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WILDCAT SPOTLIGHT MAGNET PROGRAM Wine Studies drew Sofia Zielinski to Linfield where she landed a roster spot on the Wildcats volleyball team by avi mehta

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he Oregon wine industry is well-known throughout the world. Linfield offers one of the best wine studies programs in the region and that key feature is what sold volleyball player Sofia Zielinski on attending Linfield University.

“I chose Linfield entirely for the wine program,” Zielinski says. “It was also appealing to play volleyball here, but it was primarily for the wine program.”

Zielinski grew up on a farm near Salem, Oregon. She is eager to enter the wine industry, whether that’s continuing the family tradition of farming or showcasing her artistic skills.

“I want to either go into the wine-making aspect or the viticulture, because I come from farmers on both sides of my family. I want to stick more towards the wine-making side, but I also want to pursue art and have a winery with an art gallery in it,” says Zielinski.

Her family farm grows apples, pears, peaches and hazelnuts and she loved playing around the fields and eating locally grown foods thanks to a farmer’s market in the area.

A graduate of McNary High School, Zielinski wanted to attend college outside of Salem, but not so far away that she couldn’t go back home whenever she wanted and access her sizable clothes collection at home.

“I looked at some wine programs in California. I wanted to get away from home but still close enough to where I’m still within driving distance,” she says. “I don’t know how I would get all my clothes to California. I have too many clothes.”

While competing in volleyball at McNary High School, Zielinski played alongside teammate Kara Thomas. Both sophomores decided to come to Linfield to play together once again.

“We were best friends in high school. During our senior season, we did not know where we were going to college or even if we would play volleyball in college. We ended up picking Linfield and were roommates as freshmen,” says Zielinski regarding her friendship with Thomas.

“Sofia is more than a teammate to me.

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college has been so much fun. The memories we’ve made together will last a lifetime,” she says.

Coming into college, Zielinski was part of a freshman class of 11, compared to just four non-freshmen. A defensive specialist and setter for the Wildcats, she appeared in 25 of the 28 matches in 2019. Zielinski and the rest of the team enter this year under new coach, Haley Doerfler.

“Haley has been nice overall so far and I really like her. It’s going to be a good adjustment,” says Zielinski.

The 2020 season has been marred by the coronavirus pandemic but the Wildcats are lucky enough to be practicing and Doerfler has seen some impressive things from Zielinski so far.

“Sofia’s ability to defend and run an offense allow her to be a valuable asset to the program,” says Doerfler. “She gives us depth at the setting position. Sofia has been working hard to develop a strong hitter-setter connection with all of her attackers.

“She understands that each attacker has unique strengths.

“She’s been diligent in her setting to make sure she is allowing her attackers to utilize their strengths.”

The date for the first match of the season is yet to be determined, but it will not be for another couple of months, if that.

With volleyball being an indoor sport, full team practices are still not possible, but Zielinski has enjoyed the smaller practices and getting to know the new members on the team.

“We do not really know if there will actually be a season in the spring, but it is still fun that we’re practicing,” says Zielinski. “It’s a different dynamic with split groups. We’ll have our first and only two practices as a whole team at the end of October. Right now, we are doing positional groups so I get to see everybody I haven’t seen yet.”

Expressing herself artistically has been an important outlet for Zielinski. Whenever she has free time, she loves to use her creativity as another source of income.

“I do art projects during my free time when I am not busy with school or volleyball. But I still try to incorporate it as much as I can since I sell my artwork, which is a good source of income,” says Zielinski.

She was also in the choir in high school, mostly being a vocalist and playing the piano, drums and ukulele.

She’s not done much music making lately, though does enjoy listening to her father’s old records whenever she is back home.

Zielinski has a big clothing collection.

Shopping for clothes is one of the activities she enjoys most outside of pursuing art and music.

“I like to go thrifting. It is just a sustainable way to shop.”

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MEET THE LINFIELD WILDCATS

Siera Crawford | 1

Tessa Doerfler | 2

Sofia zielinski | 3

Maya Nakasone | 4

Emma Shrabel | 5

Kayla Moss | 6

Aylea Dixon | 7

Seraiah ochse | 8

Megan Pallas | 9

Rylee Morgan | 10

Anika Shuckhart | 11

Mckenzie Brock | 13

5-9| Freshman | OH/MB Bend, Oregon

5-6 | Sophomore | S Yamhill, Oregon

5-6 | Senior | DS/L Vancouver, Washington

5-6 | Sophomore | MB Portland, Oregon

5-8 | Sophomore | S/DS Salem, Oregon

5-10 | Sophomore | MB Chehalis, Washington

5-4 | Sophomore | DS/L Honolulu, Hawaii

5-10 | Freshman | MB Hillsboro, Oregon

Regan dean | 16

Megan stanek | 17

yssa alcones | 18

kara thomas | 19

Maddie Broyhill | 24

Ellie Mead | 26

Zoie Warner | 28

Cora Hill | 30

5-9 | Senior | OH Tigard, Oregon

5-7 | Freshman | OH/DS Silverton, Oregon

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6-0 | Sophomore | OH/RS Fairfield, California

6-0 | Sophomore | MB/RS Portland, Oregon

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5-0 | Freshman | DS/L Lihue, Hawaii

5-10 | Freshman | OH/RS Beaverton, Oregon

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6-0 | Sophomore | RS Salem, Oregon

5-8 | Freshman | S Park City, Utah

5-5 | Freshman | OH/DS Willamina, Oregon

5-3 | Freshman | DS/L University Place, Washington

Raelynn hammock | 20 5-10 | Sophomore | OH Oakridge, Oregon

Haley Doerfler Head Coach First year

5-8 | Sophomore | OH/DS West Linn, Oregon

5-11 | Junior | MB Hillsboro, Oregon

Mia Naccarato | 21 5-8 | Freshman | S Tacoma, Washington

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DS/L 5-6

Sr./Jr.

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Siera Crawford

OH/MB 5-9

3

Sofia Zielinski

S/DS 5-8

So./So.

Emma Shrabel

OH/DS 5-5

Fr./Fr.

2 4 5 6 7 8 9

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13 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 26 28 30

Tessa Doerfler

Maya Nakasone Kayla Moss

Aylea Dixon

DS/L 5-2

OH/DS 5-8 S

Seraiah Ochse

MB

Rylee Morgan

MB

Megan Pallas

Anika Shuckhart McKenzie Brock Regan Dean

Megan Stanek Yssa Alcones Kara Thomas

Raelynn Hammock Mia Naccarato

MB

OH

S

5-10

So./Fr.

Hillsboro, Ore. / Liberty

5-11

Jr./Jr.

So./So.

5-10 So./So.

5-9

Fr./Fr.

Sr./Sr.

So./So. Fr./Fr.

6-0

So./So.

5-8

Fr./Fr.

5-10 So./So.

Zoie Warner

OH/RS 5-10

MB/RS 6-0 S

Willamina, Ore. / Willamina

Portland, Ore. / Westview

OH/DS 5-7

Cora Hill

Honolulu, Hawaii / Hawaii Baptist

So./So.

5-9

Maddie Broyhill Ellie Mead

Salem, Ore. / McNary

6-0

DS/L 5-0 OH

Vancouver, Wash. / Hawaii Pacific

West Linn, Ore. / West Linn

OH/RS 6-0 RS

So./So.

HOMETOWN / PREV. SCHOOL

Bend, Ore. / Bend

So./So.

DS/L 5-3 MB

Fr./Fr.

5-8

Fr./Fr.

So./So. Fr./Fr.

Fr./Fr.

Yamhill, Ore. / Yamhill-Carlton

Chehalis, Wash. / W.F. West University Place, Wash. / Curtis

Hillsboro, Ore. / Mt. Hood C.C. Tigard, Ore. / Valley Catholic

Fairfield, Calif. / Vacaville Christian Lihue, Hawaii / Kaua’i

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5-11 Jr./Jr. 6-0 Jr./Jr. 5-9 Jr./Jr. 6-0 Fr./Fr. 6-1 So./So.

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Salem, Ore. / McNary

Oakridge, Ore. / Oakridge Tacoma, Wash. / Stadium Silverton, Ore. / Silverton

Portland, Ore. / Carroll College Keizer, Ore. / McNary

Park City, Utah / Judge Memorial

lewis & clark pioneers NO. NAME 1 Michelle McGinn 2 Kayla Valdez 3 Mollee Chenoweth 4 Sydney Richardson 5 Katie Shimaura 6 Makena Ohlmaier 7 Kate Kimbro 8 Ashley Kane 9 Kelsie Nakashima 10 Ka’anelaokapu’uwai Pakaki-Pias 11 Jenna Timmerman 13 Kelsey Parker 15 Isabel Artiaga 17 Izzy Willis 18 Emma Ehlers

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HOMETOWN (PREV. SCHOOL) Kailua, Hawaii / Maryknoll Waipahu, Hawaii / Maryknoll Denver, Colo. / Mountain Vista Bakersfield, Calif. / Stockdale Mililani, Hawaii / Mililani Tucson, Ariz. / Ironwood Ridge Golden, Colo. / Ralston Valley Campbell, Calif. / Mountain View Honolulu, Hawaii / Aiea Kapolei, Hawaii / Kapolei Phoenix, Ariz. / Anthem Preparatory Merced, Calif. / Merced Moraga, Calif. / Campolindo San Diego, Calif. / La Jolla Salem, Ore. / West Salem

HEAD COACH: Emily Hayes (third year) ASSISTANT COACHES: Patrick Rockenbaugh, Kaiao Nahale-a, Annikah San Nicolas

THE WILDCATS Led by seniors Regan Dean and Tessa Doerfler and junior transfer McKenzie Brock, Linfield enters the 2021 spring season with a young roster that includes only three upperclassmen are on the active roster.

The Wildcats return a trio of talented sophomores in setter Aylea Dixon, libero Maya Nakasone and outside hitter Raelynn Hammock. Dixon was the Northwest Conferende leader with 0.57 service aces per set in 2019, Nakasone was fifth in the NWC with 4.21 digs per set, and Hammock was 13th in the NWC with 2.39 kills per set.

Doerfler is the first woman to coach the volleyball team since 1979.

THE PIONEERS Lewis & Clark went 6-10 in conference play last season under second-year coach Emily Hayes.

Returning for the Pioneers are 2019 second-team all-NWC setter Michelle McGinn and honorable mention outside hitter Kendall Malone.

The Pioneers were the conference leaders in 2019 with 18.85 digs per set and fourth with 1.76 blocks per set.

THE SERIES Despite losses in each of the last four meetings, Linfield is 41-13 all-time against Lewis & Clark.

The Wildcats are 21-5 at home and 18-8 on the road against the Pioneers.

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