Nevada junior center fielder Westley Moss, a native of Irving, Texas, who played two years at Santa Rosa Junior College, was selected in the 34th round by the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.

The 6-2, 165-pound Moss hit .305 with 15 steals at Nevada. In his career at SRJC, he hit .281 with 22 steals.

University of San Diego junior right-hander Matt Thomson (El Molino) was drafted in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Wednesday by the Detroit Tigers.

Thomson, who played his freshman year at Santa Rosa Junior College, went 5-5 with a 5.98 ERA this past season at USD. Professional scouts are attracted by Thompson's fastball, which consistently hovers around 92-93 mph. Thomson was drafted in the 22nd round by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2007 MLB Draft.

Thomson will play this summer with the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League. A math major with a 3.2 GPA at USD, Thomson said he is uncertain whether he will sign a professional contract or return to school.

UC Davis distance runner Sarah Sumpter (Healdsburg) has been named the Aggies' Freshman of the Year.

Sumpter finished fourth in the 10,000 meters at the Big West Conference Championships. Her time of 36 minutes, 35.03 seconds ranks 10th in school history. Sumpter won the Division IV cross country state title as a senior at Healdsburg High.

Sonoma State senior Jarin Todd and sophomore Patrick Bauer have been named second-team All-Americans by PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America after leading the Seawolves to the Division II national championship.

With the honor, Todd, a two-time National Player of the Year, became just the fourth three-time All-American in school history joining Melissa Costa (track and field), Amy Apodoca (women's soccer) and Mike Stone (track and field). Todd won two tournaments, had a 71.50 stroke average and was under par in 21 of 38 rounds.

Bauer became just the second athlete in school history to earn All-American honors in his first two years, joining Costa. Bauer placed third at the NCAA Tournament, had a 72.10 stroke average, 16 under-par rounds and won the Cal State Monterey Bay Otter Invitational.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo outfielder D.J. Gentile (Casa Grande) was selected in the 43rd round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians and Sonona State pitcher Gary Moran was selected in the 41st round by the San Francisco Giants.

Gentile, who will be a redshirt junior, hit .304 with five homers and 41 RBIs for the Mustangs, who went 37-21 and reached the NCAA Tournament.

Moran, the West Region Pitcher of the Year, went 7-2 with a 1.37 ERA for the Seawolves. A native of Madera and transfer from Fresno City College, Moran finished his SSU career with a 15-5 record and 2.26 ERA.

Patrick Scott, a 6-foot-3 guard from Bear River High in Grass Valley and one of Sonoma State's most heavily recruited players in years, headlines the Seawolves' incoming four-person recruiting class.

Scott will be joined by 6-7 forward Steve Lackey from Ponderosa High in Shingle Springs, 6-4 guard James McLaughlin from Douglas High in Minden, Nev., and 6-4 guard Jason Walter, who played at Spring Valley High in Las Vegas.

SSU coach Pat Fuscaldo says Scott and Lackey have the potential to start, or play significant minutes, as freshmen. The Seawolves could also return highly touted sophomore point guard Ashley Arnott, who missed last season with a back injury suffered in an exhibition game.
SSU, which went 12-16 last year, will also return its top three scorers from its 2008-09 campaign.

"If everyone is healthy, we are going to better than we were last year," Fuscaldo said.

Scott, a Sacramento all-metro selection as a senior, averaged 25.7 points a game and was Bear River's all-time leading scorer with 1,676 points. Fuscaldo envisions Scott also being able to post up and present matchup problems.

"He's a rebounding machine for his size," Fuscaldo said.

Lackey averaged 18.0 points as a senior, was the MVP of the Sierra Valley Conference and was a Sacramento all-metro pick. Fuscaldo is impressed by Lackey's understanding of the game.

"He has great skills for a post player," he said. "He has great hands and he shoots it well."

The 220-pound McLaughlin was a first-team all-league selection and all-Northern Region pick as a junior. He suffered a broken fibula during his senior season and could redshirt as a freshman.

Walter played this past season at the Impact Basketball Academy in Las Vegas, a yearlong program designed help borderline prospects earn college scholarships.

Walter was his school's career scoring and assists leader and was a three-time all-league selection.

Sonoma State sophomore point guard Ashley Arnott is expected to play next season after undergoing offseason surgery for a back injury.

Arnott, from Australia, sat out last year after injuring his back in an exhibition against the University of Arizona. Arnott, who has two bulging discs, undwerent microscopic surgery in March. SSU coach Pat Fuscaldo said doctors told Arnott he could be full recovered in five or six months.

Fuscaldo says Arnott, who will start if healthy, has the potential to rank among the top point guards during his 15-year tenure at SSU.

Seawolves women's water polo coach Coralie Simmons has been selected to be an assistant coach on the women's senior national water polo team. Simmons will help guide Team USA at the World Championships in Rome this summer.

Simmons was a two-time National Player of the Year in 1997 and '98 at UCLA, where she played under current U.S. National Team coach Adam Krikorian.

Former Petaluma High star Sam Banister will help lead the Arizona softball team into the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City when the Wildcats meet the University of Florida in a first-round game which will televised at 6 p.m. today on ESPN.

Banister, a senior infielder, is hitting .313 with 16 homers and 57 RBIs this season. She hit a homer in Arizona's 6-5 win over Stanford last week in an NCAA Super Regional, a victory that sent the Wildcats to the WCWS for the 21^st time.

Santa Rosa Junior College swimmer David Hernandez has been named the Male Scholar Athlete of the Year by the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators.

The prestigious award, in its 17^th year, is given to the male and female student athlete who best demonstrates outstanding accomplishment and leadership in academics, athletics and citizenship.

Hernandez, a sophomore kinesiology major who had a 4.0 GPA, was the captain of the Bear Cubs swim team which finished second in the state this past season. He was a first-team All-American in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly, the 200 medley and the 200 free and 400 medley relays. He ranks second on SRJC's career list in the 100 butterfly and ninth in the 50 free.

Despite his accomplishments, Hernandez, who was told by SRJC swim coach Jill McCormick that he would be SRJC's nominee for the award, said he was stunned to receive the honor.

"When Jill told me I was like, 'OK, go ahead,'" Hernandez said. "But I had no idea I would actually be even close to winning it."

Hernandez will be honored during the NATYCAA's convention in Orlando, Fla., which will be held June 15-18.

Hernandez, who attended Pleasant Valley High in Chico, will continue swimming at the University of Pacific in the fall. He was a Doyle Scholarship recipient, earned a Commitment to Excellence award in each of his four semesters at SRJC and was recognized by the Santa Rosa East Rotary Club as its 2009 Outstanding Student award winner.

Hernandez said he managed to get about a 3.6 GPA in high school, grades he earned without putting in too much effort. At SRJC, he said he learned about the value of hard work - in the pool and in the classroom.

"I think I realized if I wanted to do something with my life I was going to have to work hard," Hernandez said. "I wouldn't say I was the smartest person at the JC, but I have worked really hard."