Scholarships for out-state students should be used to support County Community College students
The two East Region Community College Representatives on the Governing Board, Paul Chevalier and Deb McCasland, urged President Dr. Lisa Rhine to consider focusing the current athletic program on students from Yavapai County. (According to Blog analysis, in 2018-19 all but one athlete on the four College teams came from outside Yavapai County.) Chevalier said he had no difficulty with supporting an athletic program, however, more athletes should be chosen from Yavapai County because the Community College is a County facility and heavily supported by County property taxpayers.
Representative McCasland commented that she was uneasy with tuition payments going to out-state athletes in order to persuade them to join Yavapai College rather than use the tuition for residents of the County. She also surmised that Maricopa County may have restricted out-state recruiting, however, a Blog check on several baseball rosters in that County indicated that there is still out-state recruiting occurring in that District.
The comments by Mr. Chevalier and Ms. McCasland following in the video below.