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April 21, 2006
Release: #0608
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 Lauren Ervin (Mt. San Antonio College, women's basketball) and Maurice
Purify (City College of San Francisco, men's basketball) the COA/U.S. Bank Student
Athletes of the Month for March.
 Lauren
Ervin, a sophomore forward for Mt. San Antonio College, led her team to
the 2006 California Community Colleges Commission of Athletics Women's Basketball
Championship, Presented by U.S. Bank in Fresno, CA. Under her leadership, the
Mounties posted a season record of 36 wins and 2 losses and defeated San Joaquin
Delta College, 80-57 to give the Mounties their second state championship in
the past three seasons. During the state championship playoffs (3 games) Ervin
scored 58 points and collected 29 rebounds. For her efforts, she was named MVP
at the conference, regional (so cal) and state championship levels as well as
to the 2006 Kodak Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-American Team.
 Maurice
Purify, a two sport standout from the City College of San Francisco, helped
lead the Rams to the semi-finals of the 2006 California Community Colleges Commission
of Athletics Men's Basketball Championship, Presented by U.S. Bank in Fresno,
CA. During the State Championship playoffs (2 games), the sophomore forward
scored 25 points and had 16 rebounds. The Nebraska bound star is also one of
the top wide receivers in community college football, and led the Rams to the
2005 State Championship game. He was named first team all-state in both sports.
 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 $210 billion, is the 6th largest financial holding company in
the United States. The company operates 2,430 banking offices and 4,941 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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