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November 14, 2005
Release: #0519
News Release
For Immediate Release
COA Announces
U.S. Bank Student Athletes of the Month
SACRAMENTO, CA .
. . The California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics (COA), in partnership
with the California Community College Sports Information Association (CCCSIA)
today named Kyle Hughes (Saddleback College, cross country) and Rebecca Reyes
(Cuesta College, cross country) the COA/U.S. Bank Student Athletes of the Month
for October.
 Kyle
Hughes won two of the four races he competed in during October, capturing
the Irvine Invitational title ahead of 102 other runners and helping his team
to a fourth place finish overall. He ended the month by winning the Orange Empire
Conference championship in a field of 68 runners, helping the Gauchos to a third
place team finish. Additionally, he finished fifth overall out of 159 runners
in the Mt. San Antonio College Invitational and placed seventh overall in a
field of 32 NCAA competitors during the Redlands Invitational.
 Rebecca
Reyes has five top-5 finishes this season, including two during the
month of October. At the Western State Conference Preview race on October 7,
she finished 3rd in a field of 70 runners to help the Cougars place first as
a team. The following weekend she ran in the Cal Poly Invitational, finishing
32nd in a field of 117 NCAA competitors as her team placed 10th. She ended the
month by placing fourth overall at the Western State Conference championship
on October 25 as the Cougars finished third as a team.
 U.S.
Bank is the "Official Financial Services Provider" of the COA and
California community college athletics. U.S. Bank is also the official presenting
sponsor of all California community college championship events, including the
2005-06 COA Championship Festival in Fresno, CA.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB),
with $207 billion in assets, is the 6th largest financial holding company in
the United States. The company operates 2,396 banking offices and 4,986 ATMs
in 24 states, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance,
investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses
and institutions. U.S. Bancorp is home of the Five Star Service Guarantee in
which the company pays customers if certain key banking benefits and services
are not met. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank. Visit U.S. Bancorp
on the web at usbank.com.
To view the latest news,
information and updates of all 23 COA-sanctioned sports, visit www.coasports.org.
COA
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