Week at-a-Glance 5/5 - 5/11/08
Baseball
Fri/Sat - So Cal Playoffs - San Luis Obispo more info....
Tennis (WSC Champs)
Thu-Sat State Championships
at Long Beach
Track/Field
Sat - So Cal Finals at Bakersfield

Athletic Yearbook

Cate and Miller Earn Top Honors- 15 Cougars Earn All-WSC

SAN LUIS OBISPO (May 7, 2008)— The Cougars dominated the Western State Conference and won the conference title by four games over second place Ventura with a 21-4 record against the loop.  The Cougars led the conference in both team pitching (3.27 ERA) and hitting (.369 avg.) and because of that they had 16 players named to the 2008 All Western State Conference teams.  The Cougars were all over the 2008 All-WSC First Team with 10 players named to the squad, including WSC Player of the Year Quentin Cate (Cambria: SLO HS) and WSC Pitcher of the Year Patrick Haugen (Cayucos: Morro Bay HS).  Five more Cougars graced the 2008 All-WSC Second Team and Honorable Mention squads.   
Coach Bob Miller earned 2008 WSC Coach of the Year honors after leading the Cougars to a WSC title for the fourth time and picking up the #2 seed in the 2008 Southern California Regional Playoffs.  Miller’s team posted a 30-13-1 record during the regular season to win his fourth conference crown in six years at the helm, but this was his first coach of the year award since his rookie season in 2003.  Miller is 175-82-2 at during his tenure at Cuesta.   
Sophomore Quentin Cate (Cambria: SLO HS) won the Western State Conference Triple Crown and was unanimously named the loop’s player of the year.  In his 24 conference games Cate led the conference in home runs (11), runs batted in (45) and batting average (.485).  On the season Cate is the Cougars leading hitter, he is hitting .420, hit 14 home runs and driven in 60 runs.  Cate has also been a versatile fielder for the Cougars and has spent time at first base, third base and catcher.  He has also been named to the 2008 All State team.
    Two-Time All WSC First Team Pitcher Patrick Haugen (Cayucos: Morro Bay HS) also shared WSC Pitcher of the Year honors with Santa Barbara’s Bryce Urhig.  Haugen leads the Cougars with a 10-3 record and has won his last seven starts.  He also leads the team with 79 strikeouts and has posted a 3.51 ERA.  Haugen ranks second all time at Cuesta with 19 career wins and 181 career strikeouts.   
    Two-Time All WSC First Team Pitcher Tyler Fick (Valencia: Hart HS) missed the 2007 season, but returned to the all-WSC 1st Team with a triumphant return from his elbow surgery.  Fick led the staff with a 3.18 ERA and posted a 7-2 record.   
    Catcher Brian Farris (Pasadena) was selected to the 2008 All-WSC First Team after earning honorable mention as a freshman in 2007.  Farris caught nearly every inning for the Cougars during WSC play and added a solid .324 batting average.   
    First Baseman Brian McConkey (Santa Maria: St Joseph) is a unanimous 2008 All-WSC First Team pick after being named to the second team as a freshman.  McConkey has taken his game to a new level during his sophomore campaign.  He average has never been below .400 this season, though it has dropped to .404, and he has increased his versatility in the field by playing both corner infield spots.  His patience at the plate has provided the Cougars with a constant scoring threat at the top of their line up.  He leads the team with 38 base on balls and a .526 on-base percentage, the third highest mark in school history.   
Second Baseman Brad Bauer (San Carlos) batted .435 against WSC pitching and was a unanimous choice for the first team.  Bauer earned a starting spot at third base at the beginning of the season, but eventually found a permanent home and blossomed at second base.  He is hitting .371 on the season.   
Designated Hitter Gabe Arcoleo (Salinas HS) had a difficult time cracking the Cougars’ starting line-up by trying to supplant McConkey or Cate at first base.  However as a fulltime hitter he became one of the most feared hitters in the loop and was another unanimous choice for the first team.  He has hit seven home runs and driven in 41 runs in only 31 games.   
The entire Cuesta outfield was named to the 2008 Western State Conference First Team.  Two-time All-WSC First Team selection Mike Kaminski (Ventura) and unanimous first time selections Chad Gross (Claremont HS) and Ryan Smith (Clovis).   Kaminski is an all round threat for the Cougars.  He is among the team leaders in home runs (6), RBI (40), stolen bases (10) and batting average (.344).  Gross struggled through his freshman season and the beginning of his sophomore campaign, but found his stroke during WSC play.  Gross has clouted 11 home runs and driven in 47 runs, while increasing his batting average to .327.  He has also continued to play display excellent range in rightfield and posses one of the best arms in the State.  Smith moved into the leadoff spot for the Cougars and has been the catalyst for the Cougars offense.  The centerfielder adds power and speed to the line up with six home runs and a team-high 13 stolen bases.  He is hitting .342 on the year.   
Shortstop Brad Decater (Sammamish, WA) and Left-hander Mike Alldredge (Templeton HS) were both named to the 2008 All Western State Conference Second Team.  Decater is hitting .339 and is second on the team with 12 doubles, but he has alternated between spectacular and erratic in the field.    Alldredge hurled a complete game shutout over Oxnard to clinch the 2008 WSC title and was nearly unhittable in conference play.  He was 4-0 with three complete games and a 1.41 ERA against the loop.  Overall he is 5-1 with a 2.28 ERA.    
    Freshmen Relievers Matthew Estrada (Fremont) and Kyle Sousa (Lompoc HS) joined third-year sophomore Kyle Davis (Santa Maria: Righetti HS) as 2008 All-WSC Honorable Mention selections.  Estrada is 4-2 with a 5.13 ERA and Sousa is 1-0 with a 3.77 ERA and a team-high 17 appearances.  Davis has struggled with injuries during his career at Cuesta.  He earned a medical redshirt as a freshman and missed a lot of time over the last two seasons with injuries.  He missed 25 games in the middle of this season and struggled upon his return.  The slick fielding middle infielder is hitting .188.


 


ALL-WESTERN STATE CONFERENCE 2008 Page 9
                            BASEBALL TEAM
FIRST TEAM (North)
POSITION PLAYER HGT.       WGT.          YR. AVG.    COLLEGE
Catcher Brian Farris*** 6-0 185 So. .337 Cuesta
Catcher Steve Domecus 6-3 215 So. .330 Moorpark
First Base # Brian McConkey** 6-2 200 So. .366 Cuesta
Infield # Quentin Cate 6-2 215 So. .485 Cuesta
Infield # Carlos Alonzo* 6-0 200 So. .359 Santa Barbara
Infield # Brad Bauer 5-11 175 So. .435 Cuesta
Infield # Jose Vargas* 6-3 225 So. .396 Ventura
Outfield # Ryan Smith 6-2 200 So. .368 Cuesta
Outfield # Chad Gross 6-5 235 So. .356 Cuesta
Outfield # Jacob Fiss 6-4 190 So. .402 Moorpark
Outfield # Brett Fick 6-1 185 So. .419 Ventura
Outfield Mike Kaminski* 5-10 195 So. .370 Cuesta
Utility # Garrett Rau 5-11 180 Fr. 2-3-3, .336 Ventura
D-Hitter # Gabe Arcoleo 6-2 240 Fr. .376 Cuesta
Pitcher # Bryce Uhrig* 6-4 175 So. 6-0, 1.92 Santa Barbara
Pitcher # Pat Haugen* 5-11 180 So. 6-1, 3.02 Cuesta
Pitcher # Zack Thornton 6-4 220 So. 6-1, 1.90 Ventura
Pitcher Tyler Fick 5-11 200 So. 6-2, 3.27 Cuesta
Relief Pitcher # Mickey Jannis 5-10 200 So. 2-1-4, 3.25 Allan Hancock

SECOND TEAM
Catcher Jake Tipton 5-10 190 So. .299 Santa Barbara
First Base Blair Walters 6-0 210 Fr. .314 Ventura
Infield Aaron Breslow** 5-8 170 So. .319 Oxnard
Infield Jon Ramirez 5-9 170 Fr. .298 Allan Hancock
Infield Corey Dotzler 5-10 190 Fr. .267 Allan Hancock
Infield Brad Decater 6-0 180 Fr. .314 Cuesta
Outfield Dane McLaughlin** 6-1 205 So. .343 Allan Hancock
Outfield Adam Baumann 5-9 185 Fr. .344 Santa Barbara
Outfield Brad Marasco 5-6 150 Fr. .356 Santa Barbara
Outfield Tyler Bevan 6-1 175 Fr. .311 Ventura
Utility Ray Santiago 6-0 190 Fr. .260 Oxnard
D-Hitter Phil Johnson** 6-0 190 So. .321 Moorpark
Pitcher Mike Alldredge 6-0 190 So. 4-0, 1.41 Cuesta
Pitcher Sam Jones 6-2 180 So. 3-4, 5.27 Allan Hancock
Pitcher Daniel Abeloe 5-9 185 So. 3-1, 3.12 Oxnard
Pitcher Jacob Regalado 5-10 170 So. 4-2, 5.08 Ventura
Relief Pitcher Blake McFarland 6-5 235 Fr. 2-2-1, 4.47 Santa Barbara

#(Unanimous selection); *(1st Team 2007); **(2nd Team 2007); ***(Honorable Mention 2007).

HONORABLE MENTION
Catcher Mike Yingling (Fr. Ventura).
Infield Dave Anderson (Fr. Allan Hancock);  Kyle Davis (So. Cuesta);  Collin LaVoie (Fr. Ventura);
    Jon Villarreal (Fr. Moorpark).
Outfield Zack Anderson (So. Ventura);  Keith Garcia*** (So. Oxnard);  David Harman (So. Allan Hancock);
    Brandon Kitching (Fr. Moorpark);  Corey Krupp (Fr. Santa Barbara);  Brendan Pichette (So. S. Barbara);
    Michael Sliger (Fr. Oxnard).
Pitcher Nick Ferndino** (So. Moorpark);  Cory Goldsmith (Fr. Oxnard);  Nate Klein (So. Santa Barbara);
    Sheldon LeChuga (Fr. Allan Hancock).
Relief Pitcher Matt Estrada (Fr. Cuesta);  Kyle Sousa (Fr. Cuesta).

PLAYER OF THE DIVISION—QUENTIN CATE (Cuesta College).
PITCHERS OF THE DIVISION—BRYCE UHRIG (Santa Barbara City College) and PAT HAUGEN (Cuesta College).
COACH OF THE DIVISION—BOB MILLER (Cuesta College).

BASEBALL-
Cuesta Baseball Earns #2 Seed, Hosts Playoffs this Weekend
SAN LUIS OBISPO (Cinco de Mayo, 2008)— This Week: The Cuesta Baseball team ended the regular season with a 30-13-1 overall record. They earned the #2 seed in the 2008 Southern California Regional Playoffs, but will have to wait to find out who their opponent will be. The Cougars are slated to play #15 Palomar, but if the Comets lose their play-in game on Tuesday, the Cougars will face either #16 Ventura or #17 Rio Hondo. The play-in will be played tomorrow at Palomar and Ventura. This weekend marks the 11th time in the last 12 years that the Cougars have hosted a first round playoff game. The Cougars have lost all three of their playoff games against Palomar College, including an elimination game in 2005; the same year they played and lost their only playoff game against Rio Hondo. The Cougars have never faced Ventura in the post-season, but beat the Pirates five times this season. Game 1 will begin at 3 PM on Friday and Game 2 will be at 11 Am on Saturday with Game 3 to follow if needed.
Last Week: The Cougars wrapped up their tenth Western State Conference title of the last dozen years with three wins last week. The Cougars opened the final week of the regular season with a 5-0 shutout of Oxnard on Tuesday. Sophomore left-hander Mike Alldredge (Templeton HS) worked his fourth complete game of the year and authored his first career shutout in the win over the Condors. On Thursday the Cougars beat Allan Hancock 6-2 and left-hander Tyler Fick (Valencia: hart HS) improved to 7-2 with the win. The Cougars final regular season game was forfeited by Moorpark College. The Raiders had several players suspended due to the COA decorum violation and did not have enough players to field a team. The Cougars ended their WSC schedule with a 21-4 record against the loop.
Notes: All Conference Selections will be released later this week

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SOFTBALL-
Mt San Antonio Drops Cougars in First Round, Again
SAN LUIS OBISPO (Cinco de Mayo, 2008)— Last Week: The Cuesta softball team has gone a long way under Coach Sara Clarin, but they cannot seem to get further than Mt San Antonio College. Clarin came on board during the 2006 as the Cougars co-Head Coach and helped the Cougars reach the State Tournament for the first time in school history, but the past two seasons she has been at the helm. In 2007 she led the Cougars to 26 wins and to second place in the Western State Conference and into the playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Mt San Antonio. This year the Cougars took another step under Clarin winning the WSC Title and moving up in the seedings, however the Mounties found them again. Mt San Antonio dropped in the seeding, because of some early season forfeits for an ineligible player, and matched up with the Cougars for the second straight year. And once again the Mounties swept the Cougars out of the playoffs in a best-of-three first round series. On Saturday the Mounties beat the Cougars 3-0 and on Sunday they squeaked by with a 3-2 win over the Cougars. The Mounties are on their way to their fourth State Title of the past six years, while the Cougars end their season with a 29-20 record.
This Week: No contests, the season is over
Notes: NA

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TRACK AND FIELD-
Cuesta Sends Seven Track Athletes to Regional Finals
SAN LUIS OBISPO (Cinco de Mayo, 2008)— This Week: There are seven athletes remaining on the 2008 Cuesta Track and Field teams. This Saturday that contingent, which includes five women and two men, will travel to Bakersfield for the 2008 Southern California Regional Finals. Saturday’s meet will begin at 10 AM. The seven athletes will be competing for a chance to qualify for the 2008 State Track and Field Championships the following week in Cerritos.
Last Week/Notes: The Cuesta Men and Women’s Track and Field teams competed at the 2007 Southern California Regional Preliminary Meet. The Cougars qualified seven athletes for this week’s finals.
The Cougars will send five women led by 2006 State Champion Pole Vault Kate Almond (Gonzales HS). Almond is favored to win her second State Title, despite not approaching her 2008 school record jump of 13-1 this year. Her best jump this season is 12-1. Teammates Sian Morgan (Bury, UK: SLO HS) and Colleen Allen (Atascadero HS) will be two of Almond’s toughest competitors for the State Title. Thrower Alexandria Jones (Tujunga) will make her second appearance at the SoCal Finals. Last year her season ended at the finals, but this year she is in good position to reach the State Meet. Hurdler Katrina Torres (SLO HS) continues to pick up speed. She came out for track after basketball season, she was first team all conference, and has dropped time every week. Last week, after barely qualifying, she dropped another half second off her time in the 100 hurdles (:15.46). She is now only twelve-hundredths off the school record time set in 1991 by Beth Ault (:15.34).
Long Jumper Mikell Ray (Lompoc HS) and Thrower Julian Salinas (Arvin HS) will represent the men’s team this week. Ray was fourth in the long jump, despite a strong headwind. Salinas beat his previous best in the javelin by twenty feet at the Western State Conference Meet to qualify for the SoCal Regional Prelims, but last week he equaled that mark to prove that it was not a fluke. Both men should advance to the State Meet.

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SWIMMING-
Cuesta Women Finish 12th Behind State Champ Takahashi, Men 14th
SAN LUIS OBISPO (Cinco de Mayo, 2008)— Last Week: The Cuesta Men and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams finished their seasons last weekend at the 2008 State Swim and Dive Championships at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. The Cuesta women earned 12th place, while the men landed in 14th place. Both teams posted their best finish since 2003. The women were led by freshmen Amanda Takahashi (Clovis) Heather Shaug (King City HS) and Mikaela Persson (Sweden). The trio combined to score 84 of the Cougars’ 134 team points. Sprinter Ryan Baker (Woodlake HS) and Diver Tom Doran (Dublin HS) led the men’s team. The duo combined for 38 of the men’s 95 team points.
This Week: No contests, the season is over
Notes: Freshman Amanda Takahashi (Clovis) starred for the Cougars at the 2008 State Championships. She broke two school records and won an individual State Title. On the first day she finished a disappointing 11th in the 100 Individual Medley and ranked behind teammate Heather Shaug (King City HS), who finished fourth in the event, but the next day Takahashi got a chance to compete in her specialty. She won the 2008 State 50 Breaststroke title with a time of :31.78. The time broke a mark she set earlier in the year and established her as an All American candidate. She also became the first Cuesta swimmer to win an individual State Title since Jennifer Espino in 1994. On the final day of the meet, Takahashi finished second in the 100 Breaststroke, but also broke Sarah Virgil’s 1991 school record with a swim 1: 08.60.
Notes2- State Meet Scoring Individual Swims
First Place: Women: Amanda Takahashi- 50 Breaststroke (:31.78)
Second Place: Women: Amanda Takahashi- 100 Breaststroke (1:08.60)
Fourth Place: Women: Heather Shaug- 100 IM (1:02.70)
Fifth Place: Men: Tom Doran- 1M Diving (221.90)
Sixth Place: Women: Heather Shaug- 100 Free (:54.42);
Men: Ryan Baker- 100 Free (:46.61)
9th Place: Women: Heather Shaug- 50 Backstroke (:29.23)
11th Place: Women: Amanda Takahashi- 100 IM (1:04.12);
Men: Tom Doran- 3M Diving (170.95)
12th Place: Men: Bryan Buhagiar- 100 Back (:55.12)
13th Place: Men: Mitch Brewer- 200 Free (1:45.16)
14th Place: Women: Mikaela Persson- 1650 Free (19:00.73);
Men: Ryan Baker- 50 Free (:21.71)
16th Place: Women: Mikaela Persson- 100 Fly (1:04.07);
Men: Ryan Baker- 100 Fly (:53.86); Ian Starkie- 100 Back (:56.15)

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Administration

Deborah Wulff
Dean, Sciences, Math, Nursing, PE, Athletics
(805) 546-3125
deborah_wulff@cuesta.edu

Support Staff

Head Coaches

John Malinowski- Trainer
(805) 546-3223
jmalinow@cuesta.edu

All athletes must have a completed health screen form before the first practice!

April 2008

Dear Student-Athlete: [agenda]

Thank you for your interest in Cuesta College. The athletic department has made arrangements so that you may register early. The new student-athlete orientation will be conducted on Monday, June 16, 2008 and will minimize problems associated with registering for classes. To participate in priority registration it is imperative that you complete the following:

1. Have your Cuesta College online application submitted now, but no later than June 5, 2008. You may apply online at www.cccapply.org.
2. To register for this orientation, contact Nancy Webb, Division Assist., at (805) 546-3207 by Monday June 9, 2008.
3. Attend the new student orientation on Monday June 16, 2008.
4. Bring official transcripts from your high school, and any previously attended colleges or universities.
5. You will register online on June 26 (M-R 9:00 am, S-Z 3:00 pm) or June 30 (A-E 9:00 am, F-L 3:00 pm) depending on the first letter of your last name. Fees may be paid at that time using a Visa, Mastercard or Discover.
6. Enrollment $20.00/unit* subject to change for 08/09 budget (see below for Out of State Fees)
7. ASCC $10.00 (optional) fall & spring (per semester)/$5.00 summer
8. Parking $20.00 fall & spring (per semester)/$7.50 summer
9. Student Center Use $10.00/total school year ($1 per unit-up to $10 per year)
10. Health Fee $14.00 fall & spring (per semester)/$11.00 summer
11. Student Representation Fee/$1.00 fall & spring

*Beginning in Fall 2008, Out of state students must be prepared to pay $181 fall/spring/summer per unit in addition to all other fees listed above (including $20.00 per unit).

A priority registration helps to guarantee a meaningful schedule. You should plan to be in attendance on June 16, 2008 for the majority of the day. We are pleased you have elected to compete at Cuesta College. If you have further questions, please call the Athletic Department at (805) 546-3207.

Sincerely,

Robert J. Mariucci
Director of Athletics
Cuesta College

New Student-Athlete Out-of District Orientation

Monday, June 16, 2008
Agenda

7:30 am   Welcome for all students and parents.  (Student Center 5401)

FOR FIRST TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS

8:00 – 11:30 am     Assessment Testing (Student Center 5401)

1. Late Arrivals will NOT be tested.
2. Students completing the assessment will receive a recommended course placement in Math & English.

11:30 am                Lunch $5 per person (pay on site) – Parents Welcome!

12:30 – 2:30 pm   Orientation (Bring high school and/or college transcripts.)

Small Groups – Counseling Staff assists you in planning class schedules for one of the following:

1. Undecided or A.A.
2. CSU
3. U.C./Private

Registration to take place online (myCuesta) on the following dates:

Friday, June 26, 2008
(Last name)
M-R   9:00 am
S-Z    3:00 pm
Monday, June 30, 2008
A-E    9:00 am
F-L     3:00 pm

Transfer Students who have completed assessment or a math and English class at another college will have the opportunity to meet with a counselor during the morning sessions.  If you have not completed your assessment or a math or English class, follow the first-time student schedule. Testing begins promptly at 8:00 am.  We highly encourage your participation; however, you may make arrangements for another counseling session on another date.  If attending, please bring a copy of assessment results and transcripts.