2012 Post Season Media Guide - Antelope Valley College
2012 Post Season Media Guide - Antelope Valley College
2012 Post Season Media Guide - Antelope Valley College
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MARAUDER MEN’S BASKETBALL 2011-12<br />
MARAUDER MEN HOST IRVINE VALLEY IN ROUND TWO OF PLAYOFFS<br />
PAGE 2-2-2-2<br />
This season’s contests<br />
Fri., Feb. 24<br />
Marauder Gym, 7 p.m.<br />
Warriors<br />
The Series<br />
is led by the<br />
Marauders<br />
4-2<br />
AVC ElC<br />
N 1984-85 59 72<br />
N 1991-92 103 91<br />
N 1994-95 97 75<br />
N 2004-05 91 68<br />
N 2005-06 72 63<br />
N 2008-09 66 75<br />
MEDIA INFO:<br />
ALL-CONFERENCE:<br />
Please contact Glenn Haller at avcsid@avc.edu or at 661-722-6445 if you are<br />
planning to cover the game. There is somewhat limited space at the press table<br />
(although we usually squeeze everyone in), and precedence will be given in the<br />
following order: Daily local game story writers, daily local columnists/side-bar<br />
writers, school paper writer (only one will be allowed on the table -- provided<br />
there is space) and electronic media not broadcasting the game live.<br />
Whether there is space at the table or not, Marauder Sports Information provides<br />
all necessary services for writing and filing stories, including complete<br />
internet access. You will also have a place to write and file your stories after<br />
the game.<br />
It was announced by the Foothill Conference that the third place Marauders’<br />
Da’Shawn Gomez (PG, 6-2, 180, SO, Inglewood (Inglewood ‘09) and Jason<br />
Johnson (G, 6-3, 180, SO, Reseda (Cleveland ‘10) were named First team All-<br />
Foothill Conference. Vadal Faniel (F/C, 6-6, 205, FR, Palmdale (Pete Knight<br />
‘10) and Michaelyn Scott (G, 6-2, 170, FR, Los Angeles (Washington Prep<br />
‘11) were named honorable mention.<br />
Gomenz was named to the All-Foothill Conference team for the second year,<br />
Gomez was second in scoring and three pointers for the Marauders, and averaged<br />
5.3 assists on the season. He was also second in scoring and threes for<br />
AVC in conference play.<br />
Johnson, who was honorable mention last season, led the Marauders in scoring<br />
with a 15.3 points per game average, which included a 30 point game against<br />
Ventura. He was also tops in three pointers. He also led AVC in conference with<br />
a 13.4 ppg.<br />
HONORABLE MENTION - Vadal Faniel played most of his best games in<br />
conference, with all three of his Marauder leading scoring efforts and three of<br />
his four rebounding highs coming during conference play. He averaged 8.3 ppg<br />
during the season, and upped that to 10.5 in conference play. He also leads AVC<br />
shooting 55.2 percent from the field. Michaelynn Scott shot 48.6 percent from<br />
three pointer territory during conference play.<br />
El Camino <strong>College</strong><br />
The Warriors<br />
are a member of<br />
the South Coast<br />
Conf. and are<br />
coached by<br />
Micahel Fenison<br />
JOHN TAYLOR:<br />
John Taylor is in his second season as the Marauder head coach, and is in his<br />
second playoffs with the team. He is 41-17 (.707) as the Marauders’ men’s<br />
coach He began the 2010-11 season as both men’s and women’s coach. His<br />
women Marauder teams were 241-103 overall and included six Foothill Conference<br />
championships - four straight from 2003 to 2006 and this season. AVC<br />
finished second in the Foothill Conference in his first two seasons, before 2002-<br />
03's undefeated in conference champion team and again this season. He guided<br />
AVC to ten straight seasons of 19 wins or more and the playoffs each year. In<br />
2006-07 he became the winningest Marauder women's basketball coach with<br />
win 143 and in 2007-08 season coached the Marauders to his 100th Foothill<br />
Conference win. He has crafted a 426-213 (.667) record overall, and his teams<br />
now play in the playoffs for the 17th straight season. Taylor was named WSC<br />
women's Coach of the Year in 1995-96, and was tabbed as the Foothill Conference<br />
women's Coach of the Year in 2002-03 and 2003-04.<br />
ELSEWHERE IN The Foothill Conference put four teams in the playoff this season, but only two<br />
CONFERENCE: made it out of the first week of playoffs. No. 3 Mt. San Jacinto lost to No. 19<br />
Riverside in overtime 79-76. No. 4. San Bernardino <strong>Valley</strong> beat No. 13 LA<br />
<strong>Valley</strong> 87-76 and will host No. 12 Ventura on Wednesday. No. 8 Chaffey lost<br />
to No. 9 Cuesta 74-68.<br />
-AVC-<br />
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