San Bernardino Valley College finished first against other Foothill Conference teams in results released yesterday in the final standings of the 2014-15 NATYCAA Cup.
SBVC Athletics ended the 2014-2015 year impressively; The sports combined to win seven Conference championships (women's soccer, men's cross country, women's cross country, women's basketball, men's basketball, softball and baseball), the second straight State Finals appearance for Women's Cross Country, an impressive 20-game winning streak for men's basketball and the first back-to-back playoff appearances for softball in 17 years.
In addition, Valley's programs celebrated historic firsts and milestones: baseball, women's basketball and men's basketball being honored with the Conference Coach of the Year awards, the baseball coach approaching 600 career victories, and a softball player being named All-State.
SBVC placed 41st amongst all 106 Community Colleges with sports programs in the state, but finished first above all other Foothill Conference teams. This is a good finish for SBVC in the 11 years since the NATYCAA Cup was started. SBVC finished 79th in 2003-04, 36th in 2004-2005, 63rd in 2005-2006, 45th in 2006-2007, 48th in 2007-2008, 27th in 2008-2009, 24th in 2009-2010, 31st in 2010-2011, 23rd in 2011-2012, 27th in 2012-2013 and 20th in 2013-2014.
If the NATYCAA subtracted the sports we do not compete in here at SBVC (women's golf, men's water polo, women's water polo, men's wrestling, men's golf, women's badminton, men's swimming, women's swimming, men's tennis, women's tennis, and men's volleyball) from the points total from other Community Colleges, SBVC finishes 21st statewide and 14th in Southern California in the 2014-15 NATYCAA Cup.
The California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), in association with the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) selects a winner via a points system.
A college is awarded points based on its teams' final positions in post-conference competition. Each college's top-five men's and top-five women's team results count toward the school's overall point total. Complete standings, scoring criteria, and a history of the NATYCAA Cup are available on the CCCAA website, www.coasports.org.
NATYCAA is the professional organization of two-year college athletic administrators and membership is open to all two-year institutions from throughout the country. The NATYCAA Awards were designed to recognize and reward overall program excellence at the two-year college level. The criteria for the State Associations division were developed by the CCCAA in conjunction with the California Community College Sports Information Association (CCCSIA).
This is the tenth year that NATYCAA has sponsored a State Association's division. Sierra College captured the inaugural award in 2003-04, Fresno City College won the award in 2004-05, Long Beach City College claimed the top spot in 2005-06, Orange Coast won in 2006-07, Fresno City took the award for the second time in the 2007-08 season, Mt. San Antonio won in 2008-09, Orange Coast won for the second time during 2009-10, Mt. SAC won their second Cup in 2010-11, Fresno City earned their third victory in 2011-12, Mt. SAC won their third Cup in 2012-13, Mt. SAC won their fourth Cup in 2013-14 and Mt. San Antonio won the award for the fifth time this year.
You can see the NATYCAA Cup 2014-15 Final Leader Board, HERE.
Information, Photos & Story provided by SBVC Sports Information.