COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College's Gerard Fane, who played tight
end for the football team last fall, said he will continue his athletic
and academic careers at Chapman University.
The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Fane caught seven passes for 81 yards and a
touchdown as a freshman in 1999 and he tallied 15 receptions for 189
yards this past season to help lead the Pirates to the Mission Conference
Central Division co-championship.
"I felt it was the best opportunity for me to get ahead in life," said
Fane, who played at Mater Dei High. "Academically, the school is one of
the best on the west coast. The football program is headed in the right
direction and the facilities are second to none."
Fane becomes the 15th member of last fall's championship team to
finalize his transfer plans, joining Manny Adams (Portland State, Vance
Babin (Cal State Northridge), Justin Blackard (Arkansas State), Thomas
Cornejo (Chapman), Justin Dale (Southwest Missouri State), Dustin Davis
(West Virginia Wesleyan), James Dawkins (Florida A&M), Adam Fisher
(Portland State), Ben Fredrickson (Missouri), Eddie Johnson (Idaho
State), Anthony Knutson (Liberty), Johnnie Peeples (Montana), Justin
Simmons (Texas A&M-Commerce) and Anthony Valanos (University of San
Diego).
