- Sacramento City College
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name = Sacramento City College
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established = 1916
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students = 22,197
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city = Sacramento
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country =United States
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nickname = The Panthers
affiliations =California Community Colleges system
website = http://scc.losrios.edu/Sacramento City College (SCC) is a two-year
community college located in Sacramento,California . SCC is part of theLos Rios Community College District and had enrollment of 22,197 for the Spring 2008 semester. It is located at the intersection of Freeport Boulevard (Highway 160) and Sutterville Road in Sacramento.History
Founded in 1916 as a department of
Sacramento High School , Sacramento City College is the seventh oldest public community college inCalifornia and the oldest institution of higher learning in Sacramento.In 1922, the citizens of Sacramento organized a junior college district by severing the connections between the college and Sacramento High School. This plan of organization remained in force until 1936 when the college became a part of the Sacramento City Unified School District.
Twenty-eight years later, as a result of a
March 17 1964 election, Sacramento City College separated from theSacramento City Unified School District to join the newly organized Los Rios Junior College District which took over the operation ofAmerican River College and Sacramento City College. Los Rios paid the total of $1.00 for the 75 acre Sacramento City College Campus. In October 1967, the Sacramento Pop Festival was held at the main campus'sCharles C. Hughes Stadium . In 1970 the newly renamed Los Rios Community College District opened a third campus,Consumnes River College .Folsom Lake College has recently been added to the district.The Sacramento City College yearbook was called the Pioneer when initially published in the 1920s. The format changed in the early 1970s, and it was discontinued by 1980. The school newspaper--originally named "the Blotter" in the 1920s-- would be called "The Pony Express" for several decades. It is now called "The Express."
Alumni
American culture
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Michael James Adams - aviator and NASA astronaut
* Donnell Alexander - journalist and author of "Ghetto Celebrity: Searching for My Father in Me"
*Herb Caen - former "items" columnist for the school newspaper went on to become aPulitzer Prize -winning columnist for the "San Francisco Chronicle "
*Samuel Charters - writer on music and record producer
*Ray Eames - American artist, designer, architect and filmmaker
*Kurt Edward Fishback - photographer
* Robert Hillen - USC rowing coach from 1947 to 1990
* Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson - founder ofShakey's Pizza Parlor chain
* Kiron K. Skinner - author
*Adrian Lamo - former grey-hat computer hacker
*John E. Moss - served in 13 Congresses of theUnited States House of Representatives and championed the Freedom of Information Act
*Kevin McGill -American football player and coach,entrepreneur ,philanthropist ,motivational speaker ,author ,movie producer andactor
*Mel Ramos - artistAthletes
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Malachi Davis - ran in the 400-meter and 4x400-meter at the2004 Summer Olympics for theUnited Kingdom team
* Neil Estaris - two-time Junior Pan American Championships karate silver medalist (1999, 2000), as well as the 2002 AAU national champion (18 year old division) as a light heavyweight
*Rich Hanna - 1994 US 100km National Champion, 2001 World 100km Ultramarathon silver medalist, and named Ultramarathon Magazine's 2001 Men's North American Ultrarunner of the year, co-author ofThe Ultimate Guide to Marathons (paperback 1998)
* Henry Hines - 2 time NCAA champion long jumper, as well as a 3-time professional world champion
* Vince Howell - professional long-drive competitor
*Sheila Hudson - 1996 Olympian and former world record holder in the triple jump
* Lyndsey Klein - second baseman for the 2002 U.S. national softball team which placed first at the World Championships, and was an all-American for the 1999 UCLA national championship team
*Tommy Kono - three-time medalist inweightlifting in the1952 Summer Olympics ,1956 Summer Olympics and1960 Summer Olympics
* Jeff Kubiak - 1987 Pan-Am Games gold medalist in the 200m breaststroke
* Albert Miller - 3 time Olympian (1984, 1988, and 1992) in the decathlon for Fiji
* Tom Moore - world record holder in the 120 yard high hurdles in 1935, US national champion in the 400m hurdles in 1935, and member of the National Track & Field Hall of Fame
*Jamie Nieto - finished 4th in thehigh jump in the2004 Summer Olympics
*Lou Nova - heavyweight boxer who was the 1935 amateur world champion, and fought Joe Louis in 1941
* Roger "Jack" Parker -bronze medal ist in thedecathlon at the 1936Berlin Olympics
* Pete Peletta - coached the USF Dons to 3 NCAA basketball tournament appearances in 6 seasons between 1960 and 1966
* Bill Putnam - a basketball all-American at UCLA in 1945
* Chenita Rogers - a 2-time first team all-American as an outfielder for Cal State-Fullerton
*Edwin Salisbury - was the stroke for the 1932 gold medal-winning men's rowing eights team that was later inducted into the National Rowing Foundation's Rowing Hall of Fame
* Mike Sayers - member of the BMC pro cycling team
* Scott Smith - professionalmixed martial arts fighter in the UFC
* John "Jack" Stack - won a gold medal in the men's rowing eights at the 1948 Olympic Games
*George Stanich -bronze medal ist in thehigh jump in the1948 Summer Olympics , as well asJohn Wooden 's first all-American basketball player at UCLA
* John Stanich - guard on the 1950 U.S. national basketball team which placed second at the1950 FIBA World Championship , where he was the only American on the all-tournament teamBaseball alumni
* Facundo
Cuno Barragan - former MLBcatcher
* Dave Berg - seven-year MLBinfielder
*Adam Bernero - former MLBpitcher
* Joe Bitker - former MLBpitcher
*Jeff Blauser - 13-year MLBshortstop with theAtlanta Braves andChicago Cubs
*Chris Bosio - 10-year MLBpitcher with theMilwaukee Brewers andSeattle Mariners
*Larry Bowa - former MLBshortstop and currentNew York Yankees third-base coach
*Kevin D. Brown - former MLBpitcher
* Jim Bowie - former MLBfirst baseman and current hitting coach for theFresno Grizzlies
*Trace Coquillette - former MLBinfielder
*Ken Dowell - former MLBshortstop
*Bob Forsch - former MLBpitcher
*Ken Forsch - former MLBpitcher
* La Vel Freeman - former MLB designated hitter
*Joe Horgan - former MLBpitcher
* Ken Hottman - former MLBoutfielder
* JohnSpider Jorgensen - former MLBinfielder
*Buck Martinez - 17-year MLBcatcher
*Darrell May - former MLBpitcher
*Jason McDonald - former MLBoutfielder
*John McNamara - former MLBmanager
* Marcus Moore - former MLBpitcher
* Dave Moraga - former MLBpitcher
* Jerry Nielsen - former MLBpitcher
* Mike Neu - former MLBpitcher and currentDiablo Valley College baseball pitching coach
*Geno Petralli - 12-year MLBcatcher
*R.J. Reynolds - eight-year MLBoutfielder
*Matt Riley - former MLBpitcher
*Rich Rodas - former MLBpitcher
*F.P. Santangelo - seven-year MLB player and an analyst on theSan Francisco Giants pregame show onFox Sports Net
*Rick Schu - former MLBinfielder
*Joe Thurston -infielder for theOttawa Lynx , an AAAPhiladelphia Phillies affiliate
*Greg Vaughn - four-time MLB All-Staroutfielder
*Randy Veres - former MLBpitcher
*Fernando Viña - 12-yearinfielder for five MLB teams
*Casey Weathers - member of the bronze medal winning2008 Summer Olympics United Statesbaseball team
*Larry Wolfe - former MLBinfielder
*Charlie Zink -pitcher for theBoston Red Sox Football alumni
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Robert Awalt - seven-year NFLtight end
* Isaac Booth - three-year NFLdefensive back
* Kevin Bowman - former NFLwide receiver
* James Campen - seven-year NFLoffensive lineman for theGreen Bay Packers
* Gene Cronin - seven-year NFLdefensive lineman
*Rick Cunningham - eight-year NFL lineman
* Bobby Dawson - formerCanadian Football League defensive back
* Burt Delavan - two-year NFL lineman
* Phil Goodman - wide receiver/linebacker for theTri-Cities Fever of theaf2
* Kenny Graham - seven-year AFL/NFLdefensive back
* Johnny Jackson - lineman for theTri-Cities Fever of theaf2
* Mike Jones - three-year NFLtight end
* Stephen Jordan - formerCanadian Football League defensive back who was the 1989 rookie of the year
* David Kilson - former NFLdefensive back
*Derrick Lewis - former NFL andArena Football League wide receiver
* Carl Littlefield - former NFLrunning back
* Stan Mataele - former NFLdefensive lineman
* Perry Schwartz - all-American end forUC Berkeley 's undefeated "Thunder Team" in 1937 and a first team all-NFL end for Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940 and 1941 when he led the league in yards per catch
* Phil Snow - linebackers coach for theDetroit Lions
* Sean Thomas - former NFLdefensive back
*Alex Van Dyke - five-year NFLwide receiver , who also setNCAA receiving records while at theUniversity of Nevada, Reno
*Seneca Wallace - currentquarterback for theSeattle Seahawks of theNFL
* Derek Ware - former NFLtight end andrunning back External links
* [http://www.scc.losrios.edu Official Sacramento City College website]
* [http://www.scc.losrios.edu/~physed/athletics/ Sacramento City College Athletics]
* [http://www.scc.losrios.edu/~library Sacramento City College Library]
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/teams/alumni/20243.shtml The Baseball Cube alumni list]
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