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E van Ehrenberg, who attended Harbor View Elementary, is headed off to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a full fellowship, where he will earn a doctorate in computational neuroscience. Here's the kicker: Evan is 16 years old, and it was just a couple of months ago that he graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor's of science in cognitive science with an emphasis in computational modeling. At age 11, Evan enrolled in Irvine Valley College, where he graduated with an associate's degree at 14. He was the youngest graduate in the history of the college.

Tony Altobelli COSTA MESA - Forward Andres Morgante, whose two goals propelled the Vanguard University men's soccer team to a 3-1 win over Cal Baptist, was named the Lions' Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 9-14. Morgante, a junior transfer from Irvine Valley College, broke a 1-1 tie with the Lancers 12 minutes into the second half and added later added an insurance goal to give the Lions a crucial Golden State Athletic Conference victory. Morgante has three goals and an assist this season and is third on the Lions' squad in total scoring.

COSTA MESA -- Five players scored in double figures for Orange Coast College on the way to an 86-83 victory over Irvine Valley College in Orange Empire Conference men's basketball Friday night. Steven Cornett scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Pirates (18-7, 5-0), ranked No. 7 in Southern California and No. 14 in the state. OCC had to hold off a surging Irvine Valley (15-11, 4-1) team in the second half. The Lasers scored 53 points after halftime. Reggie Brown hit four three-pointers and scored 12 points for the Pirates.

IRVINE - Orange Coast College freshman Cynthia Tran swept to the state badminton singles crown and also teamed with Rosie Pham to to win the state doubles title Saturday at Irvine Valley College. Tran, the top seed, defeated Phyrun Than from El Camino, 11-3, 11-2, in the title match, after besting San Diego Mesa's Katsue Takahashi, 11-5, 11-2, in the semifinals. Tran and Pham earned a 15-7, 15-1 win over Takahashi and Rachelle Manzano in the title match, after eliminating Christine Lee and Diana Chuang from De Anza in one semifinal.

ANTEATER STADIUM -- UC Irvine men's soccer coach George Kuntz has announced the signing of 11 student-athletes to national letters of intent. Nine of the incoming players are from the high school ranks and two, midfielders Lee Berry and Agustin Neuspiller, are from Irvine Valley College. Among the freshmen are forwards Kyle Close (Elk Grove-Sheldon), Sean Iliff (Fountain Valley) and Dan La Rocque (Alta Loma), defenders Cameron Dunn (Alta Loma) and Sergio Rivera (Dana Hills)

People who are suspicious of Coast Community College Trustee Armando Ruiz' retirement plans certainly have good reason. Because of a quirk in state law, if Ruiz retires from his trusteeship the same day he retires from his counseling job at Irvine Valley College -- Oct. 31 -- he could receive an elevated pension from the Coast district of almost $55,000 a year. Combined with the pension from his service at Irvine Valley College, he could collect a total annual pension of about $120,000 -- all because he potentially could retire the same day. That's right, the law condones this double-dip.

Joseph Boo IRVINE - Friday was one of those days where staying in bed would have been best for Orange Coast College's mens basketball team. Instead, it traveled to Irvine Valley College and lost in a listless performance, 104-75, in an Orange Empire Conference game. "For me, it was disappointing that we did not come out with the proper intensity in the first half," OCC Coach Mark Hill said. The game went downhill from the start for OCC. The Pirates (12-7, 1-3 in conference)

A memorial service for the late former UC Irvine men’s basketball coach Bill Mulligan is planned for Feb. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Bren Events Center on the UCI campus. Mulligan, who died Tuesday at the age of 79, was the Anteaters’ head coach from 1980 through 1991 and won 163 games in his tenure. He also had head-coaching stops at Long Beach Poly High, Riverside Community College, Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College. In lieu of flowers, the family is accepting donations for the continuous needs of the disabled, Brian Mulligan, Bill’s son, said.

Jason Dietrich has been added to the UC Irvine baseball staff as director of baseball operations, the school announced. Dietrich was pitching coach and recruiting coordinator last season at Cal State Los Angeles, where he worked under then-head coach Pat Shine, now the UCI associate head coach under Mike Gillespie. Dietrich helped the Golden Eagles win the Division II West Regional championship and finish 45-15-1. Dietrich was the pitching coach at Irvine Valley College from 2003-06, where he helped the Lasers advance to the 2005 Super Regionals.

Former Newport Harbor High libero Sean Grubbs has committed to Pepperdine, where he will play volleyball in the upcoming season. Grubbs, who graduated from Newport Harbor in 2006, spent one year at Irvine Valley College, where he played in all 79 games and averaged 2.54 digs per game in the Lasers' championship season this year. Irvine Valley won the Pacific Coast Conference title and the state championship, in which Grubbs had a team-high 10 digs. He finished with a season-high 18 digs in IVC's five-game state tournament semifinal win over Pierce.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UC Irvine 62, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 60 SAN LUIS OBISPO - Senior Kassandra McCalister had 16 points and junior Anete Kintsone added 16 to lead the visiting Anteaters in the Big West Conference game Saturday. It was UCI's fourth straight win, all against conference competition. Senior Kiara Belen had nine points and five rebounds, while Klintsone chipped in six rebounds to help UCI improve to 8-10, 4-2 in conference. Jacqueline Marshall made a 14-foot jumper to break a 59-59 tie for UCI with 19 seconds left and, after a Cal Poly free throw, Kelly Meggs made one free throw to finalize the scoring with six seconds left.

Player turnover is fast and furious at the junior college level, but Irvine Valley College men's soccer Coach Martin McGrogan doesn't seem to accept the notion of a "rebuilding" year. McGrogan was the program's first coach in 1990, and since then the team has had just three losing seasons, winning one national title and two state titles and was runner-up in the state once. McGrogan, though, deflects praise and gives thanks to the athletes in the Irvine and surrounding areas. "We've been really lucky the past 20 years, we've been fairly consistent," he said.

When entrepreneur Rana Sabeh couldn't find available vendor space to showcase her discount natural products business, she decided to create her own alternative "green" market. The Orange County Green Market debuts Aug. 6 at the Irvine Valley College. Everything from eco-friendly cleaning supplies and services, repurposed accessories, natural skin care products and Sabeh's own business, Healthy Bargains, will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays in the college's parking lot. "I figured that if I'm an eco-friendly vendor trying to get out on the market and I can't, then there must be others like me who are also having a hard time," Sabeh, a Huntington Beach resident, said of her decision to launch the market.

Baseball in Alaska seems to make as much sense as snowboarding in the Bahamas, but don't tell that to Tony Cappuccilli. Cappuccilli is the head coach of the Anchorage Bucs, a collegiate summer league team that plays in the Alaska Baseball League, recognized as one of the top summer leagues in the country. It's a summer job for Cappuccilli, who will return to Irvine after the season and resume his job as assistant baseball coach for Irvine Valley College. Cappuccilli, 30, just finished his second season at IVC and he plans to be there for a few more years, but he isn't the type to sit still for long.

E van Ehrenberg, who attended Harbor View Elementary, is headed off to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a full fellowship, where he will earn a doctorate in computational neuroscience. Here's the kicker: Evan is 16 years old, and it was just a couple of months ago that he graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor's of science in cognitive science with an emphasis in computational modeling. At age 11, Evan enrolled in Irvine Valley College, where he graduated with an associate's degree at 14. He was the youngest graduate in the history of the college.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL UC Irvine def. Pacific IRVINE — Sophomore Carson Clark led all players with 14 kills and two service aces to lead the No. 8-ranked Anteaters to a 30-17, 30-25, 30-27 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation win at Crawford Court Friday. UCI improved to 15-13, 10-11 in the MPSF. The Anteaters’ MPSF tournament berth is still undecided as UC Santa Barbara defeated Hawaii Friday to remain one victory behind UCI heading into the final contest tonight.

A memorial service for the late former UC Irvine men’s basketball coach Bill Mulligan is planned for Feb. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Bren Events Center on the UCI campus. Mulligan, who died Tuesday at the age of 79, was the Anteaters’ head coach from 1980 through 1991 and won 163 games in his tenure. He also had head-coaching stops at Long Beach Poly High, Riverside Community College, Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College. In lieu of flowers, the family is accepting donations for the continuous needs of the disabled, Brian Mulligan, Bill’s son, said.

Bill Mulligan, who brought national acclaim to the UC Irvine men’s basketball program in the 1980s, passed away Tuesday at the age of 79. He would have turned 80 next month. Mulligan served 11 seasons (1980-91) as UCI’s head coach, compiling a 40-17 record in his first two seasons. His first Anteater team in 1980-81 led the nation in scoring at 86.4 points per game and his 1981-82 squad that finished 23-7 overall ranked No. 1 in the country in field-goal percentage at 56.1%.

COSTA MESA — The Irvine Valley College men’s volleyball team took a bite out of Pacific Coast Conference rival Orange Coast Wednesday night. But not before — and Lasers coaches said afterward, perhaps not unless — 5-foot-9 freshman outside hitter Brandon Directo took a bite out of the host Pirates’ floor while diving for a ball beyond the end line near the end of OCC’s Game 2 victory that put them on the verge of a sweep. Instead, IVC, which had earlier drawn motivation from freshman middle blocker Corey Brophy quickly returning to the match after dislocating his left pinkie finger, seemed to respond when Directo, whose post-match grin revealed a vacant arch in his two chipped front teeth, shook off the injury and returned quickly to the court.