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NATYCAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARDS The National Alliance of Two Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) has announced the recipients of its annual NATYCAA Scholar-Athlete Award. Two Pumas have been honored by the organization this year. Criteria for the award include a minimum 3.6 GPA and selection for All-Conference, All-Region or All-American honors in their respective sport. Puma Men’s Cross Country and Track student-athlete Matt Whitlatch has been honored as the 2013 NATYCAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Whitlatch was a member of the 2011 NJCAA Men’s Cross Country National Championship team. He was an NJCAA Academic Achievement Honoree in 2011-2012 for his performance in the classroom. In 2012 he was selected to the NJCAA Cross Country All-American Honorable Mention team for his performance on the course. Puma Women’s Soccer student-athlete Tessalin Hamberlin was selected as a 2013 NATYCAA Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention recipient. Hamberlin was a member of the 2012 NJCAA Women’s Soccer National Championship team. She was also the 2012 NJCAA National Championship Tournament Most Valuable Goalkeeper. Whitlatch will be honored as the 2013 NATYCAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year at a luncheon to be held during the 2013 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Convention to be held in Orlando, June 10-15. CONGRATULATIONS PUMAS! | |||
SOFTBALL OPEN TRYOUT SATURDAY, MAY 18 The Paradise Valley CC softball program will be conducting an open tryout at 9:00am, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Sign-ups for the softball tryout will begin at 8:00am. The tryout will be held at the Paradise Valley CC softball field. Each player must provide their own workout clothes, spikes and glove. PVCC softball will provide bats, balls and other needed equipment for use during the tryout. IMPORTANT Each participant will need to complete an Assumption of Risk Form and a Contact Information Form. If the student-athlete is under 18 years of age, a parent must also sign these forms. The forms must be on hand and signed to be eligible to participate. You can download the forms below. Also required to participate is a copy of a physical dated within the past year. Physicals dated prior to May 18, 2012 will not be accepted. Physicals must include Doctor’s signature and clearance to participate in athletics. PVCC Athletic Trainers will be present to clear participants. Anyone without the appropriate paperwork will not be allowed to participate in this tryout. 2013 Softball Tryout Forms Please call or email with any question. Nick Candrea - PVCC Softball Head Coach 602-787-7173 pvccsoftball@pvmail.maricopa.edu | |||
BASEBALL OPEN TRYOUT MAY 18 Paradise Valley CC and GateWay CC baseball programs will be conducting an open tryout at 9:00am, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Sign-ups for the baseball tryout will begin at 8:00am. The tryout will be held at the Paradise Valley CC baseball field. There is a $10.00 charge to attend. Each player must provide their own workout clothes, baseball spikes and glove. PVCC & GWCC Baseball will provide Baum bats, baseballs and other needed equipment for use during the tryout. IMPORTANT Each participant will need to complete an Assumption of Risk Form and a Contact Information Form. If the student-athlete is under 18 years of age, a parent must also sign these forms. The forms must be on hand and signed to be eligible to participate. You can download the forms below. Also required to participate is a copy of a physical dated within the past year. Physicals dated prior to May 18, 2012 will not be accepted. Physicals must include Doctor’s signature and clearance to participate in athletics. PVCC Athletic Trainers will be present to clear participants. Anyone without the appropriate paperwork will not be allowed to participate in this tryout. 2013 Baseball Tryout Forms Please call or email with any question. Victor Solis - PVCC Baseball Head Coach 602-787-7031 victor.solis@pvmail.maricopa.edu Rob Shabansky - GWCC Baseball Head Coach 602-286-8215 robert.shabansky@gwmail.maricopa.edu | |||
POST SEASON ACCOLADES FOR PUMA GOLF Puma women’s golfer Leah Marlow and Puma men’s golfer Hayden Breen have both garnered awards for their performances during the 2013 season. Leah Marlow was named to the DI All-Region Team as well as 1st Team All-Conference. Leah qualified to compete in the National Tournament being held at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, AZ May 13-16. Hayden Breen was named to the DII All-Region team. Hayden placed 9th in the Regional Tournament. | |||
SPECIAL DAY AT SPECIAL OLYMPICS On Saturday, April 27 the men's tennis team showed their support for the Arizona Special Olympics. The players were involved by directing the on-court skills competition for the athletes. They also acted as chair umpires for the singles tournament that followed. This was the seventh year that the tennis program has volunteered to help in the state tournament. A special day was shared by all! | |||
MEN'S TENNIS HEADED TO NATIONALS The men's tennis team has qualified for the National Tournament to be held in Plano, Texas May 13-17. Nino Newberry led the way in Regional competition by winning the flight six singles, with three wins on his way to the finals. Others earning points were Gino DiGiacinto-Hillis (singles and doubles) and Eric Mateer (doubles). The team will leave Saturday, May 11 to play in Plano, Texas. To keep up with the National Tournament please click here. | |||
POST SEASON AWARDS KEEP COMING Puma Erika Tapia has received post season accolades for her stellar performance this season. Tapia was named First Team All-Region as well as named First Team All-Conference for 2013. Tapia led the conference batting .542 and with 77 hits. She was in the top five with 19 doubles. Tapia was also among the conference’s top 10 with 44 RBI's and 10 home runs. Tapia has committed to University of Arizona to continue her college career next year. CONGRATS ERIKA! | |||
SEVEN STUDENT-ATHLETES EARN STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS On Wednesday, April 24 the Student Leadership Council and The Office of Student Life and Leadership presented the Student Leadership Awards to outstanding PVCC students at the 14th Annual Student Recognition Celebration. Seven student-athletes were among those recognized at this year's celebration. Devon Quick (Women's Track) was honored as one of three recipients of the Golden Puma Distinguished Student Leadership Award. This award, the highest bestowed upon three students annually, recognizes model students who have integrated academic excellence with achievement in areas such as leadership, athletics, community service, fine and performing arts, entrepreneurship and career achievement. Puma Paw Student Leader Awards were bestowed upon four sophomores (two male/two female) and two freshmen (one male/one female) student-athletes. The Student Leader Award is reserved for students who demonstrate superior college and/or community involvement. This year's sophomore recipients were: Sara Gaalswijk (Softball), Tesa Hamberlin (Women's Soccer), Austin Shetterly (Baseball) and Tayven Townsend (Men's Tennis). The Freshmen recipients were Halie Claiborne (Women's Soccer) and Conrad White (Men's Golf). Congratulations to all of our outstanding Puma student-athletes! | |||
POST SEASON AWARDS Three Pumas have garnered post season Region and Conference honors this year. Tyler Krause and Joey Bielek were both named First Team All-Region for their performances this season. Conor Clancey was honored with a Second Team All-Region nomination. Krause and Bielek were also named second team All-Conference. Krause ranked among the top 10 in the conference batting .378 and Bielek ranked among the top 20 in the conference batting .344 . Krause led the conference in doubles (14) and triples (6). He was also among the top five in the conference in hits (59), RBI's (32) and runs (35) . Bielek was among the top 10 in RBI's (31) while hitting 3 home runs. Clancy led the conference in home runs (9) while placing among the top five in RBI's (33). All sophomores, they will continue their college careers next year at other institutions. Bielek has signed with Arizona State University while Krause has signed with University of Arizona. Clancey is still weighing his options. CONGRATS PUMAS! | |||
PLAYOFF PUMAS For the first time in program history, Puma Softball has qualified for post seson play. They will participatebin a double elimination tournament starting Friday, May 3. The tournament will be hosted by Phoenix College. Stay tuned for game times and more information. Congratulations Pumas! | |||
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