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NewsletterJune 9, 2015 – Issue 2

What a Year!

What can you say about the sea-son the Cougars experienced the past eight months?

All the Cougars accomplished was three Region IX championships — vol-leyball, women’s basketball and softball — along with men’s soccer capturing a North division title. On top of that, many individuals have earned NJCAA and Region IX honors, while several were recognized by WNCC for academics and off-the-court leader-ship. Here is a recap of the past seasons, be-ginning with the championship teams.

Volleyball There was a lot of pressure as WNCC

w e l c o m e d a new

c o a c h and said g o o d -bye to a former athlete a n d coach

in Giovana Melo. Well, that pressure was silenced as new coach Binny Canales stepped in and con-tinued the winning ways of the volleyball program in leading them to a 29-9 record and a 16th straight Region IX title. Nothing changed in the volleyball programs dominance in the region and national levels. WNCC breezed through the South Division once again with an 8-0 mark. At regionals, they didn’t drop a game in winning nationals. The national tournament saw the team fall in its opener against a good Arizona Western squad in five, hard-fought con-tests. The Cougars rebounded with a an-other five-set contest, this time disposing of Hutchinson Community College. That set up a match against Salt Lake Community College and WNCC fought hard once again, before falling in five games including four neck-to-neck games. Salt Lake won 12-25, 25-23, 23-25, 26-24, 13-15. WNCC had one NJCAA all-American in Leticia Silva, who was an honorable mention selection. Silva went on to sign with Auburn University to play volleyball.

Women’s Basketball WNCC only had to wait three months for another regional title. And when the Cougar women’s bas-ketball team won their third straight

regional title in March, it was, in fact, their third

straight regional title. W N C C ’ s dominance in women’s

b aske tb a l l has been

pretty strong considering the

Cougars have won nine regional titles

since 2000 and are the only regional team to 3-peat twice during that span. WNCC’s run to the regional tournament included a 31-3 record that saw WNCC fall just twice during the regular season --

both last second shots. The first game as

NJCAA All-Americansfor 2014-15

2nd Team All-AmericanLile Havili

Honorable MentionAll-AmericanLeticia Silva

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NJC hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to sting the Cougars on their home court 65-64. The second came at Casper when the Cou-gars played without two starters and fell 58-57. The other was in the first round of na-tionals when South Georgia Technical College dropped the Cougars 70-57. But, in posting its third straight region-al title, the Cougars were pretty dominate on their home court. They opened with a forfeit win over Little Big Horn College. After that, WNCC rolled over Lamar Community College 92-62 and then took out Central Wyoming in the finals 70-44. The championship pitted WNCC against NJC and the Cougars remembered the last second defeat to the Plainswomen. This time WNCC played tough in win-ning 61-50. The Cougars had plenty of post-season honors, including Lile Havili earning sec-ond team NJCAA All-American honors. Three individuals also were selected to the all-region team including Havili and YeLiz Dogan, and Abi Lujan on the All-re-gion defensive team. Four members were part of the all-tournament team. Besides Lujan, Dogan, and Havili, the Cougars’ all-time 3-point shooter for most threes in a game, season, and career Lyndie Puckett captured that hon-or. Also, three Cougars are head-ed to the Divi-sion I lev-el. Havili i n k e d w i t h

Texas-Pan American, Dogan with Rid-er University, and Lujan with Nebraska Omaha. Puckett will continue her playing at Colorado Christian.

Softball The Cougar softball team had one of the best season in program history. Not only did they register a season-best 56 wins, they won the Region IX and District E championships to qualify for the pro-grams fifth national tournament in eight years. WNCC finished the season with a 56-14 record, including having an 18-game win streak in April and May. WNCC won the regional tournament with 7-2 and 5-4 wins against Otero and then dropped Mc-Cook in the championship series 7-6 and 10-1. The Cougars earned the national tour-nament berth by beating Barton Com-munity College 6-4 and 7-4 at Volunteer Field. WNCC had plenty of highs this sea-son as Jessica Ball was named Region IX’s MVP, while leading the nation in triples. Kenzie Sawyer, who was the team’s home run leader with 24, was voted Region IX’s Freshman of the Year. Still other Cougars had outstanding

seasons. Earning all-region first team honors included Sawyer as an out-fielder, Ball as an infielder, Andy Hancock as a pitcher, Kelsey Bern-hardt as a catcher, and Macy Child as

a Utility player. Earning second

team honors

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All in theNumbers

The number of RBIs that Austin Michaud had for the baseball team. The 31 RBIs led

the Cougars. Michaud was named second team all-region.

31

The total amount of hits the Cou-gar baseball team

registered during the past spring. The Cougars had 79 doubles, 16 triples, and 12 home runs. The rest were all singles.

408

The number of wins that seven Cougar sports combined to win during the 2014-15 athletic year. Cougar softball led the way with 56 wins followed by women’s basketball with 31.

164

The number of stolen bases that Jessica Ball swiped this season for

the 56-14 Cougar softball team. The NFCA first team all-american was second on the team in stolen bases and runs scored to Kelsey Bernhardt.

58

The number of doubles that the Cougars’ Jessica Ball and Kenzie Sawyer

each hit this season to lead the team.

20

WNCC softball players Kelsey Bernhardt and Hannah Gonzales are all smiles after graduating from WNCC. The two were part of nine sophomores from teh softball team that walked through grasuation ceremonies.

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were Jordan Smith, Courtney Cloud, and Alysa Linford. At the national tournament, the Cou-gars competed well against some of the top teams in the nation. The Cougars lost to No. 1 Salt Lake in the first round 5-1 and it was just one bad inning that caused the loss. In their next game against Eastern Ari-zona, WNCC trailed 2-0 and then made a late-inning running to tie the game at 2-2, but Eastern Arizona scored in the bottom of the frame for the win. WNCC also had three NFCA all-Amer-icans with Ball and Sawyer earning first team and Hancock getting third team.

Men’s Soccer What a year the Cougar men’s soc-cer team had. They had its best season in school history since the inaugural team in 2003 with a 10-4-3 record. The Cougars captured the North division title and got to host a first-round playoff match. Unfortunately, the good season came to an end as Central-Columbus upset the Cougars int he first round. Still, WNCC had a good season with head coach Todd Rasnic being voted the-North Division Coach of the Year. Other award winners for the guys in-cluded Ivan Sakou being named the North Player of the Year. Sakou also will be tak-

ing his talents to the next level after sign-ing with VCU University. Other North Region IX honorees in-cluded first team Sakou, Malik Mennana, David Hernandez, Mark Campbell, Ak-cel Garcia, and Miguel Enriquez. Second team north Region IX members included Connor Francis, Blake Wills, Omar Guz-man, and Sage Pemberton.

Women’s Soccer The women’s soccer team never had any big losses. In fact, all their losses were close. But the Cougar women finished the season at 5-8-2. The Cougars had some big wins on the season, including a 9-0 win over Sheri-dan. They also had a thrilling 2-1 win over Western Wyoming in double overtime. One of the biggest contests came late in the season where they tied nationally ranked LCCC 2-2. It was a contest where they held a lead. The team The Cougar women came on strong at the end to get to the playoffs. Facing a situation where one loss would end their playoff hopes, they came back with two wins against Sheridan (2-0) and West-ern Wyoming (4-2) and two ties against LCCC and Northwest Wyoming (1-1) to earn a playoff spot. In the playoffs, they fell to Trinidad State 4-0.

Men’s Basketball The men’s basketball season was a sea-

son of missed opportunities. The Cougars finished the year at 13-19, but that record easily could have been 19-13 or better with 10 losses by six or less points. The Cougars also had some big wins, opening the year with a 113-107 overtime win over Northwest College, who went on to win the Region and finish in the top 8 of the national tournament. During the season, the Cougars big-gest stretch was a five-game win streak in February. WNCC started the streak with a 101-88 win over Trinidad State. The win streak included an 83-65 win over North Platte. That streak helped the Cougars earn a first-round Region IX tournament home game, where they beat Lamar 95-90.

Baseball The WNCC baseball team made a run for the playoffs, but some early season losses proved costly as the Cougars fin-ished with a 20-25 mark and a fifth place finish in the Empire Conference stand-ings. The WNCC baseball team featured a lot of talent but lost plenty of close games. Two games that brought life to the Cou-gars was a doubleheader sweep over NJC in walk off fashion with the Cougars earn-ing 5-4 wins in both games. WNCC also had four players finish with an above .300 batting average. Dioni-sio Diaz led the way with a .375 average with 24 RBIs. Oscar Perez followed with a .340 average, followed by Joe Moran at .328 and Austin Michaud at .325. Michaud, who finished with 31 RBIs and 14 doubles, was named to the Region IX all-region second team.

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Cougars win three Region IX titles, account for 164 wins this year

Former Cougar baseball players lead their teams to Division II playoffs

Plenty of former WNCC baseball play-ers helped lead their Division II or NAIA schools to the national playoffs this past spring. One of the biggest Cougars to step up this season is Nick Vanthillo, who led Henderson State College baseball team to the NCAA Division II championships in

Cary, N.C. Hen-derson State is lo-cated in Arkadel-phia, Arkansas. Vanthillo is Henderson State’s closer and has re-corded a HSU sin-gle-season record 12 saves this sea-son. Vanthillo has

made 25 appearance and also sports a 6-1 record with a 1.56 ERA. In 40.1 innings of work he has struck out 39 batters with of-fense struggling having just a .182 batting average. Henderson State finished the tourna-ment with a 2-2 record and ended up 33-21 overall. Henderson State opened the tourna-ment with a 4-0 win over Angelo State be-fore falling 5-1 to Catawba. On Wednes-day, May 27, Henderson State stayed alive with a 4-1 win over Angelo State. Vant-hillo pitched two shutout innings to close out Wednesday’s game, fanning two and allowing just one hit. Vanthillo also picked up his 13th save in the 4-0 win, tossing the final two in-nings in allowing one hit and striking out two. The Reddies ended tournament play falling to the University of Tampa 5-2. Vanthillo was dominating on the field in the tournament, pitching five innings of relief and recording two saves. On top of his fantastic season in lead-ing Henderson State to the national championship, Vanthillo was maned First Team All-ABCA All-American. He be-comes the first player in Henderson State history to be named to the first team and

holds the single season and career record for saves. Another former Cougar that led his team to the Division II regionals was Max Brennen. Brennen capped off his colle-giate career for West Texas A&M, where the Buffs had a good season before falling in the South Central Regional to St. Mary’s 3-2 in Grand Junction, Colo. West Texas finished the year at 36-30. Brennen was the team’s leader in the game, going 2-for-3 with a run scored. The senior from Sydney, Australia, who played two season at WNCC, had a solid two years. In 2014, Brennen saw action in 15 games with three hits and two starts. It was this past season where Brennen stepped up, starting 38 of 42 games with a batting average of .362. Brennen had 16 RBIs with 26 runs scored. Brennen had a fielding percentage of .953. Bellevue University also went to the NAIA regionals led by three former Cou-gars — Osvaldo Gonzalez, Gabriela De La Rosa, and John Timmins. Bellevue ended their season at 46-15 by falling to Tabor College 9-4 int he open-

ing round of the NAIA Baseball National Championships. In the loss, both former Cougar hitters had productive outings. Gonzales picked up an RBI in his two plate appearances, while De La Rosa went 1-for-4 from the plate. For the season, Gonzalez led Bellevue with a .418 batting average in 61 games. Gonzalez finished with 65 RBIs, 31 runs scored, and 89 hits from his catcher po-sition. he also belted a team-leading 16 home runs. De La Rosa was second on the team in hitting, finishing with a .363 average with 46 RBIs, 40 runs scored, and 74 hits. De la Rosa had 14 doubles and four home runs in his junior year. Timmins saw action in nine games from the mound. The junior finished the season with a 2.70 earned run average n 10 innings of work. Timmins struck out 10 and allowed just three runs. Another former Cougar, Chalis Wright, also concluded his baseball season for Ad-ams State College where he led the Thun-derwolves to their first RMAC tourna-ment appearance. Adams State finished with a 20-21 re-cord. Wright appeared in 16 games for Ad-ams State and tossed 22.2 innings. Wright struck out 16 and allowed 25 runs. Adams State College, who didn’t make the Division II national playoffs, still had a good season in making the RMAC tourna-ment fir the first time since 1976. On that team was former Cougar Challis Wright, a pitcher. At WNCC, Wright had a 3.85 ERA in his sophomore season and started the most games for the Cougars with 12. He also had a 3.0 GPA during his sophomore year. This past season, Wright had 16 ap-pearances with 22.2 innings pitched, while striking out 16. He recorded two saves this season. He also had a 9.13 ERA during his senior season. Wright came to WNCC from Smoky Hill High School n Aurora, Colo., where he was a second team all-conference player.

Nick Vanthillo

Ryder caps off collegiate basketball careerColorado State Ramenjoyed her time inFt. Collins, WNCC

When Gritt Ryder graduated from WNCC in 2013, she left as a player that earned second team NJCAA honors in helping the Cougars to the Region IX tour-nament. Since then, WNCC has won three straight regional titles. After WNCC, Ryder went on to Colora-do State where she once again helped a Ram team achieve excellence. Last season Ryder became the first CSU athlete to win confer-ence Player of the Year since the formation of the Mountain West in 1999-2000. She led the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.17) and minutes played (34.8). She was second in assists (5.0) and eighth in 3-pointers made (17. She was named the Mountain West Player of the Week twice in back-to-back weeks. Ryder finished her senior sea-son averaging 10.7 points, while collecting 141 assists, 36 steals, and shooting 39 per-cent from the 3-point area, and 83 percent from the free throw line. Ryder graduated from CSU in May and the biggest thrill for her was having her mom, Karen, come over to watch her grad-uate. Here is what Ryder had to say about her time at CSU, WNCC, and just coming over to the states from her home in Denmark to play a sport she loves. Before WNCC, she played one year at Alaska Anchorage.

How did your basketball career go?I had an amazing basketball career where I met amazing people along the way. I was lucky to win championships all four years, no matter what level I played on. I defi-nitely had never planned my four years to be like they have been, but I wouldn’t want to change it for anything. Every year was special for me in different ways and I’m forever grateful for the people who made my years so special.

You were selected as Player of the Year in the Mountain West. How honored were you to receive that recognition?

I was of course honored to be the moun-tain west co player of the year, but hon-estly that does not matter as much as winning another championship. I would never have been voted player of the year had my team not continued to win and that is what I take from that. I’m extremely happy and proud of the honor, but I have also learned that it would never have hap-pened had it not been for the people here at CSU.

What was it like and what did you learn in your one year at WNCC?WNCC taught me a lot personally as well as athletically. Coach [Dave] Harnish was a tough cookie to play for but I always knew he wanted the best for me. I still stay close to him and I am so happy I devel-oped the relationship I did with him, and coach T [assistant coach Ipek Turkyilmaz- for that matter. Of course I also created strong bonds with teammates and several of them have been and watched my games. Scottsbluff is a small community and ev-eryone was just so nice to me. Turning the program around again, and going to the national tournament for the first time in many years was huge to me, and I couldn’t be more proud of the past 3 years and how WNCC has made it to the national tour-nament every year.

What did you learn at CSC? Similar to WNCC, I met great people. I will always be grateful for the opportunity

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Gritt Ryder stands with her mom, Karen, in front of Scotts Bluff National Monument during their trip to Scottsbluff. Ryder showed her mom where she spent a year of playing basketball.

Gritt Ryder shows off her CSU diplo-ma by the Ram statue. Ryder capped off a stellar career as a Ram.

2014-15 Cougar Athletes of the WeekFemale Athletes of the Week

Aug. 31 .... Steph Massanet, vballSept. 7 ... Raeann Sanchez soccerSept. 14 .......Kylie Fa’amoe, vballSept. 21 .......... Leticia Silva, vballSept. 28 .. Fabiana Andrade, vballOct. 5 ............. Ciara Nice, soccerOct. 12 .. Aiyanna Grubac, soccerOct. 19 ...Kennedy Lawes, soccerOct. 26 .........R. McCracken, vballNov. 2 .........Lyndie Puckett, bballNov. 9 ..... Fabiana Andrade, vballNov. 16 ............... Abi Lujan, bballNov. 23 ...............Lile Havili, bballNov. 30 ................................... NADec. 7 ....... Teesh Richards, bballDec. 14 .......Lyndie Puckett, bballJan. 11 .... Kalli Fedderesen, bballJan. 18 ................. Lili Havili, bballJan. 25 ............ Angela Vigil, bballFeb. 1 .........Lyndie Puckett, bballFeb. 8 ............. Angela Vigil, bballFeb. 15 ....... Jessica Ball, softballFeb. 22 ........... Yeliz Dogan, bball

March 1...............Lile Havili, bballMarch 8............... Abi Lujan, bballMarch 15... Jordan Smith, softballMarch 22..... Jessica Ball, softballMarch 39 Whitney Fields, softballApril 5 ........Alysa Linford, softballApril 12 ..Kelsey Bernhardt, softballApril 19 ..... Kenzie Sawyer, softballApril 26 .... Courtney Cloud, softballMay 3 .........Whitney Fields, softballMay 10 ....... Andy Hancock, softball

Male Athletes of the WeekAug. 31 Sage Pemberton, soccerSept. 7 ............ Isac Block, soccerSept. 14 ........ Ivan Sakou, soccerSept. 21 ... David Hernandez, soccerSept. 28 ........ Ivan Sakou, soccerOct. 5 .. David Hernandez, soccerOct. 12 .... Mark Campbell, soccerOct. 19 .....Omar Guzman, soccerOct. 26 . Sage Pemberton, soccerNov. 2 . Preston Christensen, bballNov. 9 .... Damion Rashford, bball

Nov. 16 . Preston Christensen, bballNov. 23 .......Diante Mitchell, bballNov. 30 ......... Tyler Crosbie, bballDec. 7 ............ Davis Carter, bballDec. 14 .. Damion Rashfrod, bballJan. 11 ........Diante Mitchell, bballJan. 18 .......... Tyler Crosbie, bballJan. 25 ......... Jalen Griffiths, bballFeb. 1 .... Damion Rashford, bballFeb. 8 .......... Chase Mason, bballFeb. 15 . Preston Christensen, bballFeb. 22 ........ Jalen Griffiths, bballMarch 1.. Damion Rashford, bballMarch 8.......Diante Mitchell, bballMarch 15 Matt Maestas, baseballMarch 22..... Joe Moran, baseballMarch 39 Jayden Holman, baseballApril 5 ..Austin Michaud, baseballApril 12 ....... Luke Popp, baseballApril 19 Landon Lybeck, baseballApril 26 .... Oscar Perez, baseballMay 3 .......... Joe Moran, baseball

Ryder caps off collegiate basketball careerI received at CSU and I will always consid-er Fort Collins home.

Your mom came over to watch you grad-uate. How big of an honor was that for you?It meant the world to me that my mom flew out to watch me graduate. Among other things we went to Scottsbluff so I could show her where I spent a year of my life. We went to the Bluffs on the visit and she loved it there. She promised that next time she comes back to the states, she will bring my dad along on the trip.

You are a credit to college basketball with hour talents and how you approach the game. What advice would you give to young girls wanting to play college bas-ketball?If I was to give advice to young girls, I would tell them to find something they love to do. I have always loved basket-ball and I believe that is a big key to why

I succeeded playing this sport. Of course it also takes hard work and commitment, but that was easy for me because I found a great group of friends through sports and that motivated me to keep practicing hard. I have met my best friends through basketball and I am so happy my parents signed me up for basket-ball when I was little.

What are your plans after CSU?I was planning on going to Europe and play professionally, but some injuries has hindered me from doing that. Therefore, as of right now, I am going to be a graduate assistant for the CSU womens basketball team while I get my masters. I have always wanted to coach, so this is a great opportunity for me to get a glimpse of what goes on on the other side while

still getting my education.

What else do you want to add?I don’t know what else to add. Maybe just that I have learned that the most import-ant thing in the world is to surround your-self with great people. I could not have asked for better people to be a part of my last 4 years.

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Gritt Ryder is proud to be a member of the CSU Rams, where she was named Player of the Year in the Mountain West Conference.

Men’s basketball team ink plenty of talent

WNCC men’s basketball coach Russ Beck has signed some key recruits for next season. So far, Beck has inked seven newcom-ers along with Mason Smith, who is re-turning to the Cougar program after tak-ing two years off for his Morman mission. Beck signed Gering’s Joses Palomo in

April and then added six more signings re-cently. The latest sign-ings include 6-foot-6 RJ Palmer of Wharton High in Tampa, Fla., 5-8 Michael Sparks of Abraham Lincoln High in Denver, 6-8 Tyrell Williams of Norland High in Mi-ami, 6-5 Daylon Har-ris of Gateway High in Pittsburgh, and 6-4 Austin Payne and 6-5 Phillip Fayne of Frank-lin High in Elk Grove, Calif. Williams spent a year at the University of Wyoming red-shirt-ing. Beck believes the recruiting class is the start of a successful season. “I am looking forward to getting to work with these play-ers,” he said. “I have watched each of them play and shared many

conversations with them. This has the po-tential to be one of the most athletic and talented teams since I arrived here.” Palmer averaged 14.3 points, 5.5 re-

bounds, and 3.3 assists a game. Palmer comes to WNCC with some connection to WNCC, having played with the Q6 All-stars, a basketball organization that is run by former WNCC player Willie Ander-son. “Coach Willie told me that he attended WNCC when I told them [Q6] the school was interested in me,” Palmer said. “He gave me some feedback about the school and his time at WNCC, which made me even more comfortable with the school and my decision. I liked playing for him a lot; he definitely made me a tougher, more aggressive and smarter player. I en-joyed playing for him a lot. He is a good guy.” Palmer sees himself as a team player. “On the court I see myself as a team player that gives good energy and gets my teammates involved,” he said. “I want what’s best for the team.” Palmer is excited to showcase his tal-ents at Cougar Palace. “I chose to attend WNCC because I feel like this school is the right fit for me and my style of play,” he said. “Coach Beck and Coach Lou (Truscott) made me feel very comfortable with the school and the area and it seems like the team is one family.” Palmer was looking at attending Coast-al Georgia, University of the Ozarks, and

Lewis and Clark Community College be-fore picking WNCC. Palmer said he wants to concentrate on his education first while playing basketball and WNCC is a good start. “A few goals I plan to achieve at WNCC are to improve on my test scores and main-tain focus in the classroom,” he said. “An-other goal of mine that I plan to achieve here is to really grow as basketball player and man. WNCC has the potential to do these things and I’m very excited for my future here.” Another player that has scoring poten-tial is Sparks. At Abraham Lincoln High, Sparks averaged 17.3 points. 2.7 assists, and 1.3 steals a game in his four year ca-reer. His senior, Sparks scored 21.6 points a game and his junior year he averaged 23.1 points. “My basketball career has been unex-plainable,” Sparks said. “I’m truly blessed to do things that I have and it has been a true blessing to have the ability to bounce a basketball.” Sparks picked WNCC because have the ability to further his basketball tal-ents. He was also looking at a couple four-year institutions – Florida A&M, Stetson, Northern Colorado, and North Carolina Greensboro. “I choose WNCC because I have a long

WNCC inked three men’s basketball players recently. Signing their letter of intents are (l-r) Austin Payne, Phillip Payne, and Daylon Harris.

RJPalmer

Michael Sparks

TyrellWilliams

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Former CougarMason Smith coming back for his sophomore year after spending time on a Morman mission

list of doubters and people that are against me,” he said. “I believe WNCC and the coaching staff will allow me to start cross-ing off some of those names of that long list. I see myself as a 100 percent confident payer I am on the court at all times.” Right now, Sparks’ plan is to major in journalism and on the court he want to win championships. “My goal is to win the Region 9 cham-pionship as well as a national champion-ship,” he said. “I want to be labeled as the best freshmen to come to WNCC.” Harris will bring with him some scor-ing and rebounding talents. At Gateway High, Harris averaged 15.6 points and 10.9 rebounds a game. Harris said he picked WNCC because it was a chance to further his basketball career. “Coach Beck gave me the opportunity to further my basketball career,” he said. “I am going to come here, take his word, and work hard. Hopefully what he says comes true and I believe in him.” Harris said he is ready because at his high school, they treated them like college kids. “I have to give a shout out to my high school because they treated us like college kids in giving us the amount of work that college would give us,” he said. “When I come here I will have tutors along with coach and my teammates to help me. As for basketball, I will have my family and friends behind my back. They will keep calling me and telling me to keep going. I have the motivation and I think I will be OK.” Harris describes his game as a slasher. “I am more of the slasher type,” he said. “I have a little bit of everything and work-ing with Coach Beck and his staff, I will be able to perfect everything that needs worked on.” Harris, was a three varsity player and said that he had a good career. He dunked

for the first time in eighth grade and since then, he fell in love with the game. “I was a starter from sophomore to senior year and I contributed with my athleticism,” he said. “I was a scorer, re-bounder, pushing the ball, and playing great defense. I believe I was a good role player and took my high school team to the playoffs.” Fayne and Payne will be coming to WNCC as high school teammates. Fayne is coming to WNCC because WNCC provided services to help him succeed. “I saw a lot of other junior colleges but they didn’t offer as much as what WNCC had to offer as far as new dorms and the availability of tutors,” he said. “Back where I am from, they didn’t offer that. That was a step up not only to improve my game, but my academics.” Fayne, who got cut his freshman and sophomore year in high school, made the team his junior and senior year and had outstanding seasons. Fayne is one of those players that loves to excite people with his explosive play inside. “I feel my style of play will help the team

and Coach Beck out,” he said. “I am more of an inside play-er, an exploder. I like to take it from the top and drive.” Payne also brings plen-ty of all-around talent to the Cougar program. Last sea-son for Franklin High, he averaged 15.4 points and 6.9 rebounds a game. He also dished out 4.1 assists a game. “I can shoot the ball well, drive well, facilitate, and I

think I have an all-around game,” Payne said. “I can contribute to this team in many different ways.” Payne, who plans to major in Business or pre-law, picked WNCC because they are giving him a chance to get better on the court. “I talked to Coach Beck and he told me all the things the program could do for me like get a good education, have a good support system, and get away from home and experience a new culture,” he said. “I am confident that we will be successful

this season. It will take hard work and put-ting time in the classroom and the court. Both are key factors for us to be good.” The last newcomer is Williams, a big 6-8, 225 pound center from Norland High in Miami. Williams red-shirted last season at the University of Wyoming. In high school, Williams helped lead his team to a third straight Class 6A state championship while averaging 7.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks a game. He tallied five doubles-doubles during his senior season, and had 11 points, 16 re-bounds, and five blocks in the state title game. For his 3-year career, Williams finished with 595 points, 568 rebounds, and 207 blocks. Beck said they are still looking for a couple big men to complete the recruiting process. “We have spent a lot of time on the phone, on the road driving and flying across the country pulling this team to-gether,” he said. “We still need to add two big forward/center-type players.”

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2015-16 Men’sBasketball Roster

FreshmanJoses Palomo, Gering

Tyrell Williams, FloridaAustin Payne, California

RJ Palmer, FloridaDaylon Harris, PennsylvaniaMichael Sparks, ColoradoPhillip Payne, California

ReturnersChase Mason, TexasBo McVay, Gering

Michael Connor N. CarolinaMarquin Walton, California

Derrick Bowers, ArizonaMason Smith, Utah

“I am more of the slash-er type,” he said. “I have a little bit of ev-erything and working with Coach Beck and his staff, I will be able to perfect everything that needs worked on.”

— Daylon Harris

Several Cougar athletes walk through graduation to get their degrees

All nine softball players walked through graduation on May 16. In fact, the team made it back from the national tournament at 11:30 a.m. on May 16 and then walked in graduation. The softball players are (l-r) Hannah Gon-zales, Courtney Cloud, Kelsey Bernhardt, Alysa Linford, Lindsay Guymon, Jessica Ball, Jordan Smith, Maddie Davis, and Macy Child.

Men’s basketball player Preston Christensen poses for a picture with two of his fans Jessica Barrett and David Kraft.

(Left) Five men’s soccer players walked through graduation. The five include (l-r) Josh Ring, Donovan Valentine, Guilherme Camargo, Sage Pem-berton, and Mark Campbell.

Women’s basketball player Abi Lujan smiles as she holds her “Congrats” balloon for graduating from WNCC.

(Left) Macy Child is the 25th person to graduate, and oddly enough, 25 was her softball number.(right) Diante Mitchell stands re-laxed while waiting for graduation to begin.

Several Cougar athletes walk through graduation to get their degrees

WNCC baseball players Mason Munford and Brett McPhail are happy as they prepare to graduate from WNCC.

WNCC volleyball player Leticia Silva is all smiles as she graduates. Silva will be taking her talents to Auburn University next year.

(Left) Women’s soccer players Nadia Ro-driquez and Brooke Satur are two of the three soccer players that walked. Also walking, but not pitched was Bailee Dopp.

(Left) Softball player Jessica Ball gives the thumbs up as she leaves the gym after receiving her associates degree on May 16. Ball will play ball at Louisiana Tech next year.

VolleyballKaylee Spreier .........................Gering, Neb.Kennedy Cyza .......................Alliance, Neb.Boogie Tiumalu .................Keneohe, HawaiiLara Picht .............. Brandenburg, GermanyVenirez Vazquez .........Caguas, Puerto RicoBarbara Rabanal ........................Lima, PeruMaraea O’Connor .....................Hilo, HawaiiJady Andrade Gerotto ...... Sao Paulo, BrazilAlwaise Villa .....................Honolulu, HawaiiMen’s SoccerTyler Robinson .......................Columbia Mo.Daniel Becerra ........................Aurora, Colo.Delroy Miller ............... Manchester, EnglandTravis Mundell .........................Gering, Neb.Gage Smith ..............................Gering, Neb.Zach Clemmons .................... Denver, Colo.Renan Carvalho ....................Brasilia, GoiasJP Santos .............................Brasilia, GoiasNana Amayke ................................... GhanaIbrahim Meite ....................London, EnglandAdemiju Oshikoya .............London, EnglandOmar Guerro ......................... Denver, Colo.Sergio Moreno ....................... Denver, Colo.Alfredo Velasquez .................. Denver, Colo.Billy Hoffman ......................... Denver, Colo.Bryant Velasquez ...................... Puerto RicoMatheus Ricardo ................................BrazilWomen’s SoccerKarrigan Hansen ............ West Jordan, UtahSierra Benavidez .................. Sterling, Colo.Jesse Michel ............................ Logan, UtahEden Washington ...........................EnglandEmily Henshaw ...............................EnglandJanie McAmis ...............Belle Fourche, S.D.Allie Green ............................. Casper, Wyo.

Shelby Neubert ...................Loveland, Colo.Hailey Bell .................................... Roy, UtahErin Zigmount ........................ Casper, Wyo.SoftballBailey Anderson ........... Salt Lake City, UtahBrittany Bigge ......................... Laport, Colo.Peyten Davies ............... West Jordan, UtahDhyanne DeVille .................... Pueblo, Colo.Cassie Jones .............................. Erie, Colo.Marisa Kennedy .............Westminster, Colo.Lauren Oxford ....................Las Vegas, Nev.Emily Selby ............Colorado Springs, Colo.Hallie Weber ......................Longmont, Colo.Jasmine Wessel ................. Thornton, Colo.Celyn Whitt ...................... Broomfield, Colo.Shelby Martinez ..................... Pueblo, Colo.BaseballTy Benson ..........................Scottsbluff, Neb.Stuart Eurich .......................Elizabeth, Colo.Isaac Taylor ...................... Cheyenne, Wyo.Landon Urban ........................ Denver, Colo.John Grasser ..........................Aurora, Colo.William Weber ....................Elizabeth, Colo.Zac Moran .................Bonnet Bay, AustraliaLincoln Trujillo ................... Cheyenne, Wyo.Men’s BasketballJoses Palomo ..........................Gering, Neb.RJ Palmer ................................. Tampa, Fla.Tyrell Williams ............................ Miami, Fla.Michael Sparks ...................... Denver, Colo.Daylon Harris ....................... Pittsburgh, Pa.Phillip Fayne ......................Elk Grove, Calif.Austin Payne .....................Elk Grove, Calif.Women’s BasketballMikayla Gonzales .......... Castle Rock, Colo.Bryanna Paulson ............. Broomfield, Colo.

Myriam Garcia ....................................SpainAspen Reifschneider ............. Mitchell, Neb.Luiza Skrastina .................. Concordia, Kan.Rylee Ward ........................Longmont, Colo.

Where Sophomores Are HeadedVolleyballCiCi Silva .........................Auburn UniversityKylie Fa’amoe .......Texas A&M-InternationalSoftballJessica Ball ..........................Louisiana TechJordan Smith ............. Utah State UniversityCourtney Cloud .................... Carroll CollegeKelsey Bernhardt ................. Doane CollegeLindsay Guymon .................. Doane CollegeMadison Davis ........ New Mexico HighlandsHannah Gonzales ................ CSU-Pueblo **Macy Child ....................... Colorado State ** Alysa Linford ..............North Dakota State **Women’s SoccerWhitney Parker .......U. of Louisiana-MonroeMen’s SoccerIvan Sakou .............Virginia CommonwealthWomen’s BasketballAbi Lujan .................U. of Nebraska-OmahaYeliz Dogan ........................Rider UniversityLile Havili .....U. of Texas-Rio Grande ValleyLyndie Puckett ............... Colorado ChristianMen’s BasketballPreston Christensen ..Minnesota State MankatoJulio Guity .....................University of Montevallo

** indicates player is attending the college, but not playing sportsPlayers, please contact me when you decide to attend a specific college.

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Drying the fieldWhen WNCC softball won the Region IX tournament, that gave them the right to host the District F game against Barton Community College. Unfortunately, Mother Na-ture wasn’t cooperating and when the fields became saturated Shane Aulick brought in his helicopter and dried the fields so the teams could play. Here, Aulick hovers over the field with the Western Nebraska backstop and Monument in the background. Thanks Shane for helping the softball team.

Camp photos -- Basketball and baseballSpring and Summer Athletic Camps

June 15-18 -- Girls Basketball Camp at Cougar Palace. Grades 1st through from 9 to 12 noon. Cost is $50.

July 6-7 -- Volleyball Team Camp at Cougar Palace. Varsity and Junior Varsity teams. Cost 30 per participant.

July 8 -- Little Kids Volleyball Camp at Cougar Palace. 3rd - 5th grades. Cost $70.

July 13-14 -- Individual Skills Volleyball Camp for 6th-8th grades. Cost is $70

July 15-16 -- Setters/Hitters Camp for 7th-9th grades. Cost is $100.

July 20-21 -- Individuals Skills Camp for 9th-12th grades. Cost is $70.

July 22-23 -- Setters, Hitters, & Liberos Camp for 10-th-12 grades. Cost is $100.

July 27-31 -- Soccer Camp 1 for recreational players at Landers Soccer Complex. Cost is $90 ($70 for ages 8 and under). Camp runs from 9-12 noon.

July 27-31 -- Soccer Camp 2 for advanced, competitive players at Landers Soccer Complex. Cost is $90 and runs from 5-8 p.m.

WNCC Girls Basketball Camp Application Form

Camp Registration Information June 15-18 Girl’s Basketball Camp Grades 1st - 9th — $50, includes T-shirt

Total amount enclosed _________

T-shirt Size: Adult S M L XL T-shirt Size: Youth: S M L

Make Checks payable to WNCC Women’s Basketball

Mail To:WNCC Women’s Basketball% Dave Harnish1601 E. 27th StreetScottsbluff, NE 69361

For more information, contactHead Women’s Basketball Coach Dave HarnishWNCC: (308) 635-6027Email: dharnish@wncc.net

Upon acceptance of this application, I hereby waive and release all rights and claims for damages I may have against Western Nebraska Community Col-lege and its employees on account of any injuries or illnesses sustained by my child while attending the camp(s). I authorize the director of the girl’s basketball camp(s) or his designee to select hospital facilities and/or physicians of his choice and authorize treatment on an emergency basis if such treatment becomes necessary as a result of participating in the WNCC basketball camp(s).

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ALUMNI ATHLETIC NEWSScottsbluff Junior College l Nebraska Western College l Western Nebraska Community College

Former Cougar baseball play-er named will coach Alliance High softball team, teach PE at middle school

Former WNCC baseball player Carlos Palo-mo spent three years at the University of Ne-braska Kearney and after receiving his teaching degree, Palomo will be back in the Panhandle teaching and coaching a sport he loves.

The difference, however, he won’t be coaching baseball, a sport that he played through high school and college, but will be coaching softball at Alli-ance High School. “I’m super excited

and really looking forward to teaching mid-dle school physical education and coaching in Alliance,” Palomo said. “Words can’t express how much passion I have for the game. This is a great opportunity for me to begin my teach-ing and coaching career.” More importantly, Palomo is happy to be back in western Nebraska. “I’m happy to be back in western Nebras-ka and be closer to family and friends espe-cially my younger brother Chris Palomo,” he said. “My family is very important to me. I’m looking forward to spreading my words of wisdom not only about the game, but about life. I want kids to look up to me and consid-er me a role model.” Palomo had a successful baseball career, playing for the Gering Platte Valley Compa-nies, WNCC, and UNK. At WNCC, Palomo went 6-3 as a sopho-more with a save. He had a 3.71 earned run average. At UNK, Palomo red-shirted in 2012 and then was one of UNKs top starting pitchers, appearing in 11 games with a 3-4 record and a 6.06 ERA. He led UNK in strikeouts (43) and innings (49). He had a season-high sev-en K’s against Truman. Palomo said he was fortunate to be able to

continue his baseball career at the collegiate level. “What I love the most about baseball is that it’s a game of failure,” he said. “There were days when my stuff was on and there were days when I was off. In the end, I’m hap-py the way my baseball career went. “Baseball tests you to show up every day and compete and that’s why I loved it so much. I was able to be a part of programs that were bigger than myself. The brotherhood is what I’ll miss the most. A lot of my best friends were made from playing this game.” Palomo grew not only as a player but a per-son in the three levels of baseball and that is what he wants to teach his students and players. “I had success at all three levels starting with Gering Legion, WNCC and UNK,” he said. “Doug Jones, Mike Jones and Damon Day are great coaches and I’m glad I got to play for them.” His philosophy in coaching is to remind his players that you have to have fun but be competitive. “I’m a very competitive person and that’s one thing I will stress upon my girls. Win or Lose all I ask for is that we compete ev-ery pitch,” he said. “Also, I will continue to remind my girls that this game is supposed to be fun. My goal is help these girls grow in-dividually as a person and as a team.”

Former Cougar winschampionship in Europebasketball league

Former WNCC men’s basketball play-er Deividas Busma is playing overseas in the Euro League and his Ourense Termal team captured the championship with a 91-65 win over Ribeira Sacra CB Breogan Lugo on June 2. Busma was the second-leading scorer for his team in the title game, finishing with 15 points and pulling down five rebounds. For the season, Busma averaged 9.8 points and 4.8 rebounds a game. Busma, from Lithuania, is a 7-foot, 240 pound center that is an unrestricted free agent

for the NBA. After two years at WNCC from 2006-08, Busma went on to play at Idaho State from 2008-11. At Idaho State in his senior season, Busma averaged 11.69 points and 6.9 rebounds. Since Idaho State, Busma played four years over seasons for four different teams. This past season he started 33 of 38 games.

Palacios invited to attend Puerto Rico national softball tram trials

Former softball player Gabi Palacios has been will try to join the Puerto Rico national softball team during tryouts June 8-12 in Puerto Rico. Palacios, from Colorado Springs, Colo., who played one year at WNCC, was invited because her grandparents are from Puerto Rico. There are 23 athletes trying out for the 15 spots available. Players will be judged in seven categories — hitting, base running, communi-cations, instincts, physical strength, and condi-tioning. The team will be announced on June 13. The team will compete int he World Cup June 27-July 6 in California, The Canada Cup in Vancouver and the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Palacios’ senior season at Cardinal Stritch University was outstanding. Palacios started all 56 games batting .385 with 10 home runs, 48 runs scored and 50 RBIs in helping the team to the NAIA tournament. At WNCC in 2012, Palacios batted .350 with 25 RBIs and 22 runs scored. She also had 10 sto-len bases.

Deividas Busma defends during a game overseas.

What former athletes are doing after WNCCVolleyball PlayersAgata (Rezende) Durnil — Agata played at

WNCC in 2002 and 2003. After which, she went on to star at Kansas State University. Agata said that she met her husband somewhere around her junior year, finally getting married in 2008.Agata currently lives in Colora-do Springs with her hus-band and two boys. She works weekends at the

YMCA as a sports referee/wellness attendant. She said, “I am basically living the dream.”

Lisa (Schmidt) Schaar — Llisa played at WNCC from 1990-1992. Lisa moved to Coolisge, Arizona 15 years ago with her son, Trevor Fink and has been teaching first grade during that time. Lisa said in 2015-16 year, she will be teaching PE. On Oct. 14, 2006, Lisa mar-

ried Pete Schaar. In addition to her son, Trev-or, Lisa has been the legal guardian to Alyissa Reyes since 2004 and has two step-children, Austin and Alexsis Schaar. Lisa adds that she is about to become a first-time grandma.

Men’s Soccer PlayersSeedy Ali Sarr — Seedy played soccer at WNCC from 2010-12. Seedy was honored to captain the team during his playing days. Today, Seedy is working on being a Registered Nurse at Regional West Hospital. Seedy said he con-tinues to follow Cougar sports, particularly the soccer program which continues to evolve in a great path. Seedy said, “I hope I can one day join the great coaching staff to continue to offer valuable service to the institution that made me what I am today. #wnccproudalumni.”

Manolo Garcia — Manolo played soccer from 2010-12. After two years at WNCC, Manolo went on to play soccer at Belmont Abbey Col-lege, which is an NCAA Division II school just

ou t of Charlotte. At Belmont Abey, Manolo was team captain his senior year and graduated last May with a BA in Business Management. Now, he is doing his Masters in Sports Management at West Virginia University while working as a grad student manager with the women’s soccer program and as Premium Seating Operations staff member with the Mountaineer Athletic Club (athletics development-fundraising). The M.S in sports management program is ranked No. 3 in the nation and he will be graduating this may from his masters. he added that he just got hired to work in the U.S. (Golf) open with the golf op-erations department. he is hoping to get a full-time job after graduation in college athletics or professional sports.

Any former players please let me know what you are up to know and how you are doing after playing at WNCC. You can email the information to Mark at mrein@wncc.net, text the information to 308-631-0459, or send the information via Facebook to Mark Rein.

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So, anyone remember these former athletes or sports happenings? These photos are from the 1990s and 2000s and newer. If you have any old photos, please email them to mrein@wncc.net that you want to share.

Clippings of stories from past years ... Cougars get second place in 5 NJC meet held at McCookFrom Cougars Tales, May 9, 1956 For the second year in a row, McCook Ju-nior College and Scottsbluff College walked off with first and second place money in the annual Nebraska Junior College track meet at McCook May 7. McCook ended a five-year reign by Scotts-bluff last year and Monday added a second consecutive bunting by rolling up 79 1/2 points. Scottsbluff had 58 1/4. Norfolk finished third with 21 1/2, Fairbury fourth with 16 12, and Luther last with 1/4. Eight records fell, three under last year. The new standards and their holders: Discus -- LeRoy Sprague of McCook 138 feet, 2 1/2 inches, bettering record of 137 feet, 9 inches by Meisinger of Norfolk in 1955. Shot put -- Ernie Wach of McCook, 44 feet, 10 1/4 inches, bettering record of 40 feet, 3 3/4 by Larry O’Donnell of McCook in 1955. 440-yard dash -- Dick Derr of Scottsbluff, 50.9, bettering record of 51.7 by Derr in 1955. 880-yard run -- Bill O’Brien, McCook, 2:04,2, bettering record of 2:08 by Brydl of Fairbury in 1950. 120-yard high hurdles -- Ditter of Norfolk, :16 bettering record of 16.2 by Rick Schmidt of Scottsbluff in 1955. 220-yard low hurdles -- Trail of McCook, 26.1 bettering record of 26.7 by Jim Davison of Scottsbluff in 1955. 880 relay -- Scottsbluff (Bob Scwieger, By-ron Salstrom, Fred Andreas, Duane Foote), 1:33, bettering record of 1:34.3 by Scottsbluff (Foote, Hartwig, Trout, Derr) in 1955. Mile medley relay -- Scottsbluff (Dick Derr, Bob Schwieger, Duane Foote, and Melvin Hardt) 3:48.2, bettering record of 3:48.5 by Mc-Cook (O’Brien, Kapeller, O’Donnell, Moore) in 1955.

Mike Klein is ripping up golf coursesFrom The Spectator, May 1, 1975 The NWC golfers behind the scorching shoot-ing of Mike (Johnny Miller) Klein will head into the Region 9 showdown to be played at the Scotts-bluff Country Club May 1-2 to try and defend their title which sent them to the nationals last year. The big story though is Mike Klein. Klein won medalist honors in all five ofthe first meets. His

opponents many times haven’t even been near his shooting pace and he just may be one of the best amateur golfers in the county. In the first outing, of the year, at Colby, Kan-sas, Klein shot a three under par 69 as NWC fin-ished second out of five teams, three strokes off the 312 pace set by Colby. Ray Ernest shot an 80 followed by Bruce Hyland and Wane Hesse with 83s and Rich Eisenach an 84. The following day, Klein shot a one over par 73 at McCook to tie for medalist honors and then eventually won sole dispute of them in a playoff. Ray Ernest once again was in good support of Klein with an 82 followed by Hesse with an 83, Hyland with an 84, and Eisenach also with an 84. In their third meet in three days, Klein shot a two under 68 as NWC won the North Platte Invitational with an even 300 mark followed by Platte with a 302 and Colby with a 307. The teams performance was what Coach Ron Brill-hart termed as “remarkable” as Hyland with a 76, Ernest with a 77, and Eisenach with a 79 sliced many strokes off of their scores of the two previous days. Klein won his fourth medal in the Air Force Academy Invitational and two days later won his fifth medalist title int he Trinidad Invitation-al which NWC finished fifth in the field of eight. Klein shot a five over par 113 over 27 holes with very bad wind conditions. Ernest followed with a 122, Hyland had a 130, Hesse a 135, and Eisenach a 141.

Bats get hot against McCookFrom The Spectator, April 30, 2001 The Western Nebraska Community College softball team finished its regular season on a high note April 20 and 21 against McCook Com-munity College. The Cougars took three of four-games to finish its first season at 7-25. The first game on April 20 went to McCook 21-13. Sophomore Taryn Watson led the way for the Cougars with three hits, five RBIs, and she scored four times. Sophomore Krista Schleve also hit a home run for WNCC. In game two, the Cougars 19-5 behind a 3-run homer by Priscila Lopez in the second inning. A strong pitching performance by fresh-man Kylene Frohling limited McCook to just eight hits in five innings. Game one on Saturday did not start out look-ing good for the Cougars. WNCC fell behind5-0 after one inning, and after four innings the score

was 6-2. The Ladies rallied, and at the end of regulation tied the score at 9-9. In the extra in-ning, Tara Clay drove in the winning run with a single to left field to score Amanda Bartels. The final game of the weekend was a no-doubter. The Cougars jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first inning behind a grand slam from freshman Jill Stephens as WNCC went on to a 15-6 victory. “It (the grand slam) felt really good,” Ste-phens said. “It felt like just any other hit actually. We just needed runs and this what I tried to do. It has been a good hitting week. We were miss-ing that at the beginning of the season and now it’s coming around.” Coach Sara Wells said, “The hitting has been wonderful in all four games this weekend. I hope that it carries over into the Region IX tour-nament.” The Cougars will face Northeastern Junior College in the first round of the double elimi-nation Region IX tournament in LaJunta, Colo. The tournament starts April 27 and due to press deadlines, The Spectator will be unable to pro-vide the scores for the games. WNCC picked the right time to go on a 3-game winning streak. “Considering that this is the most games we have won in a row all year, it is pretty nice,” first baseman Kim Kuefler, a sophomore said. “These were really big games we needed for seeding in the regional tournament. These were pretty nig wins for us. We need to get focused and need to know what to do and cut down on our errors and keep our hitting up. We just need to play well and work hard in practice and I think we will come around.”

Lady Cougar freshman Kacey Happold takes the swing at a pitch during the Cougars game against Lamar. (photo by Shannon Schumacher/Spectator)

The phrase “Once a Cougar, Forever a Cougar” was evident the weekend of June 6-7 when several members of the WNCC soccer team from three years ago reunited while competing in a coed soccer tournament in Grand Junction, Colo. Former Cougars that were on the team include (front row) Katie Rasnic, Laura James, Ari Herrera, Anna Nicole Rinaldi, and Chanice Blanco, and (back row) Joey Rasnic, Cody Thompson, Mark Hubbard, and Kyle Gonzales.

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