Rachel Gafford Signing Gallery
Irvine Valley freshman women's basketball player Rachel Gafford has signed with NAIA Simpson University in Redding.
She is the sixth Irvine Valley player to commit or sign this season in a record year for the program that finished with 26 wins.
Irvine Valley reached the semifinals of the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship.
Irvine Valley was ranked as high as No. 1 in So. Cal. in the final coaches' poll of the regular season. And the Lasers received the No. 2 seed in the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs.
IVC fell in the state semifinals to San Joaquin Delta in a close game, 77-74, at West Hills Lemoore in March.
For Gafford, Simpson is part of the Cal Pac Conference and had a record of 9-17 overall last season.
Gafford, a star out of Big Bear High, played in 13 games this past season before suffering an injury.
The 5-2 guard averaged 4.9 points and 2.1 rebounds per game for the Lasers.