REPORT CARD

-- Angelique Flores

Dozens of Golden West College athletes are continuing their college

careers this fall at various four-year universities across the nation.

Many of the university-bound Rustlers earned scholarships for their

noteworthy athletic achievements while attending college, and all of them

will continue competing in their respective sports.

Albert Gasparian, the college’s athletic director and the women’s

volleyball coach, said the athletic scholarships received by students are

valued at about $500,000 a year.

Golden West College’s student athletes placed first in several areas

last year. Four state titles were achieved in women’s volleyball, women’s

water polo, and men’s and women’s swimming.

Other highlights include men’s volleyball, which placed second in the

state; men’s water polo, which finished third in the state; and the

baseball team, which made the playoffs for the first time in 10 years.

Rustler athletes attending four-year colleges this fall to play

baseball are Eric Archer, Cal State Northridge; Phil Archer, Cal State

Northridge; Nate Beucler, Cal State Long Beach; Dan Candela, Concordia

University in Irvine; Jeremy Hanson, Cal State Northridge; Ty Harper,

University of Alabama; Bobby Mayorga, Chapman University; Miguel Mendoza,

Cal State Chico; and Mike Miller, Chapman University.

Basketball players include Rodney Clarke, Cumberland College; Billy

Curry, Cal State Monterey Bay; Matt Horvath, Cal State Monterey Bay; Jeff

Jensen, Hawaii Pacific College; Ben Rogers, Hope International

University; Amy Pace, Missouri Valley College; and Kelly Medlen,

University of Redlands.

Football players include Ramez Ammari, Bethany College; Sila Brown,

Northeastern University; Michael Daniels, Kansas Wesleyan University;

Peter Dodosh, University of New Haven; Jon Dorenbos, University of Texas

at El Paso; Will Long, Mississippi Valley State University; Vinni Mesa,

Minot State College; J.D. Stern Olivet, Nazarene College; Eti Taula,

Arkansas State University; and Tim Thurman, Cal Poly Pomona.

Golf players include Jeff Greenfield, UC Santa Barbara, and Eric

Newman, Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Softball players are Dani Garcia, UC Riverside, and Jen McCann, Cal

State Dominguez Hills.

Swimmers include Christian Harcsas, Arizona State University; Danny

Johnson, University of the Pacific; Alyson Edoff, Drury College; Deborah

Hoyt, UC San Diego; and Kirsten Rich, USC.

Track and field athletes include Juan Columbie, Cal State Long Beach;

Beckie Sweatman, Azusa Pacific University; Kelley Saunders, UC San Diego;

Huong Lam, UCLA; and Katy Zimmon, Cal State Long Beach.

Volleyball players include Lori Daedelow, Oregon State University;

Julie Renfrow, Wichita State University; Rebecca Larsen, UC Irvine; and

Travis Nelson, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne.

Water polo players include Chris Burress, California Baptist College;

Danny Johnson, University of the Pacific; Marko Markovic, Queens College;

Nenad Praporski, USC; Peter Valovic, Queens College; Chelsea Rowlands,

Cal State Long Beach; and Jennifer Tarasut, Cal State Bakersfield.

Resident completes research work

Justin Kao of Huntington Beach completed work at the Caltech as part

of a group of undergraduate students who did scientific research as part

of the school’s summer undergraduate research fellowships program. Kao

spent 10 weeks on the Camera-Based Obstacle Detection for Planetary

Rovers on Challenging Terrains research project.

Fairman named to Ocean View administration

Ocean View High School added Kevin Fairman to its administrative team

as the vice principal of activities responsible for school activities,

athletic programs and Associated Student Body functions.

Gibbons receives distinction award

William Gibbons, a history teacher at Ocean View High School, has been

named a 2000 Coca-Cola Educator of Distinction, an honor that recognizes

outstanding teachers dedicated to providing education with an enhanced

purpose.