LINFIELD UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL VS. WARNER PACIFIC AND WALLA WALLA • DEC. 10, 2022

WILDCAT SPOTLIGHT

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It didn’t take long for community college transfer Kaylee Schow to feel at home at Linfield, a place teeming with interesting people and engaging experiences

by MARISSA DOLSON ’24

Crossing over the state line from her home state of Washington, Kaylee Schow found a new home waiting for her in Oregon at Linfield University. After transferring from South Puget Sound Community College, Schow was thrilled to create new friendships with her teammates, explore academic opportunities, and continue her passions.

“My experience at Linfield has been memorable with the relationships I’ve created with other students, specifically my teammates,” says the senior guard from Tenino, Washington. “I always have a good time with them on and off the court and I can 100% count on them to make me laugh.

“I also like the relationships I’ve created within my major. It is nice to know and be friends with others going through the same classes as you.”

Schow has enjoyed her time on the court as well as time spent outside of basketball.

“One of my favorite memories is when all my friends get together and play beach volleyball. I also enjoy the road trips we have and the memories we make on them,” Schow says. “My boyfriend, Alex Frazier, has also helped make my experience here memorable. He is always there for me and very supportive, which is especially nice when I’m missing home a little extra.”

Changing schools in mid-stream is seldom an easy proposition. Since her arrival at Linfield, Schow has discovered many redeeming qualities about Linfield that made her feel comfortable right away.

“I chose to come to Linfield because I loved the basketball program’s morals and the coaching staff here, plus I love all my teammates. I love the campus and how small the class sizes are. The deeper you get into your major, the nicer it is to have fewer students in class so you can have more one-on-one interactions with your professors.”

Schow has also discovered many new academic opportunities that allow her to grow, strengthen her abilities, and explore

her passions. While working towards a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and and a minor in management and data science, Schow has explored exciting experiences outside of the classroom.

“This past summer I had an internship at HBF International that I found through the Linfield Career and Development Center. I don’t think I would have even known about that opportunity if it wasn’t for Linfield University. Working over the summer, I felt like I grew so much as a person because this was my first opportunity to have real-world experience at a job.”

After completing her degree, Schow is hoping to move back to Washington to work towards a career in data analytics.

Playing basketball has always been one of Schow’s passions. Basketball runs through her family back home, including mother Kristi, father Ray, younger sister Ashley, and younger brother Noah.

“Ashley is a freshman at Central Washington University and is playing basketball there. Noah is a sophomore in high school and has hopes of playing college basketball someday as well. Growing up, all three of us would spend hours outside in our driveway shooting with one another and we all share the same love of the game,” Schow says. Kaylee is very grateful for her family’s support. She credits much of her people skills and work ethic

“They shaped me into who I am today,” she says. “They have always taught me to work hard for whatever I want and to never give up. I get my work ethic from my parents. Ever since I was little, I’ve seen how hard they work for everything they have.”.

Her family’s support doesn’t stop there. Her grandfather, Larry Tippery, has been one of her greatest role models growing up. Schow admires her grandfather’s work ethic, energy, and dedication to his job before retirement.

“He is very supportive of my brother, sister and me, coming to all our various games, dance recitals and concerts growing up. He always has a smile on his face and is a little mischievous at times. He knows how to make a roomful of people laugh.”

Throughout her Linfield Experience, Schow has embraced fresh opportunities and adventures while creating a whole new set of lifelong friends. She is grateful for the support from teammates, coaches, staff, professors, friends and classmates.

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 competing with an injury depleted roster.

Bunn-Wilson spent three seasons as girls basketball coach at Tualatin High School, compiling 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 basketball, 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 enters a one-game week with a 3-4 overall record, which includes an even 1-1 mark in Northwest Conference play. Warner Pacific is 0-7 overall and 0-3 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.

LINFIELD AT A GLANCE

The Wildcats split last week with a home win over George Fox on Friday and a loss at Pacific on Saturday. The win over the Bruins was the program’s first since the 2006-07 season. Sophomore Gillyan Landis leads the team with 10.3 points per game and ranks No. 5 in the NWC with 7.5 rebounds per game. Senior Jordan Worthington is second to Landis with 7.4 points per game, primarily providing a spark off the bench. Sophomore Rowan Cusack has 11 assists and as many steals on the season. Her .813 free throw percentage is seventh in the NWC.

WARNER PACIFIC AT A GLANCE

The Knights have already played four NWC teams this season, losing contests to Puget Sound (75-55), Willamette (67-43), George Fox (55-45) and Lewis & Clark (61-59). McKeeley Tonkin is averaging double figures with 13.3 points per game on 46.3 percent shooting. Emily Brown is putting up 7.6 points per game and is second on the team with 6.3 rebounds per game. Alexa Mee leads the Knights with 7.9 rebounds per game while Amalya Sales is up to 14 assists on the year.

THE SERIES

Linfield is 9-14 against Warner Pacific in the all-time series. The Wildcats are 4-6 against the Knights at home. The Knights won back-to-back meetings in the COVID-shifted spring 2021 season, winning 73-66 in Portland and 72-70 in McMinnville. The ‘Cats look to top the Knights for the first time since an 84-78 overtime victory in 2019-20 at Pacific University’s Ken Schumann Classic.

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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 Emiko Nagai G 5-5 So. Maple Ridge, B.C. / Samuel Robertson Technical 2 Amalya Sales G 5-3 So. Puhi, Hawaii / Kauai 3 Larsa Guzman G 5-8 Jr. Reno, Nev. / Reed 4 McKeeley Tonkin G 5-7 Jr. Athol, Idaho / Timberlake 5 Paityn Rhode G 5-7 Fr. Eugene, Ore. / Sheldon 10 Kaityn Curry F 5-11 So. Molalla, Ore. / Molalla 11 Maddie Norton G 5-7 Fr. Oregon City, Ore. / Oregon City 12 Emily Brown F 6-0 Jr. Tooele, Utah / Tooele 13 Nicole Mickelson F 6-0 Jr. Canby, Ore. / Canby 22 Kenna Coleman G 5-7 Fr. Aumsville, Ore. / Cascade 23 Serena Sanchez G 5-6 Jr. Reno, Nev. / Spanish Springs 25 Alexa Mee F 5-9 So. Bellingham, Wash. / Bellingham 32 Bobbi Clark F 6-0 So. Las Vegas, Nev. / R.A. Long

HEAD COACH: Matt Gregg (14th year) ASSISTANT COACH: Krysta Davis, Courtney Jackson

The Linfield Sports Network will again bring fans live action of all home Linfield basketball games during 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 postgame wrap-up with analysis and statistical breakdown. 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 Coordinator, 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 broadcasting 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, softball, 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 Northwest 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

THE RECORDS

Linfield is at an even 3-3 overall and 1-1 against Northwest Conference foes after the first week of NWC play. Walla Walla is still searching for its first win of the season after starting the year 0-6 overall and 0-3 in the NAIA’s Cascade Collegiate Conference.

LINFIELD AT A GLANCE

The Wildcats capped off a doubleheader sweep of George Fox with an 85-74 win over the Bruins on Friday. They split the week after losing 67-57 at Pacific the following day. Reece Gibb scored 20 points in the first half against the Bruins, knocking down five three-pointers along the way. Trey Bryant is No. 4 in the NWC with 15.7 points per game while also ranking in the top five in rebounds, assists and steals. Carson Bonine is averaging double figures with 11.2 points per game and has made a team-leading 14 shots from beyond the arc.

WALLA WALLA AT A GLANCE

The Wolves are being outscored by an average of 28.4 points per game. They’re shooting .426 from the field as a team. Andrew Vaughan’s 15.2 points per game lead the way on the offensive side of the court. Caleb Golden is right behind Vaughan with 13.2 points per game on 58.7 percent shooting. The Wolves’ leading rebounder is Britt Murray with 5.4 per game. Vaughan and Ethan Ford both dished out 11 assists so far this season.

THE SERIES

Linfield has played Walla Walla just twice, averaging 83 points per game. The first meeting came during the 2006-07 season, Linfield squeezing out a 75-71 win at Bend’s Summit High School. The ‘Cats also took the second matchup last year, winning 91-88 in Walla Walla.

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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

WALLA WALLA MEN

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

0 Esaias Ford G 6-1 Fr. Plano, Texas / North Dallas Adventist

1 Caleb Golden G 6-4 Jr. Boise, Idaho / Borah

2 Ethan Ford G 6-1 Jr. Plano, Texas / North Dallas Adventist 3 Michael Daley G 6-0 Jr. Culdesac, Idaho / Upper Columbia Academy

4 Jordyn Perez G 5-10 Sr. Honolulu, Hawaii / Maryknoll 5 Jalen Freeman G 6-0 Jr. Anchorage, Alaska / Valdez

10 Artur Borges Paraizo G 5-7 Sr. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Orangewood Academy 11 Noah Olsen G 6-2 Sr. Richland, Wash. / Liberty Christian 12 Almonds Sebirokwa G 6-5 So. Tacoma, Wash. / Auburn Adventist Academy 13 Josue Mireles G 6-0 So. Houston, Texas / Dulles High School

15 Darius Nichols F 6-3 Fr. Auburn, Wash. / Muckleshoot Tribal School

25 Andrew Vaughan G 6-3 So. Portland, Ore. / Portland Adventist

30 Giovanni Moncion G 6-2 So. Brooklyn, N.Y. / Andrews 32 Abriel Thuc C/F 7-0 Jr. South Sudan, Africa / Takoma 33 Britt Murray C/F 6-6 Fr. Harrisburg, Ore. / Harrisburg

HEAD COACH: Brandon Broome (fourth year)

ASSISTANT COACHES: Tyreek Luckett, Andrew Nye, Rory Shipowick