Mexican legend Blanca Garcia attends volleyball matches

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, October 17, 2011 – Blanca Garcia, one of the best Mexican volleyball players of all-time, has been a regular spectator of the matches during the preliminary round of the Pan American Games’ female tournament.

Garcia was a member of the Mexican National Team that won the silver medal in the XII Central American Games held in Santo Domingo in 1974 and was part of the All-Star team of that competition.

Mexico lost to the gold medal match to a Cuba’s team led by legendary Mercedes “Mamita” Perez. The Dominican Republic Team won the bronze medal in that occasion.

Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA and the Pan American Volleyball Union, took the opportunity to greet Garcia and attach her with a button of NORCECA new emblem.

“She was a symbol of Mexican volleyball for many years and we are all very proud of her accomplishments as a player who was always willing to represent her country,” Marte Hoffiz said.

In her brief chat with Marte Hoffiz in the VIP stands, Garcia recalled the names of many of the players of her playing days and the good memories she keeps of that past era.