Sophomore guard Jausecca Cockeral was named the Western State Conference Most Valuable Player, and it was the first time since the 1996-97 season that a Bakersfield College women’s basketball player got MVP honors. She also made the all-state team averaging a team-leading 13.8 points, eight rebounds and seven assists per game.
Three Bakersfield College women’s basketball players were named to the WSC all-conference second team and they were freshman forward Brittany Smith, sophomore forward Gabi Morales and freshman center Madison Tarver. BC coach Paula Dahl was also named the WSC Coach of the Year.
Baseball collects scholar awards
The California Community College Athletic Association honored BC’s baseball program recently when they named the Renegades a Scholar Team for 2010-11.
The team had an overall GPA of 3.42 in the spring of 2011.
Former Renegade David Pennington was also named 2011 Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. Pennington finished at BC with a GPA of 3.83 and was also picked because of his off-the-field charity work.
Pennington was one of BC’s best players last year and finished with a batting average of .358.
The Renegades also landed three spots on the CCCBCA’s 2012 All-Academic Team. Phillip Valos, Elijah Trail and Stephen Eyherabide were all selected with 3.76, 4.00 and 3.81 GPAs respectively.
Lester joins all-conference team
BC men’s basketball starting forward Conroy Lester was named to the all-conference team. He averaged 19 points and eight rebounds in conference play, including a season high of 30 points in the final game of the season. Freshman guard Duncan Schramm also made the all-conference team as an honorable mention.
Golf team underperforms
The BC men’s golf team placed fifth out of seven teams, because of some tough weather conditions, at Solvang on Feb. 13.
BC scored a 407, but they were only eight strokes away from second place. Santa Barbara City College took first place with 394. Canyons took second with 399 and Ventura just a little behind with 400.
BC got some good performances despite the tough weather conditions. Jack Henneberry led the team scoring a 78. Max Schmidt had 79 and Travis Millwee had 81.
“I thought for the most part we played well, considering the conditions,” said BC coach Bill Kalivas. “The conditions made it tough for us to keep the ball in play and to consistently play our best. We needed to keep the ball in play and, maybe, if our two best golfers did four strokes better, we would’ve placed higher.”
He added that they still don’t know who their top six golfers are.
“We keep interchanging our lineup, so we haven’t built some consistency yet,” he said. “We have to improve on keeping the ball in play and controlling the placement of the ball. We also need to improve on hitting the fairways.”
He added that he thought Henneberry, Schmidt and Millwee performed well.
“I thought they did well because, usually when you’re competing in tough conditions like they were, you have a tendency to get down on yourself after a few balls go out of play, but they were able to keep their composure,” he said.
BC’s next tournament will be the Pt. ConCeption Tournament at Santa Barbara on March 5.
Slew of swim meets canceled
The BC swimming team meet on Friday, Feb. 17 against College of Sequoias was canceled due to transportation issues. In its place, the team held an intra-squad meet at BC.
The purpose was to stay sharp and competitive in preparation for their meet on Feb 24-25 in the Mount San Antonio College Invitational.
Unfortunately for the BC squad, the meet at Mt. SAC was also canceled due to a lack of funds.