Golden West College

• Location: Huntington Beach, CA
• Nickname: Rustlers
• Conference: Orange Empire Conference
• Ballpark: Hoover Field
• State Championship appearances: 1982, 2016
• Conference Champions: 2004, 2015

The Rustlers of Golden West College lost the 2016 CCCAA Baseball Championship to Santa Rosa, their first ever appearance in the State championship game.

Notable Alumni

• John Altobelli, college coach
• Mark Barr, minor league pitcher
• Scott Boras, agent
• Jack Brohamer, infielder
• James Buccheri, minor league outfielder
• Bud Bulling, catcher
• David Compton, minor league outfielder
• Mark Cresse, coach
• Chris Devenski, pitcher
• Kevin Elster, infielder
• Casey Fien, pitcher
• Tim Fortugno, pitcher
• Shawn Gilbert, infielder
• Jeff Heathcock, pitcher
• Dave Huppert, catcher
• Ray Krawczyk, pitcher
• Ben Lasater, minor league infielder
• James McDonald, pitcher
• Ron Meridith, pitcher
• John Moses, outfielder
• Andy Mota, infielder
• Thomas Palica, minor league pitcher
• Craig Paquette, infielder
• Alec Rosales, Philippines national team outfielder
• Mike Schooler, pitcher
• Steve Springer, infielder
• Leo Sutherland, outfielder
• Ricky Tiedemann, minor league pitcher

Coaches

• Fred Hoover, 1966-1988
• Bert Villarreal, 1989-2020
• Drew Ramos, 2021-present

Assistant Coaches

• Art Lopez, 2003-2012
• Doug Mansolino, 1982-1984
• Myron Pines, 1977, 1985
• Don Rowe, 1980, 1986

Yearly Record

Year	Record	Coach	Playoffs
2000	21-22	Bert Villarreal	1st Round
2001	15-27	Bert Villarreal
2002	23-20	Bert Villarreal
2003	28-15	Bert Villarreal	1st Round
2004	30-7	Bert Villarreal	Super Regional
2005	18-19	Bert Villarreal
2006	24-20	Bert Villarreal
2007	26-21	Bert Villarreal	Super Regional
2008	20-23	Bert Villarreal
2009	14-26	Bert Villarreal
2010	24-14	Bert Villarreal	1st Round
2011	15-20	Bert Villarreal
2012	18-19	Bert Villarreal	1st Round
2013	17-19	Bert Villarreal
2014	15-21	Bert Villarreal
2015	26-16	Bert Villarreal	Super Regional
2016	32-16	Bert Villarreal	State Runner Up
2017	19-22	Bert Villarreal	1st Round
2018	19-21	Bert Villarreal
2019	26-16	Bert Villarreal	1st Round
2020	12-10	Bert Villarreal
2021	12-16	Andrew Ramos
2022	22-18	Andrew Ramos
2023	21-22	Andrew Ramos	1st Round