Sacramento City College (SCC) is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California. SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had an enrollment of 25,307 in 2009. Sacramento City College is officially accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), offering Associate in Science (A.S) and Associate in Art (A.A.) degrees. It is located at the intersection of Freeport Boulevard and Sutterville Road in Sacramento, California.
Founded in 1916 as a department of Sacramento High School, Sacramento City College is the seventh oldest public community college in California and the oldest institution of higher learning in Sacramento.
In 1922, the citizens of Sacramento organized a junior college district, effectively granting Sacramento Junior College its administrative independence from Sacramento High School. This plan of organization remained in force until 1936, when the college became a part of the Sacramento City Unified School District.
Twenty-eight years later, as a result of a March 17, 1964 election, Sacramento City College separated from the Sacramento City Unified School District to join the newly organized Los Rios Junior College District, which took over the operation of American River College and Sacramento City College. Los Rios paid the total of $1.00 for the 75-acre (300,000 m2) Sacramento City College Campus. In October 1967, the Sacramento Pop Festival was held at the main campus' Charles C. Hughes Stadium. In 1970, the newly renamed Los Rios Community College District opened a third campus, Cosumnes River College. Folsom Lake College has recently been added to the district.
The Sacramento City College yearbook was called the Pioneer when initially published in the 1920s. The format changed in the early 1970s, and it was discontinued by 1980. The school newspaper-originally named "the Blotter" in the 1920s—would be called "The Pony Express" for several decades. It is now called "the Express."
There are over 50 student clubs and groups on campus, although there are no official fraternities or sororities. The campus does not offer any dorms.
The Sacramento City College Panthers are members of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), and the Big 8 Conference. SCC fields 18 teams, including 10 women's teams and 8 men's teams. The baseball program has demonstrated the most consistent success with 37 league titles, 5 state titles, and 1 national title. On the women's side, the track and field team won 3 straight state titles (2003, 2004, 2005), while the softball program won 4 state titles between 1988 and 2004. Sac City's athletic alumni have competed in the Olympic Games, the World Series, the NFL playoffs, and a world championship boxing match. Several of its coaches (and former coaches) have coached or served in administrative positions on a national and international level, including the Olympic Games, the NFL, and Major League Baseball.
The fight song for Sacramento City College is to the tune of "Go Tigers Go" performed by the University of Memphis Marching Band. The only difference between the two is some of the wording in the lyrics.
Bergen Williams (1983-1984) - Filmmaker, inventor, artist, Donna Juana, strategist/script doctor/writer and actress (currently plays Big Alice on ABC'S General Hospital)
Michael James Adams – aviator and NASA astronaut
Faith Bromberg – artist
Herb Caen – former "items" columnist for the school newspaper went on to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
Samuel Charters – writer on music and record producer
Jessica Chastain – Academy Award-nominated actress
Ray Eames – American artist, designer, architect and filmmaker
Kurt Edward Fishback – photographer
Sasha Grey – actress and adult film star
Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson – founder of Shakey's Pizza Parlor chain
Mel Ramos – artist
Wes Wilson – rock poster artist
Nguyen Do – poet, editor and translator
Kiyo Sato – Japanese concentration camp survivor, author, speaker
Malachi Davis – ran in the 400-meter and 4x400-meter at the 2004 Summer Olympics for the United Kingdom team
Neil Estaris – two-time Junior Pan American Championships karate silver medalist (1999, 2000), as well as the 2002 AAU national champion (18-year-old division) as a light heavyweight
Rich Hanna – 1994 US 100 km National Champion, 2001 World 100 km Ultramarathon silver medalist, and named Ultramarathon Magazine's 2001 Men's North American Ultrarunner of the year, co-author of The Ultimate Guide to Marathons (paperback 1998)
Henry Hines – 2 time NCAA champion long jumper, as well as a 3-time professional world champion
Vince Howell – professional long-drive competitor
Sheila Hudson – 1996 Olympian and former world record holder in the triple jump
Lyndsey Klein – second baseman for the 2002 U.S. national softball team which placed first at the World Championships, and was an all-American for the 1999 UCLA national championship team
Tommy Kono – three-time medalist in weightlifting in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics
Jeff Kubiak – 1987 Pan-Am Games gold medalist in the 200m breaststroke
Albert Miller – 3 time Olympian (1984, 1988, and 1992) in the decathlon for Fiji
Tom Moore – world record holder in the 120 yard high hurdles in 1935, US national champion in the 400m hurdles in 1935, and member of the National Track & Field Hall of Fame
Jamie Nieto – finished 4th in the high jump in the 2004 Summer Olympics
Lou Nova – heavyweight boxer who was the 1935 amateur world champion, and fought Joe Louis in 1941
Roger "Jack" Parker – bronze medalist in the decathlon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Pete Peletta – coached the USF Dons to 3 NCAA basketball tournament appearances in 6 seasons between 1960 and 1966
Bill Putnam – a basketball all-American at UCLA in 1945
Chenita Rogers – a 2-time first team all-American as an outfielder for Cal State-Fullerton in the 1980s.
Edwin Salisbury – was the stroke for the 1932 gold medal-winning men's rowing eights team that was later inducted into the National Rowing Foundation's Rowing Hall of Fame
Mike Sayers – member of the BMC pro cycling team
Scott Smith – professional mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC
John "Jack" Stack – won a gold medal in the men's rowing eights at the 1948 Olympic Games
George Stanich – bronze medalist in the high jump in the 1948 Summer Olympics, as well as John Wooden's first all-American basketball player at UCLA
John Stanich – guard on the 1950 U.S. national basketball team which placed second at the 1950 FIBA World Championship, where he was the only American on the all-tournament team
Facundo Cuno Barragan – former MLB catcher
Dave Berg – seven-year MLB infielder
Adam Bernero – former MLB pitcher
Joe Bitker – former MLB pitcher
Jeff Blauser – 13-year MLB shortstop with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs
Chris Bosio – 10-year MLB pitcher with the Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners
Larry Bowa – former MLB shortstop and current Los Angeles Dodgers third-base coach
Kevin Brown – former MLB pitcher
Jim Bowie – former MLB first baseman and current hitting coach for the Fresno Grizzlies
Rob Cooper – College baseball coach at Wright State and Penn State
Trace Coquillette – former MLB infielder
Ken Dowell – former MLB shortstop
Bob Forsch – former MLB pitcher
Ken Forsch – former MLB pitcher
La Vel Freeman – former MLB designated hitter
Joe Horgan – former MLB pitcher
Ken Hottman – former MLB outfielder
John Spider Jorgensen – former MLB infielder
Buck Martinez – 17-year MLB catcher
Darrell May – former MLB pitcher
Jason McDonald – former MLB outfielder
John McNamara – former MLB manager
Marcus Moore – former MLB pitcher
Dave Moraga – former MLB pitcher
Jerry Nielsen – former MLB pitcher
Mike Neu – former MLB pitcher and current Diablo Valley College head coach
Geno Petralli – 12-year MLB catcher
R. J. Reynolds – eight-year MLB outfielder
Matt Riley – former MLB pitcher
Rich Rodas – former MLB pitcher
F. P. Santangelo – seven-year MLB player and an analyst on the San Francisco Giants pregame show on Fox Sports Net
Rick Schu – former MLB infielder
Joe Thurston – infielder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization
Greg Vaughn – four-time MLB All-Star outfielder
Randy Veres – former MLB pitcher
Fernando Viña – 12-year infielder for five MLB teams
Casey Weathers – member of the bronze medal winning 2008 Summer Olympics United States baseball team
Larry Wolfe – former MLB infielder
Charlie Zink – pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
Jeffrey Marquez- starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
Robert Awalt – seven-year NFL tight end
Isaac Booth – three-year NFL defensive back
Kevin Bowman – former NFL wide receiver
James Campen – seven-year NFL offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers, where he is currently an assistant coach.
Gene Cronin – seven-year NFL defensive lineman
Rick Cunningham – eight-year NFL lineman
Bobby Dawson – former Canadian Football League defensive back
Burt Delavan – two-year NFL lineman
Phil Goodman – wide receiver/linebacker for the Tri-Cities Fever of the af2
Kenny Graham – seven-year AFL/NFL defensive back
Johnny Jackson – lineman for the Tri-Cities Fever of the af2
Mike Jones – three-year NFL tight end
Stephen Jordan – former Canadian Football League defensive back who was the 1989 rookie of the year
David Kilson – former NFL defensive back
Derrick Lewis – former NFL and Arena Football League wide receiver
Carl Littlefield – former NFL running back
Stan Mataele – former NFL defensive lineman
Perry Schwartz – all-American end for UC Berkeley's undefeated "Thunder Team" in 1937 and a first team all-NFL end for Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940 and 1941 when he led the league in yards per catch
Phil Snow – linebackers coach for the Detroit Lions
Sean Thomas – former NFL defensive back
Alex Van Dyke – five-year NFL wide receiver, who also set NCAA receiving records while at the University of Nevada, Reno
Seneca Wallace – current quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL
Derek Ware – former NFL tight end and running back
Law and politics
Tani Cantil-Sakauye – 28th Chief Justice of California
John E. Moss – served in 13 Congresses of the United States House of Representatives and championed the Freedom of Information Act
Jeff Adachi – elected Public Defender of San Francisco, pension reform advocate, and a former candidate for Mayor of San Francisco.
Morrison C. England, Jr. - Chief United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California.