SBCC football places four on scholar-athlete team

Four SBCC sophomores have been named to the 2010 Southern California Football Association Scholar-Athlete team.

Linebacker Sam Shipley, running back Sione Puailoa and defensive backs Oliver Reynoldson and Franz Fisher have been named to the squad. Shipley, a 6-2 sophomore from San Marcos High, is an All-American Pacific Conference player who accepted a scholarship to the University of Maine.

Requirements for the Scholar-Athlete team are:

1. A student-athlete must have played two seasons or until forced out by season-ending injury.

2. Successful completion of a minimum 36 units — 27 of which must be in academic (non-PE or sport activity) courses.

3. Achievement of a minimum 3.0 (B) grade-point average.