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Clark ruled academically ineligible

Cal Poly senior guard Trae Clark was ruled academically ineligible for the winter quarter and will miss the remainder of the men’s basketball season.

“This is disappointing for all of us, including Trae,” Cal Poly head coach Kevin Bromley said in a statement.

Mustangs face first conference road test

Cal Poly women’s basketball coach Faith Mimnaugh knew it wouldn’t take long for Kristina Santiago to reach her potential.

With a Cal Poly career-high 26 points in the Mustangs 74-66 victory over Long Beach State last Sunday, the sophomore forward may be ahead of schedule.

Four Mustangs among Sports Network All-Americans

Wide receiver Ramses Barden added one more award to his overstocked mantle after he was among four Cal Poly players named to the 2008 Sports Network All-American First Team on Tuesday.

Barden joined punt returner Jeremy Gilchrist of Hampton and safety Lardarius Webb of Nicholls State as the only returning first-team selections.

Top eight stories of 2008

July: Saudi contract signed A controversial contract to develop and implement a new engineering program at Jubail University College (JUC) in Saudi Arabia was signed by Cal Poly in early July. However, almost six months lateer, JUC has yet to sign its portion so the contract is not finalized and remains private, raising concerns as to whether the deal will actually go through.

Search for Ellerson’s replacement heats up

Ten finalists for the Cal Poly football head coaching vacancy were interviewed over the weekend as the athletic department hopes to make a final decision by the end of this week a team official said.

Rich Ellerson left the program after eight years when he accepted the head-coaching job at Army on Dec.

2008 was a year of bailouts, 2009 is a year of hope

This year has been one of government bailouts and it’s also been the year of economic uncertainty – both on the larger scale of the market, and on the more personal scale of lost jobs and cutbacks. Our government gave the banking industry a check for $700 billion, an astronomical figure, and the kind of money that we simply do not have to lend out.

Fall athletics a tough task to follow

With the dawn of a new year comes the beginning of new sports seasons. Gone are the fall games of volleyball, soccer and football. The spotlight shone brightly on the fall athletic season at Cal Poly, as the school gained unprecedented national recognition.

Barden to Senior Bowl; Cal Poly gets new kicker

Former Cal Poly receiver Ramses Barden was named to the Senior Bowl on Wednesday. Barden, who graduated Dec. 13, will no longer play in Jan. 17’s East-West Shrine Game. The Senior Bowl, which takes place at 4 p.m. Jan. 24…

Who could Cal Poly replace Ellerson with?

Army officially made Cal Poly’s Rich Ellerson its head coach Friday. Obviously, the job had a special place in Ellerson’s heart. According to Army’s news release, while at Arizona, Ellerson “assisted then-Army head coach Bob Sutton in installing his ‘Desert…

ESPN features Cal Poly swimmer

As part of Jimmy V Week, ESPN columnist Mark Kreidler wrote a brilliant, inspiring piece on Cal Poly swimmer Mark Barr. Check it out here.

Ellerson reportedly favorite to be new Army coach

According to The Tribune in San Luis Obispo and The Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y., Cal Poly football head coach Rich Ellerson is on the verge of taking the same position at Army. It would seem to be a perfect…