academic offerings, administration and classroom buildings, an emergency medical care laboratory facility, an indoor firing range, a large multipurpose building, a state-of-the-art scenario training village, and a driving instruction area with skid pad. Athletics Santa Rosa Junior College is home to the Bear Cubs. They are part of the Big 8 Athletic Conference and are usually contenders in most junior college playoff games. They are well known for their football, baseball, soccer and wrestling programs. They have a long time rivalry with the Sacramento City College Panthers. The Santa Rosa Junior College also has a very well known and successful Ice Hockey Program known as the Santa Rosa Junior College Polar Bears. Although the Ice Hockey team is a club sport the team has been nationally ranked in 2009-2010 and 2011-12. There are athletic organizations including Judo, Rugby, Cheerleading and Beach Volleyball. Baseball The baseball team won the state championship in 2016, placing second to Grossmont College in a seven-game championship series in 2017. Speech and debate SRJC Forensics, the speech & debate team, earned the #1 national ranking among two-year colleges in 2016. Led by Mark Nelson and Hal Sanford, the team ranked for five years (2012-2017) within the top six teams in the nation. Notable alumni Jacob Appelbaum, journalist, computer security researcher, hacker Donna Boutelle, historian Sheana Davis, chef and cheesemaker Gary Friedman, co-CEO and chairman of Restoration Hardware Adam Froman, American football player Jonny Gomes, professional baseball player Tyson Griffin, wrestler, Mixed Martial Artist Gaye LeBaron, newspaper columnist, author, local historian Michael Kearney, former child prodigy Ben McKee, bassist for Imagine Dragons Brandon Poulson, professional baseball player Brande Roderick, model and actress Gabbi Tuft, trans woman who was formerly a professional wrestler under the ring name Tyler Reks Jason Verrett, National Football League cornerback Notable faculty Edward Von der Porten (1933-2018) early nautical archaeologist; expert on Sir Francis Drake's visit to New Albion in 1579; expert in early Chinese export porcelains; author on the German Navy in WW II, Francis Drake and Chinese porcelains. Led efforts leading to the Drakes Bay National Historic and Archeological National Historic Landmark in 2012. References External links Official website California Community Colleges Educational institutions established in 1918 Universities and colleges in Sonoma County, California Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Schools in Santa Rosa, California Petaluma, California 1918 establishments in California