AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF SAMMAMISH WHERE I LIVE WITH MY WIFE, SON AND DAUGHTER, I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED AND HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COACH AT SKYLINE. I BRING JUST UNDER 30 YEARS OF COACHING EXPERIENCE AT LEVELS RANGING FROM 4TH GRADE BOYS BASKETBALL TO HEAD COACH AT THE NCAA DIVISION II LEVEL. MY GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM ARE TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE AND ENRICHING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL INVOLVED AND PUT AN EXCITING PRODUCT ON THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF SPARTAN ATHLETICS! JOE FITHIAN HEAD COACH
DEAR SHS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO SUPPORT OUR SPARTAN ATHLETES! HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS AT THEIR FINEST BRING US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH US. OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAM IS AN EXTENSION OF OUR SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE AND GIVES STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE, COMPETE, LEARN, AND GROW AN ENDURING LOVE OF FITNESS AND HEALTH.
ALL OF OUR SPORTS ALSO OFFER STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO DEVELOP AN INVALUABLE SET OF INTERNAL SKILLS —TENACITY, COURAGE, STAMINA, AND GOOD OLDFASHIONED MOXIE — AS WELL AS THE JOY OF JOINING IN AND CONTRIBUTING TO AN EXPERIENCE LARGER THAN ONESELF. I AM PROUD TO JOIN IN THE STRONG SPARTAN SPIRIT AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU AS WE CHEER ON OUR YOUNG STUDENT ATHLETES. DONNA HOOD SHS PRINCIPAL
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HEAD COACH JOE FITHIAN IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS THE LADY SPARTANS HEAD COACH, JOE FITHIAN IS NO STRANGER TO BASKETBALL. HIS COACHING EXPERIENCE STARTED IN HIS PRE-TEENAGE YEARS BY COACHING A 4TH GRADE TEAM. WHILE ATTENDING CASCADE HIGH SCHOOL/EVERETT, HIS OWN ATHLETIC CAREER WAS ENDED BY A HIP INJURY IN HIS SENIOR YEAR; JOE COACHED THE FRESHMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM. IN
ADDITION TO SERVING AS A HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVEL BASKETBALL REFEREE AND EVALUATOR, HE WAS HEAD COACH AND ASSISTANT COACH SPANNING EIGHT YEARS AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, AND ALSO COACHED AT SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MILILANI HS/HAWAII AND HEAD COACH FOR 3 SEASONS AT LIBERTY HS.
COACH JOE KASSUBA GREW UP IN KIRKLAND , PLAYING FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL AT JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL. WHILE ATTENDING BELLEVUE COLLEGE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, HE PLAYED BASEBALL AND EARNED A COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREE. JOE’S BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL COACHING EXPERIENCE SPANS 30 YEARS, INCLUDING MANY SUCCESSFUL YOUTH TEAMS SUCH AS THOSE WITH KIRKLAND JR HIGH, MUDVILLE BASEBALL AND BOTH EASTLAKE AND SKYLINE SELECT GIRLS PROGRAMS. AS A TRUE GYM RAT, COMPETITOR AND A LIFELONG STUDENT OF THE GAME, JOE BELIEVES BASKETBALL IS THE BEST TEAM SPORT EVER DEVISED. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PRIVILEDGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM COACH FITHIAN, SUPPORTING THE SKYLINE SYSTEM AND ENSURING THE PLAYERS ARE WELL PREPARED FOR EVERY GAME. JOE AND HIS WIFE HOLLY HAVE 3 CHILDREN (NICK, SHELBY AND KAILEY) WITH 2 CURRENTLY PLAYING COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
COACH PETE SHIM HAS BEEN COACHING BASKETBALL FOR OVER 18 YEARS, EIGHT OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IN THE SKYLINE GIRLS & BOYS SELECT PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OFF-SEASON COACHING FOR SKYLINE’S HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS.
COACH PETE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH LOCAL COLLEGE RECRUITING SERVICES AND WAS THE DIRECTOR OF TWO AAU CLUBS. HIS PASSION FOR TEACHING AND COMMITMENT TO TEAM SPORTS HAS ALLOWED HIM TO ENJOY AND WATCH PLAYERS COME UP THROUGH THE RANKS FROM YOUTH TO COLLEGE.
COACH BRENDAN HYLAND HAS TAUGHT AT SKYLINE FROM 1997 TILL PRESENT DAY AND IS A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER.
IN ADDITION TO HIS CLASSROOM DUTIES HE IS THE HEAD CROSS COUNTRY COACH, EARNING THE 2001 WA STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS. THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR WITH SKYLINE GIRLS BASKETBALL, BUT HE PREVIOUSLY COACHED AT PINE LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
"On any given night, anyone can beat anyone."-- Author Unknown “ COACHING: AN INFORMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS WHERE ONE HAS GREATER EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE THAN THE OTHER AND OFFERS ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AS THE OTHER GOES THROUGH A LEARNING PROCESS.
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KELLI SULLIVAN
ALICIA SHIM
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supports Skyline High School Basketball Good luck this season!
NOT PICTURED: ANNIE TAYLOR & SARAH DUNCAN JERSEY
NAME
GRADE
4 ANNIE TAYLOR FR 12 NEHA ALATHUR FR 15 GENEVA SCHLEPP FR 21 SARAH DUNCAN SO
HEIGHT
POSITION
JERSEY
5'4" PG 5'6" PG 5'10" W 5'9" W
22 24 32 40
NAME
EMILY GEIGER JR CARLY WERNER FR CHRISTINA DENTON FR MADELYNNE AMANS FR
SATURDAY WEDNESDAY
@ INGLEMOOR C 3:30PM 12/5/14 C 5:45PM BOTHELL 12/8/14 FRIDAY 12/12/14 BYE 12/13/14 N 3:30PM LIBERTY C 5:45PM NEWPORT 12/17/14
FRIDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY SATURDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY WEDNESDAY
12/19/14 12/20/14 01/02/15 01/03/15 01/07/15
WEDNESDAY FRIDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY MONDAY
FRIDAY MONDAY
C
4:00PM
@ WOODINVILLE
C
4:00PM
EASTLAKE
C
4:00PM
JACKSON
C
3:30PM
C
5:45PM
@ MT SI
REDMOND
GRADE
HEIGHT
5'9" P 5'7" W 5'7" W 5'10" P
C 3:30PM @ 01/09/15 C 5:45PM @ 01/14/15 C 4:00PM 01/16/15 C 5:45PM @ 01/21/15 FRIDAY 01/23/15 BYE C 5:45PM @ 01/28/15 C 3:30PM 01/30/15 C 5:45PM 02/04/15 C 4:00PM 02/05/15 C 5:45PM @ 02/09/15
GAMES SHOWN IN BOLD ARE HOME GAMES IN SPARTA. C = CONFERENCE GAME 13
POSITION
ISSAQUAH BOTHELL INGLEMOOR NEWPORT EASTLAKE WOODINVILLE MOUNT SI ISSAQUAH REDMOND
MADDIE ADAMSON
CAROLINE BOWMAN
NICOLE COX
CASSIDY DAUGHERTY
GINA GROSSI
KAILEY KASSUBA
ALEXA KIRTON
JADE LOVILLE
NARISSA MCIRVIN
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FRIDAY MONDAY SATURDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY WEDNESDAY
TAYLOR MCKERLICH
JULIA MITCHELL
ALICIA SHIM
KELLI SULLIVAN
FRIDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY WEDNESDAY
C 6:30pm @ INGLEMOOR 12/5/14 C 7:30PM BOTHELL 12/8/14 FRIDAY 12/12/14 BYE 12/13/14 N 5:30PM LIBERTY C 7:30PM NEWPORT 12/17/14 @ C 6:00PM WOODINVILLE 12/19/14 C 6:00PM EASTLAKE 12/20/14 C 5:45PM JACKSON 01/02/15 @ C 6:30PM MT SI 01/03/15 C 7:30PM REDMOND 01/07/15
WEDNESDAY FRIDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY TUESDAY
C 6:30PM @ ISSAQUAH 01/09/15 C 7:30PM @ BOTHELL 01/14/15 C 6:OOPM INGLEMOOR 01/16/15 @ C 7:30PM NEWPORT 01/21/15 FRIDAY 01/23/15 BYE C 7:30PM @ EASTLAKE 01/28/15 C 6:30PM WOODINVILLE 01/30/15 C 7:30PM MOUNT SI 02/04/15 C 6:00PM ISSAQUAH 02/05/15 C 5:45PM @ REDMOND 02/10/15
GAMES SHOWN IN BOLD ARE HOME GAMES IN SPARTA. C = CONFERENCE GAME T = TOURNAMENT/EVENT 15
JERSEY
NAME
GRADE
4 Nicole Cox JR 11 Alicia Shim SR 12 Gina Grossi SO 14 Kelli Sullivan SR 15 Narissa McIrvin JR 20 Caroline Bowman SO 21 Kailey Kassuba SO 22 Maddie Adamson JR 23 Cassidy Daugherty JR 24 Julia Mitchell FR 30 Jade Loville FR 32 Taylor McKerlich JR 42 Alexa Kirton SO
HEIGHT
5’8” 5’5” 5’10” 5’6” 6’ 6’ 5’10” 5’11 5’8” 5’7” 5’9” 6’ 5’10”
POSITION
W PG P PG P P W W W PG W P W
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CAPTAINS
TAYLOR MCKERLICH ALICIA SHIM