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Big West Fights Roadblocks To Live Up To History
“The recruiting has gotten a lot harder, because so many of these kids, their first choice is always going to be a Power Five school,” said Cal State Northridge coach Dave Serrano, who also led UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton to Omaha in his career. “In fact, I had a conversation with (a current coach), this is even before I got back in the league, and he made a comment to me that it has gotten a lot harder. I was out of the league for about seven years and he said that recruiting has gotten a lot harder due to the fact that so many kids want to bypass the Big West and go to a Power Five conference.” -- Baseball America
CONFERENCE NOMINEES FOR 2020 NCAA WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Among the aquatic athlete nominees are also two water polo players. Victoria Wilson, a 2020 Big West Scholar Athlete of the Year, finished first on the Cal State University Northridge team with 32 goals and 35 steals. Tara Prentice, also a 2020 Big West Scholar Athlete of the Year honoree, who led the University of California, Irvine water polo team with 57 goals in the shortened 2020 season. -- SwimSwam
NBA Draft 2020: The 25 Undrafted Free-Agent Targets Who You’ll Want Troy Weaver to Know About
Lamine Diane, PF, Cal State Northridge
Dominant stats against bad competition. Sort of played center at 6-foot-7 and 210 pounds. I think he’s the type of project who will end up on Raptors 905. -- msn
Northwoods League: Stinger gets another chance
After missing 2019 because of an arm injury, Cal State-Northridge's Jayson Newman enjoys another summer in Willmar -- West Central Tribune
Former Elkhart Central basketball standout Makaya Porter now at Marian
Marian finished 22-6 overall and 9-3 in the NIC last season. The Knights won their third straight Class 3A sectional title and the third in program history before losing to eventual state champion NorthWood in the Jimtown Regional. Marian is slated to return two standouts in sophomore Nevaeh Foster, who averaged 19.1 points per game last season, along with senior McKenzie Hudgen. Hudgen averaged 12.8 points per game and has committed to Division I program Cal State Northridge. -- South Bend Tribune
Redlands’ northwest raid, Eason’s control, Genung-Lyles and Gina Umeck
Umeck is now teaching pro. She’s also head golf coach at Cal State Northridge. She was named Western Section Coach of the Year by LPGA forces. -- Redlands Community News
Oaks Christian teammates honor, remember Ezekial Bishop, who died Sunday in car crash
Bishop was also part of the Cal State Northridge track and field team. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Liberty softball team looks back on fairy tale ending to 2006 season
With two outs in the ninth, and the Patriots held without a hit, the Bears had a runner in scoring position with two outs when the next batter laced a line drive toward right field. But Liberty senior first baseman Jaclyn Rymer, who went on to play at Cal State Northridge, made a game-saving catch to keep the game scoreless. -- Bakersfield Californian
Prep Volleyball: Hanson committed to UC Irvine as walk on
Now that Klungel has moved on to Division I Cal State Northridge, Hanson could almost coast to the county’s top award during her pandemic-delayed senior season in spring 2021. -- Napa Valley Register
These Universities Profit the Most Off Their Student-Athletes
California State University, Northridge
Conference: Big West
Revenue: $18,500,309
Expenses: $17,799,986
Profit: $700,323 -- Yahoo! Finance