Ventura College alumnus and Hall of Fame inductee Cedric Ceballos '88 has been named a Vice President for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, the former Pirate announced on Instagram Monday. The 14-year veteran will continue with his duties on Fox Sports Southwest as a co-host for the network's broadcasts of Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans broadcasts.
I am happy to announce that I have accepted a Vice President position with the @nba dallasmavs I want to thank my family for their sacrifices to allow me to chase my dreams. I love you.… https://t.co/ddoJd4xiKW
— Cedric Ceballos (@cedceballos) February 25, 2019
"I am happy to announce that I have accepted a Vice President position with the @nba @dallasmavs I want to thank my family for their sacrifices to allow me to chase my dreams. I love you. Thank you @mcuban and @cyntgm for this wonderful opportunity, I will not let you down. I will still up hold my duties @foxsportssw Thank you to everyone who has help molded me from a skinny kid from Cali, to where I am now, I promise you I wouldn't stop. Kids, keep dreaming those krazy dreams, stay humble, work hard, come early, stay late and open up your door and let GOD in. #GoMavs#NuffCed"
A product of Dominguez High School in Compton, Ceballos came to Ventura College in the fall of 1986 to play for Hall of Fame coach Phil Mathews. Ceballos helped lead the Pirates to the 1987 state championship as a freshman. He completed his career at VC as the program's career scoring leader with 1,609 points. He was also No. 1 in career free throws with 304 and No. 5 in rebounding with 665. He also established the single season scoring record of 906 points, averaging 28.3 points per game during the 1987-88 season.
After two highly successful seasons at Cal State Fullerton, he was drafted by the NBA's Phoenix Suns and played 14 seasons in the league for the Suns, the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas, Detroit and Miami. Cedric was a member of Ventura College's inaugural Hall of Fame class in 2007.