Sarah Matossian Signing Gallery
Irvine Valley freshman woman's basketball player Sarah Matossian recently signed with NAIA Vanguard University in Costa Mesa.
Matossian was named to the first team, all-state basketball team by the California Community College Women's Basketball Coaches Association at the end of the 2021-22 season.
She averaged 15.5 points, 11.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.6 steals per game through the regular season and 14.7 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.7 steals overall.
And Matossian averaged 17.1 points and 12.1 rebounds, while shooting 56.4 percent from the field in conference play.
The Lasers won their fourth straight OEC title, finished the regular season 23-2 overall and went 12-0 in conference.
Irvine Valley was ranked as high as No. 1 in So. Cal. in the last coaches poll. And the Lasers received the No. 2 seed in the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs.
Matossian helped lead Irvine Valley to its best season in program history. The Lasers ended with a record of 26-3 overall and reached the semifinals of the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships.
IVC fell in the semifinals to San Joaquin Delta in a close game, 77-74, at West Hills Lemoore in March.
Matossian led Irvine Valley and the conference in field goal percentage at 52.1 percent and ranked second in the OEC and led Irvine Valley in rebounding at 11.1 per game.
She scored 20 points or more in six games with a season-high 27 points in Irvine Valley's 91-69 victory over Cypress on Jan. 28.
Matossian recorded 15 games with at least 10 rebounds, recording a season-best 17 in a 107-44 IVC victory over Santa Ana on Feb. 23.
She is headed to a Vanguard program that had a record of 13-12 overall last year and went 8-10 in conference.
