June 2009 Archives

Two players with local ties are competing in the 98th California State Amateur Golf Championships this week at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City.

Cal State San Bernardino graduate Micah Burke survived the Round of 32 match play on Wednesday, beating Al Geiberger Jr., 3 and 1. Burke, who led the Coyotes to a national runner-up finish in the spring, qualified for match play in 12th out of a field that started with 156 golfers.

Next up he faces defending champion Nick Delio of Valencia, who competes collegiately at Cal State Northridge.

San Bernardino native Scott Clayton, a graduate of Arroyo Valley High School and current standout at UC Riverside, lost to Steve Woods of Cupertino 1-up, the difference being Woods' birdie on the 16th hole.

Clayton has had an outstanding season, highlighted by a win at the San Bernardino County Amateur last month.

Cal State San Bernardino graduate Micah Burke is faring well at the 98th annual California State Amateur Golf Championship at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City.

Burke tied for 12th in a field of 156 golfers through two 18-hole rounds. He then posted a 3 and 1 win over Al Geiberger Jr. of Palm Desert in the round of 32 match play on Wednesday.
San Bernardino resident Scott Clayton, who led after the first round and qualified for match play in fifth, suffered a 1-up loss to Steve Woods of Cupertino.

Burke, a 23-year-old Los Angeles resident playing out of Empire Lakes Golf Club in Rancho Cucamonga, will face Nick Delio of Valencia in the Round of 16 on Thursday. The two will tee off at 8:10 a.m.

Burke, who earned third-team NCAA Division II All-America honors after finishing ninth in the Division II national championship tournament last month, went 2-up on Geiberger Jr., the son of former PGA tour veteran Al Geiberger Sr., in the first two holes of the match, gave a hole back at No. 3, then regained his 2-up advantage at No. 4.

The two halved the next seven holes until Geiberger Jr. birdied the par-3, 196-yard 12th hole to cut the lead in half again.

However, Burke reclaimed his 2-up advantage with a birdie three at the par-4, 376-yard 13th hole. Burke then went 3-up with an eagle three at the par-5, 496-yard 14th hole.

Burke qualified for the State Amateur Championship by shooting a 70 on May 11 at the qualifier conducted at the SCGA (Southern California Golf Association) course in Temecula to tie for seventh spot.

Clayon, a senior at UC Riverside who won the San Bernardino County Amateur last month, lost a close match later in the day. He was even with Woods until his opponent birdied a short par-4 No. 16 hole.

Both players made par at the 17th and the 18th, leaving Clayton one stroke short.

Cal State San Bernardino's new head women's soccer coach Travis Clarke won't arrive until July 1, but he already has two Inland Empire area recruits who have signed national letters of intent to play for the Coyotes this fall.

Ariel Hernandez, an one-time all-CIF Division 5 player from Beaumont High School, and Jordan Cleary, a three-year team MVP and two-year first-team all-Baseline League player from Alta Loma High School, will begin pre-season drills at CSUSB in August.

Both players were recruited by former CSUSB coach Diego Bocanegra before he left for an assistant coaching position at Cal State Fullerton and both played for Bocanegra's club teams associated with the Arsenal FC of Alta Loma.

Hernandez is a midfielder who earned first-team all-league honors as well as league MVP honors at Beaumont HS playing for Cougars coach Robert Sherwood. She played midfield and forward for the Arsenal UG-18 team.

She helped her team to an 18-7-1 record in 2008-09 and finished second in the Mountain Pass League with an 11-2-1 record. The team advanced to the second round of the Southern Section playoffs before losing to Ontario Christian.

Cleary is a center midfielder who was the runnerup for Baseline League MVP honors and her team's offensive MVP as well as the Coach's Award recipient. She spent one year at Los Osos High School before transferring to Alta Loma where she played for former CSUSB soccer player and graduate Amy Raymond.

Alta Loma finished third in the Baseline League with a 4-5-1 record and posted a 14-10-4 overall record, then lost in the first round of the Southern Section Division I playoffs to Murrieta Valley.

She played center-mid for the Arsenal FC G91 team that won a League Cup championship in 2008.

Junior right-handed pitcher Erick Carrillo of Cal State San Bernardino was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 19^th round of  Major League Baseball's first-year draft on Wednesday.

Carrillo, a Bloomington resident and graduate of Kaiser High School in Fontana, is expected to sign with the Marlins, forgoing his senior season with the Coyotes.

"We hate to lose him out of our program," said CSUSB Head Coach Don Parnell, "but we are excited for him and we wish him well."

The 6-1, 190-pound Carrillo posted a 4-5 record with CSUSB in 2009 with a 5.60 earned run average in 11 appearances, all starts. In 62 innings pitched, he struck out 51 batters and opponents batted .276 against him.

The most impressive of his four wins was a 7-0 shutout of Cal State Monterey Bay in which he allowed just three hits in six innings while striking out seven. He was the winning pitcher in a 7-3 win over San Francisco State, going eight innings, allowing just six hits and fanning six batters.

He went 5.2 innings in a 9-3 season-opening win over Grand Canyon in February and went 7.1 innings, allowing just five hits, in an 8-6 win over Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Parnell said Carrillo's strong suit is his 90-plus mile an hour fastball and a sharp slider and the fact he is "a competitive kid."

Scouts who have discussed Carrillo's potential with Parnell indicated his initial spot on a pitching staff at the pro level may be as a middle reliever, although that could change as he develops, Parnell said.

Carillo is the 25^th Cal State San Bernardino player to be drafted or signed by Major League Baseball clubs since Parnell came to the university in 1991-92. He follows pitchers Cheyne Hann (Seattle Mariners) and Matt Long (Tampa Bay Rays) who were drafted or signed in 2008; outfielder Justin Roberson (signed by St. Louis Cardinals in 2007) and four pitchers who were drafted in 2006 - Doug Brandt (L.A. Angels); Mike Rocco (Chicago White Sox); Rylan Hanks (Marlins), and Kevan Kelley (Marlins).

Carillo pitched two seasons at Riverside Community College before transferring to CSUSB and was a member of the 2007 state JC champion Tigers team. He played four years of baseball at Kaiser for Coach Mike Spinuzzi, earning all-league honors three times and all-San Bernardino County honors in 2005.

He is a business management major. His parents are Mauricio and Aracely Carrillo of Bloomington.

At least two other California Collegiate Athletic Association players were taken in the early rounds on day two of the draft. Matthew Hopps, a 6-5 right-handed pitcher from Cal State Dominguez Hills, was taken in the ninth round by the Chicago White Sox. Dakota Watts, a pitcher from Cal State Stanislaus went to the Minnesota Twins in the 16^th round.

Tartamella was selected in the 19^th round by the St. Louis Cardinals. The junior catcher, who earned All-CCAA and All-West Region honors this past season for the Golden Eagles, helped lead Cal State L.A. to a 32-17 overall record and into the four-team CCAA Championship Tournament for the third time in four years.

He hit .301 with eight home runs and 40 runs batted in for the Golden Eagles in 2009. He is also regarded as one of the top defensive catchers in the region. He also played well in the CCAA Championship Tournament and earned All-Tourney honors.

"My dad and I were sitting at home and looking at the computer and it popped up. My mom was here with us, it was pretty exciting," Tartamella said. "It was a great feeling to know I'll be getting an opportunity to play at the next level. I'm very appreciative of it."

This is the second time Tartamella has been drafted. He was also taken in the 50^th round out of high school by Tampa Bay. He had a good inkling on Wednesday that his wait wouldn't be nearly as long this time around.

"I thought I would go between the 10^th and 20^th rounds so I figured I'd go somewhere in that range," Tartamella said. "I'm very thankful. The Cardinals are a great organization with great coaches."

Tartamella came to Cal State L.A. after playing for two years at Pepperdine. He appeared in 35 games and started 21 times in 2008 and hit .207 in 92 at bats. As a freshman in 2007, he hit .254 with three home runs and 18 RBI. He also threw out 41 percent of would-be base stealers and was named to the West Coast Conference All-Freshman team.

He was the Baseline League's Most Valuable Player at Los Osos High School and was a Playstation All-American. He was a three-time All-Baseline League first-team selection and competed in both baseball and football in high school.

He is a criminal justice major at Cal State L.A.

"I'm very happy for Travis and his family," Cal State L.A. head coach Vince Beringhele said. "Now he gets to choose between two great options: play professional baseball or come back and play another year at Cal State L.A. and complete his degree."

Tartamella was the fourth CCAA player selected on Thursday. Matt Hopps of Cal State Dominguez Hills was taken in the ninth round by the Chicago White Sox, Dakota Watts of Cal State Stanislaus was taken in the 16^th round by the Minnesota Twins and Erick Carrillo of Cal State San Bernardino was taken in the 19^th round by the Florida Marlins.

Cal State L.A. has now had players drafted in five straight years. Henry Contreras was a 24^th-round pick in 2008 and Dustin Birosak and Darrick Hale were signed as free agents. Kurt Crowell and Adam Klein were drafted in 2007 and Jeff Carroll signed with Tampa Bay. Derrick Loop, a 2006 draft pick, was recently named to the Carolina League All-Star team. He will represent Salem of the Boston Red Sox organization in the California League/Carolina League All-Star game on June 23 in Lake Elsinore.

The final day of the draft - with rounds 31-50 - will take place on Thursday.

                Wilson, a Garden Grove native, appeared in a season-high 19 games in his only season with the Broncos. He owned a 3-6 record with a 4.99 ERA and made six starts and shared the lead in saves with four. He threw 52 1/3 innings and allowed 59 hits and posted 41 strikeouts and 29 walks.

"We are very happy that Bradley will have the opportunity to live out his dream of being a professional baseball player,'' said Broncos head coach Mike Ashman. "When he came to us, we saw that he had the potential of playing at the next level.''

Wilson was the 996^th player taken in the draft that concludes today.

                "We'd been talking for a while and I figured the chances of Arizona selecting me were pretty strong,'' Wilson said. "I had trouble sleeping last night and they woke me up when they called this morning. I'm real excited and I can't wait. To become a professional ballplayer is every kid's dream.''

A junior college transfer from Santa Ana Junior College, Wilson went 5-0 with 3.08 ERA as a sophomore.

                Wilson will become the second member of his family to play professional baseball. His father Dave played in the San Francisco Giants' system in the late 70s.

                Wilson is the first Bronco to have been selected in the MLB draft since C Anthony Esquer was selected in Round 24 by the Cincinnati Reds in 2006.

                The awards are voted upon by the student-based Bronco Athletics Association.

                Williams (Temecula) finished seventh in the 100 meters at the NCAA Track and Field Championships held at San Angelo, Texas, last month. Williams, the CCAA Male Athlete of the Year in his sport, competed in his third NCAA event in his career and earned his first All-American honor.

The Enterprise honor is Williams' third in his career.

                Turner (LaCrescenta) placed eighth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and earned her first All-American honor. The senior is the school record holder in her event.

It is her first third Enterprise honor in her career, all this season.

                Williams and Turner became CPP's third and fourth All-American in 2008-2009. They join volleyball's Vanessa Williams and men's basketball's Larry Gordon.

CPP Enterprise Athletes of the Month

                                                Male                                                     Female

September                         Jersain Torres                                    Britany Garrett

October                               Jersain Torres                                    Tiffany Turner

November                          Larry Gordon                                     Vanessa Williams

December                           Larry Gordon                                     Reyana Colson

January                                Larry Gordon                                     Reyana Colson

February                              Larry Gordon                                     Reyana Colson

March                                   Larry Gordon                                     Tokie Adeniji

April                                      Brian Roser                                         Tiffany Turner

May                                       Jonathan Williams                            Tiffany Turner

Cal State Dominguez Hills baseball player Jon Alia and Cal State San Bernardino volleyball standout Meghan Haas were named 2009 CCAA Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

The honors were announced Monday in conjunction with the CCAA Executive Council Meetings in Seaside and voted on by faculty athletic representatives from the 11 conference schools.

Haas is the third San Bernardino student-athlete to win the award since its inception in 1989-90. The others were soccer player Tara Fontana in 1997-98 and Amy Pope Schumacher, a volleyball setter, in 2001-02.

The senior from Menifee helped the Coyotes (30-4) to an NCAA Division II national runner-up finish and emerged as the most prolific libero in school history. Last season she had 519 digs (4.68 per set). She also set a career record for digs in just three seasons (1,566) and holds four of the top five performances all-time in single-match digs (highest was 37, No. 2 on the list), as well as the top three single-season dig marks, topped by 554 digs in 2006.

She earned first-team All-CCAA and All-West Region honors and was named a third-team Daktronics All-American and an honorable mention All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

She is a two-time winner of the Dr. Hal Charnofsky Award and CCAA All-Academic selection. Among her other honors, Haas was named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA All-District VIII first team.

Haas also served four years on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), where she participated in such events as Race for the Cure, Relay for Life, Disability Sports Festival, Read Across America, and PossAbilities Triathlon (benefitting the disabled community).

Alia, a senior first baseman for the Toros, was the eighth-leading hitter in NCAA Division II with a school-record batting average of .467. He ranked third in the nation with 98 hits and set single-season school records with 20 home runs, 78 RBIs, 25 doubles, 187 total bases and an .890 slugging percentage.

Alia was the CCAA Most Valuable Player, first-team All-CCAA, West Region Player of the Year, first-team All-West Region and first- team All-American.

Cal State Dominguez Hills' Kevin Gallaugher  and Cal State San Bernardino's Jessica Granados have been named 2008-09 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Male and Female Athletes of the Year.

The award is voted on by the 11-member institutions' Sports
Information Directors at their annual meeting that was held on
Saturday, May 30, in San Jose.

Both Gallaugher and Granados enjoyed remarkable seasons and made major impacts at the conference, regional and national levels.

Granados, a senior from Beaumont, Calif., capped an impressive four-year career by leading the Cal State San Bernardino women's volleyball team to a 30-4 overall record and runner-up finish at the 2008 NCAA Division II National Championships.

En route to helping Cal State San Bernardino to the national title
game, Granados finished ninth in the nation with 4.2 kills per game, posted a .305 hitting percentage, 32 aces, 202 digs (1.94 per game) and 67 total blocks (0.64 per game).

Granados' list of honors include first team All-American, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) West Region Player of the Year, All-West Region, CCAA Most Valuable Player and first team All-CCAA. She is a three-time West Region Player of the Year and two-time Most
Valuable Player, in addition to being Cal State San Bernardino's
2008-09 Female Student-Athlete of the Year.

During Granados' four-year career, Cal State San Bernardino compiled an overall record of 105-17, including a 66-10 mark in CCAA play, won three straight conference and West Region titles. She ended her career fourth on the Coyotes' all-time career kills list (1,302) and third in service aces (134).

Gallaugher, a junior defender from Walnut,  was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National  Player of the Year after helping Cal State Dominguez Hills capture the school's second men's soccer national championship.

Gallaugher becomes the fourth Cal State Dominguez Hills' student-athlete to be named CCAA Athlete of the Year and first since the 2000-01 season.

Gallaugher's year-end honor completes an impressive season in which, in addition to being named national player of the year, he claimed two first team All-America nods (NSCAA & Daktronics), a pair of first team All-West Region selections (NSCAA & Daktronics), CCAA Defensive Most Valuable Player of the Year award and was a first-team All-CCAA pick. He also received NCAA Final Four and NCAA West Region Tournament Defensive Most Valuable Player honors.

In 2008, the four-time All-American was instrumental in leading Cal State Dominguez Hills to a program-tying 14 shutouts, including three  in five games during its NCAA postseason title run. Gallaugher helped limit the opposition to just one goal in nine additional games en route to a .077 shot percentage and 19 goals on the year, an average of just 0.68 goals scored per game.