Five Tigers Accept Scholarship Offers From Four-year Universities; RCC Men's Swimmers Finished Third in State

RIVERSIDE -- A total of five student-athletes from the Riverside City College (CC) Tigers men's swimming and diving and water polo teams from this current academic year have accepted scholarship offers to pursue their intercollegiate academic and/or academic careers at the four-year university level, it was announced at a luncheon Tuesday (May 16) at RCC's Riverside Aquatics Center.

Remarks were made by several RCC officials, including RCC President Wolde-Ab Issac, Ph. D., fourth-year RCC head women's coach Doug Finfrock and fourth-year RCC head men's coach Jason Northcott.

The Riverside City men's swimming and diving team recently completed its season with a third--place finish at the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Championships, which were hosted by East Los Angeles College (ELAC) in Monterey Park two weekends ago (May 4-6).

The RCC men's water polo team finished third at the CCCAA South Regional Championships last November.

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2016-17 Riverside City College Aquatics Four-year University Scholarship Recipients:

Mary Myers - San Diego State University - Scholarship (Water Polo)

Emily Martin - UC Santa Barbara - Scholarship (Water Polo)

Citlali Salazar - UCLA - Academic Scholarship

Sarina Briseno - San Francisco State University - Academic Scholarship

Emily Lawless - Concordia University, Irvine - Scholarship (Water Polo)

Kelly Perez -  Concordia University, Irvine - Scholarship (Water Polo & Swim)

Ariana Olmos -  Concordia University, Irvine - Scholarship (Water Polo)

Sierra Venegas -  Concordia University, Irvine - Scholarship (Water Polo)

Gabby Delgado -  Concordia University Irvine - Scholarship (Water Polo)

Evelyn Wagner - California State University, San Bernardino

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Maxence Bouvier - USC - Scholarship (Swim)

Lazar Raca - McKendree University (Kentucky) - Scholarship (Water Polo & Swim)

Kyle Christian - Cal Baptist U. - Scholarship (Water Polo)

Jonah Saenz - Cal Baptist U. - Scholarship (Water Polo)

Dustin Shaw - San Jose State University

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