SEATTLE (May 21) - Debra Huss, a state champion Level 10 gymnast from the Sacramento area, has signed a national letter of intent to compete for Seattle Pacific University next season.

Huss, the second recruit signed by Coach Laurel Tindall, recently won the NorCal state championship on bars and finished fifth in the all-around. She took 10th on beam at the Level 10 national meet earlier this month in Colorado Springs. A four-time national qualifier, she was 14th in the all-around in 2002.

The Orangevale resident trains at Technique Gymnastics in Rancho Cordova and attends Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks.

Seattle Pacific is one of the top small college programs in the nation with three national championships and 20 straight top-four national finishes, including third place at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships earlier this year.