NOTEBOOK / SEAN WATERS : College Drops Baseball Program but Reinstates Men’s Volleyball

Santa Monica College is suspending its baseball program for the 1995 season but will reinstate its men’s volleyball program, Athletic Director Avie Bridges said Monday.

Santa Monica wanted to operate a joint baseball program with West Los Angeles College, which would supply the baseball field and pay for the coach. Santa Monica, which does not have an on-campus field, had planned to pay the remaining 75% of the costs associated with running the program. Those costs, estimated at $15,000, include equipment, transportation and liability insurance.

Bridges said she was told Friday that West L.A. did not have the funds to pay for baseball expenses.

Santa Monica tentatively dropped its men’s volleyball and men’s tennis teams and added women’s soccer in May in an attempt to meet gender-equity requirements. Men’s tennis, however, will not be reinstated, partly because the school’s courts are being used for temporary classrooms.

Ed Aronin, the former Notre Dame Academy girls’ basketball coach, accepted a similar position Tuesday with St. Anthony of Long Beach.

In four seasons, Aronin, 50, led the Regals to a 66-13 record and three appearances in the Southern Section Division IV quarterfinals.

Michael Jackson, Santa Monica High tight end, has been selected to play in the 43rd annual North-South Shrine Game July 23 at Cerritos College. . . .

Venice guard Yuriko Jung is a member of the City Force girls’ basketball team, which recently competed last week in an Amateur Athletic Union tournament in Minnesota. Jung, a junior, was selected to The Times’ 1994 Westside all-star team.

Phil Chase, who guided Washington to four consecutive City Section titles from 1989 to 1992, coaches City Force, which includes of 15 top City Section players. . . .

University catcher Kirk Romo and Westchester shortstop Henry Jones were selected to the All-City 4-A Division all-star team by the Amateur Athletic Foundation First Interstate Bank board. Romo batted .378 to lead University to the Western League championship and Jones batted .348 for the second-place Comets.

Hollywood outfielder Roberto Marroquin, who batted .438, was selected to the 3-A Division all-star team. . . .

Outfielders Tami Albright and Kristina Klein of Westchester and outfielder Poppy Gee of Venice were selected to the City Section 3-A all-star softball team. Debbie Grace and Lisa Ikeda of Westchester were named honorable mention.