UC Irvine’s Sapp wins title

UC Irvine’s Garrett Sapp, who will be a sophomore this fall, won the

title of the 80th annual Long Beach match-play championship at El

Dorado Park Golf Course June 19.

Sapp won six straight matches to win the championship, defeating

James Lee, 6 and 5, in the 36-hole final. With the victory, Sapp

qualified for the Long Beach Open at El Dorado Park and Skylinks Golf

Courses July 28-31.

Sapp was a first-team All-Big West Conference selection for the

Anteaters as a freshman and he competed as an individual in the NCAA

West regional.

UCI staff lauded

* HONORS: The UC Irvine Athletics Marketing and Promotions staff

was recognized with four awards by the National Association of

Collegiate Marketing Administrators at its recent conference in Lake

Buena Vista, Fla.

UC Irvine earned top honors for Best Single Newspaper Display Ad

and Best Activation Program with a Sponsor.

The two second-place awards were in: Best Online Promotion and

Best Sponsor Follow-Up Report.

“Again, these honors are attributed to a great group of staff and

interns we have in Anteater Sports Marketing,” said Blake Sasaki,

Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing & Promotions. “They are all

passionate about UC Irvine Athletics and it shows in their work”.

The NACMA Awards are in their third year and are given for

outstanding achievement in marketing and promotions.

Awards were presented in 18 categories with schools competing

against institutions of similar size and conference affiliation.

Lions place 19th

* ATHLETICS: The Vanguard University Athletic Department placed

19th in the Sports Academy Directors’ Cup, as announced last week at

the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)

Convention. Developed as a joint effort between USA TODAY and NACDA,

the United States Sports Academy Directors’ Cup program is the only

all-sports competition that recognizes the institution in each of the

four categories (NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA) with the best

overall athletics program. Vanguard finished with 425 points while

fellow Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) member Azusa Pacific

was first with 881 points.

Nearly half of Vanguard’s sports made it to the postseason, with

four competing at the national level and three claiming a top-five

finish. After final tabulations, the Lions made the top-20 for the

first time, improving from last year’s 40th place finish.

Nine Vanguard teams combined to win 201 games or matches in

overall competition and 82 GSAC contests, while earning three

conference championships and sending four teams into national

competition.

Baseball camp set

* BASEBALL: Youth baseball camps spanning four weeks will take

place this summer at Newport Harbor High.

Director Joel Desguin, Newport Harbor’s former varsity baseball

coach, along with Orange Coast College head man John Altobelli, will

lead three weeks of youth camps (ages 6-10) and one week of

instruction for middle school students ages 11-14.

Youth camps run this week, July 18-21 and July 25-28. The middle

school camp runs July 11-14. Camp days for all ages last from 9 a.m.

to noon.

Cost is $150 per camper with a family discount of $125 a player.

Call (949) 760-3399.

Space is limited to the first 50 applicants.