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DRONE PROGRAM, 3D PRINTER, BASEBALL TEAM, LIBRARY, OLLI, STARTING NEW BUSINESS AND HYDROPONICS IN THE NEWS

By R. Oliphant
Sunday, January 3rd, 2021

Programs, projects and thanks  highlight December

December was a busy month for Yavapai Community College.  Listed below are only a few of the many projects, programs, and thank you efforts that it was involved in during the month.

NEW 3D HOUSE PROJECT  ON CHINO VALLEY CAMPUS.  Curt Freeman, Construction Professor, along with Associate Dean Max Bledsoe and adjunct Instructor, Joe Sabato recently completed a three-week training on the new 3D printer for the construction program at the Chino Valley Campus.  The Community College  will begin building the first proof-of-concept home on the Chino Valley Campus, scheduled to start the first week of February 2021. (See December 12 EyeonYavapaiCollege posting for more information about the project.)

DRONE PROGRAM’S NEW LAB AT CTEC/PUSH CERTAIN PARTS OUT TO VERDE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLS. The Community College  Drone program took advantage of the newly finished Fab Lab at CTEC by having students design and construct their own drones using 3D printing technologies and electronics integration. The goal is to push certain parts of the drone program out to local high schools in the Verde Valley and Quad City areas.

SPECIAL OLLI PROGRAM AT SEDONA INSTITUTE. Each month beginning in December 2020 through May 2021, Community Education and OLLI are partnering with the Sedona Culinary Institute to offer a wide variety of cooking classes. Some courses feature Yavapai College Culinary Chefs and others taught by local chefs.

THE HAPPY SPIRIT AT VERDE CAMPUS LIBRARY. The Verde Valley Campus Library shared the Holiday Spirit with patrons.

BASEBALL TEAM RANKED 17TH. The Jan. 8, 2021 College Preview edition of Collegiate Baseball features a list of the top junior college baseball teams in Division 1.  According to its December 23 poll, Yavapai Community College ranks 17th in the Division.

GROWING SWISS CHARD AND HYDROPONICS. Yavapai Community College  grows superb swiss chard in its  Hydroponic raft system at the Chino Valley Center.

10 STEPS TO STARTING NEW BUSINESS.  Learn steps for new business start-ups to be in compliance and obtain tax ID numbers with the Community College’s first  webinar of 2021 “10 Steps to Starting a Business in AZ”. Wed Jan 6, 2021. Register Now!  https://buff.ly/3noU3MG

 

Categories : Baseball team, Career and Technical Education, Small Business Development Center

CONSTRUCTION OF PRACTICE SOCCER FIELD ON PRESCOTT CAMPUS COMPLETED; BATTER’S EYE ADDED TO BASEBALL FIELD

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, December 17th, 2020

Sodding, rip rap for erosion control along the practice soccer field parameter in place for January 1 use

The new soccer practice field on the Prescott Campus is complete.  Work sodding the field and installing rip rap for erosion control were the last phases of the project.   The soccer practice field should be ready for use by January 1. 

Below are some photos from the Community College’s December 2020 Facilities Management newsletter showing completion of the work on the practice facility and installation of the batter’s eye screening at the baseball park.

 

Batter’s Eye

 

 

Categories : Athletics, Baseball team, Soccer team

ALMOST 50% OF ATHLETIC TEAM MEMBERS SELECTED FROM OUTSIDE ARIZONA

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, May 25th, 2019

Forty of 81 student athletes came from other states other than Arizona; only 1 athlete from Yavapai County

Yavapai Community College continues to highly recruit outside Arizona for its four athletic teams: baseball, softball, soccer and volleyball.  In 2019 there were a total of 81 athletes that made up the rosters.  Of that number, 40 were from states outside Arizona. (Data gathered May 2019.)

The Blog could find only one athlete recruited from Yavapai County on the team rosters.

The soccer team led the out-state recruiting effort and reported 15 of its 22 athletes coming from outside Arizona.  The softball roster reported that  12 of its 17 athletes were recruited from outside Arizona.  The baseball team recruited seven of its 25 athletes from outside Arizona and the Volleyball team has six of its 17 players were recruited from outside Arizona.

There has been criticism that the Community College has not recruited student athletes from the high schools in Yavapai County for its teams.  The data appears to support those critics.

Categories : Athletics, Baseball team, Soccer team, Softball team, Volleyball team

DEATHS OF YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS RULED ACCIDENTAL

By R. Oliphant
Sunday, November 18th, 2018

Medical examiner reports use of illicit drugs and fentanyl intoxication caused deaths

The deaths the two Yavapai Community College students, Gunner Bundrick and Jake Morales, have been ruled as caused by an accidental overdose of illicit drugs and fentanyl intoxication. The decision was made by the Yavapai County Medical Examiner.  The information was obtained by the Prescott Courier and published November 17.

According to Sgt. Jason Kaufman of the Prescott Valley Police Department (PVPD), the investigation into their deaths revealed that Bundrick and Morales left their home at 10 p.m. Friday, November. 2, to attend a party. They returned around 3:48 a.m. the morning of November. 3. They were last seen alive  around 5 a.m.

Yavapai County Medical Examiner Ann L. Bucholtz’s reported that both men died due to a combination of illicit drugs, fentanyl and 4-ANPP intoxication. The precursor chemical 4-ANPP is a primary ingredient for manufacturing deadly fentanyl.

You may read more about this incident in a story written by Brian M. Bergner Jr. The Daily Courier, found in the November 17 online Verde Independent by clicking here.

Categories : Baseball team, Drug investigation

SOME SURPRISED WHEN PRESIDENT WILLS DID NOT REPORT TO BOARD ON DEATHS OF TWO STUDENTS AND COLLAPSE OF RESA PROJECT AT CTEC

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, November 17th, 2018

Both major events occurred within two weeks of Board meeting; yet no comment by President; is silence intended to keep the public in the dark about them?

It was a surprise to some in attendance at the November 2018 Governing Board meeting that President Penelope Wills failed to comment on the recent deaths of two Yavapai Community College students and the shuttering of the RESA project at the Career and Technical Education Center during her report to the Governing Board.  

Recall that the Prescott Valley police department identified two Yavapai Community College students who were found dead at a Prescott Valley home Saturday morning, November 3.  They are Jake Morales and Gunner Bundrick. Both had graduated from Bradshaw Mountain High School in 2017.  Bundrick was a standout quarterback at his high school.  He went on to play football at Mesa Community College before transferring to Yavapai College.  He played outfield on the Yavapai baseball team in the spring 2018.

Also recall that  the RESA Corporation and the Community College are parting ways, according to information from the College.  The training program to supply RESA, a Prescott Corporation, with college-trained technicians began with great anticipation in January 2018.  The College Board approved a three-year lease with RESA of 3,700 square feet at the Career and Technical Education Center at its March 2018 Board meeting. However, it will be shuttered when the eight remaining students complete their training this fall.

Wills’ made no mention of these incidents, the relationship to drug use on campus and the baseball team, or the reasons RESA decided to part ways with the College.   Umm.  One can only puzzle over why she didn’t comment on them.

Categories : Baseball team, GOVERNING BOARD

PARENT SOUNDED ALARM ABOUT DRUG USAGE ON BASEBALL TEAM IN MAY

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, November 8th, 2018

Was Mr. Tippett who warned, “You have a house to clean, you better clean it,” ignored?

The parent of a former member of the Yavapai Community College baseball team, Jeff Tippett, sounded the alarm about illegal drug usage on the baseball team in a speech he gave at the May 2018 Governing Board meeting.  

He described his son’s experience on the baseball team as “disgusting.”   Tippett claimed the College had recruited an athlete who endangered the safety of the students and the public.  He said that the same athlete became involved in “heavy drug usage.”  The student athlete was not identified.  He also said that he and his wife videotaped two players warming up in the “bullpen” who were “smoking something.”

Tippett said that “to this day we have not been contacted by the school at all” despite expressing his concern about drug usage.   He noted that because of his videotaping, his son was “being bullied.” He concluded his speech to the Governing Board saying that “you have a house to clean, better clean it.”

Mr. Tippett’s speech to the Governing Board follows below.

 

Categories : Baseball team, Drug investigation

YAVAPAI COLLEGE BASEBALL COACH RYAN COUGILL named a 2015 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Diamond Regional Coach of the Year t

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, July 18th, 2015

Yavapai Community College Prescott campus baseball coach Ryan Cougill named a 2015 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Diamond Regional Coach of the Year on July 5

Cougill guided the Yavapai College — Prescott campus — Roughriders to a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1, Region 1 championship and a Western District title this spring en route to the program’s first berth into the Junior College World Series in nine years. The team lost in the first round of play.

baseball 4The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its more than 6,600 members represent all 50 states and 23 countries.

Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include eight divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, Junior College (NJCAA and Pacific Association Division), High School and Youth.

Categories : Baseball team