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l1m•ui;!1 out the ye.1rs, T.,com,1-l'lcrcc Coumr hos bt'(.'11 wrt111�nfe 10 n!Ceive fL'COgnllkin ,ind rublldty thnnk, toil• national and lntemahonal c,lllbcr nth• let<>, c,,aches and 1,,.,m.,_ Th"ro h,1< ne,·er be.?n 011e pli!<e In which thelr accom pli£hmenl" ,It the high �cl1tx1l,cullege, ,1mala1r nnd prof.-s5lon,1i lwd cuuld re l'l.'<'ogniwd fnr th� distinction U1cv ha,•e brought or will brini; to oux community. Thnnl.$ to• generous contribution bv Fn.'ci Sh.111n1111n11. Jr.. the museum, ori�innllv n project ,1( the Tncomo Athlebc Commis,1011, bcrame n renhty with the opemnF in Odolit!rof 19!1-L TI1e primary (oru, is tu n.,:n!ate the history of spc,rb through ,•L,uol dis· pJa,-. anJ cornplLmcntcd with ,1 1wrnltl.l \'ldL'U hlghUghllng fomnw, moment, in our luc.,t hislor\'. TI1L' Jnuseum focus� not univ m1 nthli!ll."!ii, concht�•rnd te;,m�, bu1 nlso "" ndm11115tr.11ors, sponsors, offic1nls, sportswri1ers and broadcasters, nil of ,,-hom hnve contnbuted to our nch sports heritage Check out the mu�nm ,11 www.1acomospor1S111u,um.com ,md ;,uch feMures. it!> the Oay Huntingtun Brood• cast u,nter, the OW School Spurt, Programs sediLm, the se.uchabl� database with thousand. of pltolos Md artifact,, to \'ll'\\, a11d the J lull of Form, dorabase.
Contributions Sought For Museum
The Sha1Mman Sports \/luS!!um ,1ppreriat£» lho.<c wl•• an, able tu prol'idc finoncilll contributlt•ns lo the organlznlion to oonl lnunlly update ,111<! n1ta1� dis r,lnvs. expand Lhe int�rpretive s«tion of I.he m�um. nnd cnhiincc th,.. .1cce5- s1b1hly o( the oollecho11s 1hro11gh use of the website and olher mll!Tdct,ve means. Finoncinl support nlso "ill allow estabhsh111ent or l\.'!)\llnr Op<'r.ttlng hours so lhnl the public can n1<•re �,1sllr enfoy thedb'f>IO)'>Artifncts are al\\'1)'6 bclng 5011ght whfch "t II foster cnntlnul'LI pnesl!Tvatlon of our sports hls lory. Wheiher ll be an old fumily scrapbouk, n uniform, glove, propams, phoios. pos1crs. or C\',;,n an old bascooll from the tum c,f the C<'ltlurv. e.ich arbfnct tell, a story and cnntribut� m the folklore thol w� stm•e 10 preserve fnr gcncrnllons 111 come. We mu,I understand the pn;I m order lo appred,,le the pres.!nl and 1mlq11c memorabilia allow, lb to nrcompllsh thl, oblecHw. ' me Shannmnn Spttrt• Mu,�wn ,,( T.,roma-Pierw Countv ha 51.J I kl m>n•pmflt smtu.,. To mok� a nn,1nciol or Mtifucl co11tributio11, discuss est.1le pl1\11• mns, to bcn('tlt Ule: museum or for further information, contact �fore Blnu, Prcs:i• dent, Shan,1man Sports MuS-Oum nt 'J'JOS-63rd Aw. Ct E., l'uyallup, \VA 98373 nr l:!5316i7-2S7!or ,·la emallal mhblm14komc;isl,trel.
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Banquet of Champions Video Presentation Tell youI tr!ends who missed out on attending the Banquet al Champions lhai they are in luck because the full 2 !-, h011r productJoo will be broadcast b y lV Ta«lllla Wlllch is camed on boll' the Cllcltl and Comcast Cab.le �ems On Cllcl<I lV Taooma can be seen on Channel 12ln the Tacoma c,iy limits and lt1 Pie.rteClltll1ty. with lhe axceplton of UnivelSily P1aae, where IJley are found on Channel 21 On Cornea•� TV Tacoma can be seen on Channel 12'" the Taooma Ci\y timlts and on Channel 21 In Plfllte County, They are NOT carried on the Comcast systemin University Place. The Banquet or Champions Is also available as a Video ON-Oemand se!ecl!On on lhe stabons's website. Go ID tvtaooma.a,m In Ille ten hand navlgotion bar dick on "REGULAR PROGRAMMING", In lhe middle of the page c6ck on 'CITYI.INE". scroll ID lhe boUam of� page and under•ARCHIVE VIDEOS' cltclt on "VIDEO • /w far !hose of you who would like i.. puttha;& a copy of the entire Banque! GI ChampJDllS proce..tmgs; Maje child; for 520 payable to 'City Treasure, and send to: lVTaroma Al1rr BOC 747 Markel Streetn.lSC Taromo, WA 98402
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Visit The Clay Huntington Broadcast Cente:r
T,1cumn-l'ierc., County hos• lung h15mry m devcl• l1ping tm�tmding sporb brtJi1d�1!itffl. Over tht! ytta� sever.ii haw achieved national prominence while olhcr,, lhWC bet!n extremely ntih•e mt lhc n>glonal and h'>Gll scene brini,ing pl,w-brplay acllnn into the homes 11f thousands. When longtime brrndcaslcr ,1nd Kl.A) rnd,n station ,1wnerCla) Huntington passed ,,way in 2011, It -eeml!d appropriate to honor Clay for ht� ye;irs of service i n our oommwrit\'. The O,iv Huntington Bro,1dc,1sl u,nlL'l' is now (e41tu(OO on th(twebsile for Lhe Shnnnmi\n Sport� Museum and we mvHe you 10 chcck it out as,,•� pay tnhut� to our broadcasters by ensuring thnt their voi,es will rcm,1in ''On The Air" for vear,, tu com.J Tho.sc being honored include Dan Bartoh,wk. Rod Belcher, Thom Beunlng. Bud Blair, Mike Blower.;, Chucl. Bolland. f:.d 6ownwn, Dkk Ot.lvert, Bob Ct,roo.rnn. Ron Crowe, /'.llJ..c Curto, Bill D<>anc, B"b FMd, Jerry Cecli.,n, 1' GlaSjlOW, Adam Corrion, Mnson Hnllisnn. Don 1 litl, Jc't'l'V Howarth, Brock I lunrtl, Onmon I lunrd, Cl11y Hunting• Ion, L,my Huseby, John Jarsrad, J Mlchnel Kenyon, Co: L..imbert, John Lp1ch, Doug McArthur, llill Md.am, So Overbo, (),:,n l'oier. Ari l'opham, Ahmnd Rashad, Bob Rob�rt&m, Ktith Shipman i111d Stew Thomas V'15it http:/ /\\'l\'W. tncomasportsmuseum.corn and �n/oy hath radio ,ind tcle,·islon bmadrasts te.,tur ing uur rommunlly's finest sportsrast�rs. The� il� some classic roJls and greal moments from the past prlcelt!!<S ,ports mcm11ries fur the (uture.
Old School Sports Programs Now Available For Viewing Flip Book Project Displays Complete Content Of Programs
T1111 Shan,,m,m Sport. Mus.-um currently has 1,252 :;port,, pmgram, '7/.,, � .lludtll. In i� evil eel Ion ,p,lllnlng multlpl� tl\�11 i 6\\ ,. \\lltiiNl\11111\ "if\fl ............... ,_ ....._. sport,,. T11is includes auto racing •n••• •11 b.iscball, basketball, boxmg. figure skating, figure slraling. football, golf, h,X'.key. fastpTlch and slowpltt:h 5<1ftball, soccer, ,wimmlng. track and licld, ,ulleyb.1II, wrestling and much more for high school, f.'.'ollegir1te. semi~ prolcss,o:nal nnd professional sports played throughout Tacoma and Pierre Cou111y. The go,1I ol the Old School Sports Program Fhpbook l'mj<.'Cl b to make lhc< contents of ('very pagf! in • u,..,..,,. cad, program accessible to the public. • St.di"m The content m programs often • S.lla,mln• lnclud� ,1 hlslor\' ul the e1-e111, th� lo • Clove, P4.I. cation, 1e,1m m,t��. bi\lgraphkal profile;: of atllie!L"' nml roadies, .....,;ult,, or past events, awards, phcllL1graphs and an-some mstnnces 1nfonnation about the h,1st , nstltution and tho �vent Sl'(!n,-ors.. It is not unusual for indi vidualsworking on lhl1r genealogy lo I' conmct lhc mu.scum staff lo flnd t>ul when a fan,il)t member might have Saturday, Ile<. 8, 19S6 parhcipnlcd ma cerl,1111 sport. Tlus projl!ct is a valuable research tool for the public to enjoy Grant,, from lhc Tacomn Athletic Comntisslt>n .>.nd the Taootn.1-Pl= County &scball-Softball Oldtim• cn.As...ociation help.<..! mthe 1mbal fT�OIUM UHCCl(k phm,es .if the project.,\ Hcrimgc Proj MTTAOOIIA WILSON ect Grant Imm lheOty ufTacomo·� Btu.ARMIN£ CUll'TlQ l.,ndmark.• Pre.scr,•atlon Cc-mn1issiun CHEM!'t 5rMIUM, -is will hclp furthcrmir efforts but help alway.s ne..->derl. If you have old ..rorts progr.ims hidden In b<"l'> In lhe attic. garage or scrapbook IPlease ctmslder donating them to Shaorunan Sporl5 Mu.-<cum for ilw publlc'senjoymcnl. Financial contributions are also welcome to hclp Uus labor-iJ1l.('J15ivc effort come to fruition. Conrad M.m: Blau at 253-677-2871 or mhblau@romcasl.net.
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Dick Hannula Amateur Athlete of the Year Award
The Dkl H,,nnula t\wam b given lo lhc top ,nale and female amaleur athletes in Tacoma-Piern, C,,unty for the past ye,u-. I lru1t1tila, ,tn lntern.1Uomilly-know11 L'Oach aml a nwmbcr of the lnternallunnl Swunmwg Hall 01 Famu, ,,lso kd Flis l>\'llsun bovs swim teams 10 24 straight slllte tltli,s, and coached numerous world-cl,1>, swimmers such as Kaye H,111-Creff.Jancl Buchan Elway, Barbnra Mitchell. 01ud, Rlchard,, Did, David and Dan Hannula, Miriam Smilh,S.irah Rudolph.
Co-Female Amateur Athletes of the Year Jenna Mullen
By Kt'll/11 Mnmmr s, 1'11yn/111p Hrmld Fm the l1r.,t lime in lennJ\ � 1ull�n•s alh1t>tlc llft>, she was ncn•t,ui;. Like any college freshman, Mullen went through the Uunw:, of an,iety in being away from lwmc for Uu, first ti:mc. Bul after slw n•membcrcd where she c.,mc from. the rest was Big Sky history. Evt!f s111ce her birth on M.irch 5, l\l9i, all Mull1!11 kne,n,·as her home city of Puyallup. A,,, freshman al the Untversil)• of l'nrtt.-md, Mullen raced ,,dvel'!'ityshc h,1d11'1 faced before in her young life. It was n big cit), II was a n�w pl.Jc�. 11nd e..x-pec-tation.1.. were high. So Mutl.;n rose tu what was expectc'Ci of her. By t.he end of her first season "•II• rhe \�kings, Mullen h,1d bt.'el1 named the Big Sky Conforenc,;', Ouhtanding Frcshm,m ,1f th� Yc.ir aim leading l'SU i11 kilb (3011), aces (31) nud points on thl' !'e.1-•on (Jr, 1.0l. That is whvJenna Mullen has b<'l!n selected, alpng with Mcg;an Weaver cCurnsJ. bv the T.,cmna Athletic Comm1sslon as co Female Athlete .ii the Year. 'v lullm ll'd all frl!:lhman wilh kilb per sel n,06) and was rnnkt.'ti in the lop 10 In the oonfcl'(lnce. She led PSU l'ight times over lhe season 111 kills while ooUecnng a te.im,high 18 muhi•kill p;aml!S- Her first do11blc-dot1blc gnm�hlgh ol 17 kills and 10 digs c.m1e 111 Idaho. both care�, hli;h,. Bv the end 11( th,; s,.>a_,on Mulli;n ,toixl alom: ,,t PSU ,md in the !Jig 51..y'Confon<nce •l' she wo• the unlI Viking <1nd the onl) fr..,;hman sclcctl?d 10 the oll-conlL>rence te.,m. It's not surpnsu1s Mullen 11gun.'CI it Olli-not otter 1he c.ueer ,h�·• had before her b,g mo\'e to Portlnnd O,w her three yl!ilr. playing for Emerald Rrdge High n1lley b,1II, MuUm 1va, histnrk. Shcan:umulnt�d an u1credlble 1.313 kilb, ill blocks, 72.'i digs, 10-I 5<-rVla, aces and ;12 .i,;<i-l!<, nol In m�nllnn ,1 lifetime's memory oi bruises and court bum,. Mullen ldt ER as the all-time le.,der m kills. blocks 011d s111gl;, Co11,t,·,11 of Port/11JtJ sw, u,,;,,,,..;,_u malch record for blocks with 6. 11//1/,tlts <Sco/J /.J11'S<m I 1 ler tim� with fR \'Clll�vb.11l s.,w the rise nl J�gu.ir volleyball a. Mullen led Emerah.! Ridge t,, lhcir mo<t s11slilln"'1 success aitcr hclpini; the ream place thim (1013), before closing out with a second•pl,1ce finish {20H), lhc school's lughest placemenL TI,e ,-um!;,, Mullen hrought to Emerald Ridge rransl,1tcd throughout th� �A South l'ugc'I Sound Le,,gue, and the South In par � Tiiiibcrland Bank lla1lnr. Emerald Hidge plnc,-d M!t'.Pml ag.,in. lhis lime to lc,1g11c ri1·al P Curtis, provlng for one vca.r, tllal Uw 4.ASSLSouth Is the top \'ollcy � baU conference En the state. And that's thanks to alhlelt!S like Mullen and Weaver. l'coplc Lbc.at Banll;tng ror You/ who have rnisei.t th!.! !!,t.1nd.irct� ,,r wlMI it nw0.1lb Cl1 rompete in this '1reJ, Honey to Lend: Home-CoMU\lcclon-l!Usmess and hclping aspire the generation� afkr them. Coni;ratulallons li' L'i'lh.
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Morgan Weaver
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811 Bill Sd,�y On Uw w.,y lo scoring 93 go.1ls 111 her four•year career at Curliij Mish School-nnd 1:1'.-coming on� u(Lhe finest female =cer pln)r.•rs th; region hn, prnduced-Morgnn IV,,ave came by her ltwcor the sport ra1J1er natur,111) When Mo'q'<ln "'ilS • b.Jby, Mike Wc.wer was a ynuth �occerC'OOch and sometimes cnrricd aloni; his in font daughter in one or those front-side carrying pouclli,;, while he coaches.I 1J•mes cm the sidelines Whal was In unchcd in lhe Unlversily l'l,1Cc rec leagues has tumL'<l into quite n journey for 'A 'e.t\ 'C'rt J B. who is rommHled to continuing her soccer "'4lJ'Ct.lr a.s a forw.nd• mldficlder nl Washingtun Sratc Uni"crsily next foll. She will leave Curtis with a ooalload I! nchicvements, liicluding .JO JSSlsls nnd SouU, Pugel Sound League chnmploruhips th� pi15; tlwe years (Curtis shnrc'CI the :!015 title with Puyallup\. She w,,s the lc.1gue's most w,lunbl plnycr nll lh= year>. Wea,·er '""• named tt, th; 4A ,llbtnte learn in 2013, 2014 and 2015 by tJ,e WnshmgtO' Stnle Soccer Co,ich� ,\55oi:i.ltion, ,md ,he w,,s selected MVP her final w,1s011. She wm, als. Th" News Tribun(•'• All·Ar&1 pl,1yer .,r theyc.ir ,111 three years. As a senior captnin, Weaver racked up big ,iwnb.!rs-36 goal� lincludini; thrae 4-glll' games) ,,nd 11 assists last tall, hdped lead lhe Vikings lo the slale4A qunrtcrfinnls and wd S<!l,-cte,d I(> pl•)' in U1e Migh School All·Amcncan Match m December in Rnlcigh, N.C. lllg as U1os., attomplishmcnts "ere, Weaver was perhnps even mare Impressive for her dub team, Wnsh,ngtc, l'remler, with which sh� won two nation.ii champion �hips wllh 96 ECNLShe now plays for'l7 ECNLSI• Past Rec�ients plnved four ye,,rs for Federal IVJy Reig11 and the Pila' \l'hihlC)'Conder Rt•Fei>HS/Nor1h,'r11 M�h1san/llSAmt1 fi\'e years for Washington Prc'lllier. D.,l'anlc' Li� Curm HS/11',shingh•n 5111re �n1rn>Jl)' The l,1nky �Vt"',1Ver•s must obnous assets ;i� c,.,rtnev Sd111;n ll<il.tanin, HS,llnhmltJ �I 11'.\shln�u• aplosh·e �peed and strength, but ,he .ay, Seth Stoll Criehlnn l'o;;tlS/Ottgon St.tw Unlmsil,· Spidahl. who coacl1es W,1shington Premier as well a, Andm Geub<Ua Cums 115/Liur,rnlV of Kans1s the Pacific Lutheriln Unh er.s.ity \\'Omen's team, and UJWll!fl'S<'hwan &,11,nntn, flS Aaron Kimura of Federal Wni• Reign Sp<'l'<'.icd along TaJl<>r �im., 011,ng HS/�1111 <;1a1, U111,·=1y her development Andn,;GeubclJi, Curii<llS/Vnivmn, ·ofKAn..� "A.iron worked with me 011 lhc fundamenta� w?Sdmm-Jenkm! GiR H.irt.>r HS/li1111·�11r ol l\osluni;ton ,md b.111 s.kllls, ,1nd co.,ch Spidahl ha., always been fJl,l, <hdi,m.Jl,hn;.711 Unrob1 HS Unh..-r,I� cu l'u6etSound theru supporting me and I urned me int,, U1e plAyer Ab \lon1j;Jnn,,r1 l.ino,ln Ile; ·Go,rg• Tc(h Un11·,r;i�' nm lodny," Weaver s.1id. Amil\" l'ulMIII Life Oub1l.,n ,ladem,•/1',pp,:nllne Un/I ,'l>ih This sprmg. ot the uri;ins of a friend, Curtis Bne Fe!n.iglo Bei111rmm• J>n.,p/Lmrffl'IIJ ' of \nnh C•rol111J 15aiah Thom., Curtb HSI tlnh·emtr ef\1'5ltingtun trnck athlete Rcgg,c Hayden, Weaver elected to try f �Im Summer 01,mpirGame, �lchmieRNch hand In Lrack and Ocld. Shequkkly �tabllshcd hCJ\ Johnny Sp<•'ll!. l\mllup HS/C,111ral ll'a,hlngton Unl\'mih as one<lr the state'• beltl!I' sprinters, and was hand.,_ Christal Morman Puyallup HS/Un,11,r,hv ,,, l\\shmgmo the rt1lc ,1-, anchor runner on bolh the 4, 4CX1 nnd 4 BranJon Cihs<m Rc,g,11 ll5 ll'•shlnRton SWlrl L'nl\·eislty 200 rnlay teams. both rank<.'CI In lhc top U,ree In the 11.cO..,Je<i,D EmmW � ., HS,r•dlit L�ih,r111 L:nfrmlly st,11c. Tho 4 x 4 unit combined for a mc>et re-cord 4 m' Ki1"'11 Harl.ness C.1.'GldeCbrismn HS/Ohio51:11e Uniwmty ute,, 2.49 seconds ,11 thc 29th ,mnu,11 Vlkmg Relays. Chri-�1I Morri."11 l'u).llup H51 limic1>J<y ot \I 'a,hln 01on FranI. I Jani.cl, the girl, 1111d boys SOCCl.'r coad, fll<•Rubin F�H•ll'onl,mdmtrl.:rthcr,U) al Curti,, says Wca1•er's Intensity mal:es cvcryunc Rl ',lll MOQre (�sc,d; Chrislbn 115 L' of 11.'-.3".l La, l'l'j;,1-' o.round. her better, nnd he ra, ,..,. about her breakaw �"AA" 111111,ms L,l;e; liS/L:n11·•rnl} orWasrunFIDll speed. Ryan II,•.,, C,,;-.,;.hi,Chri;tbntlSIL ofi\,, .a,fa Lu \'•'Jl'l' "She's exceptionally quick ond fast, one o( thl l:nn·,,r,,it) t>f rug,iSound D,111,1 &)Ir lop 4()(1 runners in lhe stntc,'' he said m li�ting off Rosen, HS,'Padllc LuUll'Iilll Unhmll• Clud lohn.'<ln Weaver', skill; . "Puwcr, she's stmni;, l' el) strong Ir Emerald Ridge HS/l',1c11ic Lutheran lln1n,,11, \1,i;.i> Qu.mn And she has n lot u/ drive. Few players arc as (ast, KirLll·hlle Curti, H5/BclSe5t.tl,· strong, ns drh•e11�1nd play al Utal fnsl pan•. Those l'11dilr luth,ran Lnht'f'>ill Karl ltnun 1hmgs make her special.'' 51,,mnun Fur,,lund Mt, T,lwm• 115 Hrrnkel says he'll remember the Weaver Era ., 8dliununcd'n,p Dusty ilr'11 "Her cla,s wns lhc first group of freshmen tQ 6nxl Hu;ml l'uy,ll11p HS/l:nh'mih' 111 \\'a,bin�t.m \Lut \\'Ml) Rui,'el> l lS/Plldlk Lutheran Uru1·ers11,· play here al Curtis," Hankd �,Id "She kind or hil Li� HS1St.mfonl t:n,wl!itv li.11< Sl.irhird her gmwth spurt early, and she produced right aw Beilarminr. l'rer/St,mninl Lnm•,1�· Sonya Olq,r She ployed 75 gnmes for us, ahd lhls class of seniM l'uullup HS/Unh•eNly 1-i \l'a,hlni;tun Oamllll Huard wmning lhrccSl'SL titles back lo back is somcthi� Andv M,1ris ll'bhe R],.., H5 will remember, The rivalry games \\1th i>uyaUup, S.>n•• Br,1nd1 l'aofic lutltc,rnn L:ru1·cl$JIY .\!organ bringing a lot of fol' l(l Curtis in those ycat; L n11·ers1ty of l'uJl't S.,ond \hlli; Ollph,mt A, one of (i1•c 2016seniors to pla)' oU four )• Jim \ln11111,o11 l'urnllup liS nt Curtis� \Neaver .h..b her own memories. 1
"Wh�n I first started playing !,OCC�r I played with most ,,r 1111!5<' girls," shtt <.ild of h�r rec. days in Univer silv l'lnc;,. •w1t�n I left that tc.,m (for the Federal Wav Rc111n after Ull soccer) I thougltt, 'Wow, rm never ,goins l o pla) with them agnin • When II come to high S<:hool, ,ind 1w got to play with ,ach oUwr ngain, It ju,t foeb like "Ju times. It's great." Prob.,blv hl'r favorite moment c.ime on Oct. 17 inn 5-0 \\1n over Rogers. "It w.is Senior Night. llcmi; oblc to piny Mlb nll m y friends and rny (freshman) ;;istt,r Isabella wns 1m1n2ing," We.iver said. "We had a cc•mer kick, l,abella mnde the k,rk and I scc,n-xt ._m tt h!!adt'r.... It was so special
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hnd l\l!Ver been uble to plily on th� same t!jam before." On,, guy who probably won't miss Weaver playing for Curt.ls Is Puyallup rum:h Malt White. "Hor first step is amozli1i;: Whitc s.11d. "i\nd MorgaJl's oUtleticism Is of( tl,e charts. Most people go. 'Well, we·u man-m.,rk her and we'll shut her ,!own lhul way.' ll'elJ, thnt only applies if you have as go()(\ of an athlete." TI,.; 11c-xt cl1apters or the l•Vea1·er ,ocrer s.ign wfll unfold In rullm,m. Jusl how wa• ii �he dc'Cidc-d 11> b=nie a Coug? "lt's flumy. I wa, n!ways a I lu,,ky fnn. My dad, 100," Weavt!r said, nobng thnt was before 1h�Coui:,1rs coadtiniz staff came calling. "llt�y couldn't contact me pe,,.onally, ,;() their coaches to11mctcd (Spidahl) saVJng thC) wC1uld like to talk lo Morgan. I called their assistant ro.1ch Jon (Hnr1•ey), and he was super nkl'. So I 100k a l' bit and went 01·er there. 11,e play• crs and co.1ehes, Cl'�tyone was so nice, It just Ml like h{!me and like family. ·•11 iked the campus, ,md thcJ.r facility is so nic-1 just fell in low wilh the platt'." Hankel thinks ifs" good flt tor Weaver's further maturity ,,s J player. Coach Todd Shulenbergl'r'� Cougars finlsht-d i'-1 In the l'aciRc-12 lasheai;;. m. dcfe,,ted rival UW and went lo the NCAA p1ayaffs for the Afih straight s=on. -She's \\',itched them (the Cougnrsl play," hcs,1ld, •·anti she's re.tl• ,zed that you've s<1t t,;, bring vour best every day because they h�vc 25
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CONNELLY LA \\'I OFFICES
Past Recipients
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Excellence in Officiating Award presented by CONNELLY LAW OFFICES
Thi; award hnnor., in actil'ollffkial In T.1C01Till•l'iem' Countv who has made n !iig;nlfiranl cunlrihuliun lo the bettennenl or olfid.1Hng. O!ffd.usan> recugnlLL'<i for lhi!ir leadcrshlp. dedlc.ttlon nnd I.he high slJrn:l,trd nf profcssinnalism lhl'V dl,pfov on local fields and courts. TI,e Oll'ard ,, pn.-senl"i by Connell)' L,11• Office, Jusl as nllomeys are considered orbilcrs 0£ puNi. b1v-, uffici.11• nre, In .s.em.-.,, ,miters uf the L,ws in ;porL� Connelly L.111 Offices aclmuwl nlge; IJtdr cltort dnJ !l!nicr 10 bring Integrity .1nJ falmes, lu 1he rumpetilll'e lanoope of ({'Cal Jmaleur athletics.
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BASEBALL: PHIL TAYLOR Phil Taylor beg,ln umpiring baseball in l!ff.l for lh� West�m Washington Baseb.,ll Umpires As5oci•• tloo, ,1mJ he Is ronsidl"fl'<l une of the lop oftkml> in tho organi2alion.. Helms been selected to wurk four stt1te toumnnwnts. nlonA \Vilh manv dl!;trict qudlifyini;James. T.1ylnr received 1hr WWULJA "Iron Man Award m 20lS, an award 1h,1t s.1lutcs lhoscorfk1nls who work the most game, during the•"""''"• I le worked a loinI of SI .chool and ,ummer game:, in 2015. Alter �•rving in the Army, lr1cluding d•ploymcnt lo S.111di Arabia, Phil contlnul'll hi:; l'<IUCilllon i n computer scil!flct. I le h employed with the City o(Tacom• and is marrioo with three daughter,; and 1,vo grJndchild.ren GIRLS BAS1<£TBALL: KEVIN WALK Kevm Walk bas served 18 years on the Tacoma Basketball Board as an ollicinl for girls' b.;sketball. He .has c.imed postseason assignments 111 �,1ch ur the lnbl nine scasun!!, incll1ding 51.lh.• R"Slonal a�ignmcnt:- �ach i,r the last Aw ve.-.rs. Walk has S<!l"\'l-d twl) four-ve,,r turms on thu TBB faccullw Board, ,md he has servlood tlvt! years nS bonrd president. BOYS BASK£TBALL: TONY SCHOELER Tony Schoeler has more than l5 years ol 011icmlms expcncncc and has worked his wny up lo being n high-ranking, well-respected leader in both the I\lestem Washingtcm Ba.ketball O!Ada.ls Asstldatlun and the W,.;lem W,tshington Foo1b.11l O£ficials Associntil,n, Sthoell'f has worked four high school slllw oosketball tournaments nnd has lx!en on the WWBOA bo.ird for a totnl oi 11 yc.,rs. H e hns b e en p11'.S1dent of the associadon dunni; £m,r of those years. He h» nls,1 worked at se,·eral basketball ofliciat1ng camps ,ind prtwlded lt.'Odership and mentoring to new <1f!ldnl, nnd been ,1 51,onsor for lnc,11 Qrfidal mg c;,mps lhmugh hi� buslne:.s-Sound Alhklks.. On th� footb.tll side he hns b<.>c:n II WWFOA board membl'r £or nine ye.1rs,lncludlni; two ye,,rs ns prcsid�nt, and worked two-!A champfonship ll"mcs In his c;,rccr.
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FOOTBAU: RON ANDERSON
Ron Ander�1111 ha, been a member ol the Westm, W;1shington FootbaU O/fionls A,S<.1cfatfon tor n,arly 20 YL'M>. Me ha, servt.>d on the WIVFOA Executiw ll(wd ond has •pent <everal yeai, a.< the ,\pprentice Trainl11g Ce>i>rdlnator, which n,,quires him t<> man age the lnst·nJCtlon,11 ru1<l trainil,i; pru1,tram for ;ill newer offid.11•. He prepares w�ekl) tests 11nd leammg m,ten.,I for the new ollidals. He is n c,:,-founder and tfol.>ctor oi tl,e Gndlron Football Offioatmg Camp, A Pu)'atlup Mlive, he ,1lkndl.'d Sumnl!I" 1-tlgh Scl10..1l ,ind Green River Communitr Cullege and is a 2014 redpfent .,r the WOA M�ritorluu; Scrvke Award and a 2013 n.>dpient ol U1e W\VFOA fom Cm•� ,\w,1nl. I le has uflidntal � WIAA State Chnmphm,hip football i:nmL>s nnd three semifin,11 championship gnmes, alo11g wtU, twu PJdJk Co.u;t Footb.111 '-"•sue Chompionsh,ps g,1mes. His most n."'1!nt state champ,on.�hip assignment w;,s Ihe 2A title game in 2014 nt cl,c Tncomn Dorne SOCCER: CY PAlMER
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hilJ> offici.1t.'CI �r for the past �11 y.-,1r,, ,mdcuntlnuts. lo ,crve •� n referee for mo111 lh,1n 1!10 rnntche-; per yeat Me is• lol'lll dub a.s."1gnor for tlw File Mll11111 Edgewood Socct!r Nsad1tion amt serv ed Jn various n1Les on th� Picn:c County Soccer Referee Associlltkm for mnrc 1:h,,n 10 vcar,;. i'almer t'i well known ror .1 chnrisnmtic stvleruld has been caJ!ed the •be!.l Ult referee e\·er· by hi$ nssignors. E.1rll,:,r ,n his crire�r, he would refon.'C mure than JOO m.1lclu,s per) ear. l'layeri,, cmch,,; nnd p.ucnls lov, S<"eing Palmer w�lk unlo the pitch, l.nt1wing the) wlll see ,l fulr nnd wcll-c;illed mntch. I fo pici<al up the nickname "Play by PIJ)' Ref" aftcrn local blog wro1c about his f>OSilive comments throughoul the g.1mc encc:mrnging pli.1ye.rs,. including comments like "'n,ce pass" and " gtXld lhinklng." l'almercompeted in t>as.'batl, fucnb,111 and molorcycle radni; and has coochL'<I 15 years ,,r Junior United Soccer and thme ye.,r, of Little Leai;ue. One o( his hii;hlight> off Lhc soccer neld was finishJi1g the Barsto,o to Vegas rnoh.ircyclc race.
The Frosty Westering Excellence in Coaching Award Thli, ,,wmd was est.:ibli,hl'<I to honor a ll'!JCndary oonch, Frosty Westering, ,ind lo Inspire ,md recognize those wh11 foUuw in hb footsteps. Fro,ty <!111ph,u;lzeJ a double-win them�: vktPry 011 lhc:;roreb,,ard and the !w!lhfndlon of playing t,, on�s per<on,,l potcnllnl. He ln£tllh)d a lovl' of tcamwc,rk nnd com pelllion, and stressed ··servie't.1' obov� sc]f."' For40 years his plaver.,, responded by portravlng exccllc:ncl' on lhC! fldd, m the clnssroom and u, the commllnity. The awnrd 1s presented lo o loc,11 coach III recosnltion of their commiln1ent to excellence ,ind dc\'otlon lo U1c personal growth of their plnycrs.
Kevin Aoki
Kc,,Jn Aoki l'('(Cntl) romp!N,od his :Wth s�ason at the h�lm or the f'aciRc Lutheran volleyball lcrun, an(! during 11...,t time he has est.:ibllshed himst.'JJ "-' the grc.1test coach ln pr!! �ram history .,nd one of the best In NCAA Di\'. Ill. A 198-1 PI..U ,1l11m, Aoki look over the vollcyb,1ll progr,1m at hts alma mater pnor to the 1991, ,eason. Al that point the team had never won a conference championshlp and h,1d rc,ich,�i 20 wins only lour times in nn �,a that regularl)' featured 30 lo 40 games per season In unly his luur1h se.,;,on, Aoki chnngcJ that lustoty by guldu,g hls t�am to a D-.3 confl'r• ence recc,rtl nnd the pro�ram's first North• west Cunferenc., champ1011sbip, llrnt season ;ii;;., mo1rkl.'\l th� fir.,! of nlne 20-win ""1Sllt\S ,mt c,f hb first 20 c.,m palgn• with the 1&,m. l Jls squad postL'\J th� b...�t winnins pcrccnragc in tcnm histo-1) to thnt po1111 wiLh a 20-6 record (.769), a m.irk hi.< teams h;wc m,1t.hcd "'surp,1sscd five times slnce. While the 1999 squad set the ruunda• tlon,f lhe 2003 tc..,m bega1\ a run t:.if 12 lop two confel'\'nco finishl>s in Lhe past 13 years. 11,c 200-l le.1m fimshcd l ;i'-1 m conlcrcncc piny to claim the program's ,e<"ond NWC tilie. and lwn ,,c.,rs la'lcr the Lule:. tx,g;,n a four-ye,u mn 1hilt foalun_"'<i an 8.1-25 O\l�rnlJ record, a 60.. J confcruJ1cc mark and lour cons,on,1t,·c Ullcs. Aoki's teams hnw won mne totol NWC titles. includmj! outright dmmpionsh,ps m 19')1), 200-l, 2007, 2008, 201)9, 1l112 and 2013 and sh,11'\'d cmwns in 2006 and 20 t 4. He has been named NWC C(l.,ch of the Ye1r �ight times while receiving AVCA West Region Cea of lhc Year rt.'l.'llS11itiun in 1999. 2004 and 2007. Aoki owns a mn.-cr record l!f 360-161 through his flri;L 10 rears, nn aecr,,gc of IS winj per season nnd a winning perc�ntng�of .691. In Northwest Conference plnyf heowns a .764 winning perccntngc 011 a 246-74 !\'cord. His teams have earned spots in lhc NCAA Di\'. ru Region11I Toumnmc:nt llJ times, buil.i, ini; on a coachlng l'\'Sttme that lncludl's nine stale loumamenl PAST RECIPIENTS :!1115 Randr D.wis Foocroll C.SC.d<• Chns11•n nppcarana,s in l 2 yc;,r< co.iching at Bcthcl J-ligh School bcfol'\' contlng lo PLU. !014 Caiy\V1L-1lrh.u!h Boy; B�<h1h:ill 5«-11/lo:oom
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The Doug McArthur Lifetime Achievement Award
The Doug McArthur L,fctunc Ach1c,·<!nlen1 Award ts mtendcd IO n.-rogmz� an lndh'ldual whol-.,plures lhdrucra.•-IM lor,pnrt Sport,; bring nut th� lx.><t 11( us as ln,tivi,luab ,l< well a, roll,'Ctivcly as a te,1n1. Spori> clmllcng:e us both ph•:siG11Jy nnd numtnlly. It brii:iss out our be.st In moimmti. wlwn our L'll'Sct l� required.. 11,,� competitive spml !ihows 1tsc-h m" v,,netv 01 wows oVl'.r tl1e course o( n lifetime� It b Ml ,1ooul wmnlng but about <t1mp�tini;. 111, ,11,out bnnging aul the vest ,n yourself ond others thmui;h Ql;,Ull), effort and altitude, When on� ,foe, that. it le,ll"<'S • lei;•C)', • n1,td map al courage, lor othurs to follow. 11us Jw1mi nx-ognu.L� oll al 1he above ond t.1coni.11Uh1e1ic Comnuss1on is proud 10 nnmmlly h1111t1r lndl,idual, In 1h�rornmunlty a; n.,clf'k'nl&OI Doug �lcArthur Lifot,m, ,\chit'l•emml Award
Dick Hannula
Pierce Countv has been ble,'Sctl with manv coaclt�s who5e contribution lo th� lives ur Mhlet"" and thcircomn111ni11• has been exceptioi,al. Some oi ihem haw had rc•nmrlmblc win• lus, records d> ,1 reflection uftheir effort ,ind lhe talent they bmughr out or kids. But none lms compiled • lxldy of wor� and enduring succ.'» more impres�h•� than Dick H,1nm,l,1 TI,�re ill'll St' mnny ..,ingh! achhNemenb, h-.1nors ,,nd n.wgnltion� repr�nting I lannuln's conlrlbulion to swimming that n complQk list would l' l'quire more space than this program allows Winning :?b.st,1te sw1mmmg tc,,m ch11m pionship; would <'>C'-">d the o:edentinls ol many or the greatest roadrc, c,[ any sport. For Ilannufo, It's Jtl.SI n starting pince in hi< bil>-.1 bio th,tt has be,>n recited upon mduct1on m nine di(forcnt hall!t uf fnml'. He sw<1m nt Washington State Um,·ersily and then ncccp1ed a teadung and coaching pos!tlnn al Tacom.,'s Lincot11 H,gh tn t':151. Srxly fi\'e yeMs Inter he'• ,tiU sharing his wisdom In the l,,cal athl�tkrommu nily, • tn his seven seasons cttticltlnt; LinroJn si,•imm�rs, th(!) won two r..t,1tc ntlcs. Hmmuln moved across lO\\'n to tJte ne\"' \\lilson Hlj\h School in 19,S, The Rams didn't win the ,late champ1onsh1p his 1irs1 yenr but lhcy �tarted a 1foublt!-blial., dcar-your-i!yes . dld-l-read-lhnt-nght stNak. 1·11� Ram� wcnl undefoated 111 323 ron«.'<.lltlvc meel!o and won 2� rnn secuth·e ;,tale d10.mptonshiJ"'. There W.tS one med with l..1kc•s High in 1977 I hat cnd�d in n tie before the stn.>i1k was broken bv Portland 's Da\'id t:>..,ur)as HS m 1 1183, H,,nnuln's Ins! 1•ear as the Wit,son conch, Bclore the :,trea� when he w.i· s ,lt Lincoln, ht' sL.1nL-d the iilcom;i Swim Cluh and wn, tlw head cnaclt for mor� I h,1n -lO venr.. Swimmer,, �t TSC tunwd I lannuta·Ho;u:htng lntosucce,;e; ,m 1hJ natlunnl and world lewl. Kave I C.11) was on� uf lour U.S. Olympk lt'am i.wrmmcnt who excelled under Hnnnuln, tun,ing him Into n globallv rt'<:Ognizcd co.,ch. H,11! set 111<• world record 111 lhc 100-bnckstrokeand won hvo pold med ab and a brun,c ,1t the I 968 Mexico 01) Olympie Games. Other world-d.,ss swimnwrs molded by Hannula in cluded: Jnnel tludian, Chuck Rkhards, Mlriam Smith ,md S<1115 Dick, David Md Dan I lannuLi (dnughtcr Debbie was ,, ,tnll! plaa,r)_ Fi,·,• ,,f his swimmer, CUmpl!ted In llw World Univ=ity Games (winning Jhree gold medal�). Several were rrnliunnl c.h,1mpion.� ;md hoJders of Ame.riran rcctJnis .il lht.• time. Acknowledging the success of Hnnnulo'scoa.:hing rn�lhud,, he was named conch lor many mtcffillhonol rompctlllum.. He led lhc U.5 nalfon,11 tram In mlemit tlunnl mc'l!i3 in 1973 (Engtaud and tlulgarial, I O,:i CP,m Amurican Go.mts in Mexico Cilyl, 1976 (£gypt), l'l' 7S (Toiw.inl nnd 19S; (Pan l'acilic Mecl In Tokvo) llo w,t,; lhe mru1,1gcr uf the US. NutiQnJI 1eam ,n ,;tcrnational ffimpclilion: 197Y-Pan Americ.,n C.1mcs ,n Puerto Kirt1; 1964-0lympk Games in Los Ang�I�, PAST RICIPEINTS 1988-0lymplc G11nes 20th Did. Hinnulo in S..>oul, Kort'1, 200120[; SQn \an:,r,1ntci:.ns11u Goodwill Games m WH 1lab Rob<rt,on Brisbane, Australl,1, lOl3 ,.,. S;ortun Hannula was alS<> lill 2 Ru�o t..usan the commis�ioncr or rn.• Hnmmla Fmml!f-DICA. �,,tr,n, 0.111, D,ck, Daw nm/ Dt'lrby 4
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swlmmmg nt the 1990 Good will Gru:nes In Seattle. Hi; 161 of Hall of F,1mo md udiuns began b.,fnro he was e,•�n donu co;iching. In 19S1, lw roceiwJ the 'latlonal l11ter<chol,,,tlc Swim Co,1chcsAssodallun', Hall or Fam-, Award, In l�S7, the lnwrnational Swlmmlng Mall of f.1mc mductts:I Hannul,1. 17,e Stale of Washrngtlln Sport. Hnll of Fame ( 199-1), l',,dfk 'JorthwcSt Swimming I !nil of Fam" (200<) .ind Amcrkan Swim Co.ichcsAs.,ocla· lion Hall or Fame (200-1) followl'<L In 200� II was our Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Ifoll oi f.1m�. 171e \Vashmgton Sh,te L:mvcrsily S ports 1970 I VU.sou Srviuffr,1ttt•C,111fo/r,J & Co,uJu•s Ilall tif F,,me. Washington lnterschola.stic Ac• L to R- C11pt11/1,s, D/cJ. Ha111111w 1/lmd Co.1d1J Kur/ Kui11/i,r, D,•1111/; !MIies A:.sucinllon (WIAAI Hall of Fam� and Ln1S1111. Dm�• /J11rMn11111d }1111 8,..,11,·llrr IAssisluJJI C"1r/1/Dlv111 s C1•1c/JJ Aber1-ken I ligh (Wcath,•rwaxl I lnll uf F,mw complete the list ffor nowt To S.hilre hi� ms1ght ,md mentor dec:ndes worth of oUu:,r swim coaC"hcs, J lannula wrote e,le.nsivcly i1fld led nu1111!1'()0:- c,,mp, and dinicli. He" the author m Coaching SwimminA Sucm;,,fully and co-eLlltor of Tiw Swim Cuachlt Bible. Other swimming publlc,,tlons haw published more than Ilk) m hts tecl111i01l articles. I lannufo has bee11 d fo tun.'<l cc.,ch al cllnicll in mnre than 3() ;t,1te;, a;, well a� tho AU3lr.illun Institute of Sport, C.rnbcrm,Australio (hvice): the I long Kong lnslllute ol Spurt (twice), and llw ThaUand Swim Coad1bASSC>ciation. He nlso sen•oo four lemis as Prcsidl'!lt of 11.be Amcrica.l\Swlm c,�,ch1>o Assc,dation (,\SCA) and was Vice-President of the World Swln,mmg Cmches Assocmtion. ll1e ASCA lmn11n.,i Hi\lu\Ula wiUt lhc Oaland Leadi;r.;hip and Service Awa� If you want to lmpr,ave yonr power stroke aml distance m lhc pool. I la1111ul,, im•cnlcd lLut'• Paddle.<, a train Ing aid ;old arvund the world al 1vivw.l�1n,p,'ldd Ies.com. It's ,1ui1c • ll,gaq for a kid who 1,'l'CI\' up in Alx<nieen delivering R,h for his fnthcr's comp.1ny before going to school each dov. He nnd hls wife Svlvla haw bL"Cn T.1coma I reasu re,, ,md the wurld's swim community has bcncfltted i;reatly 1rom his lifettme achie,;emenl. ;i
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The Flrs1 Familv ot Sptirt> Award n,rognltl><; lhe ronlnbutiou!; of I"'�, fo,ter parent< ,,r guard In Ill, who mslill ,1nd help m.11nt1m alhlete5 ' su«o:,ses, Fmm '"" "Iii Mom· w,we ., ll ewnt 1(1 more form.ti admowfrogemenl of fnm1lv Interest'" ,md cocoor.1gcmcot o( ,port� Imm g,•neralion to gmm11itm, athlett< ,1chlt>1·ement, 1,·h<th er In team or md1v1dunl sports, i> fo,.t�lt'd h\ 11nd al-o can fo,tcr famill llfo
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The Mullen Family Mike, Rosie, Pat, Molly and Nick FIRST FAMILY OF SPORTS AWARD RECIPIENTS Jll• Th, \lullt·n F•mil1-\llk. Kt1,.,, Pat. Mtdl pnJ \d. )115 Th•C.m;,,.u r,nulj--raul loin w, 11,l,·, user rim ...i Om.: Jlll ThtShcltonfnuh....um_5m1, �mn. Aui>m· l!m. 1111.,tin. wm.a,ndl(,l,b :!llft ThtOuH.1mU1�11o1, ro11. l>dJ,, Ornl"' Rd,,-., l«I ,nd lhchdt l!lL'! Th, 11,d,..J fm11fl-&r <;Jurin, RM. Ju,fr /,,hn. S.,-, \11<ti..J. r,L Tom n,,. Ka= lo.mn, Jim •nd J,,,j !.'I I Tb, 11ni;,w fillllll)�Eit, llartmr. O..,ld. M,1l •nd &I :1.110 Tir n..n1 r,m111-1m.,. r�. n,..,n 8nd"'4W. :!D"' rh,• Wl.'>la'Uta r,,,.�1-Fru,n 0.'1U1.I. Holh Sut Ur.iii. Sa,jt nl!itica:w., The H.innuL, fruruh--.O.k Syt,•u, O... Om. O.:l tnJ D..-1,1,t ll17 Tht \..uno, F,nult-5con.;., Torn. Chm •nd l'ohib !.\',, Tbt \Vlillam, F.unu,-1,-.,, Oa,, l•1t. J,'ffl; s.,.,,, lliw, John. Joni.inn! lmnllM
Ry • Tod,1.11,11,.. n11• ni1w111aJ Nn,... rr1111111t All 1h,1I vou 11<,.,fod tu know about 81ll \lullcn <<1uld b., found in hl, ffll'lfculnu,l�•ori;aruz,oJ bod.yard i:•rden ne,,r Lincoln I Ugh Sch ool Rows of rurumbl!r.,, Al'l�t �Jns. tomi'ltfJ"\l and rhubJrb were ncaU�· con• ,1ruc1<>d "cll•m,mirun,d ond ..-ady for p,clang. ·He 101·1.'d lhnl ganll'n." ,..,d Mike Mullen. BIii's ,on And ,,U lh•t '.o'ou na\ll\l tu lno11 ,,bout Jim Ennis et>uld 1,,o found fn � dcrorat,•d l,.,me o(Jlc.,. ,n E, crett An cbullk'llt p,·rsonnllly, Enru,, had a tr,,ml'd photo of him ,111d 110'\• \'otf\' Dame legend Knute f�ockne honi;rni; on the wall. "Becau,.., (•f hb m1·olvcment \\1th -�1tc anJ nilllonal l,tthlctics>, hi.' knew nnJ wa, rrlcnd, \\1th many fomou., .uhlct,">." Mullen ;.11d R.1rel) do two bloodlin<" intl!r5ld 11• fonn one nf the <UP,T"'iz,oJ famllle. ul othleres and l'O.lth..,, ,he stale o( Wn,hington h.,s ewr >('Cll. Timi 1• ex,>ctlv wh ,11 happened h= 11co1rl1• SO w•�•jto when Mike �1ullcn 011d Rtisle Ennb wed on \1ay '.!8. 1%5 ·wiwn the Enni,'> got together 11ilh tlw Mull�n-, 11 wa, more ;ports tnll ,ind d1-b.lting lssue--,tuff Irk� 1h,1t,• ,;aid l'at \1ullcn, une of Bill ,ind Jim', grancboru, And yet, th.it wcddini; W.!Sn't the first tim,• the two famlllc� met &cl in the Into lq.30,, ,Jrm Enrus, lhcn ,, catcher, tra1·cled up tn Sedrt�IVooUey to p�w for Uw Northern <;catc Hu,p,tul summ�r alJ•slilr l:i.iseroll te,1n,, then Jnj)naf!l'd b1 Bill M111/,•11 tJIII \lullen p,l�l' 25
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Bill, a Lincoln I llgh j,'Tlldunt", w,15 one ul Tncorna' s gre.,tost bascb.111 players ln Uw 1920s. lle wc111 l<l Wnshins;ton State Unh·o?r.;1ty as a catcher lo play with lcgcndnry conch Buck ll,,lle1•, ,md nbo played exhibition game,, against n bam.-i,,rmlng teams of majur-league stars, not.1bly slugg,,r Babe RuU, anJ oulfiekler Bob �lcus<!l. lie then turned to coaching for th� ne�t 20 years nt his ,,Ima m,itcr at L,ncoln. Ho ro.iched foolbnll, baskelb.:ill ,rnd baseball, ,ind founded the sdmt>l's bo:<lng club. "We lll'w righl ncxl to IJncoln tk,wl. On Thanksgll'tng Day, the whole fnnlily wou!LI meet nnd go down forihc annual Turkey llowl game; Mlkcs.ud. "11,at was lrnditmn for us." llill was regarded ;i,,quletlvdemandlng, ,, ll�rce,tr,,tcglst • but eitlruncly • lnir \Villi hisnlhlctcs. "Wlt,•n I was l,'ft>Wing up, a hit of his players woulJ �top by the hou.e- past rind prt'Sl!llt;' �Hkc said. �H--, w�s just so widely respected " Jim Ennis w, ,s c'q,mlly wcll-wrsrtl 111 t,,,seb,,IL A Bl!r)• rompetitor and n ma�ler mutivd• lor, he was a lwo-sporl slAnduul in b.1St;ball ,md football for U,c College of Puget Sound [now UPS! m Tocom�. Jim coached ,11 WSU and SI Martm's, bur w,i, primarUy known for nil lhe years he ,;pcnl at El'ercll High School, guiding an undefeated Seagulls' bc1r b,1rutl1,1ll squad to thr 1941 stat� liclc, th�n becoming lite school', athletir director. llill and L,urcn Mullen h.1d three childre� Maureen, Mike (basketbnll, track) and Sheila (l cnncs). Jim and Ann Ennis had fiw chlldri!II-Jim Jr. (b.1sketballl, Terry (football; Mali of F,,mcr wo11 287 gamc>s and three st.1le liUe,, as head co,ich ,,t Bl."llam1inc Prep, Renton, Cascmlcu( Everect, Archbishop Murphy). Toni. Mollv and Rosie. Al)d m 1%4, the hvo fomihcs mmglcd-aga111. M1kt• Mullci1 n11d a friend went to see jav mus,dnn W,,ync Simon ,11 tl,e Brnss 1\101,l...cy in downtown T.1cnmil on a Sund.,y aftemonn. At tl1ech1b, they notict>d h,·() young women sitting at a table. One .,f them was Rosie Ennis. "'The muSlc. was rn the clistana,," Mike said. "We talkc'<l ,,II clay." /\nd they also ended up shooting hoops later in th,: cvi,ning at St�wart Junior I llgh School where Mike worked. Mike ,ind Rosie doted for a yL"ar. gnt marrit.'cl ilnd had thn'I.'cl1tldrcn-P,11, '-'lollv nnd Nick. •Mike was the p,1tnnn:h whn wns well un his wav tn be coming onl!'or the 11r.:i,1•s·bl."hl boy:, basketball roacl1es l·lc w-1n Aw city junior high title$ at Stl!wnrt [l9bl-68), then served ns an J.SSls• 1nm coach m Curlis High School under Jerry Rcdbcrg when the Vl�lnss won thi, J '171 stale mt.-. \liki, moved un 10 become Ute l1&1d L'Oacl, at Dc'Clltur and Olvmpia, but mndc his bigi;cst UllulJ M;k,· Mu/kn orrlwstmlt':;' tr JJ/mt n� 111,,rk M llcthd. �m P11t (rm Jue leJU 1111c•11tl11 f1/1s.•n\'!-.
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Scl«hun Cntena: • f'.an.m&s or �uardian� must have �u r,portod 1h11 cllorts of lbelr chtldrrn m sch0<il nnd commu· nity nctivlU,s. l'riurlty glwn to tho,,, families If parents of the famlll' lx!Jng honmro parlid• pu1.d ns ,, pfayerw conch at the high io<.hoot, rollege nnd rrof,.,.. ,IPnnl 1.-,L •Child/childn,n mu,t hO\·e m.u:fo �1gnific.ml romnlmhons , 11 lhc Joc.,I. Mal�. regft�naJ ur natlo,1,1I sport< 5'.'i'ni'. F,m,ilies ";1h childn.,i still p.1rtidp.11lng are mchgil,lc. •Oilld/cliJidren <luiulJ be ,lble lo tlCLnc11Wra.h.t uchiL"\'ltf1\l' J1l� t'•t ccntribuhonsdesigned ID help Improve lhe qunlity of life in the romnumlcy lhcy lll'ed In, • All fn,ntt,• m,•mber.. should be m good .s.Lindini: ns membcJs-01 the mmrnunHy. •Oiliy member., or lmmc..Jlnte family ,11\' d!glble for con• SJdemhun Ell.1ended r.tmll)r member> through marriage, blrlh ,•i- wlll not be cnnsidered os piln of un imml'dlate familv ti.e �lothor , F,lhcr, n,td lhetr chfldrenl. For the purpose, of Ulb nw,nl • family mu<t conse..t of il minimum of lhl'\.""C children lo be eligible. I)() YOU K\10\V A FAMILY DESERVING OHi 11S AWARD? Send in your nommatmn w1th • JeLilt,,,.t C"J'l•1.ition ,,r -,hy vc,u UJ!nlc th< family J,"<'rv,.. to rereive Utl.• honot Include b.1tk• ground mformahon on both thu p,1nmls and their thlWren ond be spccilic"" to their con1mu11lt) ond ;<hool 111111Jv.,menL l�rose t�,l:l\1rak on how the parent! ,up1,or1,oJ th•lr,hildren in their cchr,ol, s��,r1, u.oJ e:<lra-currlru· !Jr e11dc..won; ,ind any nddilfonal lnformntlnn lhnl will support lliis. nominatJoo Submn nonunation.1t vm cm.iii 10: MJTCBlilU 111l1bllluliloomCJ.sLnet mrnll 233-1,77.:zsn for •JJlllttn,1l lnform,1hon
From 1978-1 CJ</6, he won 271 i;ames ;,ind 1� U,e Br,w,>s co four South Pugel Sound League tllles, one w.,.t Centr.11 Distrld cmwn (1988) and 10 slat�tournament ,,p poarances. In 2000. Mike was mducl..d into t·he Washington Stal� l:la,l:etball Coaches Holl t1rF.1mc. ·Rosie didn't play a sport. but was o cltl"-'J'lc.1dcr al E,•erett High School. She end� up b,,coming a phys ic,,l-ed·ucation teacher, and co.1d1ed vullevball, b.1ske1balJ o1nd wulball oiMount T.,homa (1977-911. And their children fol• lowed in their footstep>: '1 >at, .JS. pl,1ycd baskd· P,,t Mu/Im ball for his father at Bcthd (] 984-86). lhen went on to Tacoma CC and UPS. He cwntually replaCl'ci Ins fnU1cr as 1lw Bethel moch for 15sea <ons, winnini; !he Cla� .JA >lat� title in 2005. Heb �rrmtly the coach ,11 Emerald Ridge. H� marrlL-o oollt'il<'>Weclhe,1rt JlU Fo,, ., formvr All-American volleyball player at Ul'S. They h,we two cl11l drcn-Jenna, m1w playini: vuUcybilll al Portland State, and Jady11, a sophon,tw at Emerald Rldge. Bolh girls plnyl-d under Jill's g<11dnnce nt Emerald Ridg� hlgh whore sh" has b..'<!11 theco-hcod ro.1ch for thi, p.ist
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The Many Faces of Stan the Man Stan Naccarato (May 3, 1928-May 23, 2016)
Stan Nocrarato di,,1 ,\lav 25 at ,,gr SIi dosing lh� baok "" a lire U1.11 mndc hln, • Ta• com:, 10011_ Stan grew up in Spanmvay �\•[th his cyu tin,, Li l1seb.1II career. Hls pitching tnJ \!nl led to 11 contr,tcl in the Cinammti Reds organiuition. H\! won 28 gi'mt!S for O_gdt!n ov�r h\'O years in lht.! l'fon(\.'r L,"ilgue but that's whe:re it ended dnc to 1lO flni1 1111ury l110 lnugh luc� tum uf <Vcnb was• great gain for the future l'f T.1comn Stan retumL'CI to his h£ lov�d lioml' and opplit..-d llccadcs o( clfort to dvic bcll-cnnc:nl. om prov,.J opporrumhc,; for youth athletes nnd n lifeline for profossionnl boseb.111 in Taa1m;1 111' spon..,.,red th,•Stnnley's Shoornun �s(•bdll team in 195b. Th-.• lcam ,....as one 1.1f the first to pu1 Tacom,1 on th� m1llonal 5-lag c h'h!.!.n H won thf Amateur B,ost!ball Congn.,s,; ,rnthnml title pnwodin� a great thrill to Stan and 1
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JIM BAUlUCHTER (COACH}, S-WIMMING In more lh,10 two deo,des a,; a swhnmmg ro,,ch, Jm11Jaur1d1ter inslllled in has athletes the mont n P.B.A. U'�rceh"' Bclle,-c. Achieve). A, a result, hi, Curtis High School swimmers won l3 Sl'SL champ, , ,m;,hip,,, scvi.'n We;,I Central District champiun.,hips aml th� I ?':12 s�ite championi,hip, alung \\1th four runnl!t-up finishes and nlnl' top-11' finishe. ,11 ,tate A swi1nmt•r and cr05!it country n1nnt!r in high school, .Oauric.htcrroncentralffl on swimming ol l'acinc Lutheran Umvorsi1y before becomm� an assistant swimmin11 cooch at r•u1·,1llup and Oovl'r r.ut in the ca.Iv 1970,,. He iva; the Arst m1ch of Curtis girl, swlmmmg when th� program ,tarted in 1975. Smee then, IJaurkhter ha;, coached dozens of yow1g athletes tu "p�m,ivc, belic,·e and achhive.• Thal 197'i team w Sl'SLchrunpion,district champi<>n and, k<ti by lhc st,,1� champlun mL-<llcy rcla)· w,,m, finished in the top! fiven1 stall!. ln o second season of coaching the girls and �1 ;;easc,n.• in charge of lhc boys. hc hoLI five swimmers eam ,\11-Amencrm slalu.-Todd Edison, Peyton McClung, l'aul Hughes, Jeff Mali jal• and Scan Willey-I b achieve AJl-AmeriG'ln con.sider• aHvn and a do,.en win staleindMdual ar relay d1ampio11siups. In mldillun, Baurkhtcr co-found,<! the Univcrsltv Place Aquatic Club in the early 1980s, ,md ll continue; 100.,y'. drawing hundreds or swimmers lo friendly competilion. For hb efforts, PLU n,,mcd Baurichtcr wanner or its Oishn• gubh,-<l Alumni Alhlelk Awanl in 199:!. Part o( Jl.1urichtcr's ll"Sacy al Curtis I, th� ,1111111al Alumni :Mcel. hdd UlL! day nfter □,ristm.1S and dr,,win.g swimmLon. imm many o( his teams, induding lhe 1975 girl<. Thal n,nkcs )Int B:1u nch1er Ll,e godfnthcr or Curhs swimming ond his posill,-e energ) remilin� ii fore� .1nd inspiration to m,ches and ..uhleles
KC BOUTIETTE, SPEED SKATING TMcm\a's KC Boulicll� pionc'l!fl>d Lhc migration uf 111ll11c skaters lo sp<'l'dskaling, lhw. opening U,. p,,th lu Olympic glory for mllny d ry land sk.l1c,r.;, mdud,ng Apolo Olmo, Oercl: Parra, Jennifer Kodrl guet, /("'Y Owck onJ Chad Hedrick. Nuw, the iormcr wrcsllcr al �tount Tahonia Hlgh School ( I" lb., 10!>.'--.�'-11:- m.,l<lni; plan, to qualify fur hl< fifth Olvmplc G,tmL.,, nearly 23 )'CM' afler his Rr<I. lloutlettt.•, who will tx, J usl sl 1ort of his 48llt birthdii)' whm wurld alhlds-s galhl!r al l'vt'<lngCbani;. South Kor�a. 111 R,brunry 2016, spenl las1 foll and winwr "'ilh Team US,\ on the luni;-trnck sk.1U11g cir· cwt. A decade nftcr his most n:,cenl �mes, he is lookms lo 1mprov..-on h15 !>c,;t 0lyml,l1t fimshe,;-firth pince in lhc 1.500-meter race in 19Y8 In N,,gano, Japan, and llflb In the 5,tnl m�OO!in S.111 L.lke City A nwdal would bt! a po.!tlc finish for ,m athlete who count;, an eighth-pl.to! hnlsh in the lU,000 motors 111 1998 ,,s hJs mL'>t saU,fying Olympic achlcvenwnt. I le mils ii the fo"nrilt, raceol hi..:aawr bi.>cause he set• Amerrcon record 113 mmutes . .J.1.03 ;;econd,) that heh,,, since surpassed "(hi made me realize that results arconlv ,1 number." he wrow mo que.tionnrure tor TAC. "'\ou tan onlv do your Mt c,111 any given day, ,md l11b was ju,;I one <1flho,e r,,ces whcro I W(!l)I us fustas I ruuJd and d1e fL"Clmg wos i�crediblc. lk1uJMJe has twla• won the Si, 0�ys or Lite Greeni.ry race, on annual srcro,l..lttni; ,t,1g� rnre In the Nether· l,uuls, similar 111 the Tour de Fronce. Ir he rctums 11> llw0lymplcs lw would bl• lhc old.-.t Olympic SfX'l.'dst..,ter ,Ince 52-vear-okl Albert Tcbbil skated ill the lnnugurnl \Vinler Gam,>s in 1924. Boulrctle, who now resides in Colorndo. "'nsan ,,ccon1pllshc"Ci ln-lm� sk,,tcr in 1'193 whl.'J, he made lli5 way ta l'ctHt Nahon,,I Ice Center m ,uburban Mflw,1ukee. He Imped 10 impnwe his technique"" "'"od and p-a\'emenl Instead. despite no prior le� l!Xpericnn.' , wilhln months he won a place on lhc J994 U.S. h!.lnt buund for U1lchnmmcr, Norway. His pcriunnan� w.is :.,,o im pressive thol nearh· half the US. skating le.in, 1s now compoS<-d o( fomil!f m• lin..,,k.lters. In n-ccnt year,,, tlm11le11� lia, c:umpeted most Ir in ,fl,. lnncc r,tc\!5 anJ pursuit ,umpelllluns. I I� nearly medaled with the U.S. pursult tea.m 1112006 in Turin, Ililly. *lt"s all a.bou1 the mass sl'.irl for ml':· Ooutictte s,11d of the lonnnl lhnl \\'Ill be uSt.-d m PyeongClrnng. ''Thnt's the one rea:,m1 I rnmc �ac:k tosk.tlrng .. GJ11rl<S)f U.S. Sf','11.<knlt11,�
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SARAH (BURNS) HANNUIA., TRACK & FIELD
After a �lellar prep car""r al Curfu High School 12003--04), S.,rah tBums) Hnnnuln c:<1mbfncd c,celll!t1Ce in com�tlllon wilh ochrevemt?nt m the d�ssroom at \,Vashmgton Stille Unwc.rs1tv to rawe out .,n Araclemic AII-Amencan cnr&!r 12005---0tl) for th� Cm11,.,,,.,,_ 'low in hi!r noIt season as trncl. and Acld head i:c,,1rh at Cur ti,, ,he hn.> brought !hat same rc<Pnl of accompll•hmenl lo her high school almi\ ma,er. t l<!r first rerun of girls6 in 201Z ft.onturcd Kenn11di llouyer, who won three events--11'10 meters. 12. I S..'ronds; 200, 24.95; and a leg of the 4 x 100 rcl,,y with Kirn Perkil\.,. Shelby V,wer and Kenyn Shakoor while lhe Viking; won th, 4A ;tale championship. Othc.- ,tale cllamplnns she has ro.,ch,>d include DakMai 1-1 I tower (boys Wtl high jump, 6 fl'('t-10 lm:ht>s); Douycr, whose 100 ( J 1.%).100 (24.8,1) \'k• tory had Curtis one pomt from rcp<?>1ti1111 in 2013: Katherine Jackson, h:111g jump (18-ll'Jl, 2014; and Saudrn Jarrll's-He,,rd, tnplc iump {39-111,), '.?(115. Hannuln was named Suuth Puget Sound l.cagu� co.1ch of the year i11 20l5. Her e,phills as a Curt!.< student included being nam,!d the 2003 Sl'SL track aml llcld athlete of lhe Y"M after winning the •t..ti, girl� 41\ kmg jump (1q. 611). finishing second In the 100-metcr dash (12.38) and nuutlng ru1chor on Cur its' wmning 4 x I 00 relay (47.89 seconds) to lead the Vlkinss 10 the slate chnm• pu,:inshtp. She rc ie11ted her SPSL honurs 1n 2fl04 as,, semor# agam wmmng the 1 state lllngjump 38-9) ,111d hi!lping her�, 100 relay ,1nd her team finish serond. Al WSU, h.imstring Injuries larr,cly llmlted her can.'<!r h> 200n ,md 20()7. In that s pan she .cl n l"'rsonal best in the lripl� jump (41 foci,_; inrhlS) whlle twice finishing in the top 10 at the r,,cific-lO Championships, finishing second nnd lhcrd al the nnnunl Moun�,m Paafic Sports Fcdernnon (MPSFl meet rrnd pos11ns two �f the tnp-10 m,,rks In ..:hool history, KIM (BUTLER) WEST, BASKETBALL
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Klm (lluUer) West is one or tho� poop le vou could call an all-aruund nthlete. Born September 7, 1982 on Tncomn. she excelled m • trilecfa of spo'rts Ihat mdudcd basketball, sooccr a11d trnd<. The two-year captain of Belhmnine Prep's b.1sketball team led the Lion, to le,1gue and distri,1 clmmpionships in 199S and a nu,ner-up finish in th., Narrow League the following sc,1son. Wcsl was named Most Improved l'l.,yer in l99S and Dd'em,ivc l'lnyer nf the Year in 199q l-lcr bask.:it�1ll prowess .. ,l!,Ot..�1n1cd her firsl te-c1m ,\ll•NJrrows LC'ague honors oll four years or lugh scllool After her club team won Nnlio□als, she was nlso nnmcd a llaskelba,11 Coni;n.>ss lntematiunal (llQ) AU-American player Kim w,1s an All·Slale soccer playo!r as wcll She earned AII Nru-rows League honors illl four ye.,rs ul high school anJ was !wke nanll'<l llw league's Oflcns,vc Player 01 the Year. l ler gonl-tvlng a·nd then game-winning goal propelled her team mto the '.!.00 I slate toumnmen I Wcsl was also the top scorer for her club team, FC Royal,, l'rom LI 13 In Uh, �nd hclp1.'CI chem win "'-'''"'' straight State Champion<hlps I ll!r fourolher Mter.,, ruun<llng the number oul al 12. came from lhc track lc,1111 whcr.· West set the school �onl lt1 U,e shot put n! 37' 5'. She� competed nt the state tourruJml!nt as a member or thC' ➔x400 m�wr rclov team. Kim conti"nucd h( ' r ba.sketbaU career at Samn Clnra where �he was nblc to pla) aloni;silit! younger sister Julie before tranoforrlng 10Oregon Stale Jor her junior year. Her prcsenci, ll'a5 not:lmibl� thn,ughuut Ilic ,;cason ,15 �he finishc'CI .i,; llw team•� lc,1ding ,-corer with 29� point, ,111tl sec()ncl in rebound< with I '!I) and blockt>d shots with 20. During her scnltir year, sl1e ca.m<.'d All-PAC IO honorable mention ,1/tcr 11111sh111g second m the cconference m sconng and� thm" shooting The S76 JJQints she scored her senlor )'e,lr made her the second ____ hlghesl bl'Orer o( any OSU player within the lni,1 16 ymr.. After a,11,-ge. West wcnl m, lo plnv for GnMI Britam•� \\'llnten', nat!onal 11.ttm C1111rte1y Clrr.,�"' Stal, Unil'l'r<ll)t a11d nlso com1Med for s.,, cr:tl prufessional team-< in l.at\'i11, l<mcl, GM'Ce, SJ<ll',1kla Alhlrti,� nnd Sf"'in. In 2□12 Kim repres.mll'd Gn.>at OritiIn in the SummerOl).-npks. Now back un U.S. soil, Kim co.1chcs the llcllam,inc girls' baskclball team nnd tr,,ck. She also coaches o youth b.1,k,•tball t�am ,,r Ar;t an,1 ,w, '.,cl graders through the YMCA.
STEVE FINNIGAN, TENNIS
LI� ninny yuung,,tcn, who a,pire 1<, athletic adne\'ement, Steve Flnnigan grew up pl,1ying foot ball. b.iskelball ,rnd ba"Cball, in additfon Ii> hn,•lng succ,-ss •� a swimmer Al -011,e ptiint when he was around 11 ve.,r- uld, Finnigan settli,d on tenni� bccauw, ,1s he puts It, he "could contn;Jl the outcome nnd nlso play 100 pl'tc1•nt of lhe tim!'." Born ,n Tacoma on June 26, 1947, Fmnigan would becomu an UijC group s�rn,lout, led Stndium High SchCH;tl toll co-st.11e 1enn1�champicmsh1p i.l� o *nJOr, and then �tar for (mu seasons ut the U111ver• sit)' of Wa.-.hington, 1nm, whkh hi.' gradua1,-d In 1%9. Finnigan g;,rnl!l\!d his fir,t toun1ament title came al the ,1gc uf 12 when he"'"" lhc T.1co111n City Ch=pion;.hips. ,md U,n,ughuul his wen,1gc- ye,,rs he domlnnt.'CI Pieri:(' Cuunly tennis, winning ,1rtaally CWT)' dub and p,1blic court tournnmenl in which he plnyeti. ! tis - summers consislcd of travel thmui;hom the Pacific Northwest cities ror tournament plav, and as a result Finmgan became tlne<lf th� highest rm1k,.._i jumor players in the P,1cific 11,c,rthwest. Al the age t•f lb, Finnigan wa., ranl..ed No, 3 Jn Uic 18-&-under ag� group b./hind twu player,, wh<> wuuld oompctc fur llwir muntries in the Davis Cu.,. One of thow player< w,1s Seattle native· Tom Gurmilll. who Wl!lll on ton top JO profcssiono.1 ranking. l Jo would eventual!) ' play for, and co.,ch, the United States in Da,•is Cup piny. At Stndi,,m High School, Fmmgan was lho No. 1 player all thre<? ye11rs and won the 1963 srate dC1ublcs title with Don ,\ndcrscn. Led by Hnnig.m, Stndium swept the Oty ,rnd Capilal Lc.1guc tltlt'.S tlnce straight)'"''" ,rnd plncl'<l .«ond. fourth and tii!d for flr,,t at Male luumaments. Flnnlgnn w,1, unb.!aten In ,i11gles as a snphom11n, and linish,-d as l%4 stale single,i runner up lo Gnrman ns n Juninr. In facl, Fin.nlga,, lu;;t only Uuee higlt >chooJ stngles mntchl'!,, two of them loGonnan. In n scnior w.1so11 foaturu1g a schedulL'Ci packed with snme of the state's best tcnms pro grnm;, Finnigan k,.,t JUSt nne match Un n ;e1•crc \\'ind ,torm in \'akbn,1) on the way to taking lhe state singles title. I le w<J11 ,1ll l,r his �late tmrrnnmi:nt ma1ch,., h1 strnlghl 5�1!;. ,md In foci never lost more lhnn thn'Cgnmes In any S<!l during hf< run to tl1cstnte champk1nshlp. St,1dlum' s tc.,m shnn,d the stt'lt� leatn tilfo wilh Yakim.1�s Eisenhower Hlgl, School. Fin111g,1n accepted n r,,11 atl1lebc scholltrship lo the university nl Wnshh1g1on. wh�rc he was among the best players on the top collci;fotc progrnm 111 lhe J'.1cific Nur1'11we;.t He was unbmlen nt No, 1 singles on lhe fr.-shmnn team (frt.'Shmen weren't allowed ti, comp<!li' in C\1llegc varsity sport, nt thnl time), nnd as a oQphomore wns the Nu. l singles player for the Huskies. During his junior ,md senior seasons he play,-d 'lo,2singles behind Dick Knight, 11J1d �lung with Knight rc rcS<!llt,'CI UW al tm: NCAA nnt!11nnJ tnum.1ml'l1l ln San Anhmio, Te�as. Me helped 1he Huskies 10n top 20 naliona rrankini:. an hnpresslve achiewmenl for a program from• we1-we,,1hcr cJi mate that didn't hnve mdoor courts. During hb rnlleglntc ye,m,, Finnigan wn, the head tenn.,; profe:;sional ,11 the T.1comn Country nnd Golf Oub, ,rnd while there he •lllr!L'C! the hlghl)' sun:1$5flll l'ugel Sound lunlorTennb Leagui!. Finnigan ha� remained ,1cilw In Pnciflc Nurthwc,;t tcnni, in the lnlcr,·enil,g ye,1rs. I le has won numerous Ta coma L,wn Tennis Oub (Tl,TC) sini;lcs chrunptonshlps spanning four decodes, played on USTA teams until recently, serv ed ns co-chmmutn ol the l'aofk Northwest Tennis Ch.1mpio11ships at Tl.TC back in its television hevday in tl1e 1970�, ,md ns ,, linesman amt choir «rnpire in lhe 1970s and 1980s /or the now defunct World TeamTennis. WAlJ COGAN (VOLLEYBALL), OFFICIAL
I1lhen ii romcs 10 rr,,il blazing .,s; a vollcyba.ll official, 110 011e stands ouLin U1e SouU, Sountl quite like Walt Gognn. •1r anyone bleeds ,·oUeyb.,ll in our community 11 would be Wall." ,;;,id Marc Blnu, nssisnor lor theTucoma•Pierce G:nmty Volleyb,1II 0fncinls Boord. "He officiates year-ruund and is olwavs willing lo rnlunteer hi� time to go out and observe official> !'Ir sit down ;md help them ll'arn how lo k,'ilp score"TI1e t'irsi uffic!al frtun l'icrce Counil• to attain a nntionnl rating status, Gogan luls been 11 membt!rnfTPCV0B for 32 )'C.ir'S and h,1s scr,•,-d as President, been a recipient o( the- \\'avne GMdner Mntch Point Award ond l!i nlso ., WOA Ml'.riturmusSen'1ct' ;\w(lrd wmne:r. l)uring his c,1reer Cog,m has we, rkcd nt the highest collcgi.11c, USA . volleyball dul,, and high Scll()Uls levels of the sport. Me bl>can1e the lir>t official from the slate lo hnld tlu...., national rnting badges at the same Hme. and his assignment, hnvc 1· akcn him all o.round Ute 11.1tlo11. lie has wurk<oJ IO hlglt ,dtool sh1le toumnments, indudfng (our finals, and the NWAACC championships Lll'i«'. He's bL'Cn n top college uffioal for more than 211 years. After starting as an offici,11 ln 1980, Go1,'l'ln's "arly Involvement with USA Vol leyball <tUickly cstablished him as a regional rcfcrt-c as well a; a n.'glon,11 scon,keep er. I le latcrcamcd natlcmal �t.ltus in bnth dlsclpllnes. J le has 3-1 USA junior national e1•e11ts and 33 USA adull national lnumamcnts. "J',•e rdcrct'Cl for 30 straight �-ears nt both the USA open and 1un1or notionnls, and I've gotten lo meet some or the grc,,tcsl volleyball players our country ha� hnd." Cogan says. The only intern,ptiun came m 2014 when he stayed home to have cnnccr surg�ry. Still, he noted, he has •eaned matcht!S for ju�t nhout nll l,f lhe gn,;1t players" from ihl, Me,,.
BOB HANSON, BOWLING fon,ma nntivc &11, Hru1.on Jr. hns been bowling since he w;,, 1, years old, an<l his list nf nccompUshmcnb ccmtmu,-s Ill gn1w as he leaches vouni; nthMes hnw h:, b(,wl .a, a member of l hc United State 8oll'ln1£ Coui;ress youlh ooard of dirl!Clurs ,ind prcsidl'nt vf the sl.11c Bowli ng l'mprletors ,\s-;oci,,tiun. A graduM� t•f �\qJ50n High School. Bob matnrulntcd to Washington Slat� in the carlv 1980s. when.> ho wn� p,1rl of lhe Coui�anS award�winninH bowlmg team He wns ;m AIJ-Stlr calkig-: bowler in 19ll(l, a s,lvcr mtodaUst i n liolh Stni;l•"> and Lioubl.s al preshgfous events m 1981 and pa rt of the n,,twnnl dlllnlplonship team 111 1982 He ha, ,p�nl hi; adult life in T.1cf\ma, a.it,! is c urrently propnctor of Tl1W\'r Lan� .md ,, youth bt,wlll,H co.,ch. Over the sp,,n of his can.'"'\!r h� hai,. rai:lt.'1.1 up an $00 ""rics 18 limes, ,-,th n high of 83B, h� h,» rnlll'd 'IS per t ccl 300 gamesnnd ht> hos b<,eri on the South Sound USBCAII-Star te, 1m 21 times. I le has been the South Sou n d aU-,wenb cl1ampiL111 th= limes aJld wa,; the state sins!"" and ai1;1vcnts �h,,mpion in 1'194. He hm, competed in state, i.>ghmlll �nd natlonal Team USA cwn u,, ill• cludins winn ing lhc l'l97 St...:tionnl Team US,\ cl1ampll111Ship and was a Team USA fin,1iisl three limes. Ac,,n.'t!r highlight for hun w,,s wi n ning tlll, South So1111J USBC Masters in 2006 o nd the Se111or \<laster.; in 2ll09. He l-iecam" A m,•mbcr of the Grcalcr T.1coma/Sou1h Sound USBC �WI orFamc In 2000 ond was i11ductcd mto th e state bmvling rroprletor. ,.,.,.ches lmU In 2013. Bob and wife G.uri.C! have fiv� bovs t1nd two gmndd11Jdren.
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JOHN "JEFf� HARBOTTLE 111, GOLF (deceasced), lohn i l,,rl:sittie 111, i,.nm,11 a• Jeff 1,, U,osc dos., tu him. was well on his w.,y to legcndar) stilb.15 ln the w11rld or golf rour<e design. 711c offspring uf two hnll-01-fo111e goller,--Polt L=r Harbottle, twice a USG.A chnmp ion nnd • me111b<'r of the W,1shing1on Stole :>Ports Hall of Fame, and Juhn 1-torbotllc Jr. a member oi the Tacoma/ Plcrce Count)' Sports H,,11 or Fame-he mny hal'e bt.-cn bnm to i;vlf but it was hts hard work and frnag,nat,on thm earned him acroladci.. Me hx•J.. ndl',mt,>scof his h&ilage b)' pl.tying lour yeJrs ul golf at Boliarmfnc Pn.-r and tw<1 ye.m 5'..�tlle Unlver.shyt his p,1nmts' olmn mater. ;\ftcr he earned n dei;n.-c at the u n iversity ul Washi ngton in 1g54, h,· went lo work with legend•!} WUI5e dcsi�ne_r Pete Dye. c0Unbor,1ti11g on b'llll «1uri'l' dcslgns arowttl the world. l Jarbottlc slllrted hts uwn dcs1,;n bush1t>S> in 19'11 Jnd wns soon rc,c<1g11 izcd for the h1gh quality uf his course, ,md thcir��llivity to th� �1wuonmcnt.. ,\mong the�,wa.rd� he \\' On during his life ,_.- ,:,re the "Signalure Status" aw,ml from Audubon I n lL>rnalional, a Gulf\\lceJ.. mngn,me cil,1lion as <1nc ,,( lhc be;.t in the new wJvc of dcsignetSJ best rcnm·ahon ,,ward from Gulf Inc.•,nu cllillioo.• from Links Magazine, MagilZine and TI1cGulfcr for making new nnJ �llO\'ilk-'<l cuun,es amon� the lx'SI In the world Among his b,.-.,;l-known de.ign, in the "\o-rt hwel,L ;m� lh� Olympic Course ,>I Gllld .... ,\h1u ntni11: l'alousc Ridg� u\ rullmnn, WSU's hon,e course; an d llanBury Meadm..-s I n Eagle, Idaho . I-l e was nlsu busy n.>des1g11mg co,rr."'"• inclutllng Flrcre.t Gulf Club: l'ortla nd G<1lf Club; Tacom a Cuuntry and Cui/ Oub, his home co"rse; aml lhe Lu,,AngdesCounlrv Oub North Course, wh1cl1 Is �hai ult-d lo pl ay host lt1 Lhc U.S. Op,•n m 2023 I larbottlc and wife Tcr= haa.l two ch1ldrcn,Johnny ,md Chwa. I le ukd suddcnlv in 2012 m hcnrt db.>a,e at age ,3.
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DAN HENSLEY (COACH), WRESTLING When the subjl.>cl or sports dynnstle:, comes up in ronnectlon wil h Plurc.' County high ;,dmol� one of lh-11 nol THE-prim•T) subjeds is the Cluver Park wn:,tling pmi;ram del'eloped by Dan lI 1!11Slcy from 1%6 to 1977. JI wns a real etemnrullcr, 1><pet:lnl11• in 1973 when the Worrlors set• ,rate meel record tlmt still stttnds by cr owning fl\11) individunl champmn5 and wummi; ll of 24 mntcht"!I to cla1m the state chmnpion�hip In his first few yc,,rs nt Clover Park. Hensley's teams hnd ,in SS-l '.!-2 du,,I ms>cl n.>cord, ,ind he produced IO slate individual champ� In 197-l, he also took a t:e,1m from Washington stall' to Japan for cullural e,cl1an1:c malch�s, ,,mi his wresllcrs rompllL'li il "-2 n_--c-ord on U,c trip. lit!11Sle� ·s can_�r bodv of wurl.. is �,w-dm ping_. ca.mh,g him tnducuon in the Washington Smtc Wrestling Coochcs Hal rof Fame and the NnHonnl WrcstHns C,,aches Hnll of Fame. A fo,1tb,1ll llneb.1ck<'r, b."1s.ball play�r and wre,tler for M.,,,d High Sch,,.,( in Spokane, he was lhc city'• first slate prep wrestling champion, .,t 12, pounds In 1%2. Wrestling for Roger James al Washington Stnt� University. he flnishc>d sc ,cond ln hls weight dnss twice nnd Cmirt.sy W,altmgtou Stolt first cmce lo the AA\iVU (forerunner to the Pi1c•12) conrcrence meet, .ind was L/11/t,•,i;ity Atllktics named confcrenceStuden1 Athlete or the Year one year Hensley placed sixth at 16ll puu11dsat the NCAA meet in 1%6. During hb 25 y�ars a� a mall\ leather at CJover Parl., 1-fcnsl�y ;abo wa.ra lreestyle Wl'l'Sllini; official, ,tag,>d numeruus mnching clinks around U1e stat�. wns meet direr lor for lhc stale Clnss AAA championships, ,ind conched nt l'ncific Lutheran Unlversuy eight )'CMS 0977-831. Al rLU, he produced thn.'<' NAlA nallonal champions, tw,ce was named N,\IA confer ence co.1ch m the yc,ir. ond mu�t unport.rnlly kept tho program alive.it a time many roUcg.-. W<!fi' dropping the sport. After l,'llving PLU, Hl!llSley roach,>d fil'e ,ca.ons at Decatur ( 1992-qn. He and wife GeorgL1 curr�ntly live In Spol..m� 1
DAMON HUARD, FOOTBALL Damon Muard ha, had n proIIfie sport life. Curre111ly the University of \\lushington Ollcf Admlt,istrntor omcer of the Husky football program, Huard ha� had ., great lifo in footb.111. A 13 ye.1r veteran qwirtcrback of U,e Nnllonnl Football l.cague. A Super llowl dmmpf1,n. A Univenity of Wusl1h.igton Huski•. A l'uvallup Viking. Born on July 9, 1973 in Yakima. he was the fiTSt or thn.>e boys of Mike and Peggy Huard. It w,,s a ,omr.elitivi, Ufo l·luord grew up III w1fh hi:; two younger brothers Brock and Luke. And fonlball was their hfe. Mi�� Huard louk over the Puyallup•� f11otball program in 1951, ,md .e,·cn years luter, hiS eldest �nn Daa1an joilu.,i him with the Vikings. D,1mon J luord's 1;175 passing yan:ls in his inaugural seaso11 ( 1989) with the \r,ks ra11ks No. I in Puyallup football history. 111s senior season with l'uyollup, Huard was the PowcradeStnte !'Inver of the Year nnd All-Amen 010, while taking ,econd place with the Vikings alter l'u)'allup losl toC.1sc.ide or E, ·�l'l!ltin the till� game� Off the foo1b.11l tield. Hwircl was ice on the lw:ketb.111 courL From 1990199'1, lluord "'as a parruf o potent backcourt for Puyallup boys basketball 1eam. Both seasons l iunl\i led the state in scoring with 2-l.9 pomts per game ( 19YO) as o junior, �nd 25.9 pmnts pt>r ( IY91) as n senior, whffe his play earned 1nm to b.1ck•lo-bnck ALI-State, J\ll•Areo nnd AII-Soull1 Pui;et Sound League honors. By the time ,,r hb red-shirt sophomore season U\193), Huani had won the ,tnrting �1l, with lhc Huskie,., For llw nc'XI three seasons, l lua.rd went on 10 set lhe I tw;kie:s carl!l'r passi.ng murk nt 5,886 vnrds (Jll95i-currenlly No. 5 011 lJW's i:aret>r list-where he firushed lus co11cge cltrccr with 37 pas::.ing lnuchdowns and is No. 3 all-tlme wilh a p.1ssing percentage of ,59; on -172-of-79(1 career attempts. Damon Huard wcnl undraftal in lhe 19'16 NFL Drafl, but was picked up as nn undrofted free-ag.ent by the Cincinnati Bengals belorc being walvc'!i after carly c-amps. I hrnrd's c.1ret'r uffidnlly t,egon whl!ll he signed on wilh Lhc Miami DolphblS 1.n 1997. On Ocrober 24. 19'.19, Huard made his Br;,t slort leading the D,.1lpltln;, to Ow,o11 11 1111,., 111111 Tom 1Jn1tlu. a 1�13 "'In over the Philndclphia Eagle:,. Hunrd finishc>d the game going 15ror-21 p;1ssfng allempls and a 142 ynn:ls and a plcl.. 1-iuard went on to win his first thn.>e starts with tsliami tying the lrnncllise l'l'<:ord for a orart to a mrecr (E.irl Morrall. 197.?). and umshed lus stint wlth a+-1 rerurd 1 lunrd won a pair of Super Bowls (XXXVI nnd XXXVllll backmi; up first Drew llledsoe, ,md then Tom Brady when he pl,1ycd for New Englnnd (lOnl-200.l). Hu,ud spent four ye;trs h, Kansn, Oty (2QO.l-2l1()8) ne.,H,cfore Mir mg with the S.,n FranclSC\l -l9cr prit>r to th� ,tart or tl1� 200Q regular season.
RICHARD "DICK" KENISTON, (deceased), TRACK Ile FIELD l:.. R1dmrd K�ruston wa.!, fo.st K,mbl◄111·, IIJ� began 111 Taroma c>n Seplm�br U. 192..l Fmm hb birth to hJ,, death in 1975, Keniston h,,d impncc,od th,• Tac;,ma spurting wurlu. \ Llnailn gradunk (1941), n Washlnglo11 Slah• Uniwr..ity 1,...-aduule (1948)," United States Nnw Vl"l(lr;;in,:, l�acher and coach (Rfo� 1954--1975>. Thi! "IJ1g Blond Hullm." N(ll many people could match the former Lmcoln High Sch.,.,I nnd W,,.hlngtun Sinle Cullege gr,1du• ale', sp<'<.'d, ,me that dnminaled the stall, for lwo yeari. during hb high schtm) c.1rcer, lx1y. Keniston""" fosL rrople who remc111b1•r him <;11w n big blond blur. wiz bv ,,she ran clw 100-yard nnd220-yard sprint, bad. in '19-IO and 1'14'1. I lb friend, kru,w hlm .lS Dick, bul hol1atl another n.un� lhal rot,,talcd around lhe Lrncl. ilml field inner circles. Sl,1ndmg at ,, .fool-2, 185-pmmds. i1 was I he only name that tll a, Kemslun wluzzed by tl1,:,m down the lr,1ek. Kc'llislon dominaled the Hltl-meter and 20!\-rneter ,prlnl In bc1lh lhe IY�ll-11 ,e,1son, for I 11m1ln, a, not m.1n1· to lbi, da) could calrh hls reoord;,. !-11> sin letime lor chc220 \\'ii' an impres•ivo12U <1,conds ('40) and 2J,6 ('41 l. b,it II \\'ii� Kcni,wn•, lime" of 10.l:<ecoml!' ( 1940) ,ind 10.1 ,._,cwlll ( 11/-1 ll In lhc IIX..vM<.l dash 11�,t had him <land <>ul. Todlt)', tlte athletes have follJOOe Ute w;e of vards, Jnd Instead chnngcd ihc 101\-v,,nl intu 100--mclcrs, where sprinters now race an cx1ra 8.56 metent But st�I, the Bullet was itnprc'!>Sive On 0..-cembcr 7, 19-11, 1>c,1rl l-lnrbor '""' bl•mb..'<I, ,md the United Scale, were m the -middle n( thcir Europ,,an campaign. Keniston, Ille man) young Americans, fell the ne""i 111 Ser\'�. Kcnlslon enl1s1cd in the U.S. N>1•v nnd whure he fought In the Pacific durinfl Wurld Wru-11. By lho ngo of21 ye,,rs old. Keniston b..-gan his three-year letler =paign wilh Washingcon State College/University (l'l-l&-l'l-19), \\0ho,rc he became the Cougars lop ,printer and une of the b..'Sl on lhe w,,;;I mast As Kenlslon grew w!U, WSC/\VSU, ,o did Umt sprinter speetl of his, �s Bullet had manv phoco finishes durlnjl the outdoor track nnd field se,,sons Ov 19-18, Keniston had ..., tnily nrn,·cd .1t the n.:,donnl smge. At 23, Keniston won the 100-yard conforem.-e clu.'lmp1onslup 14.S :.econd,) in the Nt1rtem Conference or lhe P,1dfic Co,i,t Cl•nfonmce. Th.ill �me year, Kenistr1n Wfl!! a part of th!! rcl4'� th.,t �ct the mt.-ct n.�ord for lhc Norlhcm Dili�ion Pacific Co.1,1 Conference Med dn lh� mill!. Kcnlslun, alt•ng wllh Clem E.i'\"lwn. Au�tin Whcllh�n and Joe Nebolon, set lhc <111ldoor ntlle with n lime of 3 minulcs, 17.1 seconds. IJy 1949. Kemston look brought lus speed mdoor.s and sci WSC records before ending his time with Che Cou• gars, With WSC held House rndoor times of 5.c, seconds ,o lhe 511-yard dash, and 7.3 in the 70-Vilrd, Kenb1cm proved he .ilwny:, knt.!w how It, ny. CALVIN KENNON, TRACK Ile FIELD lletore Stor Track lmns1ormed the sta1e high school tr,ick and Reid ch,,mpionsh1psmtu musl-set' fow, before Franklin 1-figh School'� Rick N(lj1 high-jump,.>d lo dm,ying heights, before t...,k,;s High',Curc Corvin S\\'�t U,c mlddl�lst,mce el'enl>, ,printer Calvin Kennc111 �lc1-.it,�l him,cl( and Wilson HlghSchool 1<1 sta11• track promincnre by winning th(.• Ullll..,.;tS\l\md�tr;,cJ.. eventsevery y�1r ht! Wits in high schout Al n tlme when state traci,. ilm.l ficlt.1 was o.!Illl'rging 1J1lo modem lin111S, lransilkming from ynrds le) incit�rs. emcrs;ing from sccondnry statlls to a t·r.,ining ground for world..-class athletes. Ke1111<111 swept the -14U-yard ;mq 40!.,meler ran'!> from I�� I. In lhe proc1.'SS he de,,al�I the R.,n� I<> ,inte primaC)• and p:twd the way rur hb l�ammalc, k'!,-enJnT) D,1m,IJ RoliinS<m, 1,1 take M:hoo1-b<,y spnnting 10 unpm:,<lente.l helghts. Kennlln �ign�IL'<l his <upl'r1mity it• n <ophomore, winning lh1• 4-10 In -1-9.7 .s�comls. AmilZingly, Kennon won tJ,ts r;:1c� in lh1.' must drc,,dt.� 1,,nt! in track-hlne eight. I Tc also helped Wilson's mile relay tcmn lo a th1rd place om,h as the Rnms placro four1h over.ill omong larg" scliouls III tile ;tace chn111p1onsh1ps As o l" nrot ,n l 981), Kc'llnon re]X'al(.'0.1 in che 4111 (483 ,-,cond,) ,1nd added a vlcton m the 220 (21.'J -,;-ctmds). 1-1� al.c1 nnd1ured U1e milereJav • lo a finbh th,11 hclf!L'<I W1IS11n cUncli lhc<tal� clino1piunshlp team title. Ami In jQSI, tlw l\lui;lan,1 Sc.,1,•bc1und K,mn,,n eomplctcd lhecan,,,r '"'""I' withu -100-ntc� lcr bn1c of 4733 seconds (hol,lln� off junior 1e,1mmillc Robinson). He won lh� 100 in 10.62 S«-Onds. edging Robinson. 10 w111 the c,1r1.·wspn111 tnpleand rnn the ltlO m 21.lY to help Wil,;cin dclrnd its t�am HIie. The Rnl115 dlnchcd lhc citle when Kennon ,inchored the 1,60(1-meler reinI' ta1m ll,M indudec:I Kabin>Cln, Wflllnm Jeffer...,n and MikeR°"" In a time of 3 minulc;, 21 SK,.,,J,, II w.,� • nmslL.tJ"h1I pcrformancl.? ilnd \'r't'lll Kennon tht!' honor il"i lhc �tnt.c meet'� uu�tnmUng o1thlele. 01t hi,, w,11 lo college in Union Roug.... LA, Kcnno11 establishM ltiotself .u; tit� besl Unflcd Cmtrli'"'!I S1a1es hl!,h school lung sprinler running againsl cwrv top-ranked high scho(1I 400-mcter nmner U11in•,.;11, oi dc(e1'1ng them nt tht.! Gnld�, West lnvitiltimml track me�t ln Sac:n.une:nlo aud the lntcrnohonnl 1·\JJ1.'i/Jl,1 st(IJJ l"rep meet In 01icago. Athftlic� rage 41
JAN KIRK (COACH), VOUEY1 BALL
Fnr over 20 y�t1t,. lme n11me wa:, �-ynnnymous with success(•n the volleyball court in ricrcc C<1unl)'-)a11 Kiri: No ,-oach .,,.,mplilkod whnt It meant tv be a �ua:\!SSfol high school volleyball coacl, In W,1shington more than KJrk. /\I lhc h�lm uf Ll>Q Flfo Troj.,JIS front 1987 to 2011, Jan engin,-cn.-d i,nc of Ille mostsuccw lul nms III st.11c history m both tJ,e 3A and '.!A clnssincations. lk,m March 7, 1941 in 5'l,1llk, Kirk i;roduated Imm Fife 111 1959, nnd four ycan; lnler.from Washmgton Stak Unil·er�lty \1%.1) where ,he then heJdcd lntu ,1 coll'l.'el' In 1e1>dling. u.-d b} lhe 1'>'2" Sarah SiJ\'.-rnall, who was a member of the USA Nallonal T�.,m and play professionnllv, Fife look Arsl in the lc•!Jl•C nnd district lournamcnts ond culminated the se,i,,t,n with I heir first ,Int" championship, defeating Ke1111c'l.ly. Other kc) play�rs includl'd Angil?tkauchen.,, Tina Burk anJ S.1ro1 Copps. In 1995. the Tmj,rns we.re unbeatable, complcti11g • 31,�)season with a another 3A slillc crown, this lime beating Selah, ,molhl."t powerhou'"' team 111 the stoic. Fife 1va, i. ... 1 bv Shawnna Sessler. Su,mmc Beauchene, KeU,v S.1J<wold and ;\m,oe Carn:/lh!.T'i. With nnother victorv O\l�r St..ilah n v�.r lMcr, Fift.. e.1mcd n11other till� and frhiShL'<i 32-i o� lh(' se.15011 be hmd the play 01 sis,crs Lisa and Rent'<' llcauchene, Enn MIiier. Mary Fitterer, Kristin Slobodcn ,1nd Saxwuld. A 16-31'1'.'Cllrrl in 199° culminated In a fourt-h stalech,1mpi• f7(s H(�I• Sclri.,l-199? 51111,• c1111,11piom t1nshlp for Kirk. Ovcr1-1 years, Kirk's \\'On�kt;.l record wa�an ama21ng 6il-12� rc>coni, and besides four stale tiles the team nlso plnced S('COtttl once, lhir<l once. fourlh llm.--e times ilnd sixth and seventh 1.mce each hmc. During lhal ttme, Jan w,1> named coach of the ymr ten times as Fife won 20 league championshi ps nnd 14 Wes, Central Dlstr!C1 Wies. Kirk wa; nnm,>d Lh� Pemco girs l conch of for the 1995-19\16 S<.'aso11 and wa, also nominated n; .1 cooch u( lhe Yt.'ar finalist by the lhi:nma News Trihune. llcsido?S coaching, J•n found t.iai...: ro referee lugh ,chool voll�vt-all for nin� y&1� wh�11c1w ,hl' wnsn't co.1ching, Ami m 19d9 Jan and son Kelly 1ooned the Puget Sound Vullcybalf Club where they pmvldcd playing opportunitic.,; fort: te,tms of girls who were ,1n�1ous to further their skills. T here aren't mo many better ambassadors for the sport oi vol• lcyball in Piere� Count)' than Jan and you can tak-, THAT to U1e bankl JON KITNA, FOOTBALL
Jon K1tna w,1s a soUd thrc>,_-..,;pon athlete al Lmooln H1 11h bu1 1101 nn elite oollei;e recrull when he graduated in l'J<II. He chose to tlo'illk 011 the lootball leam at Central W,1Shmgton Unil'ers1ly nnd lus athletic trnj,>ctorv turned upward. As a senior, Klt,m pa,,,,cd for 4,616 yards and 42 touchdowns. lc,1dlng lhe Wildcats to the NAIA nallonal championship. Just as hu was not an elite recruit uut o( high sdu..�,l1 h� was not considered an NFl. prospctl con,ing out uf college. Se ,1hawk, co,1ch Dennis Enck..<on S]Xllted Kiino 111 n workout will1 <1th�r CWU player.. ,md sigm.>d him to lhe �ahawks practice squad That lc'<i lo an oppc•rlunll\ to play in NFL Europe In 1997.1-tewas name-cl MVf'of NFL Europe's 19q7 championship gnme after le.1d.lng lh� 8rucdo11<1 Dragon, lo ,, 3S-U win 0l'Cr the Rhmn Fire. I le wa, cle,·atcd to W,1rrcn Muon's backup with the Scsh,,wks for a couple ,ea!,0115 then became Seattle', ,tart�, In 1999, when the rl�wks ndvanc,.-..1 to lhe AFC wUd-csrd ga-ni�. loslng in Miami Kltnn continued with llw Se,1hnwks for o fow more sei1NJ� belon, his NFL cal'l.'Cr blossomed in Cincinn,111. He playL-d ev�ry dow'l1 uf the 2003 sea:;on for the Bengals, passing 1or 3.597 vards and 26 l<•urhdow11,. lie was named N Fl Comcb,1ck !'layer of th� Year, Arter 0w ,e.,son� in Ondnnatl. Kltna s11,.,,ed with the Detrull Lions and p•�ed for more lh,111 4,(KJO yard$ In lhe 2006 and 200i sea.,;on;, From then.� h� wcnl to Dallas, mn.stiy n� a ba.ckup for thr� seasons. In l+S<!asons. he plaved 141 games and passed for 29,7�6 vards and lll9 touc.hdo·wTis. In Dl?Cembcr 201), alt,r hi;; rlr,l,ea,on b.1ck in Taroma ,1s the Lincoln High coach, Kitna wa., GIiied ou1 of relln!me111 lo serve a, 1
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Kyle Orton's backup for Dallas ,1f1cr Rl,)m1) injured his back. He coached three RJ><IIIS at Lincoln (5-5, 8-2 and 11-1), laking the Ab<.'!' to 1he Gass 3Asemifinal, in 201-l bcfon, relumlng 10 Tt.'XM to coach Wa\,1lrnchlu Hlgh School. In 2006, l<Jtna was inducted 111 Ute Centr.11 Washington Unh·crsity Athletic Hall or Fame, and In 2014 he joined the r,,cific NorlhwesL football I lall offnmo. He 0nd his wlfo le1trtifor. b11th tead,crs, have four chJldren, including oldest .on Jon:fon, who plans 1<1 piny 11 uarlerback ilS a ircshman walk-on at Texas Christinn Univcrsitv this fall. KEN IAASf (SOFTBAU), OFFICIAL Anvone l�mplcd to think of Ken laose as a suflball tuukie is only sreing part or lhc picture. Yes, UJi!,e accmnplished b1i; lhmf<5 as a slowpilch plnvcr wilh powerful teams Imm this nrea such ns Emory Mnlors ( I 968-69), Heidelberg ( l\170-i5J and Wes1e<l Tires (1975-SO), gomg to 1hc ASA nationals twice imd earning mm,... mus aJJ-stnr -and MVP ilW.ird:'!. H\1 p1,,yei-.1 In two world tournaments, ,ind ns � pt.�ky, lefl-h•nded Jc,,duff hiller owned a Catl.!t!r b.1lllng average ne.1r 600. He', one of lhe uriginal elght USSS,\ umpires u, Wasblng1011 (a group form�d In 1980), .,ml in 1990 wa� 'Wk'Ctl..-1 lu umpire al the men's ma�Jr world loumnnienl, He joined the USSSA Hall of F.m,c in 1995, .u1d pl..-ketl up the USSSA facrntlvc Di rector'• Award nlong the wny Ill 1991, In addition, Lnase 1s m thcTncomn-Picn:c Cow1ty Old-Timcrs Hall or F.1mc ns tx,th a slowpi1ch player ( 1993) ,ind umpire (2007), But there •I�, are all thest> uther 1tbb1g, He graduated from Ballard HJgh Sd1ool, where he w,1s • secontl learn all"\Stntc gun rd in b.1sketball and loo lhe Beavers 1,1 a second-place finish at the 1961 ,tale Class AA 1ourn,1nu,n1, l.;inse 1\ocnl on lo play baskctl>all for 1,,00 ye.,rs and b,1seball for four ycars at 51!.,ttlc P,,cific Colll?ge bcforn graduating m 1')65. Then began a tcachinA cMeer that sp,mnc'<l 28 yc,,rs, lnduding two years as t&1cher and road, at \fopavinc and six ye.ir, at Franklm P1L•rcc. Along the way he playt-d rec league bnskelball from T%i-80 wiLh R and T Plumbllni; and Ma kulm Shoprite ,ind bemmc heavily mvolvcd in officiat111g basketball and softball A c.irror hlghlii;ht for l..ansc was when he umpirtod I he finals tit seven ,tale �luwpitch chnmpiQn,hips in the same year. U\d5C has b<..,,n part n( lhl• Wl.'5tcn1 W,1shmglon Basketball Officials As<udatiun since 1978 and a key figure in the Western Washin)lion Umpin.'S Assodatlon, which Llffldaic,, buth fastpikh and �lowpilch le.1gues, since 1980. He cum,ntly L' the a551gning secrc1,uy for WWUA umpires. Since 1987, t..,asc nlso has worked for the Pierce County Park> ,md Rt-creation rx,,,,rtmcn1 ns co-.iirector for 13 USSSA slate murnamcnts, two d1v1sional events and one r'l'gillm1I tc>umilmcnt. So no, ne\ler let it be said Ihilt K�n l..i1iise b ,lone trick pony. BOB LUCEY (COACH), FOOTBALL Frum h,s playing days al Bellnnmne l'rep and the University 01 Pugel Sound Lhrough exceptiona1 ro.1ching lcmgcvlly at Curtis, Bob Lucey has co111rlbu1ed n half century football legacy to Pierce County. l·Lc w,,s .111 all-city llncb,,c��r at Bella m:line and CMned all-Northwest first-team honor> h,ice while pl,1y ing for P,,ul Wallruff 111 UPS. Bui the mosl lasllni; of Luccy's contribution� will be lhc inipacl he hnd on more thnn ., thn1,s,1J1d slud�nt-alhMcs in four dL'Cad� "f co.1chlng In Unh't..,;ity !'Ince. In 31 years as the head foo1b.1II conch al Curtis High ( 1976-20071 Lucey lc,1d the Vikings lo U1cAAA st,,tc champio11Ship m IC/89, l\i!JIJ, 199;i .:md IC/%. His Vikings teams m,1de Tl oppearonCl'S in the smtc 'ffl foolball play11ffs and Luce) n,ush�i with a 11.'Cl1rd of I9'1-1 lb, Lucey wfll tell you that his opportumty lo shape livcs ,111d build clt.'lractcr was lust il5 i111p'1rlan1 ,1> a slate chnmpiunship. It's Lhe rea,on thnl wh�n he retin.>d fru111 li\1dllng he continued as a Cmlloullanl in the Umversity !'lace School District menluring 8th through 12th gmdc malc African·Amcncan studen1 nthlctcs ond coached the jumor hiµh footb.111 team fur .1notl,er eigh1 :,ea:,,0ns. ·•The ,,,,Jue ur a1hl�tlcs Is found ln U1c lc'SSOn, learned In practice, c-ompctitiw, nnd ns � tl!ilnl n1\..rn1bcr,.. Lucey -;aid. ·• AUtleHcs.1re n vchich,i for st11dcnl•alhl,•1cs to dcvl.'lup the performance and coping skill• 1hal wlll prepiln> nnd sec them through the i;reall'SI competition of .,11-IHc." It's no surprise th,,t this is not Luccy's first Hnll of Fame mductton. I le "'li> prevlnu�ly induclc-d Into the W,1shington 51.itc Foo1b.1II Coaches' Hall l1( Fam,'. the University tif Puget s.,und Athletic I laU ul Fame and the Pacific Northwesl F(lolball Hall of Faml!. Lucey \\'ilS the National Footb.tll Foundalion Piere<' Cuunly co.ich �( U� vear in 1989, I 990 and 1995 and llw National Foolb.111 Coaches Association co.ich of 1he year (or Washinglon ,li1te in 1\/'JU, 1993 und 2lXK). Other South l'uget Smu1d League and All· 8,,h setsn 1,11 11 from..,,, Nick. ,\rt',l honor, were t',1rned, •� was thc 201� Nalkm,11 Football Foundation Western Region Ch,,plcr Leadmhip Award, The current state playoff fom»I lhat l'Xpand<ld to a district playoff round to give 32 (cams., chance u( .,dv,mcing In lhe!ih\l� tournament was dt5igned by Lucey. Ht! aJ,s,., cwal\.id the firs't uffioal, and coachL>s football chnoc in 1he state.
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LAWYER MILLOY, FOOTBALL
Super lxiwl champion, All-Pm, All-Amerka. L,wy�r MillO)' was just nboul nll-cvt.,rythlng from Un roln I llghSchool h• lh� Unlvcr<ll}' r,f W,,�hington and on lo a Jong C.VL'<'r ln till' Nalional Football Leagut. Ile WJS ono uf the top coll\!ge ro<>lball l'(!('ruits in rho country commg out of Lmcoln, Me w.is nrunOJl, the Parade ma�ane high school Atl-Amcrka team alter ,1 standout season at mnning back (1,056 ymd� ilnd defensive b.1ck (7 ,ntrrc-cptic,ns). Mill,,)'s tnlenl, ,md achle,·cment; amllnue<I In grow at the Umver, ,It) ,,1 Wnshingron He wa, a fir.-t-li,M1 AsstJdatt>d Prc'SS All-America ,elL'<'llon in l'J'l5, uni! of only six unanln1nu, AII-Am�rtcn wl1JClli,n� In UW fo<1ib,1II history. Mc wn; twiCI! flr..1-leam ,,II-Par 10, lc.,dlng Uw 1 lu<kie< In �,ckl<'S In I 9Q.J nnd 19'15_ lie won Uw Jack T,1tum i\w.ird recognizing the top cc,Uege d(.'fensi\'� back in 1995. IVlilloy was tJ,e first dl"fonsive bnck in UW history to hllve !Oil� mckles two slralght years and he pnssed up h1s se111or se,1son lo enter the NFL draft. At UW he wns also a member of Uu, l',,c-10 North b.,se�all chan1pionship team He wa, dmfted 1,y the Cleveland Indians oul of high school aml by th� Detroit 11ger; uut or colleg� Milloy chose football tor hb profession.ii life. He was a second-round pick of the New Englnnd P,,triots in 1996 nnd �ached the p111noclc of lhc NFL when he played a key mle ,n the New England (>,,trint,,' Super Bowl XXXVl Litle In 2(1()2. /vlilloy had seven ta,�les and thrc'e pas, dcfcnfe brcaJ..ups In the Super Buwl victN) ', l le also plllyeu 111 the l9'l7 Sup�r Bnwl which the Patriots losl lo the Grc('o 13.w r,1ekcrs. MTlluv was a four-time Pro Bowl �lectioll (l'l98, 199'1, 2001, 21102) ond 111 J9')g he mnde the chle Nf'LAJl-l'ro team. He storied 213 of thc'.!3-l i;ame:. he suill'd up for 111 thc NFL-the 79th m<'Sl game& plnyt.'d mNFL hbtory MIiioy WJ• Sl!lc-ctru Lu the r,,Lri<>t,.' ,,11-d=dc t&lm!! for c,,urt,�u 11( s,,.,,u, S,·,w,m•ks Uw 19'10s nnd 2000$. I le al,;., played for the lluffnlo llills nnd Atlnnm Falcons before finishing lus 15-ye,,r NFLcare,:r w1lh two seaSOllS In Se,,ttle. M1llt1r Is p,,rt of nn exclu,i\·.,. NFL club foaturlng players wlw had ,1t leasl 211 sack, nnd 20 lntcrccptim,_., In their ca�t. BRAD MURI, WRESTLING
As a high school wrestler, llrnd Muri wns S<'m1-lcgcnd,ny ln \V,i,hlnglon. He wun th,..,._, con;,-cullve ,mte chnmpinnshlJY., at 112. 123 and 135 �•11nd; al Mat Classk In tl1e T.,conlil Dome bdorc graduating in 2lX15, 111' fuur-ye,,r reconl al Slcllnrown wn� 131-'I l iUld he Lhen went on to wrcslle for Boise Stotl" Universitv from 2005-2010. Mun wns a WACScl10ln.r Alhlelc 1or the Broi1tos 111 both 200�2ll09 ,111d 200Y-20 I U. In has se1>lor yc,,r at Stclfocoom, he w,1> prescntt-d thcGrahoim !laker Morin Memorial Scholarship bas..-d on 'itmng academic pcrlom1nnct', h,adcr shlp and wrestling talw,l He scrvud as a Young Llie leader. pn.>sidcnl of the Drni: l'rcvcntmn Team and captnin of the Sentinel, wre;.tllng team while nl1>0 achieving a '.l.58 grade point average In hi� 4;;tu.t.Hes. Muri, with his bmther Jon Muri as an .1Ssistnnt. 01rrently coachc-so
BtdJ Muri rris/11) S"•ppks for Strll.i,,,1111 H/�/1 Sc/rno/. CttUr/61, Tit�· New� Trilmm:
powerhouse wreslhng program ,1l Mendlan High School In ldahu. "I have co.1chl'ci � stile-placers, four stale champ,, and Mo AII-Americ,ms since� ginning my cuacltlng carc>er in 2010," Brad \luri �aid. H� was Idaho Dl�lri Ill cooc.h of th,: v�ar in both 2013 nnd 2014 And al Lhe conclusion or the 2lll scnsnn Brad w.,s accorded 5A Southern Idaho Conference Coach o( the Yea honors_ In J,muary of 101b, Muri'• Mend,an te�m v,slled T,,comn ,,nd won lhe 1+10,,m WIiiie Slew.ut Sr. Wroslllni; Tournament al Fuss High again>! ellt� rompictitlun. llmd and h1s wife Heidi, who both teach at �cridian, g.wc birth il> ,1 d3ughler in October and an: quite comfortable in their current t!llVil'<•11m�nL "I quickly fell in low with t1,�s�1ttot>f ldahl.) and the Trca_wn, Vall�\ during m)' 11ml' al llSU," said Brad Muri, tn hi< sixth y=of cond1it1g at Mcrldlan, "_..and f.,.,J extremely blessed tu tench ,md conch ;it such a gre,u school."
STEVIE MUSSIE, VOLLEYBALL
One ol the greatest volleyball plavers to come out of Puvollup I ligh School ond Pierce County, St�vie M�ie hils carried h,•r success f1S a playt'r into the coaching: ranb whrre she recently bt..'lrCilme the hc,,d coach al Aruonn State University l\lusslc rirst made her marl.. un ihe 1•olleyball world during her hig.h school and dub year, while growing up in Puyrulup.She was a two-y�.ir letter winner ror the Puyallup Vikings and c:.1pped her outsmnding prep carccrns the 2002 l'l'ashin!lton Gatorade• Ployl't of Ut� YeMond as a 1003 Vollcybnll Magaww Fab 50 sek'Chnn. /I tw0-ttme AII-Sou1h Pu�etSound League first team selection, she help<.'<! the Vikings t,, ,, ;econd-place st,1te fini,;h as a ,cnior tollcn,inll ,, lhird-placi? perrnrmancc the pro\'ious season. ,\s a dub pL,yer wlth lhc K�nl J1111lors, she was on le,1ms ihM plan<J second .,t the Cmssrond» and Far \\1cstern tournnmenls nnd 131 at the jwtio.r11t1tlonnls. �IL1s..1c parlayed her prep success mto an athlctk schoforshlp to University nf the P,1cific InSlockl<>n, C.1111., where she plnycd twn S<'.1sons before trnnsrerrlng It> the University nr Washington. Al P,1ciftc, she"·•• nnmcd I<> the All-Big West C&Jnforcnce Frk'!lhmdn lt.'ilm alter awrnging nearly 2.5 kllb and t.ligs peq;.inu,.. rh,• following year. Mussie,1wrng"d 3-5 km, and almost 2.7 dii:s per game for the Tigers. After mis�tng the next season booiuseoi knc-.,suq;cry. Muss1c reiurn;,d ltt the r,,cinc N,1rthwes1 where, for h,·o years, she would srnr iar the up-nnd coming Unh·erslty ol W,1shlngto11 flTilb'Tllln. A ,';..foot, 9-lnd, vutsldc hitter, MILo;sfe wa, numed the �•Ille Rcglcm,,I Most Out,1,,ndlng Ploycr ru; the 2006 I lu�kll'S ndmnc�l 11, th� NCAA nnlionnl 1ourna.ment scm1finoJ whc-rc lhc seoson l!ndl't.f with ,1 loss lo fellow COJlforonce mcml�rS1,111lord That'""-'°"• Mussic fintshod se.:ond on the UW 1eam will, 3.8 kltb per game whlle also over,1sJng 2.3 digs ,md 0,5 blocks per gan,e. The follllWing y�M. her finil1 i1!J ,, colll1gfal� ptLlyt.!r, Mu�ie ,,•a5 mm11Xf le> U,� All-l'ilcific 10 Conference llnd le.1m alter ran king Ill' in !he t'<>nlerence with nenrlv 4.1 kills nnd -I .6 points p,:,_r g:une_She esrnbllshcd a Unlwrslly 1,f W,,shington postscason record, nnd a career high . .vith J5 kills In a NCAA tournament second round defeat tt, llnghnm Young Umvcrs11I• Muss1e flni!.hed hl'T carei!:rranked fifth lll\ I h.i UW ,111-time llsl in kills nnd points per game ,md •cvonlh in Iota! point�. Ccmrll'SI/ l111it1t..•r#ty of W1�hiu.�to11 Mus.sw Wil!o named ArizonaSi,1tc's seveiuh hend co.1th on Feb 3. 2016, At/Jfl'lic; that alter scrvini; ns nn ,,ssislanl co.,ch ,,1 North Cn.rollnaStnw, Vlrglnia aml l'enn Stale. While she was al l\,nnSrnu,. Mussic helped guide the Nillanv Lion, tn lh� 2014 NCAA national championship. "
TOM MUSHN (COACH), BOXING
Tom Mustin re,,chl'd Lhe pinno1cl� uf ht� sport, am;ifc!ur box.tug, wlten hl" COttdted lht! US. Learn al the lOtKIOlympic,; m Sydnev Bui hb continuing reward, fmm c(l.1ching ill•rtsk chlldren slrclch over -l..'i years of ch.m nclms them inlu productiw life choke; and away from lhe lanprntiom, 01 g,,ngs. drug, ,md crime. B<,m In (Q.j6 in Alnbamn, Tt1m gmdLtnted fromStadium �ligh Sch<X•I in 1<164 and 1v;i� one or the first students 10 attend lhcom., Cumoumity Culiege.. J l e wa� an nssislnnt manager fur m<lrc limn 411 )'CilrS at rhe News Tnbune. While helping counlk..,, children find their w,w mto producuve lives, Tom was recoi;nized with d,·ic awan.b-Tm:nma Rc1tn11'� Comrnwuty Ser\'ke Award ( 1')<14), Tm,c l>fogaz:ine's Pie.rec Cnu11ly Nc1vcmnk"1 ol Tonu,m,w ( l'IR3} Md coacl1cd dmmploO!,, from Dw;wne Johnson 1125 pound$, 1978!10 Emnwtl Linton Jr. (1�7 pc,unds) nnd Paul ½den (151', po<1ndsl 111 19'll), 10 Dn"id Can') 1201 poundi;) and Elo) Pcrc7,(132 puw,ds) fn 20(1 .J. Muslin ha� bc'l!n ,,ctivc through lite year.; t1l cverv level,. from Gollf(lll Cloves in Tacc1mn h1 nn11onnl soldell slo\'e,, cc,mpctltions 10 ori;nniz ingstrength and rond,liuning for USt\ lx,�mi:, 10 co.,ching 1he Crnldwill Gome;. Tom and wile Jud\' haw lhrc,· chllliren aml ..txgrnndchUdrcn. His member-hip In theT.,cu ma•Picr�c CountvSp011s 1111II of F.1me follows his 2015 cnshrmc111c111 mlo the Colden Cloves Hall oi Ft1meas a conch.
son ,rud <>f her late husba11d, whu dit'd In '.!lKl7. "I le hived the players lnvolved ond tl,e e,c,temcnt. He loved scrYing the ,1thlete, II was all ,1 poslU,•c t" him." One uf his bi!lll<!SI· contributions wos recru1Hng ,ind hiring J t.tiL'llted sports �t,,rr al the paper. including reporters Bob Payne. Joe Sherk, l',1ul MIiier, Bill Schey, Hart Wright, John Oa)'tiln and the late Mlkc Kahn, and he also bro ught m llob Mutlr,m1 fn;,m th� n�w, ,tall lll bl.-come 311 awan:l-win11l11g outdoor wrlll'f. 71ml nucleus became the foundatiun for one of 1he t11p spc1r1; departments in the wuntry Uuoughoul the 1990s. MEGAN (QUANN) JENDRICK, SWIMMING \Vhcn sh� wus ilbl:mt fiv&? yearso1d and geIrh,g her fir:itexp1,!rienre in a po<lt M(igan (Qunnn1 J�n- dnck wns, in hl'r word!-, ""afr,iid to put my lw;1d und�r Wi\ll!rwhen I was ,lt 4iWimming Jl!Ssons," NQw, itam bcMgu,-d that Jendrick, a thr�tlmcOl)�1tpk nu.,ialbl-indudlng an individual gold medal winner ln the 100-mewr bn,,1>tstn••� in U,e 3000 SummerOlvmp1cs m Sydney. Austral in-is ilmo11g th� gn..-.,test swimm� to com� oul o( Piere� County Dom on Jot\. 15, t 984 In Tacomn, Jcndnck m.ide her first United St.He, n,1tional team pcr/orm3-nc,• ,11 the 1999 l'an l'.,cific Championships where she eam«I the ,11\'et m'1<fol in Lh" 100 brca,tstroke nnd the gold in the 400 medley rcl.1y. A year Inter, Jcndric�. then a 16-year-olJ student nt En,cr.ilu Ridge High School, put hcrstnmp on 1hc swimming world \\�th ,1 double-gold performance in Sydney. She won tl,e IOO•mclqr breaststroke in• time of 1:07.05 and ,warn the bre.1ststrokc leg for the winning United Stmes medley relny tc,1m After falling lo mnkc the 201J.1 U.S.Olympic l!'ilm by 11 s,,ccmds. she rellr.>d !rum compellllvc swimming and soon 111rnt-d her nuenuon lo road11ng young sw,m men;. It was then U1.1t Jen,irkk, realizing how much she mi"ed the sport, set her sight,, on the 2008 Game.. making her m;,_rk un lhe national and lntcmationnl ;.t,gcs along 1he wnv. As 1he only indlvldunl 111 eam tltN.'C g11ld medals, Jendrld wn• (lne of the standout swimmers at the 2005 World Uni\'ersitv Games in Turkey. She won the 50.. und JOO-meter breasl!il ro�,'S nntl swam a leg on the gold mc-dal•\\·i 1 111in}! 400 medley n!loy squall. A y,�,r later Jendack was a two•bmc \\11tncr at th� l,.S. Spring Cha.mpiorn;h1 ps ,1 11d also the national m,>et d1amplun in the JOO bre,1slstrnke, followed b1 a ;ll\'cr medlll in the 100 breru,tslmke at lite 20!17 World Champio11slilp<. Jendrick eamcd her third o.nd final Olvnipic medal In 2008 m Beijing. hclplJ1g lhe 400 mroley relay team lo s1l\'eI, that in addition t.i placing Aflh in tho 100-nwt«r bri'aststroke final. Duc,ng her oulslanding �arcer. Jendrlcl-. ,,..,., a 10-time USA Swimming national champion and a 10-llmc U.S. Open du,mpion while al-o o;ettlng 26 1\meric,111 n,ct•n:l• and une world record. Jn May 2006, sbc j()lncd an outstandini: ll.st 01 nn1ronally recog• mzed nlhlctes-including Jackie Joyncr-Kersee and 01.zie Smlth--.'1$ a 0;111 ,i..,,'l/ uf /l'kg, 111 /cm/rick \\anncr of the I lcnry 11. Iba CitizenAthlet�Awan:l for her commitment to the local community.A $1011100 donation was made in her nnmt: tu the Greatest Need; Fund al the Children·� I lospltal anu Rcgionnl Medical Center lit ScJttlc. BOB ROSS (COACH), (deceased), BASKETBALL For Bob Ross, sport,, were all ,,bout h,wlng a positive nltlltllle ,1nd up be,,t ,,ullook ,,n life 11';, ., belief he carried lhroughuul hlsplnying 01rc'<'r and lllok it c1•cn further n;, ,1 high �hool and coUcge basketball conch. A Iwo-sporl atbletc through hiAh school ru1d rollc')l<', R11» grnduated from S«lm Wooler High School in l�.50 and ,1ttcnded then;Pncific Luthcrnn College bdqrc graduating in 195-1. Ourh1g hi, time al Pacific Lutheran, he ployed b,1sketbtt ll for Marv Har..hma11 and baseball for 'vlarv Tmnmervik. Afl1•r graduation, he eamt'<I the ·•All Fmnc e Awnrd" JS o player/coach in lhe USAm,y. Ross taught l.n the Franklin Piere" School Disrnct for 30 year,, and he co.1ch,-d basketball the entire tune. n,e f111nl l S year,, he spent a; the ,'ilrslty c o.ich nt Wa,h,nglon Hisli Scl,oc,,I. ,ind he ftnl�hed hi;, prep coaching CMl'(!J" WJth a 2.'i�-147 n,cord, 13 winning seasom,, sh tea:gm• champinnshlps and ,ix sta.lc toumnmenl appcara11ces. Me Onish,od in U,c top f1"c nl U1e stole tnum,1ment in 197-l-i5 (third) and 1'175-7n (nfthl. He coadil-d f ive wars alier that at Gl'L>en R, vcr Communlly CoUege, enming Coacll or the Year honors tor the We.tern DMsion of 8.1,kctball in 1990. He also con• dueled numeruus b.lskctball camps in Washington and ,\llbl..\, and In 199� was award· ed the Oi,tlr1g11i�hedAlumnus in Alhl"ti,:s Award by Pacific LuUu,rnn University.
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MARK SAUMAN, TRACK & FIELD Mnrk Sal,mM b ,me of the m,1,;t de..-,,mted decall,lete:, ever lo come out of the SouU, Puget Sound region. and hi, li,t of .,chfcwmcnts In mew than JO ,car.. coaching rival ,.;r1ually anyone at the blgh -ch,wl levd Born In Thcoma in W52, SalLuiru, Jcllel'('d ull three yellJ's in baskctbJ.ll an,\ track at Franklin Pierce Htflh School Alter clitiming n lugh 1ump conference championship nt \V,'Slcm Wnshington, he moved oa to P,1clhc Lulhemn Unl\•ersil), wheru he eamc'Cl AII-Amenca hunurs 111 the dc'Glthlon m 1q74_ S.117.lllnn oontinued to am,pele in IJ1c dc.,1ll1lon ,1ftrr his t9iS gradunlfon from PLU, placing ,hth at the 1976 US Track & Field "llalioMls and third al lhe 1<1so "llalional, and competing in the 19811 USA Team Decathlon vs. Nurwnv in �lo. He capJX'<i hf<.nlhietlc Glrt'l.'r with USJ\ Trnck /1, Ffold National Ma.ters champlnnships in the dec,1U1lon In 1988 ,,ml 0994. IJeyund Ins own athletic rowcss, S.1lzmru1 co.1ched motb.111, b,1sketb.1II, cross countrv nnd track and field nl llw 1unl11r hli;J1 and high sdioorlevel for m,1ny yc,m. He m,chcd the Curtis High School track and field teams for 'l(l years from 19in through 21)()5, and from IQSI) through 2ll05 he also helmed U1e 1,'ll'b' basketball progrnm. He led the Curtis boys' ,rnd girls' track team, to nearly 3'i() comblnL,i dual 111L't!t ,•lduries, and he led the Curtis girls lo back-lo-backst,1te cluunpl(>nshlp,, in 2003nnd 21JO.l. On the boy• side his team.< put together three stra,ghl top•thNe state /inisl,es in the mid-1990s and totaled seven top-10 ,talc Amshe�. S,1lzman 1111,vcJ t111 to Valley High School 1n Las Vegas. \/1•v,1da, m WI.lo. and he roache,.l thc track nnd llold p!O!,'l'ams theru for nine ,.._,sun, �nd the cross country progrnm, for flw. ln 2009 he lcJ the Valley l-ligh School boys ' trocknnd field team lo its first s�1tc ch11111p1onshlp Betwc'en the two scbc'<lls, he ha,, ,'Oad1ru 26 individuals 1,, ;tale \'vent ch,unpionshiJlti, with 20al Curtis and sf:\ at V,1llcy, Sawnan c.,mect SPSL Coach of th,• Y�ar hun• on; �•ght times in I rack and tieltl and thn.� timis in basketball and h,,s �crvcd on the mick conunittees fur th� WlAA and SJ'SL Behveen his four sports co.,ching ,11 the high ,cJux,1 level and l,ne ,ea;t,n serving a,,, 1:rack.,,si�tant at 1'1.U, S.,lm,an has ...,_,__;..,_ __ ,._ co-1cl\ed a C(•mbllwd 92 JndMUllill ,�n., in ,1 r can."Cf thill woufd rh,il .nny. HAU (SAUCIER) RIECHERS, GYMNASTICS/DIVNG 11,muglmul her l,'T.lde sch,,ol ,rnd �mior high yc.1r,;, Cig I lnrbc,r n.1thcI lnlf So1111:il!f wns an nul,tanding elite Jew! S)"nnast who wo11 il!J·MJll.lld ,u1d evl'nt chrunpionshlp titles at tlli! rotiunru nntl intcrun.tionru lewls As a h,gh school and college student, she parlayed her s,vmn,1Sli<ll abd11v nnd training into sue1.-css .,s n diver, S.1uocr, bom on June 12. lilll5 in Tacoma. hrst made her mark cm th,• nntiunal stage-tu be more cor ,ect, U1e folem.mnn,11 ,L,g<.'-whcn ,hi> ;111d eight other young grmn,1;t. fntm Gig H,ulx,r's N;\SA Gymna: lie-, AC<1dcn1} performc>d a tumbllng �xhibiliijn 111 fronl uf ,I p.1du.-d stadium al the 19''4 Goodwill C-.amcs rlu<ing C'<' l'l'mtmy I11 51. Peter<burg. Russin. Starting in 1995 11t 9 years o( 11gL\ S.iudt•r w\1s on� u( nnlJ Av� gymnil.!-U:I throughout the coun1ry to be selected threestrn,ght years m participate m ll,c USA Cymnastfc. National Te,1m Talent Opportunity pmgmm al the TcxM mnch of U.S Olympic coach Bela Kdrl'llyf. TI1e pro!,'l'i'lln idenllli1$ and trains gymnasb 11 ye.1r., old and under who appear to be rm ,1 path lo pc1tcntial national team smtus, S.,ucier's i;ro.,tesl fntern111ft1nal gymnastic,, success rame al the 1998 COPA lntcmntionai In· viiauonal m Monterrey. Mexico. TI1cre, cmnpt!ling ,t,; an I1-yc,1r-old In the Junior,\ Elfle Division. sin.--. '"'un thL· uneven b.1rs und floor exercise evc111ts cm the wi,y to ta"mg thl' .1ll•oround citlc. Two yc.trs l.itcr, :the wn:, vict-oriou.:; m lhe balance beam ilnd vnult and wtt:, runner-up in the fl,,or 1'>.ercbe l>n the way to l,'ilmering the ,1ll-.1round gold nmial at TOP', Elite 01,i,ion National Champfntt<hlp helJ In 1996. At Peninsuln I llgh School tshc was,, 4.U student and dus..< ,·a]C'dlctoria111, Saucier took nlilllY of the skills that she lc�med ,n gymn:,s �ics mlo rompculiw diving. She, qualified ror thrt--c J�mior Nnbcmal Chnmpkmsh1ps. ,-..-.,s n lhret.'.l-timl! All-Amencan, ,md o ll,�-tune !:ttiltt' runner-up m I-meter di\·ing. Saudcr's dh·ing 3ucces5 earned lu:.•r,, �hol,1r;;.hip to Lnuisi;n1.1 Sli11\! Univ�rslty. S.1ucicr capped olr an outstanding four·yl'ArdMng ca-rfur the Tiger1 with a bn1llant '>l.'nior se.,,;,11.A triple-event linalisl "' the SEC Cha111plonshlps, S.1utfor won n NCAA regional tlllc lo qualify for the NCAA Chan1pionship,. when:> she earned AII-J\mcricn honors wflh a .se,·cnlh-placc finish In the plnl.fol'!T A four-time SEC ocodem1c hont>rec, Sauc,� eanled the 20ll5--0b LSU FemnleScholor-Athlete o( the Year nwnrd in ,iddltfon 1,, receMng th'e ,md Wally P\lntiff,Jr., Ac;idcmic Exccllena, ;\w,,rd for hcr commumt}• contrfbut,ollS, In 2007, she w,1s nam�d Ndpl\'t\t of a coveted NCAA Po,t-Gradunte Sdmlarshlp.
JIM "ZEKE" SCHULDT, ATHLETIC TRAINER The name mny be common in som\' �'\1r�. but on lht! Tc,comn sp,t1rts seen� tht!re is but onl! Zeke, the longtime ;ilhlctic tr.11ner an� sports medicine te.icher ond roordinal(lr (or the University or l'uget Sound. ·"" the n,1rrnth·e go,'>. SchuldI"'"'" lo the ,t,,t� a,,., A basketball tournament at UPS Fieldhouse with h,s Col(a� High School le,m1 in the early 1°h0,, fell In love with lh� place, and decided to becollle a Logger for l!fo. I le graduated fn,111 UPS In I 9aS, and ,tltcr a ;tint in the U.S. Morine Corps., returned to the scl10c1I in 1970 a11d spent his entire career there tap Ing, 01endfog a11d counseling Loggers alhM..s of all ,tripes be fore retiring 111 2005. )'ou can stiU find Zclro occa,,ionnllv al events like tho Tacoma City Mnr.,thon, where he works with Fimsh Linc Mcdlrnl Tent Stilfr, but mostly he lives m rellrement al his home 111 C1g Harbor. Along with hl� 1vorJ. al UPS, Schuldt', resume' read, like lhe bible of ,port,, mt'ciicine ,n Pierce County. n,i; litilny or C\•cnL, he helped ooordinate ,ind team$ he ,erwd 111cludcs I he Tamm., Tides Pro fessional Soccor Club (1975--76), u,c World Fa$tpitch Sofll>.111 Cl�,mplnnship,; (IQ60l. sub-Htt1te gigs with the Seal Uc Seahawk,, (1980-83). the fil'Sl US Olvmpic marathon trials for women 1196-11, the Di.imond Bowl Dtvlslon J-AA football chn111pio11ship gam,,. !19lf;-86) 011d the Goodwill G11111es gymnostics. ugure skatmg and hockev events in Tncoma ( 1!19l1), AIons with 00<,rdlnntini; training scrv,ccs rorn ho,t or sintr and dlst net high school d1ampit•n,hlp, in lhe r.:gion, Schuldt hdped launch and 11r.1> a board •· mombcr for the J"ierc..-County Sports � k-dicinc Clinic. He alS<1 did dassn'k>nl prescnlatfons imd clinic� fur virtunllv every school district in U1e nr&1, rt:'creation departments, ond author� n vanety or publications dcalini; with sports nwdicitw issues. In his l1eld. 1 he was the ,onsummilfc teacher, the man lllJLtr� Jocks tun1cd co. Ille award, and cmnmendatlons Schuldt rccein..J for his body of work would fill up this p.,ge. He's In the Northwc,t Athlctk Train�rs A,-lalion Hall ur Fa111e, Lbe Washington Stut._. AU�ctk Trainvr;; A.s,'ldaUon I I.ill uf Fame, and the UPS Athlctk Hall of Faml'!. I le received the Northwest Conlc=c"' Dlsll11guisl1l>d Service Awani for 35 years sen",c lo UPS and the conference, and he was honoried with the Outst.,nding S.,.rvlce lo High School AU,Jetes Commcndahon by the Washmgtcm Sea,ndary School ,\ lhlctk Adminl;trntors. One thing there'""-' nn awolrd for, but t>thc•r, lt.ik note of, ll'ns Zekc"s rule In Ui'S winning a natlon.-.1 !Ille al tl1L• l q7n NCAA DMsiun 11 ba;kd· ball toumnmcnL 11,at Loggers team, c,:,.,ched by [x,111 Zt.>ch, dcall with,1 number of in[urles but Schuldt hclp..'\i k,,ep them fmm becommg c.1sunltics. and nurst'd tl,en, through the championship game. Asked tu li,;t his retirement hobbies and non-,1t hlclk trnmmg skills, Schuldt savs, "Han-estmg firewood.. tly fishing, ,rnd traveling the backroods of thi, 1vestt>m United Stntcs ,md kiddo" oock 11�th colleagues nnd fnends over• cold llbalion •harjJ1g mcmork"' and th� hnppenings of lift>.· JAV STRICHERZ (FOOTBALL), OFRCIAL When h,� con!.lder, the lltnny of greot rootb,,11 rc1crees who came out o( the South Sound-Tom Cm,,, Jack Johnson, Mnn· Tumnwr\·fk, J;m-y Meyerhoff, Aa.ron Pointer, Kirk Doman. Buddy Horton Jay Strkher1 Is humhled "ll ls a pcr,,orml honor for me 10 even be ,-011;,idered a,, a potential hall or fume member," he savs. "Tocom,1 h,1< bt'l'n truly n hutht'd ol footb.,11 (1ffidals through the dc>cades. and ii Is quite humblini; tu even cm�sider that my name would be me11Uo11cd in tl,c same ciJtle as thCl!Sc giants." A g,ant indeed T11o!re's not much the 69-year-old Stricher1. h,,sn'I seen. ,md fow n1njor football venue, he d,dn"t visit in 35 yco1rs as,, l',,c-12 referee, beginning 111 197'!-a y ear after Anzona and Ari• 1011a State ll'Cl'I! addl'tl to give U,e cunfmem:e JO teams. On the lntcmel, St-ricl1er7 l,ecrrme known as "the Gl,1,se,; Rcl"-thc moniker for his Twlttl'r' accuUJ1t-for his signature gl.me. ,md J�"TCmy lmn,-dcllvery b1 explru.ni.Mi; calls Some o:>l ltis folluwer$ 11'L'n' charll,,blc, ulhers not so much. "Who lhe ho-ck is going 10 call fouls ran�y. if ever. called in a game?" one Cnllfornin I.lears fol111wcr co111 plnlnc-d. "ff he 11·as nl Memorial wt· knew G,I would be rec�ivrni; 10..IS e.nalttcs." Ah y1.?S, the life of a zebra was a bit dlfferent than life in his dn)' job ns a ;,ch,M.11 administrator In Ti1oom ,1, a b Strichcrz held for 31 yean;. Different, loo, lhan hls nine years as JV fastp1!ch coach at !lellarmine Prep,• jub he st,ffiI performs ll'ith i;usto. Born In E11urncla11; Jnd schoolro at Franklin Pil.'rtc High Schtxil (class or 1965) and lhe Unlv�rsity of l'ugel Sound 171}. Stricherz gut his ,tnrt as an olficfal �, 1%7 with U1e Western Wa,;hingt"n Foc,tball O/llci.1ls A™1<ial- lon. J-le wen I on lo b<.<come 1he most semor Pac-12 officlill ror s�vcr,, I ymrs. refereeing hundreds of contests in that lime, lndudlng 18 l:x11vl game-, the first llC5 nfil,onol title gam� in 19'19 (Tennes= 1·s Florid,, Stale) and three Ea,,t-We,;t Shrine Games. He work,-d two Sug.,r B,MI, t2006,1012l, h,"<1 Culton Bowl� (199-1,200'll and h1·0 Fiesta Bowb (1009, 2011), 1-il' officiawd game, al Vl'l\'-'lllble YllnkL'CStadium, Notre D,1mc, lhl' "Big Mouse" al Mldtigan. Legion Field in Tuscnloos.1, Ala .. Soldier Field in Chic,,go, Dos ton Collegt•. C.1mp R.ulllnll Srnd111111 111 MadLSOn, \Vis., the Citrus Bowl nnd BYU's LaVcll EdwardsStndium. Whil;Strid><r"L put a""Y his clc11ls ,md whisllc for good as 2013 came lo" dOS<•. h� Is l.ceping hi; h.,nd in t1fAciabng as re,ter judg,, position ,upcrvis<,r nnd rull'l' inlcrprelt!r fur th� Pac-11Confcronre. O,,e 11( hls Twitter follower., had one more request for one of his f.wof\le rcfcn.>es: "We wishStrkhen: the bc!'t In his retire ment," he s;11d. "let's hope those infamous i;l•s= end up enshrine1.i In a museum somcwhere." 11,ey an,I In theShm,mn,. nSports Museum o/T.1coma-f'lcrreCoun11•.
R,,se Bowl teams and hb four-year total< were 20 I t,,ckles, 11 inlNreprions and 4° pass tlcfl,-ctiar» in 42 gaml!i,. I i� joined lh� w,,shini;tonSl.ite Alhlclic Hnll of Fnme Inst foll "He stands all by him>elf," Prier says ofTrufonl, "based on \,1lu'll he's don!! here (\VSU) ilnd sim;c he left ll's just been trt.'mcndous." Trutont wos n flrst-rollnd pick m U,c 2003 NFL Draft. taken No. 1 I overall by the hometown Seahnwks, where he plnycd hb entire professional career. He sl.1rlcd .is a rookie comerbnck and was a stnple m the lmeup until his release 111 2012 He �IMted 115 game, over 10 ;ea,;on,, piling up f>+I tu:kles, I12 pass breakups. 21 intcrreplion,, ,md twl) career inter.-cplion return� for touchdowns. Trufant pl•)'�'<i In I he Super S.,wl loss lo the Plltsburgh Sll!i!icrs fol• J()wi11g Lile Z005season, .md mrned AU-Pro hunors and a trip to llw Pro Bowl In 200i offer finishing third in the NFL wilh seven interceptions. H� signed bricflv with the J,1cksum•illeJnguars in spring 2013 but was cul in training camp before IJ,c sea�on opener.Alter thnl, he signed a onc-dny contmcl with &>attic 111 2014 so he could end lus NFLcnr.>er Ihe <arnc wn� ii ,tut�d. in Washington \\ith the Senhawk.�. M.u�m and Je>$iG1 now live In Ncwcn�Llc with their fil'e chlldn!J1, Yollllger bMliers balah and Dt'smondTru fant also hnw plny,'<l cnmcrb.,ck In the NFL Isaiah had stints with the N,•w Yorkjcls and Cleveland Browns �forc suffering n serinus knee injurv. Desmond was a fir;t row1d draft pick b)• All,mw in 2013 and is currently a ,tarter for the Falcons. JOE WATERS (PLAYER/COACH), SOCCER ),,., Waler�. born In Ireland nnd n prufessfonnl=cr plnycr by the lime he wa< 15, has nddcd to his dislini;uishcd 23-vear playing career by cnrvlng out n slcllnr w,1ch.l.ng CMe<.!I" of a sinlilirr Jc>ngtb. llorn 011 June 20, 1�53. as a 1•0,,01 in Limerick he also part,opa led in hurling, Gaelic football, ruiby. track and field and bo�ng. He settled on soccC'f and <Ju1ckiy ad\'illln'li lhmugh am,,teur clubs lo Lciccs• rer Cil) and Grimsby Town in the high levels of English ,oci:er. H,• ,•,,rncd distinction os R0<,k!e MVP with lekcstcr Oty ,md alSII played for ihe Jruh natJonal tea.m Joe cnme lo North America lo jl1in the nascent Tacoma SIMS uf th� Major Indoor Soccer L�ai;uc in 198<1. As a defelldcr, he hcl p<.-d lead the Stirs to thclr zemth a, MISLplnyoff hnnhsts 111 1967 while scllmg the league record ror most block,C' I shob. H� set the team record for most games plnyro ,ind wos onre hon• l)red as MISL �Ian uf U,c Year. He �nleM:l co.iching In 1988 n� lhc C,,Jgary Kicker. playC'f-<"o.1ch. He continued as an ass,sl,mt co.,ch with rhc Tncom,, Stnrs through Lhclr fin.ii .1-llSL venrs Imm 1989-1Q92 ond !/& ols-0 spen1 the 19')S-W02 eaod as co;ich or the f'acilic luthemn Univcrsirv men's team. lie reh1med .is hcm1 coach o rIlw Tacoma Stars of the t1edsUn!I Mnior Aren,1 5(-c«:r Lcai;uc for the2013 ;,ea,,nn. \\'aters liec;11nc m,1ch uf Bcllormlnc l"'rep boy, «xccr team In 1992and remain, in lhal role today. Under h1' guidance ti11• llnn< hnvc won two state d1nn1pionships C21J0.1, :ZOOS) ancl 14 l�ilJ;Ut! titles, They hnve odvanccd to lht!Stnlc pl.1ynff� 19 times and to tJ1c stilll" sem.i tmnl� SC\'en times. The Nntwnol Soccer Coaches Assoaahon o( Amenca (NCSAA) n.1med 0 Bl;lla mun..- l'rep its national champion in 2 04-. Co,,ching the Bellanninc Prep i;Ws became bis added .luty ilm 2003. Lnder hi, watch, the !Jons hnve won a ,rate championship and eight league crowns. In 10 trips lo Ihe slate plnyoffs, tl1e girls have advanccd Le, the scmlfinnl< three times.A!i a result of llu-se ,urrcs5<?S with both IC,"1\S Joe hns l!,uned multiple cifadons as co.1ch o( the ye'1r at the stall!. rep;io11 t1nd 1ear;uc le\tcls. Before Joe tuok o,·cr lhe Bcllnrmm1• l'rep girls, he co.1chcd the C1i: H.irbor girls leamtl992JJSJ lo s1.x league til lt-s 41nd ,i� ap�arancc:, in th!! :,fate !xmtifinals in s::i\ trie!,. W.,tcrs h� tluc't' gmwn d,,ughlcr, Kelly, Shauna nnd Lindley and sh,,res a Nori h End home in Tacoma \\'ilh wifo Su,,, whv Is also nn occompllshl'<i ,oecer pL,yer 1111d co.1ch MARK WELLS, BASKETBALL Mark \\'�II-. wm, su,h .i \\'1,.•ll•mund"id -'thlcll? thitl a>n• ccntrating on any one athletic ende.w,ir at a Umc might wa, ,imply not clh1llcnging vnough. So nnlurallv, • he dcddru lo I.rv 10 at one lin'lt!. lks1dcs the s1andord rootball and basketbnil accom plbhmenb, \\'elb was• smndout dccnlhlelc for lhe Uniwr• ;,ily of l"'uget Sound. rhe son of form� Curll, High trod. ltl.lCh Bert WcJJ5, M.rrk W,1S a lhre.,-sporl SIM for the Curlis \/J.klulJS. I le rcpeat,'Ci 1hn1 reat in lus coll-,;iate en teer at Ui'S. Wells' dec�thlon mark sWI rnnk.< m the top JO ot Ul'S,1s do his mdi• 1 ' idual l�ng jump, high jump ,md j.wciin mark>. At Curt!,, he was all-state in the j,weUn, lung jump ,Ind triple jump In 1971 ,md 1972. In foct, Mark w� nut th" only �ll'ilar nthictein the fumll) H" and �ister Nnncy won th" firsr two l'ierce Cou1ity D<'<ilthlcie of the Ycarcornpetitlons i.n 197, and
1975, whkh included the sports of golf n11d 11.'llllis 1.1lo11g with various trt1c.k and field events. In b.1skdball, he 1s the CM<->cr free-throw percentage leader for the Loggers wllh ,ln 84.1 perrenlagr. More Importantly, Ihough, might ha,•e b�n the te.1m acl,l�vemcnls for Ul'S llurlng his years. J9i3-77, whet, ll,cy 01adc the final eight of rhe nnl1onnl tournament all three yeacs nnd won the NCAA Division II cro"i1 In 1976. 17w Loggers post.xi ,1 27-7 record thnt year, whid, Is I he school �'Ctlrd for ,�cturies ln a season. I le served as the Loggen-· t,..,m captain the following season. Jr\• di((-erent era lhnt f�illured a muc:h greater number 01 rnuJtkport athletes, Wells J,m,me the last ool• lcge athlete at an NCA Divi;ion I or 11 univer.dty in Washinl,'10n stall! to earn nine v,usity Mter,,jn l9i6 urs LOGGERS BASKETBALL TEAM-NATt0NAl OLUll't0N5 three dllforent sports. fnuil rv,v I, lo r.: t/111 GrNflli.-rk, R,dy 11am, Alfkr K1111/::, Mikt \\'db ;li<o had outstanlling tean1 success al Stwmf, Mnrk Wl'1Js11mf Tw1 £r,11,;. 011ck row 1. I<> r,: Pltil Hum,. Curtis, where as the starting point 1,.-,rnrd he fro the .Sh"f'I' Fr,:mmtl, Mtki' lln11S1m, RKk �'\Wlki·r, Cm•f l"elrrsm,, Brunt Vikmgs 10 a 24-11 record und the state title m 1970CMrrff11d 11.T. llmw,t, M,ss111g: ),mmy Sti>rmrt. A·l111/ Mru,/l!J il ,md h,ice earned nll-lengue honor:.. Orti;inally, 0.111 t.., 11 (/w,11 / cmrhl, Mlk, Am·, (11;;/,tn11/ <i'nr/1), D,,11 g he .>el ofi tor the University or �font.Inn Ill play Mu\r/l111r /111/1/rlfr Dim·1v1 ). 7.,1,,, S,/111/dt 1/mlwrl. G111rl1'->y baslctb.111 fur coach Jud Healhcolt' and U1c Grialle! lJ111rw<i/y c•/ 1•11��·1 Sc111uil t\tl1le11.-., bcfore lransJt!rrlni; rock home lo Puget Sow,d, In football, he Slilrr<.'<i as n defensive rnick /or the Logsersa(ter three yrars,1; the slarlmg qunrlcrback •nd de,eimve ruck al Cur!J..<,. He lt'<i the Vlktng, to 9-tl recordsnnd lheitnte titles in 197\Jand 1q71 and w,i.alhtntein 19il ond.ill•k•agucm 19i0,111d 1971. 0ICK ZAJl(OVICH (COA.CH), FOOTBAll
/\ two-time ;\ll•City and All-Narrows linebacker and ollenSJve hneman Ill tho earlv 1%0s al Ta• coma's Wil�cm I ligh &:hool, Dick Zatkovich wt•.fll 011 h) n dl11ingu1Shl'd career as an offe�>ive guurd for the Washini;ton Hu,kle:, (Apple Cup kam "tpt.1111 in 1w,n �fore a -l-0-}�.trc·Meer in te.1'hlng and t-oach• Ing In his hometown 11" compiled n 123-40 n.oeorJ In 16 years•� he.1J coach ill L.lke,, J Ugh SclmoJ. JJ1dudJ11g J 13--0 crun• p.,lgn it11997 when lhc L,1nccrs won the slnte 3A championship. lie \\',IS the Assocum'<i Press ' state 3A co.1clt m the ve.ir th,1t scnso11, one ,11 lus su ,;e.1soru. as coach of the year ,n Lakes lrnguc. He led the L.1ncer-- to the ,tot.- plny,ifl, to time;, and C0.1'hb.l lhe 1901 EasL-West All-Stale football g.,mc I I� finished vff his high sch0<1I fo(llball 111:,.,d 00.1,:hlng bv Jenlllng Llnculn lllghSchoul lo a 32-18 rL'O.>rd and two ,tale plnvoff berths in five ,;,,nscms, includini, one"' his two National footb.111 Found,1t1on coach of th!! year nwards rrom lhe focoma/1'1orcc County chnpier, He It.id ,1 161-1>4 ovcr,111 rcrnrd. which earned him induchon intn the st.lie foulb.111 co.1ches h.11! ,,f fume., in 2008. Z.1Lkcll 'lch ab1> coachl!d bal>t'ball, \\•re.tllng. girls �uftb;,11 and trad. .md fidd at area junior and senior high school:,. As a trnck and f..,1,1 assistant co.1th In 201 I, his Mount ltninier LuU,cran bo)'S uucl girls each won dllSS l D state tillc,,-s. I le and Susan, his wife ot 45 vcars, have two grown chUdIC11 and lwo grondchildrcn. For recre.1hon, Z.,tlmvich plays slow-pnch suliball, rec league b.1sketball, rncquctb.oll ,1nd hnndball,
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1965-71 Players Tavern/Heidelberg Slowpitch Softball Team Ken Alban (dee.I, Doug Armstrong, Dave Bishop, Jerry Brodjgan, Ed Burmester, Dick Dahlstrom (dee.), Jerry Ehnat, Jerry Foss (dee.), Bob Grant, Bill Rain (dee.), Bob Rause (dee.), Bill Herbert, Ken Laase, Jim Lane, Wayne Lange (ded, Denny Larson (dee), Don Leaf (dee.), Don Kitchen (dee.), Marco Malich, Don Martelli, Terry Martin (dee.), Ron Moseson (dee.), Butch Pasquale, Gordy Pfeifer, Mike Prentice (batboy), Bud Reed, Al Reil (dee.), Bill Royne, Dick Samlaska, Steve Sand, Ron Schmidtke, Ken Schulz, Scott S1chulz (batboy), Bob Sonneman Sr,, Tom Sonneman (dee.), Jerry Thacker, Terry Trowbridge, Ted Whitney, Bob Young, Mike Zenk and Dick Ziertnan. The sports world loves lo talk about dvni\slfos. fans aq;ue -ibuut whk.h teams qualify and how It> b.1lnnce p;!•k success with longevity, When it comes to slowpllch sortb.tll In the lail�19otl,, one team stand,; abol'e the rest I lcldelberg. In 1965, slowpllch softball was ju,t l><.' gmnmg. Teams us«! wooden bi1ts and N-inch ball;, significantly lim1trng the power g.1mc and cmph,1sl1.ing ,pcro and defcn,e. Heidel• bt!rg's exccptl11n.tl dcfcn� and ability to knock the bnll all nri1u11d lhc Jleld made It ,me uf lh(• most b.ilmtetid tcnms anyone will ever se� and i,stobhshed ii as• Pacific Northwes1 dvnnsty. "The) tnl� nboul chemistry, nmf we n:,ally h.1d It," pitcher and assist.int roach Bob Young said. "Gordy PM/er was lhe roach and our be,,L pklye,; und l w� lltl' as.<lslanl co.,ch, 1965 l'LAYE.RS TAVERN SLOWPtTCH TEAM and wr we-re very selective on who w� add� Fr,1111 ruw /, to r.: !IPL• S�II/U'll/1111, 7i·rry Trml'L•rlds, 711111 <:i11111t'Tlllll/ ead1 yeiu, and we :t..11 got i'IIOn.Ji so well o.nd Gonflf Pk.lf.:r n1til Bot, I l11w4•. Bilek l"Otv I. to,...: &,b )inw.�. had., gnMt «>mpetltive spiriL Tom Al:<bury, /rrrv Fcr;s, D,n,• His!rup. Buel R,�•.i. am H,•1/,rrt mc,I !k:ginning play as 1l1e rtayen;' Tav;,m /,rr, I.nm• i\fissh��: nm, Mnrfrll, ln 196;;.&, uml n.a,uming as Hdddberg lhe following five ycMs.,. lhe squdd wor, sev�n cons«Uh\'C i\orthwest Regional Slow Pitch 1illc; 1rom 1%5 lhrough 1971 and advancing to, ationals each vcor. Seven Y"'tS certainly ,11i.1llff� for lunge1•ily, while the 1968s.1uad provided ,m cmphntk peok.171nt ye,u-, Heidelberg fimshcd the season wJth an �9 record and won totlmilments in T,i-cnmn, Kent, Cent:mlin /C:hl�h;ilis, M11gnc11ia, Aberdeen, Bremerton ,111d Salem before winning ll1(• Northw<--.;t R,1:iunal Championslllp ln Richland. A 7-1 run through l'h� championship 1<>um,1mcnt pav(od the way for n tnp to Nohonals in Jones 13each, N.V.. ";,th coach <1utfielderGord)' Pfoiforcarnmg MVP honors after romplllng 23 hits in 27 al bats Pitcher 13(,b Young nnd outfielder Marw Ma llch J.lso emi.,J tcmmaa,ent AJJ-St.ir hl>nors. I lcidclbcrg finishoo the season in fifth pla,... at the l\ational Toumnmcnt, 1ollowing twn ,trnlghl big l'ktorie. with b.,ck-i., bad narrow d�(cats by,, combined total of lhfl-c runs. HeiJ1.dberg 11.'Ccivcd a bye In tl1e frrsl round, dofe�led JuU�l, lllinois, 8-1, ond Clnonn.1tJ, Oluo, 111-3. But lh� Miltlln, Florida, lc,,m sco�d late 111 hnnd I le,delberg a ltl-9 lo,,, and th� Cindrmntl t�,,m b,mncl'd 1'1c� lo t.,k� n q_7 climlnation victnry, Pfeifer batted .833 wlth four hllme nins lo e,1m nil tollrnilm�nl hunors8 with Young,,nd second b,1-?eman Jim l...1ne ol.so goJ1wring cccognition. 1966 PLAYERS TAVERN s1.owrrrot TEAM •'Tht1t was tnugh tri lose, bcr.ru.se "e Frrmt mw I. lo r.:Con1v Pf,,,ft'r, l.k,l, Ycttm}l, Ix,my l.nr>Ku. foll It w;v:. wilhln our �ach to \\'in nntionills.'' Tc·rry Mnrll11 nmf /c1r1 l.a111' Unck row/, tor.: D1lt'e 815/cop, /Jill Roy11c, Ytiw,g ;aid. ·•w-, ll'C� lhat tlus,, with 11\'U Dirk Ot11t/.r.tmm 1 Dirk Li;•nn,m, 80'1 Hrru5't", Terry Tmwfrridgt nnd tcmgh losses." Kl'u Srlmlz_ p;igeH
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Pfeifer, Youn,;, L.nne aml Torry Trow bndgc pro\'i'. ll lo be Heitf!!lberg·s "Core r-,mr" thn>us;houl Lhc team's seven•year run <1( Norlhwcst dc,mh,ancc ,1.s I he only foirr player, In compete /or Lhe team all Se\'en years Joining thal quartel owr the yeari; was ,l group uf 37 pl.lycrs a1,d balboys who roch conlribuk,i too historic ru11 or �uccess: Kt'11 Alb.1n, Doug Armstrong. D,wc l.hshop, Jerry llrndignn, Ed Sunnesler, Dick Dahl-trom, Jerry Ehnat.Jcrr)' Foss. 13obGranl. llill Hain, llob l laUS<?, Dill Ilerlx,rt, Ken Laase, Wa)'nE' L"tngc. DeMv Llrsen (dee.), Don LMf, Don Kllchen, Man:() Maltch, Don M:rrtcllt, Terry Mn.rtin, Kon M�ti�n, Butch Pa.!,(1ua.le1 Mike Prcnlkc (balboyl. Bud R,,-d, ,\I Reil, llill Rovnc, DlckSaml,1sk.1, Ste,•eSand, RunSci1ml.J1ke, Ken Schult.,ScollSchul« Cbalboy), llob Sonncman. Tom Sonncman, I= TI,acker. Ted Whltnev. Mike Zenk and Dick Z1crm,1n Mei,folberg won mure than 50 m,1jt1r 1967 HEIDELBERG SLOWPJTCH TEAM tournament,, played approximately 600 T,1kc,1 t1I AS,\ 'Worlrf Toumm11c11t on St.•pl. l-4 ft1 P11r,u111 Of/ g;,mes and wc,n aboul 80 perccnl of those /:rout row t. to r.: !Jtc.'tl.' Sand, Ker, .-1ll1tm, Keu Sclu.11=.. JL·rry -nrntktr. lJ<1l1 rontc>sts. n,e 1965 team beg.in the dynoslv Ymmg aml /rm I.Jmr Back row I. tor.: ASA Re11n•se,rtatirr, walh_ the s,qu.id's hrst tnp to mmon,,ls, • pl,1cmg ?2nd. The n"-'<t three years,a,,· CITTrly Pfl'ifrr, Drrk D11/r/otn:mr, ff'rfTf Fo». "l,'17){ Tr<11d•rnl,�,. Bill Roy11e progre,.•i,cly higher nnishc, for the l<',1m, 11ml A$A Rrprrs�•ututti'i! .,� Heidelberg pince.I l61h In 1966 nnd 13Jh in 1967bcloro lhat peak of Ofth pfocc In 1968, 11,., tmnl 1hrce re,,rs of the nm ,1lso featured iop-15 finishes nt the nabonal tournament And while the !Mm wns c.1pablc n( shutring the door with 1h< domm,,nce, 1 leidelbcrg also had a tradition of mlly,ng back from defeats In toum,tmcnt piny. Flveof the ;;even regfcm,11 loumnml'nl tllfl-,. required Heidelberg tu run through 1he lti,,ers' bmckel to win 1hc m1wn_ ' 'Onl! oJ tht! n!ason.i, Wt! bl'lh�Vl! we w�rt? .su succes.s.u.i l wn� nur stmng mental gi1m�: Yuung 5'iiJ. ••Every player conched or oflldntcd bnseb,,11 and other spurts. lll,cre w.,s so much lt.>adl'rship on our teams with a bunch of lake cha'llc guvs and great chcmu;trv.• One QI the best examples of lhM cunfldcncc nnd lhnt ,trong mentil gnme cnme nt the 19711 NCJrthwest Regional roummnent in Corvallh. Ort.'g<Jn. Heidelberg suffered a 13-12 lo;,s in lhe Clpi!llcr bul b(1u11ccd b,,c� 1,•llh eight wins In '"'" ,lays Ill win lhe title. Heading lnl<l the nnals Heidelberg ncc,led tw<' v;ctoril'>- '"'"' Gene Lubti of llremertnn, while lhc nthcr te,1m could cL1lm lhe ch.1mplrn1.�hip with only 01\i! wiJL Wlten Pf<'ifer u11d Young met w!U, GeM Lobe <Linch Ed Fein at hume plalc 10 ,iiseuss rround TTU!es for tl1e contcsl. Pfdlcr cuni:ratulnu,d Fem on his team's per· (om,ancc und s.11d* ..second place 1.s no f b.1d." Aifrcr Fem commentL>d thilt there wru. no ,vJy J--lt'1delberg: would wi.n h,ricc, Pfeifer repe�led Im, comment and the learn went on hl pruvc hi� :i:ti.'ltc.mcnl CC-'rl'CCI with ;i p.iir of wins ,,nd i1 siith strnij;hl lllle. Most uf the H"idclbcrg nudcu,, continwc.l plnvmg for ulhi.'r te.1m.s b<!fore retiring from �lowplldl. Pfoifor eompt'ti.-d tl.lth)nally on Lhe pru hru.,dbaU tour ruu.l wo11 numurous n11Uon.il loumnmcnL<t. whih.! Young plnved senior sortb.111 into Ins mid-70,; and pla)'cd for 10 Semor Sotlball Nat,onnl Championship teams. In 2008, he bccJme the
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hrsl Pierce Cowuy res,dent-nnd only the .econd from lhe s�11c o( W,1shinglon-to be mduclt!d lnlu the Nalinnal Senior Softball Hall or Fame ..,vl' wttr� just n bunrh of guys �very vcar gcttmg togNher and ploying.. and nQ\V look,ng b.,ck I'm more impressed with whnt we ii-rhic,·l\"I IIMn we ever were ,11 the lime;'' YouJtg s.;id. "The amarlng thing lo me Is we did ll for �u m.1ny yc,1n,, We had � target on ourcht•st every yi!.:lr; t2vcry ll"Dll1 was gun• ning for us. and we prevail�d seven yearS In il row."
DOUG ARMSTRONGo..,ug Arn��trong was n thn,1.>-5porl slnr n1 Ford Junior High nnd Franklin Pierce Htgh School before i;mdw,Ung in 1968 ofl�r 196S HEIDELBERG SLOWPITOI TEA/II helping lead lheC.1rdlnnls tu o pau or foot• \trrx110Un lunlHtmm,I l011m1111u�11t dtm,,plm,� b,,11 ,1nd bas�ctb,11J Sl'SL dmmpionship,. rmut row I. to r.: }i>rr11 Tlmrt.:rr. Crtnlv Pli•ih•r., \{ Re;/ -11111 .M/J..,- L;•t1L llom 0ec.15. 1qw,l11Se,,1tlt.>,Atmstt1ing Hack row I. to r.: ni,k Srm1/nsk11, 1i•rrj1 Trt>U'l1nrfx,· 0<>11 Lrnf. piny,�! slowpildt from l97il-65, joining DmY llr-1,..,,. ""' �l'/111/: anrl &� 'r,>1111s. Mi,sms· /ittt L111r, /1111 lkl:, Heidelberg ,,sa pkkup plover for the J970 Alik, TltHlll/'><111, 811/ H<1i111111r/ 7M lV/1/1111,,. ASA Rcgmnnl Tournanwm. He batted ,600 during ,1 C.U\.-'t!r spent \Vith Lucky L..1ge.r, Ouwrlea(T.wern, Cody'� Tavern, Heidl•I· lx>rg, Black I lorse Tn\'cm and Kline Music. gnmerl!,g n1w1ero11>All-Star ,1w.ud• and mnkln11 se,·cr.il trips tu the ASA i\,1tion.1I O1,unp,onships. DAVE BISHOP-Dow Bishop grnduall;tl trom U11cc,l11 Hli;h Sdwol rn Tamma and UniYcrs,ly of ll'nshington, He grew up playing baseball and bt.'!,'lln gaining rerognlliun f,,r his ,low pitch pmwess lit lbe mid-1960,. He wo, a ,ix voor standout with l lc.iid�lbcrg ru\J l'iirnOO scll'Ction h, c;ev�u) tlll-tounmmcnt teams.JI� wn.s a C'011SiSl'(!Jlt hlttc.r and one of the best dc/cnsive players in ihc ri,i;ion. Ali-'"'ll wilh hi• nbnlli£s 011 Uiediamoml, BishPp wun a Stille diving d1i'unpicm:,hip while ,1Uending Lincoln JERRY BRODIGAN-li.,rry 8rtH.Hg,1n \\'il� t>om April 12, 194-l, in Pu}'illlup Hu grnduniL>d from Bethel High School 111191\1 and .1ttem.lc>d Taruma Communllv College. He play,>d football, b.iskelball, slowpltch and volleyball and also com f"'ll.'<1 m track. I l e pinved lwu v<'ars 1or 1-lcidC.'lbcrg and wa.< nam,od t11 lhu ll!glunnl all-star lc,1m /o.llowlng lhe 19711 lou monumt. ED BURMESTER-Ed llum1es1cr was a I 9fii> gr;1dualc u( 'vii. Tahom.1 HS ,md .1s a )'Clllll!,<ster he was,, rcgulor par tici anl In pNgram, ,11 lh� 5(1uth End BQy,, Oub. ik.-sldc'> the Heldelb<;rg slnwpitch team he playi!d for Dean's Tnvern nm.r Lhl!Cloverle.ifTnvcm JERRY FOSS-Jrny rlnyed slow p11ch walh Heide.Iberg forse\•cm seasons J:; .,n L1utfield� er and and relief pitcher. l.!lcr on he span sored Ute \\'esit-d llre lcam lhal rompelai ngamsl Hcidelbt'rg In Lhe Wostcm Washing ton League. BOB GRANT-Bob Gr.ant Wi1$ lxtm Jan. 3, 19-1$, In Tacomn mid graduated from Ml. llthuma HJgh School in 1986. I lu played �low pilch for McNighl's Foods and I leidelb<Jrg from 1967-1977nnd wasselcc1cd 1015all-,,"tar lea� I le also playixl on a 6-foot�1nd-under stare championship basketball team, BIU HAIN-fiill llnin was bontJM, 11. 19>! in St I.oms. MO ,rnd broke into professional baseball at the age o( 19 when he sigm.>d wath lhc h,,mclown St. Louls Brown; ll'!}lntzation am! ,va, plac,-d in the Appal.Jthian I) league in WyUwvU� Whl.'ll the Bmwn;, mm•l'li Ill
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B,1ltlmore he sray,-d in 1he org;mi2.,1:io11 for anutber six seasons before playing for the �Ille Rainicn; In the P,1dflc Coa,;t Le:tguc in 1960, TrndcJ t,, the Son Francism Ciants org;,ni2alion In 1%1. U1e move was wcl-timed a$ Bill played tlt!rd b,,se for lho T.,coma Ciants who went un to wi11 the PCL crown. He retired from pro buscball following the 1963 and continued lo hvc. work Md m,se a fom,ly in Tacoma. He playc'<l one season with ll1e Heidelberg tc,,m-1 %8. Herbt,rt was born Aug. Xi, 1940, In Ta«1ma. Ht• !,'Tadu,1to!d from Lincoln I ligh School In 19;s J11d played lor lhe 1-leldelberg 1ea111 In 1%5. Hi! also cc>.iched woml'n's slow pitch In the 1960s and served as a baskct b.1II offlctnl with the Wc<tent Washington Baskclbi111 AssocJ;ilion.
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KEN LAASE-Kcn Laasc gradu,,tcd from BaUnrd Mjgh School and Sc,11tlc P,,dlic Unil·ersily and moved to the South i>ugct So,md area to teach at Franklin Pierce High School and become a recreation specialist. I le played nvc years lor Ileidt.>lberg during a ;Jowpitch car."cr that lnclu•lcd five regional all--star and eighl dilforcnt tournament MVP hunon,. He bei;,1n umpiring in lQSl, and he b n n1i!n1berof the USSSA Hnll uf fame. JIM LANE-Jim Lnnc was born Aug.31. 1�40in Tacomn. He graduote<l 1mm Wilson High School m 1959 and spent lime at W,1shington Smte Umversity bt>fore gr,1duntlng from University of Washington in 1966. He play<<d both fost• pitch and slow pitch, Including� lengthy li'nure with Heidelberg that included pl,1yer/cooch ,lullL-; fmm 1972-77. He also coacJi<<l ba�b.111 at Fl<deral Wn)' High School from 1978-114 and baskctooll nt Fife High School from 19�. DON KITClfEN-Oon Kitchen was born Feb. I 8, 1935, and r;rad un1cJ frOm Clover Park High School 111 1935. He playe<I foulball. b;i_«>ba.ll a.nd basketball 111 lugh school and plnycq slow pitch for numerous teams in the 1960s. He was a player, coach and sponsor for The Schooner Tm•ern slow pitch team From 1972 lo 2013.
MARCO MAUCH-Marro Malicl1 "'a:. bom June I�. I 9-l1, in T.,com.1. He play,'<l ba..<t!ball 1rnd basketball al Penin• s,tln High Sch0<>l b<!fmc graduating in 1959. I le campct�dfot several !coins during his slowpltch c;ireer, including a 10-vc,,r stint with I leidclberg thatfen11.1r<'<i a .450 bntting a\'crage and numerous all-star selections, and w,1s the ho.>.id baseball coach at l'erunsuln from 198() untd 2012. During thnt lime ho led the lc,,m to-135 victories nnd one smte runner-up finish, e,uning WIAA Hall of Fame honor, in 2013nnd the Mnrv Scott Coadli!>Award. BUTCH PASQUAll-Bulch PilS<junle was b,,m in T,it-omn on April 13, 19-18. He was a ba,,eball star at Mt. Tah0111t1 b<!fore 1,...adunti11g in IC/66 and plnvcd l.rl the Lug], school all•statc i;nme. During his time with Heidelberg, he c.1 med one rei;ional tournament MVP honor and n.'Ceivcd se"eml other all-toumnnwnt selections. Dunng his slmvpitch career, Pasquale. w.,� one or the most fo;ul.-d. homt"run hitte-rs m the g,1me. Pfeifer w,,s the head coach ol the Hddcibcrg .quad Md •'ll'mbl) the le,1111's top player. He garnered numcmu:, tournament MVI'' and all•�tar lu1nr,rs and hclpt.'U l�ad the teani lo its seven con.sccutl\T� dmutplouships b<'forc going on,.,., championship pro hamlooll tnl'l.'l!r. GORDY PFEIFER--Gflrdy
DICK SAMLASKA-0,ck S.1mlaskn w.1s born in Tacoma .,nd plil)'"-1 (ootb.111 ,ind bi1.-eb.1li ,11 Mt. Talmma Hish Sd10,,1 in the early 1%1ls. In 1963 he wa, named th� Kiwanis Athlete ur th� Yt!Jr while playfng catcher al MT l-15. and by the end ul hls prep carl'l!r he had e,1med nll-sl,n MVf' and flrsl-leilnl all�t.1le hcmors. Hu pLwc-d slowpilch from 1968 tu 1986 for 11u111erou.< te.1m.,, and he plllyeLI thlnl. bitS<' and catcher during hls tlm� with l�eidclb.!rg. Ho hdp<'.<l le.,d l',,ople's Church tu lluc'I'ASA National T11umnment tttles and iour USSSA World Tournament titles m the enrlv 1980;; STEVE SANO-S1eveS.1nd was born June 20, 1q4s, In Tacom,,. Hu grnduatcd fmm Puyallup High Schoul ln 1966 and University of South• em Califomio in 1971. where hu pitched on the baseball team. Me lloyc'<l for I le,delbe� in 1'167 and varfou, adul b.1seb,1II le,1ms 1968'-74 and wcnl on Ill win a coupl� srate titles for single, and duub11"1 in handball. RON SCHMITDKE-Ron Schmidtke was born July 28, 1�48, in T,1coma He gra,1-@tcd (rum Mt. Tah11ma High School In 1966 ,md Il'cswm Washington Unlverslly In 1970 and plnyc<d for 1-lcldclb,•rg in IQ7J and 1972. He spent time coad1ini1 b3sebnll and basketb3II nt Bethel Jumor High, competing ,n distance nmnins C\'CIII� ,md currently ploy• baseball in tlte Puget Sound Baseb.111 l.eague 55-plus Wood &I O1\•ision
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KEN SCHUU-KcnSchulz was bum lnTm:o ma on Jan. 28, 1941. He IVilSanall-statc pitcher at Lincoln High School. where tu, gradu,1ti.>d in 1959 befor� e,mmg .iU-confof\'n,e lmhnr.. al Western Washington He piny,,:! for Mc1delberg from 1967 through 1975 and co.1ch,..J baseb,1II and ""ftb.111 at Ml. T11homa HighSch'10.1i while wurldng as a 1caehe11,, t±u, Tacom,1 Schoof DistrkL BOB SONNEMAN, SR.-lktm April S,
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1935 Boh Sonnen�1n Sr.•,ttcndccl Bellar,nine for J 1 /2 Y""" bcfow ,M1pMing hb ,enior year at Unwln In 1953 He played bas.,b.111, (ootb,111 nnd ba�kctball Jn high <chool dnd th� legend ary Art McClam�v was hi• co.1ch in ba!i<'ball at BeJlnrm111c Boh wa. recruited l,y his younger broth�r. 1'001, 10 play with tJ,c Players slow• plld1 team whi!n! he play�d in the outfield J uring the 1965 seaso11. Bob also pL1y1.'<I for a VFW team JERRY THACKER-J<!rr) T hocker
was born Feb. 28, 1937, ln r>ommouth, Ohio, and i;radu A>lk!-iri,�: 1hl Whitney nl<'cl from Port Townsend MlghSchuol In 1956. I le was n roo1ball and baseball stamfout at L.n,ver,,ty Pl f'uset Sound before grnduJtlng m 1961 He pfayi!d Sc\'eral ye,,n. with I JeiJclbcrg and wa, a pcr,•nnl.11 alf-tourn,1ment and MVP selection and won a ,iowpitch nntinnal title m the master's r,,nks with First A111erican Tille In 2005 TERRY TROWBRIDCE-Tcl'T)
Trowbridge was a Heidelberg mai11s1av during tlw wven-ycar run of domln.u,ee.1\ Lincoln HighSchool graduale, he wa� a short;,top and lhird baseman on lhe softball fkkl and continued his c.u�er into hi, 50�. l·k J;; also an '"'cellcnt gulfer who al tint! tlrn� mrrll'd ,1 5-handJc,ip 011d hru; scom.i two holes i,i on-ln cl.ud111� a double eagle on a p,ir4 TED WHITNEY-Ted
Whrtncy was a 19.5� gmduo1e or Stadium HS and p1!1yed lw() seilSuns wllh the Heldelberi; team mainly In the uulfield. He worked for the Tilconm Fire l)(!partment nnd IOok up handb.1IJ and was an adfvc participant and winner in nunwroll,', touma01enll, including the popular Daffodil Class,c. Ted also enjoy,'<I golling and summited ML R,1/.nJcr in 1973. 1-f� !ms ma111 fond memories <'f !us Hi,idclbl'rg sluwpllch teammates and m parhrular their trip In 1969 to u,., N,1tion,1b Bum April ll, 193..'i Bob ,11t«nded Bdlann mc for3 1/2 years b<'fon, flnl•hing off al Lincoln in 1933. I le plny,-.i baseball. foulball and basket ball in lugh schuof ond the legcndory Art Mc CL1mw w,1.• hb co.,ch in b.1seball at Brllarmm!'. Bob wa, rc,.-n11tl.'d � his y<,unger hwther, Tom, to pfoy with the Player,; Slowpltch team wh�rc h� playl-d 111 lhe outfield during the 1%5 """S<Jn. Bob nlso plav�I fur the VFW ll'ilm. r
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Oct. 17, t 939 in T.1coma He graduate,.i fmm Lincoln I ligh School In l 9'ii and attcndl'd Olympic Col lege and Uniwrsitv of Puget Sound. I le played numerous sports and bo.1stcd a slowpltch soft b;,JI career of 45 years that included mduction Into lb� Senior So/lball HnJI .,r Fame. He was ,,n asslsl,mt road, Cur I leldclberg and played on all seven chnmplouship lt?-ams ilnd went on lo win 10 nalionnl SeniorSuftb,,ll tilies
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MIKE ZENK-lvbke Zenk graduuted (rum l\r.lson High School 111 1963 and eamed• contract wilh th� S.111 Frandsro Gi,ml> for 111, piny wHh tho Ram, and Cheney Studs. Primarily a catcher a11d first b.1scman, he spenl two -easuns in tht Clnnl, c,rgam,a1lm1 before injuries ended his profes..slonal bas.,b,111 carel!r, I I� ployed two y,•,ll'!l with Hdddb<!l'S bcfon' nbi;1 -�ndlng time wilh Cr1m<lll Plumbing and Sons of 11,lly 01• the slowplich circuit. A �evl.'n-time l'Ursitv let ter winner nl \\%;on. he i, n member of the school's sports hnll of mmc. DICK ZIERMAN-Dlck Zlcm1an was born on J,1nu,lT)' :U, 1938 ;rnd grndunied In 1 °56 from Lmcoln High School where he playo!d fu<1tball, bai�dbaU and baseb,1JL The first �IO"'Pitch team he played for was n 16" lcam in 1'158 c.1lled Vern's C.1(� and cc�1clwd by 1k1b �laguine> Dick WllS c,>-owncrof the Players To1·cm and �onSo.red U,osc early yea!"' of the team that L•ventunlly bemuse U,c tll'idelbcrg dyn,»tv in softball. Dt,rini; his tive-war stint with I Mdelbel'jl "Zi!\11),. was nanil'd 10 I� nil-star teams as• player, where he pitched, c,1ught and played 111 the outfield A Ions with 1hu Pla1·crs ,1nd Hc,delbers, he played for Glo-worm, �n11'sliwem, and HI Hat Caban'!, a11.I he w,1; plnyer-ci.,ad, for tho 1470 We,tt!m W,,shlng1<1n Lc,1guc Clu1mpion Westro Tire te,1m. He abu played nnd roich,..,i l\'C:reallun fo1.1tball and won nl'e lcagw ch.1mpioru.hlps ,md <1ffkiatoo foOlb.1II for 21 year;.
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