who went on to play for the University of Nevada, was named California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) first team All-State after the 2004–05 season. That season he led the CCCAA in blocks, averaging 5.2 per game, and was named Bay Valley Conference MVP. The DVC Viking men's lacrosse program was the first junior college club in California, forming in 2008. In 2013, DVC won the California Junior College Lacrosse Association (CJCLA) championship. College newspaper The Inquirer, the college's student-run newspaper, is produced on campus by the Journalism 126 class. The newspaper was forced to produce its paper off-site at the Contra Costa Times newsroom when a bomb-threat on October 24, 2006, closed the campus and access to the newsroom was restricted. The Inquirer won General Excellence awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012. The newspaper also won a Pacesetter award from JACC in 1999. Sponsors The student union at DVC is named for Margaret Lesher, widow of Dean Lesher, founder of the Contra Costa Times and cofounder of the Margaret and Dean Lesher Foundation. Notable alumni In addition to the athletes named above, notable alumni of Diablo Valley include: Lauren Beck, film producer Daniel James Brown, author of Under a Flaming Sky and The Boys in the Boat Kyle Gass, member of Tenacious D John Gesek, former NFL player Dennis Havrilla, former IFL player Eva Marie, model and WWE diva Willie McGee, former Major League Baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Boston Red Sox and 1985 National League MVP George Miller, former U.S. Congressman Ron Turner, former NFL coach Matt Overton, Jacksonville Jaguars long snapper Katharine Ross, actress Robert Scott, true crime author Julie Strain, model and actress De'Ondre Wesley, former NFL player Timothy P. White, the former chancellor of the University of California, Riverside and seventh chancellor of the California State University system Greg Wilson, former CFL player References External links California Community Colleges Universities and colleges in Contra Costa County, California Educational institutions established in 1949 Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges 1949 establishments in California Pleasant Hill, California