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PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE NEWS-LINE … Oct. 31, 2008

“The Periodic Information Source for high school student athletes, parents, coaches and counselors about the only community college athletic conference serving San Diego and Imperial counties”

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A fiscally responsible road to success

Mesa College's 2007-08 team compiled the best grade-point average of

any community college women's water polo team in California, 3.11

San Diego and Imperial County

community colleges are a great

bet for student athletes' success

In these trying economic times, imagine a place where high school student athletes can attend their first two years of college close to home, get a great start on their academic and athletic careers and work to earn scholarships to four-year colleges and universities -- at a fiscally-prudent cost of only $20 per unit!

In San Diego County and Imperial County there are nine such places, your nine local community community colleges, at which:

Student athletes take the same lower division classes they would take the first two years at any college or university, units required for graduation from that college or university -- while being instructed in every instance by professors who have Doctorate and/or Masters Degrees -- No 500-seat lecture halls with classes being taught by graduate students.
Coaching and athletic competition are both top-flight, with student athletes receiving instruction and honing their skills so they can succeed on the field or the court at the next level.
Four-year college and university recruiters, from the biggest-name Division I colleges to the NAIA level, constantly evaluate and recruit talent from the community college level.. And when athletes earn scholarships to these four-year level schools, they're being recruited to fill a spot and compete immediately.
Student athletes have time to mature and grow and go on to succeed at that next level.

The cost of continuing to live at home, and paying only $20 per unit, is a fraction of what it costs cash-strapped families to send their sons and daughters onto a four-year college or university directly out of high school.

San Diego County and Imperial County's nine community colleges are here to provide these opportunities for graduating high school student athletes. Feel free to contact any of our local community colleges, today!..

Pacific Coast Conference

Commissioner: John F Woods

http://www.paccoastconf.com

Cuyamaca College

http://www.cuyamaca.edu

Grossmont College

http://www.grossmont.edu

Imperial Valley College

http://www.imperial.edu

MiraCosta College

http://www.miracosta.edu

Miramar College

http://www.miracosta.edu

Palomar College

http://www.palomar.edu

San Diego City College

http://www.city.sdccd.net

San Diego Mesa

College http://www.sdmesa.edu

Southwestern College

http://www.swccd.edu

Contact Us …

Academic Information You Need to Know …

Pacific

Coast

Conference

Commissioner: John Woods

jwoods@pccgmail.com

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Sports Information / Statistics / Pacific Coast Conference News-Line Editor: Tom Saxe

tsaxejr@palomar.ed

The NCAA tightens athletic eligibility requirements for incoming student athletes;

Pacific Coast Conference is here to help

By Steve White

Athletic Counselor

Palomar College

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has tightened its freshman eligibility requirements for students entering college beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year.

To be eligible for intercollegiate eligibility at an NCAA Division I school, a new freshman must now have completed 16 high school core courses (as opposed to the previous total of 14. Computer Science no longer count as a core class. SAT and NCT standards also have changed.

For student athletes coming out of high school and wishing to be eligible at a Division I institution, this means that some students who would have been eligible under the old standards no longer will be. These student athletes can still become eligible by attending a Pacific Coast Conference community college or other community college, completing requirements for an Associate of Arts degree and showing progress toward an eventual four-year degree. Student athletes who qualify for Division I under the new format coming out of high school and choose the community college route are not required to attain the A.A. degree in order to be eligible upon transferring to a Division I college.

Student athletes who make the decision to attend community college initially do so for a variety of reasons. Many wish to satisfy their general education requirements while being taught by instructors with Masters or Doctorate degrees rather than graduate students, who often teach lower division classes at Division I colleges. Others who elect to attend community colleges want to gain the notice of Division I recruiters who overlooked them coming out of high school, or to become more mature and faster, or for financial or other reasons.

For students of all backgrounds, educational accomplishments and goals, Pacific Coast Conference colleges are here to help. Help student athletes succeed academically and eventually graduate from a four-year college. Help them learn and achieve their academic and athletic goals. Help student athletes be noticed by four-year college and receive scholarships. Help student athletes adapt to the college level.

We are committed to our student athletes. And we are here to help.

Transfer Eligibility Requirements for Community College athletes to the NCAA: http://www.coasports.org/working/pdf/2007-08%20ncaa%20two-year%20transfer%20requirements%20diagram.pdf

Fall PCC Athletes of the Week …

MEN -- 8/30, Bo Sidhu, Palomar, Water Polo; 9/7, Edgar Valles, Southwestern, Soccer and John Soli, Grossmont, Football; 9/14, Chris Boudreaux, Palomar, Football and Kyle Wynn, MiraCosta, Soccer; 9/21, Kenslow Smith, Southwestern, Football and Keary Schlatus, Grossmont, Water Polo; 9/28, Maluken Beressa, San Diego Mesa, Cross Country and Ryan Nelson, Southwestern, Football; 10/5, Philip Staback, San Diego Mesa, Football; 9/12, Hans Van Dujk, Grossmont, Water Polo and Gamaliel Vasquez, San Diego Mesa, Soccer; Oct. 19, Jose Torres, Southwestern, Soccer; Oct. 26, Israel Perez, Grossmont, Water Polo.

WOMEN -- 8/30, Kiera Kenney, Palomar, Water Polo; 9/7, Aurora Scott, Southwestern, Cross Country and Jeanette Quinonez, San Diego City, Soccer; 9/14, Amber Davidson, San Diego Mesa, Volleyball and Monicah Jepkemboi, Southwestern, Cross Country; 9/21, Chelsea Gentry, San Diego Mesa, Soccer and Monique Ibarra, Miramar, Soccer; 9/28, Cora Busby, Palomar, Golf and Geneve Haugen, San Diego City, Volleyball; 10/5, Alyssa Garcia, Cuyamaca, Soccer and Joslin Alexander, San Diego Mesa, Volleyball; 10/12, Evelyn Escobar, Imperial Valley, Volleyball and Veronica Godinez, Southwester, Soccer; 10/19, Audrey Green, Palomar Volleyball and Ashley Holton, Cuyamaca, Soccer; 10/26, Rebekah Olin, Grossmont, Soccer

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Questions, comments regarding Pacific Coast Conference colleges and this newsletter? Contact Tom Saaxe, conference Sports Information Director / Statistician and Pacific Coast Conference News-Line Editor Tom Saxe at: ..

tsaxejr@palomar.edu

Cuyamaca College

Athletic Director: Cathy Bowyer

cathy.bowyer@gcccd.edu

Grossmont College

Athletic Director: James Spillers

james.spillers@gcccd.edu

Imperial Valley College

Athletic Director: Jim Mecate

jim.mecate@imperial.edu

MiraCosta College

Athletic Director: Marty Spring