LINFIELD UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL VERSUS GEORGE FOX • DECEMBER 2, 2022

charting a future in sports

Trey Bryant isn’t sure yet where his career path will lead him, but he knows for sure it will involve the business of sports

by MARISSA DOLSON ’24

Trey Bryant was born in Norfolk, Nebraska, and raised in Springfield, Oregon. The Linfield University men’s basketball player has created many lifelong memories and friendships through his first two years in McMinnville.

Bryant attributes much of his success to the support of the members of the basketball squad. Specifically, the class of 2025, whom he spends the most time with.

“The basketball team alone has made this college experience fantastic for me,” says the sure-handed 6-foot guard. “They’re not just my teammates; I consider them all great friends whom I’m still developing relationships with. Our class of 2025 on the team is who I’m around the most, and we’ve had amazingly unforgettable moments.

“I’m forever grateful to those guys. Along with the coach ing staff, especially Coach (Shanan) Rosenberg, who has given me a different perspective on the game of basketball along with wise knowledge of life.”

Outside of schooling, Bryant is absorbing and cherishing all the memories with his teammates. Despite the inherent highs and lows that any basketball season brings, Bryant is committed to living his remaining time at Linfield to the fullest.

“Some of my favorite moments are when our team trav eled to Disneyland last year and when we went on our team retreat to the coast in November,” he says. “Even some of the big wins and struggles I and the team had last year were very memorable. The Linfield basketball program itself has made my college experience quite memorable due to its family nature.”

When Bryant isn’t practicing or playing basketball, he is working towards a bachelor’s degree in sport management. Despite not yet knowing his specific career path, growing up in a sports household and always being in a team environment has helped solidify an overarching goal while determining his future.

learn more about business while being in the sports industry.

Whether that’s being a coach, athletic director or event coordinator, I’m pretty open right now. I’m still learning and exploring what I like,” he says. “One thing I know for sure, I would like to stay in the business and sports industry.”

Bryant attributes many of the important life skills he’s learned, such as time management, perseverance and criti cal thinking skills, to the classes he’s taken thus far at Lin field. Although his academic journey hasn’t been a breeze, he remains eager to use his developed skills on the court, in the classroom, in his daily life and to achieve his future goals.

“School isn’t always easy,” he says. “Sometimes, adver sity hits and it makes me learn more about myself as far as how I respond to things. Throughout my academic career, I’ve gained knowledge that has pushed me to work hard to learn and fully understand certain beneficial concepts.

“Those skills don’t stop there. I want to be able to travel the world to see different perspectives of life. I would love to work towards playing pro basketball overseas; I think that would be a great and exciting challenge for me.”

Bryant didn’t just recently learn the importance of work ing hard and persevering. It’s something his family has always stressed to him growing up. Trey was strongly influ enced by his mother, Stacy, his father, Derrick, and his little brother, Landyn, who is currently playing basketball at South Eugene High School. The entire family serves as his greatest role models.

“I am very grateful for my parents,” he says. “They are such great human beings that I look up to along with being great parents as well. I’m proud of them for everything that they do and for them being true to themselves. I am also more than proud to see my little brother develop over time and grow as a person. I’m very proud of him off and on the court and I’m more than thankful to be his brother.

“My family has shaped me to be tough, honest, educated and respectful, and to work hard for the dreams I want to attain. Even though I am my own person, the morals and lessons I’ve learned from my family will forever stick as I continue to find out who I am.”

It is clear Trey Bryant is making the most of his time at Linfield University. Without the support of teammates, coaches, friends, family and Linfield staff, his Linfield

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WOMEN’S COACH CASEY BUNN-WILSON

Casey Bunn-Wilson is in her eighth season as women’s basketball coach at Linfield. In her first year with the Wildcats, she helped guide the women to the program’s first winning record in five seasons (13-12) and a share of sixth place in the Northwest Conference, one of the premier women’s basketball leagues in NCAA Division III. In 2018-19, the Wildcats reached the NWC Tournament despite a com peting with an injury depleted roster.

Bunn-Wilson spent three seasons as girls basketball coach at Tualatin High School, com piling a 39-32 win-loss record while leading the Timberwolves to three straight OSAA Class 6A state playoff appearances.

At Oregon State, Bunn-Wilson led the Pacific-10 Conference in scoring as a senior in 2007, averaging 20.0 points per game. She graduated from OSU with a bachelor’s degree in Public Health Promotion and Education.

A star athlete at Stayton High School, Bunn-Wilson earned varsity letters in bas ketball, volleyball, softball and track. On the basketball court, she was a four-time all-state, all-region and all-conference honoree. The Capital Conference Player of the Year for three straight seasons, Bunn-Wilson led Stayton to the league championship her freshman and junior seasons. She set SHS career records for points (1,831), rebounds (783), assists (342) and steals (306) and went on to represent Stayton in the Oregon Class 3A All-Star game following graduation.

Bunn-Wilson played professionally in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Australia. While competing overseas, she earned allleague honors on the Portuguese All-Star team.

At Linfield, Bunn-Wilson also co-directs the athletic department’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

WOMEN’S GAME DAY

PREVIEW

THE RECORDS

Linfield heads into Northwest Conference play just under the .500 mark with a 2-3 overall record while George Fox enters the week at 1-2.

LINFIELD AT A GLANCE

The Wildcats went 2-0 at Pacific’s Ken Schumann Classic with wins over Oglethorpe and Caltech. Gillyan Landis leads the ‘Cats with 12.5 points and 7.8 re-bounds per game. The sophomore is shooting 42.9 percent from the field in four starts. Senior Jordan Worthington has provided a boost from the bench, ranking second on the team with eight points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Rowan Cusack has 10 assists and 10 steals on the young season while Riley Cusack has con-nected on 4 of 8 from three-point range.

GEORGE FOX AT A GLANCE

The Bruins are coming off their first win of the season, a 55-45 affair at Warner Pacific on Nov. 19. The team is led offensively by Ella Roberts and Emily Stephens. Roberts is shooting 48 percent from the field, averaging 12 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Stephens has connected on 54.5 percent of her shots, put-ting up 9.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game to go with five steals. Jordan Ryan leads the Bruins with six rebounds per game.

THE SERIES

Linfield is 22-63 in the all-time series with George Fox. Fourteen of those wins have come at home. The Wildcats are looking for their first win over their rivals from Newberg since a 51-50 thriller at Ted Wilson Gymnasium during the 2006-07 season.

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MEET THE LINFIELD WOMEN

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Back row (l to r): Jordan Roberts, Alexis Heald, Elyse Waldal, Logan Roberts, Gillyan Landis, Jordan Worthington, Peyton Bergevin, Miki Vermeulen, Lauren Quinn. Front row: Kaylee Schow, Anna Dazey, Ella Koebelin, Riley Cusack, Head Coach Casey Bunn-Wilson, Rowan Cusack, Janessa Yniguez, Paige LaFountain, Eve Burke.

LINFIELD WOMEN

NO. NAME POS. HT. YR./EL. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Logan Roberts G/F 5-9 Fr./Fr. Twin Falls, Idaho / Canyon Ridge 2 Jordan Roberts G 5-8 Fr./Fr. Twin Falls, Idaho / Canyon Ridge

Miki Vermeulen G/F 5-10 Fr./Fr. Renton, Wash. / Liberty

Eve Burke G 5-7 Fr./Fr. Port Angeles, Wash. / Port Angeles

Ella Koebelin G 5-4 Fr./Fr. Silverdale, Wash. / Klahowya Secondary

Rowan Cusack G 5-2 So./So. Auburn, Wash. / Bellarmine Prep

Paige LaFountain G 5-6 Sr./Sr. Tigard, Ore. / Tigard 12 Riley Cusack G 5-2 So./Fr. Auburn, Wash. / Bellarmine Prep 14 Laurel Quinn G 5-8 Fr./Fr. Vancouver, Wash. / King’s Way Christian 15 Anna Dazey G 5-6 So./Fr. Corvallis, Ore. / Corvallis 20 Alexis Heald F 5-9 Sr./Sr. Portland, Ore. / Lincoln 21 Jordan Worthington F 6-0 Sr./Sr. Woodinville, Wash. / Woodinville 22 Kaylee Schow G 5-7 Sr./Jr. Tenino, Wash. / South Puget Sound C.C. 23 Peyton Bergevin F 5-11 Jr./Jr. Walla Walla, Wash. / Walla Walla 24 Elyse Waldal F 5-10 So./So. Snohomish, Wash. / Glacier Peak 30 Janessa Yniguez G 5-3 Sr./Sr. Santa Cruz, Calif. / St. Francis Salesian Prep 32 Gillyan Landis C 6-2 So./So. Yakima, Wash. / West Valley

HEAD COACH: Casey Bunn-Wilson (eighth year)

ASSISTANT COACHES: Jeremy Vandenboer, Maggie Smith

NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL

1 Erin Yoshitake G 5-5 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Marlborough 2 Payton Snoops G 5-3 Fr. Waipahu, Hawai’i / Kamehameha - Kapalama 3 Emma Reed G 5-6 So. Richland, Wash. / Liberty Christian 4 Ella Roberts G 5-9 Jr. Fairbanks, Alaska / Lathrop 10 Jaela Eggers W 5-11 Jr. Woodinville, Wash. / Woodinville 11 Jenna Lacey W 5-10 Jr. Auburn, Wash. / Auburn Mountainview 12 Mia Skoro G 5-9 Fr. Happy Valley, Ore. / La Salle Catholic 13 Kylie Ritter W 5-8 Fr. Battle Ground, Wash. / Hockinson 14 Madeline Schumacher G 5-8 Fr. Bellingham, Wash. / Sehome 15 Marissa Bartels G 5-2 So. Longmont, Colo. / Wartburg College 20 Claire Hinds F 6-1 So. San Ramon, Calif. / California 21 Katie Brown P 5-11 Fr. Stevenson Ranch, Calif. / Trinity Classical Academy 23 Alyssa Wells G 5-10 So. Brighton, Colo. / Holy Family 24 Alexa Borter F 6-0 So. Beaverton, Ore. / Beaverton 25 Emily Stephens F 6-0 Sr. Medford, Ore. / Cascade Christian 30 Beth Parangan PG 5-4 Fr. San Mateo, Calif. / Aragon 31 Jordan Ryan W 6-0 Jr. Vancouver, Wash. / Columbia River

The Linfield Sports Network will again bring fans live action of all home Linfield basketball home games in 2022-23. Fans can enjoy live video webcasts with play-by-play commentary on their computer, tablet, mobile device or smart TV.

Live coverage begins 15 minutes prior to the start of each game. Broadcasts include a complete post game wrap-up with analysis and statistical break down. Linfield will also provide live audio-only webcasts of all of the Wildcats’ Northwest Conference road contests.

McMinnville native Joe Stuart begins his fourth season as the play-by-play voice of the basketball Wildcats. The 2020 Linfield graduate is the Athletics Broadcast Operations Coordi nator, managing all aspects of Linfield’s webcasting outreach and handling lead play-by-play duties on Linfield football, baseball

and softball webcasts in addition to basketball. Stuart also assists with other external sports communications and social media needs.

Linfield junior Isaac Milner will contribute occational play-by-play and color analysis on Linfield basketball broadcasts this winter. Milner, who also serves as lead play-by-play voice for Linfield soccer, began his broad casting career with the LSN last year covering soccer, providing color commentary on basketball webcasts, handling occasional play-by-play duties for volleyball, basketball and softball, as well as crucial production support on football, soft ball, tennis and swimming webcasts.

All LSN broadcasts, both live and on demand, can be accessed at golinfieldwildcats.com/watch or in the Linfield Athletics app on mobile, tablet or smart TVs.

MEN’S COACH SHANAN ROSENBERG

Shanan Rosenberg is in his 10th year as Linfield men’s basketball coach. Since taking over leadership of the program, Rosenberg has guided Linfield through a “worst-to-first” transformation, capping it in 2019-20 with a share of program’s first Northwest Conference title since 2001. Linfield followed with a second co-championship in 2021-22. Under Rosenberg’s direction, the Wildcats have reached the NWC Tournament in four consecutive seasons, ending a seven-year playoff drought.

In nine seasons as head coach, hIs career record at Linfield stands at 116-99 overall and 74-64 in NWC play.

Rosenberg has twice been named North west Conference Coach of the Year. His first league honor came in 2017 after guiding the program to its first winning season since 2008 and first conference playoff berth in five seasons. The most recent NWC accolade came in 2020. That season, the Wildcats went 20-6 and were

crowned conference co-champion during a run that included victories over nationally ranked Whitman and Whitworth on consecutive nights. Over a six-season span after taking over the program, the Wildcats elevated their conference record from 2-14 to 14-2.

Rosenberg was previously head men’s basketball coach for 11 years at Foothill College, a two-year college near Palo Alto in the south San Francisco Bay region. At Foothill, he compiled a 186-131 win-loss record. His 2012-13 team went 22-5, achieving the best regular-season finish in program history.

A native of central California, Rosenberg starred in basketball at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, leading the Lancers to a Central Coast Section championship in 1988. As a student-athlete and three-year letterman at UC-Davis, he earned all-North Coast Athletic Conference honors while leading the Aggies in rebounding his final two seasons.

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MEN’S GAME DAY

PREVIEW

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THE RECORDS

Linfield is gearing up for Northwest Conference play after going 2-2 to start the season. George Fox enters the week with a 1-5 overall record.

LINFIELD AT A GLANCE

The Wildcats shook off back-to-back losses to open the season by winning two straight over Caltech and Portland Bible. Sophomore Trey Bryant has stepped up his game in the scoring department, leading the team with 16.8 points and seven rebounds per game. He’s shooting 56.3 percent from the field and 42.1 percent from three-point range. Carson Bonine is scoring 10.8 points per game after dropping a season-high 17 against Portland Bible. Reece Gibb is third on the team with seven three-pointers, connecting on 41.2 percent from beyond the arc.

GEORGE FOX AT A GLANCE

The Bruins’ lone win of the season came in a 104-73 rout of Northwest Indian College on Nov. 19. They are averaging 80.8 points per game on 43.9 percent shooting. Momo Stokes leads the team with 13.8 points per game. Davon Walker is second to Stokes with 12 points per game and leads the Bruins with 27 assists and 15 steals. Chris Nickelberry has a team-leading 4.3 rebounds per game and has matched Walker’s 15 steals.

THE SERIES

Linfield holds a 10-game lead over George Fox in the all-time series, posting a 59-49 record against the Bruins. The longest win streak for the ‘Cats in the series was nine straight between the 2001 and 2004 seasons. The ‘Cats are 32-20 against the Bruins at home. Linfield has won five straight meetings. The ‘Cats swept the season series in 2021-22, winning 76-71 in Newberg and 85-66 in McMinnville.

NO. NAME

LINFIELD MEN

POS. HT. WT. YR./EL. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL

0 Jake Downing G 6-4 175 So./So. Seattle, Wash / Roosevelt

1 Chase Bennett G 5-10 165 Fr./Fr. Moraga, Calif. / Campolindo

2 Jack Greenwood G 5-11 160 Jr./So. San Rafael, Calif. / Marin Catholic 3 Nick Tripaldi G 6-0 155 Jr./So. Menlo Park, Calif. / Menlo Atherton

4 Donovan Johnson G 6-0 160 Fr./Fr. Antelope, Calif. / Antelope

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Mikey Hinkle G 6-2 180 Sr./Jr. Camarillo, Calif. / St. Bonaventure 10 Carson Bonine G 6-2 180 Sr./Jr. Camas, Wash. / Camas 11 Trey Bryant G 6-0 170 So./So. Springfield, Ore. / Springfield 12 Jackson Dupree G 6-3 180 Jr./So. San Jose, Calif. / Bellarmine Prep 13

Braedyn Benhard F 6-7 215 Fr./Fr. Santa Ana, Calif. / Foothill 14

JT Estes G 5-9 170 Jr./So. Walnut Creek, Calif. / Las Lomas

15 Josh Puccinelli G 6-2 185 So./So. San Francisco, Calif. / Stuart Hall 21 Jacob Hjort G 6-2 190 Jr./Jr. Vancouver, Wash. / Whitworth University

22 Milap Owens G 5-11 170 So./So. Prescott, Ariz. / Prescott

23 Reece Gibb F 6-5 210 Sr./Jr. Longview, Wash. / Mark Morris

24 Cayden Lowenbach F 6-6 205 So./So. Prineville, Ore. / Crook County

25 Philip Rosenfeld F 6-6 190 Fr./Fr. Portland, Ore. / Beaverton

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TreyVaughn Bierlink G 6-5 160 Fr./Fr. Quincy, Wash. / Quincy

31 Jack Stallard G 5-11 185 Jr./So. Danville, Calif. / Monte Vista

32 Alex Jaczko F 6-5 205 Sr./Jr. Newberg, Ore. / Newberg

35 Danilo Petrovic F 6-5 190 Fr./Fr. Seattle, Wash. / Roosevelt

40 Grant Lyon G 6-2 180 Fr./Fr. San Francisco, Calif. / University

42 Anthony Flint G 6-5 175 Fr./Fr. Durango, Colo. / Durango

44 Logan Morrill F 6-9 230 Fr./Fr. Astoria, Ore. / Knappa

HEAD COACH: Shanan Rosenberg (10th year)

ASSISTANT COACHES: Isiah Quintero, Mark Swenson, R. Loren Gehrke

NO. NAME

GEORGE FOX MEN

POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL

0 Davon Walker G 5-8 150 Sr. Aurora, Colo. / Grandview

1 James Moore W 6-4 215 Jr. Salem, Ore. / Blanchet Catholic

3 Chris Nickelberry G 6-0 150 So. Fontana, Calif. / Damien

4 Momo Stokes G 6-0 180 So. San Diego, Calif. / Bonita Vista

5 Jeffrey Anyimah G 6-0 185 Fr. Lynnwood, Wash. / Mountlake Terrace

11 Nick Greenwood G 5-10 160 So. San Rafael, Calif. / Marin Catholic

12 Chase Januik G 5-11 165 Jr. Gearhart, Ore. / University of Oregon

13 Sean Quanico G 6-0 185 Fr. Pacifica, Calif. / St. Ignatius

14 Charlie Powers G 6-2 190 Jr. Mukilteo, Wash. / Kamiak

20 Jaron Hansen F 6-7 220 Jr. Seattle, Wash. / King’s

21 Austin Clark G 6-2 215 So. Chino Hills, Calif. / Glendora

24 Mo Jackson F 6-7 215 Fr. Sammamish, Wash. / Eastside Catholic

30 Adam Damian F 6-6 205 So. Danville, Calif / Monte Vista

32 Kade Sorenson G 6-3 190 Jr. Boise, Idaho / Northwest University

HEAD COACH: Maco Hamilton (11th year)

ASSISTANT COACH: Brendan Jones

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