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Dominican basks in PacWest Community Engagement, Academic Achievement awards
SAN RAFAEL, CA — Pacific West Conference
Commissioner Bob Hogue was in attendance at Friday’s PacWest
volleyball opener between Dominican University of California and
visiting Dixie State College. Between sets, Hogue presented
Dominican with the 2009-10 Community Engagement and Academic
Achievement Awards.
On hand to accept the Academic Achievement Award, which is awarded
to the PacWest school with the highest student-athlete GPAs, were
Dominican President Joseph R. Fink, Director of Athletics Terry
Tumey, Faculty Forum Chair Dr. Christian Dean, Associated Student
Body President Mark Lewis, Penguin Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (PSAAC) President Mike Wells, and 2009-10 Scholar-Athlete
of the Year Esera Vegas.
The Penguins recorded the conference’s highest grade point
average at 3.21 in just their first year of conference
membership.
Dominican head women’s basketball coach Brianna Chambers, who
serves as the advisor to the PSAAC, got the crowd of 300 to its
feet as the PSAAC accepted the Community Engagement Award from
Hogue.
Dominican student-athletes raised the highest total of Make-A-Wish
donations among all PacWest schools. The Penguin
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (PSAAC ) raised $2,285.25 for
the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America last school year through
donations at sporting events, the “Mr. Penguin 2010”
pageant, and hosting a Blacklight Dance.
The Dominican University of California Department of Athletics is
in NCAA Division II provisional status and in its second season as
a member of the PacWest. The Penguins sponsor 12 teams, including
men and women’s basketball, cross country, golf, and soccer;
men’s lacrosse; and women’s softball, tennis, and
volleyball.
