CAL MARITIME’S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL RUGBY COACH ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE
(Vallejo, CA – August 25, 2010)…Edward Roberts, head coach of Cal Maritime’s highly
successful varsity rugby team, is stepping down from the role after seven years in charge due to
conflicting work commitments.
“It’s been a difficult decision,” Roberts explained. “The athletic department has tried
every way possible to maintain the current relationship and I wish I could do so, but
unfortunately the distance between my day job and Cal Maritime makes it impossible.”
After leading the California Maritime Academy to the best season in school history, Head Coach Bryan Rooney is intent on building upon the recent success. The future success of the program took a big step forward with the commitment of Vista del Lago point guard Jaquai Wiley. Wiley is coming off an outstanding high school career as a true floor general on one of the best teams in Sacramento evidenced by Vista del Lago’s 49-14 record the last two years. This included a school best 28-4 record this past season and a trip to the State Playoffs.
Coed - Sean Kelly '10 and crew Jessica Schember '12 - California Maritime Academy Sean Kelly '10 and crew Jessica Schember '12 for their A division win at the St. Francis Intersectional at St. Francis Yacht Club, CA. Sean and Jessica sailed a consistent regatta, never scoring higher than a 8th, in weird and tough conditions. Day 1 of St. Francis was a more typical San Fran day with a 12-18kt. westerly and a 3.5 kt flood, Sean and Jessica played the current the best all day including during the switch to the ebb current at the end of Saturday.
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By Pat Clifton
With the way USA Rugby structures the seeding for its championships, off the prior year’s results, how much do coaches and clubs really respect the seeds?
Keelhaulers Get Home-Field Edge in Rugby Playoffs:
The defenses are going up and the Keelhaulers are steeling themselves against a relentless attack when they host the Pacific Coast rugby playoffs today and Saturday.
After finishing one of the most successful basketball seasons in school history, head coach Bryan Rooney and his staff is looking to build on the solid foundation of returning players by adding a solid recruiting class. With the commitment of Arcata High School’s Ryan DeHart, the Keelhaulers made a significant step towards a second consecutive conference championship.
The Keelhaulers of Cal Maritime were represented very well as the California Pacific Conference announced the All Conference selections. Heading up the list was senior point guard Andrew Medeiros (Santa Rosa, CA),
who was named the Most Valuable Player of the Conference as well as being named a unanimous First Team All Conference choice. Joining Medeiros on the All Conference team were juniors Haven Piatt
(Lincoln, CA) and Michael Weimer
(Campbell, CA). In addition, freshman Jordan Birchell (Petersburg, AK) was recognized as the Freshman of the Year.
This is the second straight year that a Keelhauler freshman has earned this accolade. Sophomore
Josh Greenwell (Vallejo, CA) also earned Honorable Mention All Conference..
Finally, third year head coach, Bryan Rooney, was selected as the Cal Pac Coach of the Year. This is the second consecutive year Rooney has earned this honor.
As is often the case, individual honors come in the wake of successful team accomplishments and the 2009-2010 year was filled with some outstanding efforts by Cal Maritime. Chief among these occurred when the team won the first Conference Championship in school history and in the process set the school record for wins for the second year in a row. Coach Rooney remarked on the success that the program earned this year, “We are extremely happy that Andy, Haven, Michael, Josh, and Jordan were recognized by the coaches in our conference. They all had outstanding individual years. More importantly, however, was our team’s understanding that truly playing for each other reaps great collective rewards. This was a special group and I am confident that we are all motivated to continue the progress over the past three years. We are losing some outstanding leaders in Andy Medeiros, Daniel Gresham, and Leo Sarrade.
With our returning players and hopefully a solid recruiting class,
