Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Marymount College and Soka University will join the California Pacific Conference for the 2012-13 season, Commissioner Don Ott announced today. The move expands the Cal Pac into two new geographic regions and brings the number of members to nine for the next academic year.

Holy Names University men's basketball coach Omar Sanchez announced his first signing for the 2012-2013 recruiting season in Sacramento, California native Carl Dorn

CSU Maritime Academy senior Alexsis Brown averaged a double-double, in points and rebounds, in two California Pacific Conference games for the Keelhaulers and was selected as the California Pacific Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the dates of January 16^th through 22^nd, 2012.

University of California Merced junior Aki Chambers averaged 21.6 points a game in three games last week for the Golden Bobcats and was selected as the California Pacific Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the dates of January 16^th through 22^nd, 2012.

Coaches from around the California Pacific Conference are participating in the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend, a collaborative initiative of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society. The event is slated for Saturday January 28^th, 2012.