Issue Date: 5/11/09
Comet Sports in Brief
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Three days after the Palomar baseball team clinched the No. 1 seed in the Southern California Baseball Regional tournament, 10 Comets received first-team all Pacific Coast Conference honors May 6. Tyler Saladino, one of the 10 players named, was also voted by the coaches as the conference's player of the year along with defensive player of the year.
Saladino had a PCC-leading .616 batting average with 45 hits, 16 RBIs and 34 runs during conference play. A .952 fielding percentage backed up his defensive player of the year honors.
Bobby Shore (starting pitcher), Sam Jew (started pitcher), Casey Edelbrock (relief pitcher), Alfonso Casillas (first base), Terrence Buchanan (second base), Matt Hubbard (third base), Matt Carvutto (outfielder) and Brenden Webb (outfielder) joined Saladino on the conference's first team. Eight other Comet players received honorable mention for the conference, which included Leland Sisco (designated hitter), Mitch Ferguson (second base), Victor Martinez (outfielder), B.K. Santy (catcher), Aaron Edwards (pitcher), Travis Strong (pitcher), Sean Sanford (pitcher) and Matt Strom (pitcher).
Seven women athletes commit to playing for 4-year colleges
Palomar women's basketball co-captains Katie Girten and Kristin Marquardt signed letters of intent to Chico State April 29. Girten and Marquardt were members of last season's and this season's teams that went undefeated through the Pacific Coast Conference along with winning conference titles.
Girten was named the PCC Player of the Year and a first-team member for the conference following a season where she was third in the conference in scoring with 222 points and second in assists with 54 during conference games. Marquardt
Was also named to the first-team all conference team.
The Palomar softball team also had five athletes commit to playing for four-year schools April 28.
PCC softball pitcher of the year Alex Hutchinson accepted a scholarship to Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi. Hutchinson had a 13-7 record with a 0.95 earned run average and 82 strikeouts this season. Fellow pitcher Chelsea Blackman also will be moving on as she committed to Jamestown College of North Dakota.
Abeline Christian will have the benefit of two Palomar players on their roster next season as shortstop Andi Anti and third basebam Shawna Barrow accepted scholarships.
Catcher Andrea Nedden rounds out the list of softball players moving on, heading to Cal State University Monterey Bay.
Taylor, Eldridge named coaches of the year
Comets head coaches Buck Taylor and Mark Eldridge were named men and women's coaches of the year respectively for all sports. Both coaches led each of their respectives teams to conference championships. Taylor directed the baseball team to the No. 1 ranking for the regular season and in the Southern California regional playoffs. Eldridge emerged from retirement to lead the softball team to its 24 championship in the last 25 years and a playoff berth.
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