Seven Named Community College Baseball All-Americans

Seven Orange County community college baseball players were selected first-team All-American, it was announced Monday.

Rancho Santiago’s Kyle Evans won the Big Stick award as the state’s top hitter. He had 13 home runs.

Also on the first team were pitcher Kirk Irvine (Rancho Santiago), shortstop Augie Ojeda (Cypress), second baseman Jeff Picker (Cypress), outfielders Andy Tellez (Fullerton) and Ryan Henderson (Rancho Santiago) and utility player Dan Bergmann (Fullerton).

Cypress catcher David Trentine was selected to the second team.

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Ray Smith has resigned as boys’ soccer coach at Katella High, Athletic Director Tom Danley announced. Smith has accepted the head soccer coach position at Elmhurst (Ill.) College.

He finishes his eight years at Katella with a record of 104-75-44. He was named Empire League coach of the year four times and the Knights won three league titles.

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Long Beach State left fielder Jason Minici, a 19th-round draft choice of the Cleveland Indians, has signed with the club for an undisclosed amount.

A graduate of Irvine High, Minici was a second-team All-Big West Conference selection at Long Beach. He hit .320 with 10 home runs and led the 49ers with six triples.

Minici transferred from Rancho Santiago College, where he batted .389 with nine home runs in 1994.

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Mark Selway, a sophomore outfielder at Cypress College, has signed with Iowa State, Coach Scott Pickler said.

Selway, from El Dorado High, hit .293 with three home runs for the Chargers.

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Plans are progressing for the inaugural Jeff Stenstrom Memorial golf tournament June 28 at the Tijeras Creek Golf Club in Rancho Santa Margarita.

Proceeds from the event, developed by former El Toro High Principal Don Martin and other community members, will be used to establish a scholarship in Stenstrom’s name for the graduating El Toro High senior who best upholds the standards of citizenship, academics and athletics.

Stenstrom, a 1994 graduate of El Toro and a linebacker on the school’s football team, contracted fatal spinal meningitis two months ago while attending Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

The golf tournament will cost $150 per player and be a four-man scramble format. Entrance fee includes use of the driving range, golf cart rental, tee prizes and beverages on the course.

The driving range will open at 11:30 a.m. with tee-off time at 12:30 p.m.

A barbecue/awards dinner, with the Stenstrom family serving as hosts, will be at 6 p.m. with a raffle and auction. Spouses are invited to attend for an additional $20.

Stenstrom’s older brother, Steve Stenstrom, who played quarterback at El Toro and Stanford before being drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, is expected to sign autographs.

Make checks payable to the Jeff Stenstrom Scholarship Fund, 22032 Comanche Road, Lake Forest, 92630. Payment in advance will help ensure a reservation.

For information and reservations, call Ed Adams at (714) 837-8639, John Sieberg at 859-3545 or Don Martin at 830-4781.