2011-12 Men's Basketball
Record: 6-19 (4-5) Home: 2-5 Away: 4-9 Neutral: 0-5
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2011-12 Men's Basketball Coaches
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Jon Surface
Head Coach - 2nd Season

Jon Surface enters his second season as head coach of the Oaks after a successful first season at the helm.  The first year head coach led the team to their first California Pacific Conference title in nearly a decade and only third in the program's history.  The remarkable season netted Surface with Cal Pac Coach of the Year honors after a 10-2 conference mark. 

 

Surface was promoted to head coach of the men's basketball program in May 2010 after serving as the assistant coach for the past four seasons, as well as the Oaks assistant athletic trainer for the past six. He inherited a team that went 12-16 during the 2009-10 season that lost in the California Pacific Conference Tournament Championship Game.

 

Prior to arriving at Menlo, Surface spent time as an athletic trainer with the San Francisco 49ers, Stanford University, and Davis High School. During his time as assistant coach he has been instrumental in the development of Menlo's post players. The Oaks have outrebounded opponents in three of the four seasons during which Surface has been on the sidelines.

 

Surface graduated from UC Davis in 1998 after helping the Aggies men's basketball team win the NCAA Div. II National Championship. He later coached under UC Davis teammate Brandon Laird at Menlo, who held the position after another Aggies teammate, Kevin Nosek, led the Oaks. 

 
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Brandon Walker
Assistant Coach - 1st Season

Brandon Walker enters his first season as assistant basketball coach of the Oaks with a whole host of coaching and playing experience under his belt.  As a coach, the native of Hayward, CA has spent the past seven years working at the Triple Threat Basketball Academy and the past six summers at the Bishop O'Dowd High School Basketball Camp.  While at both, Walker served as a Group Mentor/Leader and was responsible for training and developing the basketball skills and mental approach for players from the elementary through high school level.

 

As a player, Walker experienced a career as good as any.  He contributed in over 20 games in the 2007-08 season for NCAA Division I Loyola Marymount before making his mark at NCAA Division II University of Alaska Anchorage for his final three years.  Walker finished eighth all time on the UAA scoring list and was the only non-four year player in the school's history to accumulate over 1,200 points and 450 rebounds.  He was also the only male athlete in the history of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference to receive back-to-back Sportsmanship Player of the Year awards.

 

Walker graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage last spring with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology and then went on to play professionally in the German Pro B League before he was forced into an early retirement due to a spinal injury.        

 
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Nick McCullar
Assistant Coach - 1st Season

Nick McCullar enters his first season as assistant basketball coach of the Oaks after a storied playing career in Menlo blue.  In his four year tenure McCullar did it all for the Oaks, serving as the captain for his last three seasons while climbing up the ranks as one of the most dominant players in Menlo history.  McCullar's 54.6 career shooting percentage from the field put him in 5thplace on the all time list and his 5.8 rebounds per game are good enough for 10th.  McCullar capped off his four year run with a remarkable 2010-11 senior campaign in which he finished second on the squad with 12.2 points per game and also took home the California Pacific Conference Defender of the Year as well as 1stTeam recognition. 

 

As a coach, the native of Lawndale, CA has had successful stints in the women's game.  Last season while playing for the Oaks, McCullar served as an assistant coach for the nearby Menlo School women's program, and last summer at the helm of an AAU varsity women's team in San Carlos, McCullar took them to the Oregon Trail National Tournament. 

 

McCullar graduated Menlo College last spring with a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communications. 

 
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Cody Christensen
Assistant Coach - 5th Season
Cody Christensen enters his third season as an assistant on the Oaks coaching staff. A former Menlo player, Cody had a standout career for the Oaks before graduating in 2008.

As a senior, Cody had a breakout season  in helping the Oaks win the California Pacific Conference and earn a berth in the 2008 NAIA Div. II National Championship in Point Lookout, Mo. He finished 63-for-141 from 3-point range on the season, which was good for a 44.7 shooting percentage from long distance. Those numbers were good enough for Cody to currently rank fourth in 3-point field goals, fifth in 3-point attempts, and ninth in 3-point percentage in a single season. He also ranks second in 3-point percentage (43.4), seventh in 3-point field goals (99), and 10th in 3-point attempts (228) for his career despite playing only two seasons at Menlo.

A Newcastle, Calif. native, Cody attended Monterey Peninsula College for two seasons before transferring to Menlo.


 
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Sean Meyer
Manager - 4th Season

Sean Meyer enters his fourth season as Manager of the Oak's Men's Basketball Team.  The native of San Jose, CA is responsible for statistics, managing the team's social media, including writing articles for the team's Facebook page, and is also an Academic Advisor for the Oaks. 

Sean is currently in his senior year at Menlo and will graduate with a degree in Sports Management.  Throughout his time at Menlo Sean has racked up an impressive academic resume.  He has made the Dean's List for six different semesters, is the President of the Delta Mu Delta Honors Society, and is a student representative for the Menlo College School of Business Advisory Board.  Sean was also the recipient of the 2009-09 Richard F. O'Brien Award, given to the student who best exemplifies the spirit of Menlo through all-around excellence.