Bubb Makes Cut for CSUN Job

Ron Kopita, Cal State Northridge’s vice president in charge of student affairs, said Thursday the list of three finalists for the school’s athletic director position has been pared to two, and Paul Bubb is among those in the running.

A final decision will be announced by Tuesday, Kopita said.

Besides Bubb, the interim athletic director, the other finalist is either Bobby Thompson, of Texas San Antonio, or Joe O’Donnell, formerly of American University. Kopita would not say which one had been eliminated.

Kopita angrily denied published reports that a decision had been made to hire Bubb, saying the report was purely conjecture.

“We haven’t made a decision,” Kopita said. “I got the [search committee’s] report [Wednesday] and had a conversation with [Blenda J. Wilson, the school’s president] and we are doing some follow-up with some other references. . . .

“We are thorough in all our searches, but because of the nature of this position, we are moving very cautiously and really evaluating the candidates.”

Basketball

Carly Funicello of Alemany High, The Times’ All-Valley player of the year the past two seasons, has been named to the Southern Section Division II girls’ team for the third consecutive year.

Funicello, a 6-foot-4 center who has signed with UCLA, averaged 17.8 points and 10.9 rebounds to lead the Indians to a third consecutive Mission League championship.

Megan Carmola of Westlake also was named to the first team. Carmola, a 5-9 senior, averaged 22.3 points. Alemany sophomore Kelli Kobayashi, who averaged 11.8 points, was named to the second team.

Erin Barker of Nordhoff was a first-team selection to the Division III team. Barker, a 5-9 sophomore, averaged 13.9 points.

Second-team selections included senior Keyana Stanford and sophomore Nell Becker of Nordhoff.

Contributing: Jeff Fletcher, Vince Kowalick.