Vaqueros earn three CCCAA Scholar Team awards

Three SBCC athletic teams have been named the best in the state for academics for the 2017-18 school year.

The Vaquero men's soccer, baseball and men's volleyball teams had the No. 1 GPA for their respective sports and were recognized as CCCAA Scholar Team award winners. It's the first time SBCC has ever had three men's teams honored as Scholar Team winners.

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.

Men's Soccer had one of its best seasons ever in 2017 with a 17-1-4 record, a WSC championship and a fifth-place finish in the state. The 2018 baseball team took second in the WSC and made the Southern Cal Regional for the eighth straight year. Men's volleyball had a seven-game improvement, going from 5-12 to 12-6 in 2018 and making the state playoffs for the first time in seven years.

The teams will be honored at the Celebration of Student-Athletes Awards Luncheon during the CCCAA Convention on March 27, 2019 at the Hilton Concord in Concord, Calif.

"This is the top academic award a team can receive from the CCCAA, so a huge congratulations to our head baseball coach Jeff Walker and head men's soccer coach John Sisterson as well as our student-athletes and thefantastic support system we have in place for our athletes," said athletic director Rocco Constantino. "There is only one CCCAA team that receives this award per sport, so it is rare that schools have winners in multiple sports. Even more impressive is that we are one of just a small handful of schools that have had multiple teams recognized each of the past three years."

The Vaqueros have had two teams honored as state Scholar Team winners in each of the last three years and have had at least one winner for four straight years.

Recent SBCC Scholar Team Winners

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