SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE

'Sacramento City College' ('SCC') is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California, USA (). SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had enrollment of 21,729 for the Fall 2004 semester. It is located at the intersection of Highway 160 (Freeport Boulevard) and Sutterville Road in South Sacramento.

Contents

History

Alumni

American culture

Athletes

Baseball alumni

Football alumni

External links

History

Founded in 1916 as a department of Sacramento High School, Sacramento City College is the seventh oldest public community college in California and the oldest institution of higher learning in Sacramento.
In 1922, the citizens of Sacramento organized a junior college district by severing the connections between the college and Sacramento High School. This plan of organization remained in force until 1936 when the college became a part of the Sacramento City Unified School District.
Twenty-eight years later, as a result of a March 17 1964 election, Sacramento City College separated from the Sacramento City Unified School District to join the newly organized Los Rios Junior College District which took over the operation of American River College and Sacramento City College. In October 1967, the Sacramento Pop Festival was held at the main campus's Charles C. Hughes Stadium. In 1970 the newly renamed Los Rios Community College District opened a third campus, Cosumnes River College.

Alumni

American culture

★ Michael James Adams - aviator and NASA astronaut

★ Donnell Alexander - journalist and author of "Ghetto Celebrity: Searching for My Father in Me"

★ Herb Caen - former "items" columnist for the school newspaper went on to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the ''San Francisco Chronicle''

★ Samuel Charters - writer on music and record producer

★ Ray Eames - American artist, designer, architect and filmmaker

★ Kurt Edward Fishback - photographer

★ Robert Hillen - USC rowing coach for over 40 years

★ Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson - founder of Shakey's Pizza Parlor chain

★ Adrian Lamo - former grey-hat computer hacker

★ John E. Moss - served in 13 Congresses of the United States House of Representatives and championed the Freedom of Information Act

★ Kevin McGill - Football player and coach, entrepreneur, philanthropist, motivational speaker, author, movie producer and actor

★ Mel Ramos - artist

★ Hammad Khan - Child Prodigy

Athletes

★ Malachi Davis - ran in the 400-meter and 4x400-meter at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the United Kingdom team

★ Neil Estaris - two-time Junior Pan American Championships silver medalist (1999, 2000)

★ Vince Howell - professional long-drive competitor

★ Tommy Kono - three-time medalist in weightlifting in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics

★ Jamie Nieto - finished 4th in the high jump in the 2004 Summer Olympics

★ Roger "Jack" Parker - bronze medalist as a member of the decathlon in the 1936 Berlin Olympics

★ Mike Sayers - member of the BMC pro cycling team

★ Scott Smith - professional mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC

★ George Stanich - bronze medalist in the high jump in the 1948 Summer Olympics

Baseball alumni

★ Dave Berg - seven-year MLB infielder

★ Jeff Blauser - 13-year MLB shortstop with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs

★ Chris Bosio - 10-year MLB pitcher with the Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners

★ Larry Bowa - former MLB shortstop and current New York Yankees third-base coach

★ Kevin D. Brown - former MLB pitcher

★ Jim Bowie - hitting coach for the Fresno Grizzlies

★ Trace Coquillette - former MLB infielder

★ Ken Dowell - former MLB shortstop

★ Bob Forsch - former MLB pitcher

★ La Vel Freeman - former MLB designated hitter

★ Joe Horgan - former MLB pitcher

★ Ken Hottman - former MLB outfielder

★ Buck Martinez - 17-year MLB catcher

★ Darrell May - former MLB pitcher

★ Jerry Nielsen - former MLB pitcher

★ Mike Neu - Diablo Valley College baseball pitching coach and former MLB pitcher

★ Rowland Office - 11-year MLB outfielder

★ Geno Petralli - 12-year MLB catcher

★ Robert James Reynolds - eight-year MLB outfielder

★ Matt Riley - former MLB pitcher

★ F.P. Santangelo - seven-year MLB player and an analyst on the San Francisco Giants pregame show on Fox Sports Net

★ Joe Thurston - infielder for the Ottawa Lynx, a AAA Philadelphia Phillies affiliate

★ Greg Vaughn - four-time MLB All-Star outfielder

★ Fernando Viña - 12-year infielder for five MLB teams

★ Larry Wolfe - former MLB infielder

Football alumni

★ Robert Awalt - seven-year NFL tight end

★ Kevin Bowman - former NFL wide receiver

★ James Campen - seven-year NFL offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers

★ Gene Cronin - seven-year NFL defensive lineman

★ Rick Cunningham - eight-year NFL lineman

★ Kenny Graham - seven-year AFL/NFL defensive back

★ David Kilson - former NFL defensive back

★ Derrick Lewis - wide receiver for the Austin Wranglers of the Arena Football League and former NFL wide receiver

★ Carl Littlefield - former NFL running back

★ Stan Mataele - former NFL defensive lineman

★ Perry Schwartz - five-year AFL/NFL wide receiver

★ Sean Thomas - former NFL defensive back

★ Alexander Van Dyke - wide receiver from Luther Burbank High School transferred to the University of Nevada, Reno and then had a five-year NFL career

★ Seneca Wallace - quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks

★ Derek Ware - former NFL tight end and running back

★ Mark Bonner CBS High School Oregan State former NFL offensive lineman

External links

★ Official Sacramento City College website

★ Sacramento City College baseball

★ Sacramento City College Library

★ The Baseball Cube alumni list