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Lane Athletes Place High at USATF Junior National Meet

July 2nd, 2009

Eugene, OR - Kevin Godfrey and Chris Stubbs both competed at the USATF Junior Nationals reccently, placing fourth in the decathlon and fifth in the 200 meter dash.

Junior Decathlon

Godfrey extended his season four weeks after the NWAACC Championships meet to compete with the best junior decathletes in the country. The junior decathlon competition concluded Friday, June 26 in at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. During the meet, held in conjunction with the senior USATF National Championships, Godfrey put up quality marks including clearing a bar of 15 feet 3/4 inches in the pole vault, a personal best javelin toss of 164 feet, a time of 15.30 seconds in the 110 hurdles, and a four minute 32 second effort in the 1500 meter run. Godfrey’s highest place in an event was tying for first in the pole vault with four other competitors. Godfrey scored 6790 points to again place fourth overall. The decathlon winner, recent high school graduate from New Mexico Curtis Beach, is regarded the greatest high school decathlete of all time scoring 7599 points in the competition. Godfrey looks to continue the strong tradition of multi athletes at Lane, which includes Olympians as alums, next year as a sophomore.

Junior 200

Stubbs nearly finished off his brilliant freshman year with a personal best in the 200, but came up just short running 21.26 seconds, only .01 off his best on Saturday, June 27 at Hayward Field. The NWAACC champion in the 100 and 200 was in a close battle heading to the finish line, the second place finisher was only .08 seconds ahead of Stubbs running 21.18. The winner, Keith Talley of Noth Texas University, ran 20.86 seconds. Stubbs, a local product of Eugene ran personal best in the 100 (10.66a), 200 (21.25a), and 400 (48.1a) on the year and was also part of the NWAACC champion 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relay teams. Stubbs improved his times in the 200 by over .60 seconds and in the 400 by over a full second from one year ago. Stubbs will return to defend his NWAACC titles next year as a Titan.

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Former Clackamas AD, Chuck Hudson passed away at 80

June 30th, 2009

Oregon City, Ore. — Clackamas Community College’s first Athletic Director, Chuck Hudson died Saturday, June 27 at the age of 80.�Chuck served as Athletic Director at Clackamas from 1968 until 1986, when he retired.�

In the beginning of Chuck’s tenure at CCC, he also served as the men’s basketball coach.�At that time the only sports offered at CCC were men’s basketball, baseball, wrestling and men’s track & field.�

During Chuck’s tenure, Clackamas went on to add nine more programs:� football, men and women’s cross country, volleyball, men’s soccer, softball, women’s basketball, women’s track & field, men and women’s golf, and men and women’s tennis.

Chuck came to Clackamas CC with a strong background in athletics.� He was a member of the 1950 Lewis & Clark hall of fame track & field team that posted an 11-0 dual meet record and captured the Northwest Conference Championship that year.� He also guided the Ione High School football team to a state title in Oregon’s inaugural 8-man football championships (B-8) in 1960.

“He was also one of the nicest and cuddliest people anyone could ever meet,” says current VB coach Kathie Woods, of the AD that hired her at the college in 1983. “He was my second ‘Dad’ while he was at the college and I will miss him so much.�I give a lot of credit to who I am today because of Chuck.�He helped mold me as a young coach and for that I am very thankful.”

As his first and only secretary for 16 years, Lynn Vaught also expressed, “I will always remember him as an important part of my life.�He was easy to work for and almost never lost his temper or got in a bad mood.�He had a million stories, mostly about growing up in Combs Canyon near Pendleton, OR.�He was instrumental in getting a lot of young people started in their careers.”

Chuck’s strong leadership at Clackamas CC led to his induction into the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) Hall of Fame in 1991.

The memorial service will be held at Oregon City High School (in the auditorium) on Thursday July 9 at 5pm. A reception will follow in the high school commons.�

Chuck is preceded in death by his wife, Eileen, and is survived by his four children, Patti Rolen, Jim and Allen Hudson, and Joan Ferguson, their spouses, and ten grandchildren.

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2009 All-Pacific Association Division Team

June 30th, 2009

Player of the Year:	Brett Wallach	Orange Coast	Sophomore
Coach of the Year:	Mark Yoshino	Bellevue


First Team
Pitchers :
B.J. Salsbury	Mt. San Jacinto	Sophomore
Zach DeValle	San Joaquin Delta	Sophomore
Braden Tullis	Skagit Valley	Freshman
Relief Pitcher:
Casey Edelbrock	Palomar	Sophomore
Catcher:
Parker Berberet	Cypress	Sophomore
Infielders:
Joe Bonfe	Sierra	Sophomore
Tyler Saladino	Palomar	Sophomore
Ryan Aguayo	Cuesta	Sophomore
First Base:
Brett Wallach	Orange Coast	Sophomore
Taylor Ard	Mt. Hood	Freshman
Outfielders:
Jake Eccles	Santa Ana	Sophomore
Darrell Ceciliani	Columbia Basin	Freshman
Jason Haugh	Merced	Sophomore


Second Team
Pitchers:
Zach Gallagher	Columbia Basin	Sophomore
Christian Meza	Santa Ana	Freshman
Robert Alcala	Fresno City	Sophomore
Bobby Shore	Palomar	Sophomore
Relief Pitcher:
Zach Biehl	Taft	Sophomore
Catcher:
David Freitas	Cosumnes River	Sophomore
Infielders:
Garrett Weber	Fresno City	Sophomore
Eric Lane	Lower Columbia	Freshman
Drew Hillman	Orange Coast	Sophomore
First Base:
Ryan Giacomini	Feather River	Sophomore
Outfielders:
Trevor Bloom	Canyons	Sophomore
Kyle Baskett	Green River	Sophomore
Ridge Carpenter	Hartnell	Sophomore
Jeff Johnson	Ohlone	Sophomore



Third Team
Pitchers:
Marcus Pointer	Skyline	Sophomore
Cody Fassold	Lower Columbia	Sophomore
Joey Parsons	Cuesta	Sophomore
Relief Pitcher:
Ioa Hoff	Ohlone	Sophomore
Catcher:
Kyle Bible	Solano	Sophomore
Infielders:
Tyson Edwards	Diablo Valley	Sophomore
Bryan Barnes	Bellevue	Sophomore
Taylor Vail	Cabrillo	Sophomore
Garrett Rau	Ventura	Sophomore
First Base:
Lucas Shaw	Bellevue	Sophomore
Daniel Johnson	Canada	Freshman
Outfielders:
Austin Stewart	Chabot	Sophomore
Virgil Hill	L.A. Mission	Sophomore
Corey Conflenti	Diablo Valley	Sophomore



Gold Gove Team
Pitcher:	Taylor Hill	Clackamas	Freshman
Catcher:	Anthony Jakosa	Merced	Sophomore
First Base:	Justin Cooper	Wenatchaee Valley	Sophomore
Second Base:	Taylor Heon	Skyline	Sophomore
Short Stop:	Keith Jennette	Sierra	Sophomore
Third Base:	James Frederick	San Bernardino	Sophomore
Outfield:	Rick Hughes	Marin	Freshman
Outfield:	Colin Bennett	Tacoma	Freshman
Outfield:	Darrell Ceciliani	Columbia Basin	Freshman

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King Accepts Scholarship to Lincoln University

June 18th, 2009

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Crumb Named Head Coach Women’s Basketball at Peninsula

June 17th, 2009

PORT ANGELES – Port Angeles’ Alison Crumb was named Peninsula’s new head women’s basketball coach today, following the resignation of Julie Stewart on June 2.

Crumb, a 2003 Port Angeles High School graduate, led the Pirates to the only Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges women’s conference championship in school history in 2005, playing for coach Stewart. She served as team captain that year and broke the school record for assists. She then went on to finish out her collegiate career at Western Oregon University, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature.

The former Roughrider and Pirate was reunited with coach Stewart as an assistant coach in 2008. She will take over the reigns as head coach, starting work immediately. In addition to coaching, Crumb will also teach part-time at Peninsula.

Stewart stepped down from the head coaching position for the second time in her career. She coached at Peninsula for two seasons, 2003-04 and 2004-05, and then came back for the 2008-09 season. She went 53-33 in her head coaching career at Peninsula, including two trips to the NWAACC basketball championships.

“I was not expecting Julie to step down this year and am, of course, disappointed to be losing her,” Director of Athletics Rick Ross said, “but I’m also confident that Ali will continue to offer our program the same quality of character, work ethic and positive spirit that Julie represented. Ali was a natural leader as a player and, as point guard, a ‘coach on the court.’ I believe that her experience as a player both here, and at Western Oregon, in addition to learning the coaching ropes from Julie, have prepared her to continue our winning tradition.”

Coach Crumb said she is very excited to have this opportunity and will continue to recruit the players coach Stewart was recruiting before she decided to step down.

“I am very excited about taking on this wonderful opportunity to coach young women in the sport that I love with great passion,” coach Crumb said. “It is going to be a lot of work for everyone involved to build from the success that the Pirates had last season and there are going to be a lot of new faces attached to the program, which is difficult and exciting at the same time.”

The 2008-09 Pirates graduated 10 sophomores, so coach Crumb will have her work cut out for her with a large freshman class. She said she plans to spend more time developing strength and speed, considering that freshman are usually behind sophomores in physical strength.

“There will be a great focus in the weight room and in conditioning in an efffort to get our young players ready for college play,” she said. “The program I want to run will literally run! I like a fast pace game. In-your-face man-to-man defense and run the basketball, getting everyone involved from the 5 to the 1. Hopefully if we prepare physically and mentally we will have an exciting team to watch next fall. Again I am very excited about coaching these young women as it was not too long ago I was wearing their shoes on the same court. I’m hoping they have the same quality experience and success that I had.”

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Several NWAACC Players Selected in MLB Draft

June 10th, 2009

Vancouver, Wash – Over the past few days, Major League Baseball has been holding its annual draft, selecting players to move into the pro ranks. Several NWAACC players have been chosen.

Columbia Basin’s Darrell Ceciliani was the 134th pick by the New York Mets. Ceciliani was a centerfielder for the Hawks this past season and was selected to the Eastern Region First Team and All-NWAACC First Team. During the regular season, he was fourth in the NWAACC with 39 RBI.

Skagit Valley’s Braden Tullis was the 244th. Tullis was selected by the Texas Rangers. Tullis led the Carindals with eight wins this year, tied for second among NWAACC pitchers.

Belleuve’s Kirk Wetmore was the 335th pick by Cleveland Indians. Wetmore, a left handed pitcher for Bellevue, was named to the NWAACC All-Tournament team after helping the Bulldogs win the 2009 NWAACC Championship. He averaged 1.44 strikeouts per inning pitched during the regular season which led the NWAACC.

For the 454th selection, the Texas Rangers chose Everett’s Keith Campbell, a right handed pitcher. Campbell led the NWAACC in total number of strikeouts with 94 in 68 innings pitched. Campbell was selected to the North Regions First Team All-Stars.

The Tampa Bay Rays selected Chemeketa’s Zach Rosscup in the 859th slot. The left handed pitcher had a 1.60 ERA this season and was named to the Southern Region First Team.

2009 MLB Draft
134 - Darrell Ceciliani, Columbia Basin (NY Mets)
244 – Braden Tullis, Skagit Valley (Texas Rangers)
335 – Kirk Wetmore, Bellevue (Cleveland Indians)
454 – Keith Campbell, Everett (Texas Rangers)
859 – Zach Rosscup, Chemeketa (Tampa Bay Rays)
979 – Alex Besaw, Skagit Valley (Tampa Bay Rays)
1190 – Nicholas Struck, Mt Hood (Chicago Cubs)

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2009 Red Lion Scholarship Winners

June 8th, 2009

NWAACC ANNOUNCES RED LION SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Female Red Lion Scholarship Award
Camilla Medlock, Pierce
Cami played volleyball for Pierce College in 2007 and 2008, During her time there, she earned a 3.96 GPA. She has earned a NWAACC Academic Leadership Award. When done at Pierce, Medlock intends to attend the University of Washington at Tacoma and enter the Interdisciplinary and Arts and Sciences program. She plans to finish with a four degree in anthropology. Pierce Head Coach Paige Ellertson-Tisserand says “Cami has an extremely intellectual capacity to analyze multiple details in real time and react to them. She has left me with a lasting impression of determination, work ethic, academic prowess , and dedication.”

Male Red Lion Scholarship Award
Philip Noble, Treasure Valley
Philip competed in cross country and track for the Chukars in 2005-06 and 2008-09. He attained a 3.80 GPA while earning an AA degree. On the track, Noble won several individual events at this years NWAACC Track and Field Championships. He earned the Male High Point award. Phillip plans to attend Utah State University to study education and run track. His athletic goals include continual improvement and qualifying for the Olympics.

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2009 Art Fiero Award Winners

June 8th, 2009

VANCOUVER, WA- The Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges is proud to announce the male and female recepients of the 2009 Art Fiero Award. The Art Fiero Award is given yearly to the top male and female scholar athletes in the NWAACC. The award is named after the former Dean of Students and Athletic Director at Peninsula College who was the Executive Secretary of the NWAACC between 1967-75 and served on the Executive Board for 16 years ending in 1981. Art passed award one year later and this award was named in his honor.

Female Art Fiero Award
Meltia Elliot, Clackamas
A graduate of Estacada High School in Oregon, Melita was a volleyball player at Clackamas during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. She maintained a 3.82 gpa while earning her AA degree. As a Cougar, Melita was named Cougar Player of the Week three times, was the Southern Region Setter of the Month in November 2008, earned a Southern Region Second Team All-Star selection and was on the 2008 NWAACC Sophomore All-Academic team. During the 2008 season, she led the Cougars with 795 assists. Melita plans to go on to a four year school where she will major in business and she also hopes to become a high school volleyball coach. Clackamas Head Coach Kathie Woods stated “Melita is a great character, mature young person that has a great future ahead of her. She is a person of great character, a leader and a person that I wish I could have on my team for years to come.”

Male Art Fiero Award
DJ Mackie, Yakima Valley
After graduating from West Valley High School in Spokane, WA DJ played baseball for the Yaks in 2008 and 2009. While at Yakima Valley, he earned a 3.86 GPA. Upon graduation Mackie plans to pursue a BA in Business Management at Washington State University and then a career in sports management. Head Coach Ken Mortensen “DJ is one of those individuals that anybody comes in contact would be proud to say they have been associated with him and have him in their program. He leads by example and is an outstanding young man that been successful and will continue successful in whatever arena he decides to pursue.”

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Northwest Nazarene U signs Tacoma’s Anthony Gittens

June 2nd, 2009

Anthony Gittens (C, Jr., 6-8, 225, Tacoma, WA/Foss HS) will come to Nampa from Tacoma Community College having averaged 7.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots per game for the 26-5 Titans this season.

“Anthony has taken some huge steps over the past two years of his basketball career,” said NNU assistant coach Brandon Rinta. “Not only has he grown two inches and put on 25 pounds since graduating from high school, he has been motivated by the success he has been able to have out on the court. He seemed to be improving every game this season as he started at center for the 26-5 Titans. By the end of the year he was one of the best rebounding, shot-blocking posts in the NWAACC.”

“Anthony has improved more in one year than any player I have coached,” added Tacoma CC head coach Carl Howell. “To go from being 10th man on a 6-18 team to starting on one of the best teams in the NWAACC really speaks volumes for Anthony’s desire to be a player. I would expect big things from Anthony as his best days are ahead of him.”

Gittens joins two other TCC Titans who have received scholarships at the NCAA level. Toussaint Tyler signed at Central Washington in the early signing period and Kevin Dancer will continue on at NCAA Div I member Cal. State Northridge.

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Central Washington U signs Centralia’s Brittany Duerr

June 2nd, 2009

WILDCAT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SIGNS CENTRALIA’S BRITTANY DUERR
Central Adds NWAACC’s Sixth-Leading Scorer, Western Region MVP for 2009-10 Season

ELLENSBURG, Wash.(May 27) - Brittany Duerr, a guard from Centralia College, has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her college basketball career at Central Washington University, CWU head coach Jeff Whitney announced Wednesday.

Duerr, a native of Bellevue, Wash., and a graduate of Newport High School, was the Western Region Most Valuable Player in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) this past year. The 5-foot-9 guard finished sixth in the NWAACC in scoring with 16.1 points per game. She also averaged 5.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game for the Trailblazers.

"Brittany has a proven track record as a scorer, from high school to her days at the junior college level," Whitney said. "But beyond her abilities to score, she has an uncanny ability to see the floor from the three-guard position. Her passing abilities and court sense are also exceptional."

Duerr totaled 86 assists and ranked ninth in the NWAACC Western Region in that department. As a scorer, she reached double figures in 23 of 27 games for Centralia this past season, including eight 20-point performances. She scored a career-high 26 points in a game twice as a sophomore. In addition, Duerr ranked second in the NWAACC with 74 three-pointers made.

"Brittany has the skills to penetrate like Elyse Maras, but shoots the ball a lot like Hanna Hull," Whitney described, comparing Duerr to a pair of recent standout Wildcat guards. "She has a lot of quickness and is very long and athletic."

Scoring was a problem for an injury-depleted CWU squad this past season, as the Wildcats averaged just 56.3 points per game — a 11 points-per-game decrease from 2007-08 and the second lowest-scoring average in the program’s 29-year history. Whitney feels that the addition of Duerr, plus a change in the Wildcats’ offensive philosophy, will help Central return to a higher-scoring and higher-paced attack in 2009-10.

"We are trying to implement the up-tempo style," Whitney continued, "and Brittany fits right into the system we are looking to run. She will help us return to the pace we are accustomed to playing with at Central."

Prior to her season at Centralia in 2008-09 and a redshirt campaign with the Trailblazers in 2007-08, Duerr played as a freshman at North Idaho College.

Duerr headlines a list of talented newcomers the Wildcats plan to have joining the program for the upcoming season. Additional signees will be announced in the coming weeks.

Central Washington finished seventh in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference this past winter.

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NWAACC

Lane Athletes Place High at USATF Junior National Meet

Former Clackamas AD, Chuck Hudson passed away at 80

2009 All-Pacific Association Division Team

King Accepts Scholarship to Lincoln University

Crumb Named Head Coach Women’s Basketball at Peninsula

Several NWAACC Players Selected in MLB Draft

2009 Red Lion Scholarship Winners

2009 Art Fiero Award Winners

Northwest Nazarene U signs Tacoma’s Anthony Gittens

Central Washington U signs Centralia’s Brittany Duerr

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