THE MASTER'S COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: BERRY GROWS INTO AD POST NEW HEAD OF THE MASTER'S ATHLETICS ACCEPTS CHALLENGE.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer NEWHALL - Paul Berry For the stop motion animator, see . Paul Berry, (born June 3, 1976) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician. Paul Berry was born in Craigavon, County Armagh, and brought up in Tandragee, where he was educated at local state schools and colleges, following which he was knows both ends of the athletic department spectrum. When Berry was named athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic at Christian Heritage Christian Heritage can refer to:
Which is why Berry will hardly be spoiled at his new position at The Master's College History The Master's College was founded as Los Angeles Baptist Theological Seminary on May 25, 1927 to meet the need for a fundamental Baptist school on the West Coast. , an established athletics power in the NAIA NAIA abbr. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes with nationally ranked programs such as men's basketball, women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. , baseball and men's soccer. Berry, helped by dedicated fund-=raising by school administrators and the athletes themselves, methodically built a solid athletic department at Christian Heritage, adding teams in women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's basketball, cross country and finally women's soccer during his last year. ``I feel good about leaving my situation here,'' Berry said from Christian Heritage on Wednesday. ``The athletic program here is in very good shape; that's because we've had some dedicated coaches and athletes who worked hard throughout.'' Berry felt comfortable at Christian Heritage and wouldn't have minded staying for an additional 10 years. ``San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. is a nice place to retire in,'' Berry said. But when Mustangs men's basketball coach Bill Oates decided to step down from his dual position at athletic director, Berry couldn't pass up the offer. ``I talked about doing something like this in 10 years,'' Berry said of an AD position at The Master's, where he used to work in the admissions office. His son Matt is a senior pitcher on the baseball team. ``To me, this is a new challenge that I feel I'm ready for. It's such a great opportunity.'' He'll miss his job at Christian Heritage, which has a student body of roughly 600 but has won five National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association championships, three in men's basketball and two more in women's volleyball. Berry is leaving his school on the highest of notes. The Hawks' men's basketball team was the feel-good story at the NAIA National Tournament. Seeded 16th in the 32-team field, Christian Heritage advanced to the semifinals before falling to eventual runnerup Science and Arts of Oklahoma 99-88. The Tulsa, Okla., fans adopted Christian Heritage as one of their favorites throughout the tournament. ``They were rooting for our kids the entire tournament,'' Berry said. ``Our players conducted themselves in the most sportsmanlike manner. It really culminated my time at Christian Heritage.'' --Workhorse: Matt Berry was expected to be a strong pitcher for the baseball team when the ex-Mustang transferred back to The Master's from Texas A&M. The Division I experience he gained at the Big 12 Conference school is evident in his current statistics. Berry leads the Mustangs in most statistical categories, including innings pitched (80 1/3), strikeouts (74), earned run average earned run average n. Baseball Abbr. ERA A measure of a pitcher's performance obtained by dividing the total of earned runs allowed by the total of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Noun 1. (2.80) and saves (two, shared with Eric Glenn). The Mustangs, who played host to Vanguard University on Thursday afternoon, have been led offensively by first baseman Brandon Tisher, hitting .377 with four homers and 19 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in . Outfielder Andy Salazar leads the team with six home runs and 30 RBI while hitting .347. Jeremy Griffin is hitting .326 with 20 RBI and Luke Kollmann is at .353 with 17 RBI. Senior shortstop Ty Sager, bothered by a dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. finger throughout the year, has managed to bat .376 with 13 RBI in 109 at-bats. --Golf results: Mustangs freshman Ryan Higton finished second in the individual competition at the NAIA Region II Championships at Ford Ord on Monday and Tuesday. Higton finished with a 9-over-par 225 (72-76-77) and was selected to the All-Region II team. The Mustangs placed fourth in the tournament as a team at 938, trailing champion Cal State San Marcos (901), Point Loma Nazarene University (912) and Cal State Monterey Bay (923). CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Master's senior shortstop Ty Sager, left, is batting .376 with 13 RBI despite playing with a dislocated finger throughout the year. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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