COMMUNITY COLLEGES : Pena Heads List of 50 Moving On

Orange County’s five community college football programs continue their impressive job of moving players on to four-year schools.

As of national signing day Wednesday, 50 players had made commitments to play football at four-year colleges, with several more expected to make decisions in the next few weeks.

Tony Pena, a sophomore tight end from Rancho Santiago, was the highest profile signee. He agreed to attend Oklahoma. Pena, from Mater Dei High School, had gone to Arizona State on a baseball scholarship in 1990, but left after one season.

He had a good season at Rancho Santiago, catching 25 passes for 344 yards.

Four local players signed with Pac-10 universities.

Wide receiver Cullen Plousha (Orange Coast) and defensive back Claudius Wright (Fullerton) are headed for Arizona. Defensive back Doug Cunningham (Golden West) is going to Oregon State and defensive end Sedric Shorter (Orange Coast) to Washington State.

Fullerton kicker Scott Szeredy, who had 18 field goals this season--including five in one game against Riverside--signed with Texas.

Nine members of the Saddleback defense that helped the team win the Mission Conference Central Division have made commitments to four-year schools. Saddleback lineman Damon Psaros, the division’s defensive player of the year, signed with Fresno State.

Rancho Santiago quarterback Rich Fanti and wide receiver Trent Julian, Orange Coast running back Adrain Steen and Fullerton wide receiver Terrance Green are among the top players yet to make a choice.

Local Community Colleges

FOOTBALL

Player School Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Juan Acuna Rancho Santiago WR 6-1 175 David Bladow Rancho Santiago DB 6-2 195 Damon Bland Rancho Santiago LB 6-0 225 Cedric Blanks Saddleback DB 6-0 170 Rodney Bruce Orange Coast DB 6-0 190 Penn Bushong Saddleback LB 6-2 225 Jason Butler Orange Coast OL 6-4 255 Bryan Corbin Rancho Santiago DB 6-1 185 Tyler Cortright Orange Coast LB 6-4 225 Doug Cunningham Golden West DB 6-2 215 Mike DeClark Fullerton DL 6-3 235 Maurice Dixon Rancho Santiago WR 5-9 155 Joe Estes Orange Coast LB 6-4 235 Mike Fredrickson Saddleback DL 6-1 255 Al Graf Golden West OL 6-5 280 Scott Hamilton Orange Coast WR 6-2 200 Joe Hay Golden West DL 6-4 240 Tracy Hirchag Saddleback DL 6-2 240 Matt Hunt Golden West DL 6-0 250 Omar Khattab Golden West TE 6-1 230 Rabinder Khurana Golden West OL 6-3 280 David Knorr Rancho Santiago PK 5-10 170 Darren Lance Golden West DB 6-3 200 Kimo Leopolo Orange Coast LB 6-1 245 Ray Madrigal Fullerton OL 6-0 260 Sean Mallett Saddleback LB 6-1 225 John McKain Saddleback OL 6-5 290 David McLeod Golden West LB 6-1 235 Kevin Mullens Golden West DB 6-0 180 Todd Norman Saddleback LB 6-1 225 Adrian Oliphant Fullerton DB 6-2 195 Tony Pena Rancho Santiago TE 6-3 225 Greg Pfrunder Saddleback QB 6-3 210 Cullen Plousha Orange Coast WR 6-3 200 Damon Psaros Saddleback DL 6-1 225 Ricky Robinson Rancho Santiago WR 5-8 155 Randy Roskelly Fullerton DB 5-10 185 Marcus Royster Fullerton DL 6-4 275 Eric Shimomura Orange Coast LB 6-1 221 Sedric Shorter Orange Coast DL 6-4 220 Donnie Smith Orange Coast QB 6-3 200 Scott Strini Rancho Santiago LB 6-2 220 Scott Szeredy Fullerton PK 6-2 210 Moli Toia Orange Coast OL 6-2 295 Bill Trainor Saddleback DL 6-2 260 David Taylor Golden West WR 6-1 180 Ed Wiggins Saddleback DB 5-11 180 Myron Williams Rancho Santiago WR 6-3 200 Kip Winkler Orange Coast OL 6-3 295 Claudius Wright Fullerton DB 6-1 185

Player College Juan Acuna San Francisco State David Bladow Northern Arizona Damon Bland Fresno State Cedric Blanks Livingston (Ala.) Rodney Bruce Louisiana Tech Penn Bushong Idaho Jason Butler Sonoma State Bryan Corbin Lewis & Clark (Oregon) Tyler Cortright Southern Illinois Doug Cunningham Oregon State Mike DeClark Northwest Oklahoma State Maurice Dixon San Francisco State Joe Estes Southern Illinois Mike Fredrickson Cal Poly San Luisbo Al Graf Weber State Scott Hamilton CS Northridge Joe Hay Southern Illinois Tracy Hirchag Sonoma State Matt Hunt Chico State Omar Khattab Humboldt State Rabinder Khurana CS Fullerton David Knorr San Francisco State Darren Lance Pacific Kimo Leopolo St. Mary’s Ray Madrigal Fresno State Sean Mallett Nevada John McKain Maryland David McLeod Southern Illinois Kevin Mullens Pacific Todd Norman Nevada Adrian Oliphant Sacramento State Tony Pena Oklahoma Greg Pfrunder Sonoma State Cullen Plousha Arizona Damon Psaros Fresno State Ricky Robinson San Francisco State Randy Roskelly Southern Utah State Marcus Royster Pittsburgh Eric Shimomura Tennessee Martin Sedric Shorter Washington State Donnie Smith Iowa State Scott Strini Northern Arizona Scott Szeredy Texas Moli Toia Louisiana Tech Bill Trainor Culver Stockton (Mo.) David Taylor Florida A&M; Ed Wiggins Idaho Myron Williams San Francisco State Kip Winkler Memphis State Claudius Wright Arizona

VOLLEYBALL

Player School Position Hgt. College Brenda Irby Golden West Outside hitter 5-10 Fresno State