SBCC lands a record four teams as CCCAA State Scholar winners

SBCC has gone where no Vaqueros have gone before as a record four athletic teams have earned the state's No. 1 academic distinction for their respective sports.

The teams earned the State Scholar awards from the CCCAA for the 2019-20 season and they are Men's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Women's Water Polo and Women's Tennis. SBCC's previous record for State Scholar teams was three, set in 2017-18.

   CCCAA story on 2019-20 State Scholar-Athletes

The four Vaquero squads will be honored on March 31 as part of the annual CCCAA Convention which will run online from March 30-April 1.
The CCCAA Scholar-Athlete awards combine excellence in academics, athletics, and citizenship.

The Scholar Team Award is the highest academic award given annually by the CCCAA. All team members must have excelled academically with a total GPA of 3.0 or higher.

"This is the first time we have had as many as four teams receive this award, which is the highest academic award a team can receive from the state," said Director of Athletics Rocco Constantino. "This makes six straight years where at least one SBCC team has been named a Scholar Team Award Recipient in their sport. Only one team throughout the state per sport receives this honor."

SBCC extended its streak of having multiple teams win Scholar Team awards to five years, the longest active streak in the state. This is the second time Men's Cross Country has received this honor (2016-17) and the first time for Women's Soccer, Water Polo and Women's Tennis.

"I offer my most sincere congratulations to our student-athletes," said Constantino. "It's really tough to manage through athletics while excelling academically and to have four separate teams receive this honor is so impressive. The support system we have in place for academics at SBCC is outstanding and I also congratulate the head coaches of these four programs as well. As a department, we make it very clear that we prioritize academics, so it is gratifying to see our teams recognized statewide for academic excellence."

The head coaches of the four Scholar Athlete teams are Scott Fickerson (Men's Cross Country), John Sisterson (Women's Soccer), Chuckie Roth (Women's Water Polo) and Christina Klein (Women's Tennis).

PREVIOUS SBCC SCHOLAR TEAM WINNERS

2019-20: Men's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Women's Water Polo, Women's Tennis
2018-19: Women's Swimming, Men's Golf
2017-18: Baseball, Men's Soccer, Men's Volleyball
2016-17: Men's Cross Country, Women's Golf
2015-16: Women's Golf, Women's Swim & Dive
2014-15: Men's Golf
2012-13: Women's Track & Field, Men's Volleyball
2006-07: Men's Tennis