College of the Canyons men's basketball head coach Howard Fisher traveled to Israel this summer, coaching the USA Youth Men's Basketball team during the 20th World Maccabiah Games
The Bakersfield College Men’s Basketball program continued its stranglehold of the WSC South postseason awards in 2017. Head Coach Rich Hughes won his second straight Coach of the Year award, while freshman guard Jamar Hammond won the third straight Player of the Year honors for a Bakersfield player.
Citrus College first year head coach Brett Lauer and Barstow College fourth year head coach Gerry Wright shared the Coach of the Year honors in the WSC East after the two teams shared the conference title. Barstow secure the lone Player of the Year nod however in the form of sophomore forward Christian Drayton.
After winning the outright Western State Conference North Division Championship, the Ventura College Men’s Basketball team took home the top awards for the division. Sophomore forward Vida Faniel was named the North’s Player of the Year, while Head Coach Joey Ramirez was named the Coach of the Year.
The Ventura College Men’s Basketball team won the 2017 Western State Conference North Division Title outright on Saturday evening. It was the Pirates second straight, and third in its last five seasons, but also a WSC best 14th conference title overall.
Barstow College held off a late rally by Citrus College on Saturday night to secure a share of the inaugural Western State Conference East Division Championship. The Owls had two three’s rattle in and out at the buzzer as the two school’s would settle for co-conference championships.
For the second straight year, the Western State Conference South Division Men’s Basketball Championship has come from the North in the form of Bakersfield College. The Gades claimed their second straight WSC crown earlier than any other WSC team, clinching it with a win on Saturday February 11th.
The 2017 Western State Conference games kick-off on Saturday. All three divisions look to be up for grabs, as the WSC boasts some of the stiffest competition in Southern California.
Fresh off the program’s first conference title since 2007 and first outright conference championships since 1998, the Bakersfield College Men’s Basketball team claimed the top two spots in the WSC South awards over the weekend. Sophomore wing Deandre Dickson repeated as the WSC South Player of the Year and 11th year Head Coach Rich Hughes earned his second career WSC South Coach of the Year award.
Ventura College sophomore guard Elijah Brown was named the WSC North Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, while Ventura College Head Coach Joey Ramirez and Moorpark College Head Coach Gerred Link were both named the WSC North Co-Coaches of the Year.
With Moorpark College’s double-overtime victory over Cuesta College and Ventura College’s win over Oxnard College both on Saturday, the two schools clinched the 2016 Western State Conference North Division Men’s Basketball Championship. It’s the sixth WSC North title for Moorpark and the 13th for Ventura.
The Bakersfield College Men's Basketball team clinched an outright Western State Conference South Division Championship on Wednesday evening. The Renegades did so thanks to a 82-57 win over West Los Angeles College at home on the night.
A total of seven different Men’s Basketball programs have qualified for the 2015 California Community College Athletic Association Southern California Regional Playoffs. Of the seven, five hail from the Western State Conference South Division, tying the Foothill Conference, for most in a conference.
The Western State Conference North Division honors were announced late Sunday afternoon. Los Angeles Pierce College’s Trey Archambeau, Cuesta College’s Rafael Casanova, and Allan Hancock College’s Kadeem Minor all took home Player of the Year nods. Cuesta College Head Coach Rusty Blair was also honored, being named the Western State Conference North Division Coach of the Year for the 7th time.