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The football team was forced to forfeit three games from the 2011 season when it was discovered that an ineligible player was on the Citrus College roster.
The violation cost the Owls the Central West Conference title and a shot at playoffs.
"It's unfortunate that one kid lied about eligibility," head coach Ron Ponciano said.
"We would have won league, but this disqualified us from that."
"The student gave out false information on the form 1 Student Eligibility report," Ponciano said. He violated the form's section 2, which requires any athlete to report any competition in a scheduled game in any institution above the high school level during a sports season.
The Citrus team would have finished the fall 2011 season with a record of 6-4 overall and 4-1 in conference, but factoring in the three-game penalty, including a conference win over L.A. Harbor, the Owl's official record is 3-7 overall and 3-2 in conference.
The ineligible player, whose identity has not been revealed, previously played college ball out of state and had already completed his two years of athletic eligibility limit.
On Oct. 29, in a game against L.A. Harbor, a coach from the other team recognized the player and immediately notified Ponciano.
The Citrus College athletic department contacted the Southern California Football Association to acknowledge the error. The athletic department's official statement read, "As a result of misrepresented athletic status by one of our student athletes, we played an ineligible player in several of our football games."
Citrus informed the Commissioner of the SCFA Jim Satoris that one of its players was ineligible.
"Most schools won't do that," he said.
Before students can participate on a community college sports team, they must fill out form 1 of student eligibility. Form 1 is a contract students sign agreeing to the terms of participation in community college athletics. One of those terms includes maintaining a GPA of 2.0. In addition, Citrus recommends, but does not require, it's students send transcripts from previous high schools or colleges.
In this case, the student left some of the form 1 information blank.
"The coaches and I review their paperwork before sending it to the eligibility clerk," Citrus College dean of athletics Jody Wise said. "The information Citrus athletes provide the school is voluntary."
Even though campus officials might not have been able to detect or prevent the incident, the ineligible player's actions cost his teammates and coaches the chance to play in a bowl game.
However, he will not face any further disciplinary actions from the administration.
Owls safety David Metcalf said he "was mad at the situation. It is what it is, but that doesn't take away from our good performance this season."
At the conclusion of fall 2011, 12 Citrus players were named to the All-West conference team.
Seven of the 12 earned first team honors, four from the offensive side, including running back Ricky Johnson, quarterback Blake Loncar and two offensive linemen Dylan Golightly and Byron Smith.
The offensive squad averaged 389.9 yards per game and scored 26 points per game.
Defensive player Rodney Fredrick-Mathews emerged as top defensive back, as he led Citrus with six interceptions and blocked two kicks on special teams.
Jesse Illi earned first team honors as well and is the first in Citrus history to do it twice. Illi finished the season with 60 tackles, 3.5 for a loss, one sack, three-break ups, and nine hurries.