FALL 2021

High School Fall Sports Recap

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL had a great season despite their record. First-year coach Darriyan Thomas did a great job with the girls. They competed well in BCL league, and they will be ready for Fall 2022.

Congrats to the following student-athletes for earning BCL League Awards:

Shaelyn Johnson

First-Team

Chang-May Tan

Second-Team

Patricia Patron & Jasha Brock

Honorable Mention

Good job coaches (Darriyan and Ruan)!

FOOTBALL had a great inaugural season in 8-man football, finishing with a 3-5 record and 1-1 in league play.

Congrats to the following student-athletes for earning NCS III League Awards:

Jaxon Dingel

Defense Most Valuable Player

Johnte Haggins, Devan Vierra, Daniel Fuentes, & Irving Senegal

First-Team

Ruben Guzman & Alex Martinez

Honorable Mention

They played well throughout the season, going through 'bumps and wrinkles' with 8-man being a first here, after many years of playing 11-man football.

Good job coaches (Herminio, Mario, Nathan, and Sean)!

Jesse J. Bailey

Athletic Director

jbailey@csdf-cde.ca.gov

Jesse J. Bailey graduated with a Bachelor's in Business Management from Gallaudet University in 1991, and a Master's in Deaf Education from Western Maryland College (now called McDaniel College) in 2002.

This year is his 18th year as an Athletic Director. Jesse has previously worked at the New Mexico School for the Deaf; Texas School for the Deaf; Phoenix Day School for the Deaf; and California School for the Deaf-Riverside. He has also coached various sports including volleyball, football, girls and boys basketball, flag football, and track & field.

His passion: working with student-athletes and coaches to enhance and promote their skills, so as to achieve their goals in real life.

Jesse also loves officiating high school basketball games (currently into his 24th year).

CROSS COUNTRY had a great season, especially Sevan Ikeda, a true freshman who led in the nation among Deaf schools! He will be one to watch for the next three years. Our runners did well! They improved their times from meet to meet.

Kudos to Coach Kristopher!

ATHLETIC NEWS

Admission for

HS basketball home games

General/CSD Staff $5

Students/Senior Citizens $3

CSD Students/4 & Under FREE

Volunteeers Needed for

basketball home games

Admissions - 2 persons

Clock Operator & Shot Clock - 2 persons

Security - 2 persons

If you are interested, send an email to Selman Jawed, sjawed@csdf-cde.ca.gov

Elementary/Middle School Fall Sports

Recap

ELEMENTARY VOLLEYBALL

CSD’s Elementary Volleyball faced an unforeseen time when the youth volleyball league around the area was impossible due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the sport remained alive by substituting numerous weeks of practices among 3rd and 5th graders. Head Coach Rebecca Eyrond and assistant coaches Heidi Dingel and Kyle Emard were overwhelmed with the population of participants! It was more than twenty-five eaglets! Each student was so excited about learning and practicing different techniques in volleyball. They had weekly scrimmages to experience game-day experiences to have all skills they learned applying to the match. There was a grand finale event with a scrimmage in front of the CSD community to wrap up the season! Players were astonished by the support they received! Elementary Volleyball was a success this year!

MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

CSD’s Middle School Cross Country team was grinding through the season with just three runners and first-year head coach Xavier Chin guiding. However, they had completed two out of four scheduled meets in Gilroy and San Jose. Both events were outstanding where our runners found themselves in a unique position competing. Runners had a rich experience of participating in Cross Country, and their motivation increased for the following year.

Jeremy Warshaw

Youth Athletics Coordinator

jwarshaw@csdf-cde.ca.gov

California School for the Deaf is excited to have Jeremy Warshaw joining the family as Youth Athletics Coordinator. Jeremy will oversee Elementary and Middle Schools athletics programs. He grew up mostly in his life from Southern California. Jeremy received his Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Gallaudet University in 2016. He completed his Master’s in Sport Management from the California State University, Long Beach, in 2019. Before CSD, he worked at Gallaudet University, WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks; University of California, Los Angeles; and Southern California Golf Association. Jeremy adores playing golf and enjoys traveling and exploring around the world. Jeremy’s vision for youth athletics is to appreciate the value of participation and the development of the virtue of athletic participants with reinforcement of the relationship between effort and achievement.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL

After the school reopens, the first athletic season in the Youth Athletics was Middle School Softball. With a lot of precautions and expectations around the pandemic, I am pleased to see the success of this particular group of players! Seven softballers and two managers battled through weeks of determination and persistence. Unfortunately, the team cannot fill to meet the field requirements, but there were a handful of games on the schedule, whereas our players escalated to play live competitions. Nevertheless, coaches Alicia Flores, Manuel Sandoval, and Nathan Dingel developed softball skills and fundamentals that paid off to our players with a lot of potential upcoming in their future! A big appreciation for their time for our softball team!