The next step will be for the committee to meet with the Superintendent to come up with costs and guidelines for an appropriate sign at the field. Brown, who was active in the effort to name the field after Colborn, said they also want to find volunteers to get the baseball field in good shape, and hopefully come up with a temporary plan to maintain the field, which has deteriorated in recent months.Colborn was an outstanding athlete and scholar. He was Student Body president, and captain of the baseball, football and basketball teams his senior year. He went on to play college ball, and spent a decade as a major league pitcher before working as a pitching coach for the L.A. Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates.Colborn was born in Santa Paula in 1946. He graduated from Whittier College with a degree in sociology, and studied for his masters degree at Edinburgh University in Scotland. He was planning on becoming a sociology professor until he was lured away by baseball.
SPHS board names baseball field after Jim Colborn
September 12, 2008
Santa Paula High School
The Santa Paula High School Board of Trustees has voted 4-1 to name the school baseball field after Jim Colborn.
By Brian D. WilsonSanta Paula TimesThe Santa Paula High School Board of Trustees has voted 4-1 to name the school baseball field after Jim Colborn.Trustee Tina Urias cast the lone dissenting vote. She thought that someone local should have been chosen. The list of candidates considered by a board-appointed committee included Colborn, Robert Flores, Henry Jacinto and Ben Osuna.The committee was made up of people selected by each board member. They were: Larry Garcia, Steve Brown, Victor Espinosa, Ted Yamamoto and Martin Hernandez.