Here is a video clip on part of the presentation:
Also, many have been asking where are our sophomores from this year's STATE CHAMPIONSHIP team going next year. Here is the list, but there could be some changes:
Dylan Forzani – 165 Pounds – STATE CHAMPION – NCAA D1, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Nick Rohrer – 184 Pounds – 3rd Place – Hastings College, NE - NAIA
Chris Vaughan – 149 Pounds – 7th Place – Hastings College, NE - NAIA
Isaiah Smith – 174 Pounds – 5th Place – Oklahoma City University – NAIA
Jason Zecchini – 197 Pounds – 4th Place – Dickinson State University – NAIA
Isac Pilgrim – 133 Pounds – 5th Place – Undecided now but looking at 3 or 4 colleges
They join 10 other who are wrestling at the 4 year level now and will return next season.
Five members of the SCC Wrestling Team Made the CCCWCA Academic All American Team. They are:
Dylan Forzani
Chris Vaughan
Isaiah Smith
Jason Zecchini
Trevor Wright
Dylan Forzani was named the Sacramento City College Athlete of the Year. This is a great honor. He is the 19th wrestler to be honored for this award. His name is being passed forward to the State for nomination as the State Male Athlete of the Year. The last to win was Alex Campos Chambers on the 2013 State Championship team. Also, Isaiah Smith and Jason Zecchini were named to the SCC Scholar Athlete team. Only the top 10 Male Scholar Athletes at SCC make this team. Congrats to them as well. Others receiving awards for academic success wereCarlos Alvarez, Tavian Del Rosario, Robert Denny, Malachi Estep, Keyshawn Franklin, Felipe Lemus Servin, Robert Nickerson, Trevor Wright, and Dylan Forzani. Congratulations to all these young men and the rest of the members of the 2015 State Championship wrestling team.
A number of SCC Wrestling Alum have been pounding the cages in MMA fighting and coaching. Danny Castillo has made a seamless transition from UFC fighter to the head wrestling coach at Team Alpha Male. Josh Emmett (5th State) finally got the call from the UFC to fight on short notice and won his first UFC by decision despite have a dislocated finger that actually broke through the skin. Josh has a 10-0 record and is the third SCC alum to break into the UFC joining Castillo and Scott Smith. Others top alum to watch as they climb the ladder is Juan "The Spaniard" Archuleta. Juan, who has a 10-1 record, fights mostly in So Cal, is the 155 pound KING OF THE CAGE Champion. He has a title fight coming up for the 145 pound belt too. Tyler Diamond is currently 4-0 with most fights coming through the KOFC and WFC. BothKaleio Romero and Lake Gee are 2-0 in Amateur fights. Kaleio just won a belt when he took on a short notice fight at 155 pounds. 155 seems like a popular weight for SCC alum. Castillo, Emmett, Archuleta and Romero all fought or fight at that weight.
Here are our 2015 Highlight videos. Thanks to Lawrence Saenz for putting these together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdX8UmybV3Y&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbXmOfC6cHg&feature=youtu.be
In April we celebrated our State Championship at a Dinner at Rudy's Hide Away. Three SCC Alumni in the SCC HOF came to help with the celebration. 1984 State Champ Jose Reyes, 1970 State 3rd Placer, John Ming and 1966 State Champion Stephen Niles who came all the way from Idaho to attend. Papa Ken Steers, Jr. provided the fantastic cake for the event. Check the attachments for a photo of the cake and other team photos.
Two SCC Alumni received Academic Achievement awards at the NAIA Level: Taylor Hodel - SR - Dickinson State University - 165 - History - 3rd Place - 32-2 Record William Upson – SR – Missouri Baptist Unversity – 149 – Exercise Science – Top 12 – 16-2 Record Only 47 wrestlers nationwide received this honor…and two were both SCC and Vacaville HS alumni. Congrats Taylor and Will. Here is the whole list.
SCC Alumni Joe Pacheco was at a Kings game during winter break. Pacheco got his AA degree at SCC in four subjects back in 2009, then graduated from Dickinson State in North Dakota. He was a member of the wrestling team at both colleges. Joe currently works for the State of California and also works part time at SCC in the Fitness Center. He previously was a Volunteer Coach for both Wrestling and Soccer. Here is what he did.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dwo2qvlcs093y96/12%2015%2015%20Jamba%20Juice%20Jumpshot.mp4?dl=0
That covers most of the spring. Again, become a friend of Sacramento City College Facebook to follow them more closely and more often. https://www.facebook.com/SacCityWrestling/ Hope all is well with each and everyone of you!!!
Dave Pacheco
Head Wrestling Coach Sacramento City College
