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athLetics review
by sam mahtani
The athletic programs continue to improve
in a number of ways this spring, with Cross Country competing in the NAIA California Pacific Conference Championship for the
first time. Other highlights include Melanie Balaban ’19 being named to 2nd team All- Conference, and Abigayl Doiron ’21 and Avery O’Neal ’20 named as Honorable mentions in Women’s Volleyball. In Baseball, Matthew Upton ’20 won the center field Gold Glove for the CalPac, which is awarded to the top fielder in each position. Nicholas Ojinaga ’21 was recognized as the CalPac Pitcher of the Week, the first time in Baseball program history, helping the team also record the largest number of wins in conference games.
Looking ahead to the fall, Men’s and Women’s Golf begin as a varsity sport, and Walker Haynes has been appointed Interim Head Men’s Soccer Coach, a position formerly filled by Sam Mahtani, who coached both the men’s
and women’s soccer teams. Coach Mahtani moves into the role of Head Women’s Soccer Coach. The athletic department, which continues to grow in both staff and students, will also begin a chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in the Fall, a sports ministry focused on impacting coaches, students, and communities for Christ.
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