.org

Mia Jerkov Named to the 2002 All-Pac-10 Volleyball Team

Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Split, Croatia
High School: HS of Language-Pula
Height: 6-3
Position: Outside Hitter
Birthdate: 12/05/1982
Experience: 1V

CALIFORNIA: Enters her second season as an outside hitter with the Golden Bears...as a FRESHMAN in 2001 finished the year as the team-leader in kills per game (3.36)...only competed in 10 matches due to playing for the Croatian National Team and suffering tendentious in her left shin following the Oct. 20 match versus Washington...had a career-high 20 kills and 14 digs Oct. 19 versus Washington State...followed with a team-high 19 kills Oct. and two service aces Oct. 20 versus Washington...led the Bears with 12 kills Oct. 12 at UCLA and 13 kills Oct. 13 at USC...in first collegiate action Oct. 5 versus Oregon, had seven kills, seven digs, a service ace and a block solo in half a match...had a team-high 15 kills with three service aces and 12 digs Oct. 6 versus Oregon State...recorded 10 kills with two service aces and eight digs Oct. 8 versus Arizona.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended the High School of Language-Pula and played volleyball for coach Boris Brescic of the Pula-Istarska club team...has also been a member of the Croatian Junior National Team since 1998 and a member of the Croatian Senior National Team in 2000...competed at the 2001 Junior World Championship in Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic and with the Croatian National Team at the 2001 European Championship...has competed in several Junior World Championships and competed in the World Cup in Japan in the summer of 2000...was named the Best Under 18 Attacker for Croatia in both 1999 and 2000.

PERSONAL: Mia Jerkov was born Dec. 5, 1982 in Cattolica Forli, Italy...parents are Zeljko and Dragoca Jerkov...father, Zeljko, is a former player on the Croatian National Basketball Team...siblings include Marko (15) and Ante (4)...has not declared a major.

Career Highs
Kills: 20 vs. Washington State, 10/19/01
Attempts: 56 vs. Washington State, 10/19/01
Service Aces: 3 vs. two teams
Digs: 14 vs. Washington State, 10/19/01
Block Solos: 1 vs. three teams
Block Assists: 2 vs. Washington State, 10/19/01
Total Blocks: 2 vs. two teams

JERKOV'S Career StatisticsYear    M   G   K   E   TA  PCT AST SA  DIG BS  BA  TB2001    10  33  111 45  344 .192    10  14  88  3   3   6

http://calbears.ocsn.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/jerkov_mia00.html