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February 7, 2006
Release: #0604
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 Dan Hestehauge (Cuesta College, basketball) and Leslie Ortiz (College
of the Canyons, basketball) the COA/U.S. Bank Student Athletes of the Month
for January.
 Daniel
Hestehauge is among the most dangerous marksmen in community college basketball.
He fought through injuries early in the season and has turned up his level of
play since January. Hestehauge is second in the Western State Conference with
19.0 points per game during conference play. He is averaging a solid 13.2 points
per game overall and has added 2.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest. He
ranks among the state leaders in free throw (85.4%) and three-point percentage
(41.9%) and his career marks of 82.6% from the free throw line and 40.8% from
the three-point area both represent Cuesta records. His career scoring mark
of 14.7 points per game is also among the top five in Cuesta history. The Cougars
are 10-17 on the year, but their 4-3 mark in the Western State Conference has
them in third place.
 Leslie
Ortiz has led the College of the Canyons Lady Cougars to a perfect 6-0 conference
record through the month of January. The freshman point guard has her team on
top of the Western State Conference-South Division Standings with an overall
record of 14 wins and 9 losses and the Cougars are currently ranked 11th in
the Southern California Coaches' Poll. Ortiz leads the team, and the conference,
in assists and has totaled 234 assists on the season, including 100 in conference
play. Against Santa Monica College on January 18, Ortiz had a season-high 23
assists in a 96-64 win, and more recently, she doled out 17 assists in a 92-65
win over Valley College on January 25. Through January, Ortiz is averaging 13.5
points per game and an amazing 16.6 assists per game.
 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 assets of $209 billion, is the 6th largest financial holding company in
the United States. The company operates 2,419 banking offices and 5,003 ATMs,
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 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.
Student athlete biographies
provided by the CCCSIA.
COA
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