Irvine Valley edges Glendale, 54-53, in its opening game of the VC-Optimist Club Holiday Classic on Thursday and then gets a total team effort in a 73-58 victory over El Camino on Friday. IVC improves its record to 12-4 overall.
The former Irvine Valley soccer striker was one of 45 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student-athletes to earn All-Academic honors last fall through the Big West Conference. He also scored three goals in 2022 for the Mustangs.
Two-time all-Orange Empire Conference Irvine Valley soccer player Garrett Hayes helped NCAA Division II Cal State Monterey Bay make the CCAA tournament. He played in 18 matches and started in 16 for the Otters on the year.
Sophomore Barett Nolan, who helped the Lasers to a CCCAA team state championship in 2022, back-to-back Orange Empire Conference titles and a state pairs appearance in the round of 16 in 2023, is headed to Colorado Mesa.
Former Irvine Valley guard Katie Nguyen started 26 games and averaged 5.5 points and 6.2 rebounds for a Westcliff team that went 16-12 overall. She was an award winner and scholar athlete in her time with the Lasers.
Former Irvine Valley star left fielder Jack Haggerty batted .339 with 11 stolen bases, 27 runs, 29 RBI and a .443 on base percentage for the University of Texas Permian Basin this season. He finished with 10 multi-hit games.
Former Irvine Valley women's soccer player Ashley Arribas was named the newcomer of the year in the Heart of America Athletic Conference and also named first team. Missouri Valley College made the NAIA National tourney.
Former Irvine Valley athlete of the year and 2022 CCCAA state singles and doubles men's champion Arthur Bellegy helped lead the Westcliff men's tennis team to a trip to the NAIA National Championships in Alabama last week.
Irvine Valley women's indoor and beach volleyball star Kendall Fraser and men's tennis standout Devon Kashishian have been selected as the athletic department's Character Champion Award Winners for 2022-23.
Former Irvine Valley star shortstop Robbie Haw has helped lead the Westmont baseball team to the Avista NAIA World Series in Idaho for the second year in a row. The Warriors will enter the event with a record of 43-8 overall.
Lea Kruse was part of a successful beach volleyball team at Hawai'i. the squad reached the round of 16 at the NCAA tourney and ended the year with a record of 27-9. She recently received her degree in educational psychology.
Freshman men's basketball player Jordan Montrose is headed to NAIA Holy Cross in Indiana. Montrose played in 29 games and started 18 for the Lasers in 2022-23 season. He averaged 5.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
Former Irvine Valley baseball player Hank Schineller put up huge numbers for Georgetown College in 2023. He finished with 17 home runs and hit .402 on the year with a .452 on base percentage and .757 slugging percentage.
Irvine Valley's pairs of Barett Nolan and Chloe Swanson and Gabi Brown and Sydney Dews both lose tough matches in the round of 16 at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship in Saratoga.
Former Irvine Valley volleyball player Gabriela Griego was recently named second team all-Big West Conference for beach at Cal State Northridge. Griego and her teammate Abbey Sweeting won a program-record 20 matches.
Irvine Valley moves two pairs on from the first day of the CCCAA State Championship event Friday at West Valley in Saratoga. Barett Nolan and Chloe Swanson and Gabi Brown and Sydney Dews move on to Saturday's action.
Former Irvine Valley centerfielder Joey Lapolla was one of 17 Georgetown College baseball players named Mid-South Conference all-academic. Lapolla played in 40 games for the Tigers, who ended with a 29-22 overall record.
Former Irvine Valley baseball player Dane Nakatsuka had quite a senior year at NAIA Vanguard University. He batted .347 with 61 hits, 38 runs, six doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 31 RBI in being named all-conference.
Irvine Valley sophomore midfielder Julian Svoboda is staying in the city and headed to NCAA Division II Concordia. Svoboda was named second team all-Orange Empire Conference after leading the OEC in assists last season.
Irvine Valley first-year head coach Rory Jones is named coach of the year and Demetre Gossett, Adam Schulte, Kaina Alvarez, Julio Gutierrez and Damon Kooiman each earn all-Orange Empire Conference honors.