Cal Stanford

Cal Stanford was a Corellian jetball player, who played on AC Coronet for his entire career. He was also the captain of the Corellian Planetary Jetball Team.

Early Life
Cal Stanford was born in 50 ABY in Coronet City, the capital of Corellia. He would grow up to be a huge fan of the city's premier club AC Coronet of the Corellian Jetball League. Playing on school and youth teams, Stanford was a talented and athletic center and eventually became one of the most coveted prospects on Corellia.

College
When he was 18 years old, Stanford attended the University of Corellia in his hometown on a jetball scholarship, after receiving many other offers from prestigious school around the galaxy. While at UC, Stanford was moved from center to forward, in a move which would take advantage of his speed and athleticism. While his arm was strong, it was not good enough for him to star in high level college jetball. It would have good enough for him to get by but from the beginning of his collegiate career, it was obvious Stanford belonged at forward. In just his first year of college, Stanford would be named an All-Galaxy Forward (a spot he would retain for all four years in school). His style of play made him a versatile weapon for UC, as his arm, in the middle of the road by center standards, was exeptionally strong for a forward. As a result, he was able to accurately shoot from 30 and even 40 yards from goal, a range usually reserved for centers. In his time at college, his team also was able to pull of a wide array of trick plays, which usually would focus on Stanford.

Largely because of Stanford's talents, the University of Corellia would go on to have some of it's most sucessful seasons. In 59 ABY, UC would win it's first Core Athletic Conference title in 37 years. The following year, would repeat as champions of the Core Atheletic Conference, in addition to winning it's first Galactic Championship Series Galactic Championship in school history. Following the sucess of the 60 ABY season, in which Stanford would be named CAC Player of the Year and CJA Young Player of the Year, it was rumored that Cal would skip his final year in college to play professionally. However, Cal shocked the jetball community by anouncing he would return to play in his senior year. He would win the CAC POY again but UC would fail to win the CAC. Returning to defend their Galactic title as an at-large bid to the GCS, Corellia would reach the semi-finals before losing to Galactic City University.

Cal Stanford would graduate as UC's leader in goals, interceptions and games played, records which were still standing as of 86 ABY.

Proffesional Career
Stanford would be offered numerous contracts from a number of different clubs. The most prestigious club to target him was also the most appealing, as it was his hometown team AC Coronet. Beginning his career in 72 ABY, he would have an immediate impact as the fourth string forward, making him coach Jam Morra's first option off the bench. His first goal would come in the fourth game of the season against the Selonia Rancors.