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August 23, 2010 – The Washington Monthly, an independent DC social research magazine, has ranked Umpqua CC, Tacoma CC, Skagit Valley CC and Green River CC among the top community colleges in the country. Umpqua came in at #13 while Tacoma was #17, Skagit Valley #19 and Green River # 29 [view top 50 list].
The purpose of the list, according to Washington Monthly editors, is to determine for citizens and policymakers which of the nation’s service-oriented schools are “laying the foundation for the kind of nation we want to become.” The magazine measured and quantified how well individual colleges and universities were “meeting their public obligations in the areas of research, service, and social mobility,” ranking schools based on the results.
2010 is the first year that the Washington Monthly has ranked community colleges. According to the Association of Community and Technical Colleges (ACCT), there are 1,166 community colleges in the United States.
Many of the colleges and universities who have traditionally earned high marks from the more widely-known U.S. News and World Report college lists, either do not rank at all, or ranked lower in the Washington Monthly’s lists. Calling their lists “A Different Kind of College Ranking” the editors explained that “Instead of asking what a college could do for you, we asked, “What are colleges doing for the country?” and using criteria that indicate a college’s commitment to service and creating opportunities for upward mobility for its students.
The nation’s community colleges were rated on six measures that included: active and collaborative learning, student effort, academic challenge, student-faculty interaction, support for learning, and graduation rate. Tacoma’s 63 percent four-year graduation rate was in the top six of the community colleges that made the top 50.
While the 4-year colleges and universities were ranked using different criteria than the community colleges, measuring “how well individual colleges and universities were meeting their public obligations in the areas of research, service, and social mobility,” both were attempts to measure how well colleges give back to the communities that support them.
Say the editors: “…Yale might educate a disproportionate number of future hedge fund managers… but is it laying the foundation for the kind of nation we want to become? After all, colleges and universities do as much to shape the future as any institutions you can think of … While there are plenty of guides out there that help students and parents decide how to spend their tuition dollars wisely, there wasn’t one to tell citizens and policymakers which colleges were spending their tax dollars wisely.”
Tacoma, WA — 
Titans assistant baseball coach Ryan Mummert has been selected to the lead coaching position for Titans baseball, according to Tacoma Community College Athletics Director Carl Howell.
Mummert will take over the position left by TCC Baseball Coach Donegal Fergus, who has accepted an assistant coaching position with Seattle University.
Mummert takes on the lead role with strong experience as a coach of winning teams, as well as being a winning player himself. Says Coach Howell: "It was an easy decision for me to hire Ryan. In addition to the impact he had on our program this past season, he has a great reputation as a recruiter and as a coach throughout the Northwest. I also like the fact that he is a local guy who has experience in the NWAACC as an assistant and as a player. We look for Ryan to make the Titans a contender year in and year out. "
A graduate of Kennedy High School in Seattle where he played both baseball and football, Mummert led the Lancers baseball team to 1998 State runner-up and 1999 State champions. In the summer of 1999 Mummert played for the Kent Bulldogs and helped them to a record of 59-19.
The Bulldogs won the State and regional championships and placed 2nd at the Senior Babe Ruth World Series.
After high school, Mummert played for Bellevue Community College, where in 2001 he helped the team set a NWAACC record for the most consecutive playoff appearances. Mummert was named All-North Division infielder and team captain while playing for Bellevue.
Mummert began his coaching career in 2002 as an assistant baseball coach at Sehome High School in Bellingham, WA, under Hall of Fame Coach Gary Hatch. He coached at Sehome until 2004, and also in 2003-2004 coached the Bellingham Post 7 Senior Legion team.
After graduating from Western Washington University in 2004 with a degree in Sports Psychology Mummert became an assistant coach for the St. Martins University Saints, a Division II school in Lacey, WA where he coached infielders and hitters, first base, and also assisted with recruiting and travel. In the summer of 2006 he coached the infield and defense of the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League.
After St. Martins, Mummert spent three years at Midland College, Texas, where he coached infielders and hitters, and started the first ever Baseball Camps at Midland. He helped lead the Chaparrals to a 97-69 record and two NJCAA Regional Playoffs Berths, working with 28 players who moved on to four-year universities and 12 who moved on to Division I. He was also head coach for the Midland Drillers summer team.
Since coming to TCC, Mummert has coordinated the Titan offense. He has worked with infielders, manned the 3rd base coaching box, and is a recruiter with fellow TCC Coach Ron Rakowski. Mummert also coaches for Shockers Baseball(Edmonds/Mukilteo), where he coaches hitting infield and 3rd base offense.
Ryan Mummert lives in Seattle with his wife Megan.
The 2010 NWAACC Basketball Golf Tournament to be held in the Tri-Cities August 7th has been cancelled.
Jamie Foland
6/10/2010 2:40:34 PM
FAIRBANKS, AK – University of Alaska Fairbanks Director of Athletics Forrest Karr announced Thursday that Cody Burgess has been named the next head coach for the Alaska Nanooks women’s basketball program. Burgess will take over as the eleventh head coach in program history.
“Cody has the plan, passion and broad support necessary to provide the foundation that Nanook women’s basketball has been missing,” said Karr. “She is an emerging leader that brings integrity, trust, stability and coaching ability to the job, and I cannot imagine a better candidate for this position.”
A UAF alumnae, Burgess was a power forward for the Nanooks from 2002-2005. She brings nine years of combined playing and coaching experience at a diverse range of college levels, and hands on knowledge of Fairbanks and UAF to the position.
“This is an exciting time in my life to be coming back to coach at Alaska,” said Burgess. “My playing experience was positive and memorable. I hope to offer that same experience to the young women I will be coaching.”
This season she was an assistant coach at Moberly Area Community College (Moberly, MO) of the National Junior College Athletic Association (Division I). She helped guide the Lady Greyhounds to a 17-14 record that included a win over 10th ranked State Fair CC. While Burgess’ main role with MACC was as the recruiting coordinator, her other responsibilities included developing practices, coordinating the competition schedule, website maintenance and media relations, fundraising and monitoring the student-athletes’ academic progress.
Prior to MACC, Burgess spent two seasons as an assistant coach at William Woods University of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (Division I) and the American Midwest Conference. In 2008-09 Burgess helped lead the Owls to a 21-10 record, a NAIA Tournament Bid and a conference championship title. The season was a huge turnaround success on the laurels of a dismal 4-23 campaign in 2007-08.
After closing out her collegiate career Burgess spent one season as the girl’s basketball assistant coach for North Pole High School, helping to guide the Patriots to a second place finish at the Alaska state championships in the 4A division.
“It’s obvious that Cody has learned a great deal during her post-graduate studies and coaching experiences,” said Karr. “More importantly, however, she conveys a wholesome, holistic view of intercollegiate athletics reflective of the view of education through athletics versus education for athletics. She has a vision, a commitment to make it happen, and a willingness to keep learning and improving.”
During her time at Alaska, she was selected Daktronics First Team All-West Region in 2005 and Second Team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference in 2003 and 2005. She led the GNAC in scoring during the 2003 and 2005 seasons and was a team captain for the Blue and Gold as a senior (2004-05). She holds career records in the GNAC for her scoring average in all games (19.3) and in league games (20.0) as well as the all-time records for free throws made (188) and attempted (225), which were set during the 2004-05 campaign.
Before playing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Burgess played two seasons at Wenatchee Valley College, where she was named First Team All-Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges in 2002, as well as team MVP.
“Cody was a junior college recruit who had a skeptical view of UAF and Alaska, and then fell in love with both,” Karr said. “She leads by example and even recovered from a serious knee injury to earn First Team All-West Region in 2005. Cody knows the importance of in-state recruiting and she also has Pacific Northwest and Midwest recruiting connections. She has a unique background to be able to convince young women to come to UAF.”
Burgess received her Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management, Forestry option from UAF and a Master’s in Education in Athletic Administration at William Woods University.
“There is a lot of work ahead for all involved,” added Burgess, “but I am confident that I can lead the program in the right direction. I am blessed to have this opportunity and look forward to the journey ahead.”
‘Hard-nosed’ guard to play for Vandals
The Idaho women’s basketball team added another promising guard late last week, one described by the words, “hard-nosed” and “outstanding”. The Vandals could use some of that.
Head coach John Newlee said Keri Arendse, from Skagit Valley College would play both shooting guard and point guard.
The 5′8″ team captain at SVC averaged 15.5 points, 7 rebounds 4.3 assists and 3 steals per game. She led the Cardinals to a 21-4 overall record last season, including a 15-1 record in conference play. Arendse was MVP of the eight-team NWAACC Crossover Tournament and was a two0time first-team NWAACC Northern Region selection. She also held a 3.2` GPA and was named the Skagit Valley College Athlete of the Year.
“Keri is a great pickup for us late in the recruiting process,” said Newlee in a news release. “She is a great scorer and a hard-nosed defender and she will provide depth at the point guard and the off-guard position, as she is capable of playing both.”
“She’s an outstanding player and an outstanding person,” said her coach at Skagit Valley, Steve Epperson. “I’ve been here 33 years and she’s one of the best I’ve coached, as far as attitude and basketball skills. I hate to see her go because she’s been a special player for us.”
Arendse shot 78 percent from the free throw line and 40 percent from the field.
She attended burlington-Edison High School where she was a three-time first-team all-district selection, and was an all-state selection her sophomore year.
Anna Marchbanks has been involved in less-than-ideal situations a number of times in her basketball career, and they have all turned out well.
She hopes this one will, too.
The 5-foot-8 2008 graduate of McKay High School has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Oregon State University.
The Oregon State program, which finished 2-16 in the Pac-10 Conference last season, is in turmoil.
Fifteen players, many of whom complained about the way they were treated by (former head coach LaVonda) Wagner, and four assistant coaches have left the program in recent years. Wagner was fired June 1. She has not been replaced, but a new coach is expected to be named soon.
But the always-upbeat Marchbanks looks at the situation as a positive experience.
“You got to realize that it’s going to be a rebuilding year,” Marchbanks said. “And me going to McKay in high school and North, rebuilding’s what I’ve been through.
“It was nothing I was afraid of. To me, it was a challenge. I took it with open arms and signed my letter of intent the next week.”
Marchbanks’ mother, Wilma, played volleyball at Ole Miss, brother K.J. McCrae played football at Portland State and brother Kyley McCrae plays football at Western Oregon.
In her first year out of McKay, Marchbanks went to Central Arizona Junior College in Coolidge, Ariz., and helped the team win the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I championship.
She led the national tournament in shooting percentage at 84.6 percent and averaged 8.8 points and seven rebounds per game in the tournament.
Marchbanks played post in Arizona, but she wanted to play guard, so she transferred to Yakima Valley Community College.
Moving to guard for her sophomore year, Marchbanks averaged 20.5 points per game and 9.4 rebounds as Yakima advanced to the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges championship game before losing.
“Definitely a learning experience,” Marchbanks said. “Definitely going to (play for coach Cody Butler) opened my game up. (I) shot my three-ball a lot more. Cody’s an excellent coach. If it was not for Cody, I would say I probably wouldn’t have graduated.
Former Shoreline baseball player Eric Church was named the Most Valuable Player of the All-Dakota Conference for baseball in 2010. The centerfielder batted .466 for the season with 12 homeruns and 61 RBIs. Eric also scored 72 runs with 13 doubles and 6 triples.
Church led the Jamestown squad (the Jimmies) to a 39-11 record and the team competed in the NAIA National Playoffs.
The NWAACC has received word that Wenatchee Valley has hired the following coaches to lead the women’s and men’s soccer programs and the men’s basketball program.
Women’s Soccer- Lori Van Lith
Men’s Soccer- Garrett Brown
Men’s Basketball- Coby Weidenbach