Costa Mesa, Calif. - Bryson Rahier, who completed his collegiate baseball career at Vanguard University in May, extended his baseball career in July when he signed to play with the Evansville Otters, an independent team in the Frontier League. Rahier, a native of San Bernardino, California, transferred to VUSC from San Jose State University and joined the Lions for a successful 2011 season within the Golden State Athletic Conference and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Costa Mesa, Calif. - Just over two months ago Robert Purpura pitched in his final collegiate baseball game for the Vanguard Lions, starting a game for the seventh time in the 2011 season. Yesterday, Purpura returned to the mound in a different uniform and a reversed role to make his professional debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Arizona Instructional League (AZL).