AND SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN
LYDELL SARGEANT, the Penn State cornerback from Cabrillo, has been nominated by Lompoc Locker Room correspondent Scott Kennedy for consideration as the LLR Athlete of the Year. Sargeant starred all season as the Nittany Lions won the Big Ten title.
The senior cornerback picked off two key passes against Wisconsin and one, to end the game, against Ohio State, the latter the first Lion victory at Columbus in decades. Against Michigan State in the victory which clinched the Big Ten championship Sargeant made three tackles and an interception.
Sargeant was named to the Big Ten All-Conference second team by conference media. In the classroom he finished four years of classes six months early and graduates this month. Best of all Sargeant is the first Lompocan ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
He joins onetime Cabrillo teammate Vai Taua and Lompoc High wrestler/runner Masson Blow on the list of male nominees. On the female side Becca Ur, San Diego State water polo star, has been nominated. Cabrillo's 2008 girls water polo team and its coach Corey McIntyre have also been named.
Nominees will be accepted through December 10. Winners will be announced by the Locker Room's Blue Ribbon Panel beginning on December 20. Nominate your favorite by e-mailing pressboxprod@verizon.net
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