Mt. SAC Wins 2019-2020 SCC Supremacy Title; El Camino, Rio Hondo, ELAC Accept Coaches Awards
The final South Coast Conference Athletic Directors meeting of the calendar year took place Monday on a zoom conference call as Mt. San Antonio College was announced as winner of the 2019-2020 SCC Supremacy crown based on nine completed conference sports seasons. Mt. SAC earned three SCC titles and won with 114 points, just edging out Long Beach City College (also three titles) with 111.
The award was selected despite no Spring Sports conference champions in an abbreviated 2019-2020 season due to the worldwide health crisis over Covid-19.
Mt. SAC won for the 11th straight year thanks in part to capturing the 9-team men's soccer title, the 8-team men's cross country crown, and the women's basketball championship in the state's strongest league--the 5-team, SCC North Division.
Long Beach scored both the men's and women's water polo titles and also the SCC South Division first place trophy in women's basketball. Cerritos tied for the SCC South men's basketball title and finished third place in the standings with 92 points. El Camino won only the women's volleyball crown but was fourth with 81 points.
SCC SUPREMACY STANDINGS FOR 2019-2020
1. Mt. San Antonio 114, 2. Long Beach 111, 3. Cerritos 92, 4. El Camino 81, 5. Pasadena 66, 6. Rio Hondo 58, 7. LA Harbor 53, 8. East Los Angeles 49, 9. Compton 20, 10. LA Southwest 18, 11. LA Trade Tech 10
SCC 2019-2020 COACHES OF THE YEAR
For the first time in conference history, the ADs decided to select separately a Fall Sports Coach of the Year and Spring Sports Coach of the Year for both genders.
The SCC Fall Men's Coach of the Year went to East Los Angeles basketball coach John Mosley, whose Huskies team finished 29-1 with a 25-game winning streak as his squad's season concluded with the team advancing to the CCCAA State Championship Tournament. Unfortunately, the event at West Hills College-Lemoore was canceled one day before ELAC was set to play Santa Rosa JC in the state quarterfinals (March 13).
ELAC went undefeated at 8-0 to win the SCC North Division title for the fifth straight year under Mosley's guidance. The Huskies were ranked as high as No. 2 in the state coaches poll (finished third), earned the region's No. 2 seed, and featured All-State player and SCC MVP in freshman Kealen Allen. Mosley recently sent on scholarship 2019-20 players Jordan Polynice and Levelle Zeigler to NCAA Division I Chicago State University and Deshaun Highler to Sacramento State.
Mosley earned the SCC Coach award for the second time, also winning for all men's sports in 2013-14. He beat out other nominees in Mt. SAC soccer coach Juan Sanchez (state runner-up), Long Beach water polo coach Chris Oeding (state runner-up) and El Camino soccer coach Mike Jacobsen.
In its fourth year as a full-time member of the South Coast Conference, Rio Hondo College picked up its first all sports award with the selection of women's soccer coach Jennifer Tanaka as the SCC Fall Women's Coach of the Year. Tanaka's Roadrunners ended Cerritos College's streak of 13 straight conference titles as the SCC returned to a 9-team league in 2019. Rio Hondo earned the SoCal #2 seed in the regional playoffs and was a perfect 8-0 in SCC-counting games (15-2-3 overall). In conference play, Rio Hondo outscored their opponents, 24-1.
Tanaka won the award over other nominees in El Camino volleyball coach Liz Hazell (finished fifth at the CCCAA State Championship Tournament), Mt. SAC basketball coach Brian Crichlow (advanced to state tourney), and Long Beach first-year basketball coach Ollie Brent (10-0 to win SCC South title).
El Camino College swept the Spring Awards with baseball's Nate Fernley capturing the SCC Spring Men's Coach of the Year and beach volleyball's Le Valley Pattison chosen as SCC Spring Women's Coach of the Year.
Up until the sports shutdown, Fernley directed ECC to a 16-6 record and a 10-1 mark for first place (no champion awarded in 2020) as the Warriors were the #15-ranked team in the first and only state poll released in March. Fernley won the men's all sports awards only a year when he led El Camino to a state runner-up trophy. Mt. SAC track and field coach Ron Kamaka, who had the state leader in seven different events at the time of the shutdown and whose Mounties team was a favorite to win the state team title, also was nominated.
Pattison, who coached two back-to-back state titles for ECC indoor volleyball in 2007-2008, had her beach team off to a 10-1 start and a #1 ranking in the AVCA State Top 10. Despite a long career coaching indoor volleyball (retired in 2016) and winning 14 SCC women's volleyball Coach of the Year awards, this is the first time Pattison has been recognized by the SCC as a whole. It is also the first time a beach volleyball coach has been recognized since the sport began at the CCC level in 2015.
First-year Mt. SAC softball coach Alex Mascarenas was nominated as well after guiding the Mounties to an 18-1 overall record (9-0 mark in conference games) and a state #3 ranking in the last 3CFCA ranking. This is the first time since 2013-14 that Mt. SAC did not win one of the conference's all sports coach awards.
In other SCC news:
- Rio Hondo AD Steve Hebert participated in his final SCC conference meeting as he enters retirement.
- East Los Angeles AD Bobby Godinez will stay on as SCC President for the 2020-2021 school year.
- Los Angeles City College officially rejoins the South Coast Conference as it plans to have men's and women's soccer teams for the 2020 season.
- Rich Kollen completes his 15th year as SCC Commissioner.
LIST OF PAST SOUTH COAST ALL-SPORTS COACHES OF THE YEAR
2018-19: M-Nate Fernley (El Camino, baseball); W-Ruby Rojas (Mt. San Antonio, softball)
2017-18: M-Ron Kamaka (Mt. San Antonio, track/field); W-Ruby Rojas (Mt. San Antonio, softball)
2016-17: M-Pat McGee (Pasadena CC, baseball); W-Ruby Rojas (Mt. San Antonio, softball)
2015-16: M-Ron Kamaka (Mt. San Antonio, track/field); W-co-winners Brian Crichlow (Mt. San Antonio, basketball) and Alvin Kim (Cerritos, tennis)
2014-15: M-Ron Kamaka (Mt. San Antonio, track/field/cross country), W-Jessica Rapoza (El Camino, softball)
2013-14: M-John Mosley (East Los Angeles, basketball), W-Ruben Gonzalez (Cerritos, soccer)
2012-13: M-Juan Sanchez (Mt. San Antonio, soccer), W-Brian Crichlow (Mt. San Antonio, basketball)
2011-12: M-Juan Sanchez (Mt. San Antonio, soccer), W-Ruben Gonzalez (Cerritos, soccer)
2010-11: M-Dean Lofgren (El Camino, track/field/cross country), W-Mike Goff (Mt. San Antonio, track/field)
2009-10: M-Juan Sanchez (Mt. San Antonio, soccer), W-Tammy Silva (Pasadena CC, volleyball)
2008-09: M-Benny Artiaga (Cerritos, soccer), W-Joe Peron (Pasadena CC, basketball)
2007-08: M-Alvin Kim (Cerritos, tennis), W-Kodee Murray (Cerritos, softball)
2006-07: M-Chris Oeding (Long Beach CC, water polo/swimming), W-co-winners Chris Oeding (Long Beach City, water polo/swimming) and Kelly Ford (Mt. San Antonio, softball)
2005-06: M-Casey Crook (Long Beach CC, baseball), W-Laura Beeman (Mt. San Antonio, basketball)
2004-05: M-Chris Oeding (Long Beach CC, water polo/swimming); W-Kelly Ford (Mt. San Antonio, softball)
2003-04: M-Juan Sanchez (Mt. San Antonio, soccer); W-co-winners Laura Beeman (Mt. San Antonio, basketball) and Mauricio Ingrassia (Long Beach CC, soccer)