EDITION
Go Birds! A Concise History of Varsity Athletics at Seattle Pacific University 1933–2017
Compiled by
John Glancy Wes Lingren Frank MacDonald Adrienne Meier
EDITION
Go Birds! A Concise History of Varsity Athletics at Seattle Pacific University 1933–2017
Brady Deal, 1994-97
Compiled by
John Glancy Wes Lingren Frank MacDonald Adrienne Meier
Copyright © 2021 by Seattle Pacific University ISBN: 978-1-7923-7028-1 Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this book may be transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, in part, in any form, without the permission of Seattle Pacific University.
Front cover: The inaugural Falcon Hall of Fame Class of 2003 (Front, left) Doris Heritage, Ben Moring, Ken Foreman (Back) Steve Gough, Loren Anderson, Howard Heppner. Back cover: Crystal Sims, 2010-11
Go Birds! is dedicated to those who wore the maroon and white and the fans who supported them.
“You’ve all been to the stadium and seen the athletes race. Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win. All good athletes train hard. They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and fades. You’re after one that’s gold eternally.” I Corinthians 9:24–25 Eugene Peterson ‘54 From The Message
Eugene Peterson, 1951-54
Introduction and Acknowledgments
Forerunners of the Orangemen: Spirit support for men’s basketball was always on display with the Talons, shown here in 1967.
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Introduction “Go Birds!” • A term used in sports coverage in early Falcon newspapers and Cascade/ Tawahsi yearbooks.
A Timely Idea In 2015, Dr. Wes Lingren, retired SPU chemistry professor and tennis coach, asked the question, “Why not release a history of SPU • A rallying cry to encourage athletics in conjunction with the the Falcons to fly higher 125th anniversary?” As director of and fight harder. the 125th celebration, I embraced the idea wholeheartedly. Soon an • Go Birds! A Concise History editorial team of Lingren, myself, of Varsity Athletics at and Frank MacDonald, longtime Seattle Pacific University, sports information director for 1933–2017. SPU’s Athletic Department, came together and a proposal was drafted. Although the University supported the idea, there were no funds available to produce the book. That would have been the end of the story were it not for Howard Call, Seattle Pacific baseball alum 1960 Tennis: (Front row) Bob Pettit, Ross Peterman (Back) Bob Funk, Rich Spann, Ken Hedstrom, Bill Demmert (Not pictured) Martin Kohler and avid Falcon fan. When he As a book, Go Birds! presents a learned about the book, his historical “bird’s-eye view,” if you first words were, “I can help.” will, of varsity sports at SPU — And help he did — not only from its origins in the pre-1950s to as the initial benefactor, but its prominence at the University’s as an ongoing supporter of the 125th anniversary celebration in project, both in terms of funds 2016–17. Although the “birds” and encouragement. At Call’s term may seem somewhat direction, a fundraising plan anachronistic in a time of actively was initiated and a variety of managed branding, we use it former athletes, faculty members, here as a bridge from the past to and friends of SPU athletics the present. Birds of a feather, contributed. Then, when additional especially maroon and white ones, funds were required, Jean Porter, still flock together. an SPU alumna, stepped up to provide the generous support we needed to complete the project. vi
What You’ll Find The time frame for Go Birds! begins in the 1930s and carries to 2017, the conclusion of SPU’s 125th anniversary year. All material in the book occurs during that period except where expressly noted. Major sections in the book include 1) an early history of Seattle Pacific intercollegiate athletics, from inception and approval to competitions held through 1949; 2) a year-by-year overview of key athletic events chronicled by each academic year from 1950–51 through 2016–17; and 3) appendices that feature a brief history of each sport, plus other related records, statistics, and information. Editorially, Lingren focused on the origins section since he had already been working along those lines for several years. MacDonald drew from his 23 years of Falcon news releases and worked with the current athletic information office to obtain additional material. I filled in the remaining
Brent Lince, 1981-84
years by pouring through old press releases, Falcons, and yearbooks to complete the annual spreads. Photographs were drawn from Athletic Department files and archives, University Archives, Office of University Communications archives, old Response issues, and Cascade and Tawahsi yearbooks. Later, former athletes, coaches, and other alumni were contacted to fill in missing information and photos. Throughout the editorial and photo collection process, Adrienne Meier, university archivist, played a huge role in researching material, corroborating facts, and scanning photos. Without her help, the book would have been impossible to finish. It’s All About Stories The stories featured in Go Birds! describe both the competence and the character of the athletes who wore Falcon colors. Overall, the book focuses on the many good (and a few great) athletes who achieve, through hard work, grit, and determination, both athletic accomplishment and personal growth. Throughout its pages, the book tells of teams and athletes accomplishing more with less; that is, competing and winning despite not always having the resources (e.g., facilities, scholarships, equipment, etc.) often equated with success. Ultimately, these stories point to God working through the people and programs at Seattle Pacific to accomplish his purposes. Like in the biblical book of Esther, you won’t find God’s name in every story about track, basketball, tennis, etc. But he was at work in all of these endeavors, from the
2017 Volleyball: Katie Mansfield (25), Nicole Tchabanov (14), Maddie Batiste (8), Mallie Donohoe (18)
spiritual mentoring of coaches and teammates to the athletes who came to faith as a result of participation in the program. Thoughtful readers will see this influence expressed throughout the book. Naming Them All The most important element of the book is the people who organized, coached, participated in, and supported the athletic program. Our goal was to include as many names and/or photos of SPU athletes, coaches, and those associated with the program as possible. To that end, a roster of letterwinners is included for each sport. However, we acknowledge there are likely gaps due to incomplete records, and that some athletes’ names were inadvertently omitted. To those individuals, we apologize. We hope that the stories included in the book will still bring back great memories from their time as a Falcon.
athletes after they finished their competitive careers and graduated from Seattle Pacific. Those are stories for another book. Suffice it to say, the men and women who made an impact in sports at Seattle Pacific, as chronicled in this book, continued to do so in all walks of life. Some went on to play professionally. Others became educators, coaches, businesspeople, ministers, missionaries, musicians, and health care providers, just to name a few. And in addition to carrying their skills and training into those pursuits, they carried their Christian faith as well — “a beacon light that shineth ever,” a la their SPU alma mater. And that’s something to which we can all cheer … “Go Birds!” John Glancy On behalf of the Editorial Team June 2021
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Acknowledgments In a project like Go Birds!, the final product can only be completed with the help of many people. The following list recognizes the help and support we received from dozens of individuals throughout the process. A special and sincere “thank-you” to:
• All those who contributed financially to the book’s expenses. Two people immediately rise to the top. Howard Call, former SPC baseball player and longtime Falcon supporter, took the book “under his wing,” so to speak, at the beginning and provided the • Wes Lingren for initiating the initial funds to get the project project with his work on the off and flying. Jean Porter’s Falcon history origins and generous contributions for the for his wise counsel and fact book’s final phases allowed finding throughout the process. “Go Birds!” to be completed. In between, a number of people became financial partners in the venture. These people included Dick and Joan Braun, Jim Douglas, Greg Gressett, Grant Gulberg, Howard Heppner, Carlton Kulle, Mike Macdonald, Mel McDonald, Dave Moffitt, 1974 Crew: The varsity eight rowers, shown here following the Western Sprints in Burnaby, BC, included (Front row) Steve Lottes, Mark Novak, Tony Huserik, Don Roger Moffitt, Safstrom (Second) Bill Nelson, Tom Gaines, Dave Beagle (Top) Greg Swanson Phil Sowards, and (coxswain), Rob Bauerle (Leaning in) Dave Covey (inaugural crew coach). Fred Weedon.
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• Frank MacDonald for all his work in compiling and drafting the bulk of the annual spreads and for his invaluable historical recall of Falcon facts and figures.
• Amy Vaughn of Soundview Design whose design expertise, pleasant personality, and unlimited patience brought all the disparate pieces artfully together in one book.
• Adrienne Meier, SPU university archivist, who supplied critical historical materials and scanned multiple athletic images from yearbooks. In addition, her meticulous proofreading skills were much appreciated.
• Reece Carson, former SPU staff member in Computer and Information Systems and University Communications, whose skillful copy editing and insightful suggestions exponentially improved the quality and accuracy of the
material. In addition, his personal interest in the project made him an invaluable sounding board for ideas and thematic continuity. • Dan Lepse, sports information director, for his help in supplying data and information. And an extra-special thank-you to Assistant Sports Information Director Mark Moschetti for his time and effort in identifying scores of photos that appear in the book. His willingness to help and patience in the process were remarkable. The book would not have been completed without him. • Rob Campbell and Tim Haag, former SPU sports information directors, who both contributed chapters in the book. • Longtime friends and former SPU Office of University Communications colleagues Mark Cutshall and Clint Kelly, whose early chapter contributions “kept the ball rolling.” • University Communications staff members Alison Estep, Lynn Anselmi, and Sam Davis for their timely suggestions and support. • Past and current SPU administrators who approved the project at its inception in 2015. These leaders include former Athletic Director and Vice President Tom Box, Vice Provost for Student Formaton and Community Engagement Jeff Jordan, current Athletic Director Jackson Stava, and
Vice President for University Advancement Louise Furrow. A special thank you as well to former President Dan Martin, a true history buff, Falcon booster, and supporter of SPU athletics. • Those who helped in researching, fact-finding, and photo-sleuthing, including JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner, Barb Borton, Karen (Franklin) Cochrane, Dave Covey, Doug Deardorf, Ed Fields, Steve Flegel (Whitworth University SID), Dani Flintoff, Denise Foreman, Steve Gough, Jim Guier, Bill Hart, Ralph and Doris Heritage, Linnea Jarvits, Keith Jefferson, Bryan Jones, Craig Kispert, Deri Kispert, Jessie (Pennington) LeMonte, Cliff McCrath, Mel McDonald, Zach McNay, Lorin Miller, Fletcher Olson, Dale Parker, Lisa (Hart) Ransom, Don Safstrom, Jim Schultz, Karen (Heetdirks) Strong, Dave Tindall, Laurel Tindall, and Sharon Wortman.
Alex Vandamme, 1996-99
Basketball 1988–89: Dennis Barmore, Scott Rolfness, Claude Terry (coach), David Brieg, Darrell Packard.
• Lynne Hall, assistant to the vice president of University Advancement, for her cheerful willingness to confirm and crosscheck athlete names and years in the SPU alumni database. Her work with financial document processing and budget monitoring was also very helpful. • Photographers whose work appears in the book including Andrew Towell, Joanie Komura, Cal Fanders, and many other individuals whose photos were published unnamed in Cascade and Tawahsi yearbooks, and in Response. A special thanks also to individual SPU athletes and coaches who supplied key photos unavailable from any other source. • Unsung Seattle Pacific athletic heroes of the past whose names do not appear (in most cases) in the book but whose contributions to the athletic program laid the groundwork for multiple generations of athletes that followed. Some examples, drawn exclusively
from my lifelong association with SPU athletics, include Falcon Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement members George Cottrill, Roy Glancy, and Jack MacDonald. Others whose financial support and Go Birds! spirit set a tone for support include Jack Arnold, Dave and Ruby Englund, Delno Kreider, Paul Madden, Don Newsome, Lloyd and Jackie Nolte, Lynn Samford, Ed Teel, Jerry and Kathy Teel, and Daryl and Claudia VanderPol. And many more that others could name. • My wife, Sally, whose support, patience, and encouragement motivated me to complete the project (which she is very grateful to have finished). • God, and his leading throughout the project. Many times, obstacles appeared on the path to completion, but he always provided a work-around or a new and better path all together. “Great is your faithfulness”! J. Glancy ix
Origins of Intercollegiate Athletics at Seattle Pacific University
1947 Varsity Hoopsters: (Front row) Harry Price, Gordon Cochrane, Bob Wright, Dean Howell, Gordon Burdick, Hugh Miner (coach) (Back) Gil Kollar, Chuck Dohner, Len Root, Gordon Smith, Dale Parker
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Go Birds! Origins of Intercollegiate Athletics at Seattle Pacific University THE EARLY YEARS: 1910–1933 Prior to 1933, there were no sanctioned intercollegiate athletics at Seattle Pacific. A strong intramural program was the norm
Before Brougham: By 1923, spectators in the campus gym could watch teams from Seattle Pacific high school and college compete on a wood floor.
instead, with basketball, tennis, and volleyball representing the most popular sports in those early days. Both men and women participated, with enthusiastic competitors coming from Seattle Pacific high school and college. At first, basketball games were played on an open-air dirt court west of Alexander Hall. In 1920, the school built a roof over the court, then a year later replaced the dirt floor with asphalt. During the 1922–23 academic year, three more changes occurred: the addition of a wooden floor, the enclosure of the building, and the creation of space for spectators. These enhancements allowed the building to serve as the campus
gym until its replacement by Brougham Pavilion in 1952. Early on, a tennis court also existed just south of Alexander Hall. With the addition of the gym structure, the tennis court moved to the north side of Peterson Hall. A FORMATIVE PERIOD: 1933–1945 In the 1933–34 academic year, intercollegiate athletics, or ICA, made its debut at SPC. A two-man faculty committee — composed of Philip Ashton and Burton Beegle — asked the SPC Board of Trustees’ executive committee for permission to compete against faculty-approved, outside collegiate institutions in men’s basketball, volleyball, and tennis.
A Royal Brougham Groundbreaking: SPC Board of Trustees Chairman Marvin Burke turns the shovel at a groundbreaking for a new basketball pavilion as President C. Hoyt Watson and Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sports Editor Royal Brougham (middle) look on.
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The committee granted the request with the understanding that SPC was not to join a conferPhilip Ashton ence or league. Surprisingly, this was done despite a 1923 ban imposed by the General Conference Burton Beegle of the Free Methodist Church on all intercollegiate athletics at Free Methodist schools. This rule, except for football, was in force until 1943. Intercollegiate football was finally allowed by the FMC in 1960. In 1934, perhaps as a reaction to criticism over breaking the general church’s ban, the SPC trustees commissioned a committee to survey other FM schools to identify their level of participation in ICA. The outcome of this study never appeared in subsequent board minutes. It seems the FMC ban was a reaction by church leadership to abuses and scandals in the Jazz Age in college and university athletics — particularly football. When questioned, Free Methodist college administrators would say the ban was there to protect their Christian athletes from the “influences of the world.” Supporting this theory were the bans on fraternities, hazing, immodest attire, tobacco, intoxicating drinks, and gambling that were also included in the higher education section of the Church’s Book of Discipline in 1923.
Men’s Basketball Tips Off Negotiations In 1933–34, despite denominational With the Free disapproval, SPC went ahead with Methodist intercollegiate play by hiring Wesley Church Bratton, an assistant instructor of In 1939, two physical education, to take on the Free Methodist additional role of college men’s schools launched C. Hoyt Watson basketball coach. a collaborative Bratton put effort with the together an general church initial eight-game to overturn the schedule that ban against ICA. included Seattle Representatives Elvis Cochrane College (Seattle from the schools Wesley Bratton University), included SPC Pacific Lutheran College (Pacific President C. Hoyt Watson and Lutheran University), Mount faculty member Dr. Elvis Cochrane, Vernon Junior College (Skagit and Dr. H.J. Long from Illinois’ Valley Community College), and Greenville College. They joined Bellingham Normal College with Free Methodist Bishop Lester (Western Washington University). Marston and successfully got the Playing each school twice, the ban lifted in 1943. team compiled a 7-1 record. An important factor in the deciSPC continued to schedule sion was the hope that introducing men’s basketball games with outintercollegiate athletics at FM side teams after 1934, but colleges member institutions would bolster essentially disappeared from the their war-depleted male populalist, probably to satisfy the 1923 tions. The pertinent statement church ban on college competiin the 1943 church discipline tion. Instead, SPC played church, explained that “… interschoYMCA, and local business semipro lastic games shall be confined teams that, technically, avoided an to schools of high moral stanintercollegiate schedule. dards and wholesome influence. During the early World War II years, a few college opponents reappeared, but the schedule remained overwhelmingly non-collegiate. Those SPC teams were treated as varsity squads and letter awards were given. Men’s volleyball and tennis were not wellorganized during this time, but yearbooks of the period show some activity in these sports against out1949 Falcon Hoopsters: Duane Magee, Chuck Dohner, Gordon side collegiate competition. Cochrane, Earl McCallum 3
Origins Membership in move into that athletic conferlane. Although ences or leagues tennis began as is forbidden. a minor varsity Football shall be program during forbidden except the 1944–1945 Wesley Walls Hugh Miner the modified academic year, forms, i.e. touch it was during football and soccer.” Miner’s tenure that varsity sports Following the lifting of the began to flourish. Hired in 1945 as ban, SPC implemented its first SPC men’s basketball coach, Miner church-sanctioned intercollegiate men’s basketball schedule in 1943–44. Professor Wesley Walls served as coach for two seasons, but Professor Phillip Ashton had to take the helm and finish out the second 1952 Baseball: (Front row) Perry Stangvik, Don Goertzen, season when Walls Ken Myers, Dick Pokorny, Jerry Johnson, Keith Driver (Back) was called to U.S. Harold McNeese (coach), Laurie Peterson, Ken Collins, Dick Rodland, Jim Guier, Don Derby, Carl Nissen (manager) Army chaplain duty. THE RISE OF VARSITY SPORTS: 1945–1972 More Balls Get Rolling With the denominational ban on intercollegiate athletics removed, SPC was free to expand its athletics program during the 1940s. Then in 1947, the general church clarified its Book of Discipline statement on athletics, announcing that “schedules were to be approved by the president and faculty of the FM school preparing the schedule. Membership in athletic conferences or leagues not under Christian auspices is forbidden.” This change of allowing schools membership in a conference of Christian-only schools, while not an option for SPC in the Northwest, opened a lane toward more competition. Hugh Miner was the first to 4
increased his coaching duties in the spring of 1947 by adding varsity baseball to the school’s
roster. Following its initial sevengame season, the baseball program quickly expanded to a full schedule against collegiate Harold McNeese and amateur teams. The sport remained a staple of SPC athletics for more than two decades until 1970, when it was dropped for financial reasons. Coach Miner departed SPC at the end of the 1947 academic year and was succeeded by Harold (Hal) McNeese, the school’s first full-time athletic director and coach. McNeese was charged with developing a School of Recreational Leadership in addition to supervising and teaching PE and coaching men’s basketball and baseball. Under McNeese, SPC went from the shadows of local sports to recognition among the small college ranks, and even offered its first athletic scholarships during his tenure.
1954 Drake Relay Team: Ben Moring, Charlie Byers, Ken Foreman (coach), Denton Palmer, Eugene Peterson
Lingren’s leadership, SPC the college. tennis reached the national Coached by top-10 college-division local dentist rankings, highlighted Homer Perkins, by All-Americans Bob who wanted a Thompson and Wil Look program for his Dale Parker winning the 1969 NCAA sons, wrestling Div. II West Region doubles ceased activity title. Shortly after, the proin 1959 when gram was cut for budgetary Perkins moved. In reasons. Varsity men’s and late 1964, Frank 1969 Tennis: (Front row) Wilbert Look, Larry Karr, women’s tennis came back Furtado, one of Gordon Yee (Back) Bob Thompson, Don Gustafson, to SPU in 1981, but again Perkins’ former Tom Carter, Gerald Dills, Wes Lingren (coach) Les Habegger fell victim to the budget ax pupils, revived Teams and Triumphs Grow in the early 1990s. the program In the fall of 1950, Ken Foreman In the summer of 1952, under varsity status. With full joined the SPC staff. Foreman McNeese left, and Foreman took financial support, Furtado built a taught PE courses and took over over as athletic and the fledgling varsity track and PE director. He hired field program inaugurated the Dale Parker, a recent year before. In addition, he added SPC graduate, to men’s cross country and coached coach the baseball junior varsity basketball. It was a and JV basketball hint of the many ways Foreman teams. Foreman would impact Falcon athletics continued as head during his multiple stints at the track and cross school over 50 years. country coach while The next sport to gain full adding the varsity varsity status was tennis in 1952, men’s basketball though it was another two years team to his coachbefore Don Demaray became the ing duties. In 1956, program’s first faculty coach. Prior former Hoosier Les to his selection, SPC tennis was Habegger was hired The 1959–60 Falcons: (Front row) Jerry Clyde, John Moffitt, Jim Oraker, led by student-athletes, including to replace Parker. Dick Mogg, Dave Wortman, Bob Morris (Back) Bob Rochelle, John Knaplund, SPC student Dean Walter, recorded Initially, Habegger Ben Schellenberg, Bob Hathaway, Jim Douglas, Jay Bowerman, Ted Parker as the team’s first coach. More taught PE and than a decade later, under Wes coached baseball and JV basfirst-rate program that competed ketball, but a couple of favorably against both Division-I years later he took over and D-II schools and produced as athletic director and several NCAA All-Americans. head men’s basketball Budgetary restructuring proved coach when Foreman wrestling’s ultimate foe, though, left to finish his doctoral and SPC dropped it in 1975. studies at USC. Even as Seattle Pacific welWrestling joined the comed new varsity opportunities, roster in 1955 — but three programs remained the as a club sport, which flagship Falcon sports during this meant it received limited time: men’s basketball, men’s track financial support from and field, and men’s cross country. Drake Lemm, 1968-71 5
Origins These programs received the lion’s share of financial resources and garnered the most regional and national honors over the years. Basketball especially rose to prominence during Les Habegger’s tenure, while track reached similar recognition under Ken Foreman. Yet, as both programs maintained ongoing success in the decades following Habegger and Foreman, times were changing — and shifts were coming in SPC sports. A Powerhouse Begins After a successful pilot program in 1967, varsity men’s soccer was added in 1968. Originally coached
Hardware View: Cliff McCrath (coach), Doug Backous, and Brad Elmenhurst display the Falcons’ five NCAA championship trophies.
by local soccer icon Arnold (Arnie) Aizstrauts, SPC chose Cliff McCrath as its head coach in 1970. From there, Falcon soccer soared. During his 38 years as coach, McCrath built the program into a national powerhouse. Thirty trips to the NCAA playoffs, 10 trips to the title match, five national championships, and myriad alumni competing professionally and for 6
early at Seattle Pacific. Records show women competing in basketball as far back as 1928 in the Girls’ Athletic Association, and tennis was also popular. However, while there were early attempts to add women’s varsity 1995 Varsity Four: (From top) Pat Berschauer, Mick Zapata, Doug Miller, Darren Little, Beth Kice (coxswain) sports, particularly in basketball and volleyball, women continthe U.S. national team all highued only to participate in intramulighted a special era on the pitch. ral and club sports until Title IX of In 2008, alumnus Mark Collings the Education Amendments Act took over and continued the winwas enacted in 1972. ning tradition with five straight With the full financial backNCAA playoff appearances and ing that the implementation of two GNAC championships. Title IX assured, women’s varsity While soccer was becoming a sports hit the ground running in the force, rowing tested the waters. mid-1970s and never looked back. Started under Coach Dave Covey, Between 1974 and 2000, eight the sport gained momentum with varsity-level sports were added, its first race in April 1973. In 1974, with six still active. Today’s female Coach Bill Mickelson took the lead student-athletes continue SPU’s and guided the program into varsity strong traditions in basketball, status in 1979, after which Jim cross country, rowing, soccer, track Schultz, the program’s first full-time and field, and volleyball, and enjoy coach, oversaw rowing’s rise. regional and national respect and Financial cuts in the 1990s created strong community support. challenging conditions, but Coach Keith Jefferson shaped the program into a nationally respected team. In 2016, the men’s program ended, leaving women’s crew to stroke on. WOMEN TAKE THE BATON: 1972–2017 Women’s involvement in sports began
Pioneer FTC Members: Inaugural members of the Falcon Track Club include Virginia Husted, Vickie Foltz, Ken Foreman (coach), Doris Brown, Linda Mayfield, Janet Johnson, and Linda Oades.
The Falcon Track Club Takes Off Nearly two decades before the establishment of women’s varsity sports at Seattle Pacific, Ken Foreman founded the Falcon Track Club. With FTC’s creation in 1955, Foreman became a forerunner in women’s athletics. Under Foreman’s vision, the FTC served as a team, even
Denise Anderson, 1975-78
a collegiate home, for gifted females. In its first year, FTC garnered attention when one of its members, 16-year-old Marcia Cosgrove, qualified for the AAU Indoor Championships. A year later, Cosgrove won the AAU 50-meter dash, finished second in the 200 at the Olympic Trials, and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team — all of which began to put the club on the map. After a stint away from SPC, Foreman returned in 1962 and again picked up the FTC leadership baton. Before long, members of the club’s track and field program were competing at the NCAA championships, and the club that Foreman launched was on its
way to world fame. That came in 1964 when FTC member Doris Brown became the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile. Brown would continue on with a recordbreaking career and, along with several other Olympic-caliber FTC members, help to pave the way for women’s track and field to become an official SPC varsity sport. A “Title” Wave Hits Campus On June 23, 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act was enacted. As a result, nearly all schools from elementary to higher education had to provide fair and equal treatment of the sexes in all areas — including athletics. Campuses around the nation rapidly redrew their plans, including how to allocate resources. Seattle Pacific’s Intercollegiate Athletic Committee proposed women’s track and field and gymnastics as the first official women’s varsity programs, with women’s track receiving scholarship aid going forward. The SPC Board of Trustees approved the plans, and in relative quickness, two new varsity sports were underway. Shoreline High School sprinter Denise Anderson and freshman middle-distance runner Linda Iddings earned the first SPC women’s track scholarships for 1974–75. The decision to promote and fund women’s track recognized the advantage SPC had with Ken Foreman, one of the nation’s leading experts on women’s track and field, which fit with President David McKenna’s desire to use the institution’s limited resources to “seek selective excellence at the points of our strength.” As such, women’s basketball was elevated from being a club sport and
became the fourth female varsity program, joining new-addition cross country, along with gymnastics and track and field. Soon, Title IX created a new order, one that administrators and students appeared ready to embrace. Even The Falcon student newspaper reported, “It may not be a bad thing for SPC to be forced to develop a little more balance in the athletic program.” An Explosion of Balance First out of the gate wasn’t track, but women’s gymnastics. Added as a varsity sport in 1974 with FTC legend Virginia Husted as coach, the program flourished under Laurel Tindall (née Anderson) after she took the reins in 1975. Tindall, part of the first SPC varsity gymnastics team and an All-American gymnast, guided the team to three national titles (1986, 1992, 1997), and helped the program enjoy a run of 20 consecutive top-four national finishes (1984–2003). Falcon gymnasts also won 30 individual
Debbie Halle, 1974-77
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Ali Worthen, 2010-13
national championships under her leadership. Building on the Falcon Track Club’s strong foundation, varsity women’s track and field bolted out of the blocks in 1975. It immediately became a respected power nationwide, dueling with Division I schools such as Tennessee and UCLA for the AIAW collegiate crown. In the mid-1980s, Foreman’s emphasis on multiple events and distance/middle-distance running led the team to finish among the NCAA’s top 10 for eight consecutive years (1986–93). In 2000, Foreman passed the baton to protégé Jack Hoyt.
Jane Larson, 2007-10
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Under Hoyt and his successor, Karl multiple conference crowns, Lerum, the team’s nearly 20 indoor regional championships, and trips and outdoor conference chamto the NCAA Division II tournapionships continued Foreman’s ment, including the 2005 national winning vision. championship game. In 2006, Varsity women’s cross country Coach Julie van Beek Heisey also began in 1975 under Ken took his place and added another Foreman. In 1978, Doris Brown eight trips to the NCAA tourney Heritage succeeded him as coach in 13 years. and soon guided the Falcons to place second in the AIAW in both 1979 and 1980. Not long after, SPU affiliated with the NCAA Division II and finished third in the nation twice between 1983 and 1986. Waves of success followed Heritage-led Linda Johnson, 1986-89 teams through the 1990s and 2000s and continued Even More Excellence under alumna Erika Daligcon after The explosive start of women’s Heritage retired in 2007. As a varsity sports produced four proresult, between 1993 and 2017, grams in one year. Over the next SPU women’s cross country teams 25 years, four more would join the finished 14 times among the top 10 roster: rowing, tennis, volleyball, nationally and won 11 conference and soccer. championships. Varsity women’s rowing Around 1972, the women’s launched in 1979. A year later, folbasketball club began playing an lowing the reinstatement of men’s intercollegiate schedule of sorts, varsity tennis, SPU added a varsity which aided the program in its women’s tennis team led by SPU readiness for varsity status. That student-coach Jane Knutsen. came three years later during However, while the women’s SPC’s rapid expansion of women’s rowing program started strong and varsity sports. Coached by Virginia continues today, little is recorded Husted, the then-dubbed Lady about the tennis program, and Falcons competed right away after 11 seasons it ended. with many Division 1 schools — In 1981, two years after gainincluding two victories over the ing varsity status, SPU’s women’s University of Washington. four placed third in a national Husted departed in 1977, rowing event. But then a decade and a succession of coaches of steady performance followed. followed until Gordy Presnell Subsequently, the hiring of Keith arrived in 1988. Under Presnell, Jefferson gave the program the program achieved 18 connew energy and encouraging secutive winning seasons, with results. In 1991, the same year
volleyball team house a women’s program, varsity played its first ambitions remained sidelined. match. The opening of Interbay Under Coach Stadium in 1997 renewed the effort JoAnn Atwellto create a women’s program, Scrivner, hired and three years later the decision just four months to do so was received with great before the seafanfare. And deservedly so. Shaped son, the young in the beginning by input from Cliff group swept its McCrath and U.S. World Cup star 2009–10 NCAA Runners-Up: (Front row: varsity four) Belle opening oppoand Seattle native Michelle Akers, Fritsch, Kristin Lorenzen, Kristi Tamaki (coxswain), Sarah Lantner (alternate), Mackenzie Oscar, Dani Ferrigno (Back: varsity eight) nent. From there, the women’s program is among the Katja Ibsen, Annie Mulder (coxswain), Lacey Sheridan, Katy the team Stine, Katie Degner, Emily Pitts, Eleni Johnsen, Alli Agnew, improved Lauren Anderson rapidly, tennis ended, Jefferson began and qualified for district to build women’s rowing into a playoffs in its second season. consistently competitive program. Although some uneven Starting with a third-place finish years occurred, the program in the prestigious Dad Vail regatta enjoyed multiple district tourin 1996, his crews stroked to nament appearances. In 2000, greater victories each year, culmiunder new coach and former nating in second place nationally player Kellie (Ryan) Radloff, at the 2010 NCAA championships. the Falcons earned its first In 2016, Jefferson handed the oar NCAA postseason berth after to Andrew Derrick, who furthered several near misses. Success Janae Godoy, 2006-09 the team’s premier wins. continued, and under Coach In the 1980s, as a result of SPU Chris Johnson, the volleyball dropping its program ended most successful teams in GNAC NAIA affiliation the 2010 season history. With a bevy of conference and moving ranked No. 13 in titles, the women’s program has under NCAA the nation. been a near-annual participant in Division II rules, The addithe NCAA postseason tournament the school tion of women’s since its third season. In 2008, needed to add varsity soccer the team won the NCAA national another womin 2001 was a championship after reaching the an’s team to its decision some 20 national semifinals the year before. varsity roster. years in the makTitle IX’s mandate pushed Based on survey ing. The sport first women’s sports into the spotlight. results from the gained a foothold Since then, Seattle Pacific athletes campus comat SPU in the and coaches have shown they munity, SPU’s 1980s, when a belonged there. By adding women’s Intercollegiate women’s soccer varsity programs, SPU offered stuAthletic club competed dents more ways to compete, excel, Committee in the Northwest and showcase the value of the proposed volCollegiate Soccer athletic experience. And with these leyball, and Conference. But increased opportunities, SPU not in September without a suitonly elevated women’s sports, but 1986 the new able facility to its entire athletics program as well. Lindsey Wodrich, 2008-11 9
Origins THE EVOLUTION OF SPU’S By 1956, all of Seattle Pacific’s AFFILIATIONS varsity sports — men’s basketball, In 1943, when intercollegiate men’s tennis, baseball, men’s track athletics were finally allowed in and field, and men’s cross country Free Methodist schools, one of — were governed by NAIA rules. the church’s conditions prohibited This allowed Falcon teams and FM schools from joining a conferindividuals to compete in nationence. Therefore, SPC athletics ally sanctioned competitions even began life as an independent — though the school was still classifree of any regional or national fied as an independent. affiliations. In 1962, men’s basketball was Later, the church modified the snubbed by the regional NAIA rule on conference membership tournament committee. Shortly to read that an FM school could after, the National Collegiate be a member of a conference made up of Christian schools. However, there was no conference in the Pacific Northwest composed entirely of Christian schools. As such, in 1954 SPC applied for membership in the only Northwest smallcollege conference there was, the NAIADarian Burns, 2017 affiliated Evergreen Conference — this despite the FM rule against nonAthletic Association invited the Christian involvement. team to its West Coast regional Since Seattle Pacific did not tournament for the first time. have an intercollegiate football Following that experience, Coach team, the Evergreen Conference Les Habegger and his staff urged turned down the application, and SPC to join the NCAA. Among SPC avoided potential conflict the organization’s three divisions with the church. The school’s — mainly distinguished by the independent status continued. amount of financial aid given to athletes — SPU chose Division II, National Affiliations which allowed a modest amount Over the years, the FMC ban on of aid. joining non-Christian conferences By joining the NCAA, SPC and leagues quietly disappeared. placed its varsity sports in a dual In 1953, Athletic Director Ken membership situation. The local Foreman applied for membership NAIA officials were unhappy with in the National Association of this outcome, along with the fact Intercollegiate Athletics and SPC that SPC became the first NCAA was accepted. college division school in the 10
Northwest. They passed a rule that if NAIA and NCAA events conflicted, then NAIA schools must compete in the NAIA events. SPC violated the rule, and consequently was placed on probation with possible expulsion from the association. Initially, SPC women’s sports followed NAIA rules as well. Later, as Title IX took effect, they joined the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, which was founded in 1971. A decade later, the AIAW was absorbed into the NCAA, and all women’s sports became governed by the NCAA. Division II gymnastics, however, was the lone exception, and instead was governed by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association. In the 1980s, SPU dropped its NAIA affiliation and placed all eligible men’s varsity sports under NCAA rules. Conference Affiliation In 1992, several western Division II colleges and universities banded together to form a men’s basketball conference called the Pacific West Conference. SPU was a charter member. While member participation in the conference was good, over time traveling to such faraway locations as Alaska, Hawaii, and New Mexico to compete became time-consuming and costly. In 2001, the PWC’s Northwest members, including SPU, split off to form a new conference: the Great
James Dunn, 1991-93; Jason Dunn, 1991-93
Northwest Athletic Conference. The GNAC offered competition in all major intercollegiate sports and many minor ones for both men and women. Since its inception, the GNAC has produced several D-II national champions. In 2017, the GNAC’s current members included: University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Central Washington University, Concordia University (Portland, OR), Montana State University Billings, Northwest Nazarene University, Saint Martin’s University, Seattle Pacific University, Simon Fraser University (British Columbia, Canada), Western Oregon University, and Western Washington University. THE NEXT PINNACLE Over the years, Falcon teams have enjoyed numerous national
rankings and accomplishments. Remarkable athletes and coaches have come and gone, etching their efforts in memories and record books, all while pursuing the goal of academic excellence. Yet beyond the feats of perennial programs like men’s basketball; the national championships of men’s and women’s soccer, and gymnastics; and the record-breaking runs of track and cross country legends, a truer
view of Seattle Pacific athletics comes into view. A view not just of the farthest distance, the fastest mark, or the biggest lead, but of the whole person. As the programs developed, and in turn developed their athletes, a picture of character and competence, of God present in the process, is what unfolds. Winning was not the only goal, though there was plenty of winning to celebrate. What takes prominence in this special “little school by the canal” is the whole person — the relationships, and service, and humility. As Seattle Pacific’s various teams work toward their next pinnacle of success, the pages that follow contain indelible stories and moments from the previous pinnacles reached. Read on about the legends that were made — and look forward to the legends yet to come. “Go Birds!”
2010 Elite Eight Bound: The Falcons celebrate their win over Chico State in the NCAA Western Division II finals in Brougham Pavilion.
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Seattle Pacific Sports History: 1950–51 through 2016–17
Walt Hill, 1954-55
Valerie Gustafson, 2001-04
Scott Campbell, 1990-93
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1950–51 “Big Will” Sooter Fires a No-Hitter
Will Sooter
The turnout was strong: 20 athletes for Coach Harold McNeese’s baseball squad, including hot returning pitchers Will “Big Wilburn” Sooter and Keith “Easy Ernie” Driver, and heavy hitters Don Goertzen (third base), Perry Stangvik (shortstop), and Jim Leierer (pitcher). The strategy for the season was riddled with the unexpected curve balls of circumstance. In game one of the season-opening double-header at home against the College of Puget Sound Loggers, the Falcons were trounced 17-4.
In game two, the Falcons returned the favor, humbling the Loggers 8-0. The outstanding performer in the win was Big Will Sooter, fireball pitcher. The Big Chucker from Bellingham had the Loggers completely fooled with his terrific fast ball and deceptive curve. Only three men reached first base and only one got on second as Sooter turned on the heat. He walked but one man while striking out eight. Only three balls were hit out of the infield. With Sooter racking up the outs, Leierer took hitting honors with two hits and five runs in three at bats. Goertzen and Dick Pokorny bagged homeruns while Laurie Peterson beat out a triple. Three days later, the thrilling second game of a double-header against archrival Western Washington ended in an 8-8 tie when the game was called because of darkness.
FALCON FACTS • A ground-breaking ceremony for the new Royal Brougham Pavilion features Seattle Mayor William Devin and legendary Royal Brougham, the gym’s namesake and sports editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. • Because of its calm surface, the Lake Washington Ship Canal is crowned “the ideal workout site” for crew racing by Falcon sports columnist Ed Dillery. He predicts an SPC crew team will become a powerhouse in Northwest crew racing and that consequently “more fellows will be attracted to the school.” • In order, the intramural basketball all-star scoring leaders are senior Joe Kearney with 169 points in nine games, followed by junior Paul Jackson with 119 points. Third through sixth men’s leaders are Bill McKindley, Dean Walter, Jim Leierer, and Mel Duvall. • SPC’s letterman honorary, the “Order of the S,” welds a special bond for Christian athletes in tennis, baseball, basketball, and track who desire strong bodies, minds, and characters. They are led by President Bud Bylsma and fellow officers Dick Rodlund, Wes Lingren, Dean Kimble, and Duane Magee. • In a baseball doubleheader, Falcon third baseman Perry Stangvik blasts a homer, a triple, and a single in five times at bat. The opposing Western Washington coach responds by moving all three of his outfielders to left field whenever Stangvik comes to the plate. The move is christened the “Stangvik Shift,” mimicking the “Ted Williams Shift,” named for the all-star major league baseball slugger.
1950–51 Baseball: (Front row) Don Goertzen, Marv Mayhle, Jack Mayeda, Dick Pokorny, Dick Rodlund, Earl Bivins (Second) Don Nienhuis, Harland Beery, Keith Driver, Will Sooter (Back) Dean Mack (manager), Perry Stangvik, Finney Stiles, Glen Nutter, Jim Leierer, Bernie Buck, Don Gazaway (assistant manager) (Not pictured) Tom Cooper, Laurie Peterson
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• SPC elevates tennis to a major sport with nine matches played by a strong but inexperienced varsity five: Wes Lingren, Paul Lobdell, Dean Kimble, Pedro Obtinario, and Ray Evans. The team wins once over Saint Martin’s and twice over Western Washington College of Education.
Against the Odds, Falcon Track Team Gives Fair Warning It was good news and bad news for the Falcon thinclads. The bad news was miserable weather, which delayed turnouts until the start of Spring Quarter. The good news was the largest turnout ever and the first full-time track coach in SPC history, the inimitable Ken Foreman. In addition to returning veterans such as weight man Wayne Houser, there were several promising freshmen, including the “Kalispell Komet” Gene Peterson in the 440. Peterson and teammates Bernard Buck, Wes Thompson, and Dave Vimont quickly became serious relay
contenders. Other additions were distance runners Louis Kranda and Carl Johnson; Vimont in sprints and low hurdles; and Marv Farmer in the throwing events. Factor in outstanding transfers Jim Belmore in the jumps, Bill Sargent in the hurdles, and Duane Richardson in the dashes, and Foreman liked his chances despite having to compete against schools already in mid-season form. The Falcons sought closure at the annual Saint Martin’s Relays in Olympia, the Northwest cinder season climax in Olympia. Twentytwo schools were represented, including powerhouses Eastern
Washington and Whitworth College. Outstanding finishers for SPC were Houser, who took second in the shot and fourth in the Ken Foreman discus, and Belmore, who took fourth in pole vault. The medley relay team of Peterson, Johnson, Kranda, and Thompson (who ran a sterling 880) placed fourth in their event. Best individual performance of the day went to Peterson and his 2:03 half-mile leg in the relay.
The Fluky and the Fine a Season Make While it wasn’t exactly paranormal, Falcon basketball experienced its fair share of the fluky en route to an 11 and 12 season finish. The starting Falcon Five Wes Lingren was reduced by a fifth when star shot maker Jack Hoskins, averaging 17 points a game, left for the Coast Guard, and an additional fifth when Mike Mikkelson, third leading
scorer, injured his leg. That left the impressive Wes Lingren, Bud Bylsma, and Duane Magee, with the gap ably plugged by Don Goertzen, Laurie Peterson, and Mel Nelson. Other fine reserves included Duane Richardson and Dean Walter. But how did Coach Harold McNeese guard against a postChristmas break “curse” when reserve forward Jim Bellmore arrived late due to an automobile accident? Or when a carload of other players — including Lingren, Elmer Bradley, and Richardson — were delayed two days by fog in San Francisco? And how confounding was it when center and California transfer Bradley
was present to play, but not eligible because his transcript hadn’t yet arrived in the mail? Still, the Falcons had much to celebrate at season’s end, including Lingren’s team-best 260-point haul; putting a scare into the tough Seattle University Chieftains, losing 62-58 in what was rated a “spine-tingling, teeth-jarring battle”; and downing Northern Idaho College of Education in each of two games. The players ranked the accommodations on the Idaho trip the best ever, with stays at various farm homes where “they had never seen so much good food in one place.”
ON CAMPUS • Science Club starts, with Makonnen Medhen, an Ethiopian chemistry student, its first president. • Miss Espie Cee’s lovelorn column debuts in The Falcon. • C. Hoyt Watson celebrates 25 years as president of SPC.
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1951–52 McNeese Coached for Character and Competition Coach Harold McNeese resigned after five years at the helm of Falcon athletics. He is credited
Harold McNeese
with taking the Falcons from the shadows of local athletics to “a place in the sun” of small college ranks. Honed by coaching positions at Roberts Wesleyan College
and Houghton College, McNeese came to SPC in 1946 in the face of daunting realities, including a baseball team with no home diamond and a new gymnasium still in the dream stage. It wasn’t until the 1952–53 season that Royal Brougham Pavilion would open — one year after his departure. Until then, all practices and games were off campus. McNeese quickly established a reputation for building excellence in his players, both in Christian example and competitive play. The Falcon student newspaper lauded him for a strong, inspiring testimony of personal faith, and for making friends for Christ and SPC on the road. “Although he trained his men to fight hard and give their all,” said SPC President C. Hoyt Watson, “he realized that the building of character in the players was more important than the winning of games.” In his last season with the Falcons, McNeese guided the basketball team to 11 wins, 12 losses against stiff competition.
FALCON FACTS • Varsity basketball strikes hard in a decisive 64-54 first-gameaway win over the University of British Columbia. In the second game against UBC the following day, Lowell “Mike” Mikkelson dials in, garnering 26 points in the 68-65 overtime Falcon victory. • The 1951–52 Athletic Inspirational Award goes to Laurie Peterson for his fighting spirit, sportsmanship, and sterling play on the basketball court. In baseball, his batting average is a team-best .400 through 16 games. • In the SPC Falcons first-ever televised game (KING 5 TV), the Birds fall 63-52 to the cross-town rival Chieftains of Seattle University. • For only the second time in SPC tennis history, the team finishes with a winning record, 5-4, against tough Evergreen League competition. SPC letterwinners include Wes Lingren, Dean Kimble, Paul Jackson, Gary Ladely, and Frank Cranston. • In the Falcons’ final tennis contest against Seattle University, Paul Jackson strokes his way to his tenth singles win in 12 matches. • The 1951–52 individual scoring leaders for the SPC basketball squad are Wes Lingren with 304 points and Mike Mikkelson, 302. • The doubles pair of Wes Lingren and Frank Cranston rallies from one-set down to defeat their opponents from Western Washington and give the Falcons a 5-4 win, their first against WWC since 1950. • The inspired Falcons almost upset the Central Washington Wildcats, coming up short 6660 in a hard-fought match-up. Gene Wiggins leads SPU with 20 big points and 16 rebounds.
1952 Diamond Crew: (Front row) Perry Stangvik, Don Goertzen, Ken Myers, Dick Pokorny, Jerry Johnson, Keith Driver (Back) Harold McNeese (coach), Laurie Peterson, Ken Collins, Dick Rodland, Jim Guier, Don Derby, Carl Nissen (manager)
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• JV basketball goes 14-7 and compiles the best record in the history of SPC freshman basketball. The top three scorers are Bob Robbins with 200 points; Don Derby, 193; and Dennis Mikkelson, 185.
Triple-Threat Stangvik Ignites Falcons’ Season The battle cry for the SPC baseball team couldn’t have been clearer if Coach Harold McNeese had used a bullhorn: “There will be no dead wood on the bench this season.” Thus, the Falcons fought hard against Army (Fort Lewis), Navy (Whidbey Island), and seven other regional teams. Though Army fell 13-0 and Navy 15-5, SPC took its share of hard knocks, including a 16-0 drubbing from Seattle University. Still, Big Will Sooter pitched a one-hitter against Fort Lewis and Keith Driver threw a two-hitter at the Saint Martin’s Rangers. In the Saint Martin’s game, the team became so energized behind
Driver’s performance that they scored 17 runs in six innings on 12 hits. Saint Martin’s surrendered and called the game at the end of six innings. SPC won 17-0. One personal high of the season belonged to pitcher, third baseman, and heavy hitter Perry “Big Parsley” Stangvik. In the second game of a doubleheader versus Saint Martin’s, he not only tallied four hits in seven trips to the plate (including a homerun), but fanned 11 opponents, thanks to a slow curve ball and a blazing fastball. His teammates backed him with at least one hit each. Stangvik was an igniter. He and shortstop Larry Peterson
formed a lethal combination in the batting order. They and other consistent hitters — such as Don Goertzen, Don Derby, and Jim Guier — collectively Perry Stangvik propelled Stangvik-onthe-mound to a 7-3 record for the season.
Motivated by Moring, Falcons Go the Distance An early Saturday in May 1952 May, SPC finished second overall brought Seattle Pacific’s firstwith Wes Thompson and Carl ever home track meet to Rodgers Johnson setting new school Bowl. Coach Ken records (51.3 in Foreman’s big the 440, and a guns defeated third-place finish Seattle University in the 2-mile, in a convincing, respectively). Gene lopsided manner: Peterson ran his 87-44. Ben Moring best time of the was brilliant for the year, finishing fifth Birds, winning the in the 440 with mile in 4 minutes, a 51.8. Wes Thompson, Ben Moring, 39 seconds and the That same meet Ken Foreman (coach), Denton half mile in 1:58.6. featured SPC’s Palmer, Gene Peterson. Gene Peterson Moring, touted “the set a personal record in the half, most outstanding distance man finishing second in 1:59. Denton the Philadelphia schools have ever Palmer placed third, also under produced.” Arriving too late to the two minutes. meet to warm up, he nonetheless In a five-way meet later in won the mile again in 4:39. Later,
he snared the second of the Falcons’ two firsts by winning the 880-yard run in 2:00. Under a scorching eastern Washington sun, the SPC cinder squad lost a close one to Central Washington, 71-61. If your eyes were on “Jumpin’ Jim” Bellmore, though, you might have guessed a different result. He scored 13 points by taking first in the pole vault and long jump, and second in the javelin with a throw of 160 feet. And Falcon weight man Wayne Houser took second in both shot put and discus. The relay team of Moring, Peterson, Denton Palmer, and Thompson sweetened the season by placing third at the 1952 NAIA nationals.
ON CAMPUS • Ed Haslam resigns as SPC student body president; Bill Porter replaces him. • Dr. J.
Edwin Orr presents “Faith and Life” week in daily chapel. • Collegiate Sing, a new SPC radio production, makes its broadcast debut on April 23, 1952. • The film DeShazer is shown for the first time in Seattle at the Civic Auditorium on May 16, 1952.
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1952–53 Falcon Nine Show Hustle on the Base Paths On their way to a 10-13 season, the Falcon nine had their mitts full, including a five-game win streak and the sinking of the Navy (Whidbey Island) in two Laurie Peterson games by almost three dozen total runs. Safe to say, Coach Dale Parker had some hustlers on his hands. Starting the season with two losses to the Central Washington Wildcats might not be everyone’s catalyst for success, but it helped dispel any illusions and inject the season with a load of boldness. Second baseman Jim Guier, for one, batting .343 (including five doubles), stole home in a win against Western Washington. Three days later, captain Laurie Peterson — the Falcon batting leader with a .410 average — also stole home in a 17-1 win over the College of Puget Sound.
In the Western Washington doubleheader, both games were won by SPC. During the second game, things turned weird. First, pitcher Bill Richardson was driven from the mound with only one out in the first inning. Three Falcon runs later in the fourth, the SPC bench was warned of the rule forbidding players from using first names when razzing their opponents. Falcon infielder Jerry Johnson then referred to the opposing pitcher as “Glassarm.” The base umpire thought he said “Glasseye,” but blamed it on pitcher Bill Richardson and threw him out of the ballpark. Richardson and Coach Parker exchanged words with the ump, all of which lit a fire under the trailing Falcons, who posted a 14-13 victory. Players that saw the most consistent action during the season were Jim Bellmore, Jim Guier, Laurie Peterson, Don Goertzen, Glen Nutter, Jerry Johnson, Nigel Shockey, Al Jepson, Keith Driver, and Greg King.
FALCON FACTS • Brougham Pavilion holds its inaugural basketball game on February 13, with the Falcons losing to the Portland State Vikings 56-66. The Birds come back strong the following night to beat PSC 73-58. • The SPC basketball JVs finish their season 15-10. Leading scorers for the Fledglings are Nigel Shockey with 17.2 points per game and Elmer Kendall with 10.3. • With no lettermen returning, the Falcon tennis team faces a tough schedule including College of Puget Sound, Western Washington, and Central Washington. Members of the young squad include Jerry Northrup, Paul Lobdell, George Wood, Bill Hart, and John Bergman. • Several SPC women represent the Ballard Field House in the Women’s Senior Park Department basketball league against older and more experienced players. Top scorers for the Falcon women include Flo Martin and Helen Edwards. Other contributors are Shirley Edwards, Dot Warren, Esther Bennett, Fran Hall, Darlene Wisdom, and Mabel Hart. • In the regional NAIA qualifying meet, Ben Moring establishes a new SPC record in the 880-yard run with a 1 minute, 57.2 second finish. Moring also anchors the Falcon mile relay team to a new school and NAIA state meet record of 3:23.5. Denton Palmer, Charlie Byers, and Gene Peterson round out the relay. • Pitcher Greg King hammers a home run, two triples, and two singles in his seven at-bats in a 17-10 Falcon loss to Central Washington. • In a battle of the birds, the Falcons drop the first game to the Oregon Tech Owls 62-47 but return the following night to clip the hosts 65-54. Big Elmer Bradley scores 20 points by halftime to lead all players before eventually “fowling” out.
Turning Two: Laurie Peterson and Jim Guier rehearse the double play.
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Occasionally Out-Classed, Never Out-Hustled, Falcons Inaugurate New Gym How does a team properly christen a new gym? The Falcon hoopsters did it by performing to crowds of 2,000-plus in the final two weeks of season play in the newly opened Royal Brougham Pavilion. They also did their best to live up to the exacting expectations of Ken Foreman, the first-year varsity coach. Known for demanding a fast-breaking offense combined with a ball-hawking defense, he admonished his team, “I’ll start the five men with the bloodiest knees.” When it clicked, the strategy worked beautifully. In two wins against the Northwest Nazarene
Crusaders, the Falcons Loyal fans stayed amassed 205 points. in touch. In advance In the second contest, of an away game SPC’s 106 points set a against Oregon Tech, new Seattle University the Falcons received a gym record (host to six-page telegram from this Falcons‘ “home” SPC students with 640 game) and established names affixed wishing a new high for an SPC them the best of luck. varsity game. Though the Falcons The season’s point lost the first game producers included 62-47, they rallied the Finney Stiles Finney Stiles, Chuck next day and, armed Byers, Gene Wiggins, Ed Dillery, with a new offense, humbled Elmer Bradley, Nigel Shockey, the opposition 65-54. Their final Jim Robeck, Laurie Peterson, Bob season record stood at 9-17. Robbins, and Don Goertzen.
Moring Wins 880 at NAIA Nationals; 2-Mile Relay Excels at Drake Coach Ken Foreman’s track squad classmates believed in them, too. showed especially strong in the To support the reloaded 2-mile middle distances with returning relay team to the nation’s premier “aces” Gene Peterson, Denton relay meet — the Drake Relays Palmer, and Ben in Des Moines, Iowa Moring. Gone was — students took a Wes Thompson, collection that netted who along with the $205.77. The team other three, had boarded a Northern placed third in the Pacific passenger NAIA national meet train headed east. the previous year. SPC placed fourth in However, in a stroke the relay behind San of recruiting genius, Diego State, Loyola Foreman tapped the of Chicago, and Ben Moring, 880 champion fleet-footed Charlie Arizona State. Byers to fill in the final relay spot Another strong SPC showing based on his stellar performance came at the NAIA meet in June in an intramural turkey-trot. 1953. Moring won the 880-yard Maybe as important, their run in 1 minute, 54.1 seconds
to pace Washington state’s entries, while Peterson finished fourth in the 880 and pole vaulter Elmer Kendall placed sixth with a mark of 12 feet. At Oregon’s Willamette Ben Moring Relays earlier in the season, the SPC relay team took second in the mile and 2-mile relays. The Falcons and first place UW Huskies left third place pickings to the University of Oregon and Oregon State, respectively.
ON CAMPUS • Twenty-four couples are married during Summer 1952. • SPC hosts an American
Association of University Women conference. • Royal Brougham Pavilion opens amid a gala Homecoming event on February 13, 1953. • Gilbert Finkbeiner becomes the one millionth diner in the SPC cafeteria.
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1953–54 Moring Repeats as National 880 Champion If winning a championship is difficult, repeating that feat can be twice as demanding. Yet Ben Moring was able to fend off all challengers and summon his best when it counted most. The bespectacled long sprinter
multiple jobs around campus while studying and training his way to the top. It would be the last national men’s crown to be won on the track until 1968, and for 51 years Moring was the only Falcon to win consecutive championships in the
FALCON FACTS • In the Falcons’ first full basketball season in Royal Brougham Pavilion, they lose their first three at home before winning six of the last nine. One victory is a comeback against Eastern Washington. Down 14 early, Jim Robeck’s 17 first-half points help SPC pull even by intermission, then sub Nigel Shockey scores 12 of his 13 in the second half as the Falcons pull away 76-60. • Baseball home games are played away from campus at Lower Woodland Park. There the Birds play 11 doubleheaders and, after a slow start, split the final eight outings. The squad features three future Seattle Pacific athletics staff members: Keith Phillips, Harland Beery, and Jim Guier. • Gene Peterson, Falcon cross country and track standout, is “the busiest man on campus.” Besides his studies and running, Peterson also serves as student body president and yearbook editor.
On to Iowa: Drake Relay team members include Charlie Byers, Ben Moring, Denton Palmer, Gene Peterson, and Coach Ken Foreman.
from Philadelphia found an extra gear as he surged down the final stretch of the 880-yard final at the NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Abilene, Texas, establishing a new event record. Moring won his second straight title in 1 minute, 53.4 seconds — 0.7 seconds faster than his time on the same oval a year earlier. The old NAIA mark was 1:53.7. That victory completed a most distinguished two-year career for Moring. He had hitchhiked his way to Seattle, and then worked 20
same track event; Chris Randolph would achieve that distinction in the decathlon in 2006. Gene Peterson of SPC ran third in the mile, and 2-miler Carl Johnson took sixth. A hamstring pull prevented Walt Hill from making the 100 final. Moring’s exploits raised the awareness of Falcon Athletics to another level. He would go on to pursue a ministry career, and was posthumously inducted into the Falcon Legends Hall of Fame as a member of the inaugural charter class in 2003.
• SPC wins over Eastern Washington 36-35 at the NAIA state track and field championships in Walla Walla, Washington. Moring steals the show, breaking the meet’s 880-yard record (1 minute, 55.4 seconds) and anchoring the winning mile relay with Gene Peterson, Charlie Byers, and Gordon Fee. Early in the season, Walt Hill sprints to new school records in both the 100 (9.7) and 220 (21.2). • SPC enters three relays at the prestigious Drake Relays: the mile, 2-mile, and distance medley. The Falcon foursome of Peterson, Moring, Byers, and Palmer, takes second place in the college 2-mile, behind Arizona State. • Gerald “Jerry” Northrup, SPC senior and member of the tennis team, is fatally injured on April 16. Northrup is helping to prepare ground for the building of a new church in rural King County when the heavy equipment in which he is riding flips over.
Working Overtime: Falcons Battle Into the Night There has never been another night like that of December 11, 1953, in Lacey, Washington. It was a long, long night, with circumstances making it seem even more so. The Falcons and the Saint Martin’s Rangers met in the second counting game of the basketball season in Olympia’s cavernous National Guard Armory. It was tightly contested, with the teams tied after the first, third, and fourth quarters, the 68-all score forcing overtime for only the fourth time in the varsity
program’s history. However, Coach Ken Foreman argued it should not have gotten that far. During the third quarter, Foreman protested to officials that the Falcons had been shorted a point. Eventually the game was extended to a fifth overtime period, tying the collegiate record. By then, star forward Jim Guier had crashed to the floor and suffered a cut to his head requiring 12 stitches. After scoring a teamhigh 21 points, his evening had prematurely ended. Ultimately, SPC succumbed 112-104.
Gene Wiggins and Jim Horton each contributed 18 points and, in all, six players finished in double figures. Freshman John May scored 48 points for the Rangers. That remains a record total for a Falcons Gene Wiggins foe. Furthermore, no Seattle Pacific team has played more than a double-overtime game since that date.
Birds Execute a Swift Reversal After a Humbling No-No In a challenging spring on the diamond, Seattle Pacific generated just over half as many runs as the opposition. But in baseball, there’s always another game and another atbat to atone for shortcomings. The first doubleheader of the season proved humbling when the Falcons Keith Driver traveled across the Cascades to Ellensburg. Central Washington ace Bob Logue fanned the Falcons inning after inning of the second game,
pitching a no-hitter as the Wildcats swept the twin bill with a 2-0 win in the nightcap. Falcon pitcher Gene Reece did his part, giving up just four hits, but after three games SPC had plated just six runs. But Coach Dale Parker managed to get his boys back on track in a home stand at Magnolia Playfield. A split with Western Washington followed by a 2-1 decision over Pacific Lutheran gave the Falcons
momentum going into another meeting with Central. In the first game with the Wildcats, one thing became apparent: it would not be a pitchers’ duel. The Falcons’ Keith Driver became a hitting machine, spraying balls over and through the gaps and all over the playfield. Driver was a one-man wrecking crew, hitting a homer, a triple, and two doubles for six RBIs. Other blasts came from pitcher Reece, Nigel Shockey, and Jim Bellmore, hitting consecutive triples, which gave Reece just enough cushion to survive the seventh inning and get the 14-13 victory. Although the Wildcats earned a 12-4 getaway split, game one’s slugfest gave the Birds sweet satisfaction for the earlier no-no.
ON CAMPUS • Virginia Hoffman is appointed director of women’s athletics and physical education. • Snow disrupts Homecoming. • The student union is christened “The Falcon’s Nest.” • M.B. Miller joins the faculty as head of the Department of Business.
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1954–55 Don’t Blink: Sprinters Carry the Season Track Coach Ken Foreman’s blood raced all season long behind the fleet feet of seven returning lettermen. His star sprinter, Walt Hill, began the season with recognition from Who’s Who in Track, ranking him 19th nationally in the 220-yard dash (21.2 seconds) Roy Duncan and Walt Hill and 23rd out of 1,000 sprinters in the 100 (9.7). Both were new Falcon records. On Hill’s heels was freshman all-stater Roy Duncan. Both men placed second in their 100-yard performances at the Willamette Relays, an annual gathering of 2,000 athletes in Salem, Oregon. In April, the Falcon cinder squad repelled an invasion by the Whitworth College Pirates. Hill again tied his own school record in the 220 and captured first in the 100 to become the only double winner at the meet. Completing his day, Hill ran a leg on the
victorious mile relay team with teammates Denton Palmer, Ron Ohler, and Charlie Byers. The Falcons sent six studentathletes to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Palmer, a 4.0 student, captained the team. Hill, a graduate of Queen Anne High School, was a psychology major and youth director for an interracial church. This was missionseducation major Byers’ third trip to the Relays. All-around man Gordie Fee, another 4.0 student, was a threat in high jump, long jump, hurdles, and relays. Relay man “Lightning” Ohler was one of two freshmen who made the trip. The other, sprint powerhouse “Dunc” Duncan, had competed in one relay the previous year with a punctured lung. Drake results included a fourth-place finish for the 2-mile relay squad and a sixth-place finish for Hill in the 100 finals. Ahead of the meet, Coach Foreman took delivery in Detroit of a new 1955 Buick and drove his runners home to Seattle in style.
FALCON FACTS • Ray Miller sets a new javelin record of 169 feet, 7 inches against the Whitworth Pirates, only to have his record broken days later by teammate Verlyn Iverson who throws 174-7. Iverson then breaks his own record with a toss of 177-2 against the Seattle Track and Field Club. • Behind the one-hit pitching of Bill Martino and the six-hit performance of Dick DeWeese, the Falcon batsmen snap a seven-game losing streak by beating Pacific Lutheran twice in Tacoma. • Glen Nutter, four-year baseball letterman, leads the team in hitting his freshman and senior years. During the off-season, Glen earns school expenses driving a Yellow Cab taxi. • The Falcon baseballers lose to Central Washington 15-7 and 9-6 despite a triple in each game from first baseman Keith Phillips. • After shifting forward Dick DeWeese to guard and putting his three big men — Jim Horton (6-foot-4), Max Jerman (6-7), and Mick Martino (6-6) — under the basket, Coach Ken Foreman’s cagers go on to beat Northwest Nazarene 82-73 and 86-73 during Homecoming Weekend. DeWeese hits for a high of 23 points in game one. In game two, Loren Anderson pours in 31, and Jerman and Ivan Gish each have 20. • Jim Guier closes out his Falcon basketball career in an 88-54 win over Saint Martin’s. The 5-10 Guier, a four-year letterman, is captain of the basketball team, a two-year letterman in baseball, and serves as student coach of the tennis team, leading the squad to its best-ever 7-3 record.
Track Teammates: Ron Ohler, Denton Palmer, Walt Hill, Charlie Byers, Gordon Fee, Roy Duncan
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• The Falcon 2-mile relay of Ron Ohler, Gordie Fee, Charlie Byers, and Denton Palmer bags fourth place at the 1954 Drake Relays in Iowa. The mile relay fails to qualify for the finals despite Byers’ 48.4 split on the anchor leg.
Falcons Score String of Broken Records Sometimes a season is not as memorable for its record (8-16) as for what happened in defeat. This was one such season. Take speedy guard Loren Anderson’s 461 total points scored. It was the highest on record by a Falcon hoopster. He also led in field goals, free throws, and the fewest bad passes of any player. And what of six-foot-seven Max Jerman, who grabbed 178 rebounds, or Jim Horton, who hit 47% of his 141 field goals and 74% of his free throws? Factor in away losses against Portland University (100-90) and Portland State College (94-80) on back-to-back nights. Despite
losing, you could hear the records fall as Anderson scored 17 field goals and 39 points against the Portland U Pilots, setting new SPC, Portland U, and Howard Hall home court records. In the second half, Anderson racked up nine straight field goals alone. In addition, Horton sank 17 free throws, the most ever for a Portland U opponent, to set an SPC mark. In the second game of the series against the Portland State Vikings, Horton hit 20 free throws, which shattered the previous night’s SPC record. Anderson was SPC’s high point man for the series with 65 points; Horton took second with 49.
All of which sparked Coach Foreman to remark, “I was amazed at the spirit of the team, the constant desire to win. There was no noticeable letdown on the part of anyone during any part of the season.”
1954–55 Falcons: (Front row) Bob Aubert, Don Hughes, Ivan Gish, Jim Guier, Bill Marston, Loren Anderson (Back) Forbes Gildersleeve, Dick DeWeese, Mickey Martino, Max Jerman, Jim Horton, Bill Hiner, Dick Hedges
Tennis Team Serves Up Best Season
Jim Guier and Joe Nojoku-Obi
Armed with a balance of returners and rookies, the Falcon tennis squad compiled their most successful regular season with seven wins and three losses. Student player-coach Jim Guier welcomed newcomers Roland Hayes, Joe Nojoku-Obi, and ex-GIs Paul Jackson and Frank Cranston. Nojoku-Obi was once ranked fifth nationally in his home country of Nigeria. One especially sweet victory came at the expense of Central Washington, as the Falcons defeated the Wildcats, breaking their winning match streak at nine. A week later, the Birds replayed Central and won the hard way. After losing the first three
individual matches, SPC charged back to win the last four to snatch victory and stem any payback ideas the Wildcats held. Because of their stellar performances during the season, three Falcons were invited to play at the NAIA regionals. Nojoku-Obi lost to Jim Young of Whitworth in singles play, while the doubles team of Guier and Don Hughes lost 3-2 to the doubles team from Pacific Lutheran.
ON CAMPUS • SPC awards Rev. Billy Graham an honorary Doctor of Letters (LitD). • The evening AllCollege Cruise carries a Hawaiian theme. • A new men’s dormitory opens with a capacity of 124 students. • The first Seattle All-City Missions Night is held in Brougham Pavilion.
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1955–56 Falcon Heroics Bear Fruit on the Field In a year when the Seattle Pacific baseball team beat the University of Washington twice and Seattle
Keith Phillips
University once (for the first time since 1947), everyone on campus can be forgiven a little strut in their stride despite a 9-10 season. The UW Huskies went down in a combined hail of 17 Falcon runs, scoring only six of their own. In the first game (8-2), Falcons Loren Anderson, Lloyd Burgart, Ron Herzog, and Mickey Martino banged out two hits
each, and Dave George homered. In game two (9-4) a week later, Coach Dale Parker’s boys knocked all nine of their runs onto the scoreboard before UW could cross home plate even once. Southpaw starting pitcher Frank Parente took the win. The nerve-racking victory over the SU Chieftains (3-2), the first in nine years, was best viewed from between the fingers. It started off with the Falcons quickly falling behind two runs in the first inning. But pitcher Parente kept his cool and finally in the seventh, the Falcons evened the score on the backs of a single, a double, a walk, a sacrifice bunt, a stolen second base, and a hit by pitch. Best of all, Burgart, on third when the smoke cleared, stole home, scoring the winning run. The win ended a long dry spell courtesy of the Chieftains and provided a memorable high note in four-year baseball letterman Keith Phillips’ final season.
FALCON FACTS • Losing only four games at home, the Falcons end their regular hoops season by beating Saint Martin’s twice and posting a record 15 wins versus 12 losses. Late losses to Gonzaga and Pacific Lutheran stymied a tournament bid. • The Falcon sprint medley team of Gordon Fee (400 meters), Jim Gilson (200), Roy Duncan (200), and Ron Ohler (800) take fourth at the 47th annual Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. • Jim Gilson, SPC senior, sets a personal best of 49.6 seconds in the 440-yard dash, placing second at the NAIA state meet. • Verlyn Iverson is a bright spot in the Falcons 76-55 track meet loss to Lewis and Clark as he wins the javelin with an SPC record-setting throw of 186 feet, 3 inches. • The wrestling team, coached by Homer Perkins, has a dual match with the UW Huskies. The Falcons suit up 14 athletes, including Frank Furtado, a future Falcon track and wrestling coach. • Dave George, a member of SPC’s varsity basketball and baseball teams, is chosen to play on the Venture for Victory Christian athlete basketball team on a summer tour in South America. • Jim Douglas surpasses the school’s record in the high jump when he clears the crossbar at 6-1.
Ron Herzog
• Led by player-coach Don Hughes, the tennis squad includes Chuck Simmons, Hughes, Frank Cranston, Larry Noel, and John Simpson. • The 1956 United States National Volleyball Championships are held in Royal Brougham Pavilion and the Lake Union Reserve Armory, May 9–12. The SPC men’s volleyball team enters in the college division, which is won by UCLA.
Frank Parente
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Lloyd Burgart
Dave George
• Don Hughes emerges as the singles champion in the NAIA district tournament at the Seattle Tennis Club and competes at the national tournament in San Diego.
Going Further Than Ever Before The Falcon basketball team saw a lot of W’s this year. They went 15-12, including winning their first four games. And though at season’s end they lost to Dick DeWeese Pacific Lutheran College in the NAIA regional semifinal game, it was the closest SPC had ever come to nationals. Loren Anderson took top scoring honors for the year with a total of 495 points, breaking his own school scoring record from the previous year. Other highs came in a two-game series with Eastern Oregon College of Education. By the end of the
second game, 6-foot-7 pivotman Max Jerman had amassed 63 points (26 in game one, 37 in game two) behind the clever passing and ball handling of set-up man and captain, senior Dick DeWeese. Anderson added 34 points of his own over the two nights. The Falcons swept the series 91-82 and 89-81. Most explosive honors go to the action over the Taylor University Trojans on Homecoming weekend. In the barnburner on Friday night, the Trojans led at the half by 16 points (50-34). But in the second half, while
the Falcons’ shooting average climbed, their opponents’ average sank. With four minutes to go and the Trojans still commanding a 10-point lead, the Falcons swooped in and tied the score with 10 unanswered points. A Trojan rally came short. Falcon fans suffered temporary hysteria when, again on the brink of defeat, big Mickey Martino landed a hook shot, sending the game into overtime. The rapacious raptors of SPC prevailed. Another hook shot by Martino and four baskets by Bob Robbins and DeWeese put the Trojans away for good, 83-76. A 69-52 win over Taylor the following night sealed the deal.
Getting the Jump on the Competition There were flashes of brilliance all season long. In March, the Falcon track team won four firsts, more than any of the other five colleges in the Willamette Relays. Early in May, they came in second out of seven teams at the Whitman Invitational. By late May, they dominated the field of nine colleges at the NAIA state finals. Coach Ken Foreman’s speedsters set two state records and tied one to win their third straight NAIA regional track title. Seven Falcons won first place finishes out of 15 events. Lloyd Pugh set a new mark in the mile run at 4 minutes, 26 seconds. An hour later, he won the 2-mile in
10:04.2. Roy Duncan bested the 220-yard record in 21.7 (formerly held by teammate Walt Hill) and tied the meet record of 9.9 in the 100. He was named outstanding athlete of the meet. Other first place finishers included Ron Ohler in the 880 (1:58.7), Jim Douglas in the high jump (5 feet, 11 1/4 inches), and team captain Gordon Fee in the long jump (22 3/4 ). Of the state winners, four Falcons represented SPC at the NAIA national meet in San Diego, California. Roy Duncan placed third in the 100-meter dash (10.7 seconds) in the preliminaries and second in the semi-finals (10.5),
but he didn’t place in the finals. Gordon Fee placed third in the 400 hurdles with a time of 54.6, and Lloyd Pugh ran a 3:58.5 for fifth in the 1,500. Seattle Pacific finished 11th in the final national standings with 14 points.
Jim Douglas
ON CAMPUS • Total SPC enrollment reaches 1,000 students. • Fire damages Tiffany Hall. • SPC
captures the Columbia Valley speech trophy. • In December, the 185-member Oratorio Society presents Mendelssohn’s “Saint Paul” with Professor Philip Mack singing the titular role.
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1956–57 Expecting the Unexpected In one sense, it was a season expected. The “unbeatable” Seattle University Chieftains, ranked seventh in the nation, handed the SPC Falcons a 106-72 loss. But the Falcons dished out some scrappy competition. According to Bud Livesley of The Seattle Times, “… although the Falcons were outmanned, outgunned, and outranked,” they refused to wilt. AllDon Hughes American forward Elgin Baylor of the Chieftains logged an impressive 39 points and 20 rebounds. For the Falcons, center Max Jerman scored 25. In another sense, it was a season unexpected. The Falcons snatched one from mighty Gonzaga in a two-game stand. In the first contest, with the game tied at 65 and just six seconds remaining on the clock, Falcon reserve guard Don Hughes sank a
free throw to give the hometown boys the win. The loss cast doubt on the Zags chances for the NAIA state playoff bid and left them bruised and confused. The next night the Zags won 75-68, but by then the damage was done. The season ended with a 28-point victory over the Central Washington Wildcats, the Falcons’ biggest margin of the season. They finished with a 4-6 record in the Evergreen Conference, and 11-15 overall. Individual performances approached the stratosphere. Front man Loren Anderson became the first Falcon player ever to score more than 1,000 career points. Jerman, the season’s leading scorer at 423, became only the second player in SPC history to score more than 400 points in a single season.
FALCON FACTS • After seven years as Falcon track coach, Ken Foreman announces he is returning to USC to pursue a doctoral degree. • Senior player-coach Don Hughes finishes his stellar tennis career by winning eight of his nine singles duels and leading the Falcons to an 8-3 record. • SPC’s club sport wrestlers test themselves against Oregon, Washington, and Oregon State. Captained by Ted Bjornson, the Falcons beat the Huskies behind three pins. Ed Dorstad, one of the winners, later qualifies for the national junior championships held in Tacoma. • SPC dominates the 7th Annual Willamette Invitational Meet in Salem, Oregon, winning five relays. In the distance medley, Marvin Reimer, Dave Cannon, Ron Ohler, and Lloyd Pugh defeat a UW foursome in meet-record time. Other Falcon victories come in the 440-yard, sprint medley, 2-mile, and 480yard shuttle hurdle relays. • Don Worrall sets a new Falcon record in the pole vault at 13 feet, 7 inches against the University of Washington. • SPC’s sprint medley team takes third place at the Drake Relays in Iowa. Darrold Tucker, Ron Ohler, Roy Duncan, and Marvin Reimer post a time of 3 minutes, 27 seconds. • Loren Anderson wins the SPC batting title hitting .410 for the year.
1956–57 Basketball: (Front row) Les Habegger (assistant coach), Bob Aubert, Mickey Martino, Max Jerman, Orville Anderson, Ken Darrow, Bob Anderson, Ken Foreman (coach) (Back) Loren Anderson, Don Hughes, Dave George, Dick Hedges, Bill Marston, Verlyn Iverson
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• In a dual meet with Central Washington in Ellensburg, Roy Duncan sets a new school record of 9.6 in the 100-yard dash, breaking Walt Hill’s previous mark of 9.7 from 1954. Another SPC record falls when Ted Bjornson spins the discus 137 1/2, breaking Wayne Houser’s five-year-old mark (134-6). Lloyd Pugh runs 9:48.8 in the 2-mile for a record, and Armin Klatt skims the high hurdles in 15.5, breaking Harry Renick’s 1955 record of 15.8.
Lumps and Fist Pumps In a season best described as a “bumpy ride,” Les Habegger took the coaching reins from Dale Parker, who assumed the head baseball coaching position with the University of Washington. Parker showed no mercy against his former team. Early in the season the UW’s George Kritsonis threw a no-hitter against the Falcons in an 18-0 win that included 16 strikeouts. But it was also a season in which SPC shut out Seattle University 5-0 and scored twin victories in a doubleheader with the Central Washington Wildcats, 12-5 and 6-4. In the doubleheader, the Falcons ran up 25 hits, including
four home runs, Rangers, Anderson hit four triples, and six three singles and a doubles. That the triple in four attempts. Wildcats came back New hurler Ron four days later and Strandt proved defeated the Falcons in an excellent another doubleheader acquisition. In the first illustrates the sheer doubleheader with the depths of the season’s Wildcats, he pitched Loren Anderson ruts. the first game, then Bright spots returned in relief in included the power bat wielded the seventh inning of the second by Loren “Andy” Anderson, who game — and was thus credited hit .356 after 21 games. The top with two wins in one day. Super batter also led in runs scored (13), productive for the day, too, was RBIs (10), doubles (4), and tied with Palmer Stangvik, who ripped a Dave George in total hits (21). In single, double, triple, home run, and a victory over the Saint Martin’s five RBIs in seven trips to the plate.
Nine Track Records Erased Record-breaking proved contagious in the spring of 1957. A pair of juniors, Roy Duncan and Lloyd Pugh, whose names were already etched into the record books, greeted the balance of their 20-man squad in late February with an infectious mindset of “We can do more.” Duncan, Pugh, and several others had trained throughout the offseason, putting in the hard work and building the base for excellence. Before the Falcons flipped the calendar from March, Duncan had run a 9.9-second 100 yards to win versus Washington and Western Washington, and Pugh anchored a victorious distance medley relay that beat the Huskies in a meetrecord time of 10:55.7 for 2 1/2
miles at the Willamette Relays. In been rewritten, with 10 different all, SPC won five relays in Salem, athletes taking part. Oregon. In April, Marlin Reimer After breaking his own state ran the fastest 2-mile race, but record in the 220 (21.0), Duncan a month later he was eclipsed ran sixth in the NAIA national by Pugh (9:48.8), who rebounded meet. He also ran a leg of the from a foot fracture. sprint medley that finished third at As the weather warmed-up, the Drake Relays in Iowa. Duncan first bolted to a record-tying 9.8 seconds in the 100 at the Vancouver Relays. He was chosen athlete of the meet after breaking the school standard with a blazing anchor leg in the 440-yard relay. Two weeks later, Duncan obliterated that 1957 Track and Field: (Front row) George Parkins, Ralph Kester, Ron Ohler, Bob Simpson, Forest Walls, Lloyd Pugh, Sam Oakland, Dick with a 9.6 in Ellensburg. Hedges, Roy Duncan (Back) Dave Cannon, Don Worrall, Bob Anderson, By the time Darrell Tucker Lloyd Crowston, Bob Hathaway, Jess Kassahn, Marlin Reimer, Ray clocked a 4:23.2 in the Volberg, Herb Young, Armin Klatt, Paul Winslow, Dick Nanka-Bruce, mile, nine SPC records had Ken Foreman (coach)
ON CAMPUS • The inaugural worship service is held in First Free Methodist Church, the college’s
church. • Mice run wild in Tiffany Hall. • The first SPC-sponsored European study trip is organized by Dr. Donald Demaray, religion professor. • May 8 is declared “Be Kind to Faculty” day.
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1957–58 For the Record(s): Loren Anderson Few freshmen will arrive on campus with greater fanfare than Loren Anderson did in 1954 — and none have left Seattle Pacific with a more indelible mark upon departure.
Loren Anderson
On the day he committed to SPC out of Auburn High School, Anderson posed for newspaper photos with President C. Hoyt Watson. He would go on to break all existing SPC records, then better his own standards before saving his best for last. Unassuming in appearance off the court, the 5-foot-9 senior’s speed, remarkable agility, and smooth shooting stroke were on display one last time in Brougham Pavilion for the final home basketball game versus Saint Martin’s. Soon after the opening tip, 28
“Andy” went to work breaking yet another set of records. He hit 13 of his first 16 shots to score 30 points in the first 20 minutes. When the Rangers got physical in the second half, Anderson responded with impeccable free-throw accuracy to clinch the win. He finished a perfect 14-for-14 from the foul line and 20-of-30 from the floor to obliterate his previous single-game scoring high (38) with 54 points — the second-most scored by a Northwest collegian at any level. (Elgin Baylor of Seattle University scored 60 in January.) Anderson left a litany of entries in the record book — 13 in all — during his final campaign, many of which would stay intact more than 40 years after he graduated. Anderson is the career scoring king (1,948 points, 18.9 average) and both his 14-14 free throws and 12-12 fieldgoal efforts remain unsurpassed. Later, in baseball, Anderson led the Falcons in seven categories, including batting (.419), stolen bases (20), and doubles (20). More than his numbers, Anderson endeared himself to teammates and fans through his commitment to excellence and his walk of faith. He was always focused and in top physical condition, and, according to an editorial in The Falcon, “the thing that makes him so popular … is his unmatched ability to get along with people.”
FALCON FACTS • Coach Les Habegger’s regular starters include three unrelated Andersons: Loren, Orville, and Bob. Loren, the Falcon Flyer, is the top scorer; he hits 37 or more points three times. Orville, the center, establishes a school record by snaring 25 rebounds versus Portland State. • Besides playing basketball, Bob Quall is an impressive tennis player. Quall not only plays in the No. 1 spot, he is rated among the top players in the state. He also serves as the Falcons’ coach. During the basketball season, Quall scores 20 points versus Whitworth, whose dean of students is his father, Alvin Quall. • Coach Bernie Buck is blessed with quality and depth among sprinters. At the Willamette Relays, eight runners combine to win while setting four meet records. Dave Cannon factors in three of the marks set by the distance medley (10 minutes, 33.7 seconds), sprint medley (2:34.7), and mile (3:30) relays. The 440-yard relay team of Don Worrall, Armin Klatt, Ron Ohler, and Roy Duncan also win in a school record time of 43.3 (later converted to 43.0 for 400 meters). At the Drake Relays in Iowa, the quartet of John Finkbeiner, Klatt, Ohler, and Marlin Riemer take fifth in the sprint medley. • For the first time in eight years, SPC fashions a winning baseball record (14-12-1) and vies for an NAIA tournament berth late in the season. Among the highlights are a Doug Weeks homer to beat Seattle University, a fourhit game from Doug Reid in a victory over Eastern Washington, and freshman Mickey Martino’s seven wins, including a 5-4 victory over Washington in which he singles-in the winning run in the ninth inning.
Duncan Runs Like the Wind While track times speak for themselves, the way Roy Duncan ran is most associated with a gust of wind — the speed of which has never again been matched by a Falcon sprinter. During his Roy Duncan final season of blazing down the straightaways of Queen Anne
Bowl and other tracks, Duncan was rarely denied the honor of being first to break the finish-line tape. No matter the level of competition, he was the Northwest’s preeminent performer over the 100- and 220-yard distances. Duncan also reached the final of the prestigious Drake
Relays (his only regular season loss), and again won both the 100 and 220 titles in the NAIA district meet. He completed his career consistently running 9.6-second100s and finished as a three-time All-American. How good was Duncan? More than 60 years later, his metricconverted 100 and 200 records still stand, while the 400-meter relay mark ranks No. 2. Quite simply, Roy Duncan was, and still is, the fastest man to ever don a Seattle Pacific singlet.
Habegger, Buck Take the Reins Ken Foreman’s departure for graduate school created multiple opportunities for others, particularly Les Habegger and Bernie Buck. Habegger assumed Foreman’s title of athletic director, and in July 1957 he also took over as head basketball coach. Buck, a 1951 SPC graduate, returned as Habegger’s pick to coach cross country and track, in addition to assisting him in a trying first season of basketball. The Falcons lost their first seven games before beating Lewis and Clark and Puget Sound. Thanks to the heroic efforts of Loren Anderson and Orville Anderson, SPC won four of the final nine to go 6-20. “If it takes a good loser to be a good winner,” quipped Habegger, “we should be world beaters next season.”
Les Habegger
Bernie Buck
ON CAMPUS • SPC seniors gift a water fountain in front of Peterson Hall. • Students approve a $6 per quarter assessment toward a new student union building. • Seattle Mayor Gordon Clinton visits the SPC campus. • The King’s Men, a book club, is organized on campus.
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1958–59 Worrall and Douglas Fly High for the Falcons
Armin Klatt
How high can you fly? That’s the question Falcons Don Worrall and Jim Douglas asked themselves this track season. And each one answered with a record-setting performance in his signature event. Worrall, a four-year letterman, rebroke his own pole vault record by soaring 13 feet, 7 inches in a triangular meet with the University of Washington and Western Washington College. His effort was good for second place. Worrall also won the long jump at 21-8 with Douglas the runner-up. Other Falcons earning points were John Anderson (high hurdles), Armin Klatt
(low hurdles), Ron Johnson (220-yard dash), and Dave Cannon (half mile). Although primarily a vaulter, Worrall showed off his versatility in a meet against Pacific Lutheran College: He scored 19.5 points by taking first in the 100-yard dash (10.5 seconds), pole vault (13 feet), and long jump (21-4 1/2), and by running a leg of the winning mile relay. He also took second in the discus. As a result of his effort, SPC won the meet 68-62. Douglas consistently delivered points in the high and long jumps, but the high jump was his specialty. Against the University of Washington freshmen, the junior cleared the bar at his own height — 6 feet, 4 inches — eclipsing his previous school record of 6-3 3/4. Douglas’ leaping ability not only sparkled in the field, it earned him multiple rebounds on the basketball court.
FALCON FACTS • Bernie Buck begins his coaching stint at SPC as assistant basketball coach, head track and cross country coach, and director of intramurals. Buck is a 3-year letterman for SPC in baseball and track and a former Marine. • Center Orv Anderson scores 38 points and grabs 22 rebounds to lead the Birds to their first road win of the season against the Lewis and Clark Pioneers 76-66. • The Falcon netters upset Seattle University 4-3 with Bob Pettitt winning in his No. 1 spot. Coach Andy Montana’s team finishes 7-7 for the season. The final Falcon ladder includes No. 1 Pettitt, followed by Ken Hedstrom, Dwight Sharpe, Bob Funk, and Bill Demmert. Funk sets an individual school record with a 10-1 season. • Cross country runners Dave Cannon, Ed Forbes, Vic Ensz, and Darrell Morrison represent the Falcons at the 7th Annual Northwest AAU Championships at Green Lake. • Loren Anderson, the most prolific scorer in Falcon basketball history, is on hand during the 1959 Homecoming game to see his jersey No. 5 retired in honor of his phenomenal career at Seattle Pacific. • A trio of SPC students are official timers for the recordshattering walk by Hungary’s Frank Sipos following the Falcons versus Seattle Olympic Club dual meet. Dennis Bergum, Ray Bowman, and Howard Call clock Sipos as he heels-and-toes to break national 8K and 9K records.
1959 Tracksters: (Front row) Don Worrall, Ed Forbes, Ron Johnson (Back) Dave Cannon, Armin Klatt, Jim Douglas, John Anderson
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• SPC sends four members of its track team to the Washington State NAIA finals in Walla Walla on May 30. The group includes Jim Douglas, high jump; Don Worrall, pole vault; Dave Cannon, middle distance; and John Anderson, low hurdles. Douglas and Worrall are rated in the top 10 nationally in their respective events.
One “Andy” Out, Another One In as Falcons Fill Scoring Vacuum “I thought they scoring average — just graduated that fella 0.2 behind Loren’s record Anderson,” lamented setting 23.4 pace. one opposing The season began basketball coach. on a high note for Coach That was true — Habegger’s Falcons as the original “Andy,” they edged the Saint Falcon guard Loren Martin’s Rangers 54-53 Anderson, had in Brougham Pavilion. graduated. So where Although Anderson would the points come would carry the Orville Anderson this year? As it turned scoring load, it was out, from another Anderson — senior guard Ron James who took this time Orville, the Birds 6-foot-5 an inbounds pass and let fly with senior center. Although no relation a long-range buzzer-beater to win to each other, the two Andersons the game and garner a ride off the shared one thing in common: they floor on his teammates’ shoulders. could score. Other highlights during an At season’s end, Orville would 11-14 season were road wins finish with a 23.2 points per game over Portland’s Lewis and Clark
College Pioneers 75-66, and highranking Portland State College 84-63. At home, the Birds picked off the Whitworth Pirates 77-54 and the Eastern Washington College Savages 88-74. Anderson figured big in both wins, using his soft hook shot often to score 32 points against PSC and 33 against Eastern. He scored 38 points twice, once each against Linfield College and Lewis and Clark. Playing the center position, he also carried the rebounding load, as seen against the Pioneers when he pulled down 22. In recognition of his outstanding play, Anderson received honorable mention to the Small College AllAmerica team.
Hope Springs Eternal as Falcons Take the Field Hopes were high as second-year coach Les Habegger and his new assistant, former Falcon baseball and basketball star Loren Anderson, sent their diamond crew onto the field for the 1959 season. Although Ron Herzog (third base) and Dean Reid (center field) were the only seniors, the squad had talented returners in Dick Mogg (catcher), John Knaplund (pitcher), Bob Riegel (first base), Bruce Kemper (second base), and Dick James (left field). Plus, there were promising freshmen Bob Morris (right field) and Don Wright (shortstop) to add some punch at the plate. However, the Falcons stumbled out of the chute and succumbed
4-3 to the University of Portland Pilots and 7-6 to the University of British Columbia at the preseason Seattle Collegiate Baseball tournament. In their first “counter” game, the Birds also lost 6-0 to the University of Washington. In baseball lingo, it was time for a change-up. And the Falcons did that in their next two outings, downing the Saint Martins’ Rangers 10-4 and 2-1 in a double header. Traveling east, the Birds dropped two to the Central Washington Wildcats before pounding Eastern Washington 20-6. Winston Lessley got the win and Doug Weeks and Morris were the batting heroes with Weeks pounding out a triple,
double, and two singles. Morris had four hits in six tries. Other highlights included wins over Pacific Lutheran College, Western Washington College, and Linfield College. The Falcons finished with an 11-13 record. For the season, John Knaplund Reid led the Falcon hitters with a .324 average, followed closely by Weeks at .323. Knaplund (4-6; 2.17 ERA) and Fred Weedon (25) were the workhorse pitchers, with freshman Steve Blowers showing a creditable 3-1 record and 2.51 ERA.
ON CAMPUS • Plans for a new student union building are approved. • Dr. Oswald Smith visits First
Free Methodist Church, the college’s church. • Residence halls are named after Burton Moyer and the Marston family (A.J., Grace, and C. May). The new music facility is christened Crawford Music Building after Harold Crawford, alumnus and donor. • Mandrake the Magician performs in McKinley Auditorium.
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1959–60 Unforeseen Good Fortune It’s doubtful that anyone, even Les Habegger, foresaw such good fortune for his Falcons in 1959–60. In the previous two seasons, they had graduated the two greatest ballplayers in SPC history: Loren Anderson and Orville Anderson. To think the starless squad that Dave Wortman followed would win as many games as those two teams combined was outlandish. Yet that’s what happened. Habegger harnessed the power of a truly unselfish and hungry team, the so-called Canal Five, plus a handful of key reserves, to win 17 games — the most in 15 years — and reach the NAIA district playoffs. The fans fell in love with the camaraderie and teamwork they exhibited. Sophomore guard Dave Wortman led in overall scoring (13.9 points),
but on any given night the hot hand might belong to Jim Oraker, Bob Morris, Dick Mogg, Bob Rochelle, or the ever-improving 6-foot-5 “Big Ben” Schellenberg. Fitted for contact lenses as a senior, Schellenberg responded by raising his free throw accuracy from 30% to a team-high 73%. He, Rochelle, and Oraker regularly ruled the battle on the boards. Seattle Ben Schellenberg Pacific started off by winning seven of nine and later enjoyed a 7-1 stretch to clinch the postseason berth. They won six times on the road, triple the number Habegger accumulated in his first two seasons, prompting him to say (straightfaced) of the long return drives across the state: “It’s wonderful. The scenery is beautiful, players crack jokes. Why, even on night drives you can almost hear the birds singing.” Funny what winning will do.
1959–60 Basketball: (Front row) Jerry Clyde, John Moffitt, Jim Oraker, Dick Mogg, Dave Wortman, Bob Morris (Back) Bob Rochelle, John Knaplund, Ben Schellenberg, Bob Hathaway, Jim Douglas, Jay Bowerman, Ted Parker
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FALCON FACTS • Richard “Dick” Kamm, a twosport standout for Wheaton College, is hired by Habegger to fill two positions in 1959–60: first, as the freshman basketball coach; and second, as Habegger’s replacement as head coach of baseball. • While golf is not a varsity sport, it is taken under advisement by the faculty athletic committee. Bernie Buck acts as coach, in addition to his duties in cross country and track. The Falcons compete in the NAIA district tournament, finishing fourth. While Bob Trosvig shoots 156 for 36 holes at district, Gary Poppino leads the team with 13 match points (of a possible 27) over the season. • In basketball in Bellingham, it seems an upset of top-seed Western Washington is within reach. SPC leads 17-10 early and then rallies from 25 down to come within three points in the second period before falling 73-58. • Wet spring weather factors favorably in a baseball comeback. Behind UPS 4-2, and with Loyal Heights Playfield getting progressively soaked, Bob Morris blasts a two-run home run, and Fred Weeden singles and eventually steals home with the winning run for a 5-4 victory in the bottom of the sixth and final slippery inning. • Snowfall in Ellensburg moves the NAIA district cross country meet to Green Lake, and the Falcons take advantage by beating Western Washington for the trophy. Freshman Don Brown is runner-up over 4 miles and leads a parade of top-five SPC harriers, including Bob O’Brien, Dale Swanson, and Dave Cannon. • Wes Johnson, a teacher at Queen Anne High School, begins coaching the tennis team. No. 1 singles player Bob Pettitt, after a promising start, is sidelined by injury in early May.
More to Mogg Than Statistics Box scores could never tell the true value of a player such as Dick Mogg. Mogg was named team MVP and Seattle Pacific’s athlete of the year largely because of the intangibles he brought to the basketball court and the baseball diamond. Mogg, a 6-foot-3-inch senior from Bremerton, demonstrated his leadership mettle as a sophomore transfer from Wheaton while playing alongside the Andersons (Loren and Orville). After serving as co-captain his junior year, he truly came into his own as a senior, performing the selfless but vital role of defensive stopper.
“Dick has the knack of being able to stick close to an opponent,” observed Habegger. After Lewis and Clark’s Royce Daniels torched the Falcons for 18, Mogg got his first assignment. He responded by smothering him in possession and off the ball, too. Daniels was able to launch only five field-goal attempts, making two. In January, Mogg applied the clamps to top scorers for Puget Sound and district-leading Western Washington to start another win streak. Once the hoop season concluded Mogg pulled on the
flannels and catcher’s gear. He starred in two of Seattle Pacific’s biggest baseball victories, slapping three singles Dick Mogg and scoring the winning run in the seventh against Saint Martin’s and belting two homers, a double, and a single in a 9-7 upset of Seattle University.
Young Tracksters Mature Quickly Bob Bartlett was just getting think we’ll be able to hold our own started. Bartlett was part of as the season goes along.” Bernie Buck’s squad that was Bartlett was the only Falcon long on potential but short on to place in two open events at experience (returning just two the NAIA district meet, taking lettermen), and fourth in both he epitomized the high and those qualities. intermediate Although only hurdles. a freshman Jim from Salem, Douglas, Oregon, he one of two broke the seniors, won school high the district hurdles record high jump by midseason crown (6 feet, and repeated 4 3/4 inches) that feat again and went on a few weeks to become an later. All-American, Coach Bernie Buck and Bob Bartlett “Even if the tying for team doesn’t look like a worldthird at nationals. Dave Cannon, beater tomorrow,” noted Buck, “I the captain and other outgoing
senior, ran third in the district 880-yard run.
Dave Cannon
ON CAMPUS • The SPC Institute of Research is established. • C. Dorr Demaray is inaugurated as
SPC’s fourth president on March 1, 1960. • “Mr. Falcon,” P.J. Highsmith, takes the reins of the Pep Club. • Construction begins on the new Crawford Music Building.
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1960–61 Basketball Gets A Surprise No one was expecting the call, least of all the coach. But when the phone rang, Coach Les Habegger was ecstatic to hear the basketball committee
Gary Wortman
chairman for the NAIA on the line. While the Falcons had improved, their regular season record stood at just 13-11. To Habegger’s surprise, the committee had noted that SPC won nine of its final 12 games, including a Dave Wortman-fueled (33 points) victory over playoffbound Pacific Lutheran. This convinced them that the Falcons deserved to play on. Before a raucous Brougham Pavilion crowd, Bob Morris scored 34
24 points and Gary Wortman added 20, compensating for the loss of his brother, top scorer Dave Wortman, who had fouled out of the game, as Seattle Pacific beat Pacific Lutheran 77-69. Two days later they went to Bellingham, where Morris scored 27 and the Falcons upset Western Washington 80-75. Still, to make it to Kansas City, Missouri, and the national finals, SPC had to defeat the state’s top seed, Whitworth — not once but twice. On the road. And the Pirates’ coach, Dick Kamm, was Habegger’s assistant a year earlier. “Kamm learned a lot under me,” said a straight-faced Habegger. “As soon as he got to Whitworth, he installed a different offense from ours, and he started winning right away.” Two of those regular-season wins were against the Falcons, by a total of 34 points. Three-hundred fans drove across the state to support Seattle Pacific, and the Falcons put up a fight in the best-of-three series opener, but Whitworth prevailed 75-68. The next night, the Pirates put an end to the fairytale story, eliminating SPC 71-62.
FALCON FACTS • Basketball team captain Bob Rochelle graduates as the school’s rebounding leader (307), supplanting Orville Anderson (295). • Basketball coach Les Habegger returns to the baseball dugout in 1961, when SPC endures a 2-13 campaign. He had managed the baseball program from 1957 to 1959, but yielded to Dick Kamm in 1960. • In an effort to fund new bleachers for Brougham Pavilion, student body leaders propose a student admission fee of 25 cents instead of allowing them free admittance. The bleachers have a price tag of $5,000, with approximately $4,000 already raised by donors. • The Falcons host their first home track and field meet since 1954 when Saint Martin’s visits for an April 6 dual encounter. The meet is held at the completely renovated Rodgers Field track on Queen Anne Hill a few blocks south of campus. • Bob O’Brien earns AllAmerica honors in the NAIA steeplechase by finishing sixth. • Bob Funk wins 12 straight singles matches during the spring tennis season and is 26-7 overall through his three seasons on the varsity team. • Among the non-varsity activities held during the year are a men’s golf squad competition with Puget Sound, Pacific Lutheran, and Western Washington. In addition, a women’s basketball team featuring Falcon Track Club member Virginia Husted plays local community colleges. • For the first time, the Falcon track team enters at least one competitor in each event except the javelin in a dual meet against Eastern Washington State College.
Ken Foreman Returns When he left in 1957, Ken Foreman was wearing six hats, not counting the hard hat he wore during the construction of Royal Brougham Pavilion: department head (for seven years), class instructor, athletic director, and coach of basketball, track, and cross country. Having completed his doctoral studies in physical education at USC, his undergraduate alma mater, Foreman returned to Seattle the fall of 1960 to take charge of the SPC’s Physical Education Department. Coaching, however, was still in his blood. While he didn’t take the reins of a varsity program,
Foreman resumed his tutelage of young women in the Falcon Track Club, which he founded in 1955. Among his athletes were three standouts: middle-distance runner Doris Severtsen, javelin thrower Virginia Husted, and high jumper Marilyn Saling. Severtsen, an SPC freshman and converted long jumper from Gig Harbor, had only run competitively for a year. Coach Ken Foreman and Doris Severtsen However, by June she owned national records in both the 440- and 880-yard distances.
Falcon Harriers Handle Huskies
Hard-Won Hardware: Falcon harriers won five out of six races in 1960, including against the UW Huskies, plus the Northwest Junior AAU, Greater Seattle, and District 1 NAIA championships. (From left) Bernie Buck (coach), Dave Cannon (captain), Don Brown, Dale Swanson, Bob Ralston, Bob O’Brien, and Tom Notter. (Not pictured) Ken Cox, Dale Dietzman, Al Halvorson
Bernie Buck’s cross country team was the class of the state’s small colleges, yet more impressively in 1960 the Falcons proved they could run with the big boys. SPC upset the University of Washington 34-41 in a five-team meet at Green Lake. It was the first victory over the Huskies in five seasons. Paced by Don Brown, Seattle Pacific went on to repeat as district champion. Brown was the district runner-up and three teammates were among the top seven. Although the Falcons did not send a full team to NAIA nationals in Omaha, Brown went and placed 22nd.
ON CAMPUS • Overflow chapel requires the first closed-circuit TV feed to Crawford Music Building. • Former Secretary of Commerce and New York Governor Averell Harriman speaks in chapel. • Doris (Severtsen) Brown debuts by winning the Pacific Northwest AAU cross country championship at Green Lake. • More than 20 SPC students serve in Young Life.
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1961–62 A Complete Hoops Turnaround Five years into his tenure as basketball coach, Les Habegger had literally turned the program around. Throughout much of the 1950s, SPC
Jim Oraker
into Brougham Pavilion every game night, averaging nearly 1,300 over the season. A record Homecoming crowd of 2,798 shoehorned into the building after 600 more bleachers were added. Another 2,200 came for the final regular season outing, a 74-57 romp over Southern Oregon for the Birds’ 19th victory. For the NCAA West Regional, some 250 boosters traveled to Sacramento, California, where the Falcons faced top seed and host Sacramento State. Unfortunately, the Hornets, much bigger and undefeated at home, outrebounded the visitors by 25 and won 68-57. However, Habegger’s boys bounced back. In the consolation contest, Dave Wortman scored 28 points, Denny Browleit gave SPC the lead for good with 1:30 remaining, and a Jim Oraker layup in the final minute sealed a 73-68 victory over Fresno State and completed a 20-7 season.
finished below .500, including a 6-20 mark when he succeeded Ken Foreman in 1957–58. In fast fashion, Seattle Pacific made remarkable strides, first nearly doubling that 1958 win total, and two years later reaching the NAIA district tournament. By 1961–62, the Falcons were Washington’s toughest small-college team on the hardwood, going a combined 7-1 against the likes of Eastern, Western, and Central Washington, and Saint Martin’s and Puget Sound. That led to an NCAA tournament berth, the first for a College Division program in the Northwest. Falcon fans squeezed Dave Wortman 36
FALCON FACTS • On February 23, 1962, the “Les Habegger Appreciation Night” does not end when the coach is carried off the court following another victory. Instead, Falcon basketball boosters present Habegger and his wife, Anne, with the keys to a new red car parked outside Brougham Pavilion. • Bob Bartlett sets school records in both the high and intermediate hurdles. At season’s end, Bartlett finishes fourth and seventh, respectively, at the NAIA national meet in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. • Dale Parker returns to the dugout following a four-year stint coaching at the University of Washington. During that time, he led the Huskies to a league title. Parker had coached the SPC baseball program from 1953 to 1956. • Against Saint Martin’s in March, centerfielder Sid Pederson goes 6-for-6 from the plate and reaches base eight times altogether. • Basketball’s Jim Oraker is busy on and off the court. Oraker serves as student body vice president, chaplain of male students, and a Young Life leader at Cleveland High School. A married student, he also plays the guitar and saxophone — in his spare time. • At the regional tournament, basketball standout Rod Ancheta is assessed the team’s second technical foul of the season. His offense? Not facing the official when flipping him the ball. • Bob O’Brien wins the NAIA district cross country title on his home course at Green Lake, just ahead of teammates Don Brown and Jim Ross. O’Brien runs 16th nationally and SPC is sixth overall. • Falcon Track Club’s Doris Severtson wins the Vancouver Relays 880 in 2 minutes, 17.1 seconds, improving her own AAU record. She then takes fourth at the national meet while FTC javelin thrower Virginia Husted is eighth.
An Upgrade Up the Hill What do diamonds, cinders, and bubbles have in common? Absolutely nothing, unless you’re describing a coincidental convergence of facility upgrades for Seattle Pacific College athletics in 1962. Up the hill from Brougham Pavilion, the spring sports of baseball, track and field, and tennis all come together at city-owned Queen Anne Bowl for practice and competition. And during spring they had their respective homes built or renovated. Improvements to the Bowl itself included adding new cinders for the existing oval and expanding the footprint of the baseball diamond. The ballfield featured an expanded left field, new backstop, and added topsoil. Space for tennis was made available by tearing down a former mansion-turned-dormitory affectionately named Cloud 9. In
1960s Vista: Queen Anne Bowl (foreground) and the adjacent Langlie Courts are home venues for the Falcons in track, baseball, and tennis.
its place, four tennis courts were installed, two of them courtesy of J.W. (Windy) Langlie, a former University of Washington tennis coach. The green, asphaltsurface courts would be open for use by the Falcon tennis team and maintained by the college.
Formerly the tennis team had hosted matches at adjacent David Rodgers Park. In turn, Langlie would use the facility for his tennis lessons. A plan to cover two of the courts with an inflated plastic, all-weather bubble never materialized.
Unable to Satisfy Two Masters When Seattle Pacific decided to join the 550-member NCAA in 1960, it did so with a safety net. The Falcons were longtime NAIA members (with about 700 member schools), but at the onset of the 1960s the NCAA was broadening its College Division membership, and SPC chose to go forward while remaining in NAIA as well. In February 1962, continued
success on the basketball court created a dilemma. The Falcons were assured a spot in the NAIA tournament, which began at the state level with the winner advancing to the national tournament in Kansas City, Missouri. The NCAA offered a regional route to its finals, and on the day of the final regular season game, Les Habegger, with his
administration’s blessing, chose to accept the NCAA invitation. NAIA officials were unhappy: their projected top seed in the Pacific Northwest had bolted. In response, the NAIA placed SPC basketball on probation for one year, making the Falcons ineligible for the 1963 tournament.
ON CAMPUS • Hill Hall, a newly constructed student residence space, is named after the Cyrus Hill
family that donated the land. • Student efforts raise $22,446 towards construction of a new library. • Lastminute construction continues on Century 21, the Seattle world’s fair. • Students buy all copies of Four Great Russian Short Novels from the bookstore after a “Book of the Quarter” program is announced.
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1962–63 Westmont Lures Les
Rod Ancheta
Given his success on Nickerson Street, it was only a matter of time before Les Habegger was wooed by other suitors. Following the Falcons’ trip to the 1962 NCAA tournament and another run in 1963, the basketball coach began getting feelers and, finally, an outright offer to become athletic director and coach at Santa Barbara’s Westmont College. As it turned out, Habegger was tempted, but the timing wasn’t right. Westmont’s offer came in late May. “It would not be fair to Seattle Pacific to make a change at this time,” he said on June 7. “I feel the timing of the offer was off. I feel I am morally obligated to stay here for another year, because of our recruiting program and so forth. I need more than a week to think about moving from Seattle.”
FALCON FACTS
Despite the return of standout Gary Wortman and ballhandling wizard Rod Ancheta from the school’s first 20-win team, Habegger’s squad found it tough to repeat their success. The Falcons were only a so-so 11-9 before peeling off a record-tying five straight wins to finish the season 16-10. The 5-foot-10 Ancheta, nicknamed “Radar,” won his starting job only midway through his senior year, and he proved to be a catalyst for the win streak. Ancheta saved his best for last, scoring a team season-high 23 points in his final outing against British Columbia. The 6-foot Wortman, younger sibling to Dave, now an assistant coach, finished as team MVP and top scorer (12.3 points per game), having started 78 straight games dating back to the second game of his sophomore season. A near-capacity crowd of 1,750 rose to their feet to congratulate Wortman and Ancheta as they left the court one final time, late in the win over UBC.
• Bob Bartlett sets school records and qualifies for the NAIA championships in both the 120-yard high and 220 low hurdle events. He becomes the first SPC repeat Athlete of the Year winner. Bartlett, also a long jumper and basketball letterman, shares the award with Bruce Langley, who leads the basketball squad in shooting percentage. • Now with a home of their own on campus, the tennis team responds by winning a record 11 times in 13 matches behind No. 1 singles player Fran Godding. At one point, the Falcons win eight in a row under their new coach, Wes Lingren — a chemistry professor and former SPC basketball and tennis letterman. • Baseball’s 13-9 record is one of the program’s best and is even more impressive because five of the losses were to Division-I Washington and Seattle University. Don Baerwald smacks eight home runs for the spring. • Howard Heppner, the lone freshman on the varsity basketball roster, provides a glimpse of what he will become, averaging 10.1 rebounds. Dave Rumppe and Ken Laase help lead the JV squad to a 17-7 mark. • Seattle Pacific’s Camp Casey hosts the Bob Houbregs Sports Camp throughout the summer, for boys ages 10-15. Houbregs, a UW All-American, is assisted by Les Habegger in basketball instruction, while Ken Foreman supervises weightlifting. Other sports include baseball, football, swimming, and track and field.
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1962–63 Falcons: (From left) Rod Ancheta, Denny Browleit, Larry Isaak, Andy Wold, Dan Petticord, Howard Heppner, Elvin DeKoning, Merle Bradford, Bruce Langley, Gary Carnevali, John Crow, John Moffitt, Wayne Lyski (Center) Gary Wortman
• The Greater Seattle Gymnastics Club and Brougham Pavilion host a men’s and women’s gymnastics clinic and exhibition on March 2. The exhibition features reigning national allaround champion Doris Fuchs, several male and female U.S. standouts, and members of the West German and Japanese national teams.
The Affiliation Question For the second year in a row, Seattle Pacific’s affiliation was examined closely. In 1962, the Falcons were punished by the NAIA for accepting a basketball postseason invitation from the NCAA. This time around it was about finding both a conference and national affiliation. In March, Athletic Director Les Habegger embarked on a fact-finding mission, traveling to Missouri to meet with NAIA officials, who had ruled SPC ineligible for postseason
consideration. The fast-expanding NCAA, once only a governing body for big schools, was building out its College Division in 1962–63. In addition to basketball and cross country, it would sponsor postseason championships in track, wrestling, tennis, and golf. On the local level, the Free Methodist Discipline prohibited participation in any athletic conference except those under Christian auspice. Still, Habegger explored the Evergreen Conference, composed of local
NAIA schools. However, Evergreen stipulated that all members play the major sports, including football — and SPC had no plans to start a football program. Ultimately, the Falcons remained an independent at the conference level and a dual member of the NAIA and NCAA.
Cross Country Stays Among Elite For the second autumn in a row, Bernie Buck’s boys were not only untouchable locally but a cross country team to be reckoned with at the national level. The Falcons
won a fourth consecutive Pacific Northwest AAU cross country title and placed seventh in NAIA. That finish might have been much higher if Dale Swanson didn’t
cramp in the final stages of the championship race in Omaha. Swanson, the No. 1 SPC scorer all season, won the district meet, breaking teammate Bob O’Brien’s course record by 21 seconds at Green Lake. A front-running pack, the Falcons pushed four of the first five harriers across the finish line, with Jim Ross runner-up, Don Brown third, and O’Brien fifth. Swanson, a junior, also set a meet record in the PNW AAU and claimed the Northwest AAU junior crown. Falcon Harriers: Ernie Goshorn, Marv Marston, Bob O’Brien, Don Brown, Jim Ross, Dale Swanson
ON CAMPUS • English professor George McDonough is named SPC poet laureate. • The Evergreen
Conference rejects SPC’s bid for membership. • Mabel Shipley, longtime SPC professor of history, dies. • Hill Hall (residence) and Gwinn Commons (dining) open for student use in Autumn Quarter of 1962.
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1963–64 Late-Season Surge Sends SPC Back to NCAAs The Falcons were on the ropes. After taking repeated punches to the gut in the form
John Crow
of excruciatingly close defeats, they learned that Dan Petticord, their star forward, was out for several weeks to a knee injury. In midJanuary, their fortunes sagging, suddenly everything changed for the better. Three days after dropping another close game at Central Washington, the Falcons throttled the Wildcats by Dan Petticord 31 at Brougham Pavilion. Next, the Falcons crushed Chapman 40
by 29 before sweeping road games at Whitworth and Eastern Washington. Les Habegger’s squad was surging, during a school-record 10-game winning streak that forced them into the postseason conversation. SPC made one final statement, smashing Saint Martin’s 92-72 before a sold-out Pavilion throng of 2,500. Sophomore Howard Heppner led the way with 20 points. Players arrived at the next practice having heard there might be an NCAA invitation pending. “I told them we had been invited, but I didn’t know whether we should accept or not,” said Habegger. “They looked at me dumbfounded, and then realized I was kidding.” Much like 1962, the Falcons were pitted against the top seed playing on its home floor. However, at half, Fresno State was only up 54-51, despite a foulplagued Heppner and flu-stricken Petticord. But then the Bulldogs exploited the zone defense with an 8-0 spurt and went on to win, 68-53. After playing near-perfect basketball for nearly six weeks, SPC had met its match. A consolation victory over Nevada ended the season, but with Heppner, Petticord, and John Crow due to return, the optimism was evident.
FALCON FACTS • Behind runner-up Jim Ross and Darrell Morrison’s fourth place, the Falcons defeat Western Washington 26-28 in the District 1 cross country meet at Green Lake. An NAIA administrator denies them the actual trophy. Later, the Falcons come back and win the Northwest Junior AAU title, where Ross leads a sweep of the top four places. • Varsity wrestling returns to SPC with Frank Furtado hired as its head coach, to begin in fall 1964. Wrestling had been a sport from 1955 to 1959 before losing its coach, Homer Perkins. Furtado, while still an SPC student, served as acting coach in 1959. • Tennis strengthens its schedule by eliminating junior college opposition, and the team record slips to 3-9. • After fans are turned away from the homecoming basketball game due to Brougham Pavilion reaching its capacity (2,500), campus leaders explore taking such games to the Seattle Center Arena or Coliseum. • Seven track and field records fall in the spring. New record holders include: Jim Ross in the 2-mile (9 minutes, 27.2 seconds); Ralph Cummings in the shot put (50 feet, 1 1/2 inches); Stan Posey in the javelin (200-3 1/2); and Dave Moffitt in the triple jump (42-7 1/2). • Phil Sowards hurls a twohitter with 10 strikeouts as the Falcons complete a doubleheader sweep of Puget Sound on the Queen Anne Bowl diamond. Baseball wins seven straight at one stage, going 13-11. • Established in 1960, the Century Club, a booster club for SPC sports, is renamed the Falcon Club. Members contributing $100 or more receive a plaque and special seating at men’s basketball games.
Buck Stops Here, Foreman Restarts After seven seasons as head coach, including four straight district cross country championships and some modest success on the track, Bernie Buck resigned his position. Athletic Director Les Habegger might have launched a national search, but the best choice was already walking the Brougham Pavilion halls. Ken Foreman, already chairing the Physical Education department, took the reins of cross country once again. The announcement came two weeks after Buck’s resignation but did not take effect until June. Buck cited a growing de-emphasis of
spring sports such as track. “I feel I have done about all I can,” remarked Buck, after accepting a faculty position at Shoreline Junior College. Buck’s harriers won a fifth straight NAIA District 1 championship in the fall, only to have it stripped away hours later after the NAIA learned SPC was dropping that affiliation on December 1. Foreman had first put the program, particularly track, on the map during his first tenure as coach, from 1950 to 1957. Four of his teams had placed among the top 26 in NAIA. After earning his doctorate, Foreman returned to
SPC in 1960 and began coaching female athletes with the Falcon Track Club.
1963 Cross Country: (Front row) Stan Posey, Steve Mack, Dave Grant, Marv Marston (Back) Jim Ross, Darrell Morrison, Larry Wahl, Dave Draper, Bernie Buck (coach)
Brown Rises to Prominence In an Olympic year, Doris Brown rose to national prominence as never before. The SPC senior, wearing the Falcon Track Club singlet, won the Pacific Northwest AAU cross country crown in the fall, set an American 880-yard record (2 minutes, 20.3 seconds), and then won each of her spring races to earn a national team training camp invitation in July. However, an untimely foot injury ended her bid for a trip to the Summer Olympic Games. Brown finished sixth in the 800 meters at the AAU nationals, which served as the qualifying meet for Tokyo. Virginia Husted, an SPC graduate, threw for second place in the Olympic Trials javelin, but her mark was shy of the standard.
Doris Brown gained national recognition during the 1964 Olympic year.
ON CAMPUS • Jackie Robinson, the first African American major league baseball player, speaks in
chapel. • Honorary doctorates are given to Washington U.S. Senator Henry Jackson and Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield. • SPC’s “neon” campus entry sign is to be dismantled. • Arson damages the first floor of the new Weter Memorial Library.
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1964–65 SPC Reaches Elite Status on the Hardwood Following five straight winning Heppner scored 18 and Dave basketball seasons, with two trips Moffitt 17 in a 107-78 pummeling to the NCAA Tournament and all of San Francisco State. The five starters returning, the Falcons following night, the venue moved were poised to take a giant step. to the Center Arena where Fresno By New Year’s, State awaited. SPC was already 7-0 SPC prevailed and on the way to a 82-68 in a heated, record-breaking 11 physical final before in a row. A Coliseum more than 2,200. crowd of 11,280 Petticord’s 20 points watched SPC face and 10 rebounds Seattle University for led the way, while the first time in 10 Carnevali added 16. years. Although the Four days later, Falcons fell 78-66, the team flew to the they continued to win Elite Eight opener in new fans. Evansville, Indiana, Howard Heppner With seven Habegger’s home victories in the final state. North Dakota, eight regular season outings, the the tallest-ever team in the Falcons finished 20-6 and received tournament, towered over the an NCAA West Regional berth Falcons and won the rebounding plus the nod to host at home. battle 51-37. Phil Jackson, the Team scoring was balanced, Sioux center, later of NBA fame, with Howard Heppner and Dan scored 24 points and hauled Petticord each averaging just down 17 rebounds in a 97-83 under 13 points a game and both quarterfinal triumph. The players John Crow and Gary Carnevali just were understandably heartbroken, over 10. but Habegger conceded, “I have to Playing at Brougham Pavilion, say we had a great year,” finishing SPC won its NCAA opener. 22-6.
1964–65 Falcons: Dave Moffitt, Gary Habegger, Grant Gullberg, Mel Gimmaka, Terry Fein, Howard Heppner, Elvin DeKoning, Dick Smith, Dan Petticord, Gary Carnevali, John Crow, Dave Rumppe
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FALCON FACTS • Fifteen grapplers turn out for the first wrestling season in six years. Coach Frank Furtado’s squad goes 2-2 in dual matches. • Falcon Track Club’s Doris Brown is back to running down American records once more, setting the 300-meter mark (42.8 seconds) at West Seattle. In addition, Brown bounces back to handily win the 1,500 that day. Like the year before, she does not lose an 800 during the regular season. In the fall, Brown takes second place at the AAU cross country championships held at Green Lake. • Cross country takes second place among schools throughout Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia at the Pacific Northwest Cross Country Championship. Washington State wins the meet 13-23 over SPC. Jim Ross runs third and Jerry Bamburg fifth for the Falcons. • Tennis goes 9-7 behind top singles player Pat Portlock, rated the best SPC talent to date by Coach Wes Lingren. The Falcons reel off nine straight wins at one point. • Basketball Coach Les Habegger joins Washington football assistant Bob Schloredt, Seattle U Coach Bob Boyd, and legendary UW pole vaulter Brian Sternberg in forming the first Seattle area chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. • In a rarity for track and field, the dual meet with Western Washington ends deadlocked at 72-72 after the SPC mile relay team runs to victory in the final race of the day at Queen Anne Bowl. Roger Moffitt, Dave Moffitt, Jerry Bamburg, and Duane Lewis easily break the tape ahead of the Vikings’ quartet. Their clocking of 3:28.6 is eight seconds faster than Western’s time. For the meet, Lewis leads the charge, sprinting to wins in both the 220- and 440-yard dashes and anchoring the winning 440 relay.
Baseball Posts Another Fine Season The greatest basketball season to date was immediately followed by a fine spring of SPC baseball. Coach Dale Parker put together another winning team, the third in succession since his return to Queen Anne Bowl. Second baseman Bob Harkelroad Bob Murphy Steve Yarno was from nearby Lincoln High, joined among an array of Yarno, Ken Laase, Bob Murphy, and batsmen who hit consistently and Bob Harkelroad in the thick of the often with power. Right fielder lineup. A Yarno grand slam was Daryl Baerwald, an all-city player
among 14 hits in a 16-6 pummeling of Puget Sound. Tom Demetre, Phil Sowards, and Dick Kreager led a strong pitching staff. Demetre threw a one-hitter at Saint Martin’s. The Falcons posted a 12-8 record, including their first victory over Seattle University since 1960. They nearly upset Washington as well, taking a 7-1 lead into the seventh inning before losing 11-8.
Camp Casey Offers an Idyllic Setting for Falcon Runners In 1955, Seattle Pacific purchased Camp Casey, a turn-of-the-century fort on scenic Whidbey Island. But it wasn’t until March 1965 that the track team truly transformed the former Army installation into a training camp. With its 12 buildings, including several barracks, Camp Casey offered facilities — albeit rustic — for housing large groups and teams for extended stays. It was a perfect venue for running. So much so that Coach Ken Foreman and his assistant, Frank Furtado, loaded-up their track and cross country gear and transported it to Whidbey Island at the onset of spring break. Despite the scenic setting, the experience was far from a vacation for the Falcons. Foreman and Furtado conducted intensive training and conditioning sessions
throughout the week. At 7:30 a.m., how much work they do.” The the athletes arose and exercised experiment was so successful until 9:30, when breakfast was that training at Camp Casey served. (Foreman was also chief became synonymous with Seattle cook.) Another mid-morning Pacific track and cross country for workout followed. Then, after decades to come. a game of volleyball, another session started at 3 p.m., when each athlete focused on his event specialty. For four days, the runners labored under the Swedish concept of fartlek (speed play). “The idea is to get the athletes to run in the woods or along the beach,” said Foreman. “They become interested 1964 Falcon Harriers: (Front row) Gary Barrett, Cliff Marston, Jim in the natural things Ross, Dave Grant, Bob Norris (Back) Ken Foreman (coach), Jack about them and Houston, Larry Wahl, Jerry Bamburg, Ken Peterson, Nic Battson, Frank not concerned with Furtado (assistant coach)
ON CAMPUS • Golda B. Kendrick, former professor of French and education, dies. • The Puget Sound Earthquake of April 29 shakes the campus. • The Physics Department adds an analog computer. • The Alumnus of the Year distinction goes to Margaret McCarty, the first time a woman has received the award.
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1965–66 Sling-Shot Win Sparks Record-Setting Season Once again, the “sling shot” felled the giant. With the clock expiring, Falcon guard Gary Habegger let fly his unorthodox “behind the head” jumper from 18 feet to beat the buzzer and the Seattle University Chieftains 85-83 on December 1, 1965, in the Seattle Coliseum. After 20 years and 17 losses to the Chiefs, the Falcons finally slew Gary Habegger the giant, thanks to Habegger’s heroics and a strategically brilliant game plan from his uncle, Coach Les Habegger. Responding to a reporter who asked if he had anything to say about his nephew’s game-winner, Coach Habegger deadpanned, “Like I said, he’s a great guy.” The Birds were led by Terry Fein with 22 points, Howard Heppner with 18, Dick Smith 15, Habegger 14, and Dave Rumppe with eight as the team shot an SPC record-breaking 54.7% from the field. For the season, the starters had great help off the bench from the likes of Mel Gimmaka, Grant Gullberg, Bud Bulgin, Keith Newton, Dave Holmer, Al Arnold, Jim Hillbrick, and Joe Pope. Other team highlights included 44
14 straight wins, an undefeated campaign at Brougham Pavilion, five games scoring 100 points or more, and a best-ever 87.8 points per game average. Heppner netted 548 points and scored the most field-goals in a single season. In his four-years, he became the first Falcon ever to pull down more than 1,000 rebounds in a career. His 212 boards set an all-time season mark. The nationally ranked Falcons opened the NCAA Pacific Coast Regional in Fresno, California, by beating the San Diego Toreros 69-63. But the Birds couldn’t get by the Fresno State Bulldogs the next night, losing in the final 6458. Still, despite the final loss, the Falcons overall record of 23-5 was the best in school history.
FALCON FACTS • The SPC baseball team outlasts the Central Washington Wildcats in Ellensburg 5-2 in 12 innings. Righthander Don Waldbauer goes the distance. • Steve Blowers sets an SPC pole vault record of 13 feet, 8 1/2 inches in the Falcons’ 12024 drubbing of Saint Martin’s. • Freshman Bob Thompson is voted tennis team MVP, Larry Karr is most improved, and Denny Rydberg is chosen captain. The team finishes 10-7. • Facing a stiff headwind, 880man Roger Moffitt wins his event in 1 minute, 59.2 seconds at the NCAA Pacific Coast Regional Track Championships in Reno, Nevada. • The Falcon batmen beat Pacific Lutheran 9-4 on the pitching of Phil Sowards, who strikes out seven. • Jim Swanson breaks the SPC javelin record by 16 feet with a throw of 216-10 1/2 against the Portland State Vikings. • Dick Smith hits for a career high 36 points in a 93-86 win over Chapman College during Homecoming. • SPC senior Howard Heppner is named to the second team of the AP College Division AllAmerica basketball team. This honor places him among the top 10 Division II players in the country. In his final year, he leads the Falcons in scoring at 19.5 points per game. • In the season wrestling finale against Skagit Valley, Bill Lemm comes from behind in the last 20 seconds for a 4-3 victory. Lemm finishes the campaign 18-1.
Howard Heppner
• The SPC harriers outrun Shoreline Community College 20-43, with runners 2-8 all wearing maroon and white. In order, they are Harold Delamarter, Julius Grant, Dave Arnold, Dave Grant, Walt Notter, Jerry Bamburg, and Tim Ohler. • In a 66-74 loss to Western Washington, freshman Bob Rorabaugh sets a new SPC record in the 2-mile of 9:26.
Young Cross Country Team Runs To Be the Best Two cross country Notter. Completing veterans and a the group was an stable of fleet Oregon transfer, freshmen prompted freshman Dave Coach Ken Arnold. Foreman to cite With every race, the 1965 squad Coach Foreman’s as potentially the prediction came best group ever at closer to reality — SPC. In addition and usually with to lettermen Dave a different runner Grant (junior) and leading the Falcon Ready, Set: The Falcons’ Harold Jerry Bamburg pack each week. If Delamarter (second from right) waits for the starter’s pistol. (sophomore), the it wasn’t Bamburg, freshman class it was Delamarter included three of the top high or Rorabaugh. Combined with school milers in Oregon: Harold the tight grouping of supporting Delamarter, Julius Grant (brother runners, so important in cross to Dave), and Wayne Aldrich. country scoring, the Falcons Joining the group were talented typically carried the day. Washington state freshmen Bob Notable performances Rorabaugh, Tim Ohlund, and Walt included: junior division winners
in the Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate Championships at the University of British Columbia; Washington state AAU champions; second place in the Central Washington State College Invitational (senior division); and third place in the University of Portland Invitational, where Bamburg led the Falcons in a field of 16 teams and 130 runners. The Birds’ signature race came at Seattle’s Green Lake course as they flew to a 21-40 dual meet win over the University of Washington Huskies, with Rorabaugh finishing one second behind Washington’s winner, Dave Roberts. At the season-ending awards banquet, the team elected junior Dave Grant as honorary captain and Julius Grant as most inspirational.
Doris Brown Sets World Indoor Mile Record For most of the mile race, held at the Canadian Indoor Track and Field Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, Doris Brown seemed content to follow the leader. Then, with just three of 11 laps to go, she surged ahead, running away from Canadian 880 champion Roberta Pico, lapping the field, and winning in a world-record time of 4 minutes, 52 seconds. Her sterling finish helped put the Falcon Track Club and its coach, Dr. Ken Foreman, at the forefront of women’s track and field. Other FTC athletes who
competed included Linda Oades, Virginia Husted, Janet Johnson (who teamed with Brown in the 440-yard relay), miler Pat Engberg, and shot putters Carol Wiitamaki and Helen Thayer. But that day, February 16, 1966, belonged to Brown, a teacher at Kellogg Junior High in Seattle, when she became the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile. To no one’s surprise, Brown was named Outstanding Athlete of the Meet. On the men’s side, seven Falcons competed in four events. Jerry Bamburg, Roger Moffitt, Dave Grant, and freshman Harold
Delamarter ran the 2-mile relay, taking second behind Washington State University.
World Record: Sporting her white-rimmed glasses, Doris Brown came from behind in Vancouver, BC, to set a world mile indoor record at 4 minutes, 52 seconds.
ON CAMPUS • In a Falcon article, Religion Professor Elvis Cochrane recalls early SPC no-dating rules and $30-per-year tuition. • Dr. and Mrs. Otto M. Miller announce their retirement, he from administration and Lena from managing the cafeteria. • Junior Bob Gunter’s wheel-less car is deposited in front of McKinley Hall. • Nicky Cruz, converted gang leader, speaks in chapel.
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1966–67 Cross Country Team Runs to Best Season in School History The SPC Falcon cross country team completed the best season in the school’s history by racing to a
Rorabaugh (12th), and freshman Fred Thomas (20th). Harold Delamarter sprinted to the finish chute in 27th to round out the Falcons’ scoring team. Tim Ohlund and Walt Notter were the last two Falcon runners in at 34th and 35th, respectively. Team scoring results were: UC Davis-75; SPC76; Sacramento State-76; Cal Poly, San Luis 1967 Cross Country: (Front) Frank Carter, Dave Grant, Jerry Bamburg, Craig Obispo-81; Carlson, John Comstock, Roger Moffitt, Tim Ohlund, Harold Delamarter, Fred Fresno Thomas, Ken Armstrong, Ken Foreman (coach) (Back) Bob Rorabaugh, Dave Arnold, State-92; Dave Holland, Walt Notter UC Santa second-place tie in the NCAA small Barbara-101; and Pepperdine-185. college Pacific Coast Regional The regional meet was Cross Country Championships an appropriate climax for the in Fresno, California, held on Birds’ best season. The harriers November 23, 1966. extended their dual-meet victory The Falcons narrowly missed string to nine by defeating bringing home the first-place Western Washington, the honors in the closest team finish in University of Washington, and the meet’s history. Only one point Seattle U. In addition, they placed separated UC Davis, the team second in the Portland (Oregon) champion, and Sacramento State Invitational, the Pacific Northwest and SPC, the two runners-up. championships in Vancouver SPC senior Dave Grant paced (British Columbia), and the the Falcons by hanging on for a regionals in Fresno. sixth-place finish in 22 minutes, 6 seconds. This came after he took an early lead over the hilly 4-mile course at Millerton Lake State Park. After Grant were SPC’s Jerry Bamburg (11th), sophomore Bob 46
FALCON FACTS • Doris Brown ’64 runs 2 minutes, 10.1 seconds for an American indoor record in the 800-meters at the Los Angeles Invitational Meet. Later in Vancouver, British Columbia, she breaks her own world indoor mile record at 4:40.6. • Following three overtimes, freshman forward Mel McDonald sinks a 15-foot bank shot in “sudden death” to beat the Central Washington frosh in basketball 79-77. • Seniors Mel Gimmaka and Dave Holmer are awarded the most inspirational and most valuable honors, respectively, for the 13-13 Falcon men’s basketball team. • Don Waldbauer graduates as SPC’s most prolific pitcher, with an 18-13 career record. He started and appeared in the most games, pitched the most innings, and struck out the most batters. • The SPC wrestling team completes its third season of varsity competition with an impressive 15-5 record. Dual-match leaders include Ken Jackson (18-2), Ron Sorenson (16-4), Bill Lemm (132), Dan Tanita (13-7), and Lee Fjelanger (11-9). • Falcon second baseman Bob Murphy is named to the 1966 Associated Press Baseball AllAmerica second team. Murphy hits .422 in 1965, which ranked 13th nationally in college division batting. As a junior, he gets 38 hits in 90 at bats and scores 23 times while driving in 18 runs. • The Falcon tennis team finishes 14-5, including a record 11game winning streak. No. 1 singles player Bob Thompson finishes 14-5. Nos. 2–3, Joe Morgan and Ken Van Amburg, both post 15-4 records. Thompson and Morgan both advance to the third round of the NCAA regional tournament in singles and doubles play. • At the Vancouver (B.C.) Relays, Roger Moffitt, John Glancy, Harold Delamarter, and Jerry Bamburg set a new school record in the distance medley relay: 10:06.
“Battle in Seattle” Belongs to the Birds For the first time in Seattle Pacific than made up the difference. The baseball history, the Falcons Falcons knocked three UW pitchers captured the city title in their for 14 hits with Roger Grimm, season round-robin series with Gordy Hansen, Bob Alexander, the University of Washington Bob Murphy, and Tom Nass all and Seattle University. Although there was no prize except bragging rights, the Falcons still relished the accomplishment by beating the UW twice and splitting with SU. In the deciding game against the UW, two SPC freshmen, starter Bill Owen and reliever Larry Nelson, combined to hold the Huskies to five runs. Bob Lee, Rick Marquardt, and Gordy Hansen But SPC’s offense more
collecting two hits apiece. Bob Lee accounted for four runs, scoring two himself and picking up two RBIs. Owen helped himself by driving in two runs with a double, making the final score 8-5. Against Seattle U the week earlier, the offense again wreaked havoc on SU pitchers with 10 hits. Bob Murphy, team batting leader at .433, went 3-4 with five RBIs, including a grand slam, a single, and a triple. Senior Al Murch pitched the entire game, spacing eight hits for his fourth win of the year, this time in a 10-7 win.
Records Meant to be Broken Some track and field records seem etched in stone and others entered in pencil. In the spring of 1967, the latter proved to be the case as a handful of Falcon freshmen, and one in particular, began rewriting the old standards. Barely six months after enrolling, Steve Gough was breaking records both in sand boxes and the spongy padding of jump pits. In his first meet, he set a new school mark in the triple jump, then won his next five outings while extending the record by 20 inches — to 47 feet, 1 inch. Consistently improving, Gough was instantly rated among the region’s best long jumpers and high jumpers, threatening 22 feet in the former and, by the season’s
end, setting a new high jump mark (6-6 3/4). This beat the mark set by All-American Jim Douglas in 1960. Another freshman, Bob Davis, eclipsed the discus record set 10 years earlier with his throw of 145-1. On the oval, juniors Jerry Bamburg and Roger Moffitt also erased old standards. Bamburg took possession of the mile mark, clocking 4 minutes, 13.5 seconds in his first race. He won his next six races before sustaining a muscle strain in early May. In his final 880 of the year, Moffitt supplanted the legendary Ben Moring with a time of 1:53.2. Soon after sophomore Glen Miller had set the intermediate hurdles record, freshmen Jerry
Jerry Bamburg hands off to Roger Moffitt.
Bryson lowered it to 56.2. Finally, once John Glancy healed from a basketball injury, the former quarter-mile state prep champ ran a record 440 in 49.5 and anchored the record mile relay of 3:21.
ON CAMPUS • Chapel seats are stolen by midnight pranksters. • Doris Brown wins the national AAU cross country meet and is honored by Matrix Table. • The Falcon cites the campus as “hawkish” on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. • Rabbi Maurice Corson prepares to teach Old Testament history on campus.
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1967–68 Baseball Team Sweeps UW, Goes to Regionals
Bob Lee
The Falcons felt like winners even before opening day by playing in their first-ever preseason Banana Belt Tournament in Lewiston, Idaho. Yet their best baseball would result in two more memorable “firsts”: a doubleheader sweep over the University of Washington, and a cherished bid to the NCAA Pacific Coast College Division Regional Tournament in Anaheim, California. The Birds caught the attention of their opponents by posting eight straight season wins. In backto-back-to-back shutouts, SPC pitchers tossed 24 consecutive scoreless innings against NAIA powers Central Washington State and Pacific Lutheran. Their biggest tests came during postseason play in Southern California. Following a 6-3 opening
loss to Sacramento State, the Falcons faced Portland State in a “loser-out” game. Trailing the Vikings 2-1, Gordy Hansen, Scott Pope, Larry Pierce, and Bob Lee each laced singles, rallying the Falcons to victory behind the twohit pitching of Al Murch. A 4-3 win against Sacramento State put the Birds in a “mustsweep” doubleheader against Chapman College for the regional title. Unfortunately, Coach Lorin Miller’s squad managed only three hits in a 6-0 loss. The Falcons landed three players to the all-tournament squad: infielder Bob Murphy, shortstop Roger Grimm, and utilityman/outfielder Bob Lee, who hit .500 and drove in five runs in the team’s tourney wins. The Falcons finished a respectable 22-12.
FALCON FACTS • The Falcon cross country team beats the UW 26-30, completing a three-year sweep of the Huskies. Bob Rorabaugh and Jerry Bamburg finish 1-2 for the Falcons. • In their first intercollegiate soccer match, the Falcon booters lose 4-1 to Seattle U. • Bill Owen pitches a 7-0 nohitter against Saint Martin’s, the second no-hitter in SPC baseball history. He faces 24 batters, walks two, and strikes out eight. He also has two hits, two RBIs, and scores two runs. • Steve Gough becomes the first double All-American in SPC history when he wins the triple jump (50 feet, 3 inches) and places fourth in the long jump (23-7 3/4) at the NCAA Division II national meet. At the NCAA University Division championships, he places 8th in the triple jump (50-4 3/4), re-setting his SPC record. • The Falcon netters finish 16-4, the most victories ever by an SPC tennis team. Bob Thompson and Larry Karr compete in the NCAA Regional Tennis Tournament in Santa Barbara, California. Thompson wins his opening match before losing in the second round. In doubles, Thompson and Karr fall to Valley State 6-2 and 7-5. • The track and field team breaks several school records including: Glen Miller, 440-yard intermediate hurdles (55.7); Bob Davis, discus (149-6 1/2); John Glancy, 440 yards (48.8); Jerry Bamburg, mile (4:12.5); Roger Moffitt, Glancy, Miller, and Bamburg, sprint medley relay (3:30.9); Miller, Roger Hansen, Moffitt, and Glancy, and Moffitt, Tom Herron, Bamburg, and Glancy, mile relay (3:20.6); and Miller, Jim Hilliard, Hansen, and Glancy, 440-yard relay (41.9).
Regional Runners-Up: (Front row) Sam Mobley (manager), Jerome Iverson, Larry Pierce, Fred Grimm, Roger Grimm, Mick Gwilym, Don Knight (Second) Gordie Hansen, Bob Lee, Ed Fields, Al Murch, Don Haderli (Third) Scott Pope, Barry Craig, Bob Murphy, Don Thomson (Back) Larry Nelson, Ed Stewart, Larry Quesnell, Bill Owen, Lorin Miller (coach)
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• The freshman basketball team enjoys a record-breaking season of 17-5-1. A one-point win over the UW frosh and a closing eight-game win streak highlight the campaign.
Falcons Rebound but Miss Tournament Bid Even while losing out on a seasonending tournament bid, the men’s basketball team had already claimed victory, first by rebounding from a 4-9 start to win 12 of their final 16 games, and second, by netting a new season offensive mark of 87.1 points per game. The Falcons’ biggest highlight was easy to spot: 6-foot-7 center Bill Yeager, who methodically posted the fifth-highest singleseason scoring total (496 points), the fourth-highest field goal percentage (48.4), and the thirdhighest scoring average (19.9). Yeager’s trifecta earned him an Associated Press Honorable Mention on the college All-
America team. The Edmonds native received Northwest Collegiate Player of the Week twice and scored a team-high 34 points against Central Washington in the final home game for Coach Les Habegger’s team. The Falcons celebrated double victories over rivals Western Washington, Central Washington, and Portland State. With these six wins as the centerpiece of a 16-9 season, a regional tournament invitation seemed signed, sealed, and delivered. However, after NCAA officials finished sorting things out, three California schools got the nod, and the tournamentworthy Falcons stayed home.
Bill Yeager wasn’t fazed. Graciously noting that his All-America selection “means everything to me,” Yeager made a nifty move to score a few points with the press come Bill Yeager (44) postseason: “I was even contacted by the Dallas Cowboys. I guess they wanted me to play football. They don’t even have a basketball team.”
Lemms and Jackson Power Wrestlers to Nationals As brothers in arms, Bill and coach, Drake accepted a wrestling Drake Lemm helped lead the scholarship to SPC, “because my Falcon wrestlers to a 14-6 dual brother Bill was there.” season record, a big-time upset Anticipation drove the Falcons tournament win, and a first-ever to Bellingham, where they met trip to the national championships. Western Washington University Coach — a team Frank they had never Furtado had beaten. During witnessed the contest, Bill post a Ron Sorenson, freshman-toBill Lemm, and sophomoreKen Hagen all year record of pinned their 32-4. Furtado opponents. Bill Lemm pins his opponent. now pinned But still the his intrigue and hope on word Birds trailed 14-12, when final out of Pendleton, Oregon, that wrestler, heavyweight Al Stickney, Bill’s younger brother, Drake, had stepped in to face the Vikings’ wrestling moves of his own. Acting Joe Barker, who had defeated on the advice of his high school Stickney one week earlier.
Seeking to reverse misfortune, Stickney climbed to a 4-1 lead. In the season’s crowning highlight, Stickney held on to win, delivering three team points for a 15-14 meet victory. The Falcons traveled to the NCAA college-division championships at Mankato State College in Minnesota. Ken Jackson (137 pounds) advanced to the quarterfinals; brothers Drake (152) and Bill (160) earned points to place the Falcons 33rd in the 71-team tournament. During the season, Bill reflected, “We have to work hard, and it’s nice to know that somebody is behind you.” Namely a coach, a brother, and your entire team.
ON CAMPUS • President C. Dorr Demaray announces his retirement; Spring Arbor President David McKenna is chosen to replace him. • The first annual Fine Arts festival opens on campus. • Marvin Wallace ‘40, MD, is named Alumnus of the Year. • The new Classroom-Administration Building opens for use.
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1968–69 Wrestlers Score Reversal to Achieve Record Season How could a wrestling team that survived a 2-13 inaugural campaign get off the mat and rise to a program-best 18-2? It began with the Falcons first-ever victory over Western Washington State. Going into the third round, Sam Meyers (130 pounds) trailed his opponent by five points. The wrestler, who
down 4-2. That set the stage for Phil Lundberg’s 9-0 heavyweight clincher. Later, the Falcons walked away with a 20-6 victory over the nation’s third-ranked Eastern Oregon College. A 36-0 beatdown of Lewis and Clark College was capped by Drake Lemm’s (152 lbs.) pin of Bob Smith, who had defeated Lemm
FALCON FACTS • In a triangular cross country meet with Seattle Community College and Western Washington, the Falcons capture five of the first 10 places to win. Bob Rorabaugh takes a close second (18 minutes, 42 seconds), with Walt Notter, Doug Hansen, Jim Archer, and Mark Nienaber finishing Nos. 5, 6, 8, and 10, respectively. • Doris Brown places fifth in the 800 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. • The Falcons defeat Portland State 20-0 and 3-1 in a baseball doubleheader at Queen Anne Bowl. In the blowout game, second baseman Don Haderli has three hits in one inning, including two doubles and five RBIs. Pitcher Bill Owen allows only one hit. • In its inaugural year as a varsity sport, the SPC soccer team plays 10 games and finishes 0-5-1 in league play, including a 0-0 tie with the UW. • Steve Gough’s 26 points lead the Falcons over the U. of Portland 81-64. Gough wins the 120-yard high hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump, and javelin, and takes third in the shot put. Clyde Foreman finishes second in the high jump and javelin.
Ken Hagen, Sam Myers, Drake Lemm
Coach Frank Furtado credited for his “outstandingly strong upper torso and challenging disposition,” came on strong for an 8-8 tie. Then came an 8-2 win by Ken Jackson (134 lbs.), who Furtado called the team’s most improved wrestler. Next, Bob Lute (152 lbs.) scored a reversal in the final 20 seconds to win 4-3. Bill Lemm (160 lbs.) followed with a pin, and Ken Hagen (178 lbs.) set his man 50
two years prior in their high school state semifinals match. Wrestlers Lee Fjellanger (123 lbs.), Dan Tanita (152 lbs.), Al Sitckney (191 lbs.), and Doug Hoffman (230 lbs.) also contributed to the Falcons’ record-setting season. The Birds sent nine wrestlers to the NCAA championships: team captain Bill Lemm, Myers, Scott Horrell, Dale Johnson (137 lbs.), Jackson, Lute, Hagen, Lundberg, and Drake Lemm.
• In a 77-68 dual-meet win over Western Washington, Bob Rorabaugh breaks his own SPC 2-mile record, running 9:03. At the Vancouver (B.C.) Relays, he sets the 3-mile record in 14:17.2. Doug Hansen follows suit with an SPC steeplechase record (9:40.2). • The Falcons down Lewis and Clark 85-59. Jerry Bryson wins the 440 intermediate hurdles in 55.5, his fifth win in as many weeks. • Steve Gough places fifth at the NCAA D-II track finals in Ohio with a season-best triple jump of 50-1 1/2. He is sixth in the javelin, throwing 211-1. In the 3-mile, Walt Notter (14:09.9) and Bob Rorabaugh (14:20.4) place fifth and sixth, respectively.
Thompson-Look Score at Tennis Nationals Had any opponent asked Coach Wes Lingren the proverbial “Tennis, anyone?” he could have lobbed the perfect volley: Bob Thompson. With a 51-9 record entering his senior season, Thompson helped make “total team effort” synonymous with “winning.” Big team victories over Washington State, Central Wilbert Look Washington, Gonzaga, and Portland State lifted the Birds to a 12-6 season. Thompson, ranked preseason
as the eighth-best player in the Northwest, finished 13-4. Tom Carter and Gordy Yee joined fellow doubles team Thompson and Wilbert Look at the West Coast Regionals where Thompson-Look triumphed to earn a trip to the NCAA national tournament — a first for Falcons tennis. Their victory over Sacramento State marked the first time in Pacific Coast tourney play that the men’s doubles champion came from a school outside of California.
In the singles competition played at nationals at Pennsylvania’s East Stroudsburg State College, Thompson placed in the top eight, losing to the eventual Bob Thompson singles champion. Thompson-Look lost their quarter finals match to the duo that eventually took home the men’s doubles trophy.
Burrows Sets Scoring Record in Bittersweet Season Led by stalwart center Larry Quesnell, pointmachine forward Bob Burrows, and fast-breaking guard Darwin Campbell, the 1968–69 Falcons entered the season with high hopes for postseason play. Bob Burrows The squad was bolstered by the frontcourt talent of Ed Brown, Everett Sutphin, John Glancy, Mel McDonald, Don Haderli, and Clyde Foreman; forwards Tim Abhold, Bill Owen, Jim Hilliard, and Bob Traina; and
centers Joe Perry and Dick Patzer. Coach Les Habegger’s squad generated plenty of highlights, like the 83-70 upset of the highly ranked University of Puget Sound Loggers, thanks to Burrows’ 33 points and 15 each from Quesnell and Glancy. The Birds throttled Saint Martin’s College 89-70, with Burrows scoring 27 and Campbell 20, and notched two wins over the University of Portland, with Perry’s 19 points helping secure
the first contest and Sutphin’s game-ending free throws sealing the second win. The Falcons faced six major university teams, including Division-1 University of Montana, losing by a whisker to the Grizzlies in Missoula. Two agonizing close calls to Central Washington and a season-ending defeat to in-city rival Seattle University rounded out the Falcons’ 16-10 campaign. Individually, Burrows finished with a 20.1 scoring average, third highest in school history; Sutphin connected on an impressive .977 free throw percentage (under 50 attempts); and Habegger raised his 12-year SPC career coaching record to 192-127.
ON CAMPUS • SPC student Gary Arms is arrested for refusing to carry his draft card. • The college faces a financial crisis, needing $500,000 immediately. • Student parking fees rise from $1 to $5 per quarter to help with construction and maintenance of new parking lots for Hill and Upper residence halls. • SPC celebrates Black Culture Week with special chapels focused on Black music, literature, drama, and visual arts.
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1969–70 Falcon Sports Refocus; Baseball and Tennis Dropped In 1970, varsity baseball and tennis became economic casualties. In a report approved by the board of trustees, SPC’s Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC) recommended that SPC refocus its varsity athletics program to include basketball, track and field, cross country, wrestling, and soccer, beginning in the 1970–71 school year. The proposal, which highlighted the goal of bringing national attention
interest of students, faculty, and the general public; facilities, both on campus and city-owned; visibility of the particular sport; coaching staff availability on campus; and both the effects of weather and the time of day when events would occur. The committee paid attention to maximizing student interest throughout the entire academic year. By emphasizing a cycle of seasonal sports events corresponding with the quarter system, the athletic program could enhance student involvement. Thus, soccer and cross country (fall), basketball and wrestling (winter), and track and field (spring). Two visiting athletic directors — Joe Kearney (SPU ’52) from the University of Washington, Out at Home — 1964 Falcon Baseball: (Alphabetical order) Daryl Baerwald, Stan Baker, Bob Buck, Frank Deebauch, Tom Demetre, Bob Harkleroad, Denny and Stan Keating, Dick Kreager, Ken Laase, Rick Marquardt, Ken Oliver, Joe Pope, Conrad Bates from Renberg, Pete Ryback, Phil Sowards, Bob Stoker, Don Waldbauer, Steve Yarno, Washington with Dale Parker (coach) State University to the athletic program, reclassified — contributed to the committee’s baseball and men’s and women’s evaluation. tennis as club sports. The IAC included faculty The IAC’s recommendation grew members Gordon Cochrane (chair), out of a yearlong evaluation and Michael Macdonald, Mendal Miller, examination of the athletic program. and Sam Dunn; Vice President Athletic Director Les Habegger said Lon Randall; Athletic Director Les the committee’s recommended Habegger; and student-athletes sports were based on five criteria: Steve Gough and Jim Archer. 52
FALCON FACTS • Freshman Jonathan Dawn’s successful penalty kick against the University of Puget Sound helps lift SPC to a 2-0 victory, the second-year soccer team’s inaugural win. • Jim Ballard, a 6-foot-6 center from Denver, Colorado, becomes the first freshman to play on the varsity basketball team since Howard Heppner in 1962–63. • Doris Brown, SPC PE instructor and member of the Falcon Track Club, wins her fourth straight world cross country championship in Frederick, Maryland. • During the regular season, Ken Hagen’s wrestling record in the 177-pound class is 25-0. In the NCAA tournament, SPC finishes 19th out of 86 teams; Hagen is sixth and Ken Jackson fifth at 142 pounds. • Cliff McCrath, soccer coach at Spring Arbor College, is named SPC’s new dean of students and head men’s soccer coach. • Six SPC athletes are honored in the Outstanding Athletes of America yearbook: Steve Gough (track), John Glancy (basketball, track), Jim Ballard (basketball), Tom Carter (tennis), and Ken Jackson and Ken Hagen (wrestling). • Bill Spaet breaks the SPC pole vault record with a mark of 14 1/2. • The SPC tennis team defeats Seattle U twice, 6-3 and 6-3, for their first wins over the Chieftains since 1960. The netters finish 10-5. • Lorin Miller, assistant basketball and head baseball coach, leaves to coach basketball at George Fox College. Baseball alumnus Fred Grimm is named Falcon baseball coach, and Keith Swagerty, former University of the Pacific basketball great, signs on to assist Les Habegger. • In the basketball season opener, Larry Quesnell scores 33 with 21 rebounds in a win over the Portland Pilots.
Basketball Season Highlighted With Win Over Seattle U With just a few practices left before his team’s big showdown against storied Seattle University, Coach Les Habegger began scheming. He taped off a restricted zone on the court and tasked his players to take high-percentage shots. When they turned lackadaisical, Habegger blew Larry Quesnell his whistle and asked, “Does anybody else think we can beat SU besides me?” Silence. “Well, you should. Now let’s practice like we believe it!”
The Falcons listened and delivered, turning high-percentage jumpers and layins into a sweet 78-70 win over their cross-town rivals at the Seattle Center Coliseum. Senior Larry Quesnell paced the Birds with 19 points and nine rebounds. John Borton netted 14, while John Glancy and Jim Hilliard each scored 13, with Tim Abhold adding 11. In the final game against Portland State, senior Mel
McDonald pumped in 23 points and added eight assists, giving him a team-leading 78. At the year-end awards banquet McDonald was named “Most Improved.” Quesnell was named MVP, averaging 14 points per game. He set the record for field goal accuracy in a season (54%). Quesnell’s three-year totals for points and rebounds placed him sixth on the school’s all-time list. Glancy and Don Haderli shared the “Most Inspirational” award. While being denied a bid in the regional NCAA tournament, the Falcons posted a noteworthy 16-8 season, giving Habegger his 200th coaching win at Seattle Pacific and boosting his career win-loss record to 208-135.
Steve Gough: Championing the Decathlon The rangy, long-limbed standout from Seattle’s Roosevelt High School came to SPC for an education and basketball. He left as a world-class track and field athlete and with an education that went far beyond the classroom. Steve Gough’s physical talent inspired Coach Ken Foreman to point him toward track and field’s most grueling test, the decathlon. And what a run he had! Gough won the inaugural NCAA Division II national decathlon championship; barely missed an Olympic berth in 1972, being edged out by Bruce Jenner in the final event; and set a world
record in the pentathlon during a USA/USSR dual meet in the Soviet Union. Gough won the NCAA Division II triple jump (1968) and decathlon (1970) titles, earned All-American honors six times, and set SPU records in the high jump (6 feet, 6 3/4 inches), long jump (24-4 3/4), triple jump (51 1/2), discus (1566), high hurdles (14.6 seconds; tied with Bob Bartlett ‘63), and decathlon (7,520, a national record in 1970). He also was SPC Athlete of the Year (1969 and 1970), a member of the U.S. National Track and Field Team (1973), and played freshman
basketball for the Falcons (1966–67). Gough’s success in the decathlon spawned an SPU tradition of excellence in the event. Sons Brian, Kyle, and Chris continued Steve Gough the Gough legacy at SPU as multi-event athletes. Steve and Kyle, a three-time All-American himself, once held the USA fatherson decathlon record.
ON CAMPUS • C. Hoyt Watson, third president of Seattle Pacific College, dies. • SPC uses funds
earmarked for a swimming pool to buy property just north of Brougham Pavilion. • Professor Wes Lingren drafts and implements an all-campus academic honors program. • Arson destroys a room in Upper Residence Hall.
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1970–71 Difficult Schedule Helps Falcons Edge Into the Playoffs
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As one of only two Division II schools in the Pacific Northwest, scheduling was an everpresent issue for Seattle Pacific, but particularly so at the outset of the 1970s. In 1968, Evergreen Conference members such as Central Washington, Saint Martin’s, and Western Washington (all NAIA affiliated) started boycotting SPC and the University of Puget Sound in basketball. Although the Saints and Vikings eventually relented in 1970–71, the Falcons’ slate remained heavily laden with Division I opponents. Fortunately, the NCAA selection committee saw through the six D-1 defeats, set aside a pair of one-sided losses to archrival Puget Sound, and invited SPC to the regional tournament in Tacoma. There, despite a 15-9 record, the Falcons showed they belonged. Sophomore center Jim Ballard and senior guard Ed Brown repeatedly turned back challenges from San Francisco State in a 75-68 semifinal win. Puget Sound, unbeaten at home and twice a
big winner over SPC during the regular season, was next. This time, it would not be so easy. Undaunted by the rabid support inside the Loggers’ packed fieldhouse, Seattle Pacific played stiff interior defense, and with Ballard scoring 23 of his 27 points in the second half, stayed within striking distance throughout. In the end, however, Puget Sound pulled out the victory 85-78, advancing to the Elite Eight in Evansville, Indiana. Ballard and Jim Hilliard were selected for the all-tournament team.
FALCON FACTS • Cliff McCrath’s first season in charge of SPC soccer is humbling. After guiding past programs at Wheaton, Gordon, and Spring Arbor to conference championships, his first campaign with the Falcons is winless (0-7-3). With only five returning lettermen, the team finishes last in the Western Washington Soccer Conference. • Following in the footsteps of Steve Gough, sophomore Bill Spaet becomes Seattle Pacific’s next standout in track and field’s grueling decathlon. Despite nagging injuries, Spaet spends much of the spring deployed in five or more events. At the NCAA championships, he takes third in the decathlon, a competition won the previous year by Gough. Clyde Foreman completes his stellar career by throwing for fourth place in the javelin. • Coach Les Habegger is mentioned as a potential coach for the UW Huskies men’s basketball team. • The Birds take second place at the Pacific Northwest AAU cross country meet at Green Lake. Jim Archer takes second with a 6-mile time of 31 minutes, 47 seconds. SPC’s 50 points is second only to UW Husky Spikers’ 38.
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“We got beat by a club that played outstanding basketball. If ever there was a victory in defeat, this was it,” said Falcon Coach Les Habegger. “I’ve never had a group as game as these guys.”
• SPC beats Saint Martin’s in Lacey 66-64 on a rebound putback at the buzzer by forward John Borton. Borton’s heroics cap a challenging night for both teams as the scoreboard clock is inoperable the entire second half. • Senior Falcon guard Ed Brown is selected to play for the 1971–72 Athletes in Action squad, sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ. Brown’s itinerary will include games across the U.S. and in Europe. • Freshman tracksters Steve Sooter and Bill Thun are bright spots in a loss to Pacific Lutheran. Sooter runs a 14:36 3-mile and Thun a 4:24 mile.
Wrestlers Break Into Top 10 at Nationals Frank Furtado knew he had a special group of grapplers. So much so, he approached an early season meet with Washington with a sense of anticipation against the sixth-ranked Huskies. The Birds started the night with wins by Sam Myers and Mike Moore before finally succumbing 21-13. It was Furtado’s most ambitious scheduling to date because, as the coach said, “tough competition helps the good fellows keep improving.” Among SPC’s big-school victims
were Boise State and Washington State. Not surprisingly, the Falcons were wellprepared when they reached the NCAA Div. II meet in Fargo, North Dakota. The seven qualifiers boasted a combined record of 15237-2, led by Ken Hagen’s 27-1-0 mark. Myers (126 pounds), Hagen (167 lbs.), and Drake Lemm (150 lbs.) all advanced to the final day’s semifinals. Behind those efforts, SPC broke into the College Division top 10 for the first time, tying for eighth.
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Doris Rules the World, Again Neither heavy rain nor muddy paths nor gusty winds could keep Doris Brown from the swift completion of her quest for a fifth straight world cross country championship. Brown, the SPC physical education instructor who was synonymous with Falcon Track Club greatness throughout the running world, defeated 70 women from 11 countries at the meet in San Sebastian, Spain. The nearest finisher was a distant 13 seconds behind. Ken Foreman served as coach of the U.S. women, who took third overall. It was a very good year for Brown. She broke her own American record for the mile —
twice — and claimed first in the AAU 3,000 meters by 27 seconds over runnerup and FTC teammate Vicki Foltz.
Fifth World Title: Doris Brown nears the finish line in San Sebastian, Spain.
ON CAMPUS • President David McKenna places a freeze on capital projects. • Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor is performed outdoors on the lawn between Peterson Hall and the Health Center. • A plan to turn Watson Hall into student apartments is vetoed. • All-school “Trek” moves to Camp Casey, where students, faculty, and staff brush 350 gallons of paint on Casey buildings.
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1971–72 Given a Second Chance, Falcons Give It Their All On the Court
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For a few hours, Les Habegger contemplated his offseason plans. The basketball regional selection committee informed the coach that Seattle Pacific had been passed over for one of four slots in the West Regional. Then, a few hours later came another call: the Falcons would play on after all. Overruling the initial decision, the NCAA national committee tapped SPC to complete the fourteam field in Pueblo, Colorado. Jim Ballard, the Birds’ 6-foot7 star center, had carried the offensive load for the Falcons all season. Early on he dropped 20 points on Seattle University, and two games later manhandled defending NCAA College Division
champion and No. 1-ranked Evansville by scoring 19 points and grabbing 19 rebounds. Although SPC won four of its last five, their 10 regular season losses cast a pall over the postseason. But SPC’s 72-63 victory over Evansville carried considerable weight, and in March the Falcons were flying toward the Rockies. After a slow start, Ballard came up huge against California Riverside. He totaled 30 points and 16 boards as SPC rallied from 12 down to win 68-63. The momentum carried into the next night. Despite Ballard sitting with four fouls and Don DeHart ejected for a hard foul call, the Birds nursed a four-point lead into the final 10 minutes. Then host Southern Colorado came alive, scoring nine straight points, and the Falcons would not pull even again, losing 86-83. Ballard, with 27 points, was named tournament MVP. He, DeHart, John Borton, and the rest were exhausted. “Our guys gave everything they had,” said Habegger. “The breaks of the game were just against us.”
FALCON FACTS • At the athletics awards banquet, President David McKenna recites the numerous Falcon national rankings and accomplishments. Yet beyond those feats, McKenna adds, “This was the kind of year when you could see the true nature of the human individual unfold. As you watched this program develop, you could dissect it, slice it, display it, and see what Seattle Pacific College is all about.” • On June 23, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is enacted. As a result, nearly all schools from elementary to higher education must provide fair and equal treatment of the sexes in all areas, including athletics. To date, all women’s intercollegiate athletics at SPC are club sports, such as the Falcon Track Club. • SPC instructor Doris Brown races to another AAU cross country crown but has her streak of world championships halted at five. The reason: The U.S. and Soviet national teams are pitted in a dual indoor meet on virtually the same date. Brown takes third in the mile but is flummoxed by the conflict, saying, “It’s just incredible that the AAU could agree to a meet like that at a time when our top women distance runners are going to be out of the country.” • Versatile field-event star Bill Spaet takes fifth place in the NCAA pole vault and sixth in the javelin. Steve Sooter also finishes sixth in the steeplechase. • At the AAU women’s track and field championships, Lynette Matthews of the Falcon Track Club earns third place in the shot put.
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John Borton
• Seattle Pacific hosts a wrestling/basketball doubleheader at the Seattle Center Arena, with the Falcons facing the University of Washington on the mats before entertaining Evansville (Indiana) on the basketball court.
Wrestlers Continue Their Climb Since its inception, Frank Furtado’s wrestling program had been on a steady, methodical climb, first to respectability within the region, then to the nation. When the Falcons graduated two All-Americans after reaching the NCAA’s top 10, the ascent might have paused. Instead, they kept on climbing. “The team goal by national tournament time is to have several fellows who can be collegedivision contenders,” said Furtado. “We think by the end of the season we’ll be pretty strong.” Sure enough, Seattle Pacific flexed its might on the mat by January. By late February they’d
won 10 duals and qualified five men for nationals in Oswego, New York. Not surprisingly, Sam Myers was among them. Myers, the lone returning All-American, won 14 of 16 matches, then dropped from 134 to 126 pounds. He didn’t skip a beat, Sam Myers winning his first five NCAA matches to reach the final. There, he lost to defending champ Chris Black. In addition, Lee Allen (118 lbs.) advanced to the semifinal and Joe
Lee Allen
Kurtz (190 lbs.) took fifth. Allen avenged his quarterfinal loss to win the consolation final. Altogether, SPC climbed to sixth place — the program’s highest finish ever.
McCrath’s Soccer Program Turns the Corner Certainly, nothing came easy in the first three seasons of varsity soccer. And four games into the fourth year, the Falcons owned
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just a single victory. In his second year as coach, Cliff McCrath was still measuring success by decreasing the losing point spread, until he finally found a way to win.
Seattle Pacific, which had gone 17 matches since its initial win in 1969, finally located the elusive formula at Puget Sound in Tacoma. Behind freshman Ken Covell’s two goals and three assists, SPC beat UPS 6-4, and for the next month could not be stopped. The Falcons went undefeated over the next eight outings, including a 2-2 draw with Washington. The improvement caught the attention of the NCAA, which awarded a postseason tournament berth. Although SPC
Geoff Klein
was pummeled 8-1 by Chico State, the Falcons had turned the corner toward prosperity.
ON CAMPUS • Hal Lindsey, author of The Late Great Planet Earth, visits campus. • Lydia Green,
nursing program pioneer, retires. • The dean of students vetoes a proposal to increase residence hall open floors to three days a week. • The SPC Singers cut a record, titled “Old and New.”
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1972–73 Seattle Pacific, City Strike Deal for Facility Expansion With women’s sports on the verge of reality, it was imperative that the Falcons stretch their wings, and in the summer of 1972 they landed on an opportunity. Seattle Pacific struck a deal with the City of Seattle to acquire and redevelop the adjacent land east of Brougham Pavilion and make it available for partial public use. Meanwhile, the Seattle Parks Department Marvin Wallace agreed to renovate Queen Anne Bowl and create a much-needed track and soccer complex for training and competition. SPC paid $350,000 for the triangular parcel that lumber companies used for warehouses. It included a 120-by-65 building dubbed the “women’s gym” for future women’s athletics and PE classes. SPC alumnus Dr.
Marvin Wallace contributed to the conversion costs by supplying equipment and manpower. Wallace and Ken Foreman did much of the clearing and demolition themselves. The new gym boasted a tartan surface floor, and baseball diamonds were constructed on the field for public use after hours. Up the hill at Queen Anne Bowl, the city installed a retaining wall, sod on the infield, and a curb around the cinder track. The Falcons assumed priority status for both track and field and soccer training at Queen Anne Bowl. Soccer, which played at Interbay Field and Lower Woodland Park, moved Saturday home games to the bowl in 1973.
FALCON FACTS • The Falcons first garner national attention two games into their fifth soccer season, shocking Division I powerhouse Saint Louis University with a 1-1 draw at Memorial Stadium. Doug McKenna’s long-range goal is the equalizer and Rex Yoder, playing only his second collegiate match, turns away multiple Billiken shots (they total 50). Saint Louis proceeds to win its ninth NCAA championship. • Aside from Steve Gough, Ken Foreman considers Bill Spaet the most talented male he has coached to date. Spaet, who began his career as a decathlete, opts to scale back his repertoire from 10 events — but only slightly. As a senior, Spaet qualifies for nationals in the triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and javelin. Despite an aching right arm, he finishes runner-up in the vault and third in the javelin, scoring 14 points as the Falcons place 15th. • Doris Brown’s hopes of a medal finish in the 1,500 meters at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games are dashed as she suffers a sprained ankle on the warm-up track minutes before her heat. Days later, terrorists infiltrate the Olympic Village and murder 11 Israelis. However, the Games go on. Says Brown: “Continuing the Games gives the athletes a chance to demonstrate our dedication to peace. We didn’t want to wait until something happened to show that.” • Lynette Matthews of SPC throws for the winning distance in both the shot put and discus at the AIAW championships, helping the Falcon Track Club finish fourth. • Crew gets started as a club sport for men and women, with the men’s lightweight eight rowing to third place at the WIRA championships.
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Knippel Goes to Nationals — Twice In the annals of SPC wrestling, no man advanced further nor heard more cheers than Bill Knippel. In his final season, Knippel was a formidable force on the mats in Brougham Pavilion and beyond. During the regular season, the senior from Tacoma won nine matches in the 177-pound class. Bill Knippel At the NCAA championships (D-II) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Knippel prevailed in his first four bouts, reaching the final, where
he was narrowly edged in a 2-1 decision. Still, his runner-up placement helped SPC take 15th and qualified him for the NCAA championships (D-1), which just happened to be hosted at the University of Washington. A few days after returning from South Dakota, Knippel was back in action, this time before scores of family and friends at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. He advanced through the first two
Bill Knippel (facing)
rounds before succumbing in the quarterfinals. Undeterred, he came back to Hec Ed on the final day, and before 9,000 fans, closed out the consolation bracket by beating opponents from Ohio State and Oklahoma, the latter by a pin to take third place.
Ballard Is Big-Time In the pantheon of big men to represent Seattle Pacific on the hardwood, Jim Ballard can let his numbers do the talking. The 6-foot-7 Ballard completed his career in 1973 with personal stats rivaled only by All-American Howard Heppner. In fact, the Denver native finished second only to Heppner in career rebounding (912) and to Loren Jim Ballard Anderson in career scoring (1,530). Falcon basketball’s first twotime, all-district star was one of the Northwest’s most respected
inside players at any level. He brought perhaps his best game to Portland late in the season for a must-win against the Pilots. There, with pro scouts in the audience, Ballard erupted for a careerhigh 36 points while adding seven boards and five assists in a 112-100 loss. For seniors such as Ballard and Dave Cox (who established a season record for free-throw accuracy at .864), it was disappointing to miss the postseason for the first time in three years. But Ballard
believed the game had prepared him for life beyond basketball. “Basketball has helped me cope with the high and low points of life,” reflected Ballard. “It’s helped me At Hec Ed Pavilion: Jim Ballard become more rebounds against the Huskies as teammate Al Peeler looks on. aware of the needs of others around me.”
ON CAMPUS • Self-paced learning is introduced for Anatomy and Physiology class. • Tropical
biology offers a study tour to Hawaii. • President David McKenna is named to head the Washington State Gambling Commission. • Robert Mitchell, U.S. field director for Young Life, is the speaker for Christian Commitment week.
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1973–74 Talented Trio Propels Women’s Gymnastics From the Beginning
Debbie Halle
Just by stepping into the gym, they made history. Together, Laurel Anderson, Jenny Fooshee, and Debbie Halle comprised the first Falcons gymnastics team in 1973–74. Anderson and Halle arrived as protégés of George Lewis, coach of the Seattle YMCA program. Lewis relocated his program from downtown to Brougham Pavilion’s recently acquired auxiliary gym. Anderson, who hailed from nearby Queen Anne High School, transferred from Washington to SPC following her sophomore season. Halle, a sophomore from Ingraham High, was a Junior Olympics champion. Fooshee was
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a freshman from Wichita, Kansas. Together, they quickly established regional dominance. Although Lewis was the sport authority, former SPC and Falcon Track Club javelin standout Virginia Husted was the coach of record. In the Falcons’ first meet, they easily defeated Pac-8 champion Washington, then proceeded to win duels with Eastern Washington, Seattle University, and Oregon, as well as the regional crown. Only when they reached the AIAW championships in Sacramento did they meet their match, finishing fifth overall. Still, the Falcons flew high. Halle won the uneven bars, took fourth on balance beam, and second in all-around. Anderson was sixth on bars and vault. They concluded their season back at Brougham, representing the city of Seattle in the YMCA nationals. Halle finished first in the allaround before suffering a knee injury. Anderson won the beam and vault and was all-around runner-up. Fooshee was first on the bars, and Seattle was an easy winner in the team competition. Both Halle and Anderson qualified for the World University Games in Bulgaria.
FALCON FACTS • Senior Steve Sooter proves to be the toughest and fastest in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at nationals, winning the NCAA title in his third and final attempt in a school-record time of 8 minutes, 56 seconds at Charleston, Illinois. He goes on to earn SPC Athlete of the Year. Bill Thun, a fellow senior, runs sixth in the 880 (school record 1:50.3). Mark Stream graduates with records in the high hurdles (14.5) and 440yard hurdles (52.4). • Steve Gough, former Falcon decathlon star, earns a place on the U.S. team that travels to Moscow for a pentathlon duel with the Soviets. Gough proceeds to win (4,166 points) over reigning Olympic champ and world record-holder Nikolai Avilov. • On the 13th attempt, the Falcons finally achieve their first win over Washington on the soccer field. Their 3-1 triumph at Queen Anne Bowl, watched by 600 fans and capped by second-half goals from John Gess and Gordy Issac, also seals another postseason berth. However, Westmont eliminates SPC in the first round 3-1. Ken Covell breaks the season scoring record for the third straight season, scoring 21 goals. • Basketball is involved in nine contests decided by 4 or fewer points, including back-to-back 1-point decisions over Central Washington and Gonzaga. But three close losses down the stretch keep the Falcons out of the postseason. • Falcon Track Club wins the AAU regional cross country meet and is national runnerup. In the spring, FTC places eighth at the AIAW track and field finals. Falcon Lynette Matthews repeats as shot put winner. Shoreline High School sprinter Denise Anderson and freshman middle-distance runner Linda Iddings earn the first SPC women’s track scholarships for 1974–75.
Title IX’s Impact: Only Two Teams Given Aid With women’s intercollegiate The decision removed athletics finally receiving $8,600 in aid from wrestling (a their due via full-tuition grant implementation of was $2,000); Title IX legislation, all together, campuses across basketball got the nation had to $19,000 and choose how to women’s track allocate resources, $6,000. It took and Seattle Pacific effect immediately; was no exception. however, some The Board of wrestling Trustees approved athletes were the Intercollegiate grandfathered in. Athletic Committee’s “Our scholarship recommendation budget was Linnea Jarvits, 1994; 1996-98 that only men’s stretched to basketball and women’s track and its breaking point,” noted field would receive scholarship aid Wes Lingren, faculty athletic going forward. representative. “We went with
basketball because of its long tradition, its outstanding record, and because it’s the sole revenue producer.” Women’s track “boiled down to taking advantage of Dr. Ken Foreman,” one of the nation’s leading experts on women’s track and field. Shortly before the announcement, Athletic Director Les Habegger, who also was the head basketball coach, announced he would embark on a six-month sabbatical to observe department operations and coaching methods at colleges in Southern California, including UCLA and USC. Assistant Coach Keith Swagerty was named as interim head coach and Foreman as athletic director.
Wrestlers Reach Nationals; Furtado Resigns The significance of it all would not be realized for a few more months, so when the SPC wrestlers arrived for the NCAA championships at Cal State Fullerton (just eight miles away from Disneyland), it was business as usual. Coach Frank Furtado brought three grapplers, among them senior Frank Furtado Rick Maras, a returning All-American. It had been a race against the calendar
for Maras, who sustained a broken hand earlier in the season. “Rick’s grip is not quite the same, but he’s in good shape,” said Furtado. Despite earlyround losses, both Maras (190 pounds) and Gaylord Strand (126 lbs.) made it to the final day, with Maras finishing fourth and Seattle Pacific 20th overall. It proved to be the end of an era; four months later, the program lost its four-plus
Rick Maras
scholarships and Furtado resigned. After 10 seasons as coach, he had built the program from scratch into a regional powerhouse and national contender.
ON CAMPUS • The Arcweld Manufacturing building, located across from Brougham Pavilion,
is purchased with plans to renovate it for science and math instruction. • The Imperials perform at Homecoming. • Professor of Political Science C.Y. “Jesse” Chang challenges longtime Washington Senator Warren Magnuson for a U.S. Senate seat.
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1974–75 The New Sports Plan: Selective Excellence Around the country, in the wake of Title IX’s enactment, intercollegiate athletic programs such as Seattle Pacific’s rapidly
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redrew their plans. In May 1975, President David McKenna unveiled a map for the future, to become known as “selective excellence.” Elaborating, McKenna said that because there are limited resources, “we must seek selective excellence at the points of our strength.” Les Habegger, athletic director since 1957, had said earlier that “we need a philosophy to provide a basis for the athletic department.” Now, it was Habegger’s job to implement it. Following a six-month sabbatical, Habegger returned to SPC to 62
oversee the newly formed School of Physical Education and Athletics. In the weeks preceding the announcement, the college was already putting the model into practice. Wrestling, which was without a full-time coach, was dropped as a varsity sport after 11 seasons. Women’s basketball, formerly a club sport, was elevated to become the fourth female varsity program, joining cross country, gymnastics, and track and field. Another club sport, men’s and women’s crew, remained at that level for at least another year due to a funding shortage. Stated McKenna: “What we’re going to do, we’re going to do right. We will go first class rather than limp into it.” In reporting the new philosophy, The Falcon appeared in agreement, writing, “It may not be a bad thing for SPC to be forced to develop a little more balance in the athletic program.”
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FALCON FACTS • In July 1974, former wrestling Coach Frank Furtado is named athletic trainer for Seattle’s new professional soccer club, the Sounders. Soon after, he takes on the same position for the Seattle SuperSonics. Furtado joins his wife, Sarah Furtado, who had served as SPC athletics’ administrative assistant before becoming part of the Sonics front office. • Former wrestler Marty Vogt succeeds Furtado as head coach. The Falcons’ send five athletes to nationals, placing 24th overall. • While injuries prevent the team from qualifying, Laurel Anderson and Debbie Halle again excel at the AIAW gymnastics championships. Anderson ties for first on vault, and Halle is runner-up on beam. Shortly after completing her career, Anderson is named successor to her mentor, George Lewis. • Freshman Alice Kelly makes an incredible first impression on the track and trail. In the fall, she wins the regional cross country title. At the spring SPC Invitational in West Seattle, Kelly wins the 2-mile in a collegiate record 10 minutes, 54.8 seconds. • With Les Habegger on sabbatical, Keith Swagerty serves as interim basketball coach, steering a young squad to a 14-13 mark, including a 5653 win over Seattle University — the first upset of the Div. 1 Chieftains in five years. Mike Downs and Jerry Brown lead the way offensively while Nate Townsend holds SU star Frank Oleynick 13 points under his average. Following the season, Swagerty is named permanent head coach. • In its final year as a club sport, Virginia Husted’s women’s basketball team is worthy of a regional playoff slot, but the NCWSA bans the Falcons because they played road games in Alaska prior to the January 1 season start date.
So Close to the Crown Initially, it was considered to be a rebuilding year for soccer. The Falcons had qualified for the NCAA tournament three straight seasons but lost several key 1973 performers to graduation, and in the first three games Kit Zell of 1974 they leaked 11 goals and lost twice. Then came the twist. Behind a pair of Jose Reyes goals, Seattle Pacific shocked Washington with a 3-1 victory at Queen Anne Bowl. Suddenly, there was a newfound confidence. Two weeks later they tied powerful San Francisco at the
Husky Classic, and once conference play resumed, the Falcons proved unbeatable. With Kit Zell and Daudi Abe up front, Ken Covell, a scoring star in his first three years, focused on playmaking. “Ken’s own scoring dropped, but we won the big games,” noted Coach Cliff McCrath. Zell scored 16 times and Abe netted 11 goals — four in just one game. SPC lifted its first NCSC trophy after allowing just seven goals in 10 outings. Just as unexpected was their success in the playoffs: three straight wins away from home,
two in overtime, to reach the NCAA championship game for the first time. Playing in freezing St. Louis snow, and fatigued by their OT semifinal win against Eastern Illinois, the Falcons fell behind 3-0 in the first 24 minutes to powerful Adelphi. Reaching down, the Birds fought back with Zell Daudi Abe scoring two, but they couldn’t manage an equalizer. Still, it was the highest national finish for the school in any sport, and it came just four years after going winless.
Women’s Track Starts Fast As the first women’s varsity sport, gymnastics was a tough act to follow. Nonetheless, track and field’s debut season for SPC was spectacular. Building on the strong and storied foundation of the Falcon Track Club, it bolted out of the blocks and immediately became a respected power nationwide. The Falcons easily won the NCWSA regional meet and took 13 qualifiers to the AIAW championships in Corvallis, Oregon. Led by Lynette Matthews’ third-place points in both the shot put and discus, they placed 10th. Denise Anderson was fifth
in the 400-meter hurdles and anchored the 1,600 relay to third, while Laurel Miller ran fifth in the 2-mile. “We’ve got the strongest team in the Northwest and one of the strongest in the United States,” remarked Coach Ken Foreman. “The exciting thing to me is that most of the team are freshmen and sophomores.”
Ken Foreman and Lynette Matthews
ON CAMPUS • Student Council suspends itself. • The Kingdome takes shape in Seattle.
• Students discuss, “Should chapel be mandatory?” • The study of nature is integrated in the Casey Campus Quarter.
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1975–76 SPC Scores NCAA Soccer Finals In a bold move, Seattle Pacific and the Nile Temple of Mountlake Terrace outbid the field to host the 1975 NCAA Division II soccer finals in Seattle. The NCAA liked the idea of playing at Memorial Stadium, home of the wildly
Suddenly, the NCAA finals would feature a home team. Not even sub-freezing temperatures or a semifinal pairing with defending champion Adelphi and its five All-Americans could subdue Seattle Pacific. With 5,000 partisan fans behind them, the Falcons avenged their loss in the 1974 championship game as Daudi Abe converted his rebound for the 3-2 winner. However, the victory came at a cost: Both Ellis and Abe succumbed to knee injuries. The next day, 7,000 saw
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• Debbie Halle leads gymnastics to 14th in AIAW and second in the NCWSA regional, behind Washington. Halle wins regional titles in bars, floor, and all-around. At nationals, she takes sixth on beam and ninth in all-around. • Interim Coach Keith Swagerty begins a men’s basketball community outreach program with players visiting retirement homes, conducting youth clinics, and serving at the First Avenue Service Center. • Women’s basketball under Virginia Husted begins its varsity era by beating both Washington 66-61 and defending regional champion Boise State 57-42 on the road. The Lady Falcons go 15-7 and reach the regional qualifying tournament. • Pam Spencer clears 6 feet to win the AAU national indoor high jump and then competes for the U.S. in a dual meet versus the USSR in Leningrad. Sherron Walker takes first in the AAU outdoor long jump just five months after having her gall bladder removed. Spencer is second outdoors. Both Walker and Spencer make the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team.
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popular Seattle Sounders. The fact that the Shriners and SPC partnered to purchase 12,000 tickets (semifinals, finals, and third-place match) sealed the deal. The two-day event would be a financial success before a ball was kicked. While the Shriners went about reselling those tickets, the Falcons helped the cause on the playing field. They reached the halfway point of the season unbeaten (60-4) behind the scoring of Kit Zell and Steve Newman, and a stingy defense anchored by Dave Ellis. The playoffs began by allowing an early goal to UC Davis, but Zell, who did not play organized soccer until college, soon tied it, and Jose Reyes won it 2-1. Five days later, the Falcons upset Cal State Hayward 2-1 on the road.
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• Women’s cross country defeats Oregon 46-60 at Lower Woodland Park, claiming the program’s first regional championship as a varsity team. Laurel Miller runs second and Laurie McCallum third.
Jose Reyes
Reyes stake the hosts to a 1-0 lead, but a physically imposing Baltimore proceeded to barrel through SPC 3-1. For the second year in a row, Seattle Pacific was runner-up.
• SPC Coach Doris Brown Heritage and future Falcon Debbie Quatier represent the U.S. at the world cross country championships in Wales. Heritage finishes second on the team and 17th overall. Quatier, still in high school, takes 19th. • Two SPC crew teams compete in the 1976 NWRA women’s nationals in Long Beach, California. Rowing in the lightweight eight are Renee Soft, Karen Franklin, Andrea Teel, Carol Donovan, Mary Jo Kroph, Laurie Hull, Adele Park, Marcia Pearce, and coxswain Patti Henshaw. The open pair includes Jennifer Clow and Karen Heetderks.
Women’s Track Nearly Captures National Crown It hardly mattered that the school did not own its own oval; it was still a place where Seattle Pacific women’s track and field dreams could come alive. The Falcons featured a proud tradition, including living legends like Coach Ken Foreman, and past Olympians like Doris Heritage. Foreman was not only a coach who encouraged young women to dream big, but he also had the know-how to achieve it. And it proved to be a powerful combination. Attracting some of the top talent across the West, SPC was untouchable at the regional level in Boise, more than doubling the score of runner-up Oregon (19482.) Eleven qualified for the AIAW championships, and Foreman predicted a top-six finish. “This team is incredible,” he exclaimed.
Indeed, Seattle Pacific challenged for the championship. Sherron Walker won the long jump (19-10 1/2 inches), and there were five other top-three efforts: second place for Marcia Mecklenburg in the discus (154-7) and shot (51-5); a second for Denise Anderson in the 400-meter hurdles and for Pam Spencer in a lightningshortened high jump (5-9); and a third place for Sonja Bennett in javelin (135-9). National Runners-Up: (Front row) Sonja Bennett, Rachel Yeager, The points quickly piled Marcia Mecklenberg, Julie Hanson, Theresa Smith (Back) Anita Scandura, Denise Anderson, Sue Griffith, Ken Foreman (coach), Laurel up. SPC tied for first after Miller, Sherron Walker, Jeannette Smiley the opening day, and eventually earned second place among schools at all levels, just behind Prairie View A&M.
Habegger Leaves After a 20-Year Tenure at Seattle Pacific For 19 years, SPC as interim head athletics had been basketball coach were on its ascendancy to commendable, given national prominence the rebuilding project under the guidance of and increasingly Les Habegger. When difficult schedule. Habegger left for a His teams had gone six-month sabbatical a combined 28-25. in 1974–75, most Habegger supporters envisioned him returning Les Habegger talked about making to the helm of men’s a change and perhaps basketball. But instead, he became returning him to a dual role of AD the director of SPC’s newly and coach. Ultimately, Swagerty established School of Physical was given a new, three-year Education and Athletics. A year contract as head coach. Soon later, there came an added twist. afterward, Habegger, yearning to Keith Swagerty’s years coach once more, resigned as PE/
athletic director. Effective August 31, 1976, his 20-year association with the Falcons came to a close. Habegger was the Falcons’ head basketball coach and athletic director for 17 years, beginning in 1957. He had a win-loss record of 272 wins versus 176 losses. After beginning with two years below .500, Habegger coached 15 consecutive winning seasons. Eight of his teams reached postseason play, and his 1965 squad was NCAA Division II Pacific Coast Regional Champions and advanced to the national tournament in Evansville, Indiana.
ON CAMPUS • A bomb threat arouses sleeping residents in Ashton Hall. • Tlingit wood-carver Abner Johnson creates the Seattle Pacific “Story Pole” to be raised on campus as a gift from the class of 1971. • A major in liberal studies is adopted. • In a 10-7 vote, the Academic Policies Committee rejects a proposal to include an Air Force ROTC unit on campus.
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1976–77 Administration Explores Moving Up to NCAA Division I At the outset of 1976–77, the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee signaled a period of expansion and greater vision for athletics. The IAC recommended a $1 million renovation of facilities, including: adding 1,000 seats to Brougham Pavilion; constructing a pool and crew shell house; adding
and cross country, and men’s soccer, were also seeking consideration for similar elevation. Midway through the academic year, coaches became concerned that the new athletic director, John Cramer, was taking SPC in an entirely different direction: NCAA Div. III, which prohibited athletic
FALCON FACTS • Doris Heritage, SPC assistant track and cross country coach, is named Washington state’s 1976 Outstanding Young Woman of the Year. Heritage runs sixth in the AAU cross country championship and 18th at the worlds. She also takes second among women (48th overall) in the New York City Marathon. • Pam Spencer hauls down a record 26 rebounds in a lateseason win over the Oregon College of Education. The Lady Falcons, following a seasonopening loss to Washington, reel off 11 wins in the next 12 and make the NCWSA regional. • SPC wins the Sounders Cup city championship over Washington and Seattle University. Steve Newman scores 17 goals, including four in a 10-0 rout of Fresno Pacific. Still, Chico State upsets the Falcons 3-2 in the first round of the NCAA soccer tournament in quadruple overtime. • Members of the men’s and women’s crew program raise $800 in funds by plucking duck feathers for a local grocer.
Rowing Promoted: Crew was a beneficiary of SPU’s renewed emphasis on athletics, elevating the sport from club to varsity status. Rowers in this boat (ca. 1987–88) included Amy Border, Connie Austin, Sarah Kellogg, Annette Simonson, Vicky Gray, Amy Armstrong, Wendy Stubenrauch, and Carrie Fisher.
training spaces for track and field and gymnastics; and elevating rowing from club to varsity status. The IAC also was commissioned to explore NCAA Division I status for men’s basketball. The latter was dependent upon finding a suitable conference; at the time, men’s basketball was a Div. II independent. However, coaches of other programs, namely women’s track and field 66
scholarship aid to participants. Ultimately, Cramer was succeeded by longtime SPU administrator William Rosenberger as acting athletic director. In May 1977, the IAC delivered its findings on affiliation: the Falcons would stay at Div. II for all programs. The committee found that SPC had not outgrown Div. II status, and that the added cost of going Div. I was simply too steep.
• Debbie Quatier wins the AIAW regional cross country race in Eugene, Oregon; Anita Scandurra takes first in the Seattle Marathon; and Susie Griffith clocks a record 800 meters (2 minutes, 6 seconds) in the spring. • In 1976–77, the NCAA removes its nine-year ban on dunking, but stuffs are still forbidden in pregame shooting. Coach Keith Swagerty informs his big guys about the rule, but “it didn’t dawn on me to tell Roland (Campbell),” he said. Consequently, in the season’s third game, the 5-foot-8 Campbell is whistled by officials for hanging on the rim in pregame warm-ups. As a result, Great Falls College gets a technical foul shot before the clock starts, but the Falcons still win by 15.
Women’s Track Faces Challenges With a pair of Olympians returning to the fold and several more championship-caliber athletes in the mix, the Falcon women’s track and field team appeared to be loaded for another run at the AIAW championship after finishing runner-up in 1976. Yet there were two looming issues: first, the imminent possibility of SPU joining NCAA Division II, which would keep the Falcons from competing against highprofile D-I programs such as Oregon and UCLA; and second, the sudden loss of long jumper Sherron Walker, which proved the most challenging of all. Walker had joined Pam Spencer on the U.S. team for the
1976 Olympic Games. During the collegiate season, the sophomore’s mark of 21 feet, 8 3/4 inches ranked No. 2 among Americans. But fewer than five weeks before nationals, Walker, an Everett native, left school and moved to the L.A. area. “It was quite a blow to us,” said Coach Ken Foreman. He noted that since the Olympics, other schools had tried to lure Walker away. She landed at Long Beach State. Still, Seattle Pacific was sufficiently strong to win a third straight regional championship at Husky Stadium by a wide margin over Oregon. Spencer and Lorna Griffin (discus) each placed second. In all, the throwers
Pam Spencer
— Griffin, Julia Hansen, and javelin thrower Sonja Bennett — accounted for four top-five national finishes, and SPC took seventh place.
Campbell Drives and Dishes to Multiple Assist Records At 5 feet, 8 inches, Falcon guard hot hands of forwards Stan Nybo Roland Campbell was the shortest and Jeff Case. While he didn’t look player on the to score much, team. But his drives and in the assist dishes often column, he added up to came up big double figures every time he in assists. He stepped onto shattered the the court. SPC career Campbell assist record grew into his two-thirds own during his into his junior third season campaign and ignited while Really Quick: Roland Campbell drives to the Falcons to accumulating the hoop. find their way 12 assists in back to the NCAA tournament. a 103-76 romp over Azusa Pacific. With cat-quick speed and However, he was not always uncanny passes, Campbell fed the free-wheeling. At Washington,
he controlled the ball for nearly eight minutes of the first half to hold off the Huskies while fans in Hec Edmundson jeered loudly. Regardless, the strategy was effective, keeping the Falcons within six at halftime. When SPC needed a victory to clinch a postseason berth in the final regular season game, Campbell responded by breaking his own record with 13 assists in a 75-69 win over Central Washington in a packed Brougham Pavilion. Keith Swagerty’s Falcons lost their postseason opener to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, but rebounded to take third in the West Regional and post their 20th win, 94-74 over Cal State Hayward.
ON CAMPUS • The Science Learning Center (formerly Arcweld Manufacturing) opens December 3.
• Disappointing to many, the Casey Campus Quarter is terminated. • A new campus recycling project is introduced called SPRUCE: Seattle Pacific Recycling and University Center for the Environment. • Seattle Pacific College officially becomes Seattle Pacific University in June 1977.
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1977–78 Falcon Runners Stymied in the Heat and Humidity of Tennessee Head Coach Ken Foreman was reaching for the sky. And he had the stars to do it.
scant room for error at the NCAA Division II nationals in Knoxville, Tennessee. The load was on the collective shoulders of nine Foreman athletes entered in 13 events. Some athletes competed in multiple heats and events in stifling, 90-degree temperatures and high humidity. The mile relay of Deborah Carter, Rachel Yeager, Denise Anderson, and Theresa Smith shattered the school record by 5 seconds (3:41.57), and Debbie Quatier achieved the top 5,000-meters qualifying mark. But the single-event runners were unable to earn points. Lorna Griffin, doubling in the shot and discus, totaled 10 points, Pam Spencer took third in the high jump, and Julia Hansen was fourth in the discus. In the end, SPU finished 11th.
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• A 25-year partnership with SPC comes to a close when Ken Foreman resigns as head coach of track and field and cross country. At issue is SPC’s decision to keep all athletic programs at the Div. II level. Foreman strongly advocates for Div. I status for his track and field program, commenting, “I’m always trying to put people on the moon.” “He just outgrew us,” replies Wes Lingren, chair of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee. “I think we have high aspirations, but his are higher.” • Debbie Quatier wins each of her cross country races leading up to the AIAW championships in San Bernardino, California, but finishes just 23rd in the final. Doris Heritage wins the Pacific Northwest AAU title. In April, Heritage, who ran for Ken Foreman and served as his assistant, is named his successor as head coach of cross country and track and field. • The men’s basketball team finishes 12-14, with six losses coming to Division I programs. • Bill Mickelson’s men’s varsity four crew upsets California in the Golden Bears’ home course on the Oakland Estuary. The Falcons’ Dave Hendricks, Dave Godfrey, John Terwilliger, and Byron King, with Dave Hamilton coxing, beat Cal by nearly three boat-lengths.
Debbie Quatier
“Many experts agree that this team, at full strength, is the greatest women’s track and field team assembled in the United States,” offered Foreman, whose squad had run its win streak to 25 meets against Northwest opposition. Yet this year, Seattle Pacific’s three-year regional reign came to an end at the feet of Oregon. And despite the team’s talent, there was
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• Julie Switzer and Janice George help form the rebuilding effort in gymnastics. The Falcons defeat Seattle University, Boise State (twice), and Sacramento State en route to taking eighth in the regional.
Ken Foreman
• In the fall, Interim Athletic Director William Rosenberger announces the women’s crew program is changed from varsity to club status. In January, Roy Dunbar takes over as women’s crew coach, replacing Dan Nelson.
Men’s Soccer: NCAA Runner-Up, Again Clearly, when a program reaches the championship game three times in four years, it’s no fluke. Still, to be turned back at that stage time and again can either crush one’s spirit or galvanize it. Cliff McCrath’s soccer bunch battled injuries early on, but with health restored and more cohesiveness, they found their best form in November. After losing 4-1 at Washington, the Falcons beat Oregon State 6-1 to start a six-game unbeaten run. Three of those victories came in the postseason, including a thrilling semifinal versus Wisconsin – Green Bay.
Shortly after Green Bay tied it at 1-1, goalkeeper Marty Shaw saved a UWGB penalty kick. Still knotted after 90 minutes in the sticky Miami heat, the teams moved into overtime after overtime. In the third extra stanza, Todd Schilperoort’s free kick was bobbled into the net by the Green Bay keeper for the game-winner. The following day, SPU, which had fallen in the 1974 and 1975 NCAA finals, fell behind 2-0 after 65 minutes against Alabama A&M. Seattle Pacific missed a penalty, then Sergio Rivera scored on another to pull within
2-1, but the Falcons couldn’t produce the equalizer.
Sergio Rivera
Falcons Surge at Season’s End, Come Up Short for the Postseason Despite injuries to key players, the Falcon women nearly found a way to reach the basketball postseason. Senior forward Barb Engebretson led the way with support from first-year players like Shannon Holland. After a slow start at 4-8, SPU won 10 of its last 11 games. FirstBarb Engebretson year Coach Steve Gough hoped that the strong stretch run, punctuated by a dramatic victory over
Seattle University, would earn an invitation to the all-division tournament. A seasonopening loss to Washington was marred by losing Sonja Bennett, top scorer for the previous two seasons, to a knee injury. Most opponents held a height advantage, but the 5-foot-9 Engebretson was tenacious on the boards, averaging a doubledouble 15.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. Guard Sharon
Barker ran the offense with solid contributions from Lynne Nutley, Patty Shrag, and Holland. Engebretson led SPU to its sixth consecutive win with 16 points and 19 rebounds in a victory over Alaska Anchorage 63-55. She scored 21 in the penultimate contest versus Seattle U, with freshman Lisa Snider connecting on the gamewinning shot with three seconds remaining in overtime. However, the Chieftains ultimately got the playoff nod. Seattle Pacific capped the year by beating Linfield away, although Engebretson suffered a fractured wrist in the process. She graduated as the program’s career scoring and rebounding leader.
ON CAMPUS • A new Metro bus route, No.13, offers Queen Anne access to and from downtown. •
Seattle Pacific celebrates “The University Year.” • The proposed School of Music and Fine Arts awaits approval. • English majors bring back the campus literary magazine, discontinued in 1969, under the new title Second Essence.
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1978–79 Falcons Scale the Soccer Summit In the years 1974–77, the Falcons advanced to the Division II soccer final without reward. Late in 1978 the question became: Would they even make the playoffs after going winless (0-2-1) in the final three
Bruce Raney
regular season games? But they did qualify and dispatched Chapman to reach the second round. A home date with San Francisco State was twice postponed, then finally shifted to Husky Stadium because Memorial Stadium was unplayable due to snow. No matter, the Kevin Bloudoff Falcons won 2-0. In Miami, a semifinal showdown with Southern Connecticut proved a war of attrition in the sweltering heat. In the 130th minute, Kevin Bloudoff settled it 1-0. Meanwhile, heavily favored 70
Alabama A&M had eased to a comfortable 5-0 semifinal win. For the second year in a row, a largely homegrown SPU squad faced the Bulldogs and their multinational stars, who had won 19 of 21 games. “Our strategy,” said Coach Cliff McCrath afterward, “was to frustrate and keep them off their rhythm.” Again, under a blistering sun, SPU held the opposition at bay. For an hour, Alabama A&M possessed the ball and pushed hard for a goal. Then, the Falcons began pushing back. In the 85th minute, freshman Bruce Raney nearly won it but was denied by the keeper. Into overtime they went. In the third extra period, Raney did not miss. A throw-in from Eric Benz found Jim McKay, who flicked it on. Raney’s head redirected the ball into the net, and the celebration began — the Jim McKay Falcons had won their first national Division II soccer title. “The game came down to a question of character and courage over skill and ability,” said McCrath. “That was the difference.”
FALCON FACTS • Ken Foreman, who resigned as track and field coach the previous spring, is named 1980 U.S. Olympic women’s coach. • Marcia Mecklenburg, Julie Hansen, and Lorna Griffin are among the current and former SPU track and field throwers pushing for 1980 Olympic team berths. Hansen, who takes third in the AIAW discus (173 feet, 7 inches), later finishes fifth in the AAU meet. Mecklenburg, a senior, sets the indoor collegiate shot put record (52-1 1/2) at the AAU national meet in New York. Griffin, a recent SPU graduate, is second in the AAU discus (189-5). • Royal Brougham dies at age 84 from a heart attack. Seattle Pacific had named its gym for Brougham, the longtime sports editor, columnist, and later, managing editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. • Joan Corbin, a junior transfer from Spokane Community College, makes an immediate impact on the women’s cross country and track programs. Corbin wins the fall regional race, then takes second in both the regional 1,500- and 3,000-meter races in the spring. She obliterates the school 1,500 record with a victory (4:24.5, a 16-second PR) before 12,000 fans at Hayward Field in Eugene, OR. • John Terwilliger earns a seat in the U.S. four boat at the world rowing championships. Terwilliger, a junior, helps keep the program moving forward while the volunteer men’s coach, Dave Godfrey, undergoes treatment for leukemia. Ultimately, Godfrey dies in April. Kris Schonberg is later named interim coach. • Interim Athletic Director Bill Rosenberger explores forming a new men’s basketball conference with other Washington small colleges. Among the schools Rosenberger approaches are Central Washington, Eastern Washington, Puget Sound, Saint Martin’s, and Western Washington.
In Celebration, McCrath Crawls to the Space Needle What was a casual quip a year prior became frequently quoted: McCrath had said that if SPU ever won a national title, he would crawl from campus to the Space Needle, shave off his mustache, and buy every student a Pepsi. On a chilly December 6, just three days after his Falcons had raised the NCAA trophy in Miami, McCrath donned his protective garb for “The Crawl.” With TV and newspaper cameras poised, McCrath dropped to hands and knees and began the 2.7-mile trek over Queen Anne Hill. It lasted three hours and 10 minutes and required all the
conviction he could muster. Postcrawl, he admitted, “In the last half mile there were times when the old ticker said, ‘Enough, man.’ (But) I just put my head down and kept going.” By afternoon, the news spread coast to coast about the wacky college soccer coach who had gone the distance. McCrath, who had worn through two pairs of knee pads, barely had time to stand upright at the base of the Space Needle when he was plopped into a chair and had his mustache shorn away. At least the local Pepsi bottler sprang for the drinks.
Hands and Knees: Cliff McCrath on the road again.
Falcon-Flavored Sonics Win NBA Title On June during the 4, 1979, 1960s. Now, it seemed Habegger everyone in was assistant greater Seattle coach and had flooded Furtado head downtown for athletic trainer an up-close for the world glimpse of champion their new Sonics. And heroes. The on this bright SuperSonics sunny day, Frank and Sarah Furtado had just they found returned from clinching the NBA themselves in the center of a sea championship, and alongside of more than 300,000 people. the stars were a pair of longtime Both Furtado (whose wife SPU icons. Sarah had managed the Falcon Les Habegger and Frank Athletics office before joining Furtado were synonymous with the Sonics front office in 1970) Falcon basketball and wrestling, and Habegger were popular with respectively, having guided their players and the boss. “I’ve got programs to national prominence the best assistant coach in the
league,” smiled Head Coach Lenny Wilkens. Other SPU alumni and coaches who worked for the Sonics during this time were Sharon Wortman
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ON CAMPUS • Adelaide Hall is torn down. • SPU mourns the passing of Royal Brougham, Seattle PI sports editor and gym namesake. • A new bachelor’s degree in computer science is approved. • British journalist and speaker Malcolm Muggeridge visits campus.
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1979–80 The Olympic Games: What Might Have Been Three former Falcons were poised to make a strong impression at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games. Ken Foreman, head coach of the women’s track and field team, and two of his proteges — Lorna Griffin (discus) and Pam Spencer (high jump) — were scheduled for Moscow. But the trip never happened.
Lorna Griffin
During the winter and spring, President Jimmy Carter began building a coalition of nations to boycott the Moscow games, in protest of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. The U.S. Olympic Committee informed the International Olympic Committee that barring a Soviet pullout, the Americans would be staying home. Seattle Pacific graduate Lorna Griffin (1977–78), a four-time All-American, was reaching her prime in 1980. On May 24, she shattered the U.S. discus record for the fourth time in six weeks at 72
a meet in Long Beach, California, throwing 207 feet, 5 inches. Later, at the U.S. championships in Eugene, Oregon, Griffin easily won the discus title and took third place in the shot put. “I would like to go to Moscow for the Olympics,” said Griffin. “But I’m not going to let the boycott ruin my career. My goal is to throw 215 feet and make the top-10 rankings.” Also, former Falcon Pam Spencer qualified for the Olympic squad by placing third in the high jump. Foreman lamented that he and America’s best coaches and athletes were kept home because of Cold War politics. Later, the would-be Olympians were given Congressional Gold Medals and invited to the White House by President Carter. As Foreman met Carter in the receiving line, he said, “Mr. President, you have made a terrible mistake.”
FALCON FACTS • Keith Phillips becomes the first Seattle Pacific alumnus to serve as athletic director. Phillips played basketball and baseball at SPC before graduating in 1956. He had served as AD for Virginia’s Eastern Mennonite College. • Men’s tennis returns, with alumnus Jim Guier serving as coach. The men’s program had been discontinued for financial reasons in 1970. • Junior Joan Corbin outruns a field of 177 harriers to win the AIAW Division II cross country crown in Tallahassee, Florida. Gail Volk, the phenomenal freshman from Ballard, places fifth, and the Falcons claim second place, just behind Air Force. • Senior Janice George and freshman Mariana Stehman qualify for the AIAW championships in gymnastics all-around; however, an injured George (sprained foot) is unable to compete. • Wes Lingren serves as interim athletic director, lifting men’s and women’s crew to full varsity status. • Women’s varsity four rowers Rachel Engelberth, Kirsten Sommer, Kelly Dunbar, Stevanie Bunyan, and cox Lori Kesl win the regional at Green Lake over Washington, Pacific Lutheran, and Humboldt State. That earns an invitation to the Pac-10 championships, where they finish second and gain a place at the national regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. • The men’s varsity four of Dan Cederborg, Roger Strand, Erik Nutley, Larry Brown, and cox Dave Hamilton take second by a bow to Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon. The group goes on to place fourth at the Western Sprints. • Women’s track wins the NCWSA regional over Idaho 101-99 in Boise. Cathy Wilson takes first in both the pentathlon and shot put while freshman Gail Volk runs away with the 10,000-meters title.
Falcons Face Juggernaut Alabama A&M in Semifinals Seattle town in Pacific’s September, growing goals by Mark reputation as Metzger and a giant slayer Mark Smith in soccer upset Division was further I power burnished Southern in 1979 as Illinois – Coach Cliff McCrath (left) and Mark Metzger the Falcons Edwardsville made another 2-1. (The NCAA championship run. SIUE Cougars went on to win the The Falcons’ defense of their national D-I title). 1978 NCAA title got off to a Following that rousing start, sensational start despite their SPU embarked on an East Coast stiffest schedule to date. And, regular season road trip, which of course, as reigning champion, would become an annual staple they were prime targets for their for nearly 20 years. Funded opponents. “We’ll need a lot of through donations, the trip took prayer,” said Coach Cliff McCrath. the Falcons more than 6,000 miles At the Husky Classic across over two weeks, with stops at
Harvard, Yale, Texas Christian, Southern Methodist, and UNLV. They lost only once in their final 15 games and punched their ticket to the postseason. In the semifinals in Miami, Seattle Pacific was once again confronted with Alabama A&M, the juggernaut they upset in a previous final. The team prepared for the heat and humidity by riding exercise bikes in a sauna. It helped, as SPU stretched the Bulldogs (21-1-0) to overtime, but A&M then scored the winner in just 42 seconds. Chris Hellenkamp’s goal gave SPU a win in the third-place game the following day, while Alabama A&M blasted Eastern Illinois 4-0 to reclaim the title.
Falcons Run-and-Gun Offense Falls Short of the Postseason Billed as “Run, Gun, and Have Fun!” the 1979–80 men’s basketball campaign initially lived up to the hype. The Falcons, seeking to rebound from two sub-.500 seasons, stormed into action. They reeled off 13 wins in the first 14 games — the best start in program history. After 11 losses in 12 Division-I games the previous two seasons, only two were scheduled for the 1979–80 season, and Coach Keith Swagerty’s running, hot-shooting Falcons were fraying the nets. Seattle Pacific scored 90 or more points in eight of those 13 wins. The team had a balanced offense, although all-district junior forward
Jerry Line was the most explosive. Line poured in 43 points in back-toback wins, and then added another 26 versus Cal Baptist. A near-capacity crowd of 4,000 watched the homecoming victory over George Fox in the Seattle Center Arena. Freshmen Jeff Espersen, Robin Marshall, Scott Manahl, and Gregg Kingma all developed into key contributors, and co-captain Beau McCloud rose to No. 3 in career assists. Yet a 1-point loss at Saint Martin’s set in motion a 5-8 slump that left SPU out of postseason play for the third straight year and brought Swagerty’s six-year tenure to a close.
1979–80 Falcons: (Front row) Cisco Collins, Beau McCloud, Robin Marshall, Ivory Stuckey, Brad Beach, Gregg Kingma (Back) Mike Collord, Doug Hoisington, Greg Hoisington, Scott Manahl, Nate Skow, Jeff Esperson, Jerry Line
ON CAMPUS • “We can change the secular world,” says Prison Fellowship Founder Chuck Colson in chapel. • Alumni-led Taproot Theatre signs a “theatre in residence” contract with SPU. • SPU hosts the National Prayer Breakfast. • An increase in enrollment puts a squeeze on campus facilities.
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1980–81 Falcon Club Gathers Members and Momentum Seattle Pacific’s athletic booster organization, the Falcon Club, was reinvigorated under the enthusiastic leadership of Jim Poteet, head basketball coach, and the activism of more than 100 members. Business and community leaders, some with existing SPU ties and others just becoming familiar with the Falcons, were enlisted to help raise funds to support teams and improve facilities. V.O. “Bud” McDole, SPU Board V.O. “Bud” McDole of Trustees chair and IBM executive, served as the original club’s president since 1970. “Because of the interest it generates among young people and through the media, I feel that intercollegiate athletics is one of the best — if not the best —
advertisements Seattle Pacific can make to the business community,” said McDole, an SPU graduate. Jack MacDonald, who, like McDole, was an alum, said plans called for each athletic team to have its own cadre of boosters to help the coach or athletes, or to “simply be available to talk.” For their contributions and support of Falcon athletics, both MacDonald and McDole would receive lifetime achievement awards in the Falcon Hall of Fame. Seattle Police Department detective Myrle Carner was drawn to the club after meeting some Falcon basketball players. “Once I saw the caliber of their character and realized I was 180 degrees away from the youth I deal with in my job, it was a natural transition for me to become involved in the organization.” Within his first year of membership, Carner personally recruited more than 20 new members.
FALCON FACTS • Finishing the year in strong fashion, the Falcons produce a national champion in women’s track and field. Sophomore Cathy Wilson wins the AIAW heptathlon at Indiana, Pennsylvania, with a school and meet record of 5,155 points. Annamarie Solomonson takes fourth. Laurie Bannink runs fifth in the 800, propelling SPU to 12th place overall. • Men’s crew concludes its second varsity season by taking third in the open four at a national regatta in Philadelphia. Jon Allen, John Terwilliger, Bill Clark, Rand Whitney, and coxswain Marie Flake go unbeaten during the regular season. At the women’s national in Oakland, California, the SPU four of Kelly Dunbar, Carol Mauer, Rachel Engleberth, Heidi Erickson, and coxswain Lori Kesl take third behind UCLA and California. Engleberth, the crew’s lone senior, is later invited to the U.S. Rowing national team camp. • Women’s tennis debuts with alumna Jane Knutsen serving as coach. • Jim Poteet succeeds Keith Swagerty at the helm of men’s basketball with a refreshed atmosphere in Brougham Pavilion. New scoreboards and a Falcon Club Lounge that overlooks the playing floor are among the renovations to the facility. After struggling early, Poteet’s young team (six of the top eight players are freshmen or sophomores) rallies to win 11 of the last 18 to finish 13-14. • Coach Doris Heritage is inducted into the Northwest Sports Foundation Hall of Fame for her contributions to women’s sports in track and cross country as an athlete, coach, and administrator.
Teacher-Mentor: Jack MacDonald and one of his students at Lincoln High School.
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• Sophomore Gail Volk sets a new under-20 world ultramarathon record, running 31 miles over a Green Lake course in 3 hours, 37 minutes.
Falcons’ Hellenkamp Taken by Timbers For two seasons, Chris Hellenkamp was tracking toward becoming one of the top soccer players in the history of SPU’s program. As it turned out, the sophomore midfielder from Tacoma arrived ahead of schedule, prompting him to forego his final two years and turn professional. “I felt it was the right time for me,” said Hellenkamp, who had come from Tacoma’s Stadium High School. “I felt my ultimate goal was to play professionally.” Weeks after the 1980 collegiate season concluded with
Soccer League draft and was taken eighth overall by the Portland Timbers. Early in the 1981 season, he was already a parttime starter. The Falcons’ bid for a fourth straight national finals appearance was snapped by longtime rival Chico State 3-2 in overtime. SPU posted a season record of 15-3-5.
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the Falcons falling to Chico State at the regional stage, Hellenkamp declared for the North American
Young Falcon Runners Excel Nationally They were good, but they were young. And Coach Doris Heritage was careful not to put too much pressure on her harriers going into the AIAW championships. But with the national meet just minutes from campus and the excitement high, the Falcon women’s cross country team gave the eventual victors all they could handle. Running Burien’s Tyee Park Lauri Shansby Golf Course on a brilliant, sunny mid-November day, Lauri Shansby, Gail Volk, and their teammates came within 17 points, 82-99, of
upsetting South Dakota State for the Division II crown. “I could not have asked any of our runners to run even one second faster than they did,” beamed Heritage. “We are a very young team. No one is over 20.” Shansby, a freshman from Seattle, quickly took the lead before relinquishing it to finish third. Volk, a sophomore from Ballard, was an All-American for the second year in a row, placing seventh. Rounding out the scorers were freshmen Missy Nelson (19th),
Connie Benson (40th), and Jan Milcic (43rd).
Gail Volk
ON CAMPUS • Three large evergreen trees are removed from in front of Peterson Hall. • President
David McKenna is considered for Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan. • A newly remodeled student union building opens on February 20th. • A minor fire causes residents in Ashton Hall to evacuate.
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1981–82 Leadership Commits to Athletic Excellence The Falcons’ ability to leverage their talent was exhibited during the 1970s when women’s track and field and gymnastics challenged for national titles against Division I programs, and soccer capped a run of playoff
building a program for superior athletes.” In 1980, cross-town rival Seattle University had deemphasized athletics, dropping from NCAA Division I to NAIA. Under Martin, Phillips, and Jim Poteet, the new men’s
FALCON FACTS • Led by Lauri Shansby’s thirdplace finish, Seattle Pacific claims third overall at the AIAW Division II cross country championships in Pocatello, Idaho. The Falcons, with 101 points, finish behind Utah (66) and Air Force (85), and ahead of Idaho and Virginia Tech. Dottie Meyers joins Shansby as an All-American, running sixth. Other Falcon scorers are Sandy Gabelein (23rd), Connie Benson (30th), and Gail Volk (61st). • Men’s basketball games are carried live on KAYO 1150 AM with Ken Wilson, Seattle Mariners announcer, calling the action. • Soccer star Terry McGill is one of 32 national recipients of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. McGill is also selected to participate in the Senior Bowl.
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basketball coach, athletics raised more than $300,000 in 1980–81, much of it used for facilities improvement, including new offices and a renovated Falcon Club Lounge in Brougham Pavilion. Poteet invigorated the Falcon Club booster organization, nearly doubling the funds contributed for scholarship aid. Seattle Seahawks captain Norm Evans served as the new Falcon Club president. “Athletics builds community spirit and provides a sense of belonging,” said Martin. “SPU sports provide students, alumni, and parents with that kind of togetherness.”
• Seattle Pacific’s men’s lightweight four competes at the Dad Vail Regatta, May 7–8 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rowers include Dan Cederborg, Keith Jefferson, Greg Zook, and Randy McDole, with coxswain Vaughn Ohlman. The varsity four, including Bryan Pearche, Bill Clark, Andy Ekblad, and Dale Rae, with coxswain Linda Garcia, finish third at the Western Sprints, May 10–11, in Long Beach, California. • Gina Caven, No. 3 singles player, battles back from being down a set to win her match as the women’s tennis team ties defending regional champion Pacific Lutheran 4-4. Rain washes out the tiebreaking doubles match. Caven and Jodi Johnson each advance to the AIAW Division II regional semifinals. • Junior Meriahna Stehman becomes the first gymnastics All-American in six years, finishing eighth on bars and ninth on vault at the AIAW nationals in Denver, Colorado. SPU takes second at the regional behind Boise State. Among the Falcons’ record 17 wins are Montana, Montana State, Idaho, Seattle University, and Eastern Washington.
Raney, Soriano Cap Outstanding Careers In football, the ultimate individual honor is the Heisman trophy. Collegiate soccer’s equivalent is the Hermann Award. After their record-breaking careers, Seattle Pacific’s Bruce Raney and Sergio Soriano were each named as Hermann finalists. Bruce Raney Raney and Soriano anchored the ends of the Falcons’ lineup for four glorious seasons, beginning with the first NCAA championship in 1978. As sophomores they earned third place, and they qualified for the playoffs in their final two seasons while winning a conference championship. Over their careers, they averaged 16 wins, whereas no
previous team had won more than 14 games. Their names became legendary in that 1978 NCAA final, when Raney scored the overtime winner and goalkeeper Soriano posted his 13th shutout against all-powerful Alabama A&M. And they were just getting started. Soriano, who was drawn to the Falcons from far-away Miami Beach, Florida, amassed 29 more shutouts and did so in spectacular fashion. His 121 saves as a junior would stand as a record 35 years later, rivaled only by his senior sum of 116. The ever-dangerous Raney, a Seattle native, was a consummate
poacher around the goal who had the ability to score from distance as well. In 1981, Raney scored 15 times in the first 10 games, surpassing the great Ken Covell for the career goals record. With his final goal, his 22nd that year, Raney broke Covell’s season Jon Jones, Cliff McCrath, Sergio Soriano, record. and Bruce Raney It came versus Chico State in the postseason and put SPU in front 2-1. However, the archnemesis Wildcats clawed their way back, scoring twice in the final 7 minutes for the victory.
Poteet Preaches Discipline, Character “Building a great NCAA Division II program is a good goal,” said Coach Jim Poteet, in his second year at the helm of men’s basketball. “But it’s not the most important thing.” In addition to being good at basketball, Poteet wanted his players to be strong Christians and good men, capable of impacting the world with what they learned from the program. In other words, men of character. Discipline is vital, claimed Poteet. “I believe the demands I place on the young men will make them better basketball players. But most of all, discipline will
make them better people.” SPU exhibited character during the season, rebounding from a challenging start (three road losses to Pac-10 teams) to take 10 of the last 13 games, including wins over Seattle University (twice), Central Washington, and Puget Sound. The latter
Gregg Kingma
was the Falcons’ 500th all-time win and featured a sensational display by junior guard Gregg Kingma. Kingma connected on 13 of 14 field goals for 34 points. “He played as well as any player I’ve ever coached,” said Poteet. SPU won 84-77 at the UPS Fieldhouse for the first time in 10 years.
ON CAMPUS • President David McKenna resigns to become president of Asbury Theological
Seminary in Kentucky. • Storms whip through campus and cause the silver maple next to Alexander Hall to fall. • A proposed city zoning program will restrict student parking on the streets. • The campus welcomes its new president, David Le Shana, previously president of George Fox College.
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1982–83 Conference Changes and 3-Point Shots Greet Falcons Big changes greeted SPU Coach Jim Poteet’s basketball squad in 1982. First, the Falcons ceased to be a basketball independent and became a founding Dan Hammond and Coach Jim Poteet member of the Great Northwest Conference (GNC), including Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Fairbanks, Eastern Washington, Eastern Montana, Puget Sound, and SPU. Second, and perhaps more profoundly, the conference became one of the first in the country to use the 3-point basket on a trial basis. “I’m excited about it,” said Poteet. “At 20 feet, the 3-point shot can become a regular part of an offense.” However, when SPU erupted for a record 124 points against Concordia only six baskets were cast from behind the arc.
Following five years of trial and study, the 3-point line of 19 feet, 9 inches was implemented nationwide in 1986–87, one year after introducing a 45-second shot clock. The Falcons entered the season as favorites to win the GNC. Heading north to open GNC play, the Falcons landed in 44-below-zero Fairbanks just in time for the game. Immediately
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• The Falcons’ 1952–53 basketball team celebrates a 30-year reunion at the final home game. It also marks the 30th anniversary of Brougham Pavilion’s completion. In all, 12 players attend along with former team manager Wes Uhlman, who served as Seattle’s mayor from 1970 to 1978. Athletic Director Keith Phillips was also a member of that team, coached by Ken Foreman. • Alayne Olsen‘s triumph on beam at the NCAA regional is the individual highlight of the gymnastics season. The Falcons finish fourth nationally. • In men’s track and field, long jumper Dwayne Johnson reaches 24 feet, just shy of Steve Gough’s longstanding school record of 24-4 1/2. • New to the coaching staff is Mark Alman in women’s tennis, Carolyn Slater in women’s crew, and Jim Schultz, an international caliber skuller, in men’s rowing.
Robin Marshall
after winning 88-80, they returned on a midnight flight. Fellow seniors Jeff Espersen, Gregg Kingma, and all-district point guard Robin Marshall all used the trey in that final season as each eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau for their respective careers. Marshall capped his career by earning conference player of the year honors. While SPU was 16-8 versus like-sized programs (16-12 overall), Puget Sound won the first GNC title with the Falcons third. Jeff Espersen
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• Sophomore Gerard McGlynn scores 10 goals over the final 10 games as men’s soccer attempts to overcome a slow start to win the conference and reach the playoffs for an 11th straight year. However, Washington wins the final regular season game 2-1 to snap a Falcon five-game win streak and nine games without a loss. • Diane Black, a freshman from Snohomish, sets seven school records in basketball, including total points and rebounds, while finishing ninth in NAIA scoring (21.9 points per game). Her 37 points versus Central Washington is an SPU record. • After winning four of the past seven cross country regionals, a relatively young squad manages only fifth place. Six of the top seven — including Connie Benson and freshmen Marianne Levan and Lisa Koelfgen — are eligible to return. Only top scorer Lauri Shansby graduates.
Hawkinson Takes Helm of the Lady Falcons The first night Nels Hawkinson coached in Brougham Pavilion he was also a player. Some six months before becoming the new head coach of the women’s basketball team, Hawkinson brought Norway’s Eikeli Club to the Pacific Northwest, playing a series of exhibition games. In a Brougham doubleheader, Hawkinson first directed the Oslo-based Eikeli women against the Lady Falcons. Then, he donned a uniform and became player-coach for the men against the SPU varsity. As a collegian, he had played at
British Columbia’s succeeded Ann Trinity Western Steffen, who had before playing left the women’s professionally program after four in Norway’s first seasons. division. It was a rough In June, first season for Hawkinson returned Hawkinson. The Lady to Brougham for Falcons won just good. The Seattle four of 25 games. native and Ballard However, freshman High School center Diane Black Nels Hawkinson graduate arrived emerged as a force, at Seattle Pacific with coaching setting a new season record for experience both at Eikeli and as scoring (21.9) and grabbing 11.2 an assistant for the Norwegian rebounds a game. women’s national team. He
Bring on the Barriers: Senior Clapp Tries the Steeplechase The steeplechase is not for everyone. In fact, it’s a track event requiring a hybrid runner with unique skills. However, with only a handful of meets remaining in his collegiate career, Falcon Marty Clapp decided to give it a go — and Terry Hodge he was amply rewarded. Off and on for 25 years, the steeplechase had become an SPU staple, with six Falcons earning All-American status, including Steve Sooter’s 1974 NCAA championship. Clapp’s teammate,
Terry Hodge, was the best among Washington state small colleges. Over spring break, he encouraged Clapp, a senior 1,500-meter runner, to try the 3,000-meter event that featured four barriers and a water pit. “It’s a really strange event,” said Clapp. “The difficulty comes because you basically need the speed of a middle-distance runner and the agility of a hurdler.” By the time he finished his fourth steeplechase, Clapp won the NAIA district title and lowered
his time to 9 minutes, 6.0 seconds, just off Hodge’s pace. With those efforts, both booked a trip to the NCAA championships. There, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, they were joined by eight Falcon women. Connie Benson, SPU
Marty Clapp
athlete of the year as a junior, ran third in the 10,000 and sophomore Chris Klausman took fourth in the 400 hurdles.
ON CAMPUS • “Functions” (i.e., off-campus, student-sponsored dances) continue to spark diverse student opinions. • National speaker Tony Campolo comes to chapel and calls for an end to Christian mediocrity. • Paul T. Walls, SPU Board of Trustees chair, dies at the age of 69. • To go or to skip? Students evaluate chapel.
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1983–84 Soccer Steals Another Title As it turned out, the recipe for a second NCAA title was two parts Smurfs and one pickup bed of Jell-O. Stir and serve to 4,000 fans of the title-bout opponent.
No. 2: Coach Cliff McCrath hoists his team’s second NCAA championship trophy.
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by promising to swan dive into a truck full of Jell-O. The Falcons scored the final three goals in a 5-2 win over Missouri-St. Louis, and McCrath made good on his word. To the delight of some 500 fans, he inelegantly plopped himself into a truckload of gelatinous goo. A semifinal win over Oakland followed, but the title game would be played on the road against the best team SPU had seen all year. Tampa wasted no time tearing into the attack after the opening kickoff. But the Spartans’ overzealous style backfired in the ninth minute. Brad Elmenhurst intercepted at midfield and made haste for the goal. Spying Gerard McGlynn sprinting down the middle, Elmenhurst pushed the ball through. McGlynn got it, sneaked a peak at the goal and, while off-balance, toed the ball past the onrushing keeper. “The goal made us feel like we had an advantage early on,” McGlynn noted. “They panicked.” Although Tampa went on to out-shoot the Falcons 20-9, only twice was goalie Bill Glandon truly put to the test. It was the first time the Spartans had been blanked at home in three years. “Really, we got lucky,” said Glandon. “But that’s the playoffs. Sometimes you have to be lucky.”
FALCON FACTS • Women’s basketball upsets nationally ranked Western Washington at Brougham Pavilion 83-77 in double overtime. Cheryle Meppelink leads the Lady Falcons with 30 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 steals. • Men’s basketball finishes runner-up in the Great Northwest Conference, but head coach Jim Poteet leaves after four seasons. • The Falcon mascot, created by SPC student Felipe Zubiate in 1933, celebrates its 50th birthday. • SPU crew hosts the “Falcon Fall Fremont Four-Miler,” beginning at Gasworks Park and ending at Brougham Pavilion on the Ship Canal. Twelve collegiate and club teams compete. • Gymnastics places 4th at the NCAA DII national championships in Springfield, Massachusetts. Fernell Collins is an All-American with her 8.85 score on the uneven bars. • Women’s tennis places 4th at the NAIA DI championships in Tacoma. In singles, Sue Mitten advances to quarterfinals, while the Mitten/Kim Young and Hydi Buss/Shelly Skeen doubles teams do the same. Women’s tennis sets a school season record with 17 wins. • SPU cross country hosts 56 schools in the 20th annual Fort Casey Run on Whidbey Island. The Falcon women place third overall and go on to take third in the NCAA championships. • Jack Hoyt sets a new SPU high jump record at 6 feet, 8 1/4 inches at Husky Stadium. He beats Gary Winkler’s 1974 mark of 6-8. Later, Hoyt eclipses his own mark with a jump of 6-9 at the NAIA District 1 Track and Field Championships. • SPU Crew Coach Jim Schultz wins the U.S. World Trials on July 8 and nationals on July 17 in the elite lightweight double with his rowing partner Larry Klecatsky. The races are held in Princeton, New Jersey, and qualify Schultz for the world championships in Duisberg, West Germany.
Terwilliger Pulls One Tough Oar John Terwilliger was perhaps the toughest individual ever to pull an oar for the SPU crew. Nicknamed “Lurch” by his teammates for his daunting stature — and perhaps for his menacing demeanor — Terwilliger was an athlete of some contradiction. Athletically, his demands on himself and others were merciless. On a personal level, he was intensely loyal and even compassionate at times. Terwilliger didn’t just endure pain — he thrived on it. He never let up, never quit, and never let anyone else down for a single stroke. Despite his small-college origins, Terwilliger persevered and thrived in the arduous rowing environment, both while at SPU and beyond. Beating the odds and
the big-program bias, he earned a spot on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team as a Falcon junior. During his senior year, Terwilliger was a member of a varsity four that went undefeated through the John Terwilliger regular season, and then became the first Falcon crew to race in a national regatta, Philadelphia’s prestigious Dad Vail, where they took third. He simply made every boat go faster. After graduating, Terwilliger
made eight more national teams, bringing back medals from the 1984 Olympics (silver), the 1986 World Championships (bronze), and the 1986 Goodwill Games (gold). His last international appearance was with the U.S. four at the 1988 Summer Olympics, his crew taking fifth overall. After rowing boats over thousands of miles in waters around the world, he finally went ashore.
Pine Patrol Energizes Soccer Starters to Step Up His plan was to play soccer and graduate in four years, but Doug Backous got so much more. As a senior, the Falcons’ captain and central defender won an NCAA championship in his final game and was later crowned SPU Athlete of the Year. “It was fun
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to be a part of that and fun to be captain,” he acknowledged. But what really struck him was the support he and the other starters received from the reserves. “There were five or six guys who, just because the team was so strong, rarely got to play.
They sat on the bench and founded a group called the Pine Patrol. They were unbelievably engaged. I could go to the bench at halftime and talk to those guys who weren’t playing but were watching the game, and they helped me make corrections in how I was marking my man,” he said. “They gave us this incredible lift.”
ON CAMPUS • The “McKinley Encore!” campaign is launched to raise $850,000 for renovating
McKinley Auditorium to include an intimate 250-seat theater. • The Thomas B. Crowley Laboratory is dedicated on SPU’s 965-acre Blakely Island campus. • Moyer Residence Hall undergoes a major remodel, including a new entry mezzanine, bunk beds, furniture, and bathrooms.
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1984–85 Third Time’s the Charm: Ken Foreman Returns to the Track At age 62, many seniors are casting an eye on winding up a career. Dr. Ken Foreman, however, was only just beginning. Again. The third act of Foreman’s influential times at Seattle Pacific began in autumn of 1984, some six years after he left his role as
competed in the Olympics, eight athletes won national collegiate titles, and Seattle Pacific, with only five scholarships, finished second among all women’s programs (including Div. I) in 1976. Foreman’s former star pupil, Doris Heritage, gracefully
FALCON FACTS • Chris Klausman, an intermediate hurdler turned half-miler as a senior, wins the 800 meters in 2 minutes, 10.15 seconds at the NCAA Division II women’s nationals. • For the second year in a row, gymnastics finishes fourth in NCAA Division II, yet pulls closer to the top three teams. The Falcons’ 44-14 overall record is the best in program history. Dawn Ptacek and Kathy Kaune earn All-American honors, both on beam. • SPU women’s basketball compiles a 6-2 start, their best in their 9-year history. Cheryl Meppelink leads the Falcons in scoring (24.2 points per game). • Senior Judy Leach sets a new career rebound record during a game against Simon Fraser when she snatches her 781st rebound. The previous mark was 762, set in 1978. • After months of negotiating with the City of Seattle, a new floating dock for use by the SPU crew teams begins construction just west of the shell house on the canal at the foot of Third Avenue West.
Anita Sartin and Ken Foreman
track and field and cross country coach. After his departure, he had served as director of education and research at the nearby Sports Medicine Clinic. In addition, he coached both the 1980 Olympic Games and 1983 World Championships women’s track and field teams. Starting in 1964, Foreman’s second stint (he’d left to pursue his doctorate in 1957) was marked by the Falcons’ ascendancy to national prominence in women’s track. Five members of the varsity and Falcon Track Club teams 82
stepped aside to allow Foreman’s homecoming as track coach, describing him as a “coach, teacher, and very good friend … the kind of person you’re lucky to come across once in a lifetime.” Although still without a proper track, Foreman was not discouraged by a lack of resources upon his return. “What we lack in facilities we can make up with vision, technical expertise, and a sense of community,” he said. “I believe in what SPU is trying to do and the opportunities here for young people.”
• Sandy Gabelein, cross country captain and 1981 All-American in track and field, receives the Ron Grady Award for Athlete of the Year. She shares the honor with Tim Hanstad, captain of the men’s tennis team. Both Gabelein and Hanstad are four year letterwinners. • Men’s and women’s tennis play eight matches on the road during five days in April. • Although men’s basketball beats Whitworth College 90-64 during the annual Homecoming game, the Falcons finish the season 7-13. • Glenn Stump breaks Loren Anderson’s single-season scoring record of 23.4 points per game, set in 1957. Stump scores 40 points against Saint Martin’s at Brougham Pavilion to set the new record at 23.5 ppg.
Blanked at Home, Soccer Is Runner-Up Seemingly everything was stacked in Seattle Pacific’s favor. For the first time in nine years, the Falcons were hosting the NCAA men’s soccer championship game. By game’s end, they had hammered Florida International, taking a school-record 19 corner kicks and 29 shots at the Sunblazers’ goal. Unfortunately, they did everything but score. Extended to 20 minutes of overtime following a scoreless 90, a flicked header by Troy Edwards off the lone FIU corner flew into the net and left Cliff McCrath’s boys as cold as the incessant December rain. FIU not only handed SPU
one of its four losses, it also had rocked Lock Haven by an astounding 10-1 score in the semifinals. Star FIU forward Munga Eketebi scored four goals and assisted on three others. In the final match, Falcons captain Dennis Gunnell applied the clamps, holding Eketebi to a single forgetful shot. Despite miss after miss, McCrath was confident his attack would eventually produce goals. “I felt it was just a matter of time until we broke through. I felt that way until the reality of their goal hit me,” he said. “That was one game I’ll replay in my mind 75 weeks in a
row. And every time I’ll wonder ‘why?’” However, the coach said it might have been far worse. “Before the season, we could have assumed that we’d lose up Dennis Gunnell to 10 games,” McCrath said. “This was our miracle season in many respects; they were a happy, unified group with some excellent spiritual leaders.”
National Scoring Stars Stump and Meppelink Highlight Record-Scoring Hoops Season While wins were hard to come by for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, two players had little difficulty finding the basket. As a senior, Glenn Stump quickly blossomed into the nation’s No. 4 scorer (23.5 points per game), while sophomore Cheryle Meppelink, converted from prep center to Glenn Stump collegiate guard, was among the NCAA leaders (23.0). Both were new SPU season standards. Rule changes in collegiate
new smaller women’s ball introduced that season helped. Under the guidance of Claude Terry, the new men’s head coach, Stump was given the freedom to cast away from deep. Although the 3-point field goal would not be adopted nationwide until 1986–87, it was in trial use in the Great Northwest Cheryle Meppelink Conference and basketball helped contribute to the became a key weapon in Stump’s Falcons’ record-scoring seasons. arsenal. Against NCAA Division I Meppelink needed time to adjust Montana, he connected on six of to ball-handling duties, and the seven attempts.
ON CAMPUS • An alternative student newspaper premieres on campus. • A lack of funds delays the McKinley Auditorium renovation. • New landscaping becomes part of the Moyer Hall restoration. • A major in electrical engineering is approved.
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1985–86 20-Win Falcons First to Take Three Soccer Titles In the end, they were virtually unstoppable. Neither snow nor foe could keep Seattle Pacific from reclaiming the NCAA soccer crown. Scoring at will and undeterred by the strongest schedule Peter Hattrup ever to confront a Falcon side, they won a record 20 times in 23 starts, culminating in a redeeming 3-2 victory over Florida International in Miami. Peter Hattrup scored his 25th and 26th goals in the first half, then set-up Glenn Lurie for a three-goal lead early in the second period. Holding off the Sunblazers’ late surge,
Seattle Pacific became Division II’s first three-time champion. SPU had been forced indoors to the Kingdome by a record 17inch snowfall leading up to the semifinal. After dispatching Davis and Elkins on a pair of Hattrup goals, they traveled 2,700 miles to the site of their first NCAA conquest seven years earlier. “Next to playing in Seattle, Miami is my second favorite spot,” quipped Coach Cliff McCrath. “It’s great to be the first three-time champions, but I’m more excited that this is my first team to win 20 games.” Led by Hattrup’s historic numbers — setting records for goals and assists (16) — the attack netted 89 goals, scoring three or more in 15 games. Five of the wins (and two of the losses) were to NCAA Division I programs. Neither the win nor goal totals have been seriously threatened since.
FALCON FACTS • Senior defender David Wittrell becomes SPU soccer’s first All-American selection. • Norwegian Olympic marathoner Bente Moe comes to Queen Anne and promptly becomes the school’s most decorated runner, winning the NCAA cross country and 5,000-meter track titles. Of her fall victory, Coach Doris Heritage says, “She was putting distance between herself and the others when she crossed the finish line.” • Women’s volleyball is chosen to be the Falcons’ next team sport, fulfilling NCAA Division II membership criteria. Softball and soccer also are considered but lack suitable facilities. • Freshman forward Linda Johnson launches her basketball career with back-to-back, 21-point performances versus Washington State and UCLA. • Rowing takes delivery of its first two carbon-fiber shells and dedicates its new launch facility on the Ship Canal. • Randy McMillian, SPU alumnus, completes his fifth season as organist for SPU basketball games. McMillian is blind and follows the plays by listening to the local radio broadcast. He also plays for the Seattle Sounders, Mariners, and Sonics. • In gymnastics, SPU scores a school record 179.20 win over Air Force at Royal Brougham Pavilion. The Falcons sweep the top three in all events except vault. Barb Elliott is first in vault, bars, and floor exercise, but Bonnie Parman is high point overall for the Birds. • Diane Black sets school hoop records in career points and career rebounds with 1,705 and 841, respectively, for the 14-14 Lady Falcons. • Women’s tennis goes on a fivematch tear, including wins over Bellevue CC, Western Oregon, Linfield, and U of Portland.
No. 3: Coach Cliff McCrath (center) celebrates with his team on winning their third national championship.
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• Anita Sartin takes third in the NCAA Division II heptathlon with 5,432 points, a personal best and SPU record.
A Comeback Like No Other It really was a lastditch, desperate attempt simply to save face. But given the brilliance of the young and talented team, the final round of the 1986 NCAA Division II championships was a showcase of just how exhilarating a Barbara Elliott gymnastics meet can become. Literally speaking, Seattle Pacific vaulted over the entire eight-team field to claim its first national championship. The Falcons — whose previous best national finish was fourth place the preceding two years — went to the U.S. Air Force Academy as the second seed behind Southeast Missouri. They had rewritten their record book almost entirely and were particularly buoyed by the grace and bounce
of freshman Barbara Elliott. During the regular season, Elliott not only broke a 10-year-old school all-around record, but she did it eight times. SPU defeated 30 of 38 opponents during the regular season (the only losses coming to Division I programs), and then won the West regional for the third straight year. Yet the promise of a truly special season seemed to be slipping away; the Falcons were in eighth place, 2.500 points behind the leader going into the final event, the vault. “When we heard that we were last, we decided to go out with a bang on the last event, to save what dignity we had left,” said Elliott. “We were not going to finish last.”
Led by junior Bonnie Parman, SPU hit vault after vault, broke the school team record, and pulled out one of the most improbable comebacks in national meet history. The Falcons finished with a total of 175.80 points to edge defending-champion Jacksonville State (175.15). “The vault had been a good event for us all year,” said Coach Laurel Tindall, “but I’ve never seen a team make up that many points in one event at a national meet. It was a tremendous comeback for our girls.” Bonnie Parman Elliott later stole the show during individual finals, taking top honors in the vault (just ahead of Parman), balance beam, and floor exercise.
Peter Hattrup: Scoring Sensation With Flair In his three seasons at SPU, Peter Hattrup set a standard for soccer excellence that few have rivaled. He won two national titles, set numerous scoring records, and did so with panache. A year later, Hattrup embarked on a 16-year professional career that included many, many goals, a league MVP, and three championships. “I always wanted to play with flair,” says Hattrup, who insists the game is supposed to be fun. “I tried to be creative and do
something that would surprise the defense and anybody who was watching, too.” Hattrup shattered virtually every school scoring record in his final season to earn a nomination for Seattle Sports Star of the Year.
His singlegame mark of five goals was accomplished before halftime against Gonzaga. He finished with 26 for the year, including five in the postseason, and also set a new assists standard (16). Peter Hattrup
ON CAMPUS • About “functions”: the myths and realities of SPC’s dance policy are discussed. • The legal battle continues over SPC’s right to hire employees based on religious faith. • The ASSP Senate refuses to fund The Falcon newspaper’s budget overrun. • The Health Center is named after Lydia Green, first director of the School of Nursing.
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1986–87 A Feat Worth Repeating In the first 14 years of the NCAA Division II soccer tournament, no team had ever won back-to-back titles. Until now.
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Two minutes into the match, Cairns twisted into the air to head the ball against the crossbar. The carom was converted by McDonald for an early 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later, with the game not yet three minutes old, McDonald found Faller for a 2-0 lead. Oakland managed to make it 2-1 at halftime, then SPU put it away quickly after the intermission. Reserve Matt Smith made it 3-1 in the 56th minute, and Bob Bruch added a penalty kick at 79:44 for the 4-1 win. To the standing ovation of 4,100 hometown fans in Memorial Stadium, Cairns and company triumphantly hoisted the trophy overhead. Playing in their fourth final in as many years, they became the first team to ever win back-to-back championships, doing so in convincing fashion, winning by a tournament-record three goals.
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FALCON FACTS • One of the most surprising basketball wins of the 1980s does not count, as SPU rallies from 16 points down to beat the touring Norwegian national team 103-101 in a preseason exhibition. Point guard Ritchie McKay leads the team in season scoring, assists, and steals, including 10 thefts in a single game. • Women’s basketball attracts live TV news coverage of a home win over Alaska’s Sheldon Jackson College. The reason? All but four players are suspended for the game, forcing manager Janelle Foster to suit-up and become the requisite fifth starter. The Falcons win 75-41 and Foster contributes 10 rebounds and one point. • Gymnastics snaps a 21meet losing streak versus Washington, upsetting the No. 18-ranked Div. I Huskies with a school record-tying score behind Barbara Elliott and Bonnie (Parman) Bomber. Defending champion Seattle Pacific takes second nationally and Elliott repeats as floor winner. “She’s definitely the best gymnast we’ve ever had here,” says Coach Laurel Tindall of her prized sophomore. • More than six years after her last run for the Falcons, Debbie Quatier returns to complete her master’s in business administration and resumes running cross country. She helps SPU take third overall. Bente Moe nearly repeats as champion, running second. “For us to come out of the cold after two years and get third is quite an accomplishment,” says Coach Doris Heritage. “I couldn’t ask any more of these girls. They each had a great race and gave it all they had. In a way we did win.”
Track Threesome Powers Falcons Back into National Spotlight Few in number but packing plenty of scoring punch, the Falcon women’s track team, powered by their three individual champions, capped a sensational return to national prominence by finishing fourth in the NCAA. “I thought we had the potential to finish in the top six,” said Coach Ken Foreman. “We nearly finished third, so I’m very pleased. I think it says a lot for the progress of our program.” Multiple-threat Anita Sartin, although the field’s smallest competitor, won the Juli Van Pelt heptathlon while posting the meet’s fourth-highest point total (5,596) in history. It
was her fifth school record in two seasons. Earlier, the senior from Tukwila erased SPU standards in the 200 meters, 100-meter hurdles, and javelin. At the USA Track Championships heptathlon, Sartin took eighth overall. Two internationally experienced Falcon runners accounted for 26 points in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Danish great Gitte Karlshoj shattered the meet record in the 3,000 meters by more than six seconds with a time of 9 minutes,14.39 seconds. Norwegian Bente Moe lapped 16 of her 17 challengers to claim the 10,000 meters (34:21.86). Moe came back two days later to run
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third in the 5,000, an event she won the previous year. Sophomore Juli Van Pelt was third in the NCAA heptathlon, and Kim Huey placed in the triple jump. For the SPU men, Jack Hoyt’s fourth place in the NCAA decathlon represented the best national finish in 13 years.
SPU Boosts McKay’s Career as Player and Coach Ritchie McKay arrived from the Arizona desert to experience one of the longest winters in the annals of SPU hoops. His first team was a lowly 8-19. McKay not only stayed to help stabilize the program but returned a second year to be part of a new, victorious era. As a senior in 1986–87, the point guard became one of the few Falcons to lead in both scoring and assists. He played pro overseas but soon returned to begin his remarkable climb as a coach. In 1990–91, McKay
assisted Falcon coach Ken Bone as SPU transformed into a perennial postseason contender. “To be part of a Christian campus was one of the neatest experiences I had,” McKay Ritchie McKay later said. “There were so many people who really modeled what a servant-leader
was like. I loved the Falcons — I wouldn’t have traded my time there for anything.” McKay served as head coach at bigger Division I-level programs but settled in at Liberty University, leading the Flames to multiple NCAA tournaments and an amazing 30 wins in 2020.
ON CAMPUS • Faculty members Ken Tollefson and Doug Pennoyer fight for Snoqualmie Indian land
rights. • Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Laureate and1980 Peace Prize winner, gives a lecture in Demaray Hall. • An arsonist sets an early morning fire in Robbins Apartments. • Intramurals set an SPU record for participation.
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1987–88 One Moe Trip Around the World Bente Moe, Falcon distance running standout, seemed to be everywhere in 1987–88. Besides her home of Norway and adopted home of Seattle, her passport was stamped in Italy, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Not many frequent
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fliers matched her mileage, either in the friendly skies or on the ground. Particularly on the ground. The 27-year-old Norwegian ran over 3,500 miles in training and races. She stopped just long enough to attend class, study, and pick up awards. She earned her fourth NCAA title and three more All-American certificates, not to mention two academic 88
scholarships and SPU Athlete of the Year. Although she missed five weeks of class, the computer science major raised her GPA to 3.78 by taking homework assignments wherever she traveled. During her summer “vacation,” Moe ran fourth at the World Championships marathon in Rome. Later in the fall, she was NCAA runner-up in cross country. Come spring, Moe again qualified in the two longest track events at nationals, but a stubborn cold held her to second place in the 10,000 meters. Two days later, feeling a bit better, she won the 5,000. Once the collegiate season ended, Moe made further travel plans: she would represent Norway in the marathon at the 1988 Olympics Summer Games in Seoul. Gitte Karlshoj and Michelle DeVries provided plenty of support for Moe at NCAA spring track nationals, placing second in the 1,500 meters and javelin, respectively. Juli Van Pelt finished third in the heptathlon and Traci Baker fifth in the 800.
FALCON FACTS • Lori Robinett scores an SPU record 38 points by converting 16 of 17 field-goal attempts in a win over Alaska Pacific. • Seattle Pacific hosts 150 harriers from 35 schools for the NCAA West Regional cross country meet at West Seattle Golf Course. • The Falcons’ three-time defending NCAA champion soccer team falls to Cal State Northridge 1-0 in the national quarterfinal. Goalkeeper Jeff Storrs earns All-America firstteam honors, his second AllAmerican selection in a row. • Homecoming returns to campus for the first time in 23 years, and with 2,000 attendees Brougham Pavilion is packed to the rafters. Sadly, Grand Canyon wins 90-86. • Mark Sundquist earns allconference and all-region basketball honors. He scores 33 points (seven 3-pointers) as SPU pushes Stanford to overtime before falling 83-78. Later, Sundquist erupts for 34 in a road win at Metro State (Denver, Colorado), 29 coming after halftime. • Gymnastics wins a fifth straight NCAA Division II regional championship in Brougham Pavilion with a school-record total. Later, the Falcons place sixth in the Division I regionals and take third nationally. Barbara Elliott earns third place on both bars and floor and ends her career as a 15-time All-American. • The Falcon Award for Excellence is introduced to recognize graduating seniors for outstanding achievement in academics and athletics. The first class of honorees includes Mark Faller (soccer), Craig Kispert (basketball), Darrin Levy (basketball), and Nancy Mitten (tennis/volleyball). • Crew wins its first Northwest regional crown in women’s lightweight eight. • Volleyball standout Gaylene MacDonald sets a school record 59 service aces and .370 attacking percentage.
Coach Gordy Presnell Puts Women’s Basketball on a Winning Track Gordy Presnell came to a fork in the road, and he made the right choice. After one year as a graduate assistant to the men’s squad, Presnell accepted the head coaching position for the women’s program following the resignation of Nels Hawkinson. Presnell took an up-and-down program and made it into a winner for the first time in 10 seasons. Of course, Presnell’s timing was impeccable: Gordy Presnell the Falcons featured a talented returning cast, led by AIAW third-team AllAmerican Linda Johnson. Johnson, a junior from Oak
Harbor, was voted NAIA District Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring (20.7 points per game) and ranking among the top three in four other categories, including rebounding, steals, and free-throw accuracy. “Linda can be as good as she wants to be,” praised Presnell. “She runs the floor well and shoots the ball extremely well. She makes points the hard way, from the outside with her jump shot.” In one game she connected on five of six 3-point attempts. Seattle Pacific finished 16-11 and, with Johnson and fellow
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all-district honoree Lori Robinett returning, stood poised for still greater things ahead.
Women’s Volleyball Catches Fire During Second Season When volleyball was added as a varsity sport, it was uncertain how long SPU would need to become competitive. There were encouraging signs during the growing pains of season one. Season two found the Falcons standing at 16-16 after losing back-to-back matches at Deri Paulson home — with a coveted postseason berth seeming like a pipe dream. And that’s precisely when the Falcons caught fire. At the NAIA District 1 crossover tournament, they began by
sweeping Alaska Pacific. The next day, playing three times in a matter of hours, SPU reeled off wins over Pacific Lutheran, Whitworth, and Idaho’s Lewis-Clark State, in the latter coming from behind to win the final two sets. From there they won their final two regular season matches to clinch a place in the district playoffs. “The entire weekend seemed like a must-win situation,” said Coach JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner. “[Winning] was just imperative.
We learned that our ability to stay composed on the court was the key.” The Falcons relied on two formidable middle hitters, all-district Rae O’Brien and Gaylene MacDonald, Gaylene MacDonald plus a fast-maturing setter in Deri Paulson. After going 22-19, four members of the program — Lori Robinett, Becky Wiersma, Nancy Best, and Gina Taylor — quickly transitioned to basketball.
ON CAMPUS • English Professor Rose Reynoldson receives the Torchbearer award for writers. •
Falcon gymnasts make history as the first D-II team to compete in a D-I meet. • Ross Shafer, cast member of local TV show Almost Live, comes to SPU. • Peterson Hall is renovated, complete with a new elevator.
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1988–89 Johnson Comes Calling and Falcons Start Soaring In his first four seasons as head basketball coach, Claude Terry’s teams finished below .500 and with no postseason play. They were close but lacked that special
Jackie Johnson
player to take them over the top. And then Jackie Johnson called. A 23-year-old recently discharged from the Army, Johnson dreamed of playing professional basketball via a Christian college. His sister, a Tacoma resident, recommended Seattle Pacific, and Johnson began dialing. The spring-loaded, 6-foot-5 Johnson instantly breathed life into the Falcons. He soared to the basket, scoring 20 points per game. He out-leaped taller opponents to snare rebounds (8.9) and stopped shots short of the rim (1.7 blocks). Ultimately, Johnson was named conference player of the year, as well as all-region. Terry’s ability in fundraising paid dividends in creating 90
Johnson’s improved supporting cast. Through private donations, he boosted the program’s scholarship level from seven to the full complement of 11. Center Scott Rolfness, dubbed the best garbage man in the Great Northwest Conference, supplemented Johnson underneath. The sculpted Twayne Rawls defended the backcourt, and Duke Wood stretched defenses to the distant corners. Winning 13 of 14 at home, SPU came to its final Brougham appearance needing an upset of Alaska Anchorage — already a victor over mighty Michigan — to win the conference. The Falcons forged a slim lead, then surrendered it, but still had a chance to win on the last shot. It skimmed off the rim, and Anchorage won 72-71. While SPU fell short of the NCAA tournament, a foundation
FALCON FACTS • Among the women’s novice crew members is 31-year-old Lilia Vashchenko. She and her family, known as the Siberian Seven, spent five years (1978–83) at the U.S. embassy in Moscow after seeking to leave the Soviet Union due to religious persecution. • Towering 6-foot-5 defender Chris McDonald stands out in his final soccer season. McDonald is named to the AllAmerica second team. Seattle Pacific loses to Cal State Northridge 3-2 in a quarterfinal overtime. • Gymnastics continues its string of national top-four finishes. Despite their best national meet score to date, the Falcons take fourth in San Luis Obispo, California. Tammy Sutton again wins the uneven bars and allaround regional titles. • Closing out her cross country career on a high note, senior Rene Frazee runs 18th at the NCAA championships to claim her second All-American honor in three years. • Senior outside hitter Gaylene MacDonald becomes the first volleyball player to earn first-team all-conference honors after leading the Falcons in kills, blocks, hitting percentage, and service aces. • Ken Foreman serves as an assistant coach for women’s marathoners and throwers for the U.S. track team at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.
Twayne Rawls
had been laid. The Falcons finished with their first winning mark (17-11) in five years and never looked back.
• In August 1988, a team of 12 SPU basketball alumni travels to Asia on a basketball ministry tour. The team partners with Youth for Christ in Taiwan and Singapore, playing exhibition games, holding clinics for kids, and sharing halftime testimonies. Participants include John Borton ‘72, Cliff Brown ‘86, Don DeHart ‘74, James Edwards ‘88, Al George ‘76, John Glancy ‘70, Steve Gough ‘70, Brent Lince ‘84, Mel McDonald ‘70, Gordie Nygard ‘73, Brian Pearson ‘88, and Mark Sundquist ‘89.
Falcon Scandinavian Legends Finish Strong Their appearance on the victory podium almost did not happen. Several months before taking third place at the NCAA track and field championships in Hampton, Virginia, SPU’s two dominant women runners were mulling retirement. Norwegian distance champion Bente Moe had been forced out of the 1988 Olympic marathon, and Danish middle-distance queen Gitte Karlshoj missed most of the spring with a stress fracture in her left femur. “I just say I might quit after bad races, but deep inside I’m saying I have to do better,” Moe revealed. “You have to come back and prove yourself.”
Forced to train in a swimming pool, Karlshoj refused to lose sight of her goal: joining Moe in going out strong as a senior. In the final three weeks of the season, Karlshoj not only returned Gitte Karlshoj to the oval but qualified for nationals in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters. “When you have strong goals, it helps you get strong,” she shared.
Together at nationals, Karlshoj and Moe accounted for 32 of SPU’s 62 points. Karlshoj, running finals on consecutive days, was runner-up in the 3,000 and third in the 1,500. Moe opened the meet by claiming her second 10,000 title in three years and then came back to finish second in the 5,000.
SPU Women Experience March Madness With a frontcourt featuring two of the top forwards in the conference, the Falcon women finally got their first taste of March Madness. Behind seniors Linda Johnson and Lori Robinett, SPU not only shattered its record for wins but reached the postseason for the first time in 14 seasons. Led by Coach Lori Robinett Gordy Presnell in his second year, the team won 24 of 30 games,
advancing to the second round of the NAIA district tournament. Johnson became the career scoring, rebounding, and steals queen while averaging 19.4 points. Robinett hauled down a record 290 rebounds (9.7). Freshman guard Jan Bolton, who could fly downcourt as well as hit timely 3s, proved to be a big addition along with Becky Wiersma in the backcourt.
Linda Johnson
ON CAMPUS • Student Council announces that “racism on campus is still a problem.” • SPU
looks toward its 100th birthday with a new touring group, the Centennial Singers. • The Second Century Campaign is launched to fund a new library and renovate Royal Brougham Pavilion. • SPU names 500 notable “Alumni of a Growing Vision” in anticipation of its Centennial Celebration in 1991.
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1989–90 Orangemen Origins Everyone knows that Falcon colors are maroon and white. So, what is up with the “Orangemen”? The story of the Orangemen began in January 1990.
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rowdy crowd and getting more people to the games.” Soon enough, the Orangemen became fixtures at men’s games as well, traveling to big games throughout the years, as far away as Massachusetts. At the 2000 Elite Eight in Louisville, even SPU President Philip Eaton donned the orange jumpsuit. Decades later, Gouge is proud that the Orangemen became
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• Seattle Pacific ousts defending champion Puget Sound from the district volleyball tournament with a two-game semifinal sweep and a program record 26th win. • For the first time in seven seasons, the men’s soccer team is denied a postseason berth, finishing 9-8-2. Five of the losses are to Division I programs. • Jan Bolton scores 14 first-half points and Leann Bajema drills three 3-pointers in just over a minute as SPU pulls away late to win an NAIA District 1 playoff game 69-53 against crosstown rival Seattle University. SPU goes on to finish 21-9.
Wild and Crazy: The Orangemen hail from sixth floor Ashton Hall.
Women’s basketball was off to a sensational 10-1 start, but the stands were too quiet for some Sixth Ashton Hall residents. Daunte Gouge, a track sprinter and hurdler, recruited Jim Hatloe, Eric Nolte, Ryan Schneidmiller, and Greg Wiebe to create a new group of Falcon supporters. Hatloe suggested an attire of orange jumpsuits, similar to those worn by inmates at the city jailhouse. “That first women’s home game, we had 20 guys who signed up to buy (the suits),” said Gouge. “We marched through campus making all kinds of noise on our way to the game.” They stood along the southeast sideline of the Brougham court, encouraging the Falcons while playfully getting under the skin of visitors. “We always went up to the other team, shook hands with them, and said, ‘Good game,’” Gouge added. “It was more about just being a fun,
• Sixth man Sergio Gomes puts on a Homecoming game performance for the ages, swishing all six of his 3-pointers in a 101-91 shootout with Northwest Nazarene. Gomes connects on 51% of his shots from behind the arc for the season.
• In her final competitive race for the Falcons, Bente Moe runs eighth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, making her a 12-time AllAmerican as a harrier and track distance runner. • Freshman Shelley Smathers earns a place on the U.S. team for the World Junior Cross Country Championships in France. Smathers runs fourth at the national meet, held in Seattle.
Vocal Presence: The Orangemen made their presence known.
a tradition at Sixth Ashton and Brougham Pavilion. “I still have my suit hung up in my closet,” he revealed. “It was a fun time and a great group of guys.”
• Laurel Tindall guides gymnastics to third at the national meet in Colorado Springs, just two weeks after giving birth to her first child, son Jory. • Ken Bone, 32, becomes the first alumnus to coach the men’s basketball program. He succeeds Claude Terry, who had resigned after four seasons. Bone was Terry’s top assistant.
Boys From Brazil Pay Big Returns Searching far and wide for players who could propel his basketball program back to the postseason, Coach Claude Terry invested in a pair of Brazilians and quickly realized a worthwhile return. Caio Silveira and Sergio Gomes starred in the biggest victory during Terry’s tenure, when the Falcons pulled off the most unlikely Sergio Gomes of comebacks in beating Denver’s Metro State, the No. 2-ranked team in Division II. Down 18 points to the Roadrunners in the second half, SPU was sparked by an alley-oop dunk from spring-loaded guard
Dave Davies, which cut the deficit to 11. A tight press then forced Metro State (an earlier winner over Division I power Illinois) into several turnovers. Meanwhile, Silveira, the 6-foot-7 center, muscled inside while Gomes was dropping treys from the perimeter. Silveira’s free throws sent the contest into overtime where Gomes scored five of his 18 points. Silveira finished with a game-high 30, and the scoreboard read 84-81 in favor of SPU. “I didn’t know we could do that,” said a surprised Terry
afterward, referring to the Davies dunk. “I’m not the biggest proponent of dunks, but that one got people excited.” Seattle Pacific’s postseason hinged on its final game with visiting, third-ranked Caio Silveira Alaska Anchorage. With the conference crown and accompanying tournament berth at stake, the Falcons came up one point short: 70-69. That proved to be Terry’s final game as coach. Despite backto-back winnings seasons, he retired from coaching to become executive director of the NBA chapel program.
One Final Fling for the Win Summoning her best “It was great to not when she needed only throw my best, it most, Michelle but to do it when it DeVries capped her counted most.” multi-sport SPU Teammates Gina career by winning Taylor and Eden Judd the NCAA javelin took seventh and championship with a eighth, respectively, in throw of 163 feet, 2 the javelin. That event inches. The throw not accounted for more only outdistanced the than half the Falcons’ Michelle DeVries pre-meet favorite by seventh-place points. nearly 5 feet, it was DeVries had almost 8 feet beyond any of her originally enrolled at SPU to play previous competitive marks. volleyball, but she was coaxed “It helped having been here back to the track. She left as a before because I was more two-time All-American, with her relaxed,” she said, referring to her final throw ranking No. 2 in school fourth-place finish a year earlier. history at the time.
“The track and field team, like SPU’s soccer team, has developed an aura,” said Coach Ken Foreman. “It’s rubbing off on these young people, and they are seeing the possibilities.”
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ON CAMPUS • Students ask questions about Bill Bright’s “happiness gospel.” • A dancing proposal is drafted and sent to President David Le Shana for approval. • Students debate the necessity of having cheerleaders. • SPU hosts the state conference of Amnesty International.
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1990–91 Soccer Once More on the Rise Just when the strength of Seattle Pacific’s soccer program seemed to be in question, an incoming freshman goalkeeper made the Falcons a force to be reckoned with once more.
“In some games, I didn’t have to do much because our defense (Todd Haley, Pat Patterson, Lance Umble, Jason Smith) is so strong.’’ “If the other team scores, he takes it personally even if it’s not his fault,” offered Coach Cliff McCrath. “He brings his hunger to this team.’’ For the season, senior forward Vasco Rubio scored 12 goals, two coming in the NCAA tournament as SPU reached the final versus Southern Connecticut. For 150 minutes — 90 minutes of regulation, plus three overtimes — the teams remained deadlocked at 0-0. It was the longest game in SPU history. In the ensuing tiebreaker, the Owls prevailed 4-3. Seattle Pacific went unbeaten to win the conference for the first time in 10 years and finished 15-34 overall.
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• Two years after reconstructive knee surgery, gymnast Shawna van Haveren puts together an outstanding senior campaign, leading SPU in three events, plus a school record in the all-around. Behind van Haveren and sophomore Kathie Cradduck (both AllAmericans in beam, floor, and all-around), Seattle Pacific finishes second nationally. • Women’s track and field takes 10th nationally as Charlotte Jensen runs second in the 3,000, Gina Taylor is third in the javelin, and Jennifer Norman fifth in the heptathlon. • Ted Hamlin and Mike Olson earn SPU its highest NCAA finish in men’s track in 17 years. Hamlin is runner-up in the 800 meters with a school record time of 1 minute, 48.89 seconds. Olson is third in the shot put. The Falcons are 20th overall. • The Goodwill Games arrive in Seattle during the summer of 1990, attracting more than 2,300 athletes from 54 countries. Ken Foreman serves as director of the marathon, and Laurel Tindall coordinates gymnastics training sessions at Brougham Pavilion
Marcus Hahnemann in goal
Built like a linebacker and possessing the ability to reach every corner of the target, Marcus Hahnemann arrived to backstop another bid for a national title. The 6-foot-3 Hahnemann, plucked from nearby Newport High School of Bellevue, took less than a month to break into the starting line-up. Although not a full-time starter until midseason, Hahnemann’s 11 shutouts were the third best in program history. At one point he held opponents scoreless for 515 minutes. As a team, the Falcons allowed just 19 goals in 21 games.
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Vasco Rubio
• SPU’s Intercollegiate Athletics Committee endorses a recommendation that soccer compete at the Division I level in the NCAA. “Certain contingencies must be met before this dream can be realized, such as a Division I conference affiliation, an adequate soccer facility, and local financial support,” says Athletic Director Keith Phillips. • Charlotte Jensen takes sixth in the NCAA following a victory in the West Regional Cross Country championships.
New Hoops Coach Bone Makes Immediate Impact When SPU tapped an alumnus to lead the men’s basketball program back to prominence, no one expected a turnaround with almost immediate effect. Yet Ken Bone’s team came David Clark within 3 points of a long-awaited return to the postseason. “My goal is to make SPU competitive on a national scale within four or five years,” said Bone. “I think of myself as a
teacher. It’s not what I know that’s important. It’s what they end up knowing. I want them to have a great college experience.” Beginning with a road win over No. 2-ranked Tampa, SPU stunned one foe after another. Western Washington was swept. The Falcons beat Central for the first time in six years, and in the final regular season game, a home win over Alaska Anchorage would all
but clinch the first tournament berth in 14 years. David Clark, a 6-foot-2 senior from Everett, scored 18 points and SPU, down 57-55, had a chance to win on a 3-pointer at the buzzer, only to see it skim off the rim. The Falcons’ 1710 record tied for first in the Great Northwest Conference, and was their best Coach Ken Bone finish in eight seasons. Bone was a unanimous pick by his peers for coach of the year.
No Quit in Bolton as She Powers the Falcons At one point, she contemplated quitting the game. Thankfully that notion was short-lived as Jan Bolton became a force for the Falcons on the basketball court. A 5-foot-7 guard with a smooth shooting stroke and a knack for blowing past defenders, Bolton received little attention from college coaches coming out of Lake Washington High School. Seattle Pacific was the exception, and she rewarded the school with one exceptional career. “I applied to seven schools and sent them tapes and résumés. None paid any attention to me. I almost decided not to play at all,’’ said Bolton of her initial efforts to earn a scholarship.
One coach, Gordy Presnell, did give her a look. All the other coaches paid for their oversight. After helping the Falcons reach the postseason as a freshman and sophomore, Bolton started her junior season on fire. She averaged over 20 points per game as SPU sprinted to an 8-2 start. During that spree Jan Bolton she broke the single game scoring mark with 39 points versus Sacramento State. In that game, played in Mazatlán, Mexico, Bolton sparked a rally
that wiped out a 14-point deficit in the final five minutes. She scored the team’s final 11 points. Bolton might have broken the season scoring record had she not suffered a broken hand with 11 games to go. “Jan’s style of play matched my style of coaching,” remembered Presnell. “I needed someone who would work hard, run the floor, and open up the court. When it’s a close game and we’re behind, Jan became an even greater player.’’
ON CAMPUS • SPU’s Urban Involvement program helps AIDS patients. • SPU’s rugby club team
takes a surprise win from the UW. • Plans for an SPU Japan campus are “mothballed.” • Professors Ken Tollefson, Martin Abbott, and Douglas Pennoyer assist the Snoqualmie Tribe in gaining federal recognition.
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1991–92 Finally Finished: A Royal Brougham Renovation For Royal Brougham Pavilion, life in the Northwest,” said Coach Ken truly began at 40. Bone. “It will be worth the wait. “ Through a $4.15M, two-phase Athletic Director Keith Phillips renovation, Brougham Pavilion said everyone was enthusiastic emerged from scaffolding in in their support. “We’re all trying January 1992 to become one of the preeminent small-college athletic arenas in the Northwest. However, there were short-term sacrifices during construction. For the second time in four seasons, volleyball Additional Seating: Royal Brougham Pavilion expands played its entire north toward the canal. home schedule offcampus (Roosevelt High School). to approach it with an attitude of Women’s basketball went on the good humor, realizing there’s going road for the first seven games, to be some discomfort, frustration, and men’s basketball moved its and inconvenience.” Phillips first three home dates to Seattle and his staff had their offices relocated to Watson Hall for six months. To help pay for the project, the Murdock Charitable Trust issued a $300,000 matching challenge grant. In all, 42,600 square feet of space was remodeled, and another 27,000 square feet added. Capacity for basketball expanded to 2,600 (3,300 for convocation-style Brougham Refreshed: The final footprint of the renovated Brougham gatherings) with 1,000 Pavilion. bleacher and 625 theaterUniversity’s Connolly Center. style seats. Gymnastics and rowing Practices were held at local gyms. gained a new training center and “At the end of the rainbow, shell house, respectively. New Brougham Pavilion will become one locker rooms and classrooms were of the nicest small-college facilities added as well. 96
FALCON FACTS • Cliff McCrath gets his 300th win in one of the Falcons’ biggest regular season victories: No. 3-ranked SPU upsets Kasey Keller and the University of Portland, the 20th-rated side in Division I, on Jason Dunn’s goal midway through the second half. McCrath’s team repeats as conference champion but is then surprised by Cal Poly in a playoff quarterfinal decided by penalty kicks. • SPU goes all-in for NCAA Division II in 1991, as both the volleyball and women’s basketball programs leave the NAIA in favor of the Continental Divide Conference (CDC), a six-team circuit with nearly identical membership to the men’s Great Northwest Conference. SPU had been a dual member of NCAA and NAIA since 1980. • Volleyball finishes third in the new CDC. Tosca Lindberg, who plays for both the volleyball and women’s basketball teams, is all-CDC in each. During the volleyball season, Lindberg becomes the SPU all-time leader in blocks with 277. She also leads the Falcons in kills and digs and is named to three all-tournament teams. The Falcons finish 21-14, but no CDC team makes the playoffs. • Men’s basketball wins its first seven games upon its January return to Brougham Pavilion and goes 11-2 overall en route to tying a season record with 23 victories. The Falcons finish tied for first in the conference but are still unable to earn an at-large NCAA berth. • A volleyball game between SPU and Puget Sound is cancelled due to a miscommunication with the referees; both teams are warmed up and ready to play, but the officials don’t show. • Jeff Hironaka joins head coach Ken Bone’s basketball staff as an assistant, replacing Ritchie McKay.
Fired-Up Gymnasts Come From Behind for Second National Title At times, Laurel Tindall feared her team would fail to mount even a challenge for a national title. But when it mattered most, the SPU gymnasts responded, claiming the program’s second national title at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships in Springfield, Massachusetts. Injuries had Kathie Cradduck taken their toll on the promising Falcons through the first half of the season. As the postseason approached, Tindall
termed her squad a longshot. But that’s when things began falling into place. Seattle Pacific defeated four of the last five regular season opponents, achieving a record score at Washington. Nationals proved to be a microcosm of the season, with SPU taking a distant third in the prelims only to rebound the following night. Kathie Cradduck, a junior and gold medal winner in the all-around, provided the spark. Chrissy Rice and freshman Anna
Sandberg fanned the flame, and SPU squeezed past No. 2-seed Texas Woman’s 185.85185.20 for the school’s second title in six years. “I was surprised we won, let alone by sixtenths,” remarked Chrissy Rice a thrilled Tindall. This win, said the coach, was more satisfying than their first crown. “In ’86, we did poorly but won; (this time) we not only won, but we did well. Everyone played a part.”
Grelsson-Led Falcons Place Four Atop the National Track Podium While Seattle Pacific’s track and field team was small in number, it packed a powerful punch at the 1992 NCAA championships. In all, the Falcon men and women combined to claim four individual titles in San Angelo, Texas. Charlotte Jensen Karin Grelsson Swedish sensation Karin Grelsson wore records with a triple jump mark of two crowns at the end, and 43 feet, 8 inches. Earlier, she was she was the busiest athlete by runner-up in the long jump by a far. Grelsson first captured the margin of 1 centimeter. seven-event heptathlon by 412 Freshman Tiffany Colman points, scoring 5,593. She then entered the final round of the broke meet, stadium, and Swedish javelin in second place but then
unleashed a fling of 165-8 to win by more than 10 feet. With only five healthy athletes, SPU’s 58 points tied for fourth, with Grelsson scoring 28 points. Charlotte Jensen, second in both the 1,500 and 3,000, scored 16. The Falcons lost three-event qualifier Karen Lauve to injury during the heptathlon. Mike Olson became the first SPU male in 18 years to stand atop the Tiffany Colman podium. Olson led from his first shot put and closed with a school-record heave of 59-2 1/4.
ON CAMPUS • A sex education class is postponed amidst campus controversy. • A new computer system is introduced to integrate offices. • The General Honors Program receives a boost in funding to improve quality. • The SPU Board of Trustees names Curtis A. Martin as SPU’s seventh president.
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1992–93 Two-Sport Lindberg Is One-of-a-Kind Seattle Pacific may never again see the likes of Tosca Lindberg. A strong, 6-footer from Montrose, Colorado, she became a force the day she set foot on campus. In her time at SPU, she competed in two sports each year without so much as a week off
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in between. Moreover, Lindberg was among the top performers not only on her team but in the entire region. In volleyball, she earned all-conference honors her final three years, including PacWest Conference player of the year as a senior. Her blocking totals for match, season, and career remain entrenched 20-plus years later. Lindberg was also a two98
time, all-conference selection in basketball, where she set career and season rebounding records. “SPU doesn’t emphasize succeeding in the way the world does,” noted Lindberg. “As athletes, we’re valued as individuals, and our whole lives are developed, including athletic skills, academics, and spiritual life.” After concluding her collegiate career in 1993, the NCAA honored Lindberg as Woman of the Year in Washington state for achievements in athletics, academics, and community service. She was the first SPU athlete to be so distinguished. In 2006, Lindberg was a slam-dunk addition to the Falcon Athletics Hall of Fame. Later, she would live on Guam, where she worked with at-risk teens as a science teacher, church youth worker, and coach. The Lindberg legacy was not just limited to Tosca. Later, her younger sisters, Ali and Erica, were key contributors in volleyball and basketball, respectively.
FALCON FACTS • In 1992–93, men’s basketball and women’s basketball and volleyball combine into one league. The women’s Continental Divide Conference merges with the men’s Great Northwest Conference to form the Pacific West Conference. • Men’s basketball almost makes NCAA postseason play but comes up short in the new PacWest tournament. Behind the talented backcourt of Scott Campbell and Tommie Dunham, the Falcons win their final 11 home games and go 21-9 before falling in the PacWest semifinals. • For the third year in a row, men’s soccer comes to a frustrating end by virtue of penalty kicks in the playoffs. A late James Dunn goal sends the NCAA semifinal versus Southern Connecticut into overtime. The OT ends scoreless, prompting a shootout where the Falcons lose. However, junior David Swanson puts the loss in perspective. Swanson, who had earlier led two players to Christ in a team Bible study, deems the season a success. “We could’ve stayed bitter,” he says, “but I think instead we’re better.” • Jon Swanson letters in three sports as a sophomore, including two during the autumn. Swanson doubles up in cross country and soccer, once even competing in two events on the same day. In the spring, he is an outstanding 1,500-meter runner in track. • Anna Sandberg becomes only the fifth SPU gymnast to win a national event title. She wins the beam, but the team is unable to defend its crown, finishing third. Kathie Cradduck is second in the all-around. • Karin Grelsson (3.69 GPA, accounting) earns SPU’s first first-team Academic AllAmerican honor since 1988. Javelin thrower Eden Judd is the winner of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Claudia Shannon: A Freshman at 40 Rarely is a freshman the Falcons’ top cross country harrier. But that’s just the beginning of what makes Claudia Shannon so special. Shannon not only won her collegiate debut — in a Fairbanks blizzard — but did so by beating competitors half her age. At age 40, she became the senior-most athlete in school history. “Her age doesn’t matter,” said Coach Doris Heritage, only nine years Shannon’s senior. “She’s got the right attitude and enthusiasm, which is so much more important
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than anything else. I’m excited about having her.” “Sometimes people can be so afraid of failure, they don’t ever start,” remarked Shannon, wife of former Olympic boxer Robert Shannon. “I’m a late bloomer, I guess. I’m living my adolescence and childhood now. It’s funny being around these young kids. I don’t feel out of place. It’s not so different at age 40.” Shannon was the Falcons’ top finisher in all but one race, but missed qualifying for nationals by seven places at the West regional.
Big Man on Campus, Olson Wins Another Title No one questioned who was the big man on campus. It was Mike Olson, plain and simple. But while the 6-foot4, 305-lb. shot putter deserved the title of BMOC, he did not flaunt it. No swagger or bellowing. Rather there was a soft-spoken humility from the gentle giant who would rather Mike Olson share than shine in the spotlight. At the national NCAA Men’s Indoor Championships, Olson won the indoor shot put by nearly 4 feet. It was his second national title, having won outdoors in 1992. Karin Grelsson also claimed a winter championship in the triple jump.
Outdoors, Grelsson became the first repeat heptathlon champion in Division II meet history. She led SPU to fifth place overall, by taking second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump. Heidi Hamlin ran third in the NCAA 800 meters, and Jenny Vale broke the school 400-hurdles mark, placing fourth nationally. The national meet was held in Abilene, Texas. It was the first trip back for Coach Ken Foreman since 1954, when Ben Moring won his second straight 880-yard crown.
Track and Field Power: (Front row) Jenny Vale, Jennifer Norman (Back) Eden Judd, Mike Olson, Ted Hamlin, Karen Lauve
ON CAMPUS • The SPU Board of Trustees shows strong support for a new library. • The campus
bank, West One Bank, is robbed of an undisclosed amount. • C. Dorr Demaray, Seattle Pacific’s fourth president, dies on November 3. • SPU Professor of Classics Christina Horst Roseman delivers the inaugural C. May Marston Lecture.
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1993–94 Dunn Deal: Brothers Lead Falcons to Fifth National Soccer Title For the record, Seattle Pacific’s fifth national soccer title was won in workmanlike fashion against reigning champion Southern Connecticut. But that match proved anticlimactic in comparison to the epic semifinal two days earlier. Seattle Pacific and top-ranked and undefeated Florida Tech played a game for the ages, a four-hour, sevenminute marathon. The Falcons appeared put away after the Panthers pulled ahead 5-3 in overtime. But SPU refused Chuck Granade to surrender as AllAmerican sweeper James Dunn pulled a goalie’s shirt to become an 11th attacker. Travis Connell’s header closed the gap to 5-4 with 62 seconds left. With time expiring, a loose ball fell fortuitously at the feet of record-setting scorer
Jason Dunn, James’ identical twin, on the right flank. Jason uncorked a low 25-yard drive that caromed off a lunging defender and into the net as the clock expired. The two teams played another 30 minutes of sudden-death overtime before finally settling matters in a gut-wrenching, 13-round penaltykick shootout. James Dunn, still in goal, made two saves; Jason converted two kicks and SPU won the tiebreaker 10-9. Although physically and emotionally spent, Seattle Pacific parlayed an early goal by Dominic Dickerson and clutch goalkeeping from threetime All-American Marcus Hahnemann into a 1-0 win against Southern Connecticut in the title game.
1993 Men’s Soccer: (Front row) Ian Clerihew, Stefan Ritter, Jonathan Swanson, Andy Rife, Brian Martin, Caleb Connell, Nate Daligcon, Dominic Dickerson, John Heimbigner (Second) Bob Grams (trainer), Brian Meier, Kevin Hale, Eric Wideman, Todd Stauber, David Swanson, Dion Earl, Craig Walker (Back) Cliff McCrath (coach), Jason Dunn, Ricci Greenwood, Chuck Granade, Travis Connell, Marcus Hahnemann, Phil Bullard, Kyle Mercer, James Dunn, John Richardson, Bobby McLaughlin
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FALCON FACTS • In 1992–93, men’s and women’s cross country becomes a championship sport in the Pacific West Conference, and the Falcons’ depth enables them to run away with the women’s title. Heidi Hamlin takes third, the first of four SPU harriers in the top seven. Seattle Pacific edges Portland State 29-33 at West Seattle’s Lincoln Park. • SPU comes close to a postseason berth in women’s basketball, finishing 17-10. Had they managed to defeat powerful Portland State (82-89) at home in the finale, the Falcons likely would have made it. It is only their second loss in Brougham. Elizabeth Fenner, who has 23 points, repeats as all-conference. • Swedish senior Karin Grelsson wins her fifth national title, finishing first in the NCAA indoor triple jump with a mark of 39 feet, 11 3/4 inches. Grelsson also becomes the school’s first two-time, firstteam Academic All-American. Heidi Hamlin runs fourth in the outdoor 800 meters. For the men, Mike Olson throws for third place in the indoor shot put and seventh outdoors. Jon Holmen is an All-American in the decathlon, taking fourth. • Erica Thompson becomes the first SPU gymnast to achieve a score of 9.900 or higher. Thompson hits that mark on the balance beam in Denton, Texas. This happens one week after she receives a marriage proposal from soccer player Pat Patterson following her final home meet. The Falcons finish third in the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships. • Coach Ken Bone develops a basketball recruiting pipeline in the Kent area: first, Anthony Williams transfers back from Utah State, then Warren King commits, followed by Brady Deal and Jeff McBroom. All would eventually become allconference players for Bone.
The Dunns are Double Trouble to Opponents For three seasons, identical twins James and Jason Dunn drove the Falcons closer and closer to a fifth NCAA championship, a feat the brothers realized in their final collegiate game. “I came here to be part of a successful program,” said Jason, a powerful forward and the eldest by mere minutes. Along with James, he transferred from Washington in 1991. “We wanted a close community feeling, and SPU offered that,” said James, a defender who often contributed to the attack. “And since we both believe our skills come from ‘The Man Upstairs,’ it’s
been nice to have His influence on our lives every day.” As a senior, Jason seemed intent on rewriting the record book. “There’s a reason for records — to be broken,” he said. “It’s always in the back of my mind.” His 28 goals, 19 assists, 75 total points, and eight game-winning goals established new season standards. Jason also erupted for a record six goals in an emphatic win over nationally ranked Tampa. Both Jason and James earned first team All-American distinction for the second year in a row, while goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann became the program’s first three-
time All-American after becoming the career leader in shutouts (46).
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Men’s Basketball Returns to NCAA Tourney After 17 Years On their quest for postseason play, Coach Ken Bone’s Falcons equaled their best-ever start by winning their first 11 games. They won 23
straight at home (dating back to December 1992), before finishing 14-1 in Brougham. But late in the season they faltered, losing eight of their final nine road games, albeit five of those by 6 or fewer points. Minutes before leaving Anchorage following a seemingly season-ending loss in the PacWest tournament, Bone got word to stay put. Apparently, the regional selection committee had taken SPU’s early success into account and given them the sixth seed in the West regional. It was the Birds’ first NCAA tournament berth in 17 years. Two Points Coming: Carl Johnson muscles his way to the hoop. Two days later, SPU
faced off once more against regional host Alaska Anchorage. In the playoff, Seattle Pacific spotted the Seawolves a 15-point lead before rallying midway through the second period to go in front. However, a 10-0 rush by the hosts proved too much to overcome in an 83-77 loss. “I was proud of the way we played,” said Carl Johnson, who paced the team with 20 points and 11 rebounds. “We played as hard as we can possibly play, and if not for a couple bad bounces, we might have pulled it off.” “I thought we might get them,” said Bone. “Our guys played hard for 40 minutes against the best team in our conference. With a couple minutes left, it was anybody’s ballgame.”
ON CAMPUS • SPU establishes closer ties with Clark-Atlanta University. • E. Arthur “Woody” Self is
named SPU’s eighth president. • The City of Seattle unveils plans for a bike trail that runs along the canal adjacent to Wallace Field. • Ribbon cutting for the “Second Century Library” takes place on May 20, 1994.
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1994–95 Coaching: The Greatest Resource of All While other schools may have had greater resources in terms of scholarships and facilities, they would have been hard pressed to duplicate the quality of the 1994– 95 SPU coaching staff. During that particular year, the coaches collectively guided each athletic program either to its best-ever winning record or to postseason championship play. The primary beneficiaries of these coaches were the athletes. For example, Jon Holmen was a walk-on track and field prospect who never considered competing at the national level. “But Coach (Ken) Foreman thought I had potential,” said Holmen. “He saw in me what I couldn’t see in myself.” Holmen became an AllAmerican in the decathlon. Nine years after starting from scratch at the NAIA level, the volleyball team finished 20-7 as an NCAA program under JoAnn Atwell-
Scrivner. “JoAnn brings out the best in an individual player while building a team,” said senior Ali Lindberg. Through fundraising, Keith Jefferson pulled the crew program back from the brink of extinction in 1990. Before long, the Falcons were regularly sending boats to national regattas. Erica Snelleman, like many rowers, was a novice before joining the program. “Coach Keith taught me technique, and I’ve really improved over the year,” said the sophomore. “Most important, he’s taught me to be mentally tough and have a positive attitude.” Many of the coaches had more than 20 years of experience. Considering the long hours and often punishing schedules, such commitment was extraordinary. “For us, this is not just a job,” said Coach Cliff McCrath, head of men’s soccer. “It’s our cause, and it’s our calling.”
FALCON FACTS • Although playing with eight new starters, the Falcons come close to repeating as NCAA soccer champions, advancing to the semifinal before being eliminated in overtime 6-4 by Oakland. Senior Phil Bullard scores three of the goals. Freshman Geoff Martin also posts a hat trick in a record 7-0 win over Cal State L.A. to open the postseason. Earlier in the season a home winning streak covering four seasons is snapped at 22 games. • Women’s track takes 15th nationally behind the one-two punch of Tiffany Colman and Nicole Trammell in the javelin. Colman, a past champion who had missed the first half of the season, takes second while Trammell throws for fourth. Jon Swanson runs eighth in the men’s 1,500. • Stephanie Andrews wins the balance beam at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships, only the second SPU freshman to do so. The team places third. • A Japanese national studying abroad, junior transfer Nami Teramae quickly makes herself at home on the volleyball court. Teramae, hitting an efficient .333, shares PacWest Player of the Year honors after leading SPU to its best win percentage (.741). • With five underclassmen, women’s cross country wins its second straight PWC title and earns 13th nationally. • Former track sprinter Eugene Peterson is named SPU Alumnus of the Year. A pastor and author, Peterson’s most recognized work is The Message, a translation of the Bible into contemporary language.
Classic Coaches: (From lower left) Doris Heritage, JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner, Ken Foreman, Cliff McCrath, Gordy Presnell, Ken Bone, Laurel Tindall, Keith Jefferson
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• Men’s rowing strokes to fifth in the varsity four event at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships. It is the highest SPU national achievement in 16 years. The crew of Darren Little, Doug Miller, Mick Zapata, and Pat Berschauer also win five regattas overall.
Women’s Hoops Takes Next Step to Reach NCAAs Two newcomers and the leadership of a pair of understated seniors created the essential mix of talent for Coach Gordy Presnell’s first NCAAqualifying team. After knocking on the door for a few seasons, the Falcons broke through in 1995, going 21-8 and Elizabeth Fenner reaching the second round of the NCAA national tournament. Transfer guard Debbie Miller proved an offensive
catalyst, and Nicole Trammell became the first freshman in 10 years to lead the team in scoring (19.1). Yet there could be no discounting the value of the two co-captains: allconference forward Elizabeth Fenner, the team MVP, and center Elisabeth Ford. “I want every prospective recruit to meet Elisabeth Ford,” said Presnell of his top rebounder. “Academically, athletically,
socially, and spiritually, she epitomizes what we’re looking for.” Presnell added that Ford’s value could not be determined by statistics alone. “She sets a great example, particularly for our younger players,” Elisabeth Ford he said. “She always knows her priorities, and whether she’s played poorly or well, she comes back the next day giving it all she’s got.”
Falcon Men Claim Best Hoops Season in a Generation Interest in Ken Bone’s basketball team surged in the 1990s for two major reasons: the Falcons were winning, and they were doing so primarily with homegrown talent. “We want to be a home team,” said Bone. “We want people to be able to identify with us and our players.” In 1995, the Falcons featured a starting backcourt of Warren King, a state champion at Kentridge; and Ben Scheffler, who prepped at nearby Roosevelt High. At forward was another Kent native, Brady Deal, just as capable hitting the 3 as delivering the goods inside. Emile Shephard, although not a Washington product, quickly won over new fans with his dominating play inside, including a schoolrecord seven blocked shots that
whipped a homecoming crowd of 2,450 into a frenzy. That win over Hawaii Hilo was one of nine in their final 10 conference contests. The result was SPU claimed its first outright PacWest crown and automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. There, Seattle Pacific beat Cal State L.A. 7668 and gave eventual runners-up UC Riverside all they could handle (68-74). Making the Sweet 16 was the Falcons best advance into the postseason in 30 years.
Rim-Rattler: Brady Deal goes for the jam.
ON CAMPUS • The SPU administration considers a switch to semesters. • Human sexuality week
addresses real-life issues. • Edmund Fischer, a Nobel laureate for medicine, speaks in chapel. • After 23 years, 13 as chairman, V.O. “Bud” McDole retires from the board of trustees.
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1995–96 Gymnasts Take Three Individual Titles While Hosting Nationals Buoyed by a near-capacity and partisan crowd, the flying Falcons all but pulled off the perfect ending at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships.
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dominated the individual events finals by winning three, plus a second-place effort. A perennial championship contender, Coach Laurel Tindall’s team provided plenty of local attraction by featuring 10 gymnasts from the area. Consequently, there were record crowds attending the final two sessions that nearly witnessed an upset in the team finals. Top-seeded and three-time winner Texas Woman’s was barely able to hold off Sacramento State and Seattle Pacific in the tightest top-three finish in 10 years. With the No. 2 score in school history (190.425), the Falcons were just 0.850 points out of first. It was their 14th straight season among the top four. But they weren’t done yet. In Saturday’s individual finale, Lisa Smith led-off by sprinting down the runway to a winning vault. Next, Deni Boswell and Mindy Lee Ferguson went Nos. 1 and 2 on the uneven bars. Gina Moody then danced to first place in the floor exercise. Not since 1986 had SPU won three events at the same national meet.
FALCON FACTS • The Falcons again advance within one win of the men’s basketball Elite Eight. Led by all-region seniors Emile Shephard and Warren King, SPU goes 23-6 and grabs a share of the conference title. Yet again, they run into the top seed and host in the West regional championship game, dropping a 78-65 decision to Cal State Bakersfield. • Prior to the season, Ken Bone takes his team on its first foreign tour, an 11-day, fivegame series in Germany and the Netherlands. They go 3-2. • Bahamian sprinter Shavonne Colebrooke is named SPU’s Athlete of the Year. Colebrooke wins 14 of 16 races from 100 to 400 meters. She sets school records in all three sprints, finishes fourth in the 100 at nationals, and anchors the 400 relay that takes seventh. After recovering from an early season injury, Tiffany Colman takes third in the javelin. • Nami Teramae earns the first All-American distinction for SPU volleyball while spearheading their best season to date (25-9). Teramae leads the team in hitting (.322), kills (475), and digs (478). • After playing eight games on the road, soccer suffers its first home defeat since 1989, a 2-1 loss to Point Loma. The Falcons rebound to win eight of the next nine and make the playoffs for the 22nd time in 24 years. Both Nate Daligcon and Ricci Greenwood are voted first-team All-America. • Men’s crew wins the Intercollegiate Rowing Association novice four petite final at the IRA nationals following victories at the Cascade Sprints and Pacific Coast championships. • Recent graduate Heidi Hamlin, a cross country and track runner, is one of 10 finalists for NCAA Woman of the Year.
Family Focus Helps Falcons Break into National Rankings As the 1995–96 women’s basketball season approached, Coach Gordy Presnell kept getting bad news. First, three senior starters had graduated. Next, he lost a prized freshman, Nicole Trammell, to transfer. Finally, his top point guard, Debbie Miller, underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. Nevertheless, the team persisted. The Falcons closed ranks and forged a resolute bond that would make them one of the West region’s toughest teams to beat, if not the most talented. SPU opened by beating Humboldt State and UC Davis, two of the top teams in the West the previous season. A month later,
they upset No. 5-ranked Stonehill (Massachusetts). “The whole team is like a family,” said forward Lynne Roberts, who set a record for 3-pointers made (82). “Not just the five starters, but everyone. We all respect each other and depend on each other.” Guard Linnea Jarvits broke the SPU single-game scoring record of 41 points versus Cal Poly Pomona (33 coming in the decisive second half) and finished among the nation’s top scorers for the season (22 points per game). Chantel Vinson led the conference in steals and assists. The Falcons surged to a 14-5 mark and the program’s
first national ranking. “I really didn’t think we’d be so successful,” said Presnell. “I mean, at one point, we were down to just seven players.” A lack of depth Linnea Jarvits eventually caught up with the team down the stretch; they just missed making the NCAA tournament at 17-10. However, the chemistry would carry through the following seasons, with spectacular results.
The Goughs Just Keep Coming
Chris, Bryan, Steve, and Kyle Gough
Every dad hopes his son will follow in his footsteps. For former track All-American Steve Gough and his wife, Paula, that thought did not occur to them until the spring of 1996. That’s when the second generation of Goughs began enrolling at SPU. And soon the track and field team began to benefit. “Without question, Steve Gough is the finest all-around athlete this university has ever had,” said Ken Foreman, who coached both generations of Goughs. Steve was an NCAA champion in the triple jump and decathlon, nearly making the U.S. Olympic Team in 1972. “To have his boys here is an unbelievable challenge and opportunity.”
Steve’s oldest son, Bryan, was a strong hurdler. His second son, Kyle, like his dad, was suited to the decathlon. “I think Kyle has as much potential as his dad,” judged Foreman. “He’s got his own strengths and weaknesses, but in those areas where he’s strong, he’s phenomenal.” Chris, Steve’s third son, finished the string of Goughs on the track team, competing in the discus and javelin. Kyle took third in the decathlon at the NCAA championships, and Steve and Kyle’s combined personal best scores were believed to be an American father/son record.
ON CAMPUS • An intruder prompts Campus Security to lock residence hall entrances. • Email
hackers invade SPU accounts; new security measures are initiated. • Philip W. Eaton is named SPU’s ninth president. • Six students earn an EdD in SPU’s inaugural doctoral degree program in education.
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1996–97 Gymnasts Reach Perfect Ending to a Near-Perfect Season With each goal met, they climbed higher and higher. Finally, they reached the pinnacle: winning a national USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championship at home.
routines on the bars, the team’s strongest event. Still, the Falcons were 0.125 points behind fourtime defending champion Texas Woman’s as they came to the final floor exercise. It proved to be one victory dance after another. Each of the five counting scores was 9.675 or better, topped by Kathy Siwek’s show-stopping, career-high 9.800. Achieving their best floor show of the season (48.700), SPU passed Texas Woman’s by 0.725. In addition, the Falcons broke the national meet scoring record with a 192.250 total. Stephanie Andrews, competing 1997 Gymnastics: (Front row) Michael Chaplin (assistant coach), Amy Faulk, Stefanie Thompson, Christin Tercek, Lisa Smith (Second) Laurel all-around, Tindall (coach), Mindy Lee Ferguson, Sarah Brown, Stephanie Andrews accounted for a (Third) Tina Lemm, Kathy Siwek, Georgianne Smith (Fourth) Callie Field, Gina team-high 37.675. Moody, Kathy Klubben (Back) Amanda King, Deni Boswell, Mandy Witmer, Vickie Moody The following evening, two seniors In midseason, SPU defeated concluded their respective careers top-10 Washington (No. 6) at in fantasy fashion. Amanda King home. It was the first win over captured the beam title, and the Huskies in 10 years. Then they Mindy Lee Ferguson hit every captured their first-ever conference release cleanly to claim the bars. victory at the Western Independent Deni Boswell, a junior who edged Championships. Yet nothing was as Ferguson for the ’96 title, was nerve-racking as the final rotation runner-up. of the national meet, which played Coach Laurel Tindall was out before a capacity crowd in named national coach of the Brougham Pavilion. year. It was the third time she A below-average vault was had guided SPU to a national balanced by a solid beam score. championship in 11 years. In between came some clutch 106
FALCON FACTS • Despite the most regular season losses in eight years (12-8-2), the Falcons qualify for the NCAA soccer tournament. With 10 freshmen and seven sophomores, the upperclassmen come through. Junior Geoff Martin scores to earn a 1-1 draw with Washington, ranked No. 2 in Division I, in the final regular season game. Senior Dominic Dickerson scores and assists, and Chuck Granade makes big saves, in the 2-0 upset of No. 5 Cal State Bakersfield to open the playoffs. • Women’s cross country finishes eighth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Freshman Heather Wallace runs 24th to lead the Falcons to their best national finish since 1986. Earlier, Wallace wins the PacWest title with teammates Sheila Larkin and Kelley Marsh, who finish second and third, respectively. The team wins its third championship in four years. • Chuck Carter, a 6-foot-8 product of a tiny Christian school (45 students, K–12), starts at center and earns the team’s most-improved award for the second year in a row. Carter, Brady Deal, and Geoff Ping form a formidable frontline that helps the Falcons go 18-9. • Linnea Jarvits, days after finishing No. 5 in career basketball scoring, turns out for track, focusing on the seven-event heptathlon. • After a slow 1-5 start, the Falcons finish the volleyball season strong, winning 10 of 12 conference matches. Hannah Bradford makes the all-region team and Seattle Pacific goes 17-9 overall. • The women’s lightweight four rows to the bronze at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, the first national medal for the program. • Two-time basketball Academic All-American Geoff Ping and former national champion gymnast Gina Moody Bolenbaugh are named recipients of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.
Soccer Field Construction Begins at Interbay They had long been a national power, a five-time NCAA champion. And yet they rarely played in Seattle, let alone close to campus. But in the spring of 1997, Seattle Pacific broke ground on its new soccer facility at Interbay. A deal was struck between SPU and the City of Seattle, where the latter would provide the land and the school would pay $3.3 million in construction costs for a 900-seat soccer stadium. The Falcons would have facility use in the fall, and the public would have access the rest of the year. When completed, Interbay would provide the men’s soccer program its first real home in 29 years. Since the soccer program’s
inception in 1968, the team had played home games in Memorial Stadium, multiple high school stadiums on the Eastside, and even in the Kingdome. After an intensive selection process in 1993, SPU officials settled on the Interbay site, once used by the Falcons for home games 25 years earlier. As part of the project, playfields just west of the field were improved. To pay for its portion of the project, SPU used donations, including $2 million from the M.J. Murdock Foundation. The University continues to make yearly payments to the city for a portion of the maintenance costs.
Anticipation: Soccer Coach Cliff McCrath, flanked by his team, and assistants Steve McCrath and Bobby McLaughlin, is ready to break ground at Interbay field for a new SPU soccer facility.
Falcon Women Win First Conference Crown, Make Sweet 16 Fortified by the return of point guard Debbie Miller, the talented SPU women’s basketball team not only returned to March Madness but collected their first conference crown and improved their win total by nine, finishing 26-3. Miller, a junior who had Debbie Miller missed the prior season due to injury, became a catalytic force as Seattle Pacific began displaying a running game that needed no prompting from the shot clock. The Falcons reeled off 13
straight wins during the A week later the first half of the season, 5-foot-9 junior from including three straight Tacoma scored 14 in which they scored second-half points 90-plus points. The as SPU clinched the highlight was a crushing PacWest title by beating 94-74 victory at Western Alaska Fairbanks on the Washington that ended road 73-69. The center the Vikings’ 20-game tandem of Kristen Wendy Kuipers home win streak. Carlson and Wendy In her role of quarterback, Kuipers combined for 27 points. Miller would sling half-court In the opening game of the passes to the streaking Linnea NCAA tournament, the Falcons Jarvits, Lynne Roberts, and Erica ran roughshod over Western Lindberg. She averaged a record New Mexico 106-85. In the end, 7.6 assists and kept pressing the regional host UC Davis beat SPU accelerator as the games got 74-69, denying the Falcons an Elite bigger. Miller totaled 20 points and Eight berth. But, there was a sense a record 15 assists in a home rout it was only a delay for the Birds. (104-68) of Montana State Billings.
ON CAMPUS • SPU decides to keep Casey Campus. • SPU begins the search for a provost — again. • SPU hosts a C.S. Lewis summer conference. • Les and Leslie Parrott, directors of SPU’s Center for Relationship Development, appear on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to discuss premarital counseling.
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1997–98 Truly Something Special: Women’s Hoops Make the Elite Eight Brougham Pavilion was teeming with nearly 1,500 supporters for the NCAA Division II women’s basketball regional final. “SPU’s fans showed
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players’ talents. Vinson pressured teams up and down the court. Shana Ray rifled in perimeter jump shots. Wendy Kuipers possessed an uncanny knack for scoring under a crowded basket. And the ball belonged to Debbie Miller, the multi-talented and supremely confident maestro, who could shoot and pass with aplomb. It all added up to nearly 90 points per game (second in the nation to eventual champion North Dakota) and an average winning margin of some 20 points. “We never let down,” says Miller, the regional MVP. As Vinson sat on the bench in Arkansas, the season’s final seconds ticking away from a 5786 quarterfinal loss to Northern Michigan, her emotions were mixed. “I cried, but at the same time I felt good,” she said. “It was a hard time those last few minutes, but it felt great to know we’ve been part of something special.” The Falcons finished 27-3.
FALCON FACTS • In the NCAA Division II men’s basketball regional, the Falcons dispatch No. 11-ranked Montana State Billings in the first round 82-64. The next night, Seattle Pacific plays dogged defense to down Bakersfield 62-60. Denied a sweep by No. 8 UC Davis in the championship game, SPU finishes the season 18-12. • Tom Box is named athletic director, replacing Alan Graham. Box had served nine years as SPU director of development. “I’ve been an avid fan of Falcon athletics for many years,” says Box, “and my move to Brougham Pavilion offers me the chance to become a full-time advocate for studentathletes and coaches.” • Deni Boswell leads gymnastics to nearly repeat as national champions. SPU finishes second to Texas Woman’s for the team title, but Boswell wins the all-around, uneven bars, and senior athlete of the meet award. • Wallace Field, the primary track and field training center for SPU, is completely renovated in autumn 1997. The $295,000 project features an all-weather, rubberized track plus throwing and jumping areas. • Following her basketball career, Linnea Jarvits becomes an All-American in track, finishing third in the NCAA heptathlon. • Women’s cross country again takes first in the PacWest and places ninth nationally. • In rowing, the women’s light eight captures fourth at the Champions International Regatta, the best finish at nationals in 17 years.
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• A postseason roast of Ken Foreman marks his 50 years of coaching. Numerous former athletes and peers pay him tribute, including SPU track All-American Mark Stream: “Through Dr. Foreman’s example, I realized that everything I wanted to do as a Christian could be done through athletics.”
Falcon Soccer Comes Home to Interbay After decades as an itinerant program, SPU soccer finally had a home. On September 6, 1997, after a last-minute rush to install seats and lighting, the Falcons played their first match at the new Interbay Stadium. The first official dedication game occurred September 24. “We’re ecstatic,” said SPU Coach Cliff McCrath of his new surroundings, about a mile west of campus. Twenty-seven years after his first game in charge, McCrath ironically found himself back on the same plot of ground as the old Interbay Field that he called home from 1970 to 1972. The Falcons lost that 1970 game
against British Columbia Institute of Technology by seven goals. In this historic dedication game, SPU beat No. 15-ranked Sonoma State 3-2. The Falcons instantly proved Interbay Stadium formidable at Interbay, going 9-1-1 with wins over Division I force Portland, defending Division II champion Grand Canyon, and Colorado’s Fort Lewis, the latter in a first-round playoff. For the second consecutive year, Seattle Pacific ended just shy
of a return to the final four. After coming from two goals down to take the lead in overtime, SPU fell 4-3 to eventual champion Cal State Bakersfield in the 147th minute of their quarterfinal on a deflected shot from the top of the box.
Falcon Teams Get an International Boost In 1997, the world came to country coach. Soon after, Heritage SPU. Three promising freshmen offered her a scholarship, and she traveled more than 16,000 miles accepted. Swann immediately between them helped the to compete for Falcons finish the Falcons: in the top 10 standout runner at the NCAA Julie Swann championships. from England; “I can’t express basketball player how thankful I Gyongyver am to SPU for Balogh from this wonderful Gyongyver Balogh, Vadim Tolstolutsky, Julie Swann Hungary; opportunity,” and soccer she said. sensation Vadim Tolstolutsky from Balogh, 26, who worked as a Kyrgyzstan. nanny in Seattle, was discovered Swann, 33, was an office by Coach Gordy Presnell at a worker in Seattle for 13 years, church league basketball game. but regretted missing college. “She was the only woman on the At Green Lake, by chance, she court,” recalled Presnell, “and she met Doris Heritage, SPU’s cross was the only one making baskets.”
He offered her a scholarship, and Balogh’s teammates welcomed her. Tolstolutsky’s family immigrated to Vancouver, Washington, in 1994. The son of a professional soccer player, Tolstolutsky had been a member of Kyrgyzstan’s under-15 national soccer team. “I heard about him from friends,” recalled Coach Cliff McCrath. “They said, ‘You’ve got to get this kid.’” He agreed and offered Tolstolutsky a scholarship. The team’s No. 2 scorer as a freshman, Tolstolutsky quickly made himself at home, scoring the first goal in the new Interbay Stadium. “I was nervous coming to SPU,” he said. “I was a foreigner and what would the guys think of me? But everything has been great.”
ON CAMPUS • A rash of car thefts hits the SPU campus. • Previously imprisoned Chinese human
rights leader Harry Wu speaks at commencement. • Alexander Chapel extends its hours for prayer and reflection. • SPU professors Les and Leslie Parrott are featured on NBC Nightly News.
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1998–99 Falcons Rally Past Huskies En Route to the Final Four The 1998 soccer season was a study in comebacks. The Falcons, who found themselves with a 3-42 record at midseason, rallied to win 11 of their next 13 games and reach the NCAA final four.
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In winning six straight, the Falcons scored 19 times, grabbed another conference crown, and climbed from nowhere to No. 4 nationally. But not without some key comebacks. A record Interbay crowd of 1,470 witnessed one such match against Washington on November 7. The Huskies, ranked No. 2 in Division I, took an early lead. But the Falcons whipped their faithful into a frenzy in the final stages. After tying the game with less than 20 minutes to go, the Birds won 2-1 when Vadim Tolstolutsky scored from long range with just 68 seconds remaining. The first two rounds of the NCAA playoffs were similar. After falling behind Colorado’s Fort Lewis on three different occasions, SPU won 4-3 by scoring twice in the final 14 minutes. A week later, the Falcons tied Grand Canyon in regulation, but needed three overtime periods before Tolstolutsky, again, struck for the 2-1 game-winner. The anti-climactic final outing was a semifinal 3-0 loss to eventual champion Southern Connecticut in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
FALCON FACTS • Following their Elite Eight finish in 1998, women’s basketball reloads and reaches the NCAA tournament, but loses 77-69 in overtime to Western Washington in the first round to finish 19-10. • Ken Foreman passes the baton to his track and field protégé, Jack Hoyt. Foreman announces he will step down as head coach after three lengthy stints at SPU totaling 39 years. Hoyt, a former AllAmerican and 1987 alumnus, is a longtime Foreman assistant. • All-American gymnast Lisa Smith earns both an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and Washington Woman of the Year. • Seattle Pacific’s most successful volleyball team wins its PacWest Conference division yet is denied a postseason berth despite a 23-7 record. SPU is eliminated in the conference tournament by Hawaii Pacific, the eventual NCAA champion. • The Falcon women’s cross country team takes seventh at the NCAA championships, the team’s best finish in seven years. Rachel Ross, a freshman, wins the PacWest Conference championship and also earns All-American honors. • Lisa Malmin is named state NCAA Woman of the Year in September after completing a collegiate career in which she was an All-America track and field participant as well as a President’s Citation recipient. • SPU gymnasts ward off numerous injuries to finish fourth nationally. Freshman Alison Siegel finishes second in the all-around and balance beam. • In crew, Seattle Pacific wins Pacific Coast titles for both men’s and women’s novice lightweight fours. The women’s varsity four is third at nationals, earning the program’s highest medal finish.
Falcons Claw Through Ranked Opponents Before Succumbing in Regional Final The sixth-seeded SPU men’s basketball team sent shockwaves through the national tournament. Again. For the second year in a row, this time in Ellensburg, Washington, the Falcons knocked off Jeff McBroom two nationally ranked foes before bowing out of the NCAA West Regional championship game. Paced by regional MVP Jeff McBroom and sharp-shooting Ryan Sowards, the Falcons first disposed of Hawaii Pacific 83-61 by hitting 15 3-pointers. However, the pinnacle of the season was the semifinal game with defending NCAA champion and No. 4-rated UC Davis.
Urged on by some 2,500 SPU and Central Washington fans (in this case, the Washingtonians stuck together), the Falcons fought back from a 21-point halftime deficit. A Kory Leadon basket with eight seconds remaining, followed by a McBroom steal and free throws, were the final strokes to the 73-68 victory over the Aggies. A gritty, defensive battle then ensued between SPU and Cal State San Bernardino, with the winner advancing to the Elite Eight. Tied at halftime, at the end of regulation, and with two minutes left in overtime, San Bernardino scored the game’s
last seven points to finally end the Falcons’ postseason run 74-67. “Someday, we’ll host this tournament and win it,” said Coach Ken Bone, whose team had advanced to the regional championship four of the past five years. The Falcons tied the record for team wins by finishing 23-8, and Ryan Sowards McBroom became the school’s first All-American selection in 33 years. In addition, he was named PacWest Player of the Year and broke several SPU records, including highest seasonscoring average (24.3).
The Married Athlete: Teamwork All Around Senior Jeff McBroom knew the importance of teamwork — on the court and at home. During the 1998–99 academic year, McBroom was one of six SPU married studentathletes on the basketball, volleyball, and soccer teams that balanced school, athletics, and a family. Newly married, McBroom and his wife, Karrie, had to adjust when they came to SPU. With the arrival of their daughter, Ashley, McBroom admitted that juggling basketball, marriage, and fatherhood wasn’t easy. “We didn’t know anybody,” he said. “It was really challenging.”
Senior center and her SPU-student Chuck Carter and husband, Eli, “Time junior point guard is the biggest Ryan Skogstad challenge because were also married our schedules are so student-athletes. opposite,” she said. Carter, whose wife, Despite all the Jeff, Ashley, and Karrie Kathy, was a nurse, challenges, the McBroom said the biggest athletes said they challenge was keeping up with one would not do anything differently. another. Being a married student is “I’m not worrying about who I’m one thing, said Carter, “but being going to marry and what’s going married and an athlete just squeezes to happen,” says McBroom. that much more out of you.” Carter agreed, adding, “It’s great Another married Falcon was to have someone waiting for you Shauna Bland, a junior point guard at home that loves you as much on the women’s varsity. For Bland as you love them.”
ON CAMPUS • The all-weather track at Wallace Field is completed. • A food fight in Gwinn Commons injures a chef. • Professor of Geography Kathleen Braden becomes dean of students in Student Life. • SPU seniors Tyler Whitworth and Matt Cooper are named top ROTC cadets in the nation.
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1999–2000 High-Flying Falcons Reach First-Ever Final Four For Falcon fans, it was pandemonium. The Birds had just dispatched UC Davis 68-61 and Central Washington 85-72 to win the NCAA West regional. But moreover, it was a time to be proud: They could be proud of their basketball team winning a record 27 games, capturing its first regional title in 35 years, and reaching the Final Four for the first time ever. Donte Quinine Donte Quinine, the Falcons’ high-flying forward, voted the outstanding player of the regional tournament, had played before bigger crowds, “but with the Pavilion packed out, it really felt like a big-time college atmosphere,” he said. After losing the first and final home games of the regular season, the Falcons discovered a new fortitude that would carry them through tougher circumstances to come. At the Elite Eight in Louisville, the Falcons learned they belonged by beating Georgia College & State 77-65 in the quarterfinal round. They then nearly upset the defending national champion (and local favorite) Kentucky Wesleyan in the semifinal, before falling 87-81 in overtime. 112
“Maybe the most valuable lesson our guys learned was that championships are won as a team,” Coach Ken Bone reflected. “You win conference, regional, and national titles by having great team chemistry. It means giving up yourself for the betterment of the team.” Following the season-ending loss in Louisville, team members showed they understood what their coach meant. They tearfully spoke of how they had stuck
FALCON FACTS • Women’s soccer is named the 12th SPU varsity sport and begins play in fall 2001. • Men’s soccer earns an NCAA postseason tournament bid for the 10th consecutive year before bowing out in the first round. Goalie Johann Noetzel receives second-team AllAmerica honors. Coach Cliff McCrath notches his 500th career win at Simon Fraser. • Women’s basketball earns a postseason berth, winning its final eight regular season games before falling 79-64 to Montana State Billings in the first round of the regional. The Falcons finish 21-7. • Heather Wallace finishes 31st and earns All-American status at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, leading SPU to sixth place — the highest in 13 years. • At the USA Gymnastics Championships in Tempe, Arizona, Seattle Pacific is unable to advance to the finals, breaking a string of 16 straight years of finishing among the top four teams. Individually, Cassie Althauser finishes third on the uneven bars.
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together, learned one another’s strengths and weaknesses, and become friends for life.
• The men’s lightweight four crew captures a silver medal at Philadelphia’s Dad Vail Regatta. Falcon rowers are Tim Stuart, Bryan Jones, Josh Adam, Mike Lucero, and coxswain Johanna Yngvason. On the following day in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Falcon women’s varsity four rows to the school’s first national title at the Champion International Collegiate Regatta. The women’s lineup is Kristin Gadbois, Jesse Pennington, Kendra Cox, Amy LeCount, and coxswain Christina Lovell. • Laura Widman leads SPU to a one-sided victory at the PacWest championships and finishes second in the NCAA heptathlon. She is named SPU Athlete of the Year.
50 Years After Arriving, Foreman Steps Away He could tell spellbinding stories basketball and track, Foreman that brought tears or laughter. He used his final season to handpick could wax eloquent on his war experiences, the science of athletics, or the meaning of life. Or he could just stare and speak volumes. A few words from him or a pat on the back could kindle the fire within, as so many of his athletes over the years would confirm. But, when Dr. Ken Ken Foreman Foreman explained why he was leaving Seattle Pacific after protégé Jack Hoyt, a former his unparalleled track and field Falcon standout, as his successor. career, he was succinct. “It was Foreman was more than just time,” he said. a coach. He assisted his architect Fifty years after arriving at father in building Royal Brougham Seattle Pacific to teach, serve as Pavilion. He was a popular athletic director, and coach both professor in physical education.
And, he was highly regarded nationally and internationally as a pioneer in coaching women at the world-class level. Beginning in 1955, he coached more than 25 national team members and collegiate champions, many of them on his own time with the Falcon Track Club, the predecessor to the SPU women’s varsity program. Foreman was named head U.S. Olympic coach in 1980 and served as an Olympic assistant in 1968 and 1988. At the year-end SPU awards banquet, a surprise announcement revealed that Foreman had been named the U.S. Track Coaches Association National Coach of the Year.
Inaugural Volleyball Coach Atwell-Scrivner Retires Synonymous with Seattle Pacific volleyball since its inception, JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner retired from coaching following the 1999 campaign. Atwell-Scrivner built the SPU program from scratch into one of the best in the Northwest among NCAA Division II schools. The Falcons set school records for total wins in 1998 (23-7) and again in her final season (24-6), just missing the national tournament. In her final six seasons, SPU won 68% of its matches (121-58) and posted four seasons of 20 or more wins. Atwell-Scrivner retained her faculty position in the Physical
Education Department, and devoted her time in retirement to teaching, completing her doctoral studies, and to her family. “This is something I have been thinking about for a while,” said Atwell-Scrivner, who was assisted by her husband, Rich Scrivner, throughout her 13-year coaching career. “When you’re coaching, it’s tough to do anything else.” “JoAnn and Rich lifted SPU volleyball to the championship level,” said Athletic Director Tom Box. “This season only punctuated how successful she has been.”
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ON CAMPUS • Top contemporary Christian music performers Third Day and Jennifer Knapp come
to Brougham Pavilion. • Author Ron Sider speaks in chapel about the Christian response to poverty. • SPU alumnus and physics professor Jim Crichton dies from cancer. • A new $7 million Gwinn Commons, featuring a “marketplace” eating space and 700-seat multipurpose room, opens to returning students.
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2000–01 New Coaches Hoyt and Radloff Come Full Circle In 2000, the Falcons experienced a major coaching shake-up. Two icons in their respective sports, Ken Foreman and JoAnn AtwellScrivner, hung up their whistles.
Foreman was not surprised. For 15 years, he had watched Hoyt mature and grow in experience. “Jack, in his professional life, is where I was 50 years ago,” said
FALCON FACTS • Bob Bruch, a member of two men’s soccer championships, is hired as the first head coach of the new women’s soccer team. The Teel family, longtime supporters of Seattle Pacific, helps seed the SPU Women’s Soccer Scholarship Fund. • Behind PacWest Player of the Year Gyongyver “Gus” Balogh, women’s basketball returns to the NCAA tournament. West regional host Cal Poly Pomona scores at the buzzer to win 6362 and keep SPU from the Elite Eight. The Falcons finish 24-5. • All-region forward John Hubbard and sophomores Brannon Stone and Nick Johnson lead the Falcons to the NCAA basketball tournament, but Central Washington clips the Birds in overtime. SPU begins the season hosting Washington in Brougham Pavilion. A record crowd of 2,782 sees the Falcons push the Huskies to overtime before falling 83-81.
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Foreman, in track and field, and Atwell-Scrivner, in volleyball, dedicated their lives to building champions, not just in athletics but in life. Better than a gold watch, the two mentors said they felt rewarded by the fact that two of their prized pupils were chosen to succeed them: Jack Hoyt and Kellie Radloff (née Ryan). In track, Hoyt first trained under Foreman before later becoming his assistant coach and protégé. “When Coach Foreman told me, ‘You’re ready for this job,’ I felt his total confidence,” said Hoyt. In his initial year as head coach, Hoyt’s team won the conference women’s championship, and he was voted Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year.
Foreman. “Whatever legacy I leave will only be enhanced.” “I have a genuine desire to give back to the program,” said Radloff. Like Hoyt, she also fared extremely well in her first season. The Falcons reached the NCAA Division II tournament for the first time after winning the west division of the Pacific West Conference. SPU won 20 consecutive matches to finish 24-6. Leah Wiiest and Leilani Kamahoahoa were first-team allconference selections.
• Falcon gymnasts score a school-record 193.700 against Western Michigan. At the national meet, they finish third. • Rachel Ross and Stephanie Huffman share SPU Athlete of the Year honors. Both are two-sport standouts who finish the track and field season as All-Americans, not once but twice. In addition to her cross country feats, Ross wins 11 middle-distance events on the track, and takes fifth and fourth, respectively, in the 800 and 1,500 at the NCAA championships. Huffman makes the volleyball all-conference team, wins conference crowns in the javelin and long jump, and at nationals is third in the javelin and fifth in the heptathlon. • After a serious car accident, soccer forward Dana Garner returns to earn first-team AllAmerica status with 19 goals and 13 assists. The Falcons clinch a playoff berth for the 11th straight year but fall to top-rated Cal State Dominguez Hills in the playoff opener 4-0. They finish 13-5-1.
Falcons Find a Better Balance in Newly Aligned GNAC Leaving behind the unpopular travel odysseys inherent in the Pacific West Conference, Seattle Pacific and nine other institutions from the Northwest, Alaska, and California formed the new 10-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference. The new alignment of teams included Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Fairbanks, Central Washington, Humboldt State (CA), Northwest Nazarene (ID), Saint Martin’s, Seattle University, Western Oregon, and Western Washington. Championships would continue for men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, and track and field, and women’s volleyball, soccer, and softball. “There will be less travel and
shorter trips, resulting in less missed class time for our studentathletes,” said Athletic Director Tom Box. “We had a melting pot in the PacWest, and we were all attempting to be inclusive with the more distant schools. It became clear that 16 teams were too many.” In January 1997, the men’s basketball team suffered the geographic consequences of the PacWest. The Falcons played six teams in two weeks — two in Hawaii, one in New Mexico, one in Montana, and two in Alaska. “We lost all six games,” recalled Coach Ken Bone. “It was the only time in eight seasons we didn’t make it to the NCAA tournament.”
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The new conference retained the best from the PacWest. “There are still the same rivalries and the same competition,” said Kellie Radloff, volleyball coach. “It’s just cleaner and not in two regions.”
Heather Wallace: One More Woman of the Year
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When it came to selecting the NCAA Woman of the Year award for Washington state, Seattle Pacific seemed to have the inside track. The award is based on three equally-weighted criteria — athletic excellence, academic achievement, and service and leadership. Remarkably, in 2000, Heather Wallace became the seventh state award winner from SPU. A three-time conference cross country champion and All-American, Wallace graduated with a degree in Religious Studies and a 3.65 GPA. The obvious question is: “Why have Falcon women dominated this award?” Wallace and other
past winners quickly credited their coaches. The coaches, in turn, were quick to praise the athletes. As part of the nominating process, Assistant Athletic Directors Joy Drovdahl and Frank MacDonald carefully examined the service/leadership component of each nominee and developed the SPU short list. “These are quality people,” said Doris Heritage, cross country coach. “They’re committed Christians, and they’re looking for ways to grow and serve.”
ON CAMPUS • The School of Theology, and the School of Psychology, Family, and Community are
both established. • The campus recovers from the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake. • SPU is sued by a Queen Anne neighbor over traffic issues. • The inaugural Sacred Sounds of Christmas concert is held at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle.
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completely new to the facility: SPU women’s soccer. The inaugural event began a new tradition in SPU athletics, and fans of all types wanted to be part of it. Alumnus Stephen Hynden ’87 brought the biggest soccer fan in his household — his 5-year-old daughter, Melanie. “It’s good for her to see women athletes having 116
fun and doing well,” said Hynden, a counselor at Inglewood Junior High. “This is something great for a father and daughter to do together.” The crowd also held some high-profile fans, like Seattle native and FIFA Player of the Century Michelle Akers. Another fan was Seattle SuperSonics forward Desmond Mason, who attended most home games and even helped raise funds for the program by auctioning off his game-worn sneakers. While Akers was interested in the sport in general, Mason had a special focus. His fiancée, Andrea Larsen, was Seattle Pacific’s top scorer (10 goals). The couple had met two years earlier while both were attending and playing for Oklahoma State. Larsen transferred to SPU for her fourth and final season of eligibility and became a first-team all-conference selection. By evening’s end, the Falcons would reward all their new fans with a 2-1 victory over Central Washington in their inaugural home game. By season’s end, they would start their final game with an opportunity to win a GNAC championship.
FALCON FACTS • Nathanael Castle becomes the first male SPU cross country runner to qualify for the NCAA championships. In the spring, he becomes an All-American on the oval, taking eighth nationally in the 1,500. • In volleyball, SPU goes 20-8 to take second in the GNAC before losing to defending national champion Hawaii Pacific in the regional playoffs. • Men’s basketball reels off a record 15 consecutive victories and earns a share of the conference championship with Maurice Cato’s buzzer-beating, off-balance 3-pointer against Humboldt State on the final night of the regular season. • Women’s basketball once again makes the playoffs, going 22-7. A transfer center from Washington State, Kelley Berglund leads the team in scoring while setting a new standard for field-goal percentage. • Alison Siegel-McAfee sticks the final vault of her career to finish second nationally and lead SPU to fourth at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships. Siegel-McAfee sets three school records during her distinguished career. • Both the women’s pair and novice fours win regional titles, while the light novice four rows third at the annual Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In its first national championship race, the women’s varsity pair captures the gold medal. Trisha Sawatsky teams with fellow senior Kimberly Tschetter to beat the nearest competitor by a full 10 seconds. • Women’s track wins its third straight conference championship behind Stephanie Huffman’s three individual titles (long jump, javelin, heptathlon). The senior goes on to become a double All-American at nationals, taking second in the heptathlon and third in the javelin.
Welcoming the Next Generation The second level, becoming coming of family one of the most names such as complete, allGough, Lemm, around talents Stone, Glancy, to wear a and Ross struck Falcon jersey. a chord with Cross many in the country runner SPU community. Jeff and Brannon Stone Nick Glancy’s Kyle Gough, sports legacy like his dad, Steve ’70, became an began with his grandfather, Roy All-American in the decathlon from Glancy, a graduate of Seattle 1996 to 1998. Gymnast Tina Lemm Pacific High School and, later, was the living legacy of her father, inducted into the Falcon Hall of Drake ’71, and uncle, Bill ’69, both Fame for lifetime achievement. His Falcon wrestlers. son and Nick’s father, John Glancy In basketball, Brannon Stone ‘70, also played basketball for played a vital role in the Falcons Coach Habegger and ran the 440success, much like his father, yard dash for Coach Ken Foreman. Jeff ’74, did in the 1970s. While Jim Ross ’65 competed in Falcon Jeff played under Les Habegger track and cross country. His daughter, in the golden age of SPU hoops, Rachel, picked up the pace, fueled Brannon took his game to a new by the track stories her father told
“all the time.” Rachel became a two-time PacWest cross country champion and track All-American. “We’ve had a friendly competition going over the years,” said Jim Ross, “though she is a far better runner than I.” Rachel keeps the blanket her dad earned for being a fouryear letterman. Jim and Rachel Ross Father and daughter. Two Falcons a generation apart, yet bound by blood, a blanket, and a shared sport. (Note: for an expanded list of “next generation” family members who competed at Seattle Pacific, see page 236.)
Hironaka Becomes Head Men’s Basketball Coach When Ken Bone, Falcon basketball coach, took an assistant role at Washington, Athletic Director Tom Box was instantly flooded with unsolicited applications to become Bone’s successor. But the Falcons search started and ended in Brougham Pavilion with the hiring of Bone’s longtime assistant, Jeff Hironaka Jeff Hironaka, as the program’s 10th head coach. After serving 22 years as an
assistant, Hironaka became just the second Asian American to coach a four-year men’s collegiate program. “For me, it’s been a long haul,” said Hironaka. “It may not look it now, but I’m a fierce competitor, and I will not accept anything but the best.” “I’m just delighted,” said junior forward Yusef Aziz. “After Coach Bone resigned, everyone wanted Hiro. We all knew who we wanted to
be head coach.” Forward Gene Woodard, also a junior, agreed. “He’s like a basketball genius. Basketball is his life, and the players are like his sons. I can’t think of anybody who knows more about the game than he does.” Hironaka played a key role in the Falcons’ rise to national renown. On Bone’s staff, he directed the team’s defensive tactics while helping them amass 236 wins in 323 games, win or share five conference championships, and earn NCAA Division II tourney berths in eight of the nine years between 1993 and 2002.
ON CAMPUS • Tiffany Hall is demolished. • Pastor and author Eugene Peterson ’54 speaks in chapel on love. • SPU hosts a successful J.R.R. Tolkien conference. • President Philip Eaton affirms that ties to the Free Methodist church will not be broken.
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2002–03 Jefferson and Pennington Both Called for New Duty Seattle Pacific’s rowing program Jefferson, who met his family and felt the direct impact of world the crew in Sacramento for the events in 2002–03 when Coach regional championships. Keith Jefferson was On the shores of Lake Natoma, called to serve his Jefferson was careful not to country in the South interfere with the new chain-ofPacific. command. “Keith prepared me and Jefferson, a (the) team well,” Pennington said. major in the U.S. “We have many strong leaders in Marine Corps Reserves, was called up to active duty. He missed the Keith Jefferson entire spring crew season while being deployed in both Hawaii and Guam. Meanwhile, Jessie Pennington, his 25-year-old protégé, served as interim head coach. “I’m keeping my thumb on the pulse of the Pacific while the Iraq campaign goes on,” Jefferson explained. “The crew is Jessie Pennington truly blessed to have such a terrific pair in Jess and Trisha the program, and all of them have (Sawatzky, assistant servant hearts.” coach).” Later, at the ECAC National Under Invitational Championship in Pennington, SPU Camden, New Jersey, the Falcons crews stayed won the varsity four, and the the course set by light four claimed the Dad Vail Jefferson. Five Regatta title the same weekend SPU boats won in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference titles men’s varsity pair advanced to the and brought home semifinal round at Dad Vail. four medals from the regional regatta. “They haven’t missed a beat,” said Trish Sawatzky 118
FALCON FACTS • A nationwide search for a new women’s soccer coach ends in the selection of Chuck Sekyra ’89. An assistant women’s coach at Washington, Sekyra is a member of two NCAA championship soccer teams for the Falcons. • Volleyball’s Monica Herrera, a Peruvian transfer, is voted the GNAC Newcomer of the Year after setting SPU and conference records for kills. • Men’s soccer is denied a tournament berth after going 11-6-2. • A home loss to rival Central Washington on the final day of the regular season eliminates SPU from postseason contention. The Falcons finish 16-11 in Jeff Hironaka’s first season as head basketball coach. • For the 21st year in a row, SPU (third place) finishes among the top four in gymnastics. Kristen Strid swings to an individual title on uneven bars. • The first charter class of inductees for the Falcon Legends Hall of Fame is honored at a January 31 luncheon during homecoming week. Loren Anderson ’59, Ken Foreman, Steve Gough ’70, Howard Heppner ’66, Doris Heritage ’64, and the late Ben Moring ’54 are the inductees. The inaugural Hall of Fame also stands as a tribute to Jack MacDonald ’50, longtime Falcon Club president who championed the idea before his death on November 28, 2002. MacDonald is inducted posthumously into the HOF in the lifetime achievement category. • The Falcons are unable to retain the conference women’s track team title for the fourth year in a row, but Danielle Ayers-Stamper and Sarah Kraybill help SPU tie for 16th nationally. Ayers-Stamper is NCAA runner-up in the heptathlon, while Kraybill is third in the 800.
Falcon Women Perfect, Nearly to the End The heart of Kerie Hughes hung heavy with disappointment. She and her Seattle Pacific teammates planned to stand in Brougham Pavilion, undefeated and bound for the Elite Eight. But it was not to be. After 29 consecutive Kerie Hughes victories, after becoming the darlings of the Puget Sound sports scene for more than a month, and after going into the locker room with a 10-point halftime lead in the NCAA
West regional championship game — after all that, the Falcons suddenly found themselves eliminated 85-80 to fifth-ranked Cal State Bakersfield. It was a great season of basketball for Hughes, Coach Gordy Presnell, and all those involved. They had gone unbeaten throughout the 27-game regular season, claimed the GNAC title, and held the nation’s No. 1 ranking for five consecutive weeks. Hughes
became the GNAC Player of the Year. Presnell was named NCAA Division II Coach of the Year. “The community support was awesome,” said Presnell. In the final nine home dates, the Falcons averaged more than 1,200 fans and broke their single-game attendance record four times. “We wanted to be the best,” Presnell said. “We played with a great deal of confidence (beating six nationally ranked teams along the way), and everybody got along and was unselfish. Everything was fulfilled.” “In the locker room afterward, everyone was blubbering,” said Hughes. “But instead of fingerpointing, we were accountable to each other. It epitomized what we were all about this year.”
Second Season Falcons Claim First Conference Trophy In their second season, many figured it would not be long before the SPU Falcon women’s soccer team followed in the footsteps of the legendary men’s program. Turns out, the prognosticators were right. In 2002, Seattle Pacific claimed the GNAC title, clinching first place with a 2-1 overtime victory at Seattle University on the final day of the season. With just one senior and one junior, the squad went unbeaten (10-0-1) in the final 11 games, finishing 13-4-2. Megan Lienhard scored both goals in the deciding match, the second
coming 12 minutes into double overtime. “I’m extremely proud of the way the team played today,” said Coach Bobby Bruch. “The championship was a goal that we had set coming in, and we believed the entire season that it was obtainable. We were able to do it.” Bruch, named GNAC Coach of the Year, later resigned his position to pursue new career opportunities in soccer.
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ON CAMPUS • Popular Christian author Phillip Yancey draws large crowds on campus. • The School of Business and Economics celebrates its 25th anniversary. • The campus community prepares for the world wide web. • SPU’s marriage and family therapy master’s degree receives national accreditation.
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championship, and a final ranking of No. 3 in the nation. And Coach Gordie Presnell was named Coach of the Year in NCAA Division II for the second year in a row. Yet no one on the SPU women’s basketball team seemed satisfied. “We showed just glimpses of the team that won 30 games,” said sophomore sparkplug guard Mandy Wood of the 94-83 tournament loss to Drury, the nation’s No. 2-ranked 120
team. “You learn a lot from a loss. It lights a fire inside you and makes you work harder.” Unlike 2003, SPU would not be beaten while hosting the West regional. Beginning with guard Amy Taylor’s singing of the national anthem, the Falcons hit every note, running out to a 21-9 lead with Taylor and regional MVP Valerie Gustafson leading the charge. When Cal Poly Pomona made a run in the second half, Taylor snuffed it on her way to 21 points and 10 assists. Just days after the last tears were shed following the quarterfinal loss to Drury at Saint Joseph, Missouri, returning SPU players began appearing in Brougham Pavilion, working on their jumpers and jab-steps, and preparing to come back as better individuals and a stronger team the next season. “We’ve realized that the only poll that counts is the final one,” says Wood. “Hopefully in these next couple years, there will be at least one national championship.”
FALCON FACTS • On its first trip overseas, the SPU varsity four boat defeats two English teams before being eliminated by Princeton in the Henley Women’s Regatta semifinal on the Thames River. Wins over Trafford and Royal Chester put the Falcons in the semifinals at Henley. The trip marks another superb season for SPU, winning nine straight, including conference, regional, and national titles for the second year. • Although missing a postseason berth, all five starters are due back from a hoops team that is 14-13, including all-region center Jason Chivers and GNAC Freshman of the Year Dustin Bremerman. Another returnee, Ralph Steele, leads the nation in free-throw shooting (91.1%), while the Falcons are first among teams at 79.4%. • Shedding her redshirt status at the last minute, Danielle Ayers-Stamper returns to action and takes fourth in the NCAA heptathlon nationals. • Sophomore Chris Randolph takes third place in the NCAA decathlon, his score of 7,030 points ranking No. 4 all-time at SPU. • Soccer defender and captain Matt Laughlin is voted all-region after helping the Falcons clinch their 33rd straight winning season (9-8-2). • Volleyball rebounds to go 15-10. • Freshman Josie Lavin wins the GNAC cross country title, leading the Falcons to their first women’s championship in four years. • The men’s lightweight four wins five regattas in a row before getting sixth nationally at the Dad Vail grand final in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. • The Falcon gymnastics team’s string of 20 consecutive national top-four finishes is broken. Missing injured all-arounder Corrie McDaniel, Seattle Pacific finishes seventh.
Women’s Soccer Reaches the Postseason in Year Three First came respect, then a trophy. In year three, SPU women’s soccer broke into the postseason. For the second year in a row, the Falcons vanquished crosstown rival Seattle University in the final regular season game to win the Great Shannon Lovejoy Northwest Athletic Conference championship. This time, an NCAA berth came with it.
The overtime victory was provided by Shannon Lovejoy’s header from a Jessica Henson corner kick. It was Lovejoy’s 16th goal of the year. She later was named secondteam All-America. Goalkeeper Jennifer Hull made the third team. “This feels great,” said Coach Chuck Sekyra, in his first year. “We showed up and
played hard today, like we have the whole season. That’s why we’re going to the NCAA playoffs.” The victory gave the Falcons an unbeaten record (11-0-1) in the GNAC. Seattle University could have split the GNAC title with a win. Cal State Dominguez Hills, the only opponent to defeat SPU (17-2-2) during the regular season, did it again in the first round of the regional. The Toros scored late in each half for a 2-1 win. “No one even expected us to be here,” said Nicole Ruiz, the Falcons’ lone senior. “But after we got here, it would have been nice to go a little further.”
Jordan Lee Blooms Where He’s Planted Early in his SPU career, it used to take Jordan Lee a couple of weeks to score 16 points. But as a junior, that became his nightly average. Lee, a 6-foot-2 Tacoma native, became a primary option in the Falcons offense and perhaps the most improved player in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. “We’ve never had someone who went from deep reserve one year, to someone like Jordan, who we need on the floor for 25-30 minutes,” said Coach Jeff Hironaka. Lee was recruited out of Class 1A Life Christian Academy in Tacoma as a potential scoring leader for the Falcons. It was a long wait. He redshirted his first season, and the next two years he averaged just 3.0 points.
As a junior his scoring average increased nearly five-fold. “After last season, we lost six seniors,” said Lee. “I met with Coach Hiro and he said we definitely would need me to score.” Jordan Lee Lee made the mental adjustment during the spring and summer, and during a September exhibition series in Australia, he was determined to show his new side. In five outings against professionals, Lee
averaged 23 points a game. “I knew if I could score against these pros,” Lee said, “I could score in the GNAC.” Said Hironaka: “Jordan’s always had the ability. He’s just thinking differently. Now if he makes a mistake — which everyone does — he bounces right back and plays on.”
ON CAMPUS • The Loop is renamed after SPU’s second president, Orrin Tiffany, and his wife,
Dean of Women Grace Tiffany. • A renovated Miller Science Learning Center (MSLC) is reopened. • Environmentalists win the fight against a Camp Casey expansion. • SPU christens its nursing curriculum the Lydia Green Nursing Program in honor of its first dean.
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2004–05 Falcon Women Reach NCAA Championship Game On March 25, 2005, a field of 279 women’s basketball teams in NCAA Division II came down to two finalists: Seattle Pacific and Washburn (Kansas). The Falcons
SPU sliced a 24-point deficit to eight in the final seven minutes before Washburn sealed the verdict 70-53. “It felt amazing to be one of the two final teams in the nation,” said center Brittney Kroon, who finished second among NCAA Division II shot blockers. “Even though it was a tough loss, we are proud to have made it so far.” Overall talent and considerable depth helped SPU win 25 of 27 regular-season games and consistently rank among the nation’s top four teams. The Falcons were voted to the No. 2 spot in the final coach’s poll. Individually, senior guard Amy
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• Gordy Presnell, Falcon women’s basketball coach, accepts the same post at Boise State. Presnell, an Idaho native, is 396-127 over 18 seasons at SPU, winning six conference titles and reaching the postseason 14 times, including 10 trips to the NCAAs in the last 11 years. • Kellie Ryan (Radloff) resigns as volleyball head coach and is replaced by her assistant, Chris Johnson. Ryan guided the Falcons to their first two national tournament appearances and a mark of 83-51 in five seasons. • In men’s basketball, the Falcons finish 20-8. Center Jason Chivers is again voted All-West Region as the Falcons return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in three seasons. • Basketball’s Brittney Kroon receives the Honda Inspiration Award at the Collegiate Women’s Sports Awards in New York City. Kroon is believed to be only the second liver transplant patient to participate in NCAA athletics. • The men’s cross country squad wins the GNAC championship and earns the program’s first trip to a national championship in 43 years. Tim LeCount becomes the first SPU male to win a conference crown. The Falcons finish third in the West regional and 19th nationally.
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had advanced further in the NCAA tournament than ever before. “It’s been a great experience,” said SPU Coach Gordy Presnell after his team beat Michigan’s Grand Valley State 67-55 in the quarterfinals and Maine’s Merrimack 73-64 in the semifinals. Both opponents succumbed to the Falcons defensive pressure, combining to shoot just 31%. But offensively, the Falcons faltered — and that made the difference in the nationally televised game. A cold snap that began during the semifinal win carried over into the championship contest, and Washburn took advantage. Twice
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• Karen Dickson achieves the best national NCAA finish by an SPU harrier in 17 years by taking fourth.
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Taylor was voted both all-region and GNAC Player of the Year. “I couldn’t be more proud of this team,” said Seattle Pacific President Philip Eaton, who traveled to Arkansas to lend his support. “SPU strives to be a premier, national university — well, these women are a premier, national basketball team.”
• Sophomore Debra Huss wins three titles at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships: uneven bars (tie), floor exercise, and allaround. Kari Kelly wins the vault. Overall, the Falcons tie for third place. • The Falcon Legends Hall of Fame rounds out its charter inductees with gymnast Laurel Anderson Tindall, track thrower Lorna Griffin, soccer scoring king Bruce Raney, and five-time national distance champion Bente Moe. In addition, the late SPC President C. Hoyt Watson receives the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Men’s and Women’s Soccer Show Mutual Admiration On a blustery October night in Bellingham, fifth-year senior Brent Egbert waited for the cue to take the soccer field. In the preceding women’s game, nationally ranked SPU had just beaten host Western Washington. The men’s teams would play next. Egbert and his SPU teammates, also nationally ranked, trotted onto the field to find the Falcon women forming a welcome tunnel to greet them. “They were cheering and clapping for us,” recalled Egbert. “They had just got done playing a tough game, but they wanted to show us they cared,” he said. The thoughtful gesture showed
just how much the men’s and women’s teams fed off one another. The women rose rapidly from a fledgling program in 2001 into a championship contender. Much of that growth was grounded in the knowledge that the men had battled their way to the top, winning five NCAA titles. Jennifer Hull was among six seniors who were members of the original team that began play in 2001. “One of the reasons I came to SPU was the men’s team,” says Hull. “They had a long history of success. I wanted to help build off that.” For 2004, the Falcon men only had three losses (13-3-2 — all to
top-10 teams) but were unable to book a trip to the postseason. Meanwhile, the women finished the regular season undefeated and ranked No. 1 nationally. But Jennifer Hull in the West regional final, Seattle University prevailed 2-0. It snapped a 26-game home unbeaten streak. More importantly, it ended their season after only a single loss (19-1-2).
Randolph Surges to Win Decathlon; Ayers-Stamper Second in Heptathlon Coming from nearly 300 points Needing to finish at least 52 behind in the final event, Seattle seconds in front of the nine-event Pacific’s Chris Randolph won the leader, Randolph ran a personaldecathlon, and the best 1,500-meter time Falcons’ Danielle of 4 minutes, 29.88 Ayers-Stamper seconds to win by finished second in more than 62 seconds. the heptathlon at the “I knew he was NCAA track and field going to be ahead championships. of me going into the Randolph became 1,500, and I knew the first SPU male my PR was a minute to win a national better than his,” said title in 13 years by Randolph, who was accumulating the third as a sophomore. second-highest score Danielle Ayers-Stamper “So, I knew there (7,309) in school was a glint of hope.” history. He erased a 622-point The comeback began when deficit going into the final three of Randolph pole vaulted a career10 events. best 14 feet, 3 1/2 inches.
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Ayers-Stamper was never threatened for second place, and her score of 5,606 (which ranks No. 2 all-time at SPU) automatically qualified her for the U.S. championships. She was also an All-American in the 100 hurdles, taking seventh.
ON CAMPUS • English Professor Luke Reinsma is named Carnegie Professor of the Year for
Washington state. • SPU goes on Facebook. • Club rugby plays its first home game against Seattle University and loses 10-5. • Noted theologian N.T. Wright speaks on campus.
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2005–06 Martinez and Lovejoy Lead Falcons to NCAA Championship Game After an unbeaten regular season, the Falcon women’s soccer team burst into the postseason by winning the Far West region, and then the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the NCAA championship. All that remained
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was a seasoned Nebraska Omaha team, now in its fourth straight trip to the final four. Sophomore forward Sarah Martinez played a key role in the Falcons reaching the final in Wichita Falls, Texas. Voted both GNAC Player of the Year and second-team All-America, she led the team with 16 goals, two of which came in postseason wins. 124
“I knew her game would be sophisticated when she first got to college,” said Coach Chuck Sekyra. “She would see things two or three passes ahead.” In the championship game against Nebraska Omaha, Martinez quickly spotted a gap in the Mavericks’ defense, sending through a ball for Megan Lienhard to convert for the game’s first goal. However, UNO tied the game soon after. Ninety minutes later, early in the first overtime, the Mavs got the game-winner. While Martinez would return, Shannon Lovejoy’s role in building Seattle Pacific into a national contender was wrapping up. Lovejoy scored eight goals and added nine assists as a senior. Over her career, she set virtually every school single-game, season, and career scoring record. She was voted to the All-America coach’s team for the third consecutive year and named 2005 national player of the year. “Shannon considered these awards a tribute for all the team accomplished,” said Sekyra. “She played a huge role in where our program stands today.”
FALCON FACTS • Pacific Lutheran alumnus Karl Lerum succeeds Jack Hoyt as track and field head coach. Hoyt resigns following his sixth season to accept an assistant post with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. • Under the new women’s basketball coach, Julie van Beek, the Falcons begin the season just 7-4 and then win 14 in a row. A home loss to Western Washington denies them another GNAC title, but later SPU deals the Vikings a crushing 70-50 defeat on their home floor, eliminating them from the West regional. SPU then falls to Chico State in the regional championship, finishing 24-6. Chico State is coached by former Falcon Lynne Roberts. • Chris Randolph wins his second straight NCAA decathlon championship, totaling a record 7,872 points, which also earns him national track and field athlete of the year. • With an upset of top-ranked Nebraska-Kearney, volleyball goes on to win 11 straight matches to clinch the GNAC championship and a return to the NCAA tournament. • Women’s track reclaims the GNAC title after three years of close seconds. Lauren VerMulm repeats as league champ in the javelin and takes fifth nationally. • Wes Lingren, former athlete, administrator, and tennis coach, is inducted into the Falcon Legends Hall of Fame along with Olympic rower John Terwilliger, basketball great Jim Ballard, and Tosca Lindberg, a two-sport force in volleyball and basketball. • Gymnastics finishes out of the top four, but Sarah Sullivan is an All-American in three events, including third in allaround. • The men’s varsity four crew claims the bronze medal at the ECAC National Invitational.
Falcon Men Work Together Into the Final Four The Falcon men were hot. They won the GNAC, the West region, and then an Elite Eight opener before finally meeting their match. In a hard-fought semifinal game, the Falcons finally lost their bid to play in the final by succumbing 6863 to defending champion Virginia Union. SPU completed the season 26-6 and ranked 10th nationally. Two years earlier, Falcons Coach Jeff Hironaka had his hands full, losing 13 of 27 games. Still, he had a gifted, young point guard in Tony Binetti and some underclassmen developing into prized performers. This time they jelled, and a high-scoring team emerged. Point guard Binetti and smooth-shooting Dustin Bremerman became the
highest scoring backcourt tandem in SPU history. Rob Will, the big center, finished third in blocks. Mike Bushmaker, the sixth man and hero of the West region championship game, had the highest field-goal accuracy. Together with Chad Tony Binetti Williams and others, they played an exquisite brand of team ball that was highly successful. Binetti garnered conference
player of the year and first-team All-America, only the third time this has occurred in SPU history. “It’s a testament to our team’s success,” Binetti said. Hironaka was chosen regional coach of the year. “He’s the most dedicated coach I’ve ever seen,” added Binetti. “Sometimes we have to tell him to relax and enjoy the win. But then his focus is why he’s so successful.”
Men’s Soccer Back in Business For so long it was an annual rite of autumn, that postseason invitation for Cliff McCrath and his soccer boys. But after being left out of the NCAA tournament four consecutive Novembers — the longest lapse in program history — the Falcons Andy Willis were back in business in 2005. Led by All-American midfielder Ross Vaillancourt, keeper Kellen Rosten, top scorer Andy Willis, and
midfielder Matt Kemper, Seattle Pacific locked up a berth with 14 wins — their highest regular season win total in 12 years. A 1-0 victory over defending national champion and crosstown rival Seattle University in the final regular season game clinched it, with Rosten saving a penalty kick. Then came the first playoff win since 1998, a 2-0 defeat of Sonoma State in the regional semifinal
before Cal State Dominguez Hills came back to eliminate the Falcons 2-1 in overtime. Overall, the team finished 15-3-3.
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ON CAMPUS • Peterson Hall celebrates its 100th year. • Nursing students use their skills in Vietnam. • Closure of the Computer Science Department is debated due to a declining number of majors. • Historian and author David McCollough is SPU’s guest speaker at the Downtown Business Breakfast.
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2006–07 Triple-Sport Pixler Has Little Time and Few Races to Lose Jessica Pixler not only competed in three different sports in her first year at Seattle Pacific, she excelled. “I’ve only known one way my whole life, and that’s
the SPU and GNAC records. She wasn’t finished. At the outdoor championships in May, Pixler doubled in the 800 and 1,500 meters. First, she won
FALCON FACTS • SPU earns its first entry to the NCAA rowing championships, and the women’s varsity eight wins the petite final, finishing fifth overall. One of just three non-novice oarsmen, sophomore Rachel Savage strokes the crew. Megan Giske decides to postpone accepting a law school scholarship so she can serve as the boat’s coxswain. • Kelsey Hill’s solid post play enables SPU (20-9) to win its fourth GNAC women’s basketball championship in five years and reach the NCAA Tournament for the 11th straight season. Hill becomes the first sophomore since 1991 to lead the Falcons in scoring and rebounding. • Janae Godoy’s overtime goal pushes SPU into the Far West region’s championship soccer game for the third year in a row. • Seattle Pacific men’s soccer (12-7-0) passes the 500-win milestone, shares the GNAC title with Seattle U, and later reaches the NCAA tournament for a record 30th time as the region’s No. 2 seed.
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to stay busy,” said Pixler, who graduated from Sammamish’s Eastlake High School. She saw action as a reserve in soccer while winning her first four cross country races, including the GNAC and West region championships. At the NCAAs, Pixler ran 10th, leading the Falcons to sixth among teams, matching their best placement in 20 years. She was just getting started. Three months later, at the NCAA indoor track and field championships in Boston, Pixler pounced. With 1,000 meters remaining in the mile, she pulled away from the field, taking first by nearly 5 seconds and smashing 126
the metric mile (4 minutes, 22.23 seconds) and an hour later, almost got the 800 as well, running second in (2:07.90). Senior Teona Perkins cleared 5 feet, 10 inches to win the high jump and All-American status. Later, she was named first-team Academic All-American, only the third Falcon ever to win both titles in the same season. By summer, Pixler was voted the GNAC and SPU athlete of the year, becoming the first freshman to earn the school award. Still, she wasn’t quite done; at the Junior Pan American Games in Brazil, she got the gold in the 1,500.
• After winning a best-ever seven championships, the Falcons repeat as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-sports team champion. The Falcons edge Western Washington 138-131, with Central Washington (121) third. SPU also wins its fourth straight women’s all-sports title. • Seattle Pacific, behind player of the year Jenna Von Moos and Alyssa Given, dominate GNAC volleyball opposition, going undefeated (16-0) as they cruise to an NCAA berth. The 12th-ranked Falcons end the regular season on an 18-match winning streak.
Bremerman’s Game Does the Talking, and It Says a Lot Dustin Bremerman key component to did not say much, Seattle Pacific’s but his game Final Four squad. spoke volumes. However, as a A smooth senior, Coach operator Jeff Hironaka with a sweet wanted more — shooting stroke, not so much on Bremerman offense, but more quietly glided leadership. through games, A week into all the while the season, point punching holes in guard Jared defenses. Over his Moultrie was career, the Yakima Dustin Bremerman lost to a knee native poured in injury. “Jared 1,797 points, eclipsing all but the was the vocal guy and, personally, legendary Loren Anderson. he allowed me to stay in a As a junior, Bremerman was a comfort zone,” said Bremerman,
admittedly soft-spoken. “Since then I’ve had to step out of my boundaries.” Whereas he had largely been the silent man in huddles, Bremerman began to speak up. “With Dustin, a few words are enough because everyone respects him,” said Moultrie. “He’s become a leader.” Bremerman averaged 18.9 points — including a 43-point outburst in which he hit nine of 12 3-pointers — to lead the Falcons (18-10) back to the GNAC title and the NCAA Tournament. In addition, he became the program’s second first-team AllAmerican in as many seasons.
Sullivan Saves Her Best for Last Had it been a Hollywood script, it might have ended like this: Seattle Pacific parlays the home-floor advantage into an unlikely team championship, and the Falcons step to the top of the podium. Instead, the final script had SPU and Sarah Sullivan finish second at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships, held in Brougham Pavilion. Seeded fourth, the Falcons continued their late-season surge by taking second to a talented Towson State (Maryland) team. Their scores of 193.500 and 193.150 were their best-ever at a national meet. Altogether, Seattle Pacific posted four of the top seven all-time scores during the final four weeks of the season.
But Sullivan saved her best for last. The senior wowed the home crowd in the final event of her final competitive meet. A dazzling double back early in her floor routine followed by a crisply executed front handspring into Sarah Sullivan a front 1 1/2 twist helped earn a 9.850, good for third place. One night earlier, she had scored 9.900, the best of her career and No. 3 all-time for SPU.
Sullivan would have loved a firstplace medal in her final gymnastics meet. “It would have been cool,” she said. “But this is good, too. It was my 11th routine in three days, so I was really tired.” Sullivan, Debra Huss, and Brianna Schwartz all earned AllAmerica awards, each collecting medals in four events.
ON CAMPUS • The Computer Science Department is given new life by President Philip Eaton. •
A 100-year-old elm tree adjacent to the SUB falls after heavy rain. • Repairs to the Fremont Bridge cause extensive traffic delays. • The Date Auction raises $17,000 for Seattle Pacific Reach-Out International (SPRINT).
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2007–08 Women’s Soccer Wins 23 Straight On the eve of an NCAA semifinal, SPU Coach Chuck Sekyra and his staff scanned the scene before them: waves rolling on white sand
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we’re one of the top-four teams in the nation.” Although they proceeded to be the aggressor in their next game against Franklin Pierce, the No. 2-ranked Falcons were unable to convert any of their 18 shots into goals. As a result, after trailing for only 16 seconds all season, Seattle Pacific went down 2-0. While they were stopped short of a national title, the rest of the country recognized Sekyra as national coach of the year. Sarah Martinez, who had led the Falcons in scoring since arriving in 2005, was a finalist for Seattle Sports Star of the Year. Despite the fact foundational players such as Martinez, Kara Hamby, Jessica Gerstmann, and Jeanne Webster were graduating, there was still the sense that SPU was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle — and soon.
FALCON FACTS • Women’s soccer players Sarah Martinez, Kara Hamby, and Claire Grubbs earn first-team All-America distinction, while Chuck Sekyra is voted national coach of the year. Martinez leaves as the GNAC career scoring-leader with 49 goals. • Both basketball teams shine in preseason at Washington. Leading with seven minutes to go, the men ultimately fall 8677. Sophomore Rob Diedrichs scores 36 for the Falcons. The women get 17 points from Libby Magnuson and beat the Huskies 75-67. • With a women’s Elite Eight basketball berth on the line, the Falcons miss nine of 18 free throws and lose at home to Alaska Anchorage 50-44. The Falcons end their season 29-1. • Alyssa Given becomes just the third SPU volleyball player voted an All-American. Given leads the GNAC in kills and is second in service aces. • Men’s soccer finishes 7-6-7, extending its NCAA Division II record for consecutive winning seasons to 37 years (1971–2007). • Men’s basketball (21-8) reaches the second round of the NCAA regional, edging Central Washington by 1 point before being eliminated by Alaska Anchorage, also by 1 point. The Falcons start the season fast, rising to 10-2 when JoJay Jackson caps a comeback 56-52 win at Seattle University. • Jane Larson runs second in the 3,000 and Lauren VerMulm and Jeeni Schantin go Nos. 3 and 4 in the javelin to power women’s track to 11th place nationally outdoors. • Ashley Domres is the sole qualifier for individual event finals as SPU finishes eighth at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships in Shreveport, Louisiana. • Women’s rowing beats defending champion UC San Diego to claim the WIRA varsity eight grand final by less than a boat length.
Iconic Coaches McCrath and Heritage Depart SPU Of all the coaches associated with Seattle Pacific over its first 125 years, none are more recognized around the community and the nation than Doris Heritage and Cliff McCrath. So, it was a double hit to Falcon athletics when both Cliff McCrath departed during 2007–08. McCrath coached SPU men’s soccer for 38 seasons, winning five NCAA championships and taking the Falcons to the postseason 30 times. He ranked second among all college coaches in victories at 597. The Falcons achieved winning records for 37 straight seasons — a Division II record. McCrath won virtually every
award associated with soccer. In addition, his influence in the soccer world was pervasive. More than 40 players under his tutelage were drafted by professional teams, including Marcus Hahnemann, a goalkeeper for the U.S. World Cup team. More than 100 of his former players went on to coach in the prep and collegiate ranks. In 1973, he founded the Northwest Soccer Camp on Whidbey Island, providing fundamentals for such international stars as Kasey Keller and Michelle Akers. Heritage had been synonymous with SPU since her days as a student in the 1960s. She was one of Ken Foreman’s pioneer runners
in the Falcon Track Club. She competed in two Summer Olympic Games and won five world cross country championships before succeeding Foreman as SPU track coach in 1978. Her decision to retire as head cross country coach and assistant track coach came three months after her 30th season, with Doris Heritage the women’s team finishing a best-ever second place in the NCAA championships. Succeeding McCrath and Heritage were their assistants, each a former SPU athlete: Mark Collings for men’s soccer and Erika Daligcon for cross country.
Pixler Adds Two More NCAA Titles Having excelled in her running accomplishments as a freshman, Jessica Pixler further established her SPU legacy in her second season of cross country and track. After splitting time with soccer as a freshman, Pixler focused exclusively on running, and the rewards were evident. She overcame a brief fall and claimed a decisive victory in the NCAA championships by more than 13 seconds over 6,000 meters in Joplin, Missouri. Furthermore, behind Pixler and
Jane Larson, who ran 10th, the Falcons finished as team runners-up. Suzie Strickler, Karin Rhode, and Kate Harline also scored. But it was just the beginning for Pixler. She raced to victory at the NCAA indoor track meet, Jessica Pixler winning the mile for a second straight year — just four seconds ahead of Larson — and
finished eighth in the 800. SPU placed ninth. Only a stress fracture of her femur prevented her from accumulating more prizes in the spring. “Jessica doesn’t put limits on herself,” said Coach Doris Heritage. “She’s open to seeing what she can do and where her talents can take her.”
ON CAMPUS • Jurgen Moltmann, renowned Protestant theologian, speaks at the Day of Common
Learning. • The first SPU cycling club takes off. • Three dying big-leaf maple trees are removed from Tiffany Loop; at least one is more than 100 years old. • The late Winifred Weter, trailblazing professor of classics, leaves SPU an unrestricted cash gift of $4.83 million.
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2008–09 Women’s Cross Country Checks the Right Boxes Looking for a definition of “student-athlete”? Check out the Falcon women’s cross country team. As a collection of athletes, they were impressive. Within GNAC, they brought home a fourth consecutive team championship. Jessica Pixler, a junior, ran away with her third consecutive individual title, while
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junior Jane Larson and freshman Natty Plunkett joined her in the top 10. Pixler was named female athlete of the year, Plunkett the female freshman of the year, and Erika Daligcon, in her first year as head coach after six years as an assistant, was coach of the year.
At the NCAA Division II Cross Country championships in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Pixler pulled away after the first mile of the 6,000-meter race and won the title in 20 minutes, 59 seconds, leading the Falcons to a fourth-place finish in the team standings. As notable as these achievements on the trails were, they were matched by the team’s performance in the classroom. As a result of their intellect and academic discipline, the SPU women’s cross country team earned Division II All-Academic recognition by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. For the second straight year, Pixler, with a 3.91 GPA, was named NCAA Division II Women’s Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year. She had plenty of familiar company. Joining her on the All-American list were teammates Lisa Anderberg, Katie Hart, Kate Harline, Larson, Plunkett, and Mary Williams. Outstanding athletes? Superior students? Double check.
FALCON FACTS • Erin O’Connell becomes the 10th athletic director in SPU history and the first woman in that role. • The women’s varsity eight crew places third at the NCAA Division II Rowing Championships. • Falcon gymnast Brianna Schwartz wins a national championship by scoring 9.750 on the uneven bars to tie for first place at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships. • Jeff Hironaka accepts an assistant coaching position at Washington State University. During his seven-year tenure as Falcon head coach, Hironaka compiles a 13467 record. Ryan Looney of Eastern Oregon University replaces Hironaka. • Western Washington scores a season-ending 3-0 soccer victory over the Falcons, giving the Birds a 6-10-3 record in Mark Collings’ first year as head coach. • Freshman libero Anna Herold sets SPU’s single-season volleyball record for digs with 579. • On senior night, Seattle Pacific forward Kelsey Burns drains nine 3-pointers, tying the single-game school record, and finishes with 29 points in leading the Falcons past Alaska Fairbanks 97-47. • Jane Larson sets a meet record in the 5,000 meters, Ali Worthen does likewise in the high jump, and Latasha Essien three-peats in the 60-meter dash, leading SPU to its sixth consecutive GNAC indoor championship. • Jessica Pixler (4 minutes, 43.6 seconds) and teammate Jane Larson (4:48.8) run 1-2 in the mile at the national NCAA Division II indoor track meet in Houston, Texas. Pixler then regroups to win the 5,000 meters, finishing in 16:22. • Battling the Texas wind, Jessica Pixler captures her second national NCAA Division II outdoor 1,500-meter title in 4:26.75.
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Godoy Delivers and Falcon Women Take NCAA D-II Soccer Title The SPU women’s soccer team, saving its best for last, earned the program’s first NCAA Division II national championship with an overtime 1-0 victory over previously undefeated West Florida. Midfielder Janae Godoy delivered the winning goal off an assist from Jocelyn Charette, driving a 10-yard blast into the upper-right corner with 2:13 left in the final OT. “It’s the most amazing feeling ever. Unbelievable!” Godoy said. The Falcons, ranked fourth nationally in the preseason poll, were competing in their third final four in the last four years and their second championship game. The best teams get better throughout the season, and the Falcons were no exception. They went undefeated in their last
17 games, outscoring opponents during that span by a combined 52-6 margin. While the title was Chuck Sekyra’s first as SPU head coach, he was no stranger to winning: he led the Falcons into the NCAA tournament in each of his six seasons. As a player, he was a starting defender on the Janae Godoy Falcons’ consecutive men’s championship significant. Midfielder Meredith teams in 1985 and 1986. Teague was named NCAA “I always wondered what this Division II National Player of the would feel like and it feels even Year. She joined defender Claire better than I thought it would,” Grubbs as All-America selections Sekyra commented. “I thought and both, along with Shannon we got stronger as the game Oakes and Charette, were firstwent on.” team All-GNAC. The individual accolades were
Falcon Women Win GNAC but Miss Elite Eight It is always nice to exceed expectations. The Falcons, ranked 22nd in the national preseason Kelsey Hill poll and picked 2nd in GNAC, did more than live up to their early rankings. They excelled during the regular season, achieving a 21-4 record and a share of the GNAC title.
Their stellar play earned hosting rights to the NCAA Division II West regional tournament for the second straight year. The Falcons earned convincing wins over Grand Canyon University (77-48) and Humboldt State (74-56) to take an 11-game winning streak into the Sweet 16.
However, for the second straight year, SPU fell to Alaska Anchorage in the regional championship game, this time by a score of 54-43. Seattle Pacific, ranked No. 5 nationally, saw its season end at 23-5. Still, it was a season to remember. Senior center Kelsey Hill and junior guard Daesha Henderson were named to the All-GNAC women’s basketball first team, with Jordan Harazin named the conference’s freshman of the year.
ON CAMPUS • The campus U.S. Bank is robbed causing a school-wide lockdown. • The National
Science Foundation gives the Physics Department $3.7M for improvement of physics education. • SPU sponsors a “Respect Your Body Week” on campus. • Rumors of food poisoning hurt Stell’s Hamburger Shop across from campus.
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2009–10 Women’s Crew Takes First-Ever NCAA Team Trophy Thirteen SPU Falcon rowers and two coxswains stood atop the awards platform, May 30, 2010, clutching their first-ever NCAA team trophy in school history. The giddy Falcons had just earned
finished fourth, completing the 2,000-meter course in 6 minutes, 53.04 seconds. Mercyhurst (PA) clocked a time of 6:42.53, upsetting favorite WWU. Barry University (FL) finished third. A day earlier, SPU’s eight-member boat positioned itself for the high finish with a remarkable rally that erased a six-seat deficit to win the repechage. The Falcons varsity four completed their race by placing fourth. The Falcon varsity eight boat included 2009–10 NCAA Runners-Up: (Front row: varsity four) Belle Fritsch, Lacey Sheridan, Lauren Kristin Lorenzen, Kristi Tamaki (coxswain), Sarah Lantner (alternate), Mackenzie Oscar, Dani Ferrigno (Back: varsity eight) Katja Ibsen, Annie Anderson, Katie Mulder (coxswain), Lacey Sheridan, Katy Stine, Katie Degner, Emily Pitts, Degner, Eleni Johnson, Eleni Johnsen, Alli Agnew, Lauren Anderson Alli Agnew, Katja second place at the Division Ibsen, Emily Pitts, Katy Stine, and II Women’s Rowing National coxswain Annie Mulder. Championships on Lake Natoma in The Falcons varsity four included Rancho Cordova, California. Kristen Lorenzen, Mackenzie Oscar, SPU tallied 11 points to finish Dani Ferrigno, Belle Fritsch, and second to the 20-point total of coxswain Kristi Tamaki. Western Washington University. “What we did with the Philadelphia University was third resources we have is nothing and Florida Tech fourth. Team short of phenomenal,” said Coach winners were determined by a Keith Jefferson. “God really filled point system that combined the in the gaps.” results of the varsity eight and varsity four events. Each school needed a minimum of 12 rowers to field the eightand four-oared crews required to receive a Division II team berth. However, SPU had only 11 rowers on its roster until Mackenzie Oscar and Sarah Lanter walked on to the squad in February. SPU’s varsity eight boat competed in the grand final and SPU crew and a Lake Union sunrise. 132
FALCON FACTS • Sophomore Kaysha Heck and junior Anissa Madrid earn silver medals on bars and beam, respectively, at the USA Gymnastics College Championships in Denton, Texas. • Despite notching five more wins (11-5-3) than a year earlier and, at one point, earning a national ranking, men’s soccer is denied a postseason berth. • Dr. Ken Foreman, former Falcon head coach, is inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame. • Falcon Chris Banchero is voted GNAC and West region basketball player of the year. Banchero, a junior guard, is the No. 2 scorer (19.6) in the conference. Banchero’s biggest night was a 34-point effort versus Central Washington that was overshadowed by the record-shattering 19 assists of Rob Diedrich. • Volleyball (17-12) more than doubles the win total of 2008 to get back in the NCAA tournament. • Freshman Nate Seely wins the GNAC indoor 800 meters, becoming Seattle Pacific’s first men’s champion since 2007. • Jane Larson, Jennifer Pike, Lisa Anderberg, and Jessica Pixler win the NCAA indoor distance medley relay. Coming off a long layoff due to a hamstring injury, Latasha Essien wins her fourth straight GNAC 60-meter indoor sprint in a conference-record time of 7.67 seconds. Crystal Sims wins the GNAC heptathlon and her cumulative total of 35 points across five events altogether helps SPU win the GNAC outdoor title. • As defending NCAA champion, SPU women’s soccer refuses to allow a goal over the first 10 games. Jocelyn Charette scores three hat tricks and 15 goals in all; however, she and her teammates lose via a penalty kick tiebreaker in a first-round NCAA tournament meeting with Chico State. • Chad Meis places 11th at the GNAC cross country championships in Yakima.
Jessica Pixler’s Career Goes Platinum Talking about all of Jessica Pixler’s records might get to sound like … well, a broken record. But as a Seattle Pacific senior, the distance running star set records in Jessica Pixler bunches. Of the 12 NCAA crowns Pixler won during her stellar four-year career in maroon, four came during the 2009–10 season — and two of those were in standard-setting style. The first was at the cross country nationals in Evansville, Indiana, where she finished the 6,000 meters at the University of Southern Indiana in 20 minutes, 22.6 seconds, the fastest-ever time on that course. That was her unprecedented third straight national cross country
title, and her third course record of the 2009 postseason. It followed her speedy performances in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships at Yakima’s Apple Ridge, and in the NCAA West regional meet at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. When the focus shifted to the 2010 indoor season, Pixler just kept going fast. She teamed with Jane Larson, Jennifer Pike, and Lisa Anderberg for a come-from-behind win in the 4,000-meter distance medley relay at the NCAA championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Those four clocked a school record 11:29.88, which included a split
of 4:41.36 from Pixler on the 1,600-meter anchor leg. The following day, Pixler won her fourth straight indoor mile title — a feat unmatched before or since — and then added her third NCAA outdoor 1,500-meter championship in the spring. In addition to her cross country course records and the distance medley relay school record, Pixler set four other school records in 2010: the indoor mile (4:32.48 at the Husky Classic), the outdoor 800 (2:04.89 at the Beach Invitational), the outdoor 1,500 (4:11.06 at the Mt. SAC Relays), and the outdoor 5,000 (15:44.07 at the Stanford Invitational). Finally, she was named SPU’s Outstanding Athlete for the fourth year in a row. Which, of course, was another broken record.
Women’s Basketball Wins Regionals, Plays in Elite Eight It was “Home Sweet Brougham” for the Seattle Pacific Falcons (24-3) when they hosted and won the NCAA Division II West Region women’s basketball tournament, held March 12–15, 2010. In the first round, the Falcons subdued Hawaii Pacific 65-52 thanks in large part to junior Melissa Reich’s 15 point/11 rebound double-double. Guards Daesha Henderson and Nyesha Sims supported with 13 and 12 points, respectively. In game two, the Falcons put it all on the line, literally, defeating Alaska Anchorage 52-48.
Henderson drained six free throws in the last 76 seconds, and Sims clinched the win with two more at the 6.8-second mark. In the championship game, Reich registered her fourth doubledouble with 10 points and 11 rebounds to help propel 13th-ranked SPU over Chico State 76-68. Reich was named MVP of the tournament, with Henderson joining her on the all-tournament team. In the Elite Eight quarterfinal on March 23 at St. Joseph (Missouri) Civic Arena, the Falcons faced Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colorado), but ultimately came up short 68-49.
A final, prolonged scoring run by Fort Lewis, along with a 23-5 disadvantage at the free throw line, made the difference. “With 2:15 to play, we were only down four,” said SPU Coach Julie van Beek, appearing in her first Elite Eight. “But this Melissa Reich time of year, every team is good. They made their run at the right time, and we didn’t have a chance to answer back.” The Falcons finished 27-4 and seventh in the final USA Today/ ESPN Division II poll.
ON CAMPUS • SPU sponsors its first-ever homecoming dance. • Catholics at SPU form a new cadre.
• Mars Hill Church attracts SPU students despite its controversial teachings. • Pastor Mark Abbott retires from First Free Methodist Church after 28 years.
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2010–11 Volleyball: Victorious Like Never Before Prior to 2010, the Falcons lost 41 matches in a three-year stretch, the most since the program’s
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infancy. Sick of losing, and now in leadership roles, this year’s upperclassmen launched the most successful campaign ever in SPU volleyball. With the stellar play of outside hitters Sarah Risser, Lindsey Wodrich, and Paige Hoffman, coupled with the defensive leadership of libero Anna Paige Hoffman Herold, Seattle 134
Pacific reeled off 16 consecutive victories to start the season, including 11 sweeps. They reached No. 12 in the national rankings. “Those four girls are going to be as good as they want to be,” said Coach Chris Johnson. “If they continue to work hard, stay focused, and stay together, it’s going to be hard to stop them.” The Falcons beat archrival Western Washington twice, once to take the GNAC title, and a second time in the West regional tournament. For the first time ever, the Falcons advanced out of round one, all the way to the championship round. Led by freshman Nikki Lowell’s 17 kills and Risser’s 16, they rallied to win in five sets against Cal State L.A. in their opener. The next night, it was Lowell and Risser hitting away again to outlast Western, again in five. Only when confronting host and 6th-ranked Cal State San Bernardino did Seattle Pacific finally succumb. The 26 wins and three losses tied all-time marks, and the win percentage of .897 set a new standard. “Everyone was playing well and working together for the team,” Johnson said. “We never gave up, not for a second.”
FALCON FACTS • Jeff Downs pumps in 20 points as the Falcons, seeded No. 8 in the West regional, shock topseeded host Central Washington 76-63 in the first round. • Women’s soccer finishes atop the GNAC, but the Falcons are stopped 1-0 by UC San Diego in the regional final. Megan Lindsay and Taylor Sawyer are second-team All-America. • Nikki Lowell becomes SPU’s first freshman volleyball AllAmerican, making the second team. Libero Anna Herold receives honorable mention. • The women’s varsity eight, stroked by Katy Stine, shine at Philadelphia’s Dad Vail Regatta to earn an NCAA rowing championships atlarge berth, and then win in the national petite final on Sacramento’s Gold River. • A photo finish determines that SPU wins the WIRA varsity four on Lake Natoma. The Falcon lineup includes stroke David Peterson, Phillip Mach, Dain Carley, Greg Ballard, and coxswain Jacqueline Reyes. • In men’s soccer, Elliot Morton scores and sets-up another goal for a 4-0 road win over previously undefeated Simon Fraser (16-0-0). • Nate Seely becomes only the second GNAC repeat winner of the indoor 800 meters. Outdoors, Ray Zoellick clears a careerbest 14 feet, 11 inches to win the conference pole vault. • Melissa Reich’s 18 points help SPU upset Western Washington 71-63 on the final night of the regular season. The Falcons come from 17 points down in their NCAA first-round game before succumbing 53-51 to Grand Canyon in Pomona, California. Caitlyn Rohrbach fuels the rally with 21 points. • SPU goes 1-2-3-4 in the GNAC heptathlon with junior Ali Worthen leading the way, followed by Katy Gross, defending champ Crystal Sims, and Jennifer Pike. Later, in the NCAA outdoor championships, Brittany Aanstad and Carly Andrews finish second and third, respectively, in the javelin.
A Mother and Daughter Union In the annals of SPU athletics, few head coaches have had the opportunity to coach their offspring. However, one of those scenarios happened in 2011 when a daughter who came close to being born on a gym floor joined her mother at Brougham Pavilion. Gymnastics Coach Laurel Tindall was nine months pregnant when she took the Falcons to nationals in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1992. They won their second national championship. Five days later in Seattle, Kailee (Kai) Tindall was born. Five years later, when SPU hosted the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships, 5-yearold Kai celebrated her birthday while watching the team win its third title.
Over the years, the Brougham Gymnastics Center was a second home to Kai. As an infant, she crawled around the office, and later the various apparatus and foam pits. When Seattle Pacific made its trip Kai and Laurel Tindall to the 2011 national meet in Colorado team; I just want to hit my routine Springs, Kai Tindall was no longer and contribute with one of my just tagging along: as a freshman best sets all year.” she was a fixture in the balance At nationals, Kai scored a 9.30 beam lineup. “Kai’s had SPU gear on beam in prelims, then improved for years,” Laurel said. “But to see to 9.65 during team finals, helping her in her own SPU leotard, that’s the Falcons finish fourth — their special.” Kai agreed and added, best finish since 2007. “I’m excited to be part of the
Still More Big Wins for Pixler Although Jessica Pixler graduated from Seattle Pacific in June 2010, that did not stop the 12-time NCAA champion and four-time SPU Athlete of the Year from collecting more awards. In October, Pixler was named NCAA Division II Female ScholarAthlete of the Year and Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for NCAA Division II, III, and NAIA programs. The English major completed her SPU coursework with a 3.93 GPA. In January 2011, Pixler was honored at the annual NCAA convention in San Antonio after being recognized as one of NCAA
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Today’s Top VIII for distinguished career achievement in athletics, academics, and community service. Later that month, she returned home
where she was named the Seattle Sports Commission’s Female Sports Star of the Year. In the 76 years of the award, she became only the third SPU coach or athlete to win, joining her coach, Doris Heritage (1970), and Cliff McCrath (1986). Finally, in May Pixler learned that she received the NCAA’s Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship, a renewable award of $24,000 to continue her postgraduate studies. “I am honored to receive this award,” said Pixler. “It has been a privilege to compete these past four years for Seattle Pacific. I owe my success to the support of my coaches and teachers.”
ON CAMPUS • SPU’s Center for Biblical and Theological Education launches a free Lectio online
Scripture-reading program beginning in Genesis with Old Testament Professor Frank Spina. • The SPU Theatre Department celebrates its jubilee year by producing Our Town, The Fantasticks, and Godspell. • Sixty-three Seattle school children attend the School of Education’s seventh annual “Going to College in the Fifth Grade.” • Associate Professor of Music Stephen Newby leads fans in the national anthem at Seattle Sounders FC home games.
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2011–12 Last Shot Worthwhile for Worthen There were times when her body said, “Enough.” But then Ali Worthen gave it another shot, literally, and soon she found herself among the nation’s best. A promising sophomore season was cut short by a back injury. Worthen tried repeatedly to keep training in her multiple events, but she was hurting. “I had three cortisone shots in my back,”
Oregon, native took sixth in the NCAA pentathlon. At the outdoor conference meet, Worthen entered five individual events plus the heptathlon. She won the latter for the second year in a row, ran on the first place 4x100 relay, and placed among the top five in four more events. “I’m not necessarily amazing at one event,” she
FALCON FACTS • The Falcon men fall 56-50 to Western Washington in the West regional championship game in Bellingham. The Vikings go on to win the NCAA national hoops championship. SPU finishes 23-8. • As the No.1 regional seed and host, men’s soccer wins round one against Cal State Dominguez Hills when Christopher Morris heads home a long free kick from Evan Robicheau just 79 seconds into overtime. In round two, SPU falls 3-2 to Cal State L.A. • Women’s soccer loses only once en route to a third straight GNAC championship. The Falcons (17-3-0) are led by the combined 22 goals of Megan Lindsay and Kellie Zakrzewski. Cal State L.A. beats the Falcons 2-1 in the second round of the West regionals. • Cailin Fellows slams 20 kills and Angie Pricco has a career-high 13 blocks as 20th-ranked SPU pulls out a five-game GNAC volleyball home victory over Western Washington. Returning to the NCAA tournament, the Falcons get 24 kills from Lindsey Wodrich and a record 46 digs from Anna Herold but are eliminated by BYU Hawaii. Herold earns All-American at libero in her final season.
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she remembered. “It was finally suggested that maybe my body was just done.” But a fourth cortisone shot made all the difference. The inflammation receded, and by winter 2011, Worthen was back winning GNAC indoor and outdoor titles with regularity. At the GNAC indoor, Worthen won her third long jump crown on her final attempt. She ran first in the 60-meter hurdles and anchored the victorious 4x400 relay. A few weeks later, the Coos Bay, 136
offered, but “I’m OK at a lot of events. Getting points is my forte.” At the NCAA outdoor meet, Worthen moved up two places in the final three events of the heptathlon to score a career-best 5,297 points for third place. Two years removed from being racked with pain, she could now smile.
• Brittany Aanstad goes ballistic at nationals, sending the javelin a school and GNACrecord 168 feet, 1 inch for an NCAA championship. • Nyesha Sims grabs 23 rebounds to tie the GNAC single-game record in Seattle Pacific’s 69-62 women’s basketball victory over Alaska Fairbanks. SPU goes 17-10 yet misses postseason qualification. • Senior Sherah Veron wins the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation gymnastics floor title just ahead of teammate Stephanie Wagner as SPU finishes runner-up. • Nate Seely wins the GNAC outdoor 800 by nearly two seconds, his third straight title. • Men’s cross country takes seventh in the West regional behind Seth Pierson’s 26th place.
Coaches Kindle Schultz’s Passion for Soccer First, Seattle Pacific coaches recruited Tyler Shultz from his home in Arizona. Then, they lit a fire under him. His passion for soccer was never the same. “I wasn’t really passionate about soccer until I came here,” said the senior forward. “When I got here, it exploded, and it became something that I loved doing.” In 2011, Schultz proved to be the catalyst for taking SPU back to the NCAA tournament for the first time under Mark Collings, the program’s new head coach, ending a four-year absence. Schultz started slowly for the Falcons, scoring four times as a freshman. But soon he got hot, doubling that total to eight as a sophomore. “The coaches have increased my love of the game,”
said Shultz. “I saw their passion, and it basically rubbed off on me.” When a promising season got off to a slow start, Schultz keyed a turnaround. He scored seven goals, including a hat Tyler Shultz trick, as the Falcons won six in a row. Aside from a pair of one-goal losses to Simon Fraser, the nation’s No. 1-ranked team, SPU never lost again during the regular season. Schultz led the GNAC in scoring
with 16 goals. He was voted the West region’s player of the year and an All-American, along with defender Jon Pearman.
Wall Scores the Go-Ahead Layup as Falcons Beat 16th-Ranked Arizona A layup is synonymous with something easy, but when Jobi Wall converted an up-close bank shot in the dying seconds in Tucson, it proved herculean. Wall’s layup gave Seattle Jobi Wall Pacific a 69-68 lead for good in an exhibition game against Arizona, the No. 16 team in the NCAA Division I. With that
shot, and the Falcons’ inspired play, Arizona was dealt its first preseason defeat in 27 years. Wall finished with 24 points against the Wildcats. “My favorite part is winning — that’s what drives me,” Wall said. “Whatever that looks like (statistically) on any night, I’m fine with that.”
It was the Falcons’ third consecutive preseason win over a D-I opponent, dating back to 2010 road victories over Eastern Washington and Nevada. The Birds benefited from a latesummer junket to the Bahamas, where they jelled as a squad and won three contests versus semipro opponents. Behind Wall, a 6-foot-6 junior forward, and sophomore point guard David Downs, Seattle Pacific started strong out of the gate, winning six of the first seven regular season games.
ON CAMPUS • Philip Eaton retires after 17 years as Seattle Pacific president. • SPU hosts Tent
City 3 on Wallace Field during Winter Quarter. • David Brooks, New York Times columnist, speaks at the Downtown Business Breakfast. • Alec Hill, former School of Business and Economics dean, and current president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, is SPU Alumnus of the Year.
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2012–13 Falcons Win GNAC but Elite Eight Elusive Coach Ryan Looney’s team had a top-10 ranking and the memory of pushing Western Washington
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David Downs, and Patrick Simon (all averaging between 13-14 points), Seattle Pacific achieved a No. 3 national ranking before the GNAC tourney. In the final at Lacey, Washington, the Falcons rallied from nine points down in the final 11 minutes to beat Western 72-70 on Wall’s 28-foot, buzzerbeating 3-pointer. It was only Western’s second defeat since claiming the NCAA crown a year earlier. Despite SPU’s dramatic win, Western hosted the regional, which began with the Falcons’ emphatic wins over Division I-bound Grand Canyon (85-59) and fifth-ranked Cal Poly Pomona (67-54). The former featured a 20-point, 12-assist outing by Downs. The finals again pitted SPU against archrival WWU. The Falcons went in front by eight before the Vikings responded. Taking the lead in the final two minutes, the Vikings hit their free throws in the final seconds and won 62-58. Western advanced to the Elite Eight in Louisville, reaching the semifinal.
FALCON FACTS • Men’s soccer attains its highest national ranking in 18 years, rising to No. 2 on September 10. It is the best polling yet for Mark Collings, the Falcons fifth-year coach. The team reaches the NCAA tournament but loses its opening match to Grand Canyon on penalties. • Despite a record high score (193.900) for a national competition, SPU is stopped short of reaching the finals at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Falcons beat their previous record of 193.725 set in 2007. Corine Wise caps her career with a fourth-place effort on beam. • Track and field’s Katy Gross and soccer’s Caleb Nyone, both seniors, are winners of NCAA postgraduate scholarships. • A.J. Baker races into the top 10, and the Falcons finish three in the top 25 to place second in the Sundodger Men’s Open Division at Lincoln Park. SPU’s 108 points is a new school record. Will Harrison is fifth in the GNAC conference meet, and Seth Pierson races to victory in the spring GNAC 1,500 and qualifies for nationals. • SPU freshman Katie Morris is sixth, and senior newcomer Katie Thralls is seventh, leading the Falcons to third place in the Sundodger Open Division. Their 88 points shatter the schoolrecord low total of 143. • Women’s basketball center Katie Benson pours in a career-high 32 points and passes the career 1,000-point mark, leading Seattle Pacific to a 70-60 victory over No. 8 Simon Fraser. • Falcon volleyball (14-13, 11-7 GNAC) goes 10-4 in the second half of the season after a 4-9 start. Senior Shelby Swanson moves into the No. 5 spot on the all-time GNAC assist list. Both Swanson and senior outside hitter Cailin Fellows are named all-GNAC players.
Worthen Worthy of National Heptathlon Ali Worthen seemed to be everywhere at once. At the GNAC championship meets, Worthen shuttled between
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jumps, throws, sprints, and relays. She was a whirlwind, having become the first athlete — male
or female — to top 100 career points indoors and just the third to do so outdoors, despite competing only three seasons. By the end of her senior season, Worthen owned a trove of honors: seven GNAC championships and seven other top-five finishes, which earned her a share of GNAC athlete of the year, as well as SPU’s Ron Grady Athlete of the Year award. Oh yes, she was also named All-American.
But there was one more goal to attain in 2013. After weathering five long seasons, two of them tough ones due to injuries, Worthen sought to finish her career as national heptathlon champion. At the NCAA meet in Pueblo, Colorado, nearly 4,700 feet above sea level, Worthen handily won the seven-event competition with 5,340 points, including a gut-wrenching 800 meters in the final event, finishing in 2:17.7, the field’s fastest time. “It was so perfect to end this way because the last five years have been a struggle” said an elated Worthen. “Today was the sweetest feeling ever.”
Women’s Soccer Comes Up Short in the Postseason During a midseason stretch into October, the SPU women’s soccer team was unbeatable, winning 11 times and drawing twice. Early road losses were forgotten, and Seattle Pacific was back in the race for the Far West Region championship. Over a five-game span later in October, the Falcons scored 17 goals, setting up a showdown with Western Washington on the final night of the regular season. There, the previous firepower they had shown was missing, but Heather Young’s score was the first allowed by Western in 10 games, and gave SPU the 1-0 win. Unfortunately, the Falcon
attack mustered just two goals in finished 15-4-2 after a 10th three postseason games. A 2-1 straight trip to the playoffs. “Our overtime loss at top-seeded UC kids carried out our game plan and San Diego in the second round played their hearts out,” he said. ended the season. A potential “I couldn’t ask for anything more.” game-winner, a long-distance shot by Annie Thomas, caromed off the crossbar in the final five seconds of regulation. UCSD eventually reached the national championship match. “I couldn’t be prouder of this team,” stated Coach Chuck Sekyra, whose Falcons Heather Young
ON CAMPUS • Daniel J. Martin becomes Seattle Pacific’s 10th president. • School of Business and Economics Dean Jeff Van Duzer is named the new provost. • SPU explores a greater variety of food options for students. • Alexander Hall receives Seattle Landmark status by vote of the City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board.
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2013–14 At Career Finish, Fricker Is First McKayla Fricker, Falcon senior half-miler, was out in front in the NCAA championships with 75
second. “It’s unreal,” she said. “It’s what I’ve been determined to do ever since I set foot at SPU.” Earlier that May, Fricker collected three more GNAC titles, including her third straight in the 800 outdoor and first in the 1,500. In all, she won 10 conference crowns, including relays. She was a six-time All-American. Considering Fricker had struggled with injuries as a freshman when she failed to run under 2:18, her career finish was amazing. Normally, the coach presents the national champion medal. But with her head coach, Karl Lerum, back home in Seattle, Fricker’s father, Mark, himself a former sub-four miler at Oregon State, gladly accepted the task. “That was really special,” said Fricker. “Since Karl wasn’t able to be here, I had my dad.”
FALCON FACTS • Women’s soccer beats Western Washington for the GNAC championship via penalty kicks. SPU goalkeeper Natalie Harold saves the Vikings’ first two shootout attempts and her teammates convert their first four to clinch the title 4-1. Later, Western avenges the defeat in Bellingham, bouncing SPU from the playoffs 2-0. • Les Habegger, former Falcon basketball coach and a native Hoosier, is inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Habegger guided the Falcons to their first six NCAA tournaments and the 1965 Elite Eight. He is a charter member of the SPU Athletics Hall of Fame. • McKayla Fricker’s NCAA win in the 800 meters was the third national title from women’s track and field in as many seasons, following Brittany Anastad (javelin, 2011) and Ali Worthen (heptathlon, 2012). • In women’s basketball, senior Katie Benson is named honorable mention AllAmerica after averaging 19.3 points and 9.1 rebounds. The Falcons go 18-9 but miss the NCAA tournament. • Erika Daligcon, head cross country coach, steps down after five seasons to spend more time with her family. Daligcon, a former Falcon runner, had succeeded her mentor, Doris Heritage.
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meters remaining. Then she caught a glimpse of a rival’s shadow. “I was running scared all the way through the finish,” said Fricker. As it turned out, Fricker need not have worried. She crossed the line alone, an NCAA champion for the first time. Running a personal-best 2 minutes, 6.18 seconds, Fricker won the 800 outdoor final in Allendale, Michigan, by a full 140
Giving Credit: McKayla Fricker wins the 800 meters.
Days later Fricker earned still more honors, including GNAC Track and Field Athlete of the Year and Academic All-American. Said Lerum: “McKayla is, without a doubt, one of the finest athletes I’ve ever been around.”
• Men’s soccer returns to the NCAA tournament, going unbeaten in 14 games to erase records set in 1987 and matched in 1991. A young squad goes 12-4-3 overall, but falls to Chico State 1-0 in the first round of the playoffs at La Jolla, California. • SPU beats 8th-ranked Western Washington in four intense sets (27-25, 18-25, 25-22, 25-23) in Bellingham behind the 22 kills of Madi Cavell for the program’s 500th victory. It is the Falcons’ first volleyball win in Bellingham since 2009. • Athletic Director Erin O’Connell is elected the first female president of UR Rowing’s board of directors.
Gymnasts Enter Four Events, Win Four National Titles In 41 years of storied achievement, Seattle Pacific gymnasts had won an impressive number of national event titles. But nothing like this one-night haul. At the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships in Providence, Rhode Island, the Falcons’ Maria Hundley and Kai Tindall collected two outright championships and shared two
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others. Hundley, a sophomore, claimed crowns in vault and balance beam, then shared the uneven bars with two fellow competitors. Tindall, an outgoing senior and daughter of SPU Coach Laurel Tindall, herself a national champion in 1975, finished first in the floor exercise as one of four co-winners. Hundley became the first Falcon to win multiple titles since Debra Huss in 2005. Only Barbara Elliott had won three previously (vault, beam, floor) in 1986, and only Texas Woman’s, in 1999, had ever matched SPU’s multiple-win feat. “I don’t think I would have predicted this,”
said Coach Tindall. “Three days (of competition) in a row, just 12 hours between the last meet (team finals) and this meet … We never do that.” The national meet capped one of the finest seasons for Seattle Pacific. The Falcons took third overall, less than a full point behind Bridgeport and Texas Woman’s. Kai Tindall They also scored more than 190 points in each regular season meet for the first time, including a record 194.575 at UC Davis.
Falcon Guard Downs Keeps Rising Up For four seasons, David Downs epitomized the term “studentathlete.” As starting point guard, he led the Falcons to not only four straight NCAA basketball tournaments, but the first back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in 13 years. Off the court, his GPA was always well above the dean’s list line. In 2014, Downs, an All-American and Academic All-American, became the first to be named both GNAC Male Athlete of the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year, the latter for the second year in a row. Downs and Patrick Simon proved to be a potent one-two
punch for the Falcons in their final season. Downs averaged 20.4 points on 50.1% shooting, including 47.4% on 3-pointers, while the 6-foot-8 Simon, a junior transfer from Washington State, averaged 16.0 points and was among the NCAA leaders in 3-point David Downs accuracy (50.0%), including a record 10-for-12 in one contest. “I knew I wanted to play with these guys,” said Simon. “It’s
been perfect here, and I’ve never been closer to a team.” SPU swept the GNAC regular season and tournament championships, but their run ended at 26 wins, one shy of the school record, in the first round of the playoffs. Still, Downs left a legacy of leadership by example, as well as some impressive numbers, such as No. 3 all-time SPU scorer and No. 2 in assists and 3-pointers.
ON CAMPUS • Theologian N.T. Wright reads the Psalms as part of his campus appearance. • English Professor Luke Reinsma gives his last lecture. • A fatal campus shooting on June 5 shocks SPU and the community. • SPU hosts the fourth-ever joint meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society and the Society for Pentecostal Studies.
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Following some trying times, the boys were back. Galvanized after a win and a draw at Chico State, the Seattle Pacific men’s soccer team proceeded to reel off a record win streak. Behind the scoring of sophomore Stephen MacDonald and senior Sean Russell, the Falcons won 13 games in a row over a sevenweek span, holding eight of those opponents scoreless. The two most impressive victories occurred against longtime rival Simon Fraser. The Clan were four-time defending GNAC champions, but SPU swept the Canadians 3-1 at home and 2-1 in Burnaby, British Columbia, the Stephen MacDonald latter behind two first-half goals from MacDonald. “I’m just so proud of this team,” said Coach Mark Collings.
“You have to beat the champs to be the champs. Each day it seems like a different guy is stepping up for us,” Two weeks later, Collings and his team clinched their first GNAC title in eight years, rebounding from their first loss to prevail 1-0 at Montana State Billings. That victory cemented homefield advantage in the NCAA tournament. At Interbay Stadium, the fourth-ranked Falcons got seven saves from Cody Lang and a second-half penalty kick by Danny Olivas to avenge their lone defeat to Northwest Nazarene. The next night, however, they were stunned and on their knees. The only goal of the Far West Regional championship game came 62 seconds into overtime, with Cal State L.A. staging the 1-0 upset
FALCON FACTS • For the first time in 12 years, women’s soccer is in jeopardy of missing the NCAA tournament — but senior Ali Martin scores and then converts a shootout penalty kick as SPU earns an automatic regional bid by winning the GNAC tournament (1-1, 5-4) over Western Washington. Hannah Huesers scores her 15th goal in a first-round loss to Cal State Stanislaus. • Chuck Sekyra, women’s soccer coach, who won 209 games in his 12 seasons, resigns in January 2015. Sekyra, a member of two national championship men’s teams at SPU, had guided the Falcons to NCAA tournament appearances in each of his seasons, including three final fours and the 2008 national championship. His teams also won seven GNAC regular season and two postseason tournament titles. • SPU scores 194.225 and rises to third at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships in Philadelphia. “It was the best meet of the season,” said Coach Laurel Tindall. Junior Maria Hundley, who missed several months through January due to concussionlike symptoms, comes back to successfully defend her national titles on balance beam and bars. • Women’s track and field returns to the top of the podium in both the GNAC indoor and outdoor competitions, the Falcons’ first crowns in three seasons. After nearly falling on the first lap, Lynelle Decker recovers to finish seventh in the NCAA outdoor 800 meters.
and ending SPU’s season at 16-2-2, the fewest losses in 23 seasons.
• In July 2015, Erin O’Connell leaves her position as athletic director after seven years. She had been on the department staff for 12 years. Tom Box, who was athletic director from 1998 to 2008, is appointed interim AD. Box had served as the University’s vice president for advancement and later president of the SPU Foundation.
Oh Suzanna! Ohlsen Sparks Return to NCAAs The Falcons had a good one in Suzanna Ohlsen. A 5-foot-7 senior, Ohlsen was the spark for Coach Julie Heisey’s Falcons as they
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looked for a return to the NCAA tournament after a three-year absence. Ohlsen’s effect went beyond just her four teammates sharing the court. “She has the ability to
impact nine other people on the floor,” Heisey explained. “She can influence the defense when she’s on offense, and if she’s really on her game, she can change things defensively, too. She’s just a catalyst.” Together with fellow senior Aubree Callen, Ohlsen formed a powerful backcourt, and the Falcons broke out of the gate to win 14 of the first 15 games. By senior night, Ohlsen surpassed 1,000 career points, and SPU eclipsed the 20-win mark for the first time in four years. Ohlsen attributed her success to teamwork and growth. “It’s crazy to see where I was when
I started and where I am now,” says the 4.0 biochemistry major. “My academic growth, my spiritual growth, my growth in relationships, everything. And I’ve enjoyed every step of the way.” Following a rousing 7762 victory over third-seeded Humboldt State to open the postseason, Seattle Pacific was upset by hot-shooting Cal Poly Pomona in the regional semifinals. After being named to a pair of All-America teams, the GNAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year went on to play professionally in South Korea, where her mother was born. “It’s a level of basketball I’ve never played before,” Ohlsen admitted. “This is the biggest leap of faith I’ve ever taken.”
Stockton Does the Little Things and Gets Big Results Riley Stockton can get downright defensive. Just ask his opponents. Stockton, the nephew of Spokane’s NBA hall of famer John Stockton, made a name for himself for stopping foes. “For four years, Riley Stockton has guarded our opponent’s top offensive player,” said SPU Coach Ryan Looney. “He’s embraced that role since day one. Our mindset defensively starts with his leadership.” In 2014–15, Seattle Pacific had quality scoring threats in center Corey Hutsen and forward Mitch Penner. Yet Stockton stood out in the GNAC and the region as a
formidable stopper. Looney noted how Stockton, not a statistical terror in steals and blocks, did all the “little things” to help his team win, and the Falcons were far and away the top scoring-defense team in the league (64.1). He was not among the top 30 conference scorers, but Stockton led SPU in assists, ranked eighth in GNAC rebounding (as a guard), second in minutes played, and shot 56% from the floor. At the end of the season, SPU won the GNAC tournament for the third year in a row, 24 games altogether, and the NCAA automatic bid into the regionals.
GNAC coaches voted Stockton as Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row, as well as ScholarAthlete of the Year for all sports. Riley Stockton
ON CAMPUS • New seating arrangements in Gwinn Commons bring mixed reactions. • The library is
named in honor of Gary and Barbara Ames. • Jon Meis receives the Service Beyond Self Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation for his heroics during the June 2014 campus shooting. • Phyllis Sorter ’64, Free Methodist missionary in Nigeria, is kidnapped and later released.
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2015–16 Men’s Soccer Sees Near-Perfect Season Close Imperfectly With nine starters back, including All-Americans Davis Karaica and Bryson Pavel, projections for the 2015 men’s soccer season looked almost perfect. In fact, they were perfect out of the chute, going 5-0-0 and no goals allowed. By late September, the Birds rose to No. 2 in the nation. In fact, SPU didn’t allow a goal until the
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seventh game, when Simon Fraser snapped their unbeaten string at eight (6-0-2). Again, the offense kicked into high gear with a ninegame unbeaten streak, outscoring opponents 14-3 and avenging the Simon Fraser loss in the process. It was very much a team effort. Eighteen different players earned starts, 11 scored goals — none more than five. Six players made firstor second-team all-conference, Davis Karaica 144
topped by goalkeeper Cody Lang, whose nine shutouts and 0.49 goals-against average earned him defensive player of the year. At season’s end, SPU retained the GNAC crown and picked up a bye and home-field advantage in the NCAA regionals. Then perfection pivoted. Up 1-nil against Cal State Dominguez Hills in the second half, a mistimed tackle in the box resulted in losing Chaz Jenkins to a red card, and the Toros tied on the penalty kick. Lang made seven saves, but the Falcons eventually, after 110 minutes, succumbed in a shootout. “We’ve worked really hard this year and only lost one game,” reflected Coach Mark Collings on his team that outscored opponents by 24 goals. “Unfortunately, they were a little better at penalty kicks than we were. They are moving on, and our season is over.”
FALCON FACTS • Gymnastics finishes third nationally for a third successive year, scoring the program’s highest national meet totals in both the semifinals (194.750) and final (194.875). • Keith Jefferson’s association with the men’s and women’s rowing programs ends after more than 30 years. Once an oarsman and later an assistant coach, Jefferson took over as head coach in 1991, and led his crews to national acclaim, including second place at the 2011 NCAA championships after a third place in 2009. Andrew Derrick replaces Jefferson as head coach. • After guiding women’s soccer back to the NCAA tournament as interim head coach, Arby Busey, a former assistant, is named to the position permanently. Western Washington hands Seattle Pacific four of its five defeats, and the Vikings, under SPU alumnus Travis Connell, go on to win the national championship. • Both volleyball and men’s soccer make overseas trips in August 2015. Chris Johnson takes the volleyball team to Costa Rica for four matches, including two versus the national team. Mark Collings and the soccer team play four games in Spain. • Anna Patti leads the cross country team to a fifth-place finish at the West regional cross country meet and a place at nationals, where the Falcons take 15th. • In track, Lynelle Decker is NCAA 800-meter runner-up indoors and completes her career two months later by running fifth in the 800 and sixth in the 1,500 outdoors. She also helps the Falcons win the GNAC outdoor for a ninth time, beating Central Washington by just five points. • Jackson Stava, formerly at Azusa Pacific University, is named athletic director in July 2016. Tom Box had been serving as interim AD after the departure of Erin O’Connell in 2015.
Quick Rebuild Precedes Looney’s Exit It might have been a rebuilding year, but everything seemed to fall into place for Ryan Looney’s 2015–16 hoops squad. He lost four of his top five scorers yet retained an offensive force in forward Mitch Penner Mitch Penner. He landed the program’s first 7-footer, Washington transfer Gilles Dierickx. Rising through the ranks to join the big Belgian
and Penner were Brendan Carroll — who erupted for 28 in an exhibition versus the Huskies — and Bryce Leavitt. The team jelled early, and despite some key injuries, reeled off nine wins in a row going into the Christmas break. In January, following three losses, the Falcons forged ahead once more, winning eight
straight. All told, SPU went 22-9 (surprising many) to make the NCAA tournament for the 12th year in a row. However, change was coming. Shortly after the season, Looney announced his departure to Point Loma Nazarene, located in San Diego. His ledger of 164-51 over seven seasons translated to a .763 win percentage, the highest of any previous SPU coach. His teams won two GNAC regular season titles, three postseason tournaments, and seven straight NCAA berths. Looney was succeeded by his top assistant for all seven seasons, Grant Leep.
Gymnast Hundley Saves the Best for Last “Was Maria Hundley through as a gymnast?” That was the looming question in 2015–16 as doctors barred Hundley from the gym due to lingering effects of a concussion. So, Hundley focused on visualization. “I stayed mentally strong throughout all of that,” she maintained. “It was just my love and passion for gymnastics and this team.” Fortunately, Hundley was cleared for competition. Three months after returning she successfully defended two of her three national event titles. Then, as a senior, Hundley claimed her first all-around title and added her second vault crown, giving her seven career championships. In all, she finished a 12-time All-
American and joined Falcon Hall good basics,” Tindall said. “She of Fame gymnast Barbara Elliott definitely had the skills.” as one of the two most decorated athletes in the program’s 43-year existence. She also became the first Seattle Pacific gymnast to be voted the Ron Grady Athlete of the Year for a third time. Hundley left SPU in a much different place from where she entered. Having sustained numerous Maria Hundley injuries throughout high school in Littleton, Colorado, few An appreciative Hundley college coaches showed much responded, “I’m really, really interest. Coach Laurel Tindall was thankful she was willing to take an exception. “We felt she had that risk.”
ON CAMPUS • Nickerson Studios — a practice, classroom, and recital space — opens across the
street from McKenna Hall. • Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin speaks at the Downtown Business Breakfast about her biographies on past U.S. presidents. • SPU holds a series of forums on race and reconciliation. • Elmer Dixon, co-founder of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panthers, speaks on campus.
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2016–17 All-American Distance Medley Relay The Falcon foursome of Sarah Macdonald, Lani Taylor, Chynna Phan, and Mary Charleson raced to their best time as a unit and snared an All-American eighthplace finish in in the 4,000-meter distance medley relay at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.
less would have left them off the awards podium as the difference between the eighth-place step and no step at all was a mere 0.53. Edging out Alaska Anchorage for the final All-American spot was huge. In 2015, on the same CrossPlex track, the Seawolves had come from behind to out-
FALCON FACTS • Former SPU distance running stars Jessica Pixler Tebo and McKayla Fricker run in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. Tebo advances to the 5,000-meter finals, placing 11th. Fricker reaches the semifinals of the 800, finishing 14th. • In May 2016, Grant Leep moves up from assistant coach to head coach for men’s basketball following Ryan Looney’s departure to Point Loma Nazarene. In February 2017, Abbie Wright takes over the volleyball program following Chris Johnson’s retirement. Wright comes from Biola University. • After dropping a five-game volleyball match at Central Washington, the Falcons turn the tables on their cross-state rival four weeks later with a five-game victory in Brougham Pavilion: 25-19, 23-25, 25-21, 18-25, 15-7. Colleen Hannigan (16 kills), Hannah Lautenbach (14 kills), and Lexi Biondi (14 kills) lead the way.
DMR Teammates: Lani Taylor, Sarah Macdonald, Mary Charleson, Chynna Phan
Racing at the Birmingham lean a different Seattle Pacific CrossPlex in Alabama, SPU stopped foursome by a scant 0.01 for the the watch in 11 minutes, 36.02 final All-American award. seconds on the 200-meter banked “It was really rewarding oval. That was six seconds faster because this is the best DMR than the 11:42.22 they ran on field Division II has ever seen,” January 27 at the UW Invitational said Chris Reed, SPU assistant in Seattle, which coach. “I always got them into the thought we could nationals as the get All-American. 12th seed among But leading up to the 13 teams. this race and looking Senior at all the lineups Macdonald, of those teams and freshman Taylor, knowing the abilities junior Phan, and of their runners, I junior Charleson knew it would take all beat their splits something special to from that UW meet make All-American Hardware: All Americans all — and anything this year.” around. 146
• The Falcons defeat three-time defending GNAC men’s soccer champion Simon Fraser 2-1 on the road in Canada. After conceding a goal in just the third minute of the game, SPU fights back to tie the game on a goal by Sam Malloch late in the first half, then goes on top when Titus Grant converts a penalty kick in the 76th minute. • Kristi Hayashida ties the school’s balance beam record with a score of 9.925 in a meet at UC Davis. • Women’s soccer makes the NCAA Division II Soccer Tournament for the 14th consecutive year. Hannah Huesers nets her 48th career goal, but the Falcons fall in the first round to Central Washington 2-1 and finish 11-5-4. • Despite double-figure scoring from Jordan McPhee, Erica Pagnano, and Courtney Hollander, the Falcons fall 76-68 to Alaska Anchorage in the GNAC women’s basketball tournament semifinals and finish 19-11.
Gymnast Darian Burns Earns Share of National Title Darian Burns still remembers her very first college floor exercise routine back in January 2017, when she met up with the surface — face first. It tasted like carpet. “My last tumbling pass, I completely ate the floor,” the Seattle Pacific freshman said. Motivated by that moment, Burns worked harder than ever to refine her routine. On April 9, she got her just desserts. It tasted like gold. Burns came through with a crisp, clean performance inside the 40-by-40 blue square in the center of Brougham Pavilion to grab a piece of the crown in the individual event finals at the USA Gymnastics
Women’s Collegiate Championships. Leading off the second half of the floor finals, Burns posted a career-best 9.900. That put her into a tie with Brianna Comport of Bridgeport — who got her 9.900 in leading off the first half — and none of the remaining eight competitors Darian Burns were able to match her performance. “I’ve been working really hard on this routine,” said Burns, who came to SPU all the way from Atlanta, Georgia. “The first meet, I had three (tumbling) passes, and
I wanted to change it because my endurance wasn’t high enough to do that. This is something I’ve worked at the whole year, and I’m really glad I could perform my best today.”
NCAA Honors Falcons for Academic Excellence Seattle Pacific was one of 32 Division II schools honored by the NCAA with a Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence. The award recognizes member schools that achieve a four-year
academic success rate of 90% or higher. SPU was one of three schools with a 97% ASR, and
it tied for the second-highest in all of D-II. The only higher score was 98%, also achieved by three schools. The academic success rate is the percentage of studentathletes who graduate within six years of their initial collegiate enrollment. It encompasses virtually all Division II studentathletes, including transfers and those not receiving athletic scholarships.
“We are extremely proud of the success of our fantastic student-athletes,” SPU Athletic Director Jackson Stava said. “They are a remarkably diligent and driven group of students, and the award is well deserved.” Seattle Pacific was one of just two schools in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and one of only five in the West Region (GNAC, Pacific West, and California Collegiate Athletic Association) to receive the honor. Its 97% ASR was significantly higher than the national ASR of 72% for student-athletes who entered college from 2007 to 2010.
ON CAMPUS • The Pacific Northwest Conference of the Free Methodist Church holds its annual
Leadership Summit meeting on campus. • SPU’s “Quasquicentennial” celebration (125 years) kicks off at the State of the University Address. • Students, faculty, staff, and alumni join in recording 125,000 hours of service as part of the 125th Anniversary. • The Alumni Office holds a “Grand Reunion” in October for all alumni classes.
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2016–17 Huesers Finishes as No. 2 Goal Scorer in SPU History When Hannah Huesers arrived at Seattle Pacific in the late summer of 2013, there was little doubt she would be scoring goals at the
someone who is a finisher, she is a bit more intelligent about her approach,” added Busey. “It’s not just kicking a ball in the
FALCON FACTS • The Falcon women win their 11th GNAC indoor track and field title, but this one is the closest — just 3 1/2 points ahead of Simon Fraser. SPU finishes with 124 points to 120 1/2 for the Clan. Senior Kyra Brannan wins the long jump, and a pair of freshmen also snag individual titles for the Falcons: Scout Cai in the pentathlon and Geneva Lehnert in the high jump. • Tony Miller is named the GNAC Freshman of the Year for men’s basketball. Miller averages 19.0 points and 9.7 rebounds per game and is just the second freshman in school history to score more than 500 points (514). • On her final attempt of the meet, senior Kyra Brannan flies 19 feet, 7 inches in the long jump at the national-caliber Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California. It is her second personal best of the day. She comes in with a career mark of 19-1 1/2, then goes 19-3 3/4 in the preliminary round. Her final distance of 19-7 qualifies her for the NCAA national championships in May.
Hannah Huesers
college level. But as her career progressed, Huesers showed it was not just about quantity — it was the quality of scores that mattered. “Through pure hard work and effort, and working toward becoming a master of her craft, she has become a better finisher over the years,” said Falcons Coach Arby Busey. That paid off on October 22, 2016, when Huesers scored midway through the first half of a 3-3 tie with Montana State Billings to become the No. 2 alltime goal scorer in SPU history. That was the 43rd goal of her career. “She can always score goals. But when you start talking about 148
goal. She’s picking out spots and putting it where goalkeepers can’t get it.” By the time the season — and her career — concluded a month later, Huesers had 48 goals, just shy of the record 49 established by Sarah Martinez in her 2004– 07 run. Along with her 48 goals, Huesers earned nine assists during her career for a total of 105 points.
• Under the direction of Coach Andrew Derrick in his first year, the SPU women’s rowing team concludes its season with a second-place finish in the women’s open eight at the prestigious Windermere Cup Regatta. Earlier that spring, the varsity eight is third in the petite final and 11th overall at the San Diego Crew Classic. The Windermere and the Crew Classic are the two premier events on the West Coast. • The Falcon family loses two of its basketball legends. Coach Les Habegger, whose 267-170 record gave him more wins than any other Seattle Pacific men’s basketball coach, dies at the age of 92. Dave Wortman, who led the Falcons in scoring three times during his career from 1959 to 1962, dies at 77. Wortman tallied 1,328 points. Both Habegger and Wortman are members of the Falcon Hall of Fame.
Heisey and Collings Reach Milestone Coaching Wins Trying to give Julie Heisey credit for 400 college basketball coaching victories might seem simple enough — except she will just give that credit right back to everyone who helped her get there. Heisey Mark Collings got win No. 400 on December 16, 2016, when her Falcons beat Concordia Irvine 76-64 in the SPU Classic tournament. “What it means is I’ve been around a lot of great people,” Heisey said of the accomplishment. “I’ve had great players and great coaches to help me, and just people who believe in what we’ve done and they’ve bought in.”
Heisey, who stepped down in July 2018 after 13 years at the helm, coached at Trevecca Nazarene in Nashville, Tennessee, for nine seasons, starting the program from square one. Trevecca went 162-116, and her last six teams advanced to the NAIA national tournament. Her final record, including her years with the Falcons, was 433-224. Falcon soccer alumnus Mark Collings also reached a coaching milestone, logging his 100th victory when the Falcon men defeated Saint Martin’s 2-1 on October 29, 2016.
A four-year letterman as a defender, Collings played for SPU from 1995 to 1998 and helped Seattle Pacific reach the NCAA tournament all four years. He took the coaching reins in 2008 and is just the third head coach in the 50-year history of the program.
Heisey Celebration: Hannah Rodrigues, Rachel Shim, Coach Julie Heisey, Brianne Lasconia, Stacey Lukasiewicz
Parker Brings Life Experience, Basketball Savvy to Decades of Falcons Coaches come and coaches go. Then there’s George Parker. He came to Seattle Pacific as a volunteer men’s basketball coach in 1986, and now, 32 years later, he’s still there. “Basketball is a tool for the game of life, and I use that to teach the game of life,” said Parker, who is a research chemist for Boeing when he’s not in the gym. “With basketball, kids want to shoot. They want to work on their fundamentals. But the big thing is, what happens after SPU? I ask them, ‘What is your personal relationship with your Lord and savior?’” Parker got his start in college
coaching as a graduate assistant and then volunteer assistant with Terry Holland at Virginia from
George Parker, teacher and encourager
1979 to 1983. A former Saint Martin’s and pro player, Parker initially joined the Falcons on Claude Terry’s staff. In the years since then, he has assisted Ken
Bone, Jeff Hironaka, Ryan Looney, and Grant Leep. “George Parker’s impact on our basketball team is immeasurable,” said Leep. “Early in my coaching career, I learned never to undervalue experience. And experience is what ‘Coach P’ gives us. We rely on his basketball experience for sure, but more importantly, we value his wisdom in relationships, life, and faith.” “What keeps me coming back is the players,” Parker said. “And with my line of work, basketball is therapy for me. I still enjoy the game, and this is my way of giving back.”
ON CAMPUS • Bryan Stevenson, noted attorney and author of Just Mercy, addresses the SPU
community in chapel. • As part of SPU’s 125th anniversary, President Dan Martin oversees the planting of a new white poplar tree, taken from the original poplar at the entrance of Tiffany Loop. • The SPU Story Pole, originally carved and donated to SPU by Tlingit woodcarver Abner Johnson, is rededicated during the Grand Reunion. • Dr. Howard Snyder completes a new book on SPU history: Rooted in Mission: The Founding of SPU, 1891–1916.
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Appendix I: Falcon Varsity Sports Histories and Statistics • Baseball
• Cross Country
• Tennis
• Men’s Basketball
• Gymnastics
• Track and Field
• Women’s Basketball
• Men’s Soccer
• Volleyball
• Crew
• Women’s Soccer
• Wrestling
Don Waldbauer, 1964-67
Heidi Laabs-Johnson, 2011-12
Steve Sooter, 1970-74
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Baseball History Falcons on Base for 23 Years Varsity baseball began at Seattle Pacific in the spring of 1947. Started by Hugh Miner, who also served as SPC’s basketball coach, the first season was the equiva-
the team showed improvement, including its first no-hitter in 1951 under pitcher “Big Will” Sooter. Next in the lineup for coaches after McNeese was Dale Parker.
1967 Baseball: (Far left with clipboard) Lorin Miller (coach) (Front row) Fred Grimm, Rick Marquardt, Bob Lee, Roger Grimm, Gordy Hansen, Don Knight (Back) Steve Anderson, Terry Munsell, Bob Murphy, Tom Nass, Al Murch, Bob Alexander, Bill Owen, Larry Quesnell, Don Waldbauer, Larry Nelson, Larry Pierce
lent of a warm-up round of catch, with only seven games played altogether. But despite the limited schedule, including just two collegiate games (both against Seattle University), the effort cleared the way for 23 seasons of baseball at the school. Following Miner’s departure at the end of the 1946–1947 academic year, Harold (Hal) McNeese took over coaching duties and led the team for five seasons until 1952. Under McNeese, opponents began to include teams from junior colleges. By 1949, SPC’s baseball season had grown to 29 games. Pitcher Bob Bivins was a workhorse that year, throwing in 14 of 29 games, as the Falcons went 15-14. Though win-loss records were uneven in those early years, 152
A former collegiate player at both SPC and Oregon, Parker served two stints at Seattle Pacific. His first, starting with the 1952–53 season, saw multi-talented shortstop Loren Anderson set records for hits and stolen bases, and also included surprising wins over the University of Washington Huskies in both 1955 and 1956. Perhaps in response, the Huskies tapped Parker as their next coach in 1957. Where SPC’s baseball team played its games throughout these years was an interesting challenge. Without a home-field diamond on campus, the team moved wherever it could find space, usually from playfield to playfield in Queen Anne, Magnolia, and Loyal Heights, and sometimes in lower Woodland Park.
Legendary coach Les Habegger, who arrived at Seattle Pacific in 1956, took over for Parker in 1957. In 1958, he guided the Falcons to a winning 14-10 collegiate season, which was all the more impressive considering games by then were held far from campus at Hamlin Field near Shoreline. Habegger wore many hats, including athletic director and head men’s basketball coach, so in 1960 he had basketball assistant Richard Kamm take the lead. Habegger returned to coaching the team in 1961 before giving back the reins to Parker in 1962, after Parker completed his UW master’s degree. During Parker’s second run, the Falcons began to flourish. With the Queen Anne Bowl established as its home field, the team posted three consecutive winning seasons from 1963 to 1965 and started to see players garner recognition within the conference. Infielder Steve Yarno became the first Falcon to be named first-team All-Coast in 1963. In 1965, one of the program’s finest seasons, the team achieved a 12-8 record, with three of the losses coming from Division I teams. Lorin Miller became coach in 1967. Seattle Pacific responded with a 15-9 record against collegiate competition, its strongest season at the time, and continued to have players receive attention, like Bob Murphy, who batted .422 to earn second-team AllAmerica. Then in 1968, Miller’s Falcons went 22-12 and reached the post season with a coveted NCAA regional tournament berth.
The Falcons finished the season ranked fifth nationally. The next two years saw a drop from that lofty season. In 1969, SPC faced Puget Sound and Portland State in a playoff for a shot at a regional berth — but ended its season at 15-15. Finally, alumnus Fred Grimm steered the team to a 6-18 record in 1970, after which the sport was permanently cut for budgetary reasons. During the program’s final season, games were played away from campus at Interbay Field and occasionally Sicks Stadium. It was one last reminder of how much the program struggled with visibility over the years, despite its general improvement. RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK
Coach
Year
Hugh Miner
1947
Harold McNeese
1948–52
Dale Parker
1953–56; 1962–66
Les Habegger
1957–59; 1961
Richard Kamm
1960
Lorin Miller
1967–69
Fred Grimm
1970
• “Big Will Sooter Fires a No-Hitter (1950–51) • “Baseball’s Greatest Season?” (1964–65) • “Baseball Team Sweeps UW, Goes to Regionals” (1967–68)
Loren Anderson, 1955-58
Sid Peterson, 1962-63
Bill Martino, 1955-56
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Baseball Varsity Letterwinners A Aldridge, Walter 1949 Alexander, Bob 1966-67 Alexander, Harold 1958 Ancheta, Rod 1959 Anderson, Arne 1958-59 Anderson, Greg 1969-70 Anderson, Loren 1955-58 Anderson, Steve 1965-67 Aubert, Bob 1954 B Baerwald, Daryl 1962-65 Baker, Stan 1964-65 Barnes, Ted 1959 Beckwith, Don 1970 Beery, Harland 1951; 1953 Bellmore, Jim 1953-54 Bellshaw, Bill 1965 Berg, Herb 1961 Bissett, Elmer 1949 Bivins, Earl 1951 Bivins, Richard 1947-50 Blowers, LaVerne 1959-62 Bostrom, George 1949 Bradford, Merle 1962-63 Broweleit, Dennis 1960-62 Buck, Bernard 1950-51 Buck, Bob 1964-65 Burgart, Lloyd 1956 Burrows, Bob 1969 C Call, Howard 1959-62 Cassell, Rhene 1949 Champion, Bob 1953 Chase, Dick 1960 Cheslik, Steve 1970 Cochrane, Gordon 1949 Cooper, Tom 1950-51 Craig, Barry 1968-69 Crawford, Don 1955 Crawford, Ed 1954-55 Crichton, David 1956 Cummings, Neil 1962-64 D Darrow, Ken 1956-57 Deebach, Frank 1963-64 DeKoker, Mel 1966 Demetre, Tom 1962-65 DeWeese, Dick 1955 DeYoung, Rod 1956 Dick, Ian 1969-70 Driver, Keith 1950-54 Driver, Ralph 1955 Dungan, Dan 1963 E Elliott, Marvin 1956-57 Ensign, Ron 1954
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F Fields, Ed 1968-69 Fisher, Paul 1966 Fitchett, Bill 1961 Fitchett, Bob 1961 Franklin, Ron 1970 Friesen, Bob 1960-62 G Gaines, Jerry 1955 George, Dave 1956-57 George, Gary 1954 Gildersleeve, Forbes 1953-54 Gish, Ivan 1954 Goertzen, Don 1950-53 Gresset, Greg 1970 Grimm, Fred 1966-69 Grimm, Roger 1967-70 Guier, Jim 1953 Gwilym, Mick 1968-70 H Haderli, Don 1968-70 Hall, Clark 1957 Hansen, Gary 1963 Hansen, Gordy 1966-69 Harkleroad, Bob 1963-66 Hayden, Paul 1970 Herzog, Ron 1954-59 Hill, Grant 1970 Hillbrick, Jim 1966 Hough, Bob 1957 I Isensee, Paul 1966 J James, Dick 1958-61 Jay, Bernie 1961 Jepson, Al 1953 Johnson, Gaylord 1954-56 Johnson, Jerry 1953 Johnson, Jim 1955 Johnson, Mark 1970 Johnson, Royal 1949 Jolly, Cliff 1959 K Keating, Denny 1964-65 Keller, Wayne 1949 Kemper, Bruce 1959 King, Greg 1953 Kleppin, Paul 1956 Knaplund, John 1957-60 Knight, Don 1966-68 Kreager, Dick 1964-65 Kulle, Skip 1959 L Laase, Ken 1962-65 Lee, Bob 1965-68 Leierer, James 1949-51
Leslie, John 1961-62 Lessley, Winston 1958-61 Lindstrom, Eugene 1949 Lingenfelter, Bob 1958-62 M Madison, Denny 1958 Mann, Ron 1961 Marquardt, Rick 1964-67 Marston, Bill 1955 Martino, Bill 1955-56 Martino, Mickey 1955-58 Massongill, Bob 1955-58 Matthews, Gary 1965,66 Maydea, Jack 1951 Mayhle, Marv 1951 McDonald, Cal 1957 McDonald, Mel 1970 Mogg, Dick 1958-60 Morris, Bob 1959-60 Moule, Jim 1970 Munsell, Terry 1967 Murch, Al 1966-68 Murphy, Bob 1965-68 Myers, Keith 1953 N Nass, Tom 1967 Nelson, Larry 1967-69 Nelson, Les 1954-55 Nienhuis, Donald 1951 Nutter, Glen 1951-55 O Oliver, Ken 1963-66 Oraker, Jim 1960 Orr, Dale 1962 Oslund, Carl 1949 Owen, Bill 1967-70 P Parente, Frank 1956-60 Parker, Dale 1947; 1949 Pederson, Sid 1962-63 Peterson, Laurie 1953 Pfister, Jay 1962 Phillips, Keith 1953-56 Pierce, Larry 1967-68 Pokorny, Richard 1949-51 Pope, Joe 1964 Pope, Scott 1968-70 Porter, Larry 1961-63
Riegel, Bob 1958-61 Rodlund, Dick 1950-51 Ryback, Pete 1962-65 S Sargent, Gordon 1969 Shockey, Nigel 1953-54 Sontag, Jack 1962 Sooter, Will 1951-52 Sowards, Phil 1963-66 Stangvik, Palmer 1955-58 Stangvik, Perry 1949-51 Stewart, Ed 1968-69 Stiles, Finney 1951 Stokes, Bob 1964-65 Strandt, Ron 1957 Stubbs, Gary 1963 Sykes, Cloy 1962-65 Syverson, Herb 1955-58 T Taylor, Jim 1966 Thomson, Don 1968 Tremain, Lloyd 1949 Trimble, Darrell 1955 Trudgeon, Leo 1956-57 W Waldbauer, Don 1964-67 Wallace, Jim 1957 Weedon, Fred 1959-62 Weeks, Doug 1958-61 Wesbrook, Cal 1956 Wesch, Bob 1953-54 Westeren, Ray 1955 Whalen, Tom 1956-57 Wick, Ron 1958 Wicklund, Harold 1949 Wright, Bob 1969 Wright, Don 1956-60 Y Yarno, Steve 1963-65 Z Zook, Art 1955
Q Quesnell, Larry 1967-70 R Reece, Gene 1954 Reid, Dean 1958-59 Renberg, Bob 1961 Renberg, Conrad 1 964 Richardson, Bill 1953
Perry Stangvik, 1949-51
Baseball Win-Loss Records 1947–1970 Year
Win
Loss
Year
Win
Loss
Year
Win
Loss
1947
3
4
Tie
1955
9
18
1963
13
9
1948
7
10
1956
9
10
1964
13
11
1949
15
14
1957
9
20
1965
12
8
1950
4
18
1958
14
12
1966
10
14
1951
11
11
1959
11
15
1967
19
9
1952
11
12
1960
7
15
1968
22
12
1953
10
12
1961
2
13
1969
16
15
1954
7
17
1962
6
14
1970
6
18
1
Tie
1
Tie
Statistical Highlights (as of 1968) Most Games Played Season 34 Gordy Hansen, Bob Murphy, 1968 Career 106 Bob Murphy, 1965-68 Most Innings Played Game 15 Eight Players vs. Seattle U, May 4, 1949 Season 262 Gordy Hansen, 1968 (34 games) Career 803 Bob Murphy, 1965-68 (106 games)
Hitting Most At-Bats Game Season Career Most Runs Game Season Career Most Hits Game Season Career
Most Runs Batted In 6 Three Players Game Season 30 Fred Grimm, 1968 (34 games) Career 62 Loren Anderson, 1955-58 (102 games) Best Batting Average Game 1.000 Eight Players (all 4 hits in 4 at-bats; Bob Murphy, 4 times, 1967) Season .441 Sid Pederson, 1962 (20 games), 30 hits in 68 at-bats Career .415 Sid Pederson, 1962-63 (39 games), 54 hits in 130 at-bats
Pitching 7 Gordon Cochrane, Wayne Keller, vs Seattle U, May 4, 1949 116 Roger Grimm, 1968 (34 games) 334 Bob Murphy, 1965-68 (106 games) 4 25 88
Five Players Roger Grimm, 1968 (34 games) Loren Anderson, 1955-58 (102 games)
4 13 Players (Bob Murphy, four times, 1967) 39 Gordy Hansen, 1968 (34 games) 117 Loren Anderson, 1955-58 (102 games)
Most Games Pitched Season 17 John Knaplund, 1959 (4 wins and 7 losses) Career 41 Don Waldbauer, 1964-67 (18 wins and 13 losses) Most Innings Pitched Game 15 Robert Bivins vs Seattle U, May 14, 1949 Season 103 Robert Bivins, 1949 (16 games) 213 Don Waldbauer, 1964-67 (41 games) Career Most At-Bats Against 50 Robert Bivins vs Seattle U, May 14, 1949 Game Season 385 Robert Bivins, 1949 (16 games) Career 826 Don Waldbauer, 1964-67 (41 games)
Most Doubles Game Season Career
2 9 21
Eight Players Daryl Baerwald, 1965 (20 games) Daryl Baerwald, 1962-65 (87 games)
Most Home Runs Given Up Game 3 Don Waldbauer vs Portland State, Apr. 14, 1967 Season 7 Ken Laase, 1963 (9 games) Career 13 Don Waldbauer, 1964-67 (41 games)
Most Triples Game Season Career
2 7 16
Three Players Loren Anderson, 1955 (27 games) Loren Anderson, 1955-58 (102 games)
Most Walks Given Up Game 13 John Knaplund vs Seattle U, Apr. 21, 1959 Season 63 Ron Strandt, 1957 (15 games) 128 John Knaplund, 1958-60 (36 games) Career
Most Home Runs Game 2 Season 7 Career 13 Most Walks Game Season Career
Four Players Daryl Baerwald, 1963 (23 games) Daryl Baerwald, 1962-65 (87 games)
4 Loren Anderson vs Sandpoint NAS, Apr. 23, 1957; and vs Whitworth, Apr. 12, 1958 30 Loren Anderson, 1958 (27 games) 83 Loren Anderson, 1955-58 (102 games)
Most Stolen Bases Game 8 21 Season Career 67
Dave George vs Sandpoint NAS, Apr. 23, 1957 Loren Anderson, 1957 (29 games) Loren Anderson, 1955-58 (102 games)
Most Strike Outs Game 4 Season 28 Career 62
Three Players Dave George, 1957 (29 games) John Knaplund, 1957-1960 (89 games)
Most Total Bases Game 10 Doug Weeks vs Eastern Washington College of Education, Apr. 21, 1961 (2 singles and 2 home runs) Season 58 Bob Murphy, 1967 (28 games) Career 175 Loren Anderson, 1955-58 (102 games)
Most Strike Outs Game 15 Dick Kreager vs Saint Martin’s, May 17, 1965 (7 IP); Ed Fields vs. Pacific Lutheran, May 14, 1968 (9 IP) Season 108 Robert Bivins, 1949 (16 games, 103 IP) Career --- Don Waldbauer, 1964-67 (41 games, 213 1/3 IP) Lowest Earned Run Average (ERA) Over Nine Innings Season 1.42 Larry Nelson, 1968 (12 games, 11 earned runs, 69 2/3 IP) Career 2.36 Don Waldbauer, 1964-67 (41 games, 56 earned runs, 213 1/3 IP) Most Shutouts Season Career
3 4
Larry Nelson, 1967 (11 games) Larry Nelson, 1967-69 (23 games)
Most Complete Games Season 10 Mickey Martino, 1958 (10 starts, 13 games) Career 20 John Knaplund, 1958-60 (24 starts, 36 games) Most Wins Season Career
9 18
Robert Bivins, 1949 (16 games, 5 losses) Don Waldbauer, 1964-67 (41 games, 13 losses)
Best Win-Loss Record Season 6-1 Don Waldbauer, 1967 (9 games) Career 6-3 Dick Kreager, 1964-65 (13 games) No-Hit Games Will Sooter vs. Puget Sound, 1951 (8-0) Bill Owen vs. Saint Martin’s, 1968 (7-0)
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Men’s Basketball History Basketball Nets Popularity Despite Early Church Ban Basketball has been a popular sport at Seattle Pacific dating back to the University’s early days. For the first few decades, though, intramural games represented the only form of competitive play. This stemmed from the Free Methodist Church’s ban on its colleges
The fledging basketball program developed under its next coaches, Hugh Miner and Harold (Hal) McNeese. Particularly under McNeese, the school’s first fulltime athletic director and coach, SPC went from the shadows of local sports to recognition among the small-college ranks — though its win totals remained uneven. The 1950s saw a significant bounce for men’s basketball under Ken Foreman, SPC’s athletic director and head coach. With the approval of the church and the administration, Foreman oversaw the building of a new athletics facility and Loren Anderson’s retired jersey (No. 5) is displayed in Brougham Pavilion. gymnasium — participating in intercollegiate Royal Brougham Pavilion. Better athletics. facilities aided the team, as did an During the 1933–34 academic expanded schedule once Seattle year, Wesley Bratton, an assistant Pacific affiliated with the National professor in physical education, Association of Intercollegiate led SPC in an eight-game season Athletics. In 1957, Les Habegger among four college teams (going succeeded Foreman as coach, 7-1 in the process). The following and proceeded to lead SPU to the year he changed back to a schedNAIA playoffs three of his first ule of contests with local churches four years. Standout player Loren and service clubs, presumably due Anderson — who holds records to the ongoing prohibition. Then in in single game and career scoring 1943, owing in part to an effort by — also was instrumental in the SPC President C. Hoyt Watson, the Falcons’ rise during this period. church lifted its ban on intercolIn 1962, the men’s basketball legiate athletics for most sports. team was snubbed by the regional Basketball became the first team NAIA tournament committee, so SPC fielded, led for two seasons SPC’s administration approved by Professor Wesley Walls. Habegger to align the program 156
with the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Under Habegger, the Falcons emerged as a regional power and national contender, qualifying for the NCAA tournament five times between 1962 and 1972. The Falcons reached the quarterfinal round in 1965 during this period, guided by the rebounding and sharp shooting of Howard Heppner, SPC’s first All-American. The next two decades saw mostly winning seasons from the Falcons and their succession of coaches, but few postseason appearances. During this period, Seattle Pacific also went from being an NCAA-independent school to a charter member in the Great Northwest Conference in 1982. A decade later, the GNC turned into the Pacific West Conference, and SPU’s men’s basketball program turned into a regional power once again. The catalyst this time was Ken Bone, the first alumnus to coach the team. During Bone’s 12-year tenure, Seattle Pacific either tied for first place or won conference championships six times, and the Falcons qualified for the NCAA playoffs eight of Bone’s last nine seasons. At their pinnacle under Bone, the team reached the NCAA Division II’s Final Four in 2000. In 2001, SPU and nine other schools left the PWC to form the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. A year later, Coach Bone left to be an assistant for the Washington Huskies. Seattle Pacific elevated Bone’s longtime assistant, Jeff Hironaka, into the head coach role. Hironaka at the time was just the second Asian
American to coach a four-year men’s collegiate program. A few years after succeeding Bone, Hironaka had SPU back in the NCAA 2006 Final Four. Ryan Looney assumed the reins in 2009. In the 2010s, Looney’s teams made seven straight NCAA tournament appearances and two West Region championship games. After his resignation in 2016, assistant Grant Leep became head coach. Leep continues to build on the strong foundation of Falcon men’s basketball — a foundation that includes the longest NCAA Division II affiliation of any other Northwest school, and 27 NCAA tournament appearances overall, more than any other GNAC member. RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “Sling-Shot Win Sparks Record-Setting Season” (1965–66) • “High-Flying Falcons Reach First-Ever Final Four” (1999–2000) • “Falcon Men Work Together Into the Final Four” (2005–06)
Mel Gimmaka, 1965-67
Coach
Year
Record
Wesley Bratton
1933–34
7-1
Wesley Walls*
1944–45
55-19
Hugh Miner
1946–47
17-42
Harold McNeese
1948–52
56-80
Ken Foreman
1953–57
51-76
Les Habegger
1958–74
272-176
Keith Swagerty
1975–80
87-75
Jim Poteet
1981–84
65-51
Claude Terry
1985–90
79-91
Ken Bone
1991–2002
253-97
Jeff Hironaka
2003–09
134-67
Ryan Looney
2010–16
164-51
Grant Leep
2017–
* Walls was replaced by Phillip Ashton for part of the season
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Men’s Basketball Varsity Letterwinners A Abbott, Dave 1943 Abhold, Tim 1969-70 Adams, Marshall 1942-43 Ainsworth, Mark 1989 Ancheta, Rod 1960-63 Anderson, Alfred 1984-85 Anderson, Bob 1957-58 Anderson, Jake 2009-12 Anderson, Jon 1970 Anderson, Loren 1955-58 Anderson, Orville 1957-59 Anderson, Steve 1967 Anderson, Tony 1979 Ansted, Bud 1944-46 Arnold, Al 1966-71 Ashton, Dick 1942; 1947 Aubert, Bob 1955-57 Aumann, John 1970-71 Aziz, Yusef 2002-03 B Backen, Kelsey 1998 Ballard, Jim 1970-73 Banchero, Chris 2008-11 Bannish, Matt 1984-85 Barmore, Dennis 1988-89 Barrett, Brad 1981-84 Bartlett, Bob 1961-62 Bateman, Don 1946 Beach, Brad 1978-81 Beede, Jordan 2004 Beegle, Keith 1947 Been, Dirk 1995-98 Behrens, Joshua 1995; 1997 Bellessa, Aaron 1998-02 Bench, Chris 2016 Betu, Oliver-Paul 2015-16 Binetti, Tony 2003-06 Bireline, Dave 1979-82 Birkle, Matt 2005 Blair, Doug 1987 Bollinger, Ron 1984 Bone, Ken 1981-82 Bone, Len 1973-77 Borton, John 1970-72 Borton, Matt 2014-15 Bowerman, Jay 1959-60 Bradford, Merle 1963-64 Bradley, Elmer 1952-53 Bramlette, Nate 2001 Brandsma, Rick 1970 Breig, David 1988; 1990 Bremerman, Dustin 2004-07 Brockman, Gordon 1973-76 Brooks, Dan 1992 Broweleit, Denny 1961-63 Brown, Cliff 1984 Brown, Ed 1969-71 Brown, Jerry 1975 Brown, Tony 1984-87
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Brownrigg, Scott 1992 Bukoski, Jeff 1997-2000 Bulgin, Bud 1966-68 Burdick, Gordon 1948-49 Burkland, Dale 1943 Burrows, Bob 1968-69 Bushmaker, Mike 2003-06 Byers, Charlie 1953-54 Bylsma, Bud 1951 C Campanaro, Chauncey 2009-10 Campbell, Darwin 1967-69 Campbell, Roland 1975-78 Campbell, Scott 1990-93 Carel, Riley 2011-12 Carnevali, Gary 1963-65 Carroll, Brendan 2013-16 Carter, Chuck 1996-99 Case, Jeff 1975-78 Cassell, Rhene 1950 Cato, Maurice 2002-03 Cavell, Harry 2016 Channing, Kent 1994-96 Chivers, Jason 2003-05 Christianson, Mark 1978-79 Claridge, Dan 1998-99 Clark, David 1988-91 Clyde, Jerry 1958-60 Cochrane, Gordon 1947-50 Cohen, Chris 2001-04 Collins, Cisco 1980 Collins, Ken 1952 Collord, Mike 1979-80 Colosimo, Gabe 2016 Cooper, Jason 1999 Cornelius, Bill 1993 Cottrill, George 1947 Cox, Dave 1972-73 Crawford, Harold 1944-47
Crow, Dean 1977-78 Crow, John 1963-65 Cutler, Elwyn 1945-46 D Dailey, George 1943 Darrow, Ken 1957 Davies, Dave 1989-92 Davies, Ed 1989-92 Deal, Brady 1994-97 DeHart, Don 1971-74 DeKoning, Elvin 1963-65 Delamarter, Guy 1944-46 Denton, Jon 1985-86 Derby, Don 1953-57 DeWeese, Dick 1955-56 Deyoung, Rod 1956 Dibble, Wayne 1991-92 Diederichs, Rob 2007-10 Dierickx, Giles 2016 Dillery, Ed 1953 Dohner, Charles 1947-50 Dorman, Jeff 2011-12 Douglas, Jim 1960-61 Downs, David 2011-14 Downs, Gary 1974 Downs, Jeff 2008-11 Downs, Mike 1974-77 Driver, Keith 1954 Duggins, Willie 1994 Dunham, Tommie 1993-94 E Eberly, Sherwin 1947 Echols, Marques 2007-08 Edmundson, Thurman 1961 Egger, Adrian 2001 Ehlers, Jake 2014 Eiesenhower, Hunter 2016-17 Eisinger, Todd 1978 Enfield, Jess 1995 Erickson, James 1987-90 Esperson, Jeff 1980-83 Evans, Erik 1987 F Fagerstrom, Buzzy 1986-87 Fee, Gordon 1953 Fein, Terry 1964-66 Fleming, Dan 1974 Foreman, Clyde 1969 Foreman, Mel 1942 Fox, Abe 1999-01 Frey, Jim 1985-86 Fuller, Milt 1962
Brad Barrett, 1981-84
G Gabelein, Tim 2004-06 George, Al 1975-76 George, Dave 1956-57 Gildersleeve, Forbes 1955
Gilreath, Jeff 1981-83 Gimmaka, Mel 1965-67 Gish, Ivan 1954-55 Glancy, John 1968-70 Goertzen, Don 1952-53 Gomes, Sergio 1990-91 Guier, Jim 1952-55 Gullberg, Grant 1964-66 Gustafson, Don 1971 Guyer, Clifford 1944 H Habegger, Gary 1964-66 Haderli, Don 1969-71 Hall, Stan 1944-46 Hambly, Jay 1970-72 Hamlin, Luke 2013-14 Hamman, Dan 1981-83 Hanks, Herb 1945-46 Hansen, Dave 1973 Harris, Adam 2000-03 Harris, Robert 1977-79 Hathaway, Bob 1959-60 Haukoos, Merlin 1961 Hedges, Dick 1955-57 Heppner, Howard 1963-66 Heutink, Rocky 1976-77 Hill, Bill 1965 Hillbrick Jim 1966-67 Hilliard, Jim 1969-71 Hiner, Bill 1955 Hoisington, Doug 1978-80 Hoisington, Greg 1979-82 Holmer, Dave 1966-67 Holtgeerts, Jeff 1982-85 Hooper, Clint 1967-68 Hoover, Jed 1978 Hope, Grant 2009-11 Horton, Jim 1954-56 Hoskins, Jack 1951 Howell, Dean 1948-50 Hubbard, John 2000-01 Hudgins, Drake 1999-2000 Hughes, Don 1954-57 Hunter, Dave 1973-74 Hutsen, Cory 2012-15 Hyde, Odell 1947 I Isakson, Brian 1992-93 Iverson, Verlyn 1957 J Jackson, C.D. 1977-78 Jackson, JoJay 2007-08 James, Ron 1958-59 Jammerman, Troy 1992-93 Jenkins, Dan 1985 Jerman, Max 1955-56 Johnson, Carl 1992-94 Johnson, Jackie 1989-90 Johnson, Kevin 2016 Johnson, Matt 2008 Johnson, Nick 1999-2002
Johnson, Royal 1947 Johnson, Trustin 2009 Jones, Bob 1971-72 Jones, Derek 1977 Jones, Stephen 2008 Jordan, Josh 2013-14 Jurgens, Bill 1951 K Kahn, Sharif 2017 Karman, Dave 1987 Kearney, Paul 1954 Keely, Jesse 2001-03 Kendall, Elmer 1953 King, Warren 1993-96 Kingma, Gregg 1980-83 Kinloch, Jason 1993 Kispert, Craig 1985-88 Knapland, John 1957; 1959 Knudson, Jeff 2003-06 Knutson, Mike 1982 Koller, Gil 1943; 1948-49 Krause, Ben 1975-76 L Lancaster, Jim 1958-61 Lance, Dirk 1983-84 Lance, Russell 1954 Langley, Bruce 1961-63 Larrieu, Brandon 2007-10 Larson, Eric 1990-91 Lawson, Kyle 1993 Leadon, Kory 1997-2000 Leavens, Ross 1984 Leavitt, Bryce 2015-16 Lee, Jordan 2002-05 Leierer, James 1949; 1951 Levy, Darrin 1987-88 Lince, Brent 1981-84 Line, Jerry 1979; 1981 Lindemuth, Marvin 1949 Lingren, Wes 1951-52 Long, Gavin 2016 Love, Doug 1971-73 Lovrak, Eric 1991-95 Lynch, Brian 2006-07 Lyski, Wayne 1962-63 M MacDonald, Jack 1945-46 MacDonald, Malcolm 1944 Magee, Duane 1949-51 Manahl, Scott 1980-83 Marshall, Robin 1980-83 Marston, Bill 1955-58 Martino, Mickey 1955-58 Mathews, Meredith 1964 Matzen, Drew 2004-07 Maxfield, Brian 1972 McBroom, Jeff 1996-99 McCallum, Earl 1950 McCauley, Eric 1996-99 McCloud, Beau 1979-80 McDaniel, Brad 1991-92
McDonald, Mel 1968-70 McGilvery, LaFelle 1994-95 McHugh, Mark 2009-10 McKay, Ritchie 1985-87 Meyerding, Todd 1997 Mikkelson, Lowell 1950-52 Miller, Stan 1961 Miller, Tony 2017 Miller, Trey 2017 Moffitt, Dave 1963-65 Moffitt, John 1959-62 Mogg, Dick 1958-60 Moll, Kellan 2009-12 Moreira, Rafael 2009-10 Morris, Bob 1959-62 Morse, Eric 2014-15 Morse, Scott 2010-13 Moultrie, Jared 2006-08 Muhic, Christian 1995 Mulligan, Leroy 1945-47 Myron, Bill 1942-43 N Nelson, Mel 1952 Nelson, Robert 1949-50 Newton, Keith 1966-67 Niang, Modou 2011-12 Norvdtvedt, Tom 1943 Nutley, Paul 1984 Nybo, Stan 1975-77 O Oraker, Jim 1960-62 Overland, Norm 1944 Owen, Bill 1968-69 P Packard, Darrell 1988-89 Parker, Dale 1948-51 Parker, Ted 1959 Parker, Will 2014-17 Patzer, Dick 1967-69 Paul, Reggie 1993-94 Pearson, Brian 1986-88 Peeler, Al 1973-74 Penner, Mitch 2013-16 Perry, Joe 1969 Peterson, Laurie 1952-53 Peterson, Phil 1967-68 Petrie, Art 1942 Petticord, Dan 1963-65 Phillips, Keith 1953-55 Ping, Geoff 1994-97 Poling, Andy 2011-13 Pope, Joe 1966-67 Popovic, Filip 2007-08 Poulsen, EJ 2014-17 Price, Harry 1947 Q Quall, Bob 1958-59 Quandt, Mark 1986-87 Quesnell, Larry 1968-70 Quinine, Donte 2000
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R Raffle, Jim 1970 Rasmussen, Joe 2014-17 Rawls, Twayne 1989-90 Reece, Gene 1954 Reed, Casey 2007; 2009 Reed, Taylor 2009 Reich, Mark 1978-79 Reid, Shawn 2013-15 Renick, Harry 1955-56 Richards, Ron 1956 Riedberger, Cory 1998 Riggs, Maurice 1992 Robbins, Bob 1953-56 Robeck, Jim 1952-54 Robertson, Ajene 1997-98 Robinson, Tony 1986-87 Rochelle, Bob 1958-61 Roiko, Phil 1985-86 Rolfness, Scott 1986-89 Ronhaar, Dean 1972; 1974-75 Root, Leonard 1947-50 Rosemond, Yasir 2000 Rumppe, Dave 1964-66 S Sandrin, Daniel 2001-03 Sandrin, Eric 2001-02 Scheffler, Ben 1994-98 Schellenberg, Ben 1958-60 Scholten, Dwayne 1983-84 Schreckenghost, Russ 1974 Schwartz, Clay 1991 Selby, Dan 1995; 1997 Shephard, Emile 1995-96 Shields, Robert 1944 Shockey, Nigel 1953-54 Silveira, Caio 1990-91 Simon, Patrick 2013-14 Simpson, Sam 2015-17 Singleton, Richard 1979 Skogstad, Ryan 1999-2000 Skow, Nate 1979-81 Smith, Dick 1965-66 Smith, Gordon 1943; 1947 Smith, Joe 1947 Soft, Max 1990 Sowards, Ryan 1993; 1998-99 Spaid, Mike 1979 Starkey, Eldon 1942 Starks, Tyrone 1972 Steele, Ralph 2004-05 Stickney, Wes 1944-46 Stiles, Finney 1952-53 Stockton, Riley 2012-15 Stone, Brannon 1999-2002 Stone, Jeff 1972-74 Stream, Mark 1973-74 Streufert, Nathan 2015-17 Stuckey, Ivory 1978-81 Stump, Glenn 1983-85 Sundberg, Joe 2002 Sundquist, Mark 1985-88 Sutphin, Evert 1968-69
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Swanson, Garrett 2015-16 Sweet, Ryan 2010-11 Swinney, Neil 1992-94 T Taylor, Tommy 1978 Thayer, Rob 1975-78 Todd, Ryan 2011-14 Townsend, Nate 1973-76 Traina, Bob 1967-68 Trutman, Lee 1977 Turnidge, Eldon 1942 V Valezi, Ricardo 1993-94 Van der Veen, Eric 1994-95 Van Dyken, Conner 2016-17 Vancil, Jeff 1972-73 VanDyke, John 1986-88 Vinson, Jeff 1988 Vranes, Colby 2009-10 W Walker, Darrell 2001 Wall, Jobi 2012-13 Wallenberg, Randy 1973 Walls, Kelly 1988 Wardell, Adam 2007-10 Warriner, Herb 1942 Washburn, Josh 2011-12 Weber-Brader, Alex 2012-13 Weedman, Carey 1972-75 Wells, Ray 1945-47 Whalen, Tom 1956 Wiganosky, Dave 1984-85 Wiggens, Gene 1952-54 Will, Rob 2006-08 Williams, Anthony 1992 Williams, Chad 2004-06 Wills, Dave 1983 Wilson, Don 1945-46 Wold, Andy 1961-64 Wood, Duke 1989 Woodard, Gene 2000-03 Woods, Keith 1977-78 Wooten, Coleman 2015-17 Wortman, Dave 1959-62 Wortman, Gary 1960-63 Wright, Bob 1948 Wright, Bob 1970
Al George, 1975-76
Y Yeager, Bill 1967-68 Young, Keith 1997 Yuen, Austin 2004-07 Z Zabukovec, Bruce 1995-2000 Zevenbergergen, Phil 1983 Zimmerman, Ray 1978 Zylstra, Art 1942 Matt Borton, 2014-15
Men’s Basketball All-Time Individual Records Points Game Season Career
54 Loren Anderson vs. Saint Martin’s, Feb. 22, 1958 754 Jeff McBroom, 1998-99 1,948 Loren Anderson, 1955-58 (103 games)
Scoring Average 24.3 Season Career 18.9
Jeff McBroom (754 in 31 games), 1998-99 Loren Anderson (1948 in 103 games), 1955-58
Rebounds Game Season Career
25 334 1,095
Orville Anderson vs. Portland State, Feb. 7, 1958 Jim Ballard, 1971-72 Howard Heppner, 1962-66
Rebound Average Season 11.9 Career 10.3
Jim Ballard (334 in 28 games), 1971-72 Howard Heppner (1,095 in 106 games), 1962-66
Field Goal Percentage 1.000 Rob Will (13-13) vs. Alaska Fairbanks, Feb. 28, 2008 Game Season .673 Carl Johnson (150-223), 1993-94 Career .641 Carl Johnson (396-618), 1991-94
Assists Game Season Career
3-Point Field Goals Game 10 Season 120 Career 259
Blocked Shots Game 9 Rob Will vs. Cal State L.A., Nov. 17, 2006 Season 97 Brannon Stone, 1998-99 Career 272 Brannon Stone, 1999-2002
Patrick Simon at San Francisco State, Nov. 29, 2013 Jeff McBroom, 1998-99 Jeff McBroom, 1996-99
3-Point Field Goal Percentage Game 1.000 Sergio Gomes (6-6) vs. Northwest Nazarene, Feb. 3, 1990 Season .556 Dennis Barmore (35-63), 1988-89 Career .476 Adam Harris (60-126), 1999-2003
Steals Game Season Career
19 Rob Diederichs vs. Central Washington, Feb. 25, 2010 219 Roland Campbell, 1976-77 573 Robin Marshall, 1980-83
10 69 192
Ritchie McKay vs. Pacific Lutheran, Dec. 27, 1986 Twayne Rawls, 1988-89 Scott Campbell, 1990-93
Free Throw Percentage Game 1.000 Loren Anderson (14-14) vs. Saint Martin’s, Feb. 22, 1958 1.000 David Downs (14-14) vs. MSU Billings, Feb. 18, 2012 Season .912 Ralph Steele (52-57), 2004-05 Career .912 Ralph Steele (134-147), 2003-2005
All-Time Team Records Most Points 128 Game 124 GNAC Game Season 2,788
vs. Colorado Christian, Nov. 27, 1998 vs. Northwest Nazarene, Dec. 13, 2005 1999-2000 (32 games)
Scoring Average Season Highest 89.6 Season Lowest 51.9
1988-89 (2,510 in 28 games 1946-47 (1,191 in 23 games)
Fewest Points Game 31 1,330 Season
vs. Seattle University, 1948-49 1950-51 (24 games)
Most Points Allowed Game 130 vs. Montana State Billings, Feb. 14, 1998 (91-130) Season 2,537 2005-06 (32 games) Fewest Points Allowed Game 31 vs. Saint Martin’s, 1950-51 Season 1,544 1962-63 (26 games) Opponent Scoring Average Season Highest 81.7 1984-85 (2,288 in 28 games) Season Lowest 61.8 1962-63 (1,544 in 25 games) Field Goals Game Season
50 975
vs. Northwest Nazarene, Dec. 31, 2005 (79 attempts) 1985-86 (1,970 attempts)
Field Goals Attempted Game 97 vs. Westmont, Feb. 16, 1968 (made 48)) 1,995 1965-66 (made 949) Season Field Goal Percentage Game .712 vs. BYU-Hawaii, Jan. 29, 2000 (37-52) Season .537 1983-84 (933-1,738) 3-Point Field Goals Game 23 309 Season
vs. Colorado Christian, Nov. 27, 1998 1998-99 (of 797)
3-Point Field Goals Attempted Game 47 vs. Western New Mexico, Jan. 30, 1999 Season 797 1998-99 (made 309) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Game .792 at San Francisco State, Nov. 29, 2013 (19-24) .493 1988-89 (103-209) Season Free Throws Game Season
41 598
Free Throws Attempted 52 vs. Whitworth, Feb. 1, 1958 (made 36) Game vs. Western Washington, Mar. 4, 1961 (made 31) vs. Western Washington (Mar. 3, 2000 (made 41) Season 870 1955-56 (made 571) Free Throw Percentage 1.000 vs. Central Washington, Feb. 20, 1973 (19-19) Game (no misses) Game (min. 20 attempts) .950 vs. Northwest Nazarene, Jan. 17, 2004 (19-20) Season .794 2003-04 (455-573) Rebounds Game 81 61 GNAC Game Season 1,457
vs. Central Washington, Feb. 20, 1973 vs. Alaska Fairbanks, Jan. 5, 2012 1963-64 (27 games)
Rebound Average 54.0 Season
1963-64 (1,457 in 27 games)
Assists Game Season
vs. Northwest Nazarene, Dec. 31, 2005 1985-86 (31 games)
38 616
Blocked Shots Game 11 11 164 Season
vs. Simon Fraser, Dec. 3, 1998 vs. Cal State L.A., Nov. 17, 2006 1999-2000 (32 games)
Steals Game Season
vs. Northwest College, Nov. 11, 1994 vs. Lock Haven, Nov. 17, 2001 vs. Western Washington, Jan. 11, 2003 1999-2000 (32 games)
19 19 19 284
Wins and Losses Season Wins 27 1999-2000 and 2012-13 Fewest Losses 4 2012-13 Most Losses 19 1984-85 Highest Winning Percentage .871 2012-13 15 2001-02 Consecutive Wins 8 1953-54 and 1957-58 Consecutive Losses 12 1948-49 (over two seasons) Largest Margin of Victory 66 Nov. 24, 2014 (SPU 119, Northwest Indian College 53) 65 Feb. 15, 1989 (SPU 118, Northwest College 53) Largest Margin of Defeat 48 Feb. 14, 1958 (Gonzaga 114, SPU 66)
vs. Western Washington, Mar. 3, 2000 1954-55 (of 869)
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Women’s Basketball History Falcons Pick and Roll to Varsity Status Women’s basketball began as an intramural sport at Seattle Pacific in 1928. Elevated to club status a few years later, records show the SPC women’s basketball club competed in the Girls Athletic Association, which was divided among college and high schoolage teams. They competed on an
seasons, the Lady Falcons achieved winning records and made the postseason twice, while continuing to compete favorably again Division I schools such as the UW, Oregon, and the University of Montana. In 1978 — following two years of coaching under Husted and one year under legendary decathlete Steve Gough — the program entered a period of up-and-down years during the coaching tenures of Ann Steffen and Nels Hawkinson. With his arrival in 1987, Gordy Presnell guided the program to a winning season 1975–76 Team: (Front row, kneeling) Cathy Sandidge, Sonja Bennett, Kim Baker, Sharon Barker, Karen Kimber, Mary Nazarenus (Second) Tom Day (assistant coach), for the first time Barb Berry, Sherry Geiger, Marilyn Pinneo, Lynne Nutley, Janis Kendrick, Gerean in a decade. In Baginski, Virginia Husted (coach), Dorothy Pogge (manager) (Back) Patty Schrag, his second year, Cid Buck, Pam Spencer, Kelly Martinson, Barb Engebretsen, Beth Stenger Presnell and the earthen-floor court in an open-air Falcon women got their first taste structure where Moyer Hall curof March Madness when they rently stands. Women’s basketball advanced to the second round of remained a club sport for nearly the NAIA district tournament. Yet 50 years, finally achieving varsity in 1991, SPU switched its affiliastatus in 1975. tion to the NCAA Division II, and Coached by former Falcon the stiffer competition required Track Club star Virginia Husted, Presnell to make adjustments. the “Lady Falcons” hit the hardIn 1995, the Falcons played in woods running in 1975 by beating the NCAA tournament for the first the University of Washington time. From there, Presnell built and defending regional champion the women’s basketball program Boise State, both on the road. into a powerhouse for the next SPC ultimately won two of three decade, with multiple trips to the games against the Huskies that postseason and an appearance year, went 15-7, and reached the in the nationally televised 2005 regional-qualifying tournament in NCAA championship game — their inaugural season. after which Presnell resigned to Indeed, in their first three become the head coach for Boise 162
State’s women’s program. All told, over 18 seasons at SPU, Presnell coached the women’s program to six conference titles, three regional championships, and 14 postseason appearances, with nine consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament in his last nine years. Presnell’s successor, Julie (van Beek) Heisey, picked right up where he left off. In 2006, her first team advanced to the West title game. The next few years brought trips to the postseason, and in 2010, the Falcon women made their first appearance in the Elite Eight since 2005. After that, Heisey’s teams continued to turn in winning seasons, but injuries and other setbacks kept the postseason just out of reach. In 2018, Heisey stepped down after 13 years at the helm, leaving the next chapter in the history of Falcon women’s basketball to her assistant, Mike Simonson.
Courtney Hollander, 2015-17
Coach
Year
Overall Record
Virginia Husted
1976–77
29-17
RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “SPU Women Experience March Madness” (1988–89)
Steve Gough
1978
14-9
Ann Steffen
1979–82
26-76
Nels Hawkinson
1983–87
57-81
Gordy Presnell
1988–2005
396-127
Julie (van Beek) Heisey
2006–18
248-97
Mike Simonson
2019–
• “Falcon Women Reach NCAA Championship Game” (2004–05) • “Women’s Basketball Wins Regionals, Plays in Elite Eight” (2009–10)
Katie Benson, 2011-14
Daesha Henderson, 2007-10
Aubree Callen, 2011-14
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Women’s Basketball Letterwinners A Adams, Liz 1993 Ahrnsbrak, Julie 1989-92 Albert, Jaylee 2016-17 Andreasen, Amanda 1996-97 B Baggerly, Marla 1987 Baginski, Gerean 1976-78 Bajema, Leanne 1990-91 Baker, Kim 1976-77 Balogh, Gus 1998-2001 Barker, Sharon 1976-78 Barnes, Lily 1983 Barnes, Mechela 2013-14 Barrett, Kelly 1987 Beard, Becka 2000-01 Beaumont, Michelle 2002-05 Beck, Sofia 1984-85 Bennett, Sonja 1976-79 Benson, Katie 2011-14 Benson, Sydney 2010 Berberian, Ann 2001 Berglund, Kelley 2002-03 Berry, Barb 1976 Best, Nancy 1988 Biag, Lynn 1978-79 Bierlink, Brenda 1981 Black, Diane 1983-86 Bland, Shauna 1997-99 Blott, Monique 1991-92 Bode, Michelle 1990 Boettger, Sarah 1998 Bolton, Jan 1989-92 Bowen, Brooke 2013 Boyd, Valerie 1999-2000 Brewe, Quinn 2005 Bright, Riann 1996 Broderick, Katrina 1985-87 Brough, Stacy 1997-99 Bruland, Laura 1996-97 Buck, Cid 1977 Bucklin, Heather 1989 Buma, Robin 1981-82 Burnap, Patty 1978 Burns, Kelsey 2008-09 Buss, Heidi 1984 Butler, Riley 2011-14 C Cadotte, Ashley 2002 Callen, Aubree 2011-14 Cannon, Lisa 2007; 2009 Carlson, Kristen 1996-97 Casimir, DeMecia 2003 Christensen, Beth 2005-08 Christensen, Jessie 2005-08 Clawson, Jamie 1991-92 Clem, Janelle 1994-95 Cortel, Jennifer 1985 Cummings, Kym 1978 D Doser, Lois 1979 Daniel, Kirsten 1999-2001 Duffin, Mackenzie 2002; 2004 E Eckert, Tammy 1983
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Engebretsen, Barb 1976-78 Evans, Riley 2016-17 F Faber, Sara 1994 Faurholt, Emily 2002 Fenner, Elizabeth 1992-95 Fielding, Autumn 2005-07 Flikkema, Lorinda 1991-94 Ford, Elisabeth 1992-95 Foster, Janelle 1987 Fried, Angie 1992 Frisbee, Julie 1980 Fukuma, Joann 1985-88 G Gabriel, Cyndi 1980 Garis, Autumn 2003 Garrison, Gwen 1984 Geiger, Sherry 1977 Giles, Tracy 1980-81 Gorman, McKayla 2009-12 Grager, Molly 2013-16 Granger, Bettina 1987 Grant, Carli (Smith) 2003-06 Grice, Ellen 1997 Griffith, Michelle 1982 Grisley, Jane 2016-17 Guppy, Liz 1998-01 Gustafson, Valerie 2001-04 H Haag, Rhonda 1982 Haining, Julia 2014-17 Hall, Michelle 1982 Hamilton, Debbie 1979 Hanson, Susan 1984 Harazin, Jordan 2009-12 Heinly, Caitlin 2014-15 Henderson, Daesha 2007-10 Hermanson, Trisha 2002-05 Hill, Kelsey 2006-09 Hill, Lorri 1985 Hingston, Madi 2017 Hogan-Corbett, Janie 1994 Hoisington, Megan 2007-10 Holland, Shannon 1978-81 Hollander, Courtney 2015-17 Hollands, Jackie 2006-08 Holme, Jana 1998-2001 Hostetter, Karen 1985-86 Hubbard, Diane 1982 Huffman, Gwyn 1981-83 Hughes, Kerie 2000-03 I Isaacson, Jill 2002 J Jacob, Tara 2004 Jarvits, Linnea 1994-97 Jensen, Cindi 1999 Johnson, Linda 1986-89 Jurges, Beth 1998 K Kamerzell, Jody 1988 Kendrick, Janis 1976 Kettel, Kim 1993 Kimber, Karen 1976
Kingma, Betsy 2011-14 Konsmo, Kristi 1993-94 Konsmo, Nancy 1994-96 Kroon, Brittney 2003-06 Kuipers, Wendy 1997-98 Kunkel, Jennifer 1994-95 L LaRue, Chris 1978 Lasconia, Brianne 2013-16 Leach, Judy 1982-85 Lee, Lindsay 2015-17 Lindberg, Ali 1992-93 Lindberg, Erica 1994-97 Lindberg, Tosca 1990-93 Lockenvitz, Sarah 1995 Luczon, Esther 1977 Luethe, Evelyn 1987 Lukasiewicz, Stacey 2014-17 Lukkes, Stacie 2000-03 M Magnuson, Libby 2007-08 Maloney, Maddie 2008-11 Marrinier, Janet 1985-86 Marshall, Amy 1991 Marshall, Shaun 1985-87 Martin, Melinda 1982 Martinson, Kelly 1976 McConnell, Kathy 1985 McMullen, Amy 1992-93 McPhee, Jordan 2015-17 Menkens, Jessie 2006-07 Meppelink, Cheryle 1984-85 Michelson, Denise 1980-82 Miller, Ashley 2000 Miller, Debbie 1995; 1997-98 Mitchell, Lynn 1981 Mocherman, Andrea 1993 Morawek, Caryn 1986-90 Morris, DeAnna 1991-92 Moudy, Katrina 1992-93 Murray, Erica 1994 Murray, Rachel 2010-13 N Nazarenus, Mary 1977 Nelson, Carrie 1991 Nicolaysen, Laura 1999 Niedert, Roxi 1988 Novak, Nancy 1984 Nutley, Lynne 1977-78 O Ohlsen, Suzanna 2012-15 Oudal, Dibbit 1986 P Pagano, Erica 2015-17 Palmer, Beth 1997-98 Parker, Kate 1980 Pasche, Lisa 1979 Pemberton, Heather 1997-98 Peters, Gayle 1983-84 Pfeil, Caroline 1987-90 Pflaumer, Maddey 2012-15 Poe, Jenny 2004-06 Poe, Kristin 2000-01; 2002-04 Potthoff, Michelle 1983-84 Prescott, Brianne 2001
R Rataushk, Carly 2016-17 Ray, Shana 1998-99 Reich, Melissa 2008-11 Reimer, Joani 2010-12 Reys, Rebecca 1996 Riggan, Jennifer 1992-93 Riley, Katie 1999 Roberts, Lynne 1994-97 Robinett, Lori 1986-89 Rock, Lisa 1985 Rodrigues, Hannah 2014-17 Rohrbach, Caitlyn 2009-11 Rood, Erika 1988-91 Roosendaal, Sonya 2000 Rueb, Danielle 1998 S Sandidge, Cathy 1976 Schaar, Lexi 2006-09 Schrag, Patty 1976-78 Shim, Rachel 2014-17 Shinkle, Sue 1979-80 Sickelsteel, Tami 1988-89 Sims, Nyesha 2009-12 Sipma, Jamie 1986-89 Smith, Chanel 2009-10 Snider, Lisa 1978-81 Solomonson, Anna Marie 1980 Sorenson, Debbie 1978 Soule, Anna 2004 Spencer, Pam 1976-77 Stenger, Beth 1976 Stevenson, Lisa 1985 Strand, Rachel 2004-07 Streich, Emily 1988-90 Stephens, Erin 2012-13 Strom, Karen 1977 Sturn, Vicki 1977 Swenning, Lily 1983 Swent, Karen 1981-83 T Taylor, Amy 2004-05 Taylor, Deena 1980-82 Taylor, Gina 1987-88 Teng, Michelle 2010-13 Terpstra, Brenda 1984-85 Thieme, Terri 1982 Thomas, Dionne 1984-85 Thompson, Rachel 1979-82 Thralls, Katie 2010-12 Towarak, Willa 1983 Trammell, Nicole 1995 U Umthun, Heidi 1999-2000 Urrutia, Stephanie 2000-03 V Vinson, Chantel 1995-98 W Westburg, Martha 1980-81 Wiersma, Becky 1987-90 Williams, Mardell 1979 Wilson, Kathy 1983 Wood, Mandy 2003-06 Wright, Madison 2016-17
Women’s Basketball All-Time Individual Records Points Scored Game 41 Linnea Jarvits vs. Cal Poly Pomona, Dec. 28, 1995 Season 620 Cheryle Meppelink, 1984-85 (27 games) Career 1,842 Linda Johnson, 1986-89 (105 games) Scoring Average Season 23.0 Cheryle Meppelink, 1984-85 (620 in 27 games) Career 21.1 Cheryle Meppelink, 1983-85 (1,142 in 54 games) Field Goals Made Game 16 16 16 16 Season 263 Career 799
Diane Black vs. Gonzaga, Jan. 4, 1984 Linda Johnson vs. Sheldon Jackson, Jan. 7, 1987 Lori Robinett vs. Alaska Pacific, Jan. 13, 1988 Linnea Jarvits vs. Cal Poly Pomona, Dec. 28, 1995 Cheryle Meppelink, 1984-85 Linda Johnson, 1986-89
Free Throws Made 14 Game 14 Season 128 Career 374
Lori Robinett vs. Saint Martin’s, Jan. 19, 1988 Jan Bolton vs. Sacramento State, Nov. 24, 1990 Jan Bolton, 1991-92 Katie Benson, 2011-14
Free Throws Attempted Game 21 Nicole Trammell vs. Portland State, Feb. 25, 1994 Season 183 Jan Bolton, 1991-92 Career 479 Katie Benson, 2011-14 Best Free Throw Percentage Game .929 Kerie Hughes (13-14) vs. Western Washington, Jan. 5, 2002 (10 att.) .917 Suzanna Ohlsen (77-84), 2013-14 (50 att.) Season Career .872 Suzanna Ohlsen (260-298), 2012-15 (100 att.)
Field Goals Attempted 33 Diane Black vs. Puget Sound, Jan. 5, 1983 Game Season 545 Linda Johnson, 1988-89 Career 1,632 Linda Johnson, 1986-89
Most Rebounds Game 26 Pam Spencer vs. Oregon Coll. of Education, Feb. 5, 1977 Season 359 Tosca Lindberg, 1990-91 (29 games) 1,125 Tosca Lindberg, 1989-93 (113 games) Career
Best Field Goal Percentage Game 1.000 Kelly Berglund (14-14) vs. Alaska Anchorage, Jan. 10, 2002 (10 att.) Season .578 Valerie Gustafson (196-339), 2003-04 (150 att.) .568 Kelley Berglund (328-577), 2001-03 (300 att.) Career
Most Assists Game Season Career
3-Point Field Goals Made Game 9 Jennifer Riggan vs. Eastern Montana, Feb. 28, 1992 9 Kelsey Burns vs. Alaska Fairbanks, Feb. 21, 2009 Season 82 Lynne Roberts, 1995-96 234 Mandy Wood, 2002-06 Career
Most Blocked Shots Game 13 Brittney Kroon vs. Northwest Nazarene, Jan. 29, 2004 Season 135 Brittney Kroon, 2003-04 (31 games) Career 419 Brittney Kroon, 2002-06 (121 games)
3-Point Field Goals Attempted 18 Lynne Roberts vs. Mars Hill, Dec. 27, 1995 Game 218 Lynne Roberts, 1995-96 Season 577 Mandy Wood, 2002-06 Career
Most Steals Game Season Career
15 15 219 647
9 9 94 294
Becky Wiersma vs. Sheldon Jackson, Nov. 18, 1989 Debbie Miller vs. Montana State Billings, Feb. 15, 1997 Debbie Miller, 1996-97 (29 games) Becky Wiersma, 1986-90 (113 games)
Chantel Vinson vs. Washburn, Dec. 29, 1997 Becky Wiersma vs. Saint Martin’s, Feb. 25, 1989 Chantel Vinson, 1995-96 (27 games) Chantel Vinson, 1994-98 (115 games)
Best 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .875 Lynne Roberts (7-8) vs. Willamette, Feb. 8, 1997 (5 att.) Game .480 Mandy Wood (35-75), 2002-03 (50 att.) Season .406 Mandy Wood (155-371), 2002-06 (100 att.) Career
Team Records Most Points Scored 112 vs. Western New Mexico, Jan. 24, 1998
Rebounds
Fewest Points Scored 16 vs. Alaska Fairbanks, Jan. 10, 1979
Blocked Shots
13 vs. Northwest Nazarene, Jan. 29, 2004 13 vs. Alaska Anchorage, Mar. 5, 2005
Steals
25 vs. Pacific Lutheran, Nov. 24, 2009 25 vs. Cal State L.A., Nov. 14, 1998
Most Points Allowed 121 vs. Western Washington, Feb. 15, 1979 Fewest Points Allowed 26 vs. Puget Sound, Jan. 15, 1977 Field Goals Made 50 vs. Central Washington, Mar. 2, 1982
70 vs. Northwest College, Nov. 20, 1992
35 vs. Sheldon Jackson, Jan. 16, 1988 Assists
Winning Margin
68 points (SPU 101, Trinity Western 33), Jan. 20, 1989
Losing Margin
69 points (Western Washington 121, SPU 52), Feb. 15, 1979
Combined Points
195 points (SPU 84, Gonzaga 111), Feb. 23, 1985
Field Goals Attempted 108 vs. Central Washington, Mar. 2, 1982 Field Goal Percentage .656 vs. Western New Mexico (42-64), Mar. 7, 1997 3-Point Field Goals Made 17 vs. Dixie State, Jan. 27, 2007 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 31 vs. Pacific Lutheran, Nov. 24, 2009 3-Point Percentage .708 vs. Dixie St. (17-24), Jan. 27, 2007 (10+ made) Free Throws Made 34 vs. Western New Mexico, Jan. 24, 1998 Free Throws Attempted 44 vs. Western Washington, Feb. 20, 1992 Free Throw Percentage .929 vs. Merrimack (26-28), Mar. 24, 2005 (20+ attempts)
Linda Johnson, 1986-89; Lori Robinett, 1986-89; Jamie Sipma, 1986-89
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Crew History Bake Sales and Duck-Plucking Help Launch Falcon Crews Crew took its formative strokes at Seattle Pacific as a club sport in 1973.
lightweight eight took second to upsetting California on the Golden UW and finished in front of Seattle Bears’ home course; the women’s University. Seven regattas later, varsity four earning an invitation the group finished to the Pac-10 championships; third in the Western the men’s four taking third at a Sprints behind UCLA national regatta in Philadelphia; and Oregon State. and the women’s four winning From there, bronze at a national event in 1981. the program’s John Terwilliger, an outstanding development fell to student-athlete, particularly Bill Mickelson, who drove the men’s early success as took the coaching an Olympic-caliber athlete who oar from Covey in fall would go on to earn a silver medal 1974. Mickelson’s in the 1984 Olympic Games and a leadership and gold at the 1986 Goodwill Games. President David In 1983, world-class skuller McKenna’s vision Jim Schultz became the program’s for SPC as an Ivy first full-time coach. Under 1985 Varsity Eight Boat: (Identifiable rowers) Alyssa Schultz (coxswain), League “Team of the Jim Caley, Scott Ellison, Pepper Hust, John Kepford, Sam Crager, Todd Boze Schultz, the men’s and women’s West” combined to crews consolidated into one Launched under bring varsity status to the sport in program. The administration made Dave Covey, the 1979 — albeit with limited funding a concerted effort to provide program drummed (a central theme throughout the adequate operational funds and up interest with program’s history). Still, a shell commission modern construction campus-wide house was added to the north shells and a proper dock on the handbills and side of Brougham Pavilion and the Lake Washington Ship Canal. articles in The program was off and rowing with In 1991, Schultz stepped Falcon, and covered a purpose. away from the program and his Coach Keith Jefferson holds costs with bake Subsequent successes protégé, former SPU oarsman Keith the Falcons’ first-ever NCAA women’s championship team sales, row-a-thons, included the men’s varsity four Jefferson, was hired. Jefferson trophy for 2010. and later “plucking began to build ducks for bucks.” But those early rowing into a efforts smoothed the way for the consistently emergence of men’s and women’s competitive varsity programs in 1979; national program. Men’s attention and achievements rowing broke in the 1990s and 2000s; and a through with strong tradition carried on by the a fifth-place women’s program today. finish at the Coach Covey served as rowing’s Intercollegiate early catalyst. In January 1973, he Rowing gathered 40 interested students Association — 25 men and 15 women — for championships workouts with borrowed equipment in 1995. Then Varsity Four Winners: The Falcon women’s varsity four after and rented shells. By April 1973, in 1996, men’s their win at the ECAS NIRC in Camden, NJ, 2003: Sara Zorn, he saw the program’s first race crew won the Shannon Buehler, Heidi Visser, Andrea Martineau, Lindsay Dilschneider, Jessie Pennington (coach) yield promising results: The men’s IRA novice four 166
at nationals, while the women took a bronze at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia. In 1998, the women’s light eight captured fourth at the Champions International Regatta, and both men’s and women’s lightweight fours won Pacific Coast titles in 1999. While the men’s program continued to perform admirably in the 2000s, the women’s teams began to stroke ahead. In 2000, the men’s lightweight four captured a silver medal at Dad Vail, while the women’s four rowed to the school’s first national title the next day at the Champion International Collegiate Regatta. From there, each year brought consistent and increasing success. In 2007, SPU’s women’s eight earned its first entry to the NCAA rowing championships, and just three years later they reached the pinnacle: the school’s first-ever NCAA national rowing trophy. In 2016, the men’s program ended, and Jefferson handed the helm to Andrew Derrick. Derrick furthered the program’s premier results, including a secondplace finish at the prestigious Windermere Cup Regatta, before leaving to coach at Gonzaga in 2020. Caitlin McClain, previous coach at Holy Names Academy in Seattle, was hired to take over the program. RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “Terwilliger Pulls One Tough Oar” (1983–84) • “Jefferson and Pennington Both Called for New Duty” (2002–03) • “Women’s Crew Takes FirstEver NCAA Team Trophy” (2009–10)
Men’s/Women’s Coach
Year
Dave Covey
1973–74
Bill Mickelson
1975–78
Dave Godfrey
1979
Kris Schonberg Doug Deardorf
Richard Laurence
1980–82
Jim Schultz
1983–91
Keith Jefferson
1992–2016
Andrew Derrick
2017–2020
Caitlin McClain
2021–
Women’s Coach
Year
Jackie Etsell
1974
Dan Nelson
1976
Roy Dunbar
1979–81
Carolynn Slates
1983
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Men’s Crew Letterwinners A Adam, Josh 1997-2000 Adams, Jordan 2011 Affebach, Tim 1984-85 Allestad, Jon 1984-86 Amondson, Isaac 1999 Amundsen, Byron 1973** Anderson, John 1980 Arnold, Doug 1989 Asimakoupoulos, Marc 1974-76* Assink, Paul 1995-96 Assink, Phil 1973-76* Atkins, Don 1975* B Ballard, Greg 2010-11 Barber, Anders 2015 Bartholomew, Tom 1977* Bauerle, Robert 1973-74** Beagle, David 1973** Beal, Tim 1974-76* Berg, Peder 1988-89 Berger, Andrew 1989 Berschauer, Patrick 1995 Bierschenk, Walt 1984-86 Boswell, Chris 1984-85 Bowden, Mathew 2014 Boze, Todd 1986-88 Braman, Joel 2001-04 Branch, Mike 1979 Bravo, Jeff 1985 Bright, Erik 2007 Brose, Mike 1975-77* Brown, Kimberly 1989 Brown, Larry 1980-81 Brown, Zach 1997-99 Bruns, Scott 1974-77* Bryan, Logan 2015-16 Bryant, Jeremy 2004-06 Burley, Mark 1973** Butterfield, Jim 1973** C Caley, Jim 1986-89 Camp, Adrian 2006 Campbell, Bill 1976* Campbell, Chris 1974-77* Campbell, Craig 1974-77* Carley, Dain 2010-11 Carlson, Rob 1975* Carson, Dave 2003-04 Casarrubias, Jon 2014 Cedarborg, Dan 1979-80 Chally, Ken 1974* Chase, Phil 2004 Chevigny, John 2006 Christensen, Paul 1995-98 Church, Keith 1988-89 Coln, Eric 1984 Cook, Gregg 1988-89 Coykendall, Jess 1989 Crager, Sam 1986-87 Curtis-Stroeder, Riley 2013-14
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D Daly, Kevin 1974-77* Davis, Mark 1973** Deardorf, Doug 1975-77 DeJong, Chad 1996 Dennis, Ben 1980 Donner, Greg 1976-77* Douglas, Chris 1987 Douthit, Bill 2011-12 Drake, Travis 2009 Dyk, Jon 2006 E Edel, Matt 2012-14 Ellington, David 2016 Ellison, Scott 1987 Emmons, Arthur 2016 England, Ken 1984-85 Enright, Scott Erbele, Terry 1973** Esmond, Casey 2006 F Fancher, Don 1984 Fawcett, Phil 1974-77* Fiander, Sam 2014 Fisk, Donovan 2010-11 Foster, Eric 1984-85 Frederickson, Paul 1974-76* Freed, Ethan 2013 G Gaines, Tom 1973** Garcia, Jarvin 2010 Gebauer, Scott 1995 Gentry, Ron 1974-77* Glines, Kyle 2001-03 Godfrey, Dave 1977-78* Green, Dana 1977* Grice, Zack 1995-96 Grove, Randy 1975* Gunderson, Ed 1978* H Hall, Jon 1988 Hamilton, Dave 1976-79 Hansberry, Milt 1984 Hanson, Butch 1986
Falcon Four, 2003–04: Ryan Suess, Dave Stalsbroten, Trevor Winters, Reid Shipley
Hanson, Todd 1988-90 Hartman, Gene 1975* Hastings, Sam 2008 Hazel, Jacob 2014-15 Hendricks, Dave 1975-77* Henry, Mike 1977* Hill, John 1989-90 Hiller, Eric 1973** Hoff, Mark 1977* Hollander, Paul 1987 Houston, Jesse 1999 Howard, Matt 2000 Hungerford, Jason 1995 Huserik, Tony 1973** Huston, Doug 1973** Hust, Pepper 1986-87 I Ice, Allen 1975-77* J Jantz, Larry 1976-78* Jefferson, Keith 1980-83 Johnson, Evan 1995 Johnson, Jeff 1997-98 Johnson, Kaalan 1996-97 Johnston, Zach 2016 Jones, Bryan 1996-98; 2000 K Kalbfleisch, Corey 1989 Kehoe, Pat 1987-90 Kepford, John 1986-87 Kierulff, Jim 1988 Kimberlin, Jeff 1976* King, Byron 1978* Kolb, Will 2009-12 Krengel, Pete 1974-76* Krispin, Karl 1989-90 Krueg, Jeff 1976-78* Kyte, Ken 1975* L Lanham, Tyler 1988 Larrabee, Brett 1985 Larson, Sean 2015 Layton, Daniel 1995 Lenhard, Matt 1989-90 Lewis, Connor 2011 Lindstrom, Gregg 1989 Little, Craig 1996 Little, Darren 1995 Loidhamer, John 1989 Lottes, Steve 1973-74** Louie, Brian 1988; 1990 Lucero, Mike 1999-2002 M Mach, Phillip 2010-13 Magnuson, Eric 1979 Magnussen, Chris 1988 Marshall, Doug 1975* McDole, Randy
McGinnis, Steve 1980 McIntyre, John 1984-85 McPherson, Stefan 1997 Mentor, Jim 1978* Mignacco, Matthew 1997 Miller, Dave 1975* Miller, Douglas 1995 Moar, Ryan 1997 Mobley, Jason 2004-05 Monik, Steve 1985 Moormeier, Fred 1988 Moriarty, Kent 1985 Morris, Emerson 2012 Mortenson, Brett 2000 Moynihan, Dave 1986 Mudge, Daniel 2012-14 Murphy, Corey 1987-90 Murphy, Denny 1999 Myrick, Alex 1976-77* Myrick, Neal 1987 N Nelson Bill 1973** Nelson, Daryl 1985 Norgren, Matt 2010 Novak, Mark 1973** Nutley, Eric 1978-80 O O’Brien, Allen 1975-76* O’Brien, Matt 1999 Oclander, Matt 2013-14 Oyler, Roger 1984-85 P Pearce, Bryan 1980 Pearce, Jason 1989 Pearson, Sean 2000 Peterson, David 2009-11 Peterson, Jim 1975-76* Peterson, Kim 1988 Petrylka, Stephan 2009 Pierson, Benjamin 2012-14 Plinke, Wes 2010 Poppin, Mike 1974-76* Poterbein, Matt 1988 Power, Jeff 1977-78* Powers, Troy 1987 Purcell, Ben 2013 R Radford, Drew 1987 Ramirez, Jon Paul 2003-04 Ranstrom, Dale 1974* Ray, Dale 1981 Remington, Chuck 1985-86 Ridgeway, Franklin 1984 Riggs, Cody 2016 Ringsrud, Paul 1996 Robinson, Bill 1973** Rohde, Andy 1986 Root, Dan 1974-76* Rosenberger, Jim 1977-78* Rowley, Justin 2007-08
S Safstrom, Don 1973-74** Schaaf, Baron 1980 Schellberg, Zeke 2008-09 Severn, Jonah 2014 Shelton, Jake 2016 Shi, Matt 2006-09 Shipley, Reid 2000-03 Shreffler, Wayne 1988 Simmons, Danny 2004 Skagen, Adam 2003 Slade, David 1995 Smelser, David 1987 Smith, Keyston 1996-97 Soulier, Ross 1988 Sowers, David 2013-14 Stalsbroten, Dave 2003-04 Stevenson, Soren 2013-14 Strand, Roger 1980 Stuart, Tim 1995; 1999-2000 Suess, Ryan 2003-04 Sullivan, Sean 1990 Sutton, Dave 1988-90 Swanson, Carter 2009-10 Swanson, Greg 1973-74**
Van Stright, Tyler 2001-03 Vick, Jim 1997 Vogt, Martin 1973** Vrieze, Joel 1999
T Taylor, Samuel 2015-16 Taylor, Thomas 2012-13 Terwilliger, John 1977-79 Thompson, Dave 1974-76* Thompson, John 1974-76* Thornton, Greg Tormala, Danny 1987-88 Turanski, Alan 1996-99
Y Yoder, Mark 1973**
V Vanderhoff, Fred 1974-76* Van Doren, Matt 1998 Van Mason, Eric 1999
W Wagoner, Brandon 2011-12 Walter, Phil 2002 Ward, Ken 1974-77* Waress, Cale 2013 Wassink, Kip 1995; 1998-99 Wenberg, Mike 1974-77* Wescott, Mark 1987 Wharton, Scott 1977* Whitney, Rand 1979 Wick, Wes 1974* Wike, Ryan 1997 Will, Ken 1974-76* Willcockson, Michael 2007 Williams, Clyde 1999 Windust, Bill 1973** Winters, Trevor 2001-04 Woodward, Daniel 2012-13 Wirick, Randy 1974-77* Wyland, Alden 2015
Z Zapata, John 1995-97 Zook, Greg 1979 Zupke, Ben 2005-06 * Denotes club status; varsity crew began in 1979 ** Denotes members of the 1973 inaugural club crew team
2004–05 Rowers: (Front row) Andi Martineau, Megan Giske, Claire Walter, Jeney Wierman, Carolyn Robbins (Second) Katie Bobson, Charles Lowenkopf, Nate Shockey, Megan Sweeney, Carley Bollen, Alicia Apple (Back) Jessie Pennington (assistant coach), J.P. Ramierz, Jeremy Bryant, Ben Zupke, Kimberly Leinstock, David Carson, Matt Hall, Keith Jefferson (coach)
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Women’s Crew Letterwinners A Acuna, Alex 1974-75* Agnew, Allie 2010 Akasaki, Jolene 2017 Alexander, Mia 1986-87 Allan, Holly 2006-07; 2009 Allen, Stephanie 2008 Amis, Kaylah 2017 Anderson, Beth 1977* Anderson, Julie 1994 Anderson, Lauren 2008; 2010 Andrews, Rebecca 1998 Apple, Alicia 2004-06 Arbus, Kristin 1989 Arkin, Erin 2007 Armstrong, Amie 1986-87 Arrington, Kathy 1975-77* Athey, Darci 1998 Aulich, Dawn 1997 Austin, Connie 1987-88 B Banks, Marlise 2013 Baribeau, Cathy 1989-91+ Barran, Melissa 1975-77* Basham, Debbie 1973** Bax, Laura 1991 Beall, Natalie 2016-17 Bean, Heidi 1997 Bean, Sarah 1991-93 Benson, Melanie 1997-98; 2000 Beougher, Calia 1998 Beresford-Wood, Caroline 2017 Besley, Katherine 1995; 1998 Bichsel, Jenny 1997 Blevins, Melissa 2007 Bobson, Katie 2005 Boettcher, Liz 2006 Bohrmann, Jenny 1993 Bollen, Carley 2003-05 Bolton, Emma 2013-14 Bosarge, Jessica 2007 Bouslough, Bev 1972-75* Bower, Kyra 2017 Box, Mandy 1996-97 Boyd, Brenda 1977* Boyle, Marla 2011 Bracken, Bekka 1997-99 Bramblett, Dawn 1989 Brennan, Rebecca 1990 Brisbois, Patty 1976-77* Brockman, Berinda 1976* Brockman, Tonya 1989 Brown, Tanya 1989+ Buehler, Fern 1976* Buehler, Shannon 2002-03 Bunyan, Stevanie 1980 Burke, Stephanie 1991 Burlingame, Grace 2011 Burns, Amy 2007-08
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C Caley, Beth 1994 Caley, Karen 1985 Calkins, Shelby 1993 Camp, Adrien 2006 Cansler, Elyse 2001-03 Capp, Ruthie 1974-76* Carey, Cheryl 1976-77* Carroll, Serena 2014-15 Castello, Susan 1984-85 Catherman, Erica 1997-98 Cenusa, Hannah 2017 Cheesman, Becky 1976* Cheung, Rebecca 2008 Chikos, Kay 2007-08 Christian, Andrea 1998 Clark, Joan 1975* Clark, Letitia 1984 Claunch, Anna 2017 Cline, Sarah 2003 Clow, Jennifer 1974-76* Coad, Carol 1988 Cochran, Claudia 1976* Cochran, Teresa 1985 Cochrane, Jenny 1997 Coffey, Lyanne 1995 Colby, Laura 2004 Collmer, Rachael 2014-15 Conley, Melinda 1995 Conrad, Vicki 1998-2000 Coppedge, Lakyn 2017 Cosgrove, Brielle 2014 Costello, Sue 1985 Cox, Erin 2001-03 Cox, Kendra 1997-2000 Cramer, Angela 2000 Crossler, Becky 1994 Culbertson, Nancy 1974-77* D Damm, Brianna 1995 Degner, Katie 2008-10 Dekoekoek, Sue 1984 Dickinson, Kaitlin 2017 Dickinson, Lani 1973** Dilschneider, Lindsay 2000-03 Doe, Sarah 2013 Dominguez, Amy 2014 Donovan, Carol 1975-76* Duenow, Autumn 1994 Dunbar, Kelly 1980 Dunmoyer, Heather 2013 Dybas, Kelly 1999 E Ederer, Deanne 1993 Edsall, Rachel 1999-2000 Edwards, Tami 1987 Elliott, Dina 1991 Ellis, Lorraine 1985 Eng, Jessie 1998
Engelberth, Rachel 1980 Evans-Goldie, Alisha 1997 F Fernandez, Lisa 1996 Ferrigno, Dani 2010-13 Fick, Jennifer 1993 Filley, Denise 2007-08 Fish, Kindra 2011-12 Fisher, Carrie 1986-87 Fletcher, Emily 2004 Ford, Deborah 1976* Foster, Diana 2001-02 Franklin, Cheryl 1984+ Franklin, Karen 1974-76* Freeman, Hannah 1998 Freschauf, Nicki 1992 Fritsch, Annabele 2010-12 Fullerton, Mandy 1997-99 G Gadbois, Kristen 2000 Galbraith, Michaelynn 1994-95 Geffers, Joy 2000 Geffers, Katie 2000 Gibson, Cayti 1998-99; 2001 Gingery, Sarah 1990+ Giske, Megan 2005-07 Glass, Kara 1999 Goetz, Kristen 1998-99 Gorder, Amy 1987-88 Gorham, Stephanie 1989-91 Gott, Becky 1989-91 Grace, Sarah 2013-14 Graham, Katy 2017 Grainge, Marsha 1973* Gray, Vicki 1985; 1987 Grenz, Kaycee 1999 Groen, Lori 2000 Guire, Shannon 1989 H Hall, Jodi 1986 Hamilton, Julia 1988 Hammett, Gina 1996-97 Hanes, Laura 2011 Hansen, Janice 1974-76* Harden, Nora 1975* Hayward, Maxi 1993 Heetderks, Karen 1974-77* Heller, Lindsey 2016-17 Helseth, Jennifer 2000-02 Henshaw, Patti 1974-77* Heras, Sarah 1997 Herstad, Kirsten 1997 Hill, Jennifer 1993 Ho, Iris 1991 Hodgkiss, Joanna 2001-04 Hoffman, Katie 1998 Hoffner, Ellie 2017 Hogue, Madelyn 2012-13
Hoidal, Gracie 2017 Hull, Laurie 1975-77* Holmlund, Gayle 1980 Horiatis, Hannah 2015 Hubbard, Martha 1979 Humphreys, Kristi 1992 Hutchinson, Amelia 1985 Hutchinson, Hannah 2017 I Ibsen, Katja 2008-11 Ihlefelt, Cindy 1973** Inman, Briana 2017 J Jackson, Jenifer 1986 Jacobe, Dana 2003 Jaeger, Amanda 1997 Jarvis, Emily 2014 Johnsen, Eleni 2008-10 Johnson, Barbara 1980 Johnson, Brandy 1998 Johnson, Charis 1973** Johnson, Emma 2016 Johnson, Janet 1973** Johnson, Krista 2000 Johnson, Tonya 1991 Jones, Kari 1998-99 Jubie, Rebecca 1994-95 K Karczewski, Katiya 2008 Kassinger, Kathy 1984 Katayama, Lauren 1998 Katzberg, Emily 2013 Kellogg, Sarah 1985-88 Kemp, Jacqueline 2017 Kerr, Heather 1985 Kesl, Lori 1980 Kice, Beth 1994-96+ Kilmer, Ricci 1992-93 Kim, Jeanne King, Ann 1980 King, Anne 1989 Kirry, Robin 1999 Kleven, Sandy 1974-76* Klodt, Kristina 1991-92 Knapp, Cami 1992 Kopack, Abby 2016-17 Koster, Linda 2017 Kowalkowski, DeAnna 1992 Kraft, Trish 1995 Kropf, Mary Jo 1975-76* Krueger, Alexis 2012-14 Krueger, Katarina 2012 Kruge, Bethany 2008 Kurtz, Dorothy 1991-94 Kyle, Shannon 1994 L Lane, Lori 1996
Langholff, Allison 2012 Lanter, Sarah 2010-13 Lapp, Nancy 1995 Larsen, Amanda 2017 Larson, Nancy 1975-76* Laube, Stacy 1997-2000 Lauby, Alisa 1987+ LeCount, Amy 1997-2000 Leeming, Lisa 1994 Leinstock, Kim 2007-09 Lembright, Holly 1993 Lessley, DeeAnn 1985+ Liljenberg, Christi 1993 Lindahl, Katie 2000 Lindstrom, Krissy 1984 Lorenzen, Kristin 2009-10 Love, Connie 1987+ Lovell, Christina 1999-2000 Lynch, Sue 1973**
Ortiz, Paige 2014; 2017 Oscar, Mackenzie 2010-12
M MacPherson, Angela 1996 Mair, Bryn 1985 Maki, Anna 1997-99 Marino, Allison 2000 Marsala, Katy 2000 Martineau, Andrea 2002-05 Mauer, Carol 1980 McDermott, Sarah 2013 McGraw, Hanna 2000 McKinney, Janet 1976* McMillan, Zanie 2007 McPherson, Angela 1996 McRae, Bessie 1987 Mehelich, Elisa 1994 Meyer, Katy 2001 Michael, Jana 1994 Michalson, Danielle 1995 Mineo, Debbie 1990 Modin, Tracy 1994 Mokhnach, Nataiya 2015 Moline, Britta 2000 Monday, Emily 2016-17 Moore, Connemara 1995 Moore, Jacqueline 1990; 1992-93 Morgan, Krista 1997 Morris, Kelly 1995-97 Mulder, Annie 2009-12 Munshell, Ana 2011-12+ Muresan, Tasha 2008 Murphy, Rachel 2011-13
R Rasmussen, Sarah 2015 Rau, Asia 1994 Ray, Carolyn 1991 Ray-Hueneke, Ashley 2001 Raymond, Jennifer 1996 Rediger, Lara 2009 Reed, Katie 2003 Rees, Sheri 1995-96 Rehm, Becky 1994 Reichert, Andrea 2001-03 Remely, Chloe 2017 Reyes, Jacqueline 2012+ Rice, Bronwyn 1976* Richards, Kristina 2002-04 Richards, Sandra 2000-01 Richards, Sarah 2000-01 Rindero, Jennifer 2000 Ritari, Deanna 1995-96 Robbins, Carolyn 2005 Rodgers, Kristin 1992 Rodriguez, Jennifer 1991-92 Ronhovde, Sara 2003 Rosenberg, Kris 1982 Rowand, Erin 2015 Rutherford, Kyly 2008
N Nelson, Amy 1997 Nelson, Laura 1992-93 Neumiller, Jacky 2011-12 Nordhaus, Cathy 1975-77* Notter, Jennifer 1994-95 O O’Camb, Baylee 2011-14 Olson, Ava 1973** Omoto, Tricia 2007-08
P Park, Adelle 1975-77* Parkin, Kristen 1985 Parsch, Nancy 1988+ Passarge, Sheryl 1991 Pearce, Marcia 1974-77* Pearsall, Erlene 1973** Pennington, Jessie 1999-2001 Pera, Julie 1997-98 Perry, Sarah 1997 Petersen, Robyn 1986-87 Philpot, Anne 2013-14 Pitcher, Julie 1987 Pitts, Emily 2008-11 Pitzler, Jasmine 2014-16 Prischak, Cielo 2014
S San Pedro, Amy 1994 San Pedro, Maribeth 1995-97 Sandberg, Kim 1998 Saugen, Jenny 1996-99 Savage, Rachel 2006-09 Sawatzky, Trisha 2001-02 Scholz, Janelle 1985-86 Schuermyer, Larissa 2017 Schultz, Alyssa 1985; 1988+ Schultz, Wendi 1990 Schwencke, Karla 1994 Scott, April 1996-98+ Scrabeck, Emily 2011-12 Sears, Chelsey 2008 Seick, Sharon 1976* Shafer, Liz 1997-99
Shaffer, Mary 2015-16 Shattenberg, Shelly 1998 Shepherd, Laura 1988-89 Sheridan, Lacey 2008-10 Silva, Dana 1982 Simonson, Annette 1986; 1988-89 Singleterry, Heather 1998 Sisk, Moriah 2016-17 Sizemore, Kaylea 2011 Smith, Heather 2000 Smith, Jenny 1973** Smith, Naomi 1996-98 Smith, Peggy 1973-74** Snelleman, Erica 1995-97 Snow, Rebecca 2006 Soft, Renee 1974-76* Sommer, Kirsten 1980 Spencer, Elise 2004 Spoelstra, Missy 2010 Springer, Jaclin 2000 Staiger, Liz 1992-93; 1995 Starr, Becky 1993 Stearns, Angie 2001 Stellway, Kelley 1992 Stewart, RJ 1975-77* Stine, Kaitlyn 2009-12 Storz, Samantha 2012-13 Strand, Rachel 2007-08 Stubbert, Shelby 1994 Stubenrauch, Wendy 1986-88 Su, Laura 2017 Summers, Amber 1997 Sutherland, Tara 1998 Sutherland, Joan 1973** Swain, Stefanie 2014 Sweeney, Megan 2004-06 T Takamura, Karena 2007 Tamaki, Kristi 2008; 2010-11 Tarabochia, Jane 2015-16 Taylor, Linda 1974-77* Teel, Andrea 1975-78* Teeter, Joan 1984-85 Tettrick, Tamara 1993 Thomas, Cienna 1999-2000 Thomas, Emily 2002-04 Thompson, Michelle 1992 Towey, Erin 1985-86 Tschetter, Kimberly 1999-2002 Tsutagawa, Michele 1994 Tuohimaa, Jarika 2014-15 Turner, Kaley 2016 Tyler, Noel 1990 V Van Dyke, Nina 1973** Vander Vlies, Elizabeth 1996-97 Vanderway, Beth 1990 Vego, Quyen 1997-99 Velasquez, Rose 2007 Vestnys, Rachel 1998
Vieselmeyer, Julie 2001-03 Visser, Heidi 2002-04 W Waggoner, Heather 2007 Wakefield, Joy 2000 Walker, Angelica 1997 Walker, Regan 1997 Walter, Claire 2005-06 Walton, Christina 1994 Ward, Rachel 2006 Ware, Kimarie 1994 Warren, Cassandra 1994 Weber, Trisha 2001-02 Weins, Judy 1973-75** Weiseth, Sue 2004 Whitfield, Jackie 1999 Whitt, Kailin 2008 Wierman, Jeney 2005-07 Wike, Lindsay 1998; 2000-01 Wilkerson, Lisa 1986 Williams, Barb 1988-89+ Williams, Kris 2007 Williams, Linda 1976* Wilner, Katie 2006-07 Withrow, Michelle 1995 Wolff, Katie 2006-08 Wood, Danielle 1994 Woolum, Kristi 2000 Wright, Holly 1998 Wyngaard, Becky 1991 Y Yngvason, Johanna 19972000+ Z Zorn, Sarah 2002-04 * Denotes club status; varsity crew began in 1979 ** Denotes members of the 1973 inaugural club crew team + Denotes coxswain for a Falcon men’s boat
NCRC Champions 2005: Andrea Martineau, 2002-05; Carly Bollen, 2003-05
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Cross Country History From Green Lake to Casey, Falcon Harriers Log the Miles In the early 1950s, shortly after becoming SPC’s track and field coach, Ken Foreman started cross
host during that same span to the NAIA district championships annual Camp Casey Invitational, (1959–62) and finished in the top a key early season meet where 10 nationally in 1961 and 1962 up to 400 of the (sixth and seventh, respectively). best collegiate and In 1963, Buck resigned. Ken amateur runners Foreman, back from his studies, converged from the returned to coaching both the Northwest — and men’s cross country team and the even as far away rising women’s Falcon Track Club. as Montana and That same year, after the men’s Hawaii. squad won the District 1 cross Though it country meet at Green Lake, an started as a training NAIA administrator denied SPC program, cross the trophy, in part because Seattle country grew quickly Pacific was reconsidering its into a worthy sports affiliation. Not long after, addition to Seattle SPC officially opted to affiliate Pacific’s sports with the NCAA as an independent. roster. Early success During the period between came under Bernard 1963 to 1966, the men’s program Buck, the head coach continued to turn in strong outings. for both the track In 1964, the team took second 1966 Cross Country: (From left) Falcon harriers Dave Arnold, Dave Grant, and field and cross place at the Pacific Northwest and Bob Rorabaugh take the lead at Seattle’s Green Lake course. country programs Intercollegiate Championships. country as a fall conditioning after Foreman left to pursue The following year, SPC harriers activity for the track program. doctoral studies. Under Buck, the dominated in regional events. And Green Lake was the initial Falcon men won four consecutive in 1966, the Falcons took second course for the conditioning work, but to mix things up, Foreman took the team to Camp Casey on Whidbey Island one year. SPC had acquired the property in 1955, and Foreman wondered if the remote, beautiful setting would be a good place for intense training. The experiment was so successful that training at Camp Casey became synonymous with Seattle Pacific cross country for decades to come. Indeed, Camp Casey became the traditional locale for the Falcons’ home meets for nearly 30 years (1964–93), while Green Lake hosted short-course races and West Seattle’s Lincoln Park and golf course welcomed postseason Pace Setter: The Falcons’ Jessica Pixler leads the way at the Sundodger Classic at meets. Camp Casey also played Seattle’s Lincoln Park. 172
place in the Pacific Coast Regional Championship, one point off the title. It was the best season in men’s cross country history. It would take another four decades for the men’s team to get back to an NCAA championship — a feat they accomplished in 2004, placing 19th. At the same time, women’s cross country began to emerge at Seattle Pacific. Under Foreman’s coaching, Falcon Track Club members Doris Brown and Vicki Foltz earned national prominence in the mid-1960s. Then in 1967, Doris Brown won the first of her five consecutive world cross country championships, putting the program on the map. Other FTC runners continued the program’s success in the early 1970s, including regional championships and a secondplace finish nationally in 1973. In 1975, Seattle Pacific officially launched its varsity women’s cross country team, which went on to claim a regional championship in its first season. Strong running, especially from standout Debbie Quatier, kept the Falcons in contention for AIAW and AAU regional and national championships in the first few years (the women’s program was not part of the NCAA yet), especially after Doris Brown Heritage took over from Foreman as coach of both the men’s and women’s teams in 1978. Heritage ultimately would serve as head coach for 30 years. Under her leadership, cross country remained a robust program with local and regional success — and with the occasional athletic force who could break out on the national scene.
Men’s/Women’s Coach
Year
Ken Foreman
1950–56; 1964–71; 1973–77
Bernard Buck
1957–63
Jerry Bamburg
1972
Doris Brown Heritage
1978–2007
Erika Daligcon
2008–12
Karl Lerum
2013–
Joan Corbin was the first to bring SPU an individual championship crown at the 1979 AIAW national meet, where the team also placed second. SPU was the runner-up in 1980 as well. Soon after, Seattle Pacific affiliated with the NCAA Division II, and between 1983 and 1986, the Falcons twice finished third in the nation. The next decorated national runner under Heritage was Bente Moe, who won the 1985 NCAA cross country crown. A previous Norwegian Olympic marathoner, Moe finished second the next two years. Jessica Pixler marked the third running star to elevate the cross country program. In 2007, Pixler won the first of three consecutive national cross country titles and led SPU to second in the nation overall. Following Heritage’s retirement at the end of the 2007 season, alumna Erika Daligcon assumed
the role of head coach. Daligcon immediately extended the string of GNAC championships to four consecutive years. After Daligcon departed in 2013, Karl Lerum, the current coach, combined cross country with the track and field program, a fitting nod to how the program started under Ken Foreman. Altogether, among Heritage, Daligcon, and Lerum, the women’s cross country teams have finished among the top 10 nationally 14 times and won 11 conference championships since 1993. RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “Young Cross Country Team Runs To Be the Best” (1965–66) • “One Moe Trip Around the World” (1987–88) • “Jessica Pixler’s Career Goes Platinum” (2009–10)
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Men’s Cross Country Letterwinners A Alcantara, Ryan 2011-13 Aldridge, Wayne 1965 Ames, Steve 1969 Appel, Chris 1986 Archer, Jim 1968-71 Arksey, Matt 1982-83 Armstrong, Ken 1966 Arnold, Dave 1965-66 Arnold, Rob 1970-73 Aufhammer, Will 2010 Avischious, Adam 2012-15 Ayers, Jeff 2005-06 B Backen, Kelsey 1999-2000 Baker, AJ 2009-12 Baklund, Andrew 2015 Bales, Joe 1993 Bamburg, Jerry 1964-67 Barrett, Gary 1964 Bartholomew, Dan 1971 Bartholomew-Garcia, Alex 2001 Battson, Vic 1964 Bauer, John 1978 Beechick, Andy 1970-73 Berkey, Christian 1996-99 Berry, Rusty 1991 Bertrand, Brett 2012 Birnbaum, Mike 1995-96 Bjella, Clint 2001-03 Bostrom, Bjorn 2003-06 Bostrom, Leif 1998 Boutin, Colin 2017 Bradford, Bryce 1998 Bradford, Evan 2010 Brand, Gavin 2009-11 Brobeck, Dave 1991 Brown, Don 1959-62 Brown, Keith 1964 Burger, Steve 1979 Busald, Jacob 2015 Byers, Charles 1953-55 C Cannon, Dave 1957-60 Carper, Brian 2007 Carter, Frank 1966-67 Castle, Nathanael 1998-2002 Castle, Tom 1974 Casurella, Jonathan 1998 Catlin, Keith 1972 Cederblom, Eric 1998 Christensen, Mark 1980 Church, Keith 1987 Clapp, Marty 1980-82 Cleveland, Richard 1996 Cole, Paul 1984 Colson, Dave 1963 Comer, Brian 2012-15 Comstock, John 1966-67
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Coombs, Stephen 2013 Cooper, Matt 1995-97 Cornellison, Eric 1986-89 Courson, Dave 1967-68 Cox, Ken 1960 Cronrath, Brian 2004-06; 2008 Custer, Bryan 1985-86 D Davies, Eric 2008 Davis, Ben 1984 Deffenbaugh, Theo 1981-84 DeJong, Chad 1996 Delamarter, Harold 1965-66 Derrah, Nick 2012 Dietzman, Dale 1960-61 Dolan, Dan 1969 Draper, Dave 1963 Droubay, Troy 1993 Duke, David 2005 Dull, Evan 2007 Dull, Jeff 2007-08 Durand, Dave 1988-89 E Edgar, John 1977 Elkins, David 1986-89 Elmore, Jeff 1978 Emery, Lyle 2009-10 Engel, Rory 1969 Ewing, Bob 1973-74 F Fallon, Shannon 1990-93 Fechter, Kirk 1972 Felch, Scott 2006-07 Ford, Adam 1997-98 Fox, Bill 1960 Friesen, Dan 2008-09 Fryett, Neal 1998-01 Furtado, Frank 1954 G Galloway, Shad 2017 Garcia, Royce 2017 Gardee, Jason 1988 Gavareski, Michael 2003-05 Gibson, Doug 2004-06 Gibson, T. 1971 Givens, Joel 1995-96 Glancy, Nick 1998-2001 Goforth, Steve 1990 Graff, Elius 2017 Grant, Dave 1963-66 Grant, Julius 1965 Grant, Steve 1988-89 Grice, Zack 1996; 2001 Griffith, Rob 1971 Groom, Lester 1980-84
H Haakenson, Erick 1969 Hale, John 1983-84 Halladay, Ben 2014-17 Hallman, Rod 1973 Halvorson, Allan 1960 Hamilton, Andrew 2008-09 Hamilton, Daniel 2008-11 Hamilton, Dave 1975-76 Hamlin, Ted 1988-91 Hammer, Andy 1996 Hankinson, Mike 1985 Hansen, Ben 2017 Hansen, Doug 1968-69 Hanson, Larry 1987-89 Harrison, Will 2009-12 Hart, Brad 1977 Hart, Greg 1974-77 Hauson, Richard 1976-77 Hendren, Sam, 2011 Henning, Andrew 2006 Hergert, Brett 1997-98 Herron, Tom 1968 Hill, Roman 1997 Hilliard, Jeremy 1997-98 Hines, Paul 1993-96 Hines, Phil 1997 Hodge, Terry 1980-83 Holland, Dave 1966 Holmen, Dan 1993 Holmgren, Greg 1979 Holt, Jim 1974 Horton, Alex 2011-13 Hotaling, Steve 1979-82 Houston, Jack 1964 Howell, Dennis 1971-72 Humann, Matt 1999 I Ishii, Dave 1954 J Jackson, Lonni 1982 Jacobsen, Eldon 1976-77 James, Brysten 2015-17 Jansen, Larry 1978-79 Johnson, Darrow 1954 K Kelly, Aaron 1995-97 Kettlebeck, Mark 1973 Klinkman, Jon 1980-82 L Lafady, Steve 1976 Lance, Jordan 2007-10 Lang, Tim 1998-99 Larimer, Dan 2005 Leahy, Dave 1976 LeCount, Tim 2002-04 Lehne, Mark 1992-93
Lewis, Jason 1993-94 Libadisos, Aaron 2001-03 Lim, Daniel 2004 Lindsey, Ka’eo 2014-15 Ljunghammer, Ralph 1971-72 Loney, David 1998-99 Low, John 1990 Lozano, Carlo 2005-07 Lunak, Don 1963 Lynch, Gary 1981 M Mach, Paul 2001-04 Mack, Steve 1963-64 Macpherson, Jason 1991-93 Mansdoerfer, Steve 1976 Marks, Torrey 1993-94 Marston, Cliff 1964 Marston, Marvin 1963-64 Marston, Phil 1967-69 Marston, Tim 2000-03 Marti, Stephen 2007 McCorwin, Mark 1982 McGill, Gary 1986 McJunken, Mark 1980 McKay, Tom 2008 McKinley, Steve 1975 McLeod, David 2015-16 McLeod, Dick 1964 Meads, Kent 1963 Meis, Chad 2006-09 Mennell, Ben 2012 Miller, Steve 2004-05 Miracle, Clint 2008 Moffitt, Roger 1966-67 Monaghan, Kevin 1997 Moody, Colin 1991-93 Moreton, Chris 2015 Morrison, Darrell 1963 Morrissey, Mayson 1996-97 Moulton, Jim 1970 N Nash, Ryan 1998-2002 Newser, Bob 1973 Nienaber, Mark 1968 Norris, Bob 1964 Notter, Tom 1960-61 Notter, Walt 1965-68 O O’Brien, Bob 1960-62 O’Connor, Lee 2003 Odem, Jason 1992 Ohler, Ron 1954-57 Ohlund, Tim 1965-67 Olson, Roger 1975-77 Overholt, Chris 1987-88 P Parker, Caleb 2009-10 Passons, Corey 1995-96 Peterson, Mike 1961-62 Peterson, Stan 1968
Phan, Jesse 2016-17 Phillips, Bryce 1995-96 Phillips, Ian 1991-92 Phillips, John 2007 Phillips, Ryan 2003-06 Pierson, Seth 2011-12 Piger, Jeremy 1992 Pitts, Ben 1998 Popp, Andy 1992 Posey, Stan 1963 Provo, Danny 2016 Pugh, Lloyd 1954-57
T Taylor, Tavish 2011-12 Taylor, Trevor 2011-13 Teagle, Greg 1982-83 Thaldorf, Jeff 1987-88 Thomas, Fred 1966-67 Thun, Bill 1970-73 Tillman, Trent 1986 Tomsic, Joe 1993
R Rae, Andrew 2010 Ralston, Bob 1960 Reed Steve 1976 Reeves, Tim 2002 Reimer, Albert 1979-82 Rickbeil, Peder 2017 Robinson, Ken 1989 Rooda, Ken 1985 Rorabaugh, Bob 1965-68 Rorabaugh, Mike 1969 Ross, Jim 1961-64 Rosser, James 2003-06 Ruby, Brent 1986-88
V Van Hess, Scott 1999-2002 Van Ness, Andrew 2009-10 Vermillion, Pete 1994
S Schonewald, Nick 2010 Seamster, Scott 2006-07 Seely, Nate 2009-11 Seiler, Carsten 1994 Sheeks, Mark 1974-77 Shelton, Al 1972-75 Sherrill, John 1967 Sherwood, Josiah 2010 Sleight, Nathanael 2008-11 Small, John 1972 Smedley, Chuck 1985 Smith, Bill 1976-78 Smith, Murl 1964 Snyder, James 1994-96 Sooter, Steve 1970-73 Sparks, Sparky 1983-85 Stark, Paul 1986-87 Stark, Rick 1968-71 Starr, Zach 2000 Stensland, Mark 1979-80 Sterling, Clark 2014-16 Strand, Noel 1990 Strickler, Eddie 2003-06 Sturm, Doug 1967 Stuteville, Jim 1964 Sund, Brad 1999 Sutherland, Spencer 2007 Swanson, Dale 1959-62 Swanson, Jon 1992-94 Swenson, Doug 1985 Swinney, Rick 1974-77 Sylva, Tom 1985
U Utterback, Micha 1995-96
W Wagoner, Tim 1970-71 Wahl, Larry 1961-64 Wahlenmaier, Jacob 2009-11 Walker, Joey 2015-16 Walls, Forrest 1954-57 Walz, Cory 1995 Watkins, Ryan 1991-92 Webster, Jeff 1984 Wegner, Phil 1983 Wick, Brian 1985-87 Wick, Steve 1982-85 Wiley, Turner 2011-14 Wilkins, Colin 2012-14 Willems, Andrew 1997 Wirtz, Doug 1983 Wolfe, Jordan 2011-12 Worzner, Jens 1988 Y York, Stephen 2010-11 Z Zatloukal, Jim 1970 Zering, Josiah 2014 Zetterberg, Mike 2005-06 Ziemann, Michael 1998-99
James Rosser, 2003-06
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Women’s Cross Country Letterwinners A Altman, Sue 1982 Anderberg, Lisa 2006-09 Armstrong, Hailey 2000-01 Austin, Ann 1978-79 Ayco, Gina 1990-91 B Baba, Laurie 1982-85 Baker, Traci 1985-88 Bannink, Laurie 1983 Barnes, Joy 2014 Bates, Shirley 1980 Baumgartner, Schaylee 1997-2000 Beaman, Kim 2005-08 Becker, Josie 2010-12 Becker, Marigrace 1999 Benanaya, Hanane 2005 Benson, Connie 1981-84 Blizzard, Tina 1978-79 Bluhm, Jenn 2008 Bjork, Kirsten 2000-03 Bolibol, Jennifer 1993-94 Botha, Erika 1995-96 Boulton, Kassandra 2009-10 Brown, Celia 1977-78 Brown, Kelsey 2009-10 Brown, Trish 1984-86 Bryant, Brandy 1988 Bunnell, Galyn 2004 Bunyan, Stevanie 1976-77 Byron, Annie 1978 C Calvert, Hannah 2013-16 Campbell, Melanie 2015 Cantrell, Dana 1999-2001 Carrick, Krysta 2009-11 Carroll, Sophie 2014-17 Charleson, Mary 2014-17 Chatfield, Stephanie 2003-04 Cissna, Katie 1987 Collins, Laura 1985 Comte, Diane 1977 Corbin, Joan 1978-79 Crane, Meredith 2005 Cronrath, Kysa 2006-07 Crunican, Ashleigh 1996-99 Cutting, Alli 2010-12 D Darnell, Elena 2005 de Marval, Sandrine 1988-89 Decker, Lynelle 2012-15 DeLeon, Krystal 2014 DeLorm, Lisa 1984 DeVine, Rachel 1994-97 Dickson, Karen 2003-04 Doe, Elizabeth 2011-12 Dorsey, Alexandra 2010 Doser, Lois 1977
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Doyle, Patricia 2007 Duringer, Julienne 2003 E Edholm, Kristen 2004 Edsall, Rachel 1998 Elde, Kristen 1999 Ennes, Laura 1990 F Felton, Emily 2007 Foote, Alyssa 2016-17 Frazee, Rene 1985-88 Fricker, McKayla 2010-13 Fynboe, Alexis 2011-12 G Gabelein, Sandy 1982-84 Gibbs, Rashel 1997 Gilbert, Melinda 1994-98 Goering, Christie 1999-2000 Giffey-Brohaugh, Acadia 2001 Griffith, Sue 1976-77 Groenink, Melissa 1992-93 Groth, Abby 2002-03 H Hamlin (Bomengen), Heidi 1991-94 Hammett, Gina 1995 Hankins, Joey 1991-92 Hanscom, Margaret 2008-09 Harbaugh, Ruth 2002-03 Harder, Jennifer 1989 Harline, Kate 2006-09 Hart, Katie 2005-08 Hartman, Brittnie 1995 Harwood, Gynette 1979 Hawkinson, Ruth 1999-2002 Higgins, Amber 2000 Hoglund, Melissa 2002 Holmberg, Dania 2017 Holthusen, Jacque 1996-99 Hormann, Steffi 1986 Huntington, Summer 2003
Kilmer, Ricci 1992 Kincaid, Ashley 1997 King, Tammie 1993-94 Kinzel, Marcy 1998 Kiracofe, Stephanie 2008 Kjaersgaard, Hanne 1987 Klausman, Chris 1981-84 Knape, Megan 2010 Knox, Becky 2002-05 Koelfgen, Lisa 1982-84 Koenig, Erica 1992 Koons, Laurel 1997 Kraybill, Sarah 2001-02 Krepel, Kayti 2008 Kuhn, Tracy 2004-05 L Laabs-Johnson, Heidi 2011-12 Larkin, Sheila 1995-98 Larson, Jane 2006-09 Larson, Lonna 1990-91 Lassen, Kathy 1976-77 Lavin, Josie 2001-05 Leasor, Karen 1997 Lee, Kristin 1997 Lendell, Eve 1979 Lender, Julie 1984 Levan, Marianne 1982-86 Libby, Amber 1998 Lilly, Kate 2016-17 Lindberg, Julie 1982-84 Lodwig, Laura 1997
I Irwin, Linda 1976-79 J James, Corina 2005 Jennings, Dottie 1982 Jensen, Charlotte 1990 Jensen, Nikki 2003-06 Johnson, Alexandria 2008 Johnson, Diane 1983 Johnson, Jasmine 2011-13 Johnson, Stacey 1993-94 K Kettel, Hailey 2014-17 Kiekhaefer, Marie 2008
Anna Patti, 2012-15
Long, Emily 2017 Lopez, Sachi 2005 Lyon, Alicia 1995-96 M Macdonald, Sarah 2013-16 Madigan, Jane 1990-91 Marcinek, May 1998-99 Marsh, Jennifer 2003-06 Marsh, Kelley 1993-96 Marshall, Ashley 2003 Marston, Camille 1988-91 Mathison, Jessie 2014 McCabe, Annie 1999-2000 McCallum, Laurie 1976 McCoy, Brandi 2003-05 McGlade, Brenda 1980 McNerney, Sedona 2016-17 Meyers, Dottie 1981 Milcic, Janet 1979-80 Moe, Bente 1985-89 Moriarty, Mary 2005-06 Morris, Katie 2012 Moser, Laura 2009-10 Muench, Julia 2004 N Nelson, Missi 1980-83 Newkirk, Marty 1978 Newton, Sarah 1994 Ng, Jennifer 1998 Nielsen, Laura 1997 Northwall, Lindsey 2000 Nyaggah, Sally 1999 Nyakweba, Gladys 1994 Nye, Athena 2010 O O’Brien, Mary 1986-87 O’Conner, Stephanie 1988-89 Ocken, Sue 1985-86 Owens, Candy 2001 Owens, Erica 2000-02 P Paddock, Leah 1998-2001 Park, Ilene 1984-87 Patti, Anna 2012-15 Peckham, Randi 1998 Perkins, Teona 2005 Perkins, Victoria 2004 Peterson, Heidi 2005-08 Phan, Chynna 2014-17 Pixler, Jessica 2006-09 Plunkett, Natty 2008-11 Preboski, Erica 2003 Price, Jo 1985-87 Probst, Rachael 1998-2000 Q Quatier, Debbie 1976-77; 1986 Quigley, Molly 1978
R Rachwitz, Claire 2013-14 Radebaugh, Tiffany 1999 Ramstad, Leslie 1983-86 Raney, Susan 1987 Rawlins, Jessica 2014-15 Reed, Jeannette 1989-91 Reszcynski, Jodi 1987 Richard, Kara 2001-02 Ritter, Gina 1994-96 Road, Britta 1984 Rohde, Kaitlin 2004-07 Rohde, Karin 2004-07 Rohm, Breanne 2001-04 Ross, Rachel 1998-2001 Ruby, Ellen 2013 S Santos, Makayla 2014 Sawatzsky, Amy 1996 Scandurra, Anita 1976-77 Schumacher, Anna 2004 Schwarzmiller, Joleen 1998 Scott, Amber 1998-99 Seana, Nicole 1999-2002 Seip, Heather 1997 Serventi, Gabriella 2012 Shannon, Claudia 1992-95 Shansby, Laurie 1980-83 Smathers, Shelley 1989-90 Sokoloskis, Benita 1985-86 Sowers, Ali 2014-15 Steinhauer, Abbie 2017 Stevens, Janelle 2002-06 Stiles, Sophie 2012 Strickler, Suzie 2005-07; 2009 Summers, Kathi 1978-79 Swann, Julie 1997-98 Swanson, Leah 2010 Syre, Marlo 1990 T Tayet, Hillary 2003 Teeter, Janet 1980 Templeman, Wendy 1983 Thompson, Elizabeth 2017 Thralls, Katie 2012 Torres, Madel 2009 Townsend, Alisha 1999 Tozier, Carolyn 1977 Tschetter, Kimberly 1998 Turner, Natalie 1993-96
W Wallace, Heather 1996-99 Walter, Katherine 2016-17 Weinz, Becky 1997-98 Weitz, Diane 1979 Weitz, Judy 1982-83 Whitbeck, Kelly 1985-88 Whitfield, Jackie 1997-99 Wilkins, Kayla 2009-10 Williams, Mary 2008-10 Williamson, Michelle 1977 Witt, Jamie 2000-03 Wolfe, Jessica 2012 Wood, Lauren 2009 Wrightman, Megan 2004-07 Y Yarnell, Tracy 1991 Z Zeidler, Robyn 2010-12 Zeitler, Kiley 2013-15 Zender, Julie 1984
Joan Corbin, 1978-79
U Underhill, Elisa 1979 Urrutia, Celine 1976 V Vale, Jenny 1991-92 Van Nes, Emma 2013 Vasey, Pam 1984 Vaughn, Debra 1995-97 Vermeer, Andrea 2003 Volk, Gail 1979-81
Karin Rohde, 2004-07; Nikki Jensen, 2003-06
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Gymnastics History Competence and Continuity Land Falcons in National Spotlight As a varsity program, women’s gymnastics vaulted onto the scene in 1974. But 20 years before that, gymnastics had already landed on
coach, international authority, and founder of Gymnastics, Inc. In 1972, Lewis moved his club to Brougham Pavilion’s auxiliary gym, which allowed the sport to take more of a foothold at SPC. A year later, Lewis welcomed two of his protégés, junior UW transfer Laurel Anderson (later Tindall) and freshman Debbie Halle, plus freshman Jenny Fooshee into what was essentially the Falcons’ first gymnastics team. And, in 1974 they became SPC’s first official women’s varsity sport. Although Lewis remained the sport authority, former SPC and Falcon Track Club javelin standout Virginia Husted 1997 National Champions: (Front row, from left) Tina Lemm, Lisa Smith, Sarah Brown, Mandy Witmer, Georgianne Smith, Christen became the inaugural Tercek, Laurel Tindall (coach) (Second) Michael Chaplin, Amy Faulk, coach of record. An Deni Boswell, Callie Field (Third) Kathy Klubben, Vickie Moody, Gina impressive span folMoody, Amanda King (Back) Mindy Ferguson, Kathy Siwek, Stephanie Andrews, Stefanie Thompson lowed. The Falcon trio won every regular season Seattle Pacific’s campus — thanks meet, won the AIAW regional over to Athletic Director Ken Foreman. Pac-8 competitors Washington Foreman, a former NCAA and Oregon, and went on to place champion gymnast and world fourth as a team at the AIAW record holder in the 20-foot rope national championships. Halle also climb, organized the AAU Pabecame the program’s first national cific Northwest Open — the first champion by winning the meet title major meet conducted west of on the uneven bars. Then in 1975, the Mississippi River. It was the after Lewis was renamed coach, perfect event to open the newly Anderson won the national vault built Brougham Pavilion in 1954, title while Halle finished third and and it became an annual fixture Anderson sixth in the all-around. on campus. Known as the WashImmediately after, Anderson graduington Open in the 1960s, most of ated and became coach — a posithe region’s major clubs competed tion she would hold for 44 years. in the showcase, including the Originally, the Falcons comSeattle YMCA club led by George peted in the Association of InterLewis, a renowned gymnastics collegiate Athletics for Women 178
against teams from all competitive divisions. In 1982, the NCAA began sponsorship of regional and national championship meets. SPU competed in Division II starting in 1983, and it was there Tindall’s teams found their form. Beginning in 1984, the Falcons won an impressive six-straight D-II regional championships. At nationals, they finished fourth in 1984 and 1985, each time pulling closer to the top three teams. And then it happened. In the 1986 NCAA D-II national championship, with SPU in eighth place to begin the final event, the Falcons literally sprang over the other seven teams in the vault to pull out a narrow and exhilarating win. They were national champions. Despite stellar wins the next season, the defending champions took second nationally. But SPU’s team would soon be back on top. After a string of national top-four finishes, Tindall orchestrated another run at a national title, which the team accomplished in 1992. And five years later, the Falcons reached their pinnacle by winning the 1997 national USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championship at home in front of a capacity crowd in Brougham Pavilion. All told, in the program’s four-plus decades of storied achievement, Tindall’s teams won three national titles and enjoyed a run of 20 consecutive top-four national finishes (1984–2003). Additionally, Falcon gymnasts won 32 individual national championships and gained more than 220 All-American awards. Upon Tindall’s retirement in 2019, former SPU gymnast and as-
sistant coach Sarah Jean Marshall was named head coach. In 2020, the University discontinued gymnastics as a varsity sport, citing a downsized collegiate gymnastics landscape as the primary reason for the change. SPU National Gymnastics Championships Year
Coach
Affiliation
1986
Laurel Tindall
NCAA D-II
1992
Laurel Tindall
USAG
1997
Laurel Tindall
USAG
Coach
Year
Virginia Husted
1974
George Lewis
1975
Laurel Tindall
1976–2019
Sarah Marshall
2020
RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “A Comeback Like No Other” (1985–86) • “Fired-Up Gymnasts Come From Behind for Second National Title” (1991–92) • “Gymnasts Reach Perfect Ending to a Near-Perfect Season” (1996–97) Gymnastics Alumni Night 2010: (Front row, laying down) Debra Huss, Brianna Schwartz (Second) Missy McLaughlin, Brie Piedmonte, Kelly Bates, Haley Krommenhoek, Ashley Domres, Leslie Archer, Sadie Johnston (Third) Rachael Anderson Liddicoat, Amy Faulk Hicks, Aubrey Stavig Powell, Jaynie Reynolds Ostrosser, Allison Siegel MacAfee, Christie Chinaka, Sarah Sullivan, Christie Steelsmith Hartman, Lisa Shadle Gunhus (Back) Courtney Stump, Callie Field Jensen, Sarah Brown Herzog, Christin Tercek, Vickie Moody Kuiper, Anna Sandberg Court, Kathie Cradduck Koch, Laurel Anderson Tindall, Jenny Fooshee Swanson, Debbie Halle Jackson, Melissa Harris McGill, Erica Thompson Patterson, Erin Gluth
Kathie Cradduck, 1990-93
Maria Hundley, 2013-16
Shawna Van Haveren 1988-91
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Gymnastics Letterwinners A Ahr, Annastasia 2001-04 Allen, Wendy 1979-80 Althauser, Cassie 1998-2001 Ames, Serene 1980-82 Amonsen, Courtney 2000-03 Anderson, Laurel 1974-75 Anderson, Rachael 2001-03 Andrews, Stephanie 1995-98 Archer, Leslie 2008-09 Arness, Tosha 1986 Atchison, Brittany 2015-17 B Bajema, Debbie 1989 Bates, Kelli 2008-09 Beltran, Breanna 2014-17 Bence, Kristyn 2003 Blaney, Paige 2014-15 Boswell, Deni 1995-98 Brane, Sienna 2017 Bremer, Jill 1988-89 Brown, Marilyn 1977 Brown, Rene 1982 Brown, Sadie 1999 Brown, Sarah 1997 Bryant, Kristin 2004-07 Budd, Erika 1987-88 Burns, Darian 2017 C Cabrera, Stephanie 2009-11 Carey, Kim 1998-2001 Chinaka, Christie 2005-08 Christman, Jennifer 2001-03 Clark, Sydney 2012-15 Collins, Fernell 1981-84 Cooney, Kimberly 1995-96 Cooper, Nicole 1986-87 Cox, Chelsea 2004 Cradduck, Kathie 1990-93 Crane, Kathryn 1992 Cross, Stephanie 2011-14 D D’Aboy, Sara 1983-85 Daniels, Melissa 2006-08 Domres, Ashley 2005-08 Dudley, Jenna 2012 E Elliott, Barbara 1986-88 Erickson, Shirley 1975; 77 Escarra, Shannon 2012-15 Evin, Julie 2002-03 F Faulk, Amy 1997 Ferestad, Twyla 1988 Ferguson, Mindy Lee 1994-97 Fey, Sarah 1993 Field, Callie 1997-2000 Field, Gretchen 1995 Fisher, Anita 1979 Fooshee, Jenny 1974-76 Frohm, Corine 1989-92
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G Garcia, Heather 2008-09 Gauna, Kylee 2016-17 George, Janice 1977-80 George, Marilyn 1978 Glover, Lauren 2014-17 Gluth, Erin 1989-92 Goodhew, Lisa 2011-14 Gregory, Texie 2009-12 Gundel, Stephanie 1999 H Hale, Heather 1998 Halle, Debbie 1974-77 Harger, Ariana 2015-17 Harris, Kayla 2009 Harris, Melissa 1978-81 Hastings, Stacey 1992- 95 Hatton-Ward, Emily 2004 Hayashida, Kristi 2014-17 Heck, Kaysha 2009-12 Hiatt, Jeanne 1988-90 Holmstrom, Diane 1984 Hultgren, Raynie 2013 Hundley, Maria 2013-16 Huss, Debra 2004-07 Hylton, Fatimah 2015 I Inselman, Lisa 1987-89 J Jarmin, Michelle 1991-92 Jensen, Karen 1983 Jergenson, Lori 1978 Johnson, Christine 1988-89 Johnson, Jill 1975-76 Johnston, Sadie 2007-09 Jung, Caroline 2017 K Kano, Carly 2016-17 Kaune, Kathy 1984-87 Kawasaki, Erin 1998-2001 Kelly, Diana 1988-90 Kelly, Kari 2002-05 Kennedy, Guyla 1991 Khauv, Ami 2010-11 King, Amanda 1994-97 Kingsley, Elisabeth 2002-05 Kirk, Brenda 1975-76 Klubben, Kathy 1995-98 Koon, Gretchen 1984 Kraus, Lisa 1989 Krommenhoek, Haley 2004-07 Kulkarni, Aditi 2009-12 L Lamson, Pam 1992-95 Larson, Bryn 2011-14 Lawal, Zahra 2017 Leach, Heather 1976 Lehman, Jennifer 2008-11 Leiferman, Anna 2003-04 Lemm, Tara 2000 Lemm, Tina 1997-2000 Loland, Teryn 2012-15 Lord, Cara 2012-15
Luckman, Jan 1976-78 Lundgren, Amber 2006-07 Lyne, Tracy 1996 M Madrid, Anissa 2008-11 Magnuson, Sandy 1982 Malone, Brittany 2009-12 Martin, Jill 1989 Matsune, Miyuki 2017 Mays, Kara 1998-99 McBride, Caitlin 2011 McBride, Casey 1996 McBride, Holly, 1988 McBurney, Kyla 1990 McConahey, Shannon 2006 McDaniel, Corrie 2002-05 McLaughlin, Missy 1999-2002 Medeiros, Lisa 1984-85 Memmel, Kenley 2011-14 Mitton, June 1976-79 Molter, Keira 1995 Moody (Bolenbaugh), Gina 1994-97 Moody, Vicki 1995-99 Morgan, Priscilla 2005 Morrill, Cindy 1986-88 N Nakayama, Ai 2001 Nelson, Danna 2006-07 Nikaitani, Tami 1984-86 Nolte, Sue 1983-86 Norton, Robyn 1985-86 O Okamura, Alexa 2013-16 Olsen, Alayne 1983-86 Olsen, Linda 1981-84 Olson, Becky 1993 Oritz, Alyssa 2013-15 P Page, McKenna 2012-15 Parman (Bomber), Bonnie 1984-87 Peterson, Maryanna 2016-17 Piedmonte, Brianna 2004-08 Piquette, Michele 1982 Ptacek, Dawn 1985 R Reed, Cindy 2003-04 Reynolds, Jaynie 2003-06 Rice, Chrissy 1990-92; 94 Rupno, Suzy, 1980 Rutherford, Nancy 1975; 1977 S Sabates, Ana 2015-16 San Roman, Itzia 2016-17 Sandberg, Anna 1992-95 Schroeder, Chris 1974 Schulz, Gail 1987-90 Schwartz, Brianna 2006-09 Schwartz, Suzanne 1986 Scranton, Melia 1974-76 Seward, Michelle 1989 Shadle, Lisa 1988-91
Siegel-McAfee, Alison 1999-2002 Siwek, Kathy 1995-98 Skinner, Elsa 1994 Smith, Georgianne 1996-99 Smith, Lisa 1996-99 Smith, Tracy 2006-09 Snook, Betsy 2008-11 Stanton, Melissa 2003-04 Stavig, Aubrie 2005-08 Steelsmith Christi 1985-88 Stehman, Meriahna 1980-83 Steigauf, Bri 2008-11 Strada (James), JoEllen 1984-87 Strid, Kristen 2000-03 Stump, Courtney 1999-2002 Sullivan, Rain 2013-16 Sullivan, Sarah 2004-07 Sutton, Tammy 1988-91 Swanson, Jenny 1977 Switzer, Julie 1976-78 T Taylor, Samantha 2009-12 Tercek, Christin 1997-2000 Thomas, Re’nae 1991 Thompson, Erica 1992-94 Thompson, Stefanie 1997-99 Thomson, Linda 1977 Thurow, Wendy 1990-92 Tindall, Kai 2011-14 Toulouse, Jen 1995 Tsark, Izzy 2016-17 Tso, Ali 2011-14 U Urfer, Julie 1993-96 V Van Cleve, Debbie 1975-76 Van Haveren, Shawna 1988-91 Vernon, Sherah 2009-12 Villanueva, Tracie 2014-17 W Waggoner, Jan 1976 Wagner, Stephanie 2010-13 Webster, Madison 2013 Weddell, Amber 2001 Willingham, Amanda 2012-15 Willis, Laura 2008-11 Wilson, Karen 1980 Wilson, Lari 2009-12 Wirth, Lena 2017 Wise, Corrine 2009-13 Witmer, Mandy 1996-97 Woods, Sherry 1982-83 Y Yepson, Haylee 2009-11 Z Zipp, Linda 1974 Zografos, Renee 2014-17 Zumsteg, Angie 1995-96
Gymnastics All-Time School Records Team Records Team Total 194.875 Vault 48.850 49.225 Uneven Bars Balance Beam 48.950 Floor Exercise 49.250 Individual Records 39.400 All-Around Vault 9.900 Uneven Bars 9.950 Balance Beam 9.925 9.925 Floor Exercise 9.950
at USAG Championships, Apr. 9, 2016 at USAG Championships, Apr. 9, 2016 at USAG Championships, Apr. 12, 2014 vs. Alaska Anchorage/San Jose State, Feb. 26, 2016 at USAG Championships, Apr. 8, 2016 Maria Hundley, at USAG Championships, Apr. 9, 2016 Ariana Harger, at USAG Championships, Apr. 9, 2016 Mindy Lee Ferguson, vs. Alaska Anchorage, Mar. 10, 1997 Alison Siegel, vs. San Jose State, Feb. 3, 2001 Kristi Hayashida, at UC Davis, Feb. 24, 2017 Callie Field, vs. Alaska Anchorage, Feb. 28, 2000
Top Scores by Category Team Scores 194.875 at USAG Championships, Apr. 9, 2016 1. 194.750 at USAG Championships, Apr. 8, 2016 2. 3. 194.575 at UC Davis, Feb. 28, 2014 194.550 at USAG Championships, Apr. 12, 2014 4. 194.275 at USAG Championships, Apr. 11, 2014 5. 194.225 at USAG Championships, Apr. 11, 2015 6. 194.100 at Washington, Mar. 11, 2017 7. 8. 194.075 at MPSF Championships, Mar. 22, 2014 194.025 at San Jose State, Mar. 8, 2015 9. All-Around 39.350 Maria Hundley, Mar. 7, 2016 1. 2. 39.225 Debra Huss, Mar. 19, 2005 39.200 Maria Hundley, Feb. 19, 2016 3. 4. 39.175 Maria Hundley, Mar. 19, 2016 5. 39.125 Alison Siegel, Feb. 28, 2001 Maria Hundley, Feb. 26, 2016 7. 39.100 Sarah Sullivan, USAG Championships, Apr. 20, 2007 8. 39.050 Alison Siegel-McAfee, Mar. 24, 2002 Alison Siegel-McAfee, Apr. 12, 2002 9. 39.025 Deni Boswell, Mar. 21, 1998 Maria Hundley, Apr. 2, 2016 Vault
1. 9.875 Kari Kelly, Mar. 5, 2004; Mar. 19, 2005 Jaynie Reynolds, Feb. 12, 2005 Kristin Bryant, Apr. 19, 2007; Apr. 20, 2007 Maria Hundley, Mar. 23, 2013; Feb. 21, 2014, Mar. 22, 2014; Feb. 19, 2016
Uneven Bars 1. 9.950 Mindy Lee Ferguson, Mar. 10, 1997 2. 9.925 Deni Boswell, Apr. 11, 1998 Maria Hundley, Apr. 11, 2014 Balance Beam 1. 9.925 Alison Siegel, Feb. 3, 2001 Kristi Hayashida, Feb. 24, 2017 3. 9.900 Erica Thompson, Mar. 24, 1994 Maria Hundley, Apr. 12, 2015 Kristi Hayashida, Mar. 7, 2016 Floor Exercise 1. 9.950 Callie Field, Feb. 28, 2000 2. 9.925 Corrie McDaniel, Mar. 9, 2002 3. 9.900 Alison Siegel-McAfee, Mar. 9, 2002 Debra Huss, Jan. 17, 2004; Mar. 12, 2004; Mar. 20, 2004; Mar. 9, 2007; Mar. 30, 2007 Kristin Bryant, Mar. 30, 2007 Sarah Sullivan, Apr. 20, 2007 Sherah Veron, Mar. 27, 2010 Ariana Harger, Apr. 7, 2017 Darian Burns, Apr. 9, 2017
Ariana Harger, 2015-17
Sherah Vernon, 2009-12
Anissa Madrid, 2008-11
Gail Schultz, 1987-90
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Men’s Soccer History McCrath’s 38-Year Tenure Nets Falcons a National Legacy The most successful program in NCAA Division II, Seattle Pacific’s storied soccer team began as a pilot program in 1967.
soccer team played 10 games and finished 0-5-1 in league play. In 1970, SPC President David McKenna sought to accelerate the
(From left) Ken Covell, 1971-74; Doug McKenna, 1970-73; David Landry, 1972-73; Ralph Rand, 1971-74
That year, Athletic Director Les Habegger tapped Arnie Aizstrauts, a local soccer icon, to coordinate a team composed of mainly foreign students and sons of former missionaries in a four-game schedule against local colleges and leagues. The enthusiastic response by students convinced Habegger that soccer could work as a varsity program, and in 1968 he officially added it to the roster with Aizstrauts as coach. The first official varsity match was a 1968 game versus Charles Wright Academy, a high school preparatory in Tacoma. Three days later the first outing versus intercollegiate opposition occurred, a 4-1 loss to Seattle University, with Mel Scott scoring the program’s first official goal. In that inaugural year, the SPC 182
soccer program’s development. To do that, he selected a proven candidate for the job: Cliff McCrath, head coach at Michigan sister-school Spring Arbor College. However, McCrath’s first season at SPC was winless — a humbling situation for a coach who had guided his past three programs to conference championships. McCrath quickly rebounded, and the team achieved its first winning record and qualified for the postseason the next year. In the program’s third season under McCrath, Seattle Pacific began to forge a national reputation, largely due to the Falcons’ startling 1-1 tie with defending Division I champion Saint Louis University. Their giant-killer reputation continued to build from there. In 1973, the team
shocked the Washington Huskies 3-1, which helped the Falcons reach the postseason again. In year four, McCrath’s team tied with national powerhouse San Francisco 3-3, and not only reached the postseason for the third time but made it to the national championship match — a feat that came just four years after going winless. The Falcons reached the national championship two more times in the next three years, and then in 1978 finally got over the runners-up hump. In a tense game, as much about character as it was about skill, the Falcons triumphed after three overtime periods to topple defending champion Alabama A&M. It was the highest national finish for SPC in any sport, and the beginning of a D-II dynasty. The giant-killer exploits continued in 1979 with a 2-1 victory over Southern Illinois Edwardsville (the eventual D-I champion), and more recently in 1998 with a 2-1 defeat of crosstown rival Washington, then ranked No. 2 in D-I. During McCrath’s 38-year tenure, the Falcons qualified for the playoffs 30 times; made it to the title match 10 times; and ultimately won five national championships, including a first for the NCAA Division II tournament: back-to-back titles in 1985 and 1986. Several of McCrath’s players went on to play for U.S. national teams, and more than 30 played professionally, including four for Major League Soccer clubs. Foremost was three-time AllAmerican goalkeeper Marcus
Hahnemann, who earned nine U.S. international caps and played over 300 matches in England (1999–2012). After McCrath left in 2008, former player Mark Collings became the first alumnus to lead the program. Collings’ teams continued the winning tradition, with five straight NCAA postseason appearances and two GNAC championships.
Coach
Year
Overall Record
Arnie Aizstrauts
1968–69
1-14
Cliff McCrath
1970–2007
512-182-85
Mark Collings
2008–
100-41-29 (through 2016)
NCAA National D-II Soccer Championships Year
Coach
Overall Record
1978
Cliff McCrath 18-5-4
1983
Cliff McCrath 16-4-1
1985
Cliff McCrath 20-3-0
1986
Cliff McCrath 17-4-2
1993
Cliff McCrath 18-2-1
RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “Falcons Scale the Soccer Summit” (1978–79)
1968 Soccer: (Front row) Gordon Briscoe, Steve Martinson, Marlin Traub, Dave Wagner, Larry Cotton, Ted Woodward, Larry Epp, Mel Scott (Back) Bert Pfeffer (assistant coach), Paul Lyons, Jeff Yerger, Marlin Schoonmaker, Steve Van Rooy, Jim Parsons, Greg Courtwright, Ron Sorensen, Thandi Manzini, Gary Arnett, Arnold Aizstrauts (coach)
• “Soccer Once More on the Rise” (1990–91) • “Dunn Brothers Deal Double Trouble to Opponents” (1993–94)
Elliot Morton, 2008-12
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Men’s Soccer Letterwinners A Abe, Daudi 1973-75 Abebefe, Ayo 2005 Abel, Justin 2006-07 Adams, Ian 2012-15 Agyei, Samuel 2016 Altshuler, Seth 1996-99 Amonson, Eric 1987-90 Anderson, Larry 1974 Arnett, Gary 1968-69 B Backous, Doug 1980-82 Backous, Taylor 2010-13 Badilla, Doug 1975-76 Bains, Dave 1975-77 Balch, Peter 1974 Ballard, Dillon 2008-11 Barringer, Chris 2003-04 Bartlett, Steve 1969-72 Bartsch, Jeff 2005 Battan, Shamele 2011-13; 2015 Bauman, Tim 1971 Belisle, Mike 1997 Benedict, Josh 1997 Benz, Eric 1977-79 Berg, Josh 1999 Berg, Robbie 1997-2000 Berns, Rick 1981 Betcher, Matt 1989-91 Bildstein, Jeff 1979 Bird, Liviu 2010-11 Birds, Steve 1994 Birk, John 1972 Birnbaum, Mike 1994 Bjornethun, Kirk 1983-84 Blahous, Ed 1985 Blahous, Tom 1981-84 Bloudoff, Kevin 1976-79 Bohl, Jacob 2015-16 Boltz, Patrick 1999 Bonner, Jeremy 2002-05 Bouton, Dean 1979-80 Brand, Ryan 2008-11 Brill, Danny 2008-11 Bringhurst, Nathan 2001 Brisbon, Greg 1996-97 Briscoe, Gordon 1968 Brkich, Michael 2002-04 Brown, Greg 1978 Bruch, Bob 1984-87 Bryan, Don 1974-75 Bullard, Phil 1991-94 Burleson, Ryan 2001 Burton, Grant 2007-08 C Cairns, Scott 1983-86 Cantu, Rick 1991 Carpenter, Daniel 2005 Carswell, Josh 2001
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Carver, Blaine 2010-13 Cayetano, Jess 2014-16 Chase, Scott 1977 Christensen, Dave 1973-74 Clauson, John 1972 Clerihew, Ian 1990-93 Cloyd, Brendon 2007-08 Coggan, James 2004-07 Coggan, Jeff 2006-07 Cole, Chris 2016 Collings, Jeffrey 2013-16 Collings, Mark 1995-98 Colvin, Tim 1987-88 Conaway, Parker 2015-16 Connell, Caleb 1993-96 Connell, Travis 1991-93; 1995 Cook, Chuck 1969-70 Cooke, Joel 1996-98 Cotten, Larry 1968 Courtwright, Gregg 1968-70 Covell, Ken 1971-74 Cox, Mark 2002 Cravalho, Adrian 2000-02 D Daligcon, Nate 1992-95 Dapper, Dan 1976-77 Davis, Ed 1974-75 Davis, Josh 1997-2000 Dawn, Jonathon 1969 Dawson, Wes 1971-72 Delamarter, Larry 1969-72 Deming, Jamie 1975-78 dePinna, Keenan 2014-16 DePuydt, Troy 1988 Derwin, Jace 2007-08 Dettmer, Jordan 2006-09 Dickerson, Dominic 1993-96 Dickerson, Jared 1997-2000 Donnelly, Kurt 1975 Donnelly, Tom 1981-84 Drovdahl, Mark 1997-98 Dunn, James 1991-93
Barth Riedel, 1996-99
Dunn, Jason 1991-93 DuVall, Michael 2015 Dyck, Brian 1969-72 E Earl, Dion 1990-92; 1994 Egbert, Brent 2000-04 Ellis, Dave 1972-75 Elmenhurst, Brad 1980-83 Elmenhurst, Nate 2004-07 Emedi, Dan 1973-74 Epp, Larry 1968 Evoy, Richie 2009-12 F Fahling, Griffin 2008-10 Fairchild, Brian 1988-89 Falco, Grant 1999-2002 Falco, Tyler 2002-04 Faller, Mark 1985-87 Farler, Don 1980-81 Farrell, Jason 1991-92 Favorite, Kit 1976; 1978-80 Findlay, Colin 1982 Fowler, Ralf 1986-87 Fox, Gene 1975-76 Franco, Carlos 2016 Funk, Tom 2002 G Gamble, Kodiac 2010-13 Gangle, Tommy 1994-95 Garcia, Josh 1995 Garner, Dana 1996-98; 2000 Garrison, Barry 1970-71 Gess, John 1970-73 Gess, Paul 1974 Ghormley, Dan 1976-78 Glandon, Bill 1983-84 Goff, Rob 1987 Goodfellow, Jacobi 1996 Gordon, Kelly 1977-78 Granade, Chuck 1993-96 Greene, Dave 1974-75 Greenwood, Ricci 1993-95 Greilling, Rodney 2013-15 Grissom, Ian 2012-13 Gunhus, Mike 1987 Gunnell, Dennis 1983-84 H Hagerott, Daman 1978 Hahnemann, Marcus 1990-93 Hale, Kevin 1993-94 Haley, Todd 1988-91 Hall, Ken 1974-76 Hall, Warren 1978-81 Hallbert, David 1971 Hallenbeck, Jeff 2004-07 Harris, Peyton 2014-16 Hart, Paul 1969
Hattrup, Peter 1982-83; 1985 Hauck, Paul 1983 Head, Matt 1989 Heimbigner, John 1991-94 Hellenkamp, Chris 1979-80 Henn, Steve 1980 Henness, Jono 2005-08 Hennessey, John 1978-80 Hensley, Josh 2008-10 Hiatt, Mike 1977-80 Hickson, Shane 1988 Higgins, Ryan 2014-16 Hill, David 1969 Hirsch, Mike 2003 Hoff, Taylor 2000 Hollow, Tyler 1994 Hopps, Sean 1986 Horne, Matthew 2003 Howard, Wayne 1975 Huffman, Hunter 2008-09 Hughes, Jim 1969 Hunter, Gary 1981-82 Huston, James 1969-71 Huston, Richard 1974 I Ingraham, Dan 1988-89 Irwin, Bill 1971-72 Issac, Gordon 1971-74 Isufi, Enis 2008-09 Ivaldi, Andrew 2015-16 J Jackson, David 1969-70 Janzen, Cory 1998-2000; 2002 Jenkins, Chaz 2013-15 Jewell, Darren 2008-10 Johnson, Gary 1972 Johnson, Jeff 1978-79 Johnson, Troy 2001 Johnson, Zach 2009-12 Johnston, Justin 1992 Jones, Garrett 2012-15 Jones, Jon 1979-81 Jones, Nova 1987-88 Jumonville, Bob 1976-79 K Kain, Dennis 1980-81 Kalafatich, Nick 1994-95 Karaica, Davis 2012-16 Karr, Randy 1989-90 Kellum, Gabe 2013-16 Kemper, Matt 2004-07 Kikuchi, Robert 1990 Kinzel, Joe 2000-01 Klein, Bert 1974-75 Klein, Geoff 1970-71 Knutson, Jeremy 1997-2000 Kollars, Jordan 2013; 2015-16 Kosco, Colin 2005-08 Kovats, Mark 1988-91 Kretz, Doug 1971 Krikic, Suad 2004
Kuehn, Kaleb 2007-10 Kuenzi, Brandon 2009-12 Kuroda, Howard 1984-85 L Landry, Dave 1972-73 Lang, Cody 2012-16 Lanpouthakoun, Siri 1982-83 Laughlin, Matt 2001-03 Le Bard, Kelly 1983-86 Lee, Trevor 2016 Leinbach, Max 2001-02 Letts, Nick 2002-05 Levan, Kellen 1985; 1987 Linkhorn, Chris 1994 Llewellyn, Bill 1974-75 Lockwood, Michael 2003 Loken, Darren 1984-86 Lopez, Frank 1995-98 Lovelace, Ben 2005-08 Lurie, Glenn 1983-86 Lyons, Paul 1968-70 M MacDonald, Stephen 2013-16 Macha, Drew 2004-07 Machado, Danny 1985-87 Major, Walter 1985 Malick, Joel 1998-2000 Malloch, Sam 2016 Malmanger, Robin 1989-90 Manzini, Thandi 1968 Martin, Brian 1993 Martin, Geoff 1994-97 Martinson, Ken 1970-72 Martinson, Steve 1968 Mathers, Bob 1974 McAuliffe, Joe 1980-82 McCrath, Steve 1986-89 McCutchan, Hal 1977 McDonald, Chris 1985-88 McGill, Terry 1977-80 McGlynn, Gerard 1981-84 McGuire, Corey 2009-12 McKay, Jim 1977-80 McKenna, Doug 1970-73 McKeown, Darin 1983-84 McLaughlin, Bob 1987-88
Gabe Kellum, 2013-16
Meckel, Ben 1999 Meeker, Jim 1986-88 Meier, Brian 1990-93 Melnik, Bill 1977 Meppen, Connor 2009; 2011-12 Mercer, Kyle 1994-95 Merchant, Matt 2012-15 Metzger, Mark 1976-79 Meyers, Vic 1969-70 Miller, Ric 1977-79 Mitalis, Teddy 1980-81 Mohammed, Anthony 2009-13 Molet, John 1996 Montgomery, Robbie 1997 Morrill, Doug 1989 Morris, Christopher 2009-12 Morris, Greg 1988-89 Morris, Michael 2003-05 Morton, Elliot 2008-12 Morton, Jim 1995-96 Mosich, Doug 1975-76 Mullen, Jeff 2013 Myers, Rick 1984-87 Myers, Rod 1984-88 N Neighbors, Jim 1985 Nelson, Alec 2006-09 Newman, Steve 1975-76 Niewenhuis, Jared 1989 Noetzel, Johann 1995; 1998-99 Nyone, Caleb 2009-12 O O’Keefe, Kevin 1983-85 Olivas, Danny 2012-15 Olney, Reece 1986; 1988-89 Osborn, Mike 1978 Oscar, Jeff 1981-82 Ottosen, Craig 1983-87 Owens, Brad 1990 P Pardini, Michael 1999-02 Parker, Sparky 1990-91 Parsons, Jim 1968-69 Patterson, Pat 1987-90 Patton, Ron 1978-79 Pavel, Bryson 2012-15 Pearman, Jon 2009-12 Peterman, Kyle 2011-12 Peterson, Craig 1968 Peterson, Dan 1975-76 Peterson, Matt 1999-2000 Piehler, Charlie 2009-10 Pingrey, Dan 1979-82 Pliskin, Ben 2005-06; 2008 Postma, Luke 2015-16 Prier, Allen 1971-72 Prince, Chad 2007 Q Quinn, Andy 1996 Quinn, Mike 1981-82
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R Rafensperger, Grayson 2016 Rand, Ralph 1971-74 Raney, Bruce 1978-81 Raney, Matt 1990-91 Reed, Mark 1973-74 Reichert, Todd 1981-85 Reid, Graham 2012-13 Reid, Ray 1970-71 Rendon, Manfredo 2001-03 Reuhl, David 2005 Reyes, Jose 1974-77 Ricciardelli, Anthony 2001-02 Richardson, Eric 1980-81 Richardson, John 1982-85 Riedel, Barth 1996-99 Rife, Andy 1992-93 Rigby, Colin 2005 Riopel, Sipho 1991 Ritter, Stefan 1992-93 Rivera, Servando 1976-77 Robertson, Kim 1978 Robicheau, Evan 2011-14 Rosenberger, Bill 1973-76 Rosenberger, Dave 1971-73 Ross, Jim 1982 Rosten, Kellen 2004-07 Rotunna, Randy 1977 Rowlee, Russ 1969 Rubio, Vasco 1987-90 Rucklos, Sam 2016 Rudland, Eric 1997-2000 Rueda, Javier 1977 Ruffner, Jeff 1980 Russell, Sean 2011-14 S Safstrom, Bill 1971-72 Sandin, Sean 2001-05 Sather, Andy 2001 Saulter, Joel 1999-2000 Schaeffer, Ryan 1996 Schefter, Bob 1999-2001
Schefter, Mike 1999-2003 Schilperoort, Todd 1975-77 Schneble, John 1989-91 Scholze, Christian 2002 Schoonmaker, Marlin 1968 Schoonmaker, Phil 1969 Schultz, Tyler 2008-11 Scott, Mel 1968; 1973-74 Seddon-Johnstone, Wyatt 2007-08 Sekyra, Chuck 1985-88 Selby, David 2002-04 Shaffer, Matt 1995-96 Shaw, Marty 1977-79 Shefts, Sasha 1982-84 Sides, Charles 1971 Simmons, Todd 1995-96 Sinser, Corey 2006-09 Skipper, Erik 1998-01 Skipper, Marc 1994-97 Slater, Steve 1975 Smee, Trevor 1969-70 Smith, Bill 1975 Smith, David 2001-04 Smith, Jason 1989-92 Smith, Matt 1986-88 Smith, Mike 1979-82 Smurdon, Kyle 2009-12 Soderblom, Noel 1987; 1989 Sorensen, Ryan 2000 Sorenson, Ron 1968-69 Soriano, Sergio 1978-81 Spencer, Steve 2005 Stauber, Todd, 1992-95 Storrs, Jeff 1985-88 Stump, Don 1971 Suhm, Tyler 1998-99 Suits, Kyle 1985 Sullivan, Casey 1997-99 Sullivan, Mike 1970-71 Swanson, David 1989-90, 92-93 Swanson, Jon 1990-93 Swick, Cory 1985 Sytsma, Brent 1985-86; 1988
V Vaillancourt, Ross 2002-05 Van Rooy, Steve 1968-69 Vandamme, Alex 1996-99 VanDuine, Will 2000 W Wade, Jeremy 2000 Wagar, Aaron 2007 Wagner, Dave 1968 Walker, Craig 1990-91 Ward, James 2001-04 Weber, Gabriel 2016 Weis, Rigel 1997-99 Wells, Dave 1978 Westendorf, Nick 2003 Wheeler, Mark 1982 White, Greg 1973-76 White, Jim 1971-74 White, Julian 2014-16 White, Terry 1973-76 Whitney, Doug 2007 Whitney, Kary 2014-16 Wideman, Eric 1993 Wildman, Brent 1972 Williams, Drew 2008-11 Willis, Andy 2003-05 Winslow, Dale 1971-72 Wittrell, David 1982-85 Wollen, Gordon 1974 Wolverton, Andy 2006-10 Woodward, Ted 1968 Wright, Dean 1981 Y Yerger, Jeff 1968 Yerkes, Jeremy 2002-03 Yoder, Rex 1972-74 Yokers, Brian 1998-2000 Z Zell, Kit 1972-75 Zlateff, Chad 1995-96
T Taylor, Kye 2003-05 Tegman, Larry 1977 Tercek, Shane 1990-91 Thilmony, Jamie 1989 Thompson, Dylan 2011-13 Thompson, Jordan 2013-14 Thompson, Kenny 1994-95 Thompson, Mark 1980 Tolstolutsky, Vadim 1997-2000 Traub, Doug 1969 Traub, Marlin 1968 Truax, Greg 2003-05 Tsuchiya, Mori 2014-16 Turner, Josh 1998 U Umble, Lance 1989-90 Danny Machado, 1985-87
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Ricci Greenwood, 1993-95
Men’s Soccer All-Time Individual Records Goals Game Season Career
6 28 68
Jason Dunn vs. Tampa, Oct. 9, 1993 Jason Dunn, 1993 (21 games) Bruce Raney, 1978-81 (97 games)
Shots Game 12 Season 110 339 Career
Peter Hattrup at New Orleans, Sept. 10, 1983 Gerard McGlynn, 1983 (21 games) Dana Garner, 1998 (23 games) Dana Garner, 1996-98, 2000 (81 games)
Goals Average Season 1.33 Career 1.05
Jason Dunn, 1993 (28 in 21 games) Jason Dunn, 1991-93 (62 in 59 games)
Assists Game Season Career
Lowest Goals Against Average Season 0.43 Bill Glandon, 1984 (15 games, 7 goals in 1,450 minutes) Career 0.71 Jeff Storrs, 1985-88 (49 games, 49 goals in 6,195 minutes)
Danny Machado vs. Seattle University, Oct. 28, 1987 Jason Dunn, 1993 (21 games) Vadim Tolstolutksy, 1997-2000 (82 games)
Saves Game 14 Season 121 Career 397
5 19 44
Assist Average Season 0.905 Career 0.576
Jason Dunn, 1993 (19 in 21 games) Jason Dunn, 1991-93 (34 in 59 games)
Points Game Season Career
Jason Dunn (6-0-12) vs. Tampa, Oct. 9, 1993 Jason Dunn (28-19-75), 1993 (21 games) Bruce Raney, 1978-81 (97 games)
12 75 159
Point Average 3.57 Season Career 2.68
Rex Yoder vs. Cal State Fullerton, Oct. 7, 1972 Rex Yoder at Chico State, Nov. 21, 1972 Sergio Soriano, 1980 Sergio Soriano, 1978-81
Shutouts Season 14 Career 46 Consecutive 10 Consecutive shutout minutes 944
Jeff Storrs, 1987 (24 games), NCAA Record Marcus Hahnemann, 1990-93 (78 games) Marcus Hahnemann, 1991, NCAA Record Marcus Hahnemann, 1991, NCAA Record
Jason Dunn, 1993 (75 in 21 games) Jason Dunn, 1991-93 (158 in 59 games)
All-Time Team Records Single-Game Records Goals Assists Points Shots Corner Kicks Fouls
15 19 49 48 19 38
vs. Seattle University, Oct. 28, 1987 vs. Seattle University, Oct. 28, 1987, NCAA Record vs. Seattle University, Oct. 28, 1987, NCAA Record vs. Seattle University, Oct. 28, 1987 vs. Missouri-St. Louis, Nov. 19, 1983 at UNLV, Oct. 27, 1984
Single-Season Records 89 1985 (23 games) Goals Game-Winning Goals 20 1985 (23 games) 94 1987 (24 games) Assists 252 1987 (24 games) Points 514 1987 (24 games) Shots 172 1987 (24 games) Corner Kicks 420 1984 (26 games) Fouls 16 1980 (23 games) Shutouts 132 1980 (23 games) Saves Wins and Losses Season Wins 20 1985 (23 games) Fewest Losses 1 2015 (14-1-4) Highest Winning Percentage .870 1985 (20-3-0) .842 2015 (14-1-4) Consecutive Wins 13 2014 11 1991 Consecutive Shutouts Consecutive Games Unbeaten 17 1986-87 (15-0-2) 6 1969-70 Consecutive Losses 15-0 vs. Seattle University, Oct. 28, 1987 Largest Margin of Victory Largest Margin of Defeat 0-9 at Western Washington, Oct. 17, 1970
Blaine Carver, 2010-13
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Women’s Soccer History Interbay Stadium Boosts Falcons Toward Their Goal Women’s soccer first gained a foothold at Seattle Pacific in the 1980s with the formation of a women’s soccer club. Inspired by the success of the men’s program
still had to rent various fields and stadia — an untenable option for a burgeoning women’s team. That changed in 1997 with the opening of Interbay Stadium
Janae Godoy, 2006-09
under Cliff McCrath, the women’s club enjoyed student support and prospered in the Northwest Collegiate Soccer Conference. In 1993, the NCSC dissolved. Without the conference, schoolsponsored clubs such as SPU’s could no longer schedule games with local varsity teams on a regular basis. Consequently, momentum around women’s soccer took a step back. Adding to the challenge of integrating a women’s program at SPU was the lack of a suitable facility. As successful as the Falcon men’s soccer program was, the team 188
as a dedicated soccer venue. Once again, the effort to create a women’s program intensified. SPU’s Athletic Department responded by designating women’s soccer as its next varsity sport, and three years later the board of trustees approved funding for its implementation. In March 2000, SPU President Philip Eaton officially welcomed women’s soccer to the school’s sports family. An overflow audience of more than 100 students, staff, and community representatives converged on Falcon Lounge to
hear the news. “As you know, our history in men’s soccer under Cliff McCrath’s leadership has been outstanding,” said Eaton. “We look forward to establishing a similar tradition in the women’s program.” Immediately following the announcement, Athletic Director Tom Box enlisted McCrath and longtime U.S. World Cup star and Seattle native Michelle Akers to help shape the women’s program. A few months later, Bobby Bruch, a former Falcon player under McCrath, became the program’s first head coach. In their inaugural game on August 25, 2001, the Falcons tied Point Loma Nazarene University 1-1 on the road, and then scored their first win three days later at Vanguard University. The Birds captured their home opener September 8 by defeating Central Washington 2-1. What followed was a strong first-year campaign, with the Falcons contending for the conference crown until the final week of the season. A year later, the team claimed its first of four straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference titles and received an NCAA tournament berth. But Bruch, who was named GNAC Coach of the Year for 2002, resigned to pursue other business opportunities. Chuck Sekyra succeeded Bruch in 2003. Sekyra, a member of two SPU national championship teams, promptly led the Falcons to a national ranking. In 2004, the team went unbeaten in the regular season, and in 2005, unbeaten for the second year in a row, the team reached the NCAA national championship game. They fell 2-1
in overtime to Nebraska Omaha yet raised expectations among the team’s supporters. Despite outstanding seasons the next two years, including a trip to the 2007 semifinals with a perfect 23-0-0 record, the Falcons fell short of their ultimate goal. That is, until 2008. A seasoned team, the Falcon women finished on a 17-game unbeaten run. Growing stronger with each outing, the No. 4-ranked Falcons pulled off a nail-biter in the NCAA championship game, upsetting previously unbeaten West Florida on an overtime goal by postseason hero Janae Godoy. The victory realized a desire more than 20 years in the making. Overall, the SPU women’s soccer team has become the most successful team in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference history, with eight conference titles, two postseason tournament titles, and 14 consecutive NCAA postseason berths. The successful tradition continues under Arby Busey, who was named head coach of the Falcons in 2015.
Coach
Year
Overall Record
Bobby Bruch
2001–02 21-4-3
Chuck Sekyra
2003–14 209-34-20
Arby Busey
2015–
25-20-6 (through 2016)
Meredith Teague, 2005-08
Claire Grubbs, 2005-08
SPU NCAA National Championship
Kayla Stiegemeier, 2006-09
Year
Coach
Overall Record
2008
Chuck Sekyra
22-1-2
RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “Women’s Soccer: A New Tradition” (2001–02) • “Women’s Soccer Wins 23 Straight” (2007–08) • “Godoy Delivers and Falcon Women Take NCAA D-II Soccer Title” (2008–09)
Shannon Oakes, 2005-08
Jocelyn Charette, 2007-09
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Women’s Soccer Letterwinners A Aguirre, Alex 2006-07 Ayers, Haley 2013-16 B Barnett, Emily 2016 Berke, Chrissy 2002-04 Bitner, Christa 2007 Booster, Maddy 2013-16 Burns, Jennifer 2005 Butler, Alex 2007-08 C Carlaw, Whitney 2002 Cayetano, Asia 2016 Chan, Andrea 2009-11 Charette, Jocelyn 2007-09 D DeVere, Julia 2015-16 Diaz, Alex 2011-14 Diaz, Noelle 2002-03 Dickinson, Maddie 2007-10 Dopps, Riley 2011-13 E Ellingson, Melissa 2001 Everson, Michelle 2002-05 F Farrell, Isabel 2014-15 France, Karen 2001-04 Farrison, LeRin 2001-02 G Gerstmann, Jessica 2005-07 Gerstmann, Mallorie 2007-09 Godoy, Janae 2006-09 Gomez, Monica 2012-15 Gould, Kelly 2013-16 Grant, Kim 2006 Graybeal, Josie 2011-13 Greco, Meg 2004 Grubbs, Claire 2005-08 H Hafferty, Kiana 2013 Hamby, Kara 2004-07 Hamre, Brandi 2008-11 Hanson, Savanna 2008-10 Harold, Natalie 2010-13 Harold, Stephanie 2010-13 Harrison, Mackenzie 2010 Hauck, Taylor 2012-15 Henry, Morgan 2002 Henson, Jessica 2001-04 Herzberg, Simone 2014-16 Hofferber, Ashley 2007 Holland, Brooke 2014-16 Holm, Emma 2012-16 Hosler, Karen 2007-09 Huesers, Hannah 2013-16 Hufford, Samantha 2005
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Hughes, Alexa 2011-14 Hull, Jennifer 2001-04 I Ingersol, Brenna 2003 J Jacobson, Heidi 2003-05 Jenkins, Kelsey 2008-11 Johnson, Amanda 2007-10 K Kern, Julia 2006 Keyser, Lacey 2005 Kirk, Alex 2006 Knox, Abbie 2008-09 Kolb, Jean 2002-05 Krauss, Maddie 2013-16 L Laabs-Johnson, Heidi 2008-10 Laird, Mackenzie 2010-12 Lancaster, Brooke 2015-16 Langdon, Brittany 2009-12 Larsen, Andrea 2001 Lemm, Hannah 2013-16 Lienhard, Megan 2002-05 Lim, Katie 2001-04 Lindsay, Megan 2009-12 Loomis, Tricia 2004-07 Lovejoy, Shannon 2002-05 Lundquist, Taylor 2009 M Martin, Ali 2011-14 Martinez, Sarah 2004-07 Masson, Hannah 2009-10 Matro, Arden 2011-14 Melby, Sarah 2002-04 Milligan, BreeAnn 2001 Minder, Mason 2016 Moore, Laura 2012-15 Moore, Megan 2016 Morelli, Theresa 2003-04 Murphy, Brianna 2002-04 Mury, Mickayla 2014-16 Musser, Michelle 2005 N Nason, Carolyn 2004-06 Nielsen, Megan 2016 Nydam, Katie 2002 O Oakes, Jessica 2010 Oakes, Shannon 2005-08 Ocampo, Angie 2001 P Page, Shayla 2012-15 Peterson, Alissa 2001 Peterson, Anna-Kate 2001 Pierce, Erin 2002-05
Pingrey, Brooke 2014-16 Pixler, Jessica 2006 Prosser, Kendyl 2011-13 R Rahm Kellerman, Jesslyn 2006-09 Reeve, Kasey 2015-16 Richards, Sarah 2001 Roberts, Erin 2001 Ruiz, Nicole 2002-03 Ruggles, Katie 2003-06 S Sanders, Michelle 2001-04 Sawyer, Taylor 2009-11 Schaffer, Beth 2003 Sciotto, Bianca 2002; 2004 Shaw, Ashley 2012-15 Shdo, Laura 2013-14 Shearer, Courtney 2012-13 Sjothun, Maddie 2015-16 Smith, Abby 2015-16 Smith, Sierra 2016 Smith, Sydnee 2015-16 Sonstelie, Makayla 2015-16 Stalnaker, Leila 2001-04 Stewart, Brittany 2006 Stiegemeier, Kayla 2006-09 Stinson, Molly 2014-16 Struve, Naomi 2002 T Taylor, Katie 2005-08 Taylor, Mollie 2003-06 Taylor, Tracey 2006 Teague, Allison 2002-05 Teague, Melinda 2003 Teague, Meredith 2005-08 Thomas, Annie 2010-14 Thoreson, Kendall 2010-12 V Verdoia, Mandy 2008-11 W Waitley, Demi 2011-14 Walker, Laura 2001-02 Webster, Jeanne 2005-07 Willis, Kaytlin 2015-16 Winje, Ali 2007-09 Winston, Kaylie 2012-13 Wood, Tara 2001 Woods, Becca 2007-10 Wurth, Janie 2008-11 Y Yokers, Brooke 2008-11 Young, Emma 2015-16 Young, Heather 2011-14 Z Zakrzewski, Kellie 2010-11 Zeitler, Kiley 2012
Women’s Soccer All-Time Individual Records Goals Game
3
Andrea Larsen vs. Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 27, 2001
Michelle Sanders vs. Carroll, Oct. 8, 2002
Megan Lienhard at Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 26, 2002 vs. Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 22, 2005
Shannon Lovejoy at Cal State L.A., Aug. 28, 2003 at Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 13, 2004
Sarah Martinez vs. Western Oregon, Sept. 22, 2005 vs. Humboldt State, Aug. 27, 2007 at Western Oregon, Sept. 22, 2007
Mallorie Gerstmann vs. Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 18, 2008 Jocelyn Charette at Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 29, 2008 vs. Grand Canyon, Sept. 11, 2009 vs. Montana State Billings, Oct. 21, 2009 vs. Northwest Nazarene, Nov. 7, 2009
Assists Game 3 16 Season Career 34
Michelle Sanders vs. Northwest Nazarene, 2002 Meredith Teague vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills, 2007 Meredith Teague vs. Cal State Stanislaus, 2007 Meredith Teague, 2007 (24 games) Meredith Teague, 2005-08
Assist Average 0.67 Season 0.35 Career
Meredith Teague, 2007 (16 in 24 games) Meredith Teague, 2005-08 (34 in 96 games)
Points Game Season Career
8 43 122 111 105
Michelle Sanders vs. Carroll, 2002 Sarah Martinez, 2007 (24 games) Sarah Martinez, 2004-07 Shannon Lovejoy, 2002-05 Hannah Huesers, 2013-16
Point Average Season Career
1.81 1.42 1.40 1.38
Shannon Lovejoy (38 in 21 games) Sarah Martinez, 2004-07 (122 in 86 games) Hannah Huesers, 2013-16 (105 in 75 games) Jocelyn Charette, 2007-09 (87 in 63 games)
Shots Game Season Career
11 101 238
Megan Lindsay vs. Western Oregon, 2010 Amanda Johnson, 2008 (24 games) Shannon Oakes, 2005-08
Hannah Masson at Western Oregon, Sept. 25, 2010 Megan Lindsay vs. Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 1, 2011 Laura Moore vs. Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 11, 2014 Hannah Huesers at Western Oregon, Oct. 10, 2015
17 Season Career 49 48 42
Shannon Lovejoy, 2004 (21 games) Sarah Martinez, 2007 (24 games) Sarah Martinez, 2004-07 Hannah Huesers, 2013-16 Shannon Lovejoy, 2002-05
Goals Average 0.81 Season 0.64 Career 0.57
Shannon Lovejoy, 2002-04 (17 in 21 games) Hannah Huesers, 2013-16 (48 in 75 games) Sarah Martinez, 2004-07 (49 in 86 games)
Saves Game Season Career
Game-Winning Goals Season 8 7 7 7 Career 21
Shannon Lovejoy, 2003 (21 games) Sarah Martinez, 2007 (24 games) Meredith Teague, 2008 (25 games) Jocelyn Charette, 2009 (21 games) Sarah Martinez, 2004-07
Shutouts Season 12 Career 28 25 Consecutive 9 Consecutive minutes 1,066:52
Lowest Goals Against Average Season 0.30 Jennifer Hull, 2003 Career 0.45 Jesslyn Rahm Kellerman, 2006-09 13 12 106 105 271 212 152
Molly Stinson at Concordia, Oct. 29, 2016 Jennifer Hull vs. Cal. State – Dominguez Hills, 2001 Molly Stinson, 2016 (20 games) Jennifer Hull, 2001 (19 games) Jennifer Hull, 2001-04 Molly Stinson, 2014-16 Maddie Dickinson, 2007-10 Jennifer Hull, 2003 Maddie Dickinson, 2010 Jennifer Hull, 2001-04 Maddie Dickinson, 2008-09 Maddie Dickinson, 2008-09
All-Time Team Records Single-Game Records Goals 9 at Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 26, 2002; and Oct. 29, 2008 Assists 10 at Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 26, 2002 Points 28 at Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 26, 2002 32 at Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 29, 2008 Shots 15 at Western Oregon, Sept. 22, 2007 Corner Kicks 21 at Seattle University, Sept. 18, 2004; and Oct. 28, 2006 Fouls Single-Season Records Goals 70 2005 (25 games) Game-Winning Goals 23 2007 (24 games) 73 2008 (25 games) Assists 207 2008 (25 games) Points 492 2008 (25 games) Shots Corner Kicks 146 2005 (25 games) 240 2005 (25 games) Fouls 17 2008 (25 games) Shutouts Saves 113 2016 (20 games)
Wins and Losses 23 2007 (24 games) Season Wins Highest Winning Percentage .958 2007 (23-1-0) Consecutive Wins 23 2007 (24 games) 11 2008-09 Consecutive Shutouts Consecutive Games Unbeaten 27 2008-09 (26-0-1) 4 2001 Consecutive Losses Largest Margin of Victory 9-0 at Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 26, 2002; and Oct. 29, 2008 0-4 Western Washington, Oct. 20, 2016 Largest Margin of Defeat
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Tennis History From the Forties, Tennis Strings Victories Together Although tennis was a popular intramural sport at Seattle Pacific in its early history, the first record
1940s squads, is recorded as the While individual players team’s first varsity coach for the contributed standout seasons 1950–1952 seasons. This tradition in the years following Hughes’ of student-athletes victory, the team as a whole organizing the lobbed and volleyed their way to team, scheduling even records, ending their 1959 competition, and campaign 7-7. In 1960, Wes coaching one Johnson ‘50, head tennis coach at another resumed Queen Anne High School, began in 1955 and finally a three-year stint as SPC’s coach. ended in 1959 when The team enjoyed promising Andrew Montana seasons under his leadership, but became the second injuries kept the program largely official faculty out of the spotlight. That soon coach. began to change. During the A gift from J. Winfield Langlie 1951–52 academic made it possible for Seattle year, the tennis Pacific to build four tennis courts team finished with adjacent to the Queen Anne a winning season Bowl in 1962. That same year, 1967 Men’s Tennis: (Front row, kneeling; from left) Jack Vale, Larry Karr, against the tough Wes Lingren, an SPC chemistry Chuck Chinn (Back) Wes Lingren (coach), Paul Lindstrom, Denny Rydberg, Bill Evergreen League professor and former SPC tennis Kjesbu, Bob Thompson, Greg Brodin competition. player, took over as head coach. of competitive men’s tennis at SPC The next few years were less Under Lingren’s guidance, and occurred in 1944, while the U.S. successful, but in the mid-1950s finally with a home of their own and its allies were still fighting World War II. By that point the original tennis court, located south of Alexander Hall, had moved to the north side of Peterson Hall. The historical account grows fuzzy for the next few years, though records shows that four official matches were played in 1948. The program continued to gain momentum and in 1950, it received official varsity status. However, a faculty coach was not named until 1984 Women’s Tennis: Anne Chung, Libby Lingren, Hydi Buss, Dawn Habich, Kim Young, 1954, when Don Demaray assumed Sue Mitten, Shelly Skeen, Val Peterson, Adele Peterson the role for a season. Prior to Demaray’s selection, a group of players under studenton campus, the tennis team the team was led by student coach Jim Guier elevated their responded by winning a record 11 player-coaches, including game and achieved winning times in 13 matches. University of Washington Allseasons, invitations to the NAIA The next season Lingren American Bob Odman in 1944. regionals, and even a district strengthened the team’s schedule, SPC student Dean Walter, singles championship, which Don which resulted in a step back himself a member of the lateHughes won in 1956. record-wise. But before long the 192
program surged to prominence. Under the stellar play of Bob Thompson, Larry Karr, Joe Morgan, Wilbert Look, and Gordon Yee the tennis program reached the national top-10 in college-division rankings and made multiple trips to the NCAA regional tournament. The highlight of this dominant period came when All-Americans Thompson and Look won the 1969 NCAA West Region doubles title. The program’s success failed to shield it from budget cuts, however, and following the 1970 season varsity tennis was suspended at Seattle Pacific. In 1980, the University ended the program’s hiatus, reestablishing the men’s varsity program under alumnus Jim Guier and adding a women’s program organized by SPU alumna Jane Knutsen. Subsequent coaches helped the program to fare well in the NAIA, but ultimately it was unable to contend for district honors. A decade later, budget constraints again emerged at SPU and the tennis program was cut permanently following the 1990–91 season. RELATED STORY IN THIS BOOK
Men’s Coach
Years
Women’s Coach
Years
Bob Odman*
1944
Jane Knutsen
1981
Dean Walter*
1950–52
Wes Lingren
1982
Don Demaray
1954
Mark Alman
1983–86
Jim Guier*
1955
Brian Dixon
1987–88
Don Hughes*
1956–57
Joanne Sanders
1989–91
Bob Quall*
1958
Andrew Montana
1959
Wes Johnson
1960–62
Wes Lingren
1963–67; 1969–70
Harland Beery
1968
Jim Guier
1980–83
Mark Alman
1984–87
Bob Shimer
1988
Wayne Gibson
1989
Rob McKenna
1990–91
• “Thompson-Look Score at Tennis Nationals” (1968–69)
* Student Coach
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Men’s Tennis Letterwinners A Albin, Jerry 1952-54 Anderson, Paul 1983-84 Archer, Jary 1964
Jamieson, Phil 1958 Jepson, Al 1955 Johannes, Tim 1980 Jolly, Mel 1964
B Bergman, John 1953 Biggar, Don 1955 Brodin, Greg 1966
K Karr, Larry 1966-69 Kenney, Gale 1970 Kimble, Dean 1952 Kjesbu, Bill 1966-67 Klud, Leon 1962-63 Kohler, Martin 1960 Krehbiel, John 1963
C Carter, Tom 1969-70 Chase, Dick 1959 Chew, Gerald 1985-86 Chinn, Chuck 1965-66; 1968 Craig, Scott 1990 Cranston, Frank 1955-56 D Dalseg, Ray 1962 Demmert, Bill 1955-56; 1960 Dills, Gerald 1967-69 Dixon, Brian 1980-81 E Eckert, Ron 1991 Eggum, John 1964 Elzinga, Ronn 1980-81 Ensey, Scott 1980-81 Ensey, Wendell 1959 Evans, Erik 1988-89 F Fleming, Jim 1980 Fowler, Dan 1991 Freitas, John 1987-88 Funk, Bob 1959-62 G Garden, Chris 1984-85 George, Dave 1986-87 Godding, Fran 1962-63 Guier, Jim 1954-55 Gustafson, Don 1968; 1970 H Hanington, John 1959 Hanstad, Tim 1981-82; 1984-85 Harris, Terry 1980 Hart, Bill 1953 Hart, Kenneth 1991 Hays, Roland 1955 Hedstrom, Ken 1958-60 Hirota, Eddie 1957; 1959 Hopkins, Adam 1989 Hopkins, Keith 1990-91 Hughes, Don 1954-57 Hutley, Tom 1985-88 J Jackson, Paul 1952-55
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L Ladely, Gary 1951-52 Lane, Derek 1984 Learned, Lee 1989-90 Lee, Ken 1957-59 Lindall, Dan 1988 Lindstrom, Paul 1965-66 Lingren, Eric 1984-85 Lingren, Wes 1951-52 Little, Erik 1989-91 Livingston, Steve 1981 Lobdell, Paul 1951-54 Look, Wilbert 1968-70
Joe Morgan, 1967-68; 1970
M Martin, John 1983 Martin, Sean 1991 Matthew, Alan 1980-81 McKenna, Rob 1987-90 Mills, George 1968 Moor, Don 1969-70 Morasch, Rod 1985-86 Morgan, Joe 1967-68; 1970 Morgan, Wes 1956 Munich, Chuck 1957 N Njoku-Obi, Joe 1955 Noel, Larry 1956 Northrup, Jerry 1952-53
Don Gustafson, 1968; 1970
O Obtinario, Pedro 1951 Oldham, Tom 1962-65 Olson, Sheldon 1963-65 Ouwehand, Guy 1985-86 Ouwehand, Mark 1985 P Pendleton, Mike 1989 Peterman, Ross 1959-60 Pettitt, Bob 1959-62 Portlock, Pat 1963-65 Q Quall, Bob 1958
Tom Carter, 1969-70
Women’s Tennis Letterwinners R Ragde, Eric 1989-91 Rey, Ken 1984-87 Richardson, Dan 1980-81 Riggs, Bob 1956 Rodgers, Craig 1983 Rowlee, Ted 1980-81 Rydberg, Dennis 1964-67 S Scott, Greg 1988-89 Sharp, Dwight 1952; 1957-59 Shimer, Bob 1987 Simmons, Chuck 1954-56 Simpson, John 1956 Smiley, Jeff 1988-90 Solovjev, George 1984-87 Spann, Rich 1960
A Aagard, Lori 1982
Peterson, Val 1981-84 Polinder, Kim 1991
B Baker, Jolene 1989 Bourland, Kris 1980-83 Buchanan, Kim 1986-87
Q Quan, Penny 1980-81
C Capp, Teri 1980-83 Card, Christine 1987-88 Caven, Gina 1981-82 Cheng, Anne 1983-86 D Dahl, Sasha 1990-91 Douglas, Julie 1990-91 Duhrkoop, Lisa 1987-88
T Tabell, Roland 1954 Thompson, Bob 1966-69 Tindall, Mike 1968 Trimble, Darrel 1956
E Eilers, Heidi 1990
V Vale, Jack 1965-67 Van Amburg, Ken 1967
H Habich, Dawn 1984-86 Hardy, Melissa 1988 Hart, Lisa 1980-83 Henry, Darcie 1990 Hills, Chris 1986-87
W Walters, Ron 1958 Wanous, Mark 1989-91 Willard, Ray 1981 Winegardner, Scott 1988 Wood, George 1953 Worden, Randy 1986-87 Y Yee, Gordon 1968-70
G Groom, Robin 1980
I Ikeda, Eriko 1990 Iseman, Jennifer 1989
R Ralph, Kandace 1989 Ryan, Kellie 1989 S Schoonover, Chris 1990 Schroeder, Cindy 1980 Schrueder, Douwina 1982 Skeen, Shelly 1984 Smith, Angie 1991 Smith, Christa 1989 Stasulat, Courtney 1991 Story, Tina 1980 Sugano, Yohko 1988 T Talbot, Kathleen 1991 Toms, Kristine 1988 Tradal, Marlene 1962 W Wood, Gina 1991 Y Young, Kim 1984-85
Nancy Mitten, 1985-88
J Johnson, Jodi 1982-83 Johnson, Kristie 1990 K Kendall, Kristin 1989 Korkeakowski, Annette 1989 L Lan, Vicky 1990 M Mitten, Nancy 1985-88 Mitten, Sue 1981-84 N Nagaoka, Pam 1985-88 Nichols, Melissa 1988 O Orban, Wendie 1987
Bob Funk, 1959-62
P Peterson, Adele 1984-87 Peterson (Buss), Hydi 1984-86
1986–87 Team: (From left) Christine Card, Chris Hills, Adele Peterson, Pam Nagaoka, Kim Buchanan, Lisa Duhrkoop, Nancy Mitten, Tim Hanstad (assistant coach)
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Track and Field History Falcons Run, Jump, and Throw to National and Global Success Seattle Pacific’s track and field team made its varsity debut in 1949. A year later Ken Foreman arrived, and under his vision the program found its stride.
championships, where they took records, including in 1966 when third. In 1954 and 1955, the 2-mile Doris Brown became the first squad, with replacements Gordon woman to run an indoor sub-5Fee and Ron Ohler, returned to the minute mile. Drake Relays, each time garnering Under Foreman, what started national attention as a local idea began to have as they finished global impact. second and fourth, While FTC athletes were respectively. ascending podiums and record In 1958, Foreman books, men’s track gained left SPC to pursue national recognition again with his doctorate. the emergence of Steve Gough, Bernard Buck who won the NCAA triple jump took over and led championship in 1968 and the the program until grueling decathlon crown in Foreman resumed 1970. Gough also challenged coaching track in for a berth on the 1972 Olympic 1965. Under Buck, team, narrowly missing out to the Falcons made Bruce Jenner. Other men’s events headway in hurdles improved during this period 1955 Teammates: Ron Ohler, Denton Palmer, Walt Hill, Charlie Byers, and long jump, as as well, with SPC records and Gordon Fee, Roy Duncan well as in events respectable showings at NCAA Indeed, for much of the such as javelin and shot put, but finals in the hurdles, discus, 440 program’s history, track was achievements remained at the yards, the mile, and various relays. synonymous with Foreman as local level. The elevation of women’s track its coach. He served at its helm Foreman’s second term as continued in the mid-1970s. Due during three different terms, coach was marked primarily by in part to the foundation laid with with each stint bringing national the elevation of women’s track. the Falcon Track Club, a varsity recognition for his athletes and In 1955, Foreman SPU. While Foreman’s biggest had founded the impact was perhaps as a pioneer Falcon Track Club, in coaching women athletes at a a team open to world-class level, his dedication gifted female as a mentor to scores of Falcons athletes. With kept the program flying high for the FTC, Foreman decades. became a pioneer During Foreman’s first tenure, in women’s track relay teams brought the program and field, a role some early success. In 1953, SPC that became sent a promising 2-mile relay team evident in the to the prestigious Drake Relays in 1960s when his Iowa. Composed of Charlie Byers, athletes won Gene Peterson, Denton Palmer, AAU and NCAA and Ben Moring, the team finished championships, an impressive fourth. Later that qualified for same season his mile relay team Olympic trials, Early Falcon Track Club: Virginia Husted, Vickie Foltz, Ken Foreman (coach), Doris Brown, Linda Mayfield, Janet Johnson qualified for the NAIA national and set world 196
women’s program was launched in 1975. Instantly Seattle Pacific became a respected power, dueling with the likes of Division I programs Tennessee and UCLA for the 1975 AIAW collegiate crown, and finishing second at the 1976 nationals. And then in 1978, Foreman, who been named coach of the U.S. Olympic team, resigned. Celebrated runner and Foreman protégé Doris Brown Heritage took the baton in 1978. While runners under Heritage performed well, the standouts during her time at the helm tended to be in events such as the discus, shot put, and pentathlon. In 1981, Cathy Wilson became the national champion in the heptathlon, setting school and meet records with her performance.
Karen Lauve, 1988-92
Foreman’s third and final stint began in 1985. With his return, he put greater emphasis on multiple events and distance/ middle-distance running. It was
Men’s/Women’s Coach
Year
Ken Foreman
1950–57; 1965–78; 1985–99
Bernard Buck
1958–64
Doris Brown Heritage
1979–84
Jack Hoyt
2000–05
Karl Lerum
2006–
a fortuitous move that ushered in another period of success as the women finished among the top 10 in the NCAA eight consecutive years (1986–93). In the early 1990s, the men’s program also rose to prominence, with its highest finishes at nationals since the early ’70s, including an individual championship in the shot put. In 1999, Foreman announced his retirement. It marked the end of a singular era at Seattle Pacific, one in which an aura of excellence surrounded the track program year in and year out. Yet Foreman had provided the groundwork for a strong program. In 2000, Jack Hoyt,
Foreman’s hand-picked successor, guided the Falcons to the first of three consecutive women’s conference championships and the inaugural GNAC indoor crown. And in fall 2005, Karl Lerum stepped in and led the women’s program to seven GNAC outdoor and nine indoor championships. As a true tribute to SPU’s storied track program, the combined men’s and women’s programs list 26 national and Olympic team members, 42 collegiate champions, and more than 200 All-Americans — the vast majority shepherded and shaped by Ken Foreman. RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “Duncan Runs Like the Wind” (1957–58) • “The Goughs Just Keep Coming” (1995–96) • “At Career Finish, Fricker Is First” (2014–15)
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Men’s Track and Field Letterwinners A Acob, Cliff 1993-95 Akins, Jim 1965 Al-Haddad, Musaed 1996 Alcantara, Ryan 2012-14 Anderson, Bob 1957-58 Anderson, Dennis 1964-65 Anderson, Dominic 2003 Anderson, Jeremy 1991 Anderson, Jim 1959 Anderson, Steve 1965 Andrews, Ed 1956 Archer, Jim 1969-71 Arendt, Chris 1990 Arksey, Matt 1983-85 Arnold, Dave 1966; 1974 Arnold, Rob 1971-73 Avischious, Adam 2013-16 Ayers, Jeff 2006 B Backen, Kelsey 1998-2001 Baker, AJ 2010-13 Baker, Dave 1965 Bamburg, Jerry 1965-68 Barber, Dusty 1968-70 Barrett, Brad 1981 Bartlett, Bob 1960-63 Bartlett, Doug 1962; 1964 Bass, Aaron 2000 Bates, Mike 1972-75 Bauer, John 1979 Bayley, Phil 2004; 2006 Beckett, Scott 1996 Beechick, Andy 1971-74 Bellmore, Jim 1951-54 Benner, Robert 1989 Bennett, John 1960-61 Bennett, Kirk 1981 Berkey, Christian 1997-2000 Berry, Nick 2002 Berry, Rusty 1992 Bettger, Al 1955 Birnbaum, Mike 1996 Bixby, Marvin 1969 Bjella, Clint 2002-04 Bjornson, Ted 1956-58 Blackburn, Gary 1972 Blackmer, Dan 1972 Blackwell, John 1967 Blowers, Steve 1963-66 Bolin, Paul 1974-76 Bone, Len 1974 Borton, John 1969-70 Bostrom, Bjorn 2004-06 Boucher, George 1989 Bradford, Evan 2011 Bradford, Lee 1972-73 Bragg, Eric 1984 Brand, Gavin 2010-12 Bratten, Dustin 2011
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Brooks, Dean 1953-54 Brown, Don 1960-63 Brown, Jerry 1974 Bryson, Gerald 1967-70 Burgess, Tim 1979 Burguine, Taylor 2009 Burke, Mike 1983 Burleson, Ryan 2002 Busald, Jacob 2017 Busby, Jeff 1964 Bush, Martin 1972 Byers, Charlie 1953-55 C Camp, John 1964 Cannon, Dave 1957-60 Card, Rob 1980 Carlson, Craig 1965-68 Carnevali, Gary 1962 Carpenter, Shayne 2017 Carper, Brian 2008 Carter, Chuck 1952 Carter, Frank 1967 Carter, Mike 1983 Casebeer, Jon 1983 Castle, Nathanael 1999-2002 Childers, Casey 1979 Childress, Jason 2005 Choi, David 2017 Christianson, Mark 1980 Clapp, Martin 1981-83 Clapp, Mike 1979 Cleveland, Richard 1996 Climer, Ben 2007 Clubine, George 1995-96 Cole, Claire 1956 Cole, Paul 1988 Collins, Eric 1996-99
Comer, Brian 2013-16 Comstock, John 1967-70 Conover, Bob 1969 Cooper, Matt 1996-98 Corazza, John 2012 Corn, Darrell 1978-81 Cornellison, Eric 1987-88 Costello, Steve 1997-2000 Cottrill, Craig 1973-74 Courson, Jim 1979-81 Cowles, Dave 1963-65 Craig, Steve 1962-65 Creson, Dennis 1976 Cronrath, Brian 2005-08 Crowston, Lloyd 1956 Cummings, Ralph 1963-66 Custer, Bryan 1986-87 Custer, Dave 1987 D Dalziel, Don 1987-91 Daniel, Brent 1999 Davis, Ben 1984-85; 1987 Davis, Bob 1967-69 Dawn, Jonathan 1970; 1972 Deffenbaugh, Theo 1982-84 Delamarter, Harold 1967 Demmert, Bill 1955 Denniston, David 2001 Derwin, Jace 2009-11 Devers, Art 1974 Dexter, Roger 1961-62 Dickerson, Geoff 1977 Dietzman, Dale 1961-64 Douglas, Jim 1956; 1959-61 Dow, Jeremy 1999-2000 Duke, David 2005-06 Dull, Evan 2008
Duane Lewis, 1963, 1965-66; Dave Cowles, 1963-65
Dull, Jeff 2008 Duncan, Dusty 2012 Duncan, Roy 1955-58 Durand, Dave 1989-90 Dykes, Randy 1980-83 E Eckert, Ron 1990 Edel, Mat 2011 Edmondson, Matt 1996 Eggum, John 1962 Elkins, David 1987-90 Elmore, Jeff 1980 Endicott, Randy 1974-76 Endicott, Rick 1974 Endresen, Ryan 2010-13 Engelson, Kurt 2005 Erwin, Dave 1984 Ewing, Bob 1974-75 F Fagan, Peter 1978 Fallon, Shannon 1991-94 Farris, Steve 1995-98 Fechter, Kirk 1973 Fee, Gordon 1953-56 Felt, Justin 2007-10 Ferguson, David 2012-15 Finkbeiner, John 1958 Flowers, Greg 2004-06 Forbes, Ed 1959 Forbing, John 1962; 1964 Ford, Adam 1998 Ford, Mike 1968 Foreman, Chris 1997 Foreman, Clyde 1968-71 Fowler, Terry 1967 Fredrickson, Marty 1988 Freed, Rodney 1964 Friesen, Daniel 2009-10 Fry, Jim 1969-72 Fryett, Neal 1999-2002 Fuerst, Norman 1957 G Galloway, Terry 1971-72 Gavareski, Michael 2004-08 Gerdes, Jeff 1991-92 Gibson, Doug 2005-06 Gibson, Keith 1952 Gilson, Jim 1954-56 Givens, Joel 1996 Glancy, John 1967-70 Glancy, Nick 1999 Goertz, Larry 1976 Goshorn, Ernie 1962-63 Gouge, Daunte 1989-92 Gough, Bryan 1993; 1995-97 Gough, Chris 1997-2000 Gough, Kyle 1995-98 Gough, Steve 1967-70 Graham, Greg 1960 Grant, Dave 1964-67 Grant, Julius 1966
Graue, Brendon 2017 Gray, Merlin 1952 Greene, Ted 1990 Griffin, Paul 1983-84 Griffith, Bob 1972 Groom, Lester 1981-83 Grounds, Micah 2009-11 Grove, Carl 1984 Guest, Robert 1988 Gustafson, Nate 1997 H Haakenson, Erick 1970 Hagen, Wes 1967-70 Hahnemann, Marcus 1991 Halladay, Ben 2015-17 Hallman, Rod 1974-75 Hambly, Jay 1969 Hamilton, Andrew 2009-10 Hamilton, Daniel 2009-11 Hamlin, Ted 1989-92 Hankinson, Mike 1986 Hansen, Dave 1973-74 Hansen, Doug 1969-70 Hansen, Rick 1978 Hansen, Roger 1966-69 Hanson, Dave 1975 Hanson, Larry 1988-89 Hanson, Mark 1999 Hanssen, Jeff 2003 Harris, Peyton 2015-17 Harrison, Will 2010-13 Hattingh, Tyrone 2004-06 Hays, Austin 2016 Hedges, Dick 1954-57 Henderson, Paul 2006-07 Henderson, Steve 2000 Heplews 1960 Hergert, Brett 1998 Heritage, Ralph 1956 Herron, Tom 1969 Hettmansperger, Greg 1976-79 Higgins, Scot 1999 Hill, Mike 1986 Hill, Walt 1954-55 Hilliard, Jeremy 1998 Hilliard, Jim 1968 Hines, Paul 1995 Hines, Phil 1997 Hoberg, Chester 1982 Hodge, Terry 1981-84 Hodson, Don 1953 Hoefer, Greg 1972-74 Hollowell, Rex 1958 Holmen, Dan 1991-94 Holmen, Jon 1993-96 Holmgren, Greg 1979-80 Holt, Jim 1975 Hopkins, Joe 1960 Hoppis, Adam 1988-89 Horton, Alex 2012-14 Horton, Jim 1953-54 Hotaling, Steve 1980-81 Houser, Wayne 1951-52
Houston, Jack 1964-65 Howell, Dennis 1972-73 Howell, Gary 1964-66 Hoyt, Jack 1983-87 Hunter, Bernie 1954 Hunter, Brian 2002-03 Hunter, Chris 2005 Husenik, Chris 1976 I Irwin, Dave 1984 Ishii, David 1954 Iverson, Verlyn 1955-58 J Jackson, Lonni 1983 Jackson, W. 1977 Jacobsen, Eldon 1978 Jameison, John 1963 James, Brysten 2016-17 Jansen, Larry 1979 Jewell, Ryan 2005; 2007 Johnson, Carl 1953-54 Johnson, Darron 1955 Johnson, Dwayne 1982-85 Johnson, Nate 2010-13 Johnson, Ron 1959 Jolley, Furbur 1954 Jones, Jason 1992 Jorgensen, Josh 2007-08 Jurgens, Bill 1950 Jurgensen, John 1962 K Kaemingk, Wayne 1974 Kealoha-Lindsey, Ka’eo 2015-16 Keller, Bob 1962 Kellogg, Keith 1981-84 Kellcy, Micah 2002-04 Kelly, Aaron 1995-98 Kendell, Elmer 1953 Kester, Ralph 1959-60 Kinzer, Scott 1978-81 Klatt, Armin 1956-59 Klein, Geoff 1969 Klinkman, Jon 1981-82 Kyte, Randy 1977
Mark Stream, 1973-75
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L Ladd, Taylor 2012 Lance, Jordan 2008-10 Lang, Tim 1999 Larimer, Dan 2004-06 Larson, Dean 1984-85 Larson, Gary 1989 Laughlin, Matt 2002 Leahy, Dave 1977 LeCount, Tim 2002-05 Lee, David 1966-69 Leensvaart, Ryan 1995 Lemm, Bill 1966-67 Lepse, Bob 1952 Lewis, Duane 1963; 1965-66 Lewis, Randy 1971 Libadisos, Aaron 2002-04 Lim, Daniel 2005 Lindner, Peter 1980 Lingren, Lee 1975 Liscan, Mark 1978 Littlefield, Brandon 2001 Ljunghammer, Ralph 1972 Lopez, Mario 2015-16 Lotz, Thomas 1984 Louvier, Doug 1969-71 Lowry, John 1964-65 Lozano, Carlo 2005 Lucey, Shane 2006 M Mach, Paul 2001-03; 2005 Macpherson, Jason 1992 Marston, Cliff 1965 Marston, Marvin 1962-63 Marston, Philip 1969-70 Marston, Tim 2001 Marti, Stephen 2008 Martin, Billy 2010-11 Martin, Bruce 1971 Mason, Donald 1964 Masters, John 1983-86 Matschiner, Andrew 2008 Maxwell, Bill 1963 Maynes, Orlando 1974 McCormack, Brian 1982 McCown, Mark 1983 McDonald, Cal 1956; 1960 McGlothlam, Kirk 1971 McIntyre, Steve 1983-86 McKay, Tom 2009 McLeod, David 2016-17 McMinn, Bob 1976 McNichols, Mel 1966 Meier, Nathan 1999 Meis, Chad 2007-10 Mendez, Adrian 2006 Mennell, Ben 2013 Millay, D.J. 1984 Miller, Frank 1964 Miller, Glen 1966-69 Miller, Ray 1954-56 Miller, Stan 1959-63 Miller, Steven 2005
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Miller, Will 1999 Milliken, Marv 1960 Mingus, Gary 1956 Miyabe, John 1967 Moffitt, Dave 1962-65 Moffitt, Roger 1965-68 Molinero, Tony 1976 Monaghan, Kevin 1998 Moody, Colin 1992 Moon, Rick 1964 Moreton, Chris 2015-16 Moring, Ben 1952-54 Morrison, Darrell 1963-64 Morrison, Dwayne 1981 Morrison, Jerald 1981 Moulton, Rod 1970-71 Mouracade, John 1993 Munsell, Terry 1967 N Nanka-Bruce, Richard 1957 Nash, Ryan 1999-2001 Newcomer, David 1965 Newkirk, Marti 1979 Newsome, Pierre 1989 Newton, Ron 1952 Nienaber, Mark 1969 Noble, Ronald 1981 Nordtvedt, Tom 1964 Norman, Larry 1965 Norman, Rich 1972-73 Notter, Tom 1961 Notter, Walt 1967-69 O O’Brien, Bob 1960-62 O’Connor, Lee 2004 Oakland, Sam 1957 Ohler, Ron 1955-58 Ohlund, Tim 1966-67 Olsen, Dan 1988 Olson, Mike 1990-92; 1994 Olson, Roger 1976-79 Olson, Vern 1966 Oraker, Jim 1961 Overholt, Chris 1988-89 Overholt, Rich 1987-88 P Palmer, Bruce 1977-79 Palmer, Denton 1952-53; 1955 Parker, Caleb 2010 Parkins, George 1957 Parris, Doug 1970 Paulk, Clifford 2015 Peters, Doug 1960 Peterson, Eugene 1951-54 Peterson, Mike 1961-62 Peterson, Stan 1969 Phan, Jesse 2016-17 Phillips, Ian 1992-93 Phillips, John 2008 Phillips, Ryan 2004-07 Pierson, Seth 2012-14
Pietz, John 1991-92 Popp, Andy 1993 Porteous, Bob 1965 Posey, Stan 1964-66 Potts, Steve 1984 Protzman, Hughes 1962-64 Pugh, Lloyd 1956-58 Q Quckert, Paul 1976 R Radel, Jason 2003-04 Rae, Andrew 2011 Raines, Mike 1971 Ramerman, Wayne 1962 Ramirez, Hilario 2009-10 Ramsey, Justin 2014-17 Randolph, Chris 2003-06 Rankin, Todd 1987 Reece, Tony 1987 Reeves, Tim 2003-04 Reid, Jerry 1953 Reimer, Albert 1980-83 Reimer, Marlin 1957-58 Rennick, Garry 1955 Righter, Kemper 1969 Robeck, Jim 1952-54 Robinson, Cecil 1981 Robinson, Ken 1989 Rochelle, Bob 1958 Rohn, Jeff 1979 Ronhaar, Dean 1973-75 Rorabaugh, Bob 1966-69 Rorabaugh, Mike 1970 Ross, Jim 1962-65 Rosser, James 2004-06; 2008 Rosser, Paul 1969 Ruby, Brent 1987-89 Ruby, Jay 1989 Russi, Jim 1964 Rydman, Mike 1976-77 S Sandin, Sean 2002 Sargent, Jim 1951-52 Scarbrough, Lazarus 2017 Schefter, Michael 2002 Schmidt, Karl 2009 Schultz, Chuck 1988-92 Schweiss, Jon 1976 Seamster, Scott 2007-08 Seely, Nate 2010-12 Sessler, Brad 1989-90 Shannon, Stan 1964 Sharp, Trevor 1998-01 Sheeks, Mark 1978 Shelton, Al 1976 Shepard, Zeph 2001 Sherrill, John 1968 Simpson, Bob 1956 Sleight, Nathanael 2009-12 Small, John 1973 Smith, Ben 2013-16
Smith, Bill 1977-78 Snowden, Dan 1998-99 Snyder, James 1995 Sooter, Steve 1971-74 Sorenson, Darren 1988 Spaet, Bill 1970-73 Sparks, Sparky 1985 Stark, Paul 1987 Stark, Rick 1969-72 Starr, Zach 2001 Steele, Aaron 1994 Steiner, Andrew 2000-03 Stemp, Andrew 1996-98 Stensland, Mark 1980 Sterling, Clark 2015-17 Stewart, Mike 2003 Stiles, Finney 1952 Stocker, Gary 1965 Straker, RJ 2012-15 Strand, Greg 1977-78 Stream, Mark 1973-75 Strickler, Eddie 2004-07 Sund, Brad 2000 Svendsen, Thomas 2012 Swanson, Dale 1960-63 Swanson, David 1990 Swanson, Jim 1966-69 Swanson, Jon 1991-93; 1995 Swinney, Rick 1975-78 T Takano, Dan 1985 Talbot, Nathan 2016 Taylor, Pat 1977 Taylor, Tavish 2012 Taylor, Trevor 2012-13 Telfer, Tom 1980-81 Thomas, J. 1954 Thomas, Steve 1971 Thompson, Wes 1951-52 Threet, Gerald 1981 Thuline, Dale 1964 Thun, Bill 1971-74 Tollessen, Andrew 1990-92 Tomsic, Joe 1993 Tucker, Darrell 1956-57
Wahlenmaier, Jacob 2010-11 Walker, Joey 2016-17 Walls, Forrest 1957-58 Warbinek, Mark 1976 Wassink, Kip 1996-97 Watkins, Ryan 1991-92 Watson, Max 1997 Wegner, Phil 1982-83 Wennerlind, Steve 1967-70 West, Ron 1960 Whitehead, Matt 1978 Whitman, Blake 2001 Whitney, Brent 1983-84 Wick, Brian 1986-89 Wick, Ron 1960 Wick, Steve 1983-86 Wiley, Turner 2013-16 Wilhelm, Brett 1990 Wilkins, Colin 2013-14 Willems, Andrew 1998 Williams, Dave 1984 Willis, Geoff 1994 Winckler, Gary 1973-74
Wirick, Randy 1980 Wirtz, Douglas 1984 Wolfe, Jordan 2012 Wong, Christian 2017 Worrall, Don 1956-59 Worzner, Jens 1989 Wright, Eugene 1952 Y Yeadon, Loren 1960 Yoder, Mike 1967 York, Stephen 2011 Youngren, Harold 1962-64 Z Zatloukal, Jim 1971 Zayshlyy, Mark 2007 Zering, Josiah 2015; 2017 Zetterberg, Mike 2006 Ziemann, Michael 2000 Zoellick, Ray 2011-13
1967 Track and Field: (Front row) Ken Foreman (coach), Gerry Bryson, John Comstock, Dave Grant, Jerry Bamburg, Steve Wennerlind, Roger Hansen, Glen Miller (Second) Tim Ohlund, Roger Moffitt (Back) Harold Delamarter, Bob Rorabaugh, Walt Notter, Dave Lee, Bob Davis, Wes Hagen, Frank Carter, Mel McNichols, Craig Carlson, John Glancy, Steve Gough, Frank Furtado (assistant coach)
U Utterback, Micha 1996-97 V Van Buskirk, Jay 1963-64 Van Hess, Scott 2000-03 Van Ness, Andrew 2010 VanWagner, DiRon 1990 Volk, Tim 2009 Vinson, Ray 1992-94 Volburg, Ray 1957 W Waddell, Gary 1973 Wagner, Nathan 2009-10 Wagoner, Tim 1971-72 Wahl, Larry 1962-65
Jim Swanson, 1966-69
Nate Seely, 2010-12
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Women’s Track and Field Letterwinners A Aanstad, Brittany 2008; 2010-12 Adams, Christie 2014 Allan, Carrie 2009 Allen (Hauck), Carrie 2008-09 Altman, Sue 1983 Alvaraz, Amanda 2010 Alvaraz (Nye), Athena 2010-11 Ambus, Jahzelle 2015-16 Anderberg, Lisa 2007-10 Anderson, Denise 1975-78 Anderson, Dionna 2001-02 Anderson, Monica 2005-08 Andrews, Carly 2009-12 Anunson, Joan 1990 Armstrong, Hailey 2001 Austin, Ann 1979 Ayco, Gina 1991-92 Ayers-Stamper, Danielle 2003-05 B Bagby, Katie 1990 Baker, Traci 1986-89 Baldwin, Tasia 2012-15 Banks, Amanda 2015 Bannink, Laurie 1981-84 Barnes (Hornbuckle), Molly 2004-07 Bates, Shirley 1979-81 Baumgartner, Schaylee 1998-2001 Beaman, Kim 2006-08 Becker, Josie 2011-12 Becker, Wendy 1991 Beddell, Diane 1983 Bekins, Brittany 2007-08 Bell, Cyrena 1998-2001 Benanaya, Hanane 2005-06
Jenny Vale, 1990-93
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Benner, Brooke 2017 Bennett, Sonja 1976-77 Benson, Connie 1981-84 Bethel, Tamara 1990 Bjella, Sharon 2004-06 Bjork, Kirsten 2001-03 Black, Diane 1984-85 Blake, Linda 2003-06 Blizard, Tina 1978 Bluhm, Jen 2009 Bolibol, Jennifer 1994 Botha, Erika 1997 Boulton, Kassandra 2010 Boyd, Valerie 1999 Brannan, Kyra 2014-17 Brown, Celia 1979 Brown, Kelsey 2010-11 Brown, Trish 1985-87 Bryant, Brandy 1989 Buchanan, Michelle 1978 Burggraaf, Janice 1979 Burns, Kelsey 2009 Butler, Alex 2009 Buttice, Madison 2016 Byron, Annie 1979 C Cai, Scout 2017 Caldwell, Michaela 2009-10 Calvert, Hannah 2014-17 Cantrell, Dana 2001 Carrick, Krysta 2010-11 Carroll, Sophie 2015-17 Carter, Debrah 1978-81 Casto, Jennifer 1993-95 Chamberlain, Karie 2010 Charette, Jocelyn 2010 Charleson, Mary 2015-17 Chase, Kelsey 2012-15 Christoff, Melissa 1990-91 Clark, Danae 2004 Clark, Heidi 1992 Clarke, Briana 2011-12 Clausen, Capri 1979 Colebrooke, Shavonne 1993-96 Colman, Tiffany 1992; 1994-96 Cooley, Kelsey 2005-07 Conlin, Ryan 2015 Corbin, Joan 1979 Corona, Emily 2012-13 Covington, Sarah 1997-99 Cowden, Amy 1998-2001 Crawford, Jade 2015-16 Cray, Kathy 1987-88 Crenshaw, Ryleigh 2017 Crocker, Mary Kay 1980 Cronrath, Kysa 2007-08 Crunican, Ashleigh 1997-99 Cummings, Cyndie 1977-79 Cutting, Alli 2011-13
D Damm, Jennifer 1990 Daniel, Kirsten 1999 Davis, Kati 2008 de Marval, Sandrine 1988-89 Decker, Lynelle 2013-16 DeVine, Rachel 1995-97 DeVries, Michelle 1988-90 Dickson, Karen 2004-05 Doe, Elizabeth 2012-13 Donely, Karen 1984 Donner, Laurie 1975 Dorow, Natalie 1998; 2000-01 Doser, Lois 1979 Duringer, Julie 2004 E Edgar, Gillian 2017 Eggers, Heidi 1993 Elde, Kristin 2000 Eldrenkamp, Diane 1979 Ennes, Laura 1991 Essien, Latasha 2007-10 Ereminaite, Marija 1997 F Farner, Michaela 2012-15 Farthing, Amber 2001 Felton, Emily 2008 Ferguson, Mindy Lee 1997 Fernandez, Lisa 1997 Fine, Keana 2016-17
Lynelle Decker, 2013-16
Flower, Melissa 2008 Foote, Alyssa 2017 Frazee, Rene 1986-89 Fricker, McKayla 2011-14 Fynboe, Alexis 2012 G Gabelein, Sandy 1982-85 Gabriel, Olivia 2017 Gedde, Kjersti 2009-10 Gerlitz, Sarah 1996-99 Gibbs, Rashel 1997 Gilbert, Melinda 1996-98 Gjerset, Ilene 1986-89 Gleason, Kelsey 2003-04 Goering, Christie 2000-01 Golding (Perkins), Teona 2006-08 Grager, Molly 2013 Graham, Dawn 1980 Grelsson, Karin 1992-93 Gribble, Heidi 1994 Griffin, Lorna 1977-78 Griffith, Sue 1975-78 Gross, Katy 2010-13 Grossglass, Dianna 2003-04 Groth, Abby 2003-04 H Haag, Rhonda 1982-83 Hamlin (Bomengen), Heidi 1991-94 Hankins, Joey 1992 Hanscom, Margaret 2009-10 Hansen, Julie 1977-79 Hansen, Penny 1997 Hansey, Karen 1982 Harbaugh, Ruth 2003-05 Harder, Jawea 1999-2002 Harline, Kate 2007-10 Harris, Abby 1998-2001 Harris, Amy 2003-06 Harris, Bethany 1990 Hart, Katie 2006-09 Harwood, Glynnette 1980-81 Hauck, Carrie 2008 Hawkinson, Ruth 2000-03 Hedges, Allie 2003-06 Herrmann, Julie 1992 Hinton, Jessica 2007-09 Ho, Tara 1997 Holthusen, Jacque 1997-98 Hommes, Maddi 2014-15 Hong, Cheryl 2014-17 Houck, Becca 2015-17 Howell, Brenda 1996 Huey, Kim 1987-89 Huffman, Stephanie 1998-2002 I Iddings, Linda 1975 Irwin, Linda 1978-80 Issacs, Jessica 1997
Crystal Sims, 2010-11 J James, Corina 2006 Janney, Kristin 2004-05; 2007 Jarvits, Linnea 1994; 1996-98 Jenkins, Kelly 2010 Jensen, Charlotte 1991-92 Jensen, Nikki 2004-07 Johnson, Jasmine 2012-15 Johnson, Lori 1987-88 Johnson, Linda 1986-87 Johnson, Lisa 1975-76 Johnson, Sara 2004-05 Jorden, Kris 1987 Judd, Eden 1990-93 Jung, Susan 1996-97 K Kahns, Michaella 2014-17 Karlshoj, Gitte 1987-89 Kearney, Brigid 1987 Keller (Jacobsen), Susie 1996-98 Kelly, Alice 1975 Kettel, Hailey 2015-17 Kincaid, Ashley 1997 King, Tammie 1994 Kiracofe, Stephanie 2009
Kirby, Pat 1985 Kjaersgaard, Hanne 1988 Klausman, Chris 1982-85 Knape, Megan 2011 Knox, Becky 2003-06 Koelfgen, Lisa 1983-84 Kolb, Jean 2003-06 Kooy, Lauren 2001-04 Kraybill, Sarah 2000-03 Krepel, Kayti 2008-09 Kuhn, Tracy 2005 Kuipers, Wendy 1999 L Laabs-Johnson, Heidi 2011-12 Lambert, Emma 2016-17 Lamkin, Ronelle 1994-96 Larson, Janae 2008-09 Larson, Jane 2007-10 Larson, Lonna 1991-92 Lauve, Karen 1988-92 Lavallee, Sarah 1999-2000 Lavin, Josie 2002-03; 2005-06 LeBrun, Lindsay 2013-14 Lehnert, Geneva 2016-17 Leitch, Rosalyn 2006
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Leonhardt, Kinyatta 2004-05 Levan, Marianne 1983-84; 1986-87 Lewis, Kira 2010-11 Lilly, Kate 2017 Lindberg, Erica 1997 Lindberg, Julie 1984-85 Lindstrom, Krissy 1983 Little, Brooke 2002 Louie, Michelle 2015 Lundsten, Tracie 2007-08 Luquin, Maliea 2012-16 Lush, Christine 1989 Lyne, Sarah 2000-01 Lyon, Alicia 1995-98 M Macaraig, Mimi 1992 Macdonald, Sarah 2014-17 Malmin, Lisa 1995-98 Markham, Sammi 2014-17 Marnach, Jennifer 1998 Marsh, Jennifer 2004-07 Marsh, Kelley 1994-97 Marshall, Ashley 2004 Marston, Camille 1989-90 Maschmedt, Gena 1985 Mathison, Jessie 2015 Matthews, Lynette 1973-75 Mattison, Jacquie 2008-10 McBride, Kelsey 2005-06 McCabe, Annie 2000-01 McClary, Amanda 2002 McCormick, Sheri 1979-80 McCoy, Brandi 2003-06 McDowell, Janice 1983 McGlade, Brenda 1980-81 McInnis, Luisa 2015 McMahon, Sue 1975 McNerney, Sedona 2017 Mecklenburg, Marcia 1976-79 Medeiros, Lisa 1984 Meyers, Dottie 1982 Milcic, Jan 1980 Miller, Jenny 1989-90 Miller, Kristie 1978 Miller, Laurel 1975-76 Miranda, Trinna 2010-13 Mitchell, Kishia 2011-14 Moe, Bente 1986-89 Mohr, Joy 1980 Moriarty, Mary 2006 Morris, Katie 2013 Moser, Laura 2010 Mueller, Anne 2013 N Nelson, Missi 1981-83 Newkirk, Martha 1981 Newsom, Katrina 2000 Ng, Jennifer 1999 Nichols, Lory 1993 Nobbs, Natalie 2009-12 Norman, Jennifer 1990-93 Northwall, Lindsey 2001
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O O’Brien, Mary 1987-88 O’Conner, Stephanie 1989 Ocampo, Angie 2002-03 Ocken, Sue 1986 Owens, Candy 2001-02 Owens, Erica 2000-01 P Park, Ilene 1985-88 Parrish, Kerri 1979-81 Patti, Anna 2013-16 Peaslee, Melissa 2008-11 Pennington, Andrea 2004 Pepper, Kati 1985 Perkins, Victoria 2004-07 Peterson, Heidi 2006-08 Peterson, Lisette 2009-10 Petite, Jenny 1994 Phan, Chynna 2015-17 Pike, Jennifer 2008-11 Pitts, Emily 2012 Pixler, Jessica 2007-10 Plunkett, Natty 2009-12 Polk, Linn 1975 Pothoff, Michelle 1984 Preboski, Erica 2004 Price, Jo 1986-88 Probst, Rachael 1999-2001 Puckett, Danice 1985 Pyeatt, Jennifer 2000; 2002-03
Sarah Kraybill, 2000-03
Q Quatier, Debbie 1977-78 Quatier, Emily 2010-13 Quigley, Molly 1979 R Rachwitz, Claire 2014 Ramstad, Leslie 1984-87 Ranta, Morgan 1999-2002 Rawlins, Jessica 2015-16 Ray, Judy 1980-81 Ray, Shana 1998 Reed, Jeannette 1990-92 Richard, Kara 2002-03 Ritter, Gina 1994-97 Robinson-Spaulding, Gabrielle 2004-05 Rogers, MacKensie 2001-02 Rohde, Kaitlin 2005-08 Rohde, Karin 2005-08 Rohde, Kyla 2008 Rohm, Breanne 2002-05 Rose, Amber 2001-04 Ross, Rachel 1999-2002 Roulier, Cheryl 1981-83 Ruby, Ellen 2014 Ruskin, Suzie 2017 S Santos, Makayla 2015 Sartin, Anita 1985-87 Scandurra, Anita 1977-78 Schaafsma, Janna 2003-04
Jahzelle Ambus, 2015-16
Schantin, Jeeni 2008,09 Schill, Linda 2000 Schlumpf, Alena 1999-2000 Schroeder, Chris 1975-76 Schroeder, Peggy 1975 Schumacher, Terra 2010-12 Schwarzmiller, Joleen 1995-98 Scott, Amber 1999 Seana, Nicole 2000-03 Seebeck, Maisha 2006 Senger, Marnee 1991 Serventi, Gabriella 2012-13 Setera, Jeanna 1981 Sexton, Bridgette 2005 Shannon, Claudia 1993-96 Shansby, Laurie 1981-83 Simmons, Terri 1980-81 Simon, Patti 1983-85 Sims, Crystal 2010-11 Sims, NyEma 2007-08 Skinner, Carol 1983 Skipper, Angela 1998 Smathers, Shelley, 1990-91 Smiley, Jeanette 1975-76 Smith, Sharon 1980 Smith, Theresa 1976-79 Sokoloskis, Benita 1988-90 Solomonson, Anna Marie 1980-81 Sommer, Kathi 1979-80 Soule, Anna 2005-06 Sowers, Ali 2014-15 Spencer, Pam 1976-78 Stevens, Janelle 2003-04; 2006 Stewart, Lindsey 2000; 2002 Strickler, Suzie 2006-08 Strid, Laurey 1986-87 Studer, Ally 2001-03; 2005 Sturn, Vicki 1977-78 Summers, Karen 1999-2001 Swann, Julie 1997-99 T Tayet, Hillary 2003 Taylor, Amy 2005 Taylor, Gina 1988-91 Taylor, Lani 2017 Teeter, Janet 1981 Templeman, Wendy 1984-86 Terpstra, Brenda 1985-86 Thralls, Katie 2012-13 Tims, Jalen 2015-16 Todd, Carrie 1980 Townsend, Alisha 1999-2000 Tozier, Janet 1979-80 Trammell, Nicole 1995 Tri, Brittany 2010-12 Turner, Natalie 1994-97 Tysseling, Amy 1992-94
V Vale, Jenny 1990-93 Valentine, Myisha 2011-12 Van Pelt, Juli 1986-89 Vasey, Pam 1985 Vaughn, Debra 1996-97 VerMulm, Lauren 2005-09 Vick, Melinda 1987-88 Volk, Gail 1980-81 W Waggoner, Dawn 1980 Walker, Sherron 1976 Wallace, Heather 1997-2000 Walter, Katherine 2017 Walters, Anna 2007-09 Warawa, Lori 1981 Ward, Naphtali 2015-16 Warren, Ariana 2011-12 Warren, Briana 2011 Wayman, Gina 1992-93 Weaver, Lisa 2011 Webster, Madi 2014-16 Weed, Angela 2006 Weinz, Becky 1998 Weitz, Diane 1979 Weitz, Janet 1981 Weitz, Judy 1983-85 Weyers, Emily 2002 Whitbeck, Kelly 1986-89 Whitehead, Simone 1988 Whitfield, Jackie 1998; 2000 Widman, Laura 99-00, 02-03 Wiiest, Leah 2002 Wilburn, Rebecca 1983 Wilkins, Kayla 2009-11 Williams, Mary 2009-10 Williamson, Michelle 1978 Wilson, Cathy 1980-81 Winslow, Kim 1979 Witt, Jamie 2001; 2003-04 Wochnick, BryAnne 2011-14 Wood, Paula 1979 Worthen, Ali 2010-13 Wrightman, Megan 2005-08
Julie Hansen, 1977-79
Y Yeager, Rachel 1975-78 Z Zamora, Jasmine 2003 Zeidler, Robyn 2011-13 Zeitler, Kiley 2014-16 Zender, Julie 1986
U Underhill, Elisa 1980-81 Urfer, Lynne 1990 Urrutia, Jennifer 2004-05 Cyrena (Cece) Bell, 1998-2001
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Men’s Track and Field Indoor Records Event
Athlete
Time/Mark
Year
60 meters
Ryan Jewell
7.15 sec
2005
200 meters
Ryan Jewell
22.46 sec
2005
400 meters
Mario Lopez
49.27 sec
2015
800 meters
Paul Mach
1:51.49
2004
Mile
Seth Pierson
4:09.83
2012
3,000 meters
Will Harrison
8:30.32
2013
5,000 meters
Turner Wiley
14:56.77
2016
60m hurdles
Peyton Harris
8.36 sec
2016
4x400 relay
Kellcy, Van Hess, Randolph, Mach
3:21.25
Distance medley relay
Gibson, Randolph, Strickler, LeCount 10:17.75
2005
High jump
Kyle Gough
6-9; 2.06m
1996
Pole vault
Chris Randolph Ray Zoellick
14-11; 4.55m
2006 2011; 2012
Long jump
Justin Felt
23-2 3/4; 7.08m
2009
Triple jump
Steve Gough
50-8 1/2; 15.46m
1970
Shot put
Mike Olson
59-7 3/4; 18.18m
1993
Weight throw
Billy Martin
48-7 1/2; 14.82m
2011
Heptathlon
Chris Randolph
5,508 pts
2006
2004
Christian Berkey, 1997-2000
Men’s Track and Field Outdoor Records
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Event
Athlete
Time/Mark
Year
100 meters
Roy Duncan
10.4 sec
1958
200 meters
Roy Duncan
20.9 sec
1956
400 meters
Chris Randolph
48.27 sec
2006
800 meters
Ted Hamlin
1:48.89
1991
1,500 meters
Jon Swanson
3:48.05
1995
5,000 meters
Walt Notter
14:39.6
1969
10,000 meters
Turner Wiley
31:03.68
2015
110m hurdles
Mark Stream
14.5 sec
1975
400m hurdles
Mark Stream
52.4 sec
1974
3,000 steeplechase
Terry Hodge
8:55.15
1994
4x100 relay
Miller, Hansen, Hilliard, Glancy
41.6 sec
1968
4x400 relay
Engelson, Randolph, Mach, Strickler
3:18.05
2005
High jump
Jack Hoyt
6-11; 2.11m
1987
Pole vault
Bill Spaet
15-11; 4.85m
1973
Long jump
Steve Gough
24-4 3/4; 7.43m
1970
Triple jump
Steve Gough
50-1/2; 15.25m
1970
Shot put
Mike Olson
59-2 1/4; 18.04m
1992
Discus
Mike Olson
162-7; 49.56m
1992
Hammer
John Pietz
158-1; 48.18m
1992
Javelin
Bill Spaet
246-3; 75.06m
1973
Decathlon
Chris Randolph
7,872 pts
2006
Bill Spaet, 1970-73
Bill Thun, 1971-74
Women’s Track and Field Indoor Records Event
Athlete
Time/Mark
Year
60 meters
NyEma Sims
7.63 sec
2007
200 meters
Jahzelle Ambus
24.35 sec
2016
400 meters
Jahzelle Ambus
54.87 sec
2016
800 meters
Lynelle Decker
2:07.52
2016
Mile
Jessica Pixler
4:32.48
2010
3,000 meters
Jessica Pixler
9:23.24
2009
5,000 meters
Jessica Pixler
16:12.65
2009
60m hurdles
Maliea Luquin
8:61 sec
2016
4x400 relay
Tims, Decker, Hong, Ambus
3:42.44
2016
Distance medley relay
Larson, Pike, Anderberg, Pixler
11:29.88
2010
High jump
Juli Van Pelt
5-11 3/4; 1.83m
1988
Pole vault
Melissa Peaslee
12-9; 3.89m
2008
Long jump
Karin Grelsson
19-9 1/2; 6.04m
1993
Triple jump
Karin Grelsson
41-4 1/2; 12.61m
1993
Shot put
Susan Jung
44-7 3/4; 13.61m
1997
Weight throw
Lauren Kooy
42-5 1/4; 12.93m
2004
Pentathlon
Danielle Ayers-Stamper
4,007 pts
2005
Eden Judd, 1990-93
Women’s Track and Field Outdoor Records Event
Athlete
Time/Mark
Year
100 meters
Shavonne Colebrooke
11.79 sec
1996
200 meters
Anita Sartin
24.31 sec
1987
400 meters
Jahzelle Ambus
54.68 sec
2016
800 meters
Jessica Pixler
2:04.89
2010
1500 meters
Jessica Pixler
4:11.06
2010
3,000 meters
Gitte Karlshoj
9:02.26
1988
5,000 meters
Jessica Pixler
15.44.07
2010
10,000 meters
Bente Moe
33:05.80
1987
4x100 relay
Wochnick, Worthen, Baldwin, Mitchell
46.77
2013
4x400 relay
Carter, Yeager, Smith, Anderson
3:41.57
1978
100m hurdles
Karen Lauve
13.65 sec
1992
400m hurdles
Jalen Tims
1:00.06
2016
3,000m steeplechase
Suzie Strickler
10:45.54
2008
High jump
Pam Spencer
6-1/2; 1.84m
1978
Pole vault
Melissa Peaslee
12-6 3/4; 3.83m
2011
Long jump
Sherron Walker
21-8 3/4; 6.62m
1976
Triple jump
Karin Grelsson
43-8; 13.31m
1992
Shot put
Marcia Mecklenburg
52-1; 15.87m
1978
Discus
Lorna Griffin
180-3; 54.94m
1978
Hammer
Penny Hansen
149-7; 45.60m
1997
Javelin
Brittany Aanstad
168-1; 51.24m
2012
Heptathlon
Anita Sartin
5,991 pts
1987
Kishia Mitchell, 2011-14
Marcia Mecklenburg, 1976-79
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Volleyball History Varsity Volleyball Spikes With NCAA Decision Varsity women’s volleyball joined SPU’s growing sports roster in February 1986. By September of that year, the program had won its first match. The relatively quick introduction of the program came as a result of SPU moving under NCAA Division
In its second season, the Falcons qualified for the district playoffs, which the team would do multiple times under Atwell-Scrivner over the next decade — even more impressive once the Falcons elevated from NAIA to NCAA Division II play in 1991. Starting in 1995, the volleyball team began to dominate the Pacific West Conference with a series of 20-plus win seasons and success in conference tournaments. Yet the NCAA postseason remained elusive for what 1989 Team: (Front row, seated) Tosca Lindberg, Lori Robinett, Lori Johnson had become (Second) Michele DeVries, Trish Larsen, Gina Taylor, Anina Winters, Myrna one of the best Trofimczuk, JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner (coach) (Back) Rich Scrivner (assistant coach), programs in the Tami Hoover, Kellie Ryan, Deri Paulson, Nancy Best, Heather McCahan, Erin Stewart Northwest, and II rules, which required that the in 1999 Atwell-Scrivner retired University add another women’s from coaching. team to its varsity roster. Following Kellie (Ryan) Radloff, a former a survey of the campus community, player of Atwell-Scrivner’s, took SPU’s Intercollegiate Athletics over as head coach. In 2000, Committee proposed volleyball as Radloff’s first year, she guided the popular choice, and the decision the team to win 20 consecutive was ratified soon after. In May matches, a 24-6 record, the Pacific 1986, JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner left West Conference West division Whitman College to become SPU’s crown — and the program’s firstinaugural head coach with just ever NCAA Division II tournament four months to prepare the nascent appearance. After so many nearprogram for conference play. misses, the Falcons had finally Although young, the new reached their sought-after goal. team swept its opening opponent, Over the next four years, Northwest College. An uneven the Falcons continued to turn first season followed, but from in winning seasons and made there the team improved rapidly. another NCAA national tournament 208
appearance. In 2005, Ryan (Radloff) resigned, passing the head coaching duties to her assistant, Chris Johnson. In his first year, Johnson’s team upset top-ranked Nebraska-Kearney, went on to win 11 straight matches, clinched the GNAC championship, and returned to the NCAA tournament. Johnsonled teams earned three conference championships, made another four trips to the NCAA tourney, reached a regional championship match for the first time in 2010, and ranked as high as No. 13 nationally. In February 2017, Abbie Wright took over as coach. A celebrated player from Biola University, Wright continues to keep the Falcons a regional volleyball power. RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “Women’s Volleyball Catches Fire During Second Season” (1987–88) • “New Coaches Hoyt and Radloff Come Full Circle” (2000–01) • “Volleyball: Victorious Like Never Before” (2010–11)
Leilani Kamahoahoa, 1998-2001
Coach
Year
Overall Record
JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner
1986–99
213-210
Kellie Ryan Radloff
2000–04
83-51
Chris Johnson
2005–16
192-136
Abbie Wright
2017–
Sarah Risser, 2007-10
Jan Bollenbacher, 1987
Gina Taylor, 1987-90
Nami Teramae (left), 1994-95
Shaun Crespi (12), 2015-17; Symone Tran, 2015-17, Breanne Wiekamp (33), 2012-15.
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Volleyball Letterwinners A Abrahamson, Monica 1998-2001 Ackerman, Melissa 1992-93 Alberi, Courtney 2007 Anderson, Allyson 1993-95 Arnold, Jackie 2012-13 B Batiste, Maddie 2017 Bauder, Jessica 2003-04 Beauchene, Suzanne 1996-97 Bell, Hannah 2009 Best, Nancy 1986-89 Bettencourt, Jessica 2006-09 Biondi, Lexi 2013-16 Biondi, Sara 2012-14 Biornstad, Rachel 2004-07 Bishop, Elizabeth 2002 Black, Diane 1986 Bollenbacher, Jan 1987 Bolles, Heather 1986-88 Boyle, Jessica 2014-15 Bradford, Hannah 1995-96 Brashear, Christina 2009-10 Britt, Ellie 2012-15 Butac, Tiffany 2003-06 C Carlsen, Heather 1998-99 Carver, Kendall 2011-14 Cavell, Madi 2011-14 Cheek, Nikki 2010-12 Clemens, Christy 1990 Cochran (Phelps), Michelle 1995-96; 1998-99 Collings, Priscilla 2008-09 Colvin, Carri 1999-2001 Crespi, Shaun 2015-17 D Damm, Jennifer 1990-91 De Jong, Robin 2006-09 Dettorre, Andrea 2000-02 Dettorre, Danielle 1996-99 DeVries, Michelle 1987-88 Dibble, Whitney 2003-04; 2006 Donohoe, Mallie 2016-17 Donovan, Erin 2003 Duncan, Shauna 1995-97 F Fagerness, Amy 1997 Failor, Erin 1996-98 Fellows, Callin 2011-12 Filer, Danica 1993-94 Finley, Nikki 2006-08 Fotualii, Feseetai 1991-94 Frank, Laura 1994-95 G Ganete, Amanda 2015-17 Gihring, Shelby 2003-06 Given, Alyssa 2004-07 Grant, Rachael 1999 Greig, Taylor 2010-12 Gribble, Heidi 1992-93
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H Hamm, Kathryn 2000 Hannigan, Colleen 2014-17 Herold, Anna 2008-11 Herrera, Monica 2002 Hetzer, Hailey 2014 Hidano, Lory 1994-97 Higgins, Katy 2000-03 Hoffman, Paige 2008-11 Holtz, Kelly 1995 Hommes, Maddi 2013-16 Hooker, Jaeden 2016-17 Hoover, Tami 1989-90 Huffman, Stephanie 1997-2000
Oslie, Emily 2010-12 Osuna, Nikki 2007
J Johnson, Amber 2009 Johnson, Dani 2015 Johnson, Kylie 2007-09 Johnson, Lori 1986-89
R Ralph, Katie 2003-05 Risser, Sarah 2007-10 Robinett, Lori 1987-89 Roy, Laura 1988 Ryan, Kellie 1988-91
K Ka, Nohe 1997-2000 Kamahoahoa, Leilani 1998-2001 Kamphouse, Lesley 1998-2001 Kispert, Casey 2017 Knox, Yashmeen 2001 Kravitz, Katy 2001-03 Kuehl, Sophie 2014-17 Kuipers, Wendy 1998 L Langdon, Molly 2015-17 Larson, Tricia 1989-92 Larue-McCahan, Heather 1989-91 Lautenbach, Hannah 2014-17 Leenders, Brianna 2011-14 Lindberg, Ali 1991-94 Lindberg, Tosca 1989-92 Lowell, Nikki 2010-13 M MacDonald, Gaylene 1987-88 Mansfield, Katie 2016-17 McCrary, Erin 1996-97 McDonald, Jennifer 1986 McDougall, Robin 1994-97 McInnis, Luisa 2014-15 Meyer, Jenny 1990 Miller, Jessica 2011-14 Mitten, Nancy 1986 Molway, Holiday 1992 Monda, Kathleen 2002-04 Mount, Torii 2005-08 Moyers, Chris 1988 Mueller, Holly 2010 Myers, Chelsey 2002-05 N Nelson, Jennifer 1998 O O’Brien, Rae 1986-87 Oddo, Gabby 2016-17 Oltmans, Sarah 1993-96 Osborne, Kortnee 2000
P Palmer, Beth 1995-96 Paulson, Deri 1986-89 Peasley, Keri 1997-98 Pennington, Andrea 2002-03 Perez, Joelle 2007-10 Peterson, Heather 1991-94 Pricco, Angie 2008-11 Price, Cathleen 2001 Pun, Shannon 1997 Puyear, Donene 1987
S Schwend, Nicole 2011-13; 2017 Scott, Stacy 1990-91 Shuyler, Liz 2004 Soules, Natalie 2005 Srithongsuk, Lisa 1990-91 Stegemoller, Gabi 2017 Swanson, Shelby 2009-12 Syre, Gina 1991-92 T Taylor, Andra 2002-03 Taylor, Gina 1987-90 Tchabanov, Nicole 2016-17 Teramae, Nami 1994-95 Thomas, Ellen 1986 Tran, Symone 2015-17 Trofimczuk, Myrna 1988-91 Turner, Olivia 2017 Tysseling, Amy 1991-94 U Untz, Beth 2000-01 V Van Nuys, Jennifer 1995-96 Van Zonneveld, Brielle 2012 Von Moos, Jenna 2003-06 Vondrak, Alexa 2006-08 W Warren, Cassandra 1994 Weedman, Cortney 2008-09 Wiekamp, Breanne 2012-15 Wiersma, Becky 1987 Wiiest, Leah 2000-01 Willson, Stacia 2002-03 Winters, Anina 1988-89 Wodrich, Angie 2004-07 Wodrich, Lindsey 2008-11 Wolfert, Dawn 1992-93
Volleyball All-Time Individual Records Kills Match Season Career
32 Alyssa Given vs. Western Washington, Nov. 2, 2006 475 Nami Teramae, 1995 1,454 Alyssa Given, 2004-07
Digs Match Season Career
46 Anna Herold vs. BYU-Hawaii, Nov. 17, 2011 614 Anna Herold, 2009; 2011 2,316 Anna Herold, 2008-11
Attack Attempts Match 88 Lindsey Wodrich at Western Washington, Nov. 3, 2011 Season 1,257 Alyssa Given, 2007 Career 4,041 Alyssa Given, 2004-07
Blocks-Solo Match Season Career
Hitting Percentage Match .833 Nikki Lowell (10 kills-0 errors-12 attacks) vs. Montana State Billings, Sept. 7, 2010 Season .382 Nikki Lowell, 2010 Career .349 Gaylene MacDonald, 1987-88
Block Assists 16 Lori Robinett vs. Southern Oregon, Sept. 15, 1989 Match Season 158 Anina Winters, 1989 Career 400 Tosca Lindberg, 1989-92
Assists Match Season Career
83 Kellie Ryan vs. Central Washington, Oct. 29, 1990 1,288 Kelly Holtz, 1995 4,009 Jenna Von Moos, 2003-06
Service Aces 10 Dawn Wolfert vs. Montana State Billings, Oct. 21, 1993 Match 69 Alyssa Given, 2007 Season Career 188 Alyssa Given, 2004-07
Total Blocks Match Season Career
19 Tosca Lindberg vs. Humboldt State, Sept. 3, 1992 140 Tosca Lindberg, 1991 373 Tosca Lindberg, 1989-92
29 Tosca Lindberg vs. Humboldt State., Sept. 3, 1992 289 Tosca Lindberg, 1991 773 Tosca Lindberg, 1989-92
Total Points (Stat kept since 2004) 33.5 Alyssa Given vs. Western Washington, Nov. 2, 2006 Match Season 557 Alyssa Given, 2007 Career 1,718 Alyssa Given, 2004-07
All-Time Team Records Kills Match 91 vs. Central Washington, Oct. 29, 1990 Season 1,983 1995 Per-game average 16.03 1999 (1,667 in 104 games)
Total Blocks Match 61 vs. Humboldt State, Sept. 3, 1992 Season 662 1988 Per-game average 8.58 1988 (918 in 107 games)
Attacks Match Season
Single-Match Records Kills 91 Attack attempts 270 Hitting percentage .494 Assists 89 18 Service aces Digs 134 61 Total blocks
270 vs. Central Washington, Oct. 29, 1990 4,794 1997
Hitting Percentage Match .494 vs. Concordia, Oct. 1, 1987 Season .241 1989 Assists Match 89 vs. Central Washington, Oct. 29, 1990 Season 1,575 1995 Per-game average 14.82 2006 (1,393 in 94 games) Service Aces Match 18 vs. Montana State Billings, Oct. 21, 1993 Season 224 1987 Per-game average 2.07 2006 (195 in 94 games)
vs. Central Washington, Oct. 29, 1990 vs. Central Washington, Oct. 29, 1990 vs. Concordia, Oct. 1, 1997 vs. Central Washington, Oct. 29, 1990 vs. Montana State Billings, Oct. 21, 1993 vs. Western Washington, Oct. 27, 2005 vs. Humboldt State, Sept. 3, 1992
Opponent Single-Match Records Kills 88 Central Washington, Oct. 29, 1990 Hitting percentage .447 Southern Oregon, Sept. 12, 1997 Assists 84 Portland State, Oct. 28, 1995 Service aces 19 Chico State, Sept. 14, 1987 Digs 136 Montana State Billings, Oct. 3, 1997 Blocks 44 Saint Martin’s, Oct. 27, 1997
Digs Match 134 vs. Western Washington, Oct. 27, 2005 Season 2,116 1995 Per-game average 19.68 2004 (1,889 in 96 games)
Anna Herrold, 2008-11
Jennifer McDonald, 1986
Jenna Von Moos, 2003-06; Jessica Bettencourt, 2006-09
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Wrestling History Wrestling Success Pinned to Coaching and Character Wrestling first got its hold on the Seattle Pacific campus in 1955, when Dr. Homer Perkins brought the Pacific Northwest AAU Championships to Brougham Pavilion. Perkins, a volunteer coach and local dentist, had formed a club
win had to wait until later that season, when the team squeezed out an 18-16 decision over Puget Sound in Tacoma. During the next two seasons, Furtado struggled to fill his weight classes, but in 1966 he finally had
1964–65 Team: (Front row) Paul Hantke, Gary Tash, Larry Basham (Back) Frank Furtado (coach), Paul Daggett, Phil Templin, Rex Carpenter, George Pearson
program ostensibly for those who showed an interest, but also to involve his own sons. Attention from the AAU meet at Brougham helped his wrestling club gain ground, but a few years later Perkins stopped coaching to move his dental practice to Issaquah and the program ceased activity in 1959. In a reversal, Frank Furtado, one of Perkins’ former students, resuscitated the sport five years later. As a new physical education faculty member, Furtado was tasked with starting a varsity program. He turned to his wrestling days as a viable option. In December 1964, Furtado hosted Whitman College in Brougham Pavilion for the school’s first varsity competition. However, the program’s first 212
a full complement of nine wrestlers, and the program began its rise. That season, the Falcons won 12 of 14 collegiate duals. Then in 1967–68, the school earned its first NCAA championship berth after winning 14 of 20 duals. Ken Jackson (137 lbs.) won two matches at the national tournament. The wrestling program gained more financial backing, and the talented Bill Lemm (160 lbs.) became the first scholarship wrestler. As a senior, Lemm led the school to a record of 18-2 during the 1968–69 season, with nine Falcons invited to nationals. He ended his career 83-11-1. The following season, Jackson and Ken Hagen (167 lbs.) became the program’s first All-Americans,
and SPC wrestling finished ranked No. 19 in the nation. In 1971, the team ranked among the NCAA top 10, tying for eighth. At nationals, Sam Myers (126 lbs.), Drake Lemm (150 lbs.), and Hagen, all placed fourth. Then in 1972, the Falcons hit their zenith. SPC wrestling took sixth in the NCAA tournament, with Myers advancing to the championship final. Results began to slip starting in 1973. Team captain Bill Knippel (177 lbs.) still placed second at nationals, but the program’s standing fell to 24th. At the same time, the need to support women’s varsity programs after the enactment of Title IX led SPC to reconsider its budget. In the end, the University decided to remove scholarship funds from wrestling. Shortly after, Furtado resigned to become head athletic trainer for the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics. Alumnus and former wrestler Marty Vogt took over as interim coach for the 1974–75 season, which turned out to be the program’s last. Going out strong, five grapplers advanced to nationals in that final campaign.
Lee Allen, 1969-73
RELATED STORIES IN THIS BOOK • “Lemms and Jackson Power Wrestlers to Nationals” (1967–68) • “Wrestlers Break into Top 10 at Nationals” (1970–71)
Coach
Year
Overall Record
Frank Furtado
1965–74
78-41*
Marty Vogt
1975
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• “Knippel Goes to Nationals– Twice” (1972–73) *Does not include 1965–66
1968–69 Team: (Front row, kneeling) Ken Hagen, Ken Jackson (Back) Dan Tanita, Sam Myers, Scott Horrell, Dale Johnson, Bill Lemm, Frank Furtado (coach) Phil Lundberg, Doug Hoffman, Drake Lemm, Lee Fjellanger, Bob Lute
Phil Templin, 1964-67
Drake Lemm, 1967-71
Just Pin Him: Coach Frank Furtado gives some words of encouragement.
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SPU Wrestling Letterwinners A Alfieri, Dick 1967 Allen, Lee 1970-73 Arnold, Dan 1967 B Basham, Larry 1965-66 Berg, Bill 1965 Blowers, Steve 1966 C Carlson, Craig 1968 Carpenter, Rex 1965-66 Christian, Lon 1974 Conkling, Gary 1966 D Daggett, Paul 1965 Davis, Bob 1967 Delamarter, Harold 1968 Draper, Don 1973 Draper, Lon 1973-74 Drovdahl, Bob 1968 E Esparza, Cip 1974 Esses, Jerry 1974 F Fish, Herb 1965 Fjellanger, Lee 1966-69 Fox, John 1969 Freemantle, Ted 1966 G Gerber, Paul 1971 Glass, Bruce 1966 Goble, Steve 1971 Gould, Phil 1965 Griffen, Brian 1974
H Hagen, Dave 1974 Hagen, Ken 1968-71 Halbert, Dan 1968 Hall, Don 1974 Hamilton, Charles 1974 Hantke, Paul 1965 Hoffman, Doug 1969-70 Holyoke, Paul 1965 Horrell, Scott 1968-69
Moore, Mike 1971-72 Moule, Jim 1970-72 Myers, Sam 1969-72
J Jackson, Ken 1967-70 Jacobus, Dean 1966 Johnson, Dale 1969
R Rankin, Todd 1972 Roth, Al 1967-68; 1970
K Kim, Soohyung 1966 Knippel, Bill 1972-73 Krogness, Kevin 1974 Kurtz, Joe 1971-72 L Laktonen, Jerry 1972-73 Lemm, Bill 1966-69 Lemm, Drake 1968-71 Lewis, Duane 1965 Linthicum, Bill 1974 Lowry, Rob 1974 Lundberg, Phil 1969-70 Lute, Bob 1968-71 Lute, Mike 1971 M Machado, Kerry 1971-72; 1974 Malenke, Todd 1971 Manahan, Dave 1972-74 Maras, Rick 1973-74 Martinson, Ken 1965 McDonald, Mike 1974
P Pearson, George 1965 Peterson, Dave 1972; 1974 Piland, Chuck 1965 Platter, Paul 1973 Poet, Don 1966-67
S Shaver, Jud 1968 Simpson, John 1974 Smith, Dave 1972-73 Snyder, Gary 1974 Sorenson, Ron 1967-68 Stegman, Jim 1967-68 Stickney, Al 1968-69 Strand, Gaylord 1971-74 Surber, Bruce 1974 T Tanita, Dan 1967; 1969 Tash, Gary 1965 Templin, Phil 1965-67 Thorsen, Carl 1973 Turanski, Dick 1965 V Vogt, Martin 1972 W Willson, Dave 1966
Wrestling All-Americans NCAA Nationals, College Division Lee Allen 3rd at 118 lbs., 1972
Bill Knippel 2nd at 177 lbs., 1973 3rd in University Division, 177 lbs., 1973
Sam Myers 4th at 126 lbs., 1971 3rd at 126 lbs., 1972
Ken Jackson 5th at 134 lbs., 1970
Drake Lemm 4th at 150 lbs., 1971
Ken Hagen 6th at 167 lbs., 1970 4th at 167 lbs., 1971
Bob Lute, 1967-71
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1967–68 Team: (Front row, kneeling) Harold Delamarter, Schott Horrell, Bob Drovdahl, Lee Fjellanger (Second) Ken Hagen, Jim Stegman, Al Roth, Ron Sorenson, Bill Lemm, Frank Furtado (coach), Ken Jackson, Bob Lute, Jud Shaver, Dan Halbert, Drake Lemm (Back) Al Stickney, Craig Carlson
Ken Hagen, 1967-71
Phil Lundberg, 1968-70 Ken Jackson, 1966-70
Dan Tanita, 1966-67; 1968-69
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Appendix II: Additional Falcon Sports Information • National Champions
• Ron Grady Athlete of the Year Award
• Falcon Legacy Athletes
• Falcon Award for Excellence
• Falcon Hall of Fame
• Athletic Personnel and Other Awards
1993–94 “Street Clothes” Falcons: (Front row) Andrea Mocherman, Erica Lindberg, Kristi Konsmo, Lynne Roberts, Lorinda Flikkema, Janelle Clem (Back) Gordy Presnell (coach), Erica Murray, Elisabeth Ford, Nancy Konsmo, Jennifer Kunkel, Elizabeth Fenner, Janie Hogan-Corbett, Sarah Faber, Linnea Jarvits, Mike McKee (assistant coach)
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National Champions Falcon National Champions: Teams Year
Team
Affiliation
1978
Men’s Soccer
NCAA Division II
1983
Men’s Soccer
NCAA Division II
1985
Men’s Soccer
NCAA Division II
1986
Men’s Soccer
NCAA Division II
1986
Gymnastics
NCAA Division II
1992
Gymnastics
USA Gymnastics
1993
Men’s Soccer
NCAA Division II
1997
Gymnastics
USA Gymnastics
2008
Women’s Soccer
NCAA Division II
Falcon National Champions: Individuals
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Year
Athlete
Sport
Event
Time/Mark
Year
Athlete
Sport
Event
Time/Mark
1953
Ben Moring
Track and Field+
880 Yards
1:54.1
1986
Barbara Elliott
Gymnastics
Balance Beam
9.300
1954
Ben Moring
Track and Field+
880 Yards
1:53.4
1986
Bente Moe
Track and Field
5,000 Meters 16:31.49
1968
Steve Gough
Track and Field
Triple Jump
50-3
1987
Barbara Elliott
Gymnastics
Floor Exercise 9.35
1970
Steve Gough
Track and Field
Decathlon
7,520
1987
Bente Moe
Track and Field
10,000 Meters
34:21.86
1973
Lynette Matthews
Track and Field*
Discus
152-10
1987
Anita Sartin Track and Field
Heptathlon
5,991
1973
Lynette Matthews
Track and Field*
Shot Put
47-8
1987
Gitte Karlshoj
Track and Field
3,000 Meters 9:14.39
1973
Laurel Miller
Track and Field*
2 Mile
11:18.5
1988
Bente Moe
Track and Field
5,000 Meters 16:52.74
1974
Debbie Halle
Gymnastics*
Uneven Bars
9.225
1989
Bente Moe
Track and Field
10,000 Meters
35.33.86
1974
Steve Sooter
Track and Field
Steeplechase 8:56.0
1990
Michelle DeVries
Track and Field
Javelin
163-2
1974
Lynette Matthews
Track and Field*
Shot Put
46-9
1992
Mike Olson
Track and Field
Shot Put
59-2 1/4
1975
Laurel Anderson
Gymnastics*
Vault
9.40
1992
Kathie Cradduck
Gymnastics
All Around
37.600
1976
Sherron Walker
Track and Field*
Long Jump
19-10 1/2
1992
Karin Grelsson
Track and Field
Heptathlon
5,593
1979
Joan Corbin Cross Country*
5,000 Meters 17:12.0
1992
Tiffany Coleman
Track and Field
Javelin
165-8
1981
Cathy Wilson
Track and Field*
Heptathlon
5,155
1992
Karin Grelsson
Track and Field
Triple Jump
43-8
1985
Chris Klausman
Track and Field
800 Meters
2:10.15
1993
Mike Olson
Indoor Track and Field
Shot Put
59-7 3/4
1985
Bente Moe
Cross Country 5,000 Meters 16:54.0
1993
Gymnastics
Barbara Elliott
Gymnastics
Vault
Balance Beam
9.65
1986
Anna Sandberg
1993
Gymnastics
Floor Exercise 9.600
Indoor Track and Field
41-1 1/4
Barbara Elliott
Karin Grelsson
Triple Jump
1986
9.325
Year
Athlete
Sport
Event
Time/Mark
Year
Athlete
Sport
Event
1993
Karin Grelsson
Track and Field
Heptathlon
5,908
2010
Indoor Track and Field
Distance 11:29.88 Medley Relay
1994
Karin Grelsson
Indoor Track and Field
Triple Jump
39-11 3/4
1995
Stephanie Andrews
Gymnastics
Balance Beam
9.65
Jane Larson, Jennifer Pike, Lisa Anderberg, Jessica Pixler
Time/Mark
1996
Lisa Smith
Gymnastics
Vault
9.7625
2010
Deni Boswell
Gymnastics
Uneven Bars
9.775
Jessica Pixler
Track and Field
1,500 Meters 4:11.06
1996
2012 Floor Exercise 9.750
Track and Field
168-1
Gina Moody Gymnastics
Brittany Aanstad
Javelin
1996 1997
Mindy Lee Ferguson
Gymnastics
Uneven Bars
9.850
2013
Ali Worthen Track and Field
Heptathlon
5,340
1997
Amanda King
Gymnastics
Balance Beam
9.825
2014
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
Vault
9.850
1998
Deni Boswell
Gymnastics
Uneven Bars
9.875
2014
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
Balance Beam
9.850
1998
Deni Boswell
Gymnastics
All Around
38.600
2014
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
Uneven Bars
9.850
2003
Kristen Strid
Gymnastics
Uneven Bars
9.850
Chris Randolph
Track and Field
Decathlon
2005
Kari Kelly
Gymnastics
Vault
9.7125
2005
Debra Huss
Gymnastics
Uneven Bars
9.750
2005
Debra Huss
Gymnastics
Floor Exercise 9.850
2005
Debra Huss
Gymnastics
All Around
38.875
2006
Chris Randolph
Track and Field
Decathlon
2007
Jessica Pixler
Indoor Track and Field
2007
Teona Perkins
2007
2014
Kai Tindall
Gymnastics
Floor Exercise 9.850
2014
McKayla Fricker
Track and Field
800 Meters
2:06.18
2015
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
Balance Beam
9.900
2015
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
Uneven Bars
9.875
2016
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
Vault
9.850
7,872
2016
Ariana Harger
Gymnastics
Floor Exercise 9.900
Mile
4:42.42
2017
Darian Burns
Gymnastics
Floor Exercise 9.90
Track and Field
High Jump
5-10
Jessica Pixler
Track and Field
1,500 Meters 4:22.23
2007
Jessica Pixler
Cross Country 6,000 Meters 20:29.1
2008
Jessica Pixler
Indoor Track and Field
2008
Jessica Pixler
Cross Country 6,000 Meters 20:59
2009
Jessica Pixler
Indoor Track and Field
Mile
2009
Jessica Pixler
Indoor Track and Field
5,000 Meters 16:22
2009
Brianna Schwartz
Gymnastics
Uneven Bars
2009
Jessica Pixler
Track and Field
1,500 Meters 4:26.75
2009
Jessica Pixler
Cross Country 6,000 Meters 20:22.6
2010
Jessica Pixler
Indoor Track and Field
2005
Mile
Mile
7,309
+National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics *Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
4:47.79
4:43.6
9.750
4:32.48
Debra Huss, 2004-07
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1978 Men’s Soccer: (Front row) Robert Jumonville, Eric Benz, Mark Metzger, Kelly Gordon, Jamie Deming, Jeff Johnson, Rick Miller, Bruce Raney, Jim McKay (Back) Cliff McCrath (coach), Greg Brown, Mike Hiatt, Sergio Soriano, Marty Shaw, Kevin Bloudoff, Ron Patton, Mike Osborn, Terry McGill, Warren Hall, Dan Dapper (assistant coach) (Not pictured) Kit Favorite, Dan Ghormley, John Hennessey, Kim Robertson, Bob Grams (trainer), Jim Dunn (assistant coach)
1983 Men’s Soccer: (Seated) John Richardson, Bill Glandon (Table) Bob Grams (trainer), Elwin Honda (assistant trainer) (Front row) David Wittrell, Kelly Le Bard, Glenn Lurie, Kevin O’Keefe, Sasha Shefts, Sirith Lanpouthakoun, Paul Hauck (Second) Scott Cairns, Brad Elmenhurst, Tom Donnelly, Darin McKeown, Todd Reichert, Kirk Bjornethun (Back) Cliff McCrath (coach), Tom Blahous, Dennis Gunnell, Doug Backous, Peter Hattrup, Sergio Soriano (Not pictured) Gerard McGlynn
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1986 Gymnastics: (Front row) Nicole Cooper, Barbara Elliott, Tosha Arness (Second) Tami Nikaitani, Susan Nolte, Robyn Norton, Bonnie Parman (Back) Joellen Strada, Cindy Morrill, Christy Steelsmith, Suzanne Schwartz, Alayne Olsen
1985 Men’s Soccer: (Front row) Walter Major, Kellen Levan, Mark Faller, Danny Machado, David Wittrell, Kevin O’Keefe, Bob Bruch, Howard Kuroda, Terry McGill (assistant coach) (Second) Ed Blahous, Rick Myers, Chuck Sekyra, Scott Cairns, Chris McDonald, Craig Ottosen, Darin Koob, Peter Hattrup, Kelly Le Bard, Dennis Gunnell (assistant coach) (Back) Brent Sytsma, Cory Swick, Rod Myers, John Richardson, Jeff Storrs, Jim Neighbors, Darren Loken, Todd Reichert, Glenn Lurie, Kyle Suits, Cliff McCrath (coach)
1986 Men’s Soccer: (Front row) John Richardson (assistant coach), Matt Smith, Darren Loken, Kelly Le Bard, Bob Bruch, Danny Machado, Mark Faller, Glenn Lurie, Brent Sytsma, Sean Hopps, Peter Hattrup (volunteer assistant) (Back) Dennis Gunnell (assistant coach), Reece Olney, Rick Myers, Chuck Sekyra, Scott Schuetze, Steve McCrath, Chris McDonald, Jeff Storrs, Jim Meeker, Scott Cairns, Ralf Fowler, Rod Myers, Craig Ottosen, Cliff McCrath (coach) (Not pictured) Kellen Levan
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1992 Gymnastics: (Front row, seated) Stacy Hastings, Kathie Cradduck, Michelle Jarmin, Pam Lamson (Front row, standing; from left) Laurel Tindall (coach), Wendy Thurow, Chrissy Rice, Shawna Van Haveren (assistant coach), Paul Pinter (assistant coach) (Back) Anna Sandberg, Erin Gluth, Corine Frohm, Kathryn Crane, Erica Thompson
1993 Men’s Soccer: (Front row) Ian Clerihew, Stefan Ritter, Jonathan Swanson, Andy Rife, Brian Martin, Caleb Connell, Nate Daligcon, Dominic Dickerson, John Heimbigner (Second) Bob Grams (trainer), Brian Meier, Kevin Hale, Eric Wideman, Todd Stauber, David Swanson, Dion Earl, Craig Walker (Back) Cliff McCrath (coach), Jason Dunn, Ricci Greenwood, Chuck Granade, Travis Connell, Marcus Hahnemann, Phil Bullard, Kyle Mercer, James Dunn; John Richardson and Bobby McLaughlin (assistant coaches)
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1997 Gymnastics: (Front row, from left) Michael Chaplin (assistant coach), Amy Faulk, Stefanie Thompson, Christin Tercek, Lisa Smith (Second) Laurel Tindall (coach), Mindy Lee Ferguson, Sarah Brown, Stephanie Andrews (Third) Tina Lemm, Kathy Siwek, Georgianne Smith (Fourth) Callie Field, Gina Moody, Kathy Klubben (Back) Amanda King, Deni Boswell, Mandy Witmer, Vickie Moody
2008 Women’s Soccer: (alphabetical order, not tied to photo) Alex Aguirre, Alex Butler, Jocelyn Charette, Maddie Dickinson, Mallorie Gerstmann, Janae Godoy, Claire Grubbs, Brandi Hamre, Savanna Hanson, Karen Hosler, Kelsey Jenkins, Amanda Johnson, Jesslyn Rahm Kellerman, Abbie Knox, Heidi Laabs-Johnson, Shannon Oakes, Kayla Stiegemeier, Katie Taylor, Meridith Teague, Mandy Verdoia, Ali Winje, Becca Woods, Janie Wurth, Brooke Yokers (Coaches) Chuck Sekyra (head coach), Arby Busey (assistant), Chalise Baysa (assistant)
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Falcon Award for Excellence The Falcon Award for Excellence (FAE) is the highest honor an athlete can earn at Seattle Pacific University. Criteria for the award, developed by SPU coaches and athletic administrators, focuses on athletic and academic achievement and character development. Recipients who have lettered for at least two years Year
Athlete
Sport
Year
Athlete
Sport
1987
Bonnie (Parman) Bomber Jack Hoyt Leslie Ramstad Anita Sartin
Gymnastics
1995
Mark Faller Craig Kispert Darrin Levy Nancy Mitten
Men’s Soccer Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Tennis
Pat Berschauer Jennifer Casto Elizabeth Fenner Elisabeth Ford Ali Lindberg Anna Sandberg Jon Swanson
Crew Track and Field Women’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Volleyball Gymnastics Track and Field/Cross Country/ Soccer
1996
1989
Traci Baker Chris McDonald Bente Moe Scott Rolfness Juli Van Pelt
Track and Field Men’s Soccer Track and Field/Cross Country Men’s Basketball Track and Field
Shavonne Colebrook Beth Kice
Track and Field Crew
1997
1990
Nancy Best Michelle DeVries Steve McCrath Corey Murphy Deri Paulson Becky Wiersma
Volleyball Track and Field/Volleyball Men’s Soccer Crew Volleyball Women’s Basketball
Gina Bolenbaugh Ronelle Lamkin Erica Lindberg Sarah Oltmans Beth Palmer Geoff Ping
Gymnastics Track and Field Women’s Basketball Volleyball Volleyball Men’s Basketball
1998
1991
Cathy Baribeau Todd Hanson Shawna Van Haveren
Crew Crew Gymnastics
Stephanie Andrews Rachel DeVine Lisa Malmin Ben Scheffler Mick Zapata
Gymnastics Track and Field/Cross Country Track and Field Men’s Basketball Crew
1999
1992
Monique Blott Jan Bolton Ed Davies Erin Gluth Todd Haley Ted Hamlin Karen Lauve
Women’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Gymnastics Men’s Soccer Track and Field/Cross Country Track and Field
Matt Cooper Georgianne Smith Lisa Smith Kip Wassink
Track and Field/Cross Country Gymnastics Gymnastics Crew
2000
Josh Adam Danielle Detorre Amy LeCount Barth Riedel Heather Wallace
Crew Volleyball Crew Men’s Soccer Track and Field/Cross Country
Sarah Bean Scott Campbell Kathie Cradduck Karin Grelsson Eden Judd Tricia Larson Tosca Lindberg
Crew Men’s Basketball Gymnastics Track and Field Track and Field Volleyball Volleyball/Women’s Basketball
2001
Gus Balogh Robbie Berg Erin Kawasaki Karen Summers
Women’s Basketball Men’s Soccer Gymnastics Track and Field
2002
Barb Caley Lorinda Flikkema Heidi Hamlin Carl Johnson Doug Miller Mike Olson David Swanson
Crew Women’s Basketball Track and Field/Cross Country Men’s Basketball Crew Track and Field Men’s Soccer
Stephanie Huffman Nick Johnson Mike Lucero Erik Skipper Brannon Stone
Volleyball/Track and Field Men’s Basketball Crew Men’s Soccer Men’s Basketball
2003
Rachael Anderson Kerie Hughes Sarah Kraybill Laura Widman
Gymnastics Women’s Basketball Track and Field/Cross Country Track and Field
2004
Joel Braman Valerie Gustafson Joanna Hodgkiss Kristin Poe Jamie Witt
Crew Women’s Basketball Crew Women’s Basketball Track and Field/Cross Country
1988
1993
1994
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and maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA are nominated and selected by coaches and athletic staff annually. Each of the award winners below were judged to have excelled in athletics, fulfilled a leadership role on their teams, and proved overall to be consummate student-athletes for Seattle Pacific University.
Track and Field Track and Field/Cross Country Track and Field
Year
Athlete
Sport
Year
Athlete
Sport
2005
Jason Chivers Jessica Henson Jennifer Hull Tim LeCount Paul Mach Andrea Martineau
Men’s Basketball Women’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Track and Field/Cross Country Track and Field/Cross Country Crew
2014
Katie Benson Blaine Carver David Downs McKayla Fricker Nikki Lowell Kai Tindall
Women’s Basketball Men’s Soccer Men’s Basketball Track and Field/Cross Country Volleyball Gymnastics
2006
Tony Binetti Katie Ralph Chris Randolph Allison Teague Mandy Wood
Men’s Basketball Volleyball Track and Field Women’s Soccer Women’s Basketball
2015
Madi Cavell Sydney Clark Suzanna Ohlsen Sean Russell Riley Stockton
Volleyball Gymnastics Women’s Basketball Men’s Soccer Men’s Basketball
2007
Dustin Bremerman Megan Giske Carolyn Nason Teona Perkins Eddie Strickler Sarah Sullivan Jenna Von Moos
Men’s Basketball Crew Women’s Soccer Track and Field Track and Field/Cross Country Gymnastics Volleyball
2016
Ian Adams Lynelle Decker Maria Hundley Shayla Page
Men’s Soccer Cross Country Gymnastics Women’s Soccer
2017
2008
Beth Christensen Ashley Domres Alyssa Given Kara Hamby
Women’s Basketball Gymnastics Volleyball Women’s Soccer
Kyra Brannan Jeffrey Collings Lauren Glover Hannah Huesers Davis Karaica Jordan Kollars
Track and Field Men’s Soccer Gymnastics Women’s Soccer Men’s Soccer Men’s Soccer
2009
Claire Grubbs Shannon Oakes Casey Reed Rachel Savage Meredith Teague Lauren VerMulm
Women’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Men’s Basketball Crew Women’s Soccer Track and Field
2010
Jocelyn Charette Katie Degner Daesha Henderson Jane Larson Alec Nelson Jessica Pixler
Women’s Soccer Crew Women’s Basketball Track and Field/Cross Country Men’s Soccer Track and Field/Cross Country
2011
Maddie Dickinson Chad Meis Jennifer Pike Emily Pitts Caitlyn Rohrbach Laura Willis
Women’s Soccer Track and Field/Cross Country Track and Field Crew Women’s Basketball Gymnastics
2012
Paige Hoffman Kelsey Jenkins Natty Plunkett Tyler Schultz Katy Stine Lindsey Wodrich
Volleyball Women’s Soccer Track and Field/Cross Country Men’s Soccer Crew Volleyball
2013
Phillip Mach Rachel Murray Caleb Nyone Shelby Swanson Jobi Wall Ali Worthen
Crew Women’s Basketball Men’s Soccer Volleyball Men’s Basketball Track and Field
2014 FAE Recipients: Kai Tindall, McKayla Fricker, Katie Benson, Blaine Carver, David Downs, Nikki Lowell
Mark Faller, 1988 FAE Recipient
Stephanie Huffman, 2002 FAE Recipient
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Ron Grady Athlete of the Year Award Ron Grady: Excellence and Character Personified Those who knew him and watched him play were uniform in their praise of this incoming athlete with such talent and Christ-like humility. Ron Grady, a basketball and baseball standout at Bellevue’s Sammamish High School, stepped onto the Brougham Pavilion court as a freshman in the fall of 1965. Four years of promise beckoned until, around mid-season, he was benched by a diagnosis of bone cancer. Admitting to persistent pain, Ron said, “I really believe I received guidance from God. He’s given me the confidence to beat this situation.” In his final game of his first and only season, Ron scored 17 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. He died 14 months later, on June 1, 1967. A new award honoring Ron’s life was presented to SPC President C. Dorr Demaray by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grady at halftime of the basketball game against Chapman in February 1968. Since that time, the Ron Grady Award has annually honored Seattle Pacific’s premier Athlete(s) of the Year as voted on by the coaching staff. As a reflection of Ron’s spirit, the award salutes the kind of skilled excellence and Christian integrity to which all Seattle Pacific athletes can aspire.
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Year
Athlete
Sport
Year
Athlete
Sport
1959
Orville Anderson
Men’s Basketball
1972
John Borton
Men’s Basketball
1960
Dick Mogg
Men’s Basketball
1973
Bill Spaet
Track and Field
1961
Jim Douglas
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1974
Steve Sooter
Track and Field Cross Country
1962
Bob Bartlett
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1975
Mark Stream
Track and Field Men’s Basketball
1963
Bob Bartlett
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1976
Kit Zell
Men’s Soccer
1977
Pam Spencer
Track and Field Women’s Basketball
1978
Lorna Griffin
Track and Field
1979
Jamie Deming
Men’s Soccer
1980
Bob Jumonville Janice George
Men’s Soccer Gymnastics
1981
Terry McGill Shannon Holland
Men’s Soccer Women’s Basketball
1982
Dan Cedarborg Meriahna Stehman
Crew Gymnastics
1964
Dave Moffitt
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1965
Dave Moffitt
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1966
Howard Heppner
Men’s Basketball
1967
Jerry Bamburg
Track and Field Cross Country
1968
Bill Yeager
Men’s Basketball
1969
Steve Gough
Track and Field
1970
Steve Gough
Track and Field
1971
Ken Hagen
Wrestling
Year
Athlete
Sport
Year
Athlete
Sport
1983
Robin Marshall Connie Benson
Men’s Basketball Track and Field Cross Country
2007
Jessica Pixler
Track and Field Cross Country
1984
Doug Backous
Men’s Soccer
2008
Jessica Pixler
Track and Field Cross Country
1985
Sandy Gabelein
Track and Field Cross Country
2009
Jessica Pixler
Track and Field Cross Country
1986
Diane Black Ritchie McKay
Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball
2010
Jessica Pixler
Track and Field Cross Country
1987
Barbara Elliott Bente Moe
Gymnastics Track and Field Cross Country
2011
Ali Worthen
Track and Field
2012
1988
Bente Moe
Track and Field Cross Country
Brittany Aanstad Tyler Schultz
Track and Field Men’s Soccer
2013
Ali Worthen
Track and Field
1989
Bente Moe
Track and Field Cross Country
2014
David Downs Maria Hundley
Men’s Basketball Gymnastics
1990
Michelle DeVries
Track and Field Volleyball
2015
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
2016
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
1991
Shawna Van Haveren
Gymnastics
2017
Darian Burns
Gymnastics
1992
Kathie Cradduck Jason Farrell Karin Grelsson
Gymnastics Men’s Soccer Track and Field
1993
Karin Grelsson Tosca Lindberg
Track and Field Volleyball Women’s Basketball
1994
Marcus Hahnemann
Men’s Soccer
1995
Jon Swanson
Track and Field
1996
Shavonne Colebrooke
Track and Field
1997
Mindy Lee Ferguson Linnea Jarvits
Gymnastics Women’s Basketball Track and Field
1998
Deni Boswell Debbie Miller
Gymnastics Women’s Basketball
1999
Jeff McBroom Stephanie Huffman
Men’s Basketball Volleyball Track and Field
2000
Laura Widman
Track and Field
2001
Stephanie Huffman
Volleyball Track and Field Track and Field Cross Country
Rachel Ross 2002
Nick Johnson Trisha Sawatzky Stephanie Huffman
Men’s Basketball Crew Volleyball Track and Field
2003
Kerie Hughes
Women’s Basketball
2004
Valerie Gustafson
Women’s Basketball
2005
Danielle Ayers-Stamper Track and Field Chris Randolph Track and Field
2006
Chris Randolph
Track and Field
Robin Marshall and Connie Benson, 1983 Grady Award
Jon Swanson, 1995 Grady Award
Diane Black, 1986 Grady Award John Borton, 1972 Grady Award
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Falcon Hall of Fame In January 2003, the first group of a three-year inaugural class was inducted into the newly created Falcon Athletic Hall of Fame. The induction of six pioneering “Falcon Legends” set the tone for future classes that would follow. The vision and motivating force behind the new endeavor came from alumnus Jack MacDonald, president of the Falcon Club. With the blessing of President Philip Eaton and the oversight of Athletic Director Tom Box, a committee was formed consisting of former Falcon athletes and sports information directors. The goal was to recognize Falcon athletes and coaches whose athletic competence and personal character defined what it meant to wear the maroon and white of a Falcon uniform. The following list summarizes the classes through 2019 and their accomplishments. Steve Gough (1967–70) Track and Field • NCAA Division II triple jump champion (1968), and NCAA decathlon champion (1970) • Set school records for the high jump, long jump, triple jump, discus, and decathlon • Six-time All-American recipient • Named SPU Athlete of the Year in 1969 and 1970
Howard Heppner (1963–66) Men’s Basketball • Top scorer and rebounder for the 1965 Elite Eight team • MVP and top scorer for the 1964 and 1966 NCAA Tournament teams • Set school record for career rebounds • All-American recipient in 1966 • SPU Athlete of the Year in 1966
2003 Inductees: Howard Heppner, Loren Anderson, Ken Foreman, Doris Heritage, Steve Gough, Ben Moring (inset)
Class of 2003 Loren Anderson (1955–58) Men’s Basketball, Baseball • Holds basketball scoring records for single game (54) and career (18.9) • Established 13 basketball team records during his career • First Falcon to have his jersey retired (No. 5) • Standout baseball middle infielder, setting records for season and career batting average
Ken Foreman (1950–57; 1960–78; 1984–2000) Coach, Cross Country, Track and Field • Coached 13 Seattle Pacific women’s teams that finished in the nation’s top 10 • Mentored 26 national champions, 159 All-American athletes, and hundreds of others • Named U.S. head track and field coach for the 1980 Olympic Games, 1983 World Championships, and 1986 Goodwill Games • Inducted into the USA National Track & Field Hall of Fame (2009) and the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2011)
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Doris Brown Heritage (1960–2007) Coach, Cross Country, Track and Field • Five-time international cross country champion (1967–71) • Pan American Games silver medalist in the 800 meters (1967, 1971) • Member of the U.S. Olympic team in the 800 (1968) and 1,500 (1972) • Set national records from 440 yards to the mile and world records in the 800, 1,500, and 3,000 • Elected to the National Distance Running, NCAA Coaches, Road Runners, and USA National Track & Field halls of fame, the latter as both coach and athlete
Ben Moring (1952–54) Track and Field • NAIA 880-yard champion in 1953 and 1954 • Seattle Pacific’s first national champion • Three-time All-American recipient • Set school records in 880 and mile relay • Member of the 2-mile relay team that placed second at the Drake Relays (1954)
Class of 2004 Ken Covell (1971–74) Men’s Soccer • Established eight career scoring records and remains No. 4 in career goals • Played on the first four Falcon teams to reach the NCAA Tournament, including the 1974 national runners-up squad • Selected all-region • Named all-conference four times
Roy Duncan (1955–58) Track and Field • Named All-American three times • NAIA state and regional sprint champion • Holds SPU records for the 100 and 200 meters, and the sprint relay
2004 Inductees: Roy Duncan, Ken Covell, Debbie Halle Jackson, Les Habegger, Bob Thompson
Les Habegger (1957–74) Coach, Men’s Basketball • Established men’s basketball as a regional power • His teams reached the NCAA Division II tournament six times, including the 1965 West Regional championship • Falcon career leader in victories, with a record of 267-170 • Achieved three 20-win seasons
Debbie Halle Jackson (1974–77) Gymnastics • Falcons’ first national gymnastics champion (uneven bars) • Member of the inaugural team that finished fifth in the AIAW all-division national championships • Seven-time All-American • Set school records in all four events (beam, floor, uneven bars, vault) and the all-around
Jack MacDonald Lifetime Achievement Award
Jack MacDonald Lifetime Achievement Award • Varsity basketball letterwinner • Served as the Falcon Club president • Inspiration for and founder of the Falcon Legends Hall of Fame • A member of the Seattle Pacific Fellows • Longtime public high school teacher
Bob Thompson (1966–69) Tennis • All-American and 1969 NCAA Division II quarterfinalist in singles and doubles • Won the 1969 NCAA regional doubles title with teammate Wilbert Look • Career record holder for wins in singles (66-20) and in doubles (56-23)
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Class of 2005 Lorna Griffin (1977–78) Track and Field • Two-time U.S. Olympian in 1980 and 1984 • Three-time All-American • Holds SPU’s school record for the discus
Bente Moe (1986–89) Cross Country, Track and Field
2005 Inductees: Bente Moe, Laurel Anderson Tindall, Bruce Raney, Sergio Soriano, Lorna Griffin
• Five-time NCAA champion in distance events, including setting a national 10,000-meter record • Named 12-time All-American • Two-time Olympian in 1984 and 1988 competing for Norway, her home country • Houston Marathon champion; fourth in the 1987 World Championships • Named Academic All-American
Bruce Raney (1978–81) Men’s Soccer • Established scoring record for season and remains career record holder for goals and total points • Played on the first NCAA championship team in 1978 • All-region and four-time all-conference selection
Sergio Soriano (1978–81) Men’s Soccer C. Hoyt Watson Lifetime Achievement Award
• Set a career record with 397 saves • Posted the top-two season-save marks with 121 (1980) and 116 (1981) • Remains the school record holder for saves • Played on Seattle Pacific’s first NCAA championship team in 1978 • All-region and four-time all-conference selection
Laurel Anderson Tindall (1975–2019) Coach, Gymnastics • National vault champion in 1975 • Member of the inaugural SPC gymnastics team that finished fifth in AIAW all-division national championships • Six-time gymnastics All-American
C. Hoyt Watson (1926–59) Lifetime Achievement Award • Third president of Seattle Pacific; longest tenure of any president (33 years) • First to articulate a clear vision for intercollegiate athletics at SPC • Brought basketball to SPC as a collegiate sport in 1942 • Hired Seattle Pacific coaching patriarchs Harold McNeese, Ken Foreman, Dale Parker, and Les Habegger • Oversaw the construction of Royal Brougham Pavilion
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Class of 2006 Orville Anderson (1956–59) Men’s Basketball • Basketball honorable mention All-American • Falcon single-game rebounding record holder • Ranked No. 4 in career rebounds and No. 8 in career scoring
Jim Ballard (1970–73) Men’s Basketball • Three-time team MVP • Basketball honorable mention All-American • Two-time all-district honoree • Holds the Falcon single-season rebounding record (334)
George Cottrill Lifetime Achievement Award
2006 Inductees: John Terwilliger, Jim Ballard, Cliff McCrath (master of ceremonies), Tosca Lindberg, Wes Lingren
• Co-founder of the Falcon Club, SPU’s athletic booster organization • Member of Seattle Pacific Fellows • Seattle Pacific alumnus (1947) • Longtime Boeing executive
Tosca Lindberg (1989–93) Women’s Basketball, Volleyball • Basketball record holder for season and career rebounding • Volleyball record holder for season and career blocking • Five-time all-conference selection (three times for volleyball, twice for basketball) • Four-time team MVP (twice for volleyball, twice for basketball) • Conference volleyball player of the year • Washington State NCAA Woman of the Year for 1993
Orville Anderson
George Cottrill Lifetime Achievement Award
Wesley Lingren (1963–97) Athlete and Coach, Tennis • Basketball and tennis letterwinner at Seattle Pacific • Coached two men’s tennis teams that finished among the nation’s top seven • Served as interim athletic director • Professor of chemistry at Seattle Pacific for 43 years • For 25 years, served as faculty athletics representative to the NCAA
John Terwilliger (1977–81) Men’s Crew • Bronze medalist in the varsity four race at Dad Vail (1981) • Bronze medalist in eights at the World Championships (1986) • Silver medalist in eights at the Olympic Games (1984) • Gold medalist in eights at the Goodwill Games (1986)
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Class of 2007 Anita Sartin Behrbaum (1986–87) Track and Field • NCAA Division II heptathlon champion • Three-time All-American • Set school records in five events, four of which still stand • No. 16 on the all-time U.S. heptathlon list
Linda Johnson Cooper (1986–89) Women’s Basketball
2007 Inductees: Frank Furtado, Linda Johnson Cooper, Anita Sartin Behrbaum, Bud McDole
• All-American recipient • District player of the year • Holds SPU career scoring record • No. 2 on the Falcons career rebounding and steals list
Frank Furtado (1965–74) Coach, Wrestling • Established SPC wrestling as a regional power • His teams finished twice among the top 10 in NCAA Division II; five times in the top 20 • Coached 11 All-Americans • Finished with a career record of 89-64
V.O. “Bud” McDole Lifetime Achievement Award • Seattle Pacific alumnus (1952) • Served as Falcon Club president • Served a 23-year tenure on the Seattle Pacific Board of Trustees, 13 as chair • Longtime IBM executive
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Class of 2009 Barbara Elliott (1986–88) Gymnastics • Won NCAA titles on the vault, beam, and floor exercise in 1986 • Helped the Falcons win the 1986 NCAA Division II Championship • Won the USGF Division II-III floor title in 1987 • Named team MVP three times
Roy Glancy Lifetime Achievement Award • Graduate of Seattle Pacific High School (1929) • Completed a 33-year career in the U.S. Post Office • Head timer/volunteer for Falcon track and field meets • Regular driver for Falcon basketball and track teams to competitions in Oregon, California, Washington, and Iowa (Drake Relays)
2009 Inductees: Dave Wortman, Barbara Elliott, Denton Palmer, Lynette Matthews, Charlie Byers, Wes Thompson, Dale Parker
Lynette Matthews (1973–75) Track and Field • Three-time national collegiate champion, taking two AIAW shot put titles and one discus title • Listed in the all-time Falcon top five in both the shot (46-1) and the discus (162-4) • Competed in the Pan Am Games (1971) and the World University Games (1974) • Won an AAU national shot put title
Dale Parker (1947–49, 1952–56, 1962–66) Athlete and Coach, Baseball • A two-sport athlete at Seattle Pacific, playing and coaching baseball and basketball • Baseball team captain 1948 and 1949 • Starting second baseman on 1949 team that posted the program’s first winning record • Served as head baseball coach at the U. of Washington, winning the conference crown • Longtime public high school educator
Dave Wortman (1959–62) Men’s Basketball • Led the Falcons in scoring as a sophomore, junior, and senior • Best shooter for the team as a sophomore, top rebounder as a senior • Career averages of 14.4 points and 7.1 rebounds still rank in the school’s all-time top 10 • Named UPI All-American in 1962
Roy Glancy Lifetime Achievement Award 1952–53 Relay: Wes Thompson, Ben Moring, Ken Foreman (coach), Denton Palmer, Eugene Peterson
Relay Teams (1952–53) Track and Field • Mile relay group of Moring, Peterson, Palmer, and Thompson placed third at the 1952 NAIA nationals • Mile relay of Peterson, Palmer, Byers, and Moring ran to a new school and NAIA state meet record of 3:23.5 in 1953 • Two-mile relay finished fourth at the 1953 Drake Relays behind San Diego State, Loyola of Chicago, and Arizona State Charlie Byers
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Class of 2017 1978 Championship Soccer Team Men’s Soccer • Beat Alabama A&M 1-0 to win the NCAA National D-II soccer championship in the game’s 127th minute • Allowed just one goal in four postseason games, outscoring opponents 6-1 • Posted 10 shutouts during the regular season, outscoring opponents 69-26 • Went 6-2-2 against Division I teams, with a 28-15 advantage in goals 2017 Inductees – 1978 Soccer Team: Bob Grams (trainer), Bob Adams (team physician), John Hennessey, Mike Osborne, Robert Jumonville, Kelly Gordon, Jamie Deming (captain, holding trophy), Warren Hall, Sergio Soriano, Ron Patton, Cliff McCrath (coach), Bruce Raney, Mark Terry, Kim Robertson
John Glancy (1966–70) Men’s Basketball, Track and Field • Member of current school record-holding 400-meter relay team • Ranks No. 2 on the all-time SPU 400-meter list at 48.5 • In three basketball seasons, shot 83.5 percent from the free throw line. • Namesake to the Athletic Department’s award to honor student-athletes for leadership and service
Virginia Husted (1961–76) Track and Field Coach, Women’s Basketball, Gymnastics
John Glancy
Virginia Husted
Cliff McCrath
• Competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials for the Tokyo (1964) and Mexico City (1968) games • Held numerous Pacific Northwest women’s javelin records • Coached Seattle Pacific’s first-ever gymnastics team, which won all four of its dual meets, the Northwest regionals, and placed fifth at nationals • First women’s basketball varsity coach, upsetting the University of Washington twice in the program’s inaugural season
Cliff McCrath (1970–2007) Coach, Men’s Soccer • Coached Falcon teams that won five national NCAA Division II championships • Won eight conference Coach of the Year awards — six in the Northwest Collegiate Soccer Conference, and two in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference • Named the national Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 1978 • Inducted into the NSCAA Hall of Fame (2009) and the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame (1993) • Falcon players won 18 All-American awards during his coaching tenure
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Class of 2019 Scott Cairns 1984–87 Men’s Soccer • Named Far West All-American as a junior in 1985 and again as a senior in 1986 • Named Soccer America MVP in 1986 • Selected all-conference four times • Achieved double-digit season assists as a freshman, sophomore, and junior
Marcus Hahnemann (1990–93) Men’s Soccer • Holds the SPU shutout career record (46) • Three-time All-America, all-region, and all-conference player • Named Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America Defensive MVP in 1993 • Played professionally for the Seattle Sounders from 19941996, 1997-99, 2012-14; helped the team win the 1995 and 1996 league titles, and the Supporters’ Shield and U.S. Open Cup in 2014
Gitte Karsholj (1987–89) Track and Field • Helped the Falcons finish fourth (1987), sixth (1988), and third (1989) at the NCAA Division II national meets • Named Most Inspirational Award winner in 1987 and 1988 • Scored 40 points in her career at the NCAA national meets • Won the master’s division (age 40 and older) of the Boston Marathon in 2000 and 2001
Kathy Cradduck Koch (1990–93) Gymnastics • Earned All-American honors at least once on each of the four individual events • Helped the Falcons earn four national top-3 team finishes in her career: a first, a second, and a pair of thirds • Two-time team MVP and co-winner of SPU’s Athlete of the Year Award in 1992
Sarah Martinez (2004–07) Women’s Soccer • Of her 49 career goals, 21 were game-winners • Assisted on 24 goals during her career helping the Falcons go 79-8-6 • Team captain as a senior • Played on three Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship teams and one NCAA national finals team • Four-time All-GNAC first team; player of the year as a sophomore and senior • Named All-American her senior year
2019 Inductees: Scott Cairns, Marcus Hahnemann, Gitte Karsholj, Sarah Martinez, Kathy Cradduck Koch, Jessica Pixler Tebo, Jean Stangvik (wife of Perry Stangvik), Jeff McBroom
Jeff McBroom (1996–99) Men’s Basketball • Topped the 500-point mark in his junior (558) and senior (754) seasons • He remains the only Falcon to score more than 700 points in a season • Holds the record for 3-point shots (120); one of only three Falcon players to surpass 100 • Co-winner of SPU’s Athlete of the Year honor in 1999
Perry Stangvik (1949–51) Baseball • Prior to SPC, played minor league baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers • Batted .268 as a freshman in 1949 with seven stolen bases • Twice named amateur player of the year in the regional semipro tournament • A Korean War veteran • Teacher/coach in the Snohomish School district for 41 years
Jessica Pixler Tebo (2006–10) Cross Country, Track and Field
Perry Stangvik
• Four-time winner of SPU’s Athlete of the Year Award • Winner of the prestigious Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship in 2011, which goes to only one male and one female across all NCAA divisions • Seven-time winner of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award — three for cross country, three for indoor track, one for outdoor track • Winner of 12 individual national NCAA championships
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Falcon Legacy Athletes Falcon Family Pairs: The Next Generation
Legacy Athletes: Second generation SPU athletes who followed a parent and competed in a Falcon uniform include Tim Marston (Philip Marston ’70), Rachel Ross (Jim Ross ‘65), Brannon Stone (Jeff Stone ’74), Nick Glancy (John Glancy ’70), and Garrett Stone (Jeff Stone ’74). Seattle Pacific Athlete-Parent
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Year(s)
In the language of college admissions and alumni offices, graduates whose children attend mom’s and/or dad’s alma mater are called legacy families. Over the years, Seattle Pacific University has been blessed with hundreds of these families where sons and daughters have followed their parents to SPU. A surprising number in this group — parents and their children — competed in SPU athletics. The following tables list two types of Falcon legacy families. The first table shows the athlete parent(s) and the second-generation athlete(s) in that family. Similarly, the second table lists faculty and administrators at Seattle Pacific who saw their children (and in a couple of cases, grandchildren) earn a varsity letter. And the lists aren’t finished yet — the third generation is just around the corner!
2nd-Generation Letterwinner
Sport
Year(s)
Doug Backous
Men’s Soccer
1980–82
Taylor Backous
Men’s Soccer
2010
John Borton
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1970–72 1969–70
Matt Borton
Men’s Basketball
2014–15
Mark Collings
Men’s Soccer
1995–98
Jeffrey Collings
Men’s Soccer
2013–16
Mike Downs
Men’s Basketball
1974–77
Jeff Downs David Downs
Men’s Basketball
2008–11 2011–14
Bob Drovdahl
Wrestling
1968
Mark Drovdahl
Men’s Soccer
1997–98
Brad Elmenhurst
Men’s Soccer
1980–83
Nate Elmenhurst
Men’s Soccer
2004–05
Clyde Foreman
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1969 1968–71
Chris Foreman
Track and Field
1997
John Glancy
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1968–70 1967–70
Nick Glancy
Cross Country Track and Field
1998–2001 1999
Steve Gough
Track and Field
1967–70
Bryan Gough Kyle Gough Chris Gough
Track and Field
1993; 1995–97 1995–98 1997–2000
Bill Hart
Tennis
1953
Greg Hart Brad Hart Lisa Hart
Cross Country Cross Country Tennis
1974–77 1977 1980–83
Greg Hart
Cross Country
1974–77
Katie Hart
Cross Country Track and Field
2005–08 2006–09
Jim Hilliard
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1969–71 1968
Jeremy Hilliard
Cross Country Track and Field
1997–98 1998
Greg Hoisington
Men’s Basketball
1979–82
Megan Hoisington
Women’s Basketball
2007–10
Craig Kispert Deri (Paulson) Kispert
Men’s Basketball Volleyball
1985–88 1986–89
Casey Kispert
Volleyball
2017
Russ Lance
Men’s Basketball
1954
Dirk Lance
Men’s Basketball
1983–84
Seattle Pacific Athlete-Parent
Sport
Year(s)
2nd-Generation Letterwinner
Sport
Year(s)
Drake Lemm
Wrestling
1968–71
Tara Lemm Tina Lemm
Gymnastics
2000 1997–2000
Wes Lingren
Men’s Basketball Tennis
1951–52
Eric Lingren
Tennis
1983–84
Marv Marston
Cross Country Track and Field
1962–63 1963
Camille Marston
Cross Country Track and Field
1988–91 1989–90
Philip Marston
Cross Country Track and Field
1967–69 1969–70
Tim Marston
Cross Country Track and Field
2000–03 2001
Denton Palmer
Track and Field
1952–53; 1955 Bruce Palmer
Track and Field
1977–79
Dan Pingrey
Men’s Soccer
1979–82
Brooke Pingrey
Women’s Soccer
2014–17
Mark Reich
Men’s Basketball
1978–79
Melissa Reich
Women’s Basketball
2008–11
Jim Ross
Cross Country Track and Field
1961–64 1962–65
Rachel Ross
Cross Country Track and Field
1998–2001 1999–2002
Paul Rosser Jr.
Track and Field
1969
James Rosser
Cross Country Track and Field
2004–07 2005–08
Will Sooter
Baseball
1951–52
Steve Sooter
Cross Country Track and Field
1970–73 1971–74
Phil Sowards
Baseball
1963–66
Ryan Sowards
Men’s Basketball
1993; 1998-99
Wes Stickney
Men’s Basketball
1944–46
Al Stickney
Wrestling
1968–69
Jeff Stone
Men’s Basketball
1972–74
Brannon Stone
Men’s Basketball
1999–2002
Laurel (Anderson) Tindall
Gymnastics
1973–75
Kai Tindall
Gymnastics
2011–14
Jack Vale
Tennis
1965–67
Jenny Vale
Track and Field
1990–93
Carey Weedman
Men’s Basketball
1972–75
Cortney Weedman
Volleyball
2008–09
Ron Wick
Baseball Track and Field
1958 1960
Steve Wick
Cross Country Track and Field Cross Country Track and Field
1982–85 1983–86 1985–87 1986–89
Brian Wick
RELATED STORY IN THIS BOOK • “Welcoming the Next Generation” (2001–02)
Melissa Reich, 2008-11
Megan Hoisington, 2007-10 Greg Hoisington, 1979-82
Mark Reich, 1978-79
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Discipline/ Position
Year(s)
2nd-Generation Letterwinner
Sport
Year(s)
Leon Arksey
English
1959–92
Matt Arksey
Track and Field
1983–85
Wayne Balch
Music
1966-85
Peter Balch
Men’s Soccer
1974–75
Burton Beegle
Mathematics
1917–22; 1926–57 Keith Beegle
Men’s Basketball
1946–47
Tom Box
Athletic Director VP Advancement
1980–84; 1989–2016
Mandy Box
Crew
1996–97
Grayson Capp Myrna Capp
Biochemistry Music
1968–2003 1968–
Terri Capp
Women’s Tennis
1980–83
Elvis Cochrane
Religion
1946–70
Gordon Cochrane
Men’s Basketball
1947–50
Guy Delamarter
Board of Trustees
1980–86; 1989–95
Harold Delamarter Larry Delamarter
Cross Country Track and Field Men’s Soccer
1965-66 1966 1969–72
David Dickerson
English VP Academic Affairs
1976–95
Geoff Dickerson
Track and Field
1976–77
Burton Dietzman
Chemistry
1946–73
Dale Dietzman
Cross Country Track and Field
1960–61 1961–64
Gary Fick
Library
1974–2013
Jennifer Fick
Crew
1993
Ken Foreman
Track and Field Coach Athletic Director Physical Education
1950–57; 1960–78; Clyde Foreman 1984–00
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1968–69 1968–71
Evan Gibson
English
1941–43; 1964–74 Keith Gibson
Track and Field
1973–74
Lester Groom
Music
1968–92
Lester Groom
Cross Country Track and Field
1980–84 1981–83
Marie Hollowell
Student Life
1953–64
Rex Hollowell
Track and Field
1957–58
Thomas Issac
Board of Trustees
1959–87
Gordon Issac
Men’s Soccer
1971–74
Jeff Jordan
VP Student Life
1985–89; 2004–
Josh Jordan
Men’s Basketball
2013–14
Herb Kierulff
Business
1980–2015
Jim Kierulff
Crew
1987–88
Cliff McCrath
Men’s Soccer Coach Dean of Students
1970–2007
Steve McCrath
Men’s Soccer
1986–89
David McKenna
President
1968–82
Doug McKenna Rob McKenna
Men’s Soccer Men’s Tennis
1970–73 1987–90
Mendal Miller
Business
1953–72
Stan Miller
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
1961 1959–63
Donald McNichols English Lydia McNichols Registrar
1955–80 1961–79
Mel McNichols
Track and Field
1966–67
Hugh Nutley Frid Nutley
Physics Falcon Advisor, University Relations
1966–97
Erik Nutley Paul Nutley Lynne Nutley Sarah Martinez
Crew Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Women’s Soccer
1971–74 1983–84 1977–78 2004–07
Annalee Oakes
Nursing
1971–98
Rachel Strand
Women’s Basketball Crew
2004–07
Ralph Richards
Board of Trustees
1942–68
Ron Richards
Men’s Basketball
1955–56
Marion Robbins
Board of Trustees
1938–72
Bob Robbins
Men’s Basketball
1953–56
Bill Rosenberger
Education Athletic Director
1976–93
David Rosenberger Bill Rosenberger Jim Rosenberger
Men’s Soccer Men’s Soccer Crew
1971–73 1973–76 1977–78
Seattle Pacific Faculty/Admin.
Discipline/ Position
Year(s)
2nd-Generation Letterwinner
Sport
Year(s)
Paul Rosser Phoebe Rosser
Speech Business Office
1948–78 1956–58
Paul Rosser Jr. Max Watson (grandson)
Track and Field Track and Field
1968–69 1997
Richard Sleight
Business
1989–
Nathaneal Sleight
Cross Country
2008–11
Wesley Walls
Political Science
1941–67; 1969–81 Forest Walls
Track and Field
1957–58
Michael Ziemann
German
1982–2014
Cross Country
1998–99
Michael Ziemann
Dan Pingrey, 1979-82 Stan Miller, 1959-63
Brooke Pingrey, 2014-16
Carey Weedman, 1972-75
Cortney Weedman, 2008-09
Mendal “M.B.” Miller, at SPU 1953-1972
Gordon Cochrane, 1947-50
Elvis Cochrane, at SPU 1946-1970
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Year(s)
Athletic Director
Year(s)
Athletic Director
1947–52
Harold McNeese
1994–97
Alan Graham
1952–57
Ken Foreman
1997–98
Bob Huber
1957–77
Les Habegger
1998–2008
Tom Box
1977
John Cramer
2008–15
Erin O’Connell
1977–79
William Rosenberger
2015–16
Tom Box
1979–80
Wes Lingren
2016–
Jackson Stava
1980–94
Keith Phillips
Athletic Trainers Athletic Trainer
Years
Frank Furtado
1964–70
Jack Buckham *
1966–68
Paul Lyons *
1968–70
Al Shelley
1973–74
Jim Whitesel
1974–76
Bob Grams
1976–2008
Jason Durocher
2008–
Sports Information Directors
C. Clifford McCrath/101 Club Scholar-Athlete Award This award is presented to one male and to one female four-year letterwinner who possesses the highest cumulative grade-point average among senior SPU student-athletes at graduation. The award is named in honor of Falcon Hall of Fame member Cliff McCrath, former men’s soccer coach whose SPU teams won five national championships. Year
Athletes
Sport
2002
Nick Glancy Stephanie Huffman
Cross Country, Track and Field Track and Field, Volleyball
2003
Nathanael Castle Stacie Lukkes
Cross Country, Track and Field Women’s Basketball
2004
Joel Braman Lauren Kooy
Crew Track and Field
2005
Jordan Lee Sarah Melby
Men’s Basketball Women’s Soccer
2006
Linda Blake Jeff Knudson
Track and Field Men’s Basketball
2007
Jeremy Bryant Mollie Taylor
Crew Women’s Soccer
2008
Thomas “Drew” Macha Megan Wrightman
Men’s Soccer Cross Country, Track and Field
2009
Claire Grubbs Jonathan “Jono” Henness
Women’s Soccer Men’s Soccer
2010
Justin Felt Suzie Strickler
Track and Field Cross Country, Track and Field
Sports Information Director
Years
Norm Edwards *
1953–55
Roy Swanstrom +
1958–63
Harland Beery
1963–68
John Clark
1969–70
Tom Sine
1970–71
Tim Haag
1971–74
Bill Roe
1974–75
Mark Stream
1975–76
Dan Abshier
1976–78
Rob Campbell
1978–79
Tim Haag
1979–81
B.B. Branton
1981–84
Frank MacDonald
1984–2007
Dan Lepse
2008–
2011
Laura Willis Andy Wolverton
Gymnastics Men’s Soccer
+ Duties in addition to his faculty assignment.
2012
Aditi Kulkarni Drew Williams
Gymnastics Men’s Soccer
2013
Phillip Mach Katie Thralls
Crew Women’s Basketball, Cross Country, Track and Field
2014
Blaine Carver Stephanie Harold
Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer
2015
Suzanna Ohlsen Riley Stockton
Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball
2016
Matt Merchant Shayla Page
Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer
2017
Lauren Glover Jordan Kollars
Gymnastics Men’s Soccer
2018
Ryan Higgins Jordan McPhee
Men’s Soccer Women’s Basketball
2019
Julia DeVere Luke Postma
Women’s Soccer Men’s Soccer
2020
Gabe Colosimo Katherine Walter
Men’s Basketball Cross Country, Track and Field
* Paid students
John Glancy Award This award is presented annually to the SPU studentathlete who displays leadership, community service, and other intangible qualities that do not always show up in post-competition statistics. The award is named after John Glancy, longtime SPU employee and member of the Falcon Hall of Fame for basketball and track and field. Year
Athlete
Sport
2013
Josie Graybeal
Women’s Soccer
2014
Arden Matro
Women’s Soccer
2015
Jessica Miller
Volleyball
2016
Stacey Lukasiewicz
Women’s Basketball
2017
Nathan Streufert
Men’s Basketball
2018
Sophie Kuehl
Volleyball
2019
Katie Mansfield
Volleyball
2020
Kaitlin Dickinson
Crew
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NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships Falcons Awarded Aid for Graduate Study Since 1981, 40 SPU student-athletes have received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship worth $10,000 to be used toward a graduate degree. Recipients are nominated by their schools and evaluated by the NCAA on their athletic and academic achievements, campus involvement, community service, and demonstrated leadership. Each season, the NCAA awards only 21 of these scholarships for men and 21 for women, across all divisions. Year
Name
Sport(s)
Major(s)
2019–20
Luke Postma
Men’s Soccer
Accounting, Business Administration
2018–19
Julia DeVere
Women’s Soccer
Psychology, Spanish
2017–18
Jess Cayetano Simone Herzberg
Women’s Soccer Women’s Soccer
Physiology Physiology
2015–16
Maria Hundley
Gymnastics
Psychology
2014–15
Suzanna Ohlsen
Women’s Basketball
Biochemistry
2012–13
Katy Gross Caleb Nyone
Track and Field Men’s Soccer
Engineering, Chemistry Physiology, Pre-Med
2011–12
Kelsey Jenkins Natty Plunkett
Women’s Soccer Cross Country, Track and Field
Political Science Psychology
2010–11
Chad Meis Jessica Pixler *
Cross Country, Track and Field Cross Country, Track and Field
Engineering English
2009–10
Lisa Anderberg Jane Larson Jessica Pixler Suzie Strickler
Cross Country, Track and Field Cross Country, Track and Field Cross Country, Track and Field Cross Country, Track and Field
Global Development English English Exercise Science
2008–09
Claire Grubbs
Women’s Soccer
Psychology
2007–08
Jamie Witt Alm + Beth Christensen
Cross Country, Track and Field Women’s Basketball
English Physical Education
2006–07
Teona Perkins Sarah Sullivan
Track and Field Gymnastics
Spanish Art
2005–06
Tony Binetti Linda Blake
Men’s Basketball Track and Field
Business Administration Chemistry
2004–05
Nick Glancy + Jennifer Hull Paul Mach Corrie McDaniel
Cross Country Women’s Soccer Cross Country, Track and Field Gymnastics
History, Mathematics Spanish Computer Science, Mathematics Classics
2002–03
Laura Widman
Track and Field
Psychology
2000–01
Karen Summers
Track and Field
Exercise Science
1999–2000
Heather Wallace
Cross Country, Track and Field
Religious Studies
1998–99
Matt Cooper Lisa Smith
Cross Country, Track and Field Gymnastics
Mathematics, Political Science Sociology
1997–98
Stephanie Andrews Lisa Malmin
Gymnastics Track and Field
Economics Biochemistry
1996–97
Gina Moody Bolenbaugh Geoffrey Ping
Gymnastics Men’s Basketball
Religious Studies Biology
1992–93
Eden Judd
Track and Field
Biology
1991–92
Ted Hamlin
Track and Field
Electrical Engineering
1998–99
Bente Moe
Cross Country, Track and Field
Computer Science
1983–84
Doug Backous
Men’s Soccer
Biology
1980–81
Terry McGill
Men’s Soccer
Psychology
* Jessica Pixler ‘09 won an NCAA postgraduate scholarship following her senior year. In 2011, she was awarded the Walter Byers Scholarship for outstanding female athlete across all NCAA Divisions: I, II, and III. + This athlete was initially named an NCAA postgraduate scholarship “alternate” following their graduation year. On this chart, the athlete is listed in the year corresponding to when they eventually received the scholarship.
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Go Birds! Editorial Team John Glancy comes from a large family of Seattle Pacific alumni, including his parents, Roy and Ruth Rosser Glancy; his sisters Joyce Glancy Gazaway and Jean Glancy Porter; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. His parents also graduated from Seattle Pacific High School. Growing up on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill, John frequented Falcon track meets and basketball games from a young age. Later, as an SPU student, he played basketball for Les Habegger and ran track under Dr. Ken Foreman. After graduating in 1970, John embarked on a career at the University that included positions in undergraduate and graduate admissions, and university communications. He completed his 42 years at SPU as director of the University’s 125th Anniversary Celebration. In 2017, John was inducted into the Falcon Athletic Hall of Fame. Besides his bachelor’s degree, John also holds a master’s in communication from the University of Washington, and a doctorate in education from SPU. John and his wife, Sally, have two children (both SPU alums), and four grandchildren. Wes Lingren enrolled at Seattle Pacific in 1949. As a student, he majored in chemistry and math, played varsity basketball and tennis, and served as the 1952 yearbook editor. Following graduation, Wes spent two years in the Army and later
earned his doctorate. He returned to SPC in 1962 to teach chemistry. At SPC, Wes coached men’s tennis for eight years and women’s tennis for one. He served 25 years as the NCAA faculty representative and three years as chair of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee. In addition, Wes spent one year as interim athletic director. One of his signature accomplishments involved initiating SPU’s participation in the NCAA postgraduate scholarship program. Since 1981, 40 Falcon student-athletes have received these awards. A regular competitor in local and regional tennis tournaments, Wes’ love for the sport has taken him to Wimbledon three times as a spectator and to the French Open (along with four of his former varsity players). In 2006, he was inducted into the Falcon Athletic Hall of Fame. Frank MacDonald first encountered Seattle Pacific athletics in 1976, when a handful of soccer players and their funny, charismatic coach named McCrath drove 90 miles south to conduct a clinic for a fledgling Centralia High School soccer club. Several years later, following his graduation from the University of Washington, Frank began his work in athletic publicity. After a stint at the UW, he signed on with the original Seattle Sounders. Later he began a 23-year run as SPU’s sports information director followed by his promotion to assistant athletic director. After leaving SPU, Frank served
as communications director for the Seattle Sounders FC during the team’s first four years of play. He is now a consultant and executive director for Washington State Legends of Soccer. Frank’s family includes his wife, Cheryl, son Kyle (a former Falcon basketball ball boy), and daughter Mary. During his time at SPU, all the MacDonalds regularly attended Falcon games and events. Adrienne Thun Meier is a thirdgeneration alumna of Seattle Pacific. Growing up, she experienced SPU track through stories from her dad, then 880-yard school record-holder Bill Thun ‘74, including the coaching exploits of her great-uncle, Ken Foreman. At SPU, Adrienne represented Moyer Hall in intramurals, her highest athletic achievement. Falcon soccer matches at Interbay Stadium and a study abroad trip to England gave her an appreciation for “the beautiful game” to go with her interests in baseball and football. In addition, her history classes at SPU helped pique her interest in the past. In 2004, Adrienne graduated with a bachelor of arts in history. Later she earned a master of library and information science degree from the University of Washington. In 2009, she began her tenure as SPU’s university archivist, with responsibility to preserve and communicate the University’s history. Her involvement with Go Birds! hit a sweet spot, incorporating her interests in history, SPU, and sports into one enjoyable project. 243
1987 Men’s Basketball: (Front row) Gordie Presnell (assistant coach), Scott Rolfness, Erik Evans, John Van Dyke, Ritchie McKay, Mark Sundquist, Brian Pearson, Bill Dougherty (manager) (Back) Claude Terry (coach), Buzzy Fagerstrom, Tony Brown, Darrin Levy, James Erikson, Mark Quant, Tony Robinson, Craig Kispert, Doug Blair, George Parker (assistant coach), Dave Bireline (assistant coach)
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Golden Goals to Buzzer-Beaters, All Take Flight in Go Birds! Go Birds! chronicles Seattle Pacific University sports and how they evolved over time — from the origins of men’s competition in the 1930s–’40s, to the expansion of women’s sports in the 1970s. The history is told through stories, beginning in 1950 and extending through SPU’s 125th anniversary year in 2016–17. From golden goals to buzzer-beaters, the pages are filled with engaging anecdotes and statistics about Falcon players, coaches, and teams. It’s a book for Falcon fans, former players, and anyone who appreciates the impact SPU sports have made on the Seattle community and beyond. Welcome to Falcon sports history. Welcome to Go Birds!