class notes Commemorating EWU’s National Championship
Former linebacker J.C. Sherritt ’11 returned to the Northwest to celebrate the fifth anniversary of one of Eastern’s proudest athletic moments, the Eagles' National Football Championship. He was the guest speaker at the West Plains Chamber of Commerce meeting Jan. 7. Sherritt is currently a linebacker for the Canadian Football League’s Grey Cup Champion team, the Edmonton Eskimos. In addition to several coaches and former players, Sherritt was joined at the five-year celebration by fellow Eastern football All-Americans Greg Peach ’07 and Matt Nichols ’10. Sherritt said that his favorite memory of the 20-19 victory of Delaware wasn’t the trophy presentation but it was seeing dozens of former players rushing the field to join the celebration. “They were running down with smiles on their faces, and you realized how big of a moment it was for the program as a whole,” Sherritt said.
L-R: Greg Peach ’07, J.C. Sherritt ’11 and Matt Nichols ’10
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’12 Kari Woelber, BA recreation management, and Aaron Clark, both of Cheney, were married June 9,2015, in Las Vegas. Woelber works at The Spokane Club. They live in Cheney at Williams Lake. ’11 Nick Crooks, BA accounting, has been promoted from senior accountant to supervisor at Nicholas Knapton, P.S. in Spokane.
’10 Jennifer J. Preston, BA interdisciplinary studies, has joined PayneWest Insurance as a personal insurance account specialist. She has been in the insurance industry since 2008. ‘09 Robert L. Delafuente, BA computer science, has been hired by Disney Parks & Resorts Digital (DPRD) as a Sr. iOS Engineer. His current project is leading a team for a new feature within the iOS Disneyland app.
‘11 Ben Helms, BS electrical engineering, an electrical engineer with DEI Electrical Consultants in Spokane Valley, has earned his professional engineer license in Washington and California. Helms, who joined DEI in 2010 as an electrical designer, specializes in correctional projects, security electronics and security video systems. He also serves as a commissioner on the Baseball Operating Committee for Spokane Indians Youth Baseball.
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’11, ’09 Jaime L. Hollis, MS communications, BA interdisciplinary studies, has been named director of the Diversity Center at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota. Previously, she served as the director of LGBT, transfer, veteran and returning adult service at Gonzaga University.
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’08 Elizabeth (Coogan) Quinby, BA music, has been named as one of the most influential music educators in the country by School Band Orchestra Magazine. She has been the orchestra teacher at North Middle School in Great Falls, Montana, for the past four years. Before that, she worked as an elementary music teacher in Great Falls Public Schools and spent time as the K-12 music teacher in Valier, Montana. ’07 Megan Chatellier, DPT, is a newly appointed assistant professor in physical therapy in the College of Health Science & Public Health at EWU. ’07 Alyssa (Chambers) Olveda, BA communication studies, and her husband,
Steven, welcomed their daughter, Selena, born July 10, 2015. They live in Los Alamitos, California.
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’06 Katie Fitzpatrick, BA communication studies, has been hired as marketing director by Garco Construction. She previously worked at Trindera Engineering as the marketing and business development coordinator. ’06 Keva L. Sonderen, BA management, coowner, Sonderen Packaging, Inc., accepted the “Galliard Excellence Award” recognizing and honoring small family-owned and closely held businesses that are demonstrating excellence in an integrated approach to business, from the Galliard Family Business Advisor Institute in October.
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’05 Eti Ena, BS physical education, has been hired as Eastern’s defensive front coordinator and defensive ends coach for the 2016 football season. He comes to Eastern from Cal Poly, where he coached the defensive line from 2013-15, and prior to that spent four seasons (2009-12) as defensive line coach at the University of Idaho. He served as a student assistant for three seasons from 2003-05 under then-head coach Paul Wulff.