Local report: CSUB wrestler Kimbrell earns Pac-10 scholar-athlete honor
| Wednesday, Jul 01 2009 09:46 PM
Last Updated Wednesday, Jul 01 2009 09:46 PM
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Cal State Bakersfield senior wrestler Thomas Kimbrell has been honored as the 2009 Pacific-10 Conference Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as presented by Toyo Tires.
The award, granted to one student-athlete in each of the Pac-10's 22 sponsored sports, was established to honor collegiate student-athletes who are standouts both academically and athletically.
Winners receive a commemorative award, and Toyo donates $1,000 to the scholarship funds of the institution's athletic department of each winner in recognition of their accomplishments.
Kimbrell, a political science major who graduated this spring with a 3.73 GPA, had his most successful season on the mat, placing fifth at the Pac-10 Championships and earning a bid to the NCAA National Championships before finishing the year with a 26-14 record.
He was a 2009 first team Pac-10 all-academic selection, his third straight after being named to the second team his freshman year, and was also named to the National Wrestling Coaches Association all-academic team for a second consecutive year.
Kimbrell also recently won the 2009 Thomas Watts Peace Foundation Award in Political Science and History, the 2008 President's Award for Best Research Paper, the McNair Scholarship, acceptance into McNair Scholars Program for PhD candidates, second place in the 2008 university-wide student research competition and induction into the Alpha Chi Honors Society in 2007.
ECHL
Five players from the Condors 2008-09 roster -- defenders Donny Grover and Jay Langager, right winger Liam Huculak, goalie Jerad Kaufmann and forward Matt Pope -- have received qualifying offers from the team, in accordance with the ECHL's July 1 deadline, the team announced.
Grover came to the Condors from Cincinnati in a mid-season trade and finished as the team's leading scorer from the blueline, totaling 5 goals, 26 assists for 31 points in 68 games.
Huculak was the club's penalty minute leader, with 168, while adding 5 goals and 6 assists. Kaufmann was a rookie signing late in the season after completing his college career at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He had one start, allowing two goals on 34 shots in a shootout loss to Ontario.
Langager had 2 goals and 12 assists in 31 games after signing with the team in January and served as team captain for the rest of the season.
Pope finished the year in the American Hockey League after setting Condors rookie records for assists and points, totaling 30 goals, 33 assists in 54 games.
