Two Top Ranked Teams Head to U.S. Bank Beach Bowl; Game Pits the Mt. San Jacinto College Eagles Against the Saddleback College Gouchos.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- The Mt. San Jacinto College San Jacinto College is a community college system in the Greater Houston area in the U.S. state of Texas. Its administration office is located in Pasadena. History Eagles will battle the Saddleback College Academics Saddleback College offers a wide range of programs in Advanced Technology and Applied Sciences, including courses in Aviation, Marine Science, Computer Science and Fashion Design. The academics are closely linked to Irvine Valley College, also part of the SOCCCD. Gouchos in the sixth annual U.S. Bank Beach Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. at Santa Monica College's Corsair corsair: see Barbary States; piracy. stadium. The game features two teams coming off extremely successful seasons, both ranked in the top 15 in the California Community College Football Poll for Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Mt. San Jacinto College representing the Foothill Conference completed an 8-2 campaign, earning Southern California's 11th place ranking and a match-up with the 12th ranked Saddleback College Gouchos. Saddleback College, representing the Orange Empire Conference, finished 6-4 on the season. The U.S. Bank Beach Bowl became part of the California Community College bowl series in 2000 when Santa Monica College Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately defeated Citrus College in the inaugural game. The game's success continued in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 with victories by Glendale College, LA Harbor College, Fullerton College and Moorpark College. U.S. Bank's assistance and support was integral to the sanctioning of the bowl game. U.S. Bank greatly increased its support of the California Community Colleges in 2005, becoming the official Financial Services Provider of the California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics. "We are very grateful that U.S. Bank continues to sponsor this bowl game which means a lot to our school and community college football. We deeply appreciate our year-round partnership with U.S. Bank in putting together what should be another incredibly exciting game," said Dr. Rhonda Hyatt, Santa Monica athletic director and game organizer. U.S. Bank is continuing its support of Santa Monica and the entire Los Angeles and Orange County areas, where it has contributed more than $625,000 in grants during 2005. U.S. Bancorp (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ), with $207 billion in assets, is the 6th largest financial holding company in the United States. The company operates 2,411 banking offices and 4,999 ATMs in 24 states, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. U.S. Bancorp is home of the Five Star Service Guarantee in which the company pays customers if certain key banking benefits and services are not met. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at usbank.com. |
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