Cross country runner Albert Diaz and women’s volleyball standout Vanessa Williams have been named the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Male and Female Athletes of the Month for November at Cal Poly Pomona.
The awards are voted upon by the student-based Bronco Athletics Association.
Diaz, a freshman from San Bernardino, was the top freshman to finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association race, held Oct. 20 at Cal State Stanislaus. By virtue of his 26th-place finish on the 8,000-meter course, he was named the CCAA’s top newcomer of the year.
Williams, a junior from Riverside, was a standout all season long for the Broncos. Williams was named all-CCAA first team and was honored as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) honorable mention All-American and Pacific Region first-team selection. She finished seventh in hitting percentage in the CCAA with a .272 percentage (285-97-690). She also finished third in blocks (1.31/game) for the league-leading block team and was 19th in kills (2.74/game).
The Broncos finished the season 21-7 overall and tied for second in the CCAA with a 13-5 mark. They earned a berth in the NCAA Division II Pacific Regional, where they lost to Cal State Los Angeles 3-2 in the opening round Nov. 15.
