2025-26 Napa Valley College Storm Women's Basketball News

  • NVC’s Aguilar, Fontilla named All-Bay Valley Conference in women’s basketball
    March 25, 2026
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com Arianna Aguilar and Jazmine Fontilla are among a group of four players from Napa Valley College who were named to the 2025-2026 All-Bay Valley Conference women’s basketball team, Storm head coach Paul DeBolt announced. Aguilar, a sophomore guard, and Fontilla, a sophomore point guard, were each named All-Bay Valley first-team. The Storm’s Marticia Pollard, a sophomore forward/post, and Layla Butler, a freshman point guard, were each named All-Bay Valley honorable mention. After finishing in fourth place in the Bay Valley standings, the Storm advanced to the postseason. Aguilar scored a career-high 36 points, Fontilla had 18 points and Pollard had 11 points, but Napa Valley lost to host Sacramento City College, 96-79, in Round 1 of the California Community College Athletic Association Northern California Regionals on Feb. 25.
  • NVC women’s basketball begins second half of conference with key win over College of Marin
    January 29, 2026
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com The Napa Valley College women’s basketball team began the second half of the Bay Valley Conference season in a big way on Wednesday night, beating College of Marin-Kentfield in a key game, 67-63, as Arianna Aguilar’s 19 points led three players in double-figure scoring.
  • NVC women’s basketball No. 14 in CCCWBCA North Region Poll
    December 17, 2025
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com The Napa Valley College women’s basketball team will take an eight-game winning streak into its Bay Valley Conference opener at the College of Marin-Kentfield on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 5 p.m. The Storm (10-2 overall) also goes into its league season at No. 14 in the California Community College Women's Basketball Coaches Association North Region Poll, which was released on Dec. 16 in a report on the California Community College Athletic Association website, www.cccaasports.org. The CCCWBCA released its state poll, along with North Region and South Region polls. Napa Valley won its Storm Surge, a preseason invitational tournament, beating three straight nonconference opponents last week – Porterville College (61-36), College of the Canyons-Santa Clarita (72-53), and Rio Hondo College-Whittier (71-64). The Storm’s Arianna Aguilar was named as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. The Storm’s Jazmine Fontilla was named to the All-Tournament team.
  • NVC women's basketball wins Storm Surge; Aguilar named as tournament MVP
    December 15, 2025
    Napa Valley College won its Storm Surge, a preseason women's basketball invitational tournament, beating Rio Hondo College-Whittier in the championship game on Saturday, 71-64, and extending its winning streak to seven in a row. Arianna Aguilar, named as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, and Jazmine Fontilla, selected to the All-Tournament team, scored 17 points each, leading Napa Valley (9-2 overall) to the title in the fifth annual Storm Surge. The tournament was played over three days.
  • Aguilar takes charge with 23-point game, leads NVC to win at Storm Surge
    December 12, 2025
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com The shots weren’t falling for Napa Valley College in the first quarter of the Storm Surge on Thursday. The Storm had some good looks, both from the inside and outside, but they came away with just nine points to show for it. “I think it was more of like we weren't really playing well, and our offense wasn't really flowing well,” said Arianna Aguilar, a returning sophomore. “I knew I had to step it up for the team to get the win.” Aguilar took over for Napa Valley, the host of the fifth annual Storm Surge, a preseason women’s basketball invitational tournament, which continues on Friday, Dec. 12 and Saturday, Dec. 13. Aguilar, a guard who was named All-Bay Valley Conference last year, took charge, scoring 17 points in the second quarter and leading the Storm to a 30-19 lead at halftime. She had two 3-pointers and made all three of her free throws in that stretch, igniting the Storm’s attack as they went on to beat Porterville College, 61-36, in a first-round game.
  • NVC women’s basketball struggles with rebounding, transition defense in home opener
    November 12, 2025
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com After starting out the 2025-26 season with three straight road games, the Napa Valley College women’s basketball team opened its home schedule on Thursday with a nonconference game against College of the Redwoods-Eureka. Nine players scored for the Storm, but they had only one 3-pointer and struggled with their rebounding and also their transition defense in a 61-47 loss. “Just didn't play well,” said Storm coach Paul DeBolt. “We were a little unfocused, I felt like tonight. It's not the end of the world. We will get better. It's a good group of kids.” It was the fourth game in six days for Napa Valley (2-2 overall), which started out the season at the Pasadena City College Sisterhood of Champions Tournament, Nov. 1 and 2. The Storm was also on the road, beating host American River College-Sacramento, 66-45, on Nov. 4.
  • Napa Valley College women’s basketball takes big goals into 2025-26 season
    October 29, 2025
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com There are some big goals that the Napa Valley College women’s basketball team takes into the 2025-26 season. One goal is to not only reach the California Community College Athletic Association-Northern California Regional Championships, but to also win in the postseason. Another goal is to host the first playoff game in school history. Another goal is to attain a 20-win season. Yet another goal is to win the Bay Valley Conference title.
  • Arianna Aguilar’s journey back to basketball is about commitment, courage, dedication, passion and a love for the game
    August 21, 2025
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com Arianna Aguilar calls it her journey. It’s a journey that she has been on since having surgery on March 20 on her right foot. It’s a journey that is geared toward taking her back to the basketball court and her place on the Napa Valley College women’s team. It’s a journey all about commitment, courage, dedication, passion and love for the game, and an absolute determination to come back for her sophomore season as one of the Storm’s captains and team leaders. “Getting through all these injuries, it's just part of my journey,” Aguilar said in July. This is not the first time that Aguilar has worked to return from injury.
  • NVC’s Jamison off to Bellarmine University, Tiongco to Pacific Union College
    August 14, 2025
    There’s so much that Rose Jamison and Kamilah Tiongco have in common. They were starters and captains as sophomores on the Napa Valley College women’s basketball team during the 2024-25 season. They both graduated, earning AA degrees, earlier this year.
  • Napa Valley College adds nine incoming freshmen to women’s basketball program
    August 07, 2025
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com Napa Valley College will field one of its biggest teams for women’s basketball in years. With the return of five sophomores, including All-Bay Valley Conference selections Arianna Aguilar and Jazmine Fontilla, and the addition of nine incoming freshmen, Napa Valley will go into the 2025-2026 season with a 14-player roster. Also returning are Ashley Torres, Marticia Pollard and Helena White. It’s a 28-game regular-season schedule, with the Storm starting out the season at the Pasadena City College Crossover, a four-team event, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The Storm’s first home game of the season is on Nov. 6 against College of the Redwoods-Eureka. Napa Valley’s schedule consists of 12 nonconference games and 16 Bay Valley Conference games.
  • NVC women’s basketball team honored nationally for academic success
    August 04, 2025
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com Last year’s Napa Valley College women’s basketball team has been honored for its work in the classroom, with the Storm being recognized nationally by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association for its grade point average. Napa Valley ranks among the top community college teams in the country for carrying one of the highest GPAs, with the Storm earning a spot on the 2024-25 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Rolls, as announced on July 22 by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, in a report, at wbca.org.