Posted: Dec 05, 2016
Sophomore Vida Faniel has been playing well as of late for the VC men's basketball team. In the past four games, Vida has averaged 11.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game while shooting 56.7 percent from the floor and 84.6 percent from the free throw line. On Friday in his return to his hometown, the Knight High School product from Palmdale was 9-13 from the floor en route to 19 points with 11 rebounds in the Pirates' victory over Mira Costa in the Antelope Valley Tournament. Vida has been named this week's VC Pirate Student Athlete of the Week proudly sponsored by Snapper Jack's Taco Shack.