The 2012-13 Consumnes River College roster

Coach James Giacomazzi saw Tony Gill sign with Pacific, Ryan Salmonson head off to North Dakota, James Tillman move south to Cal State Los Angeles, JJ Mina go a couple of states over to Colorado State Pueblo and Tony Baldocchi hit the country roads of West Virginia with Mountain State University.

That's a big hit and a lot of size lost.

But excellent athleticism is sprinkled throughout the 2012-13 CRC roster. That, and a whole lot of youth.

"We do have some talent," Giacomazzi offered, "but by and large we are young and have to work hard to develop our fundamentals and footwork. I have no doubt we will be where we want to be once we get going for real. I can see what type of team we can become, so now is the fun part where we all have to come together and work hard to achieve our goals."

Here are the early August Hawks:

* Justin Barrels, guard, 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, freshman (Central High, Fresno)

* AJ Bridges, guard, 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, sophomore (Monterey Trail High)

* Nate Brilingtton, guard, 5-foot-11, 180, freshman (Granite Bay High)  

* Shauwn Brooks, forward, 6-foot-4, 220 pounds, sophomore (Pleasant Grove High)

* Rodney Cook, guard, 5-foot-11, 170 pounds, freshman (Bethel High)  
* Miguel French, forward, 6-foot-5, 185 pounds, freshman (Lindhurst High)    

* Jason Gish, guard, 6-foor-5, 180 pounds, freshman (Valley Christian Academy)

* Brenden Glapion, guard, 6-foot-2, 170 pounds, freshman (Washington High, San Francisco)

* Orion Kidd, forward, 6-foot-4, 220 pounds, sophomore (Bradshaw Christian High)

* Charles Standifer, guard, 6-foot-5, 185 pounds, sophomore (Capital Christian High, USF transfer)    

* Manik Thiara, guard, 6-foot-4, 180 pounds, freshman (River Valley High)

* Jaycob Velasco, forward, 6-foot-7, 260 pounds, freshman (Pleasant Valley High)