St. Anthony High School has announced that they named Alicia Lemau’u as their boys and girls volleyball coach for the Saints.

Long Beach State head women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn has announced the 49ers’ schedule for the 2012-13 season. LBSU will host eight of its 12 non-conference games at the Walter Pyramid.

Long Beach State is hosting the Big West Conference Commissioner’s Cup once again after tallying the best point average during the 2011-12 season. The 49ers recorded a 140.0-point average, the highest average ever achieved by any school in the history of the Cup. It is the second consecutive cup and fourth overall for the Long Beach State program.

As we roll into June we have replaced our familiar Notes on My Napkin for notes on my calculator. Sort of a play on the numbers that seem to rule the life and times of Long Beach State.

Former Long Beach City College standout pitcher Lance Breedlove continued his impressive senior season at Purdue University and was recently named to the postseason All-Big Ten Conference second team.

Going into his sixth Long Beach Loser event, Justin Rudd has done something NBC’s reality show “The Biggest Loser” could never accomplish. That’s right; Justin’s Long Beach Losers’ competition has a much different, realistic platform for organized team weight loss. Justin challenges real people, with real lives, with no ranch, and all of life’s obstacles.

Long Beach City College sophomore starting pitcher Steven Gallardo (Hamilton HS) was recently named to the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association (CCCBCA) All-Southern California team after an impressive 2012 season for the Vikings. State and regional ostseason awards were announced at last weekend’s California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Baseball State Championship tournament in Bakersfield.

Long Beach City College sophomore Ashley Craddock and freshman Chris Graham closed out the 2012 season with top-nine state finishes at the 2012 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Track & Field Championships at Cerritos College on Saturday.

In golf, volleyball, tennis, basketball, softball, and most of the other items on the sporting menu in the athletic cafeterias of Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State this has been a 49er year, if not a 49er era. Baseball, well that is what’s up this weekend when old rivals heading in different directions settle it all between the white chalk of Blair Field.