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PAC-10 HONORS YARDLEY

Newport Harbor High product George Yardley has been chosen by Stanford University to be inducted into the Pac-10 Hall of Honor.

Yardley, a former Stanford All-American, who went on to have an illustrious NBA career and earn induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, is one of 10 honorees — one from each conference school — who will be recognized during a ceremony at the Hall of Honor Banquet luncheon Tuesday at the Los Angeles Marriott.

Yardley averaged 12.3 points as a junior and 16.9 points as a senior for the Cardinal, for whom he was a walk-on.

He was a six-time All-Star in the NBA, leading the league in scoring in 1957-58 by averaging 27.8 points per game.

He averaged 19.2 points in seven NBA seasons.

Yardley, a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame, died Aug. 12, 2004, from Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

OCC ABOVE AVERAGE

Orange Coast College released the grade point averages for its athletic programs for the fall semester, and the combined GPA for 10 teams is 2.76.

The Pirates, who won two state championships, had two teams combined for GPAs above 3.0. The women’s volleyball team and the women’s cross country team won state crowns.

The highest combined GPA of 3.06 belonged to the Orange Coast women’s basketball team. Coach Mike Thornton’s Pirates won the Orange Empire Conference and finished the season 28-4.

The men’s water polo team, which had a 19-5 record, posted a 3.04 GPA for second best.

Here are how the rest of OCC’s teams faired: women’ soccer (2.95), women’s water polo (2.80), women’s volleyball (2.78), women’s cross country (2.71), men’s soccer (2.66), men’s basketball (2.60), men’s cross country (2.58) and football (2.41).