Baseball

Cal State Northridge catcher Eric Gillespie has been named the Western Athletic Conference West Division player of the week.

Gillespie, a freshman from Long Beach, went four for 11 in three games last week against division-leading San Diego State. He also drove in the winning run with two out in the bottom of the 12th to give the Matadors a 7-6 victory.

Gillespie entered the week batting .340 and ranks second on the team with 42 runs batted in.

Bill Scheffels completed his transfer from Simi Valley High to the Simi Valley Adult School and Career Institute on Tuesday, meaning The Times’ 1993 Ventura County pitcher of the year will miss the end of his senior season.

Scheffels was suspended last Wednesday for allegedly making a false bomb threat at school. He dropped out of Simi Valley High this week, rather than face an expulsion hearing.

College Track

Troy Collins (track and field) and Shannon Jones (softball) have been selected Cal State Northridge athletes of the month for April.

Collins, a senior middle distance specialist, twice lowered his personal best in the 800 meters while finishing sixth in a time of 1:50.4 at the California-Nevada Track and Field Championships on Sunday.

Collins qualified for the final a day earlier by running a personal best of 1:51.30

Jones, a senior third baseman, led the Matadors to a 17-3 record in April, batting .426 with seven home runs and 25 RBIs.

College Golf

Kelly Schlender of Ventura College qualified for the state junior college championships next week by winning the Southern California regional Monday with rounds of 79 and 71 on the par-72 Santa Ana Country Club course.

Ventura, Western State Conference champion, finished sixth with a score of 801, 28 strokes behind winner Saddleback.

Cycling

Thurlow Rogers of Van Nuys won the California State Cycling Road Championship in Porterville on Saturday. Rogers, a member of the Nutra-Fig Cycling Team, covered the 110-mile course in 4 hours 28 minutes.

Teammate John Wordin of West Hills was seventh in 4:30.

Soccer

The Las Virgenes Heat, a girls’ 14-and-under team, has advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Soccer Federation National Cup, May 7 at El Dorado Polo Grounds in Indio.