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December 5, 2005
Release: #0522
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 Jennifer
Laumea (Riverside Community College, water polo) and Yura Movsisyan (Pasadena
City College, soccer) the COA/U.S. Bank Student Athletes of the Month for November.
 Riverside
Community College sophomore women's water polo player Jennifer Laumea
was named Most Valuable Player at the California Community Colleges Commission
on Athletics Water Polo Championship Presented by U.S. Bank in Fresno, CA. The
Tigers, who won their first state championship in school history, posted a 36-1
record and defeated Long Beach City College, 7-5 in overtime in the state championship
game. Laumea led the Tigers this season with 61 goals and added 31 assists and
65 steals on the year. For her efforts this season, Laumea was named an All-American,
while she was a 2nd Team All-Southern California selection and earned 1st Team
All-Orange Empire Conference recognition.
 Pasadena
City College freshman men's soccer player Yura Movsisyan, originally
from Germany, moved to the United States with a desire to play professional
soccer. After an All-Pacific League selection at Pasadena High, he joined the
Lancers for the 2005 season. Movsisyan made All-South Coast Conference First
Team this year. In a November 8 win over Compton, Movsisyan scored the 3-goal
hat trick, including a spectacular shot while sprinting down the PCC Robinson
Stadium (football field) sideline from 30 yards out. Movsisyan scored 18 goals
this season and his 40 points was third best in the South Coast Conference and
third highest scoring season in PCC soccer history. He scored more goals than
the rest of his team combined (16).
 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 2,411 banking offices and 4,999 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 www.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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