Fowlkes Might Wave Himself to Fresno

A month ago, forward Tremaine Fowlkes reportedly was set on transferring to Pepperdine if he was released from his basketball scholarship at California.

Now, according to a Cal administrator, Fowlkes is more likely to transfer to Fresno State after winning an appeal Monday before a university committee to be released from his scholarship. The Cal athletic department initially denied his request.

Jack Citrin, faculty representative for the Cal athletic department, said Fowlkes told the committee that he was interested in several schools, including Pepperdine.

“But, if I were a betting man, I’d say Fresno State is more likely,” Citrin said.

Fowlkes, a 6-foot-7 sophomore, is said to have arranged a recruiting trip to Fresno State. As of Tuesday, Pepperdine Coach Lorenzo Romar had not heard from him.

Tennis

Pepperdine continued its dominance in West Coast Conference tennis last weekend as the men’s and women’s teams each extended winning streaks at conference tournaments.

The Pepperdine men, ranked eighth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Assn. poll, breezed to its sixth consecutive WCC tournament championship. The Waves (19-6) defeated host San Diego, 5-1, in the final Sunday after defeating Loyola Marymount and Portland by 6-0 scores in the first two rounds.

At St. Mary’s, the Pepperdine women won their ninth consecutive WCC tournament title with a 5-1 victory over San Diego in the final. The 13th-ranked Waves (16-7) defeated Gonzaga and St. Mary’s in the opening rounds.

Pepperdine will host the women’s NCAA West Regional championships starting Friday. Eight teams will compete in the three-day, single-elimination event.

Track and Field

Will Bernaldo of Nordhoff High, a finalist in the national cross-country championships in December, has signed with Cal State Northridge.

Bernaldo, who won the 1,600 meters in the Ventura County championships Friday, is the first national cross-country finalist signed by Northridge.

Fencing

Five members of Masque De Fer, the Chaminade High fencing club, qualified for the U.S. National Fencing Assn. championships in the under-19 division by placing among the leaders in men’s foil and epee weapons last week at the Junior Pacific Coast Section championships at Chaminade.

Brook Schaaf, Juan Capdet III and Isaac Di Ianni qualified for the nationals in foil, and Di Ianni, Schaaf, Dom Yarnell and Conrad Olmedo qualified in epee. Chaminade was presented with the Perpetual Trophy for the team compiling the most points in under-19 weapons.

Cameron Hill of Harvard-Westlake, competing for the Gascon club of Southern California, qualified for the nationals in under-19 epee. The nationals are June 8-16 in Cincinnati.

Volleyball

Opposite hitter Raoul Williams of L.A. University High has signed to play for the Cal State Northridge men’s team.

Williams was the 1994 City Section 4-A Division player of the year as a sophomore.

Middle blocker Warren Berky of Harvard-Westlake High has committed to play at California.

Gergana Dimitrova, a 6-foot-4 middle blocker from Bulgaria and Southern Idaho College, has signed to play for the Cal State Northridge women’s team.

Baseball

Oxnard College shortstop Jess Olivares has committed to play at Texas Tech.

Basketball

Forward Michelle Greco of Crescenta Valley High and center Jason Collins of Harvard-Westlake were named All-Americans in their respective grades by Student Sports magazine.

Greco, a sophomore forward, averaged 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds and led the Falcons to a 28-2 record and the Southern Section Division I-A semifinals. She was a section Division I first-team selection.

Collins, a junior, averaged 18.2 points and led the Wolverines to the Division III state championship. He was named Valley-area player of the year by The Times.

Valley College guard Valery Brady has signed to play for Azusa Pacific. Brady is a two-time All-Western State Conference player.

Miscellany

Debbie Chan of Santa Clara High and Carly Kloeris of Oxnard High have qualified to compete in the taekwondo trials at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Chan is trying to qualify for the world junior taekwondo championships, and Kloeris is seeking to compete in the Olympic trials.

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Contributing: Mike Bresnahan, Fernando Dominguez, Darrin Esper, Rob Fernas, John Ortega, Bryan Rodgers.