In the list just released by the Southern California Football Association, the Pirate football team had 12 players named to the SCFA Scholar Athlete team for the 2014 season. Ventura's 12 honorees tops all football schools in the region. Offensive lineman Robert Lane leads the Pirates academically with a 3.54 grade point average for the fall semester.
Students are selected to the SCFA Scholar Athlete team by the following criteria:
1. Participation as an active member of a SCFA football team, with two seasons of participation at the collegiate level, or until forced out of competition by season-ending injury.
2. Successful completion of a minimum 36 units-27 of which must be in academic (non-PE or sport activity) courses.
3. Achievement of a minimum 3.0 (B) overall grade point average.
Ventura College honorees for 2014 are Aaron Lacombe (3.18), Benito Moran (3.27), Chet Sterling (3.07), Christian McNair (3.08), Devan Lesley (3.00), Domenic DiPaolo (3.26), Leo Camacho (3.35), Robert Lane (3.54), Dylan Boyce (3.12), Matt Singleton (3.09), Juan Soto (3.02), Aaron Stanton (3.03).
The Pirates won the 2014 Northern Conference championship, advancing to the SoCal Regional Playoffs for the second time in three years. VC played in their fourth straight bowl game. They have had 23 players commit to playing at the four-year level so far this signing period with more signings to come. In the five-year tenure of head coach Steve Mooshagian, 101 players have matriculated to four-year schools.