Twenty-Three Toros Named to CCAA’s All-Academic List
July 25, 2007

Walnut Creek, CA -- Twenty-three Toros, including eight making repeat appearances, were honored for their academic achievements by the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and named a 2006-07 All-Academic Award recipient, it was announced this afternoon by the CCAA.

Individually, golf’s Miguel Saucedo (Culver City, CA/Culver City HS), men’s soccer’s Shogo Okuma (Okinawa, Japan/ELAC), cross country’s Janet Ramer (Santa Ana, CA/Santa Ana HS) and Valarie Tucker (Downey, CA/El Camino College), softball’s Christine Bathauer (Torrance, CA/West HS) and women’s soccer’s Kristen Boskovich (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/Peninsula HS), Candace Hearn (Whittier, CA/Whittier HS) and Sandra Lloyd (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley HS) again were recognized after earning this same honor in 2005-06.

Softball fielded the most recipients with six honorees, with men’s soccer placing four student-athletes on the list. Women’s soccer and track and field each placed three student-athletes on the conference list while two from golf, cross country and volleyball, and one selection from baseball rounded out the 23 total Toros named, an overall increase of six from last year’s total of 17 Toros who received this distinction.

In the conference, the Toros placed eighth of 12 schools, with UC San Diego (64), Chico State (45) and Sonoma State (44) taking the top three places.

Following is a complete list of all CSUDH award winners, listed by sport:

• Baseball - Brian McNeil
• Men’s Golf - Raphael Malabanan, Miguel Saucedo
• Men’s Soccer - Scott Mariano, Andrew Marinez, Shogo Okuma, Hiram Rangel
• Cross Country / Track & Field - Kelly Corral, Valarie Tucker
• Softball - Christine Bathauer, Katie Jordan, Bri Mahr, Jessica Marlow, Jodi Nakawatase, Jamie Portillo
• Women’s Soccer - Kristen Boskovich, Candace Hearn, Sandra Lloyd
• Track & Field - Shammeer Dawson, Judith Fisher, Janet Ramer
• Volleyball - Jenise Espindola, TaMesha Jefferson

To be eligible, student-athletes must be a varsity letter winner who competed in one of 13 CCAA-sponsored sports during the 2006-07 academic year. Student-athletes must also have a grade point average of 3.40 or higher in a minimum of 24 semester or 36 quarter units completed at the certifying institution, with non-graded units able to count towards the 24/36 unit total.