O N S P O R T S NCAA Postgrad Scholarships Cross country’s Lars Erik Malde ’13, who majored in engineering management, earned the University’s twelfth NCAA postgrad grant — $7,500, which he will use to study wind energy at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Malde is the fifth Pilot runner to earn the award; five others have gone to women’s soccer players, most recently Jessica Tsao in 2011, and two to women’s basketball players, Laura Sale and Martha Sheldon. ¶ Earning the WCC’s male postgrad grant: cross country’s Aiden Irish, who will study science at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. Irish earned a 3.95 in political science and environmental ethics and policy, founded Schools for Schools (helping schools in Uganda), and spent many hours at the Oregon Food Bank and coaching the Roosevelt High School debate team. The kind of guy you hate to see graduate, really. Men’s Basketball The Pilots were in Spain this past August, playing the national teams of Angola, Venezuela, and Ivory Coast in Madrid, and against four school and pro teams in the Canary Islands. The last time the Pilots went abroad in summer, to Australia, they won 21 games in the succeeding season. Hmm. ¶ New faces for the men this fall: center Volodymyr Gerun, from West Virginia University and the Ukraine; guard Bobby Sharp from Santa Rosa JC; guard Aitor Zubizarreta from Spain, where he played for the national team; and guard Alec Wintering from North Carolina. Women’s Basketball New faces for the Pilots this fall: Greek national team player Stefania Sideri, from Athens, and Kaylie Van Loo from Glencoe High in Hillsboro, Oregon; Van Loo transfers from the U. of Idaho and has to wait a season to play, although she can practice. Baseball University alumni in the pros this summer: Rocky Gale was catching and hitting .241 for the Padres’ San Antonio Missions; Austin Bibens-Dierkx was 8-3 (with a 2.73 e.r.a) for Toronto’s Dunedin Blue Jays; Chris Johnson had a 2.31 e.r.a for the Giants’ Salem-Keizer Volcanoes; Owen Jones had a terrific 1.45 e.r.a for the Dodgers’ Great Lakes Loons; and Kyle Kraus had two wins for Boston’s Salem Red Sox. Do we produce fine pitching or what? ¶ We
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report with sadness that former Pilot pitcher, major league scout, and benefactor Andy Pienovi ’47 died in July at age 90. Rest in peace, coach. ¶ New faces for the Pilots this year: catcher Cooper Hummel (from Lakeridge High in Oregon), all-Hawaii outfielder Jason Rosen from Punahou High in Honolulu, and pitcher Kevin Wade from Mission Viejo, California. Women’s Soccer The Pilots look to earn their third national title this year, and have the usual stacked schedule (ten NCAA playoff teams among their opponents) to prepare for it: see portlandpilots.com for times and tickets. ¶ Back at forward is the WCC’s leading scorer (33 points), senior Amanda Frisbie, one of nine returning starters. The Pilots have earned NCAA playoff berths in 20 of the last 21 seasons. Whew. ¶ Three of the Pilots’ incoming freshmen (Ellie Boon, Danica Evans, and Alison Wetherington) spent the summer with U.S. national teams, and Parkes Kendrick played with the Canadian
nationals; Wetherington was called up to the U-20 team by former Pilot star Michelle French, the head coach. ¶ New face on the coaching staff: former pro goalie Adin Brown, who played with Major League Soccer, with Aalesund in Norway, and with the Portland Timbers. He also played for the late Clive Charles on the U.S. National Team. Men’s Soccer Among the new faces: Aaron Caprio (from Utah state champion Lehi High), all-Utah Matthew Coffey, and all-Oregon Eddie Sanchez from Canby High. Back for the veterans are all-WCC players Derek Boggs, Michael Escobar, Jaime Velasco, and Hugo Rhoads. The Pilots, fourth in the WCC last year, are 408-236-82 alltime since their modern reincarnation in 1977, with two Final Four appearances (1988 and 1995). Men’s Cross Country Back for the men, twelfth in the nation last year, best in the West (yes, better than Oregon and Stanford), and WCC champs yet again, are junior Scott Portland 12
Fauble, who was both an athletic and academic All-American, and sophomore Danny Martinez, ninth in the U.S. Cross Country Championship meet. The new faces are Nevada state champ Jordan Cardenas and California’s Jeff Thies. ¶ The men’s team posted a 3.29 gpa in class last year, best in the league. ¶ Jared Bassett ’13 finished tenth in the nation at the NCAA steeplechase finals at Oregon’s Hayward Field. The Pilots have now sent runners to the NCAA Championship meet for 22 years in a row. Women’s Cross Country The women, second in the league last year to San Francisco, were first in the classroom, with a team 3.51 gpa. ¶ The Pilots return all-WCC sophomore Laura Hottenrott-Freitag and sophomore Tansey Lystad, who led them to an eighth-place finish in the West. Volleyball Back for the Pilots are four starters; among the six freshmen is three-time Oregon player of the year Makayla Lindburg from Crook County High in Prineville, Oregon, where she led the Cowgirls to four state titles. Wow. Rowing The new head coach, succeeding The Legend Bill Zack: Pasha Spencer, director of the Everett Rowing Association and former coach at St. Mary’s, Yale, and Trinity College. Bill sailed off to San Diego State.¶ Back for the women, third in the WCC last year: all-WCC Mia Tarte and Hannah Dahlem. ¶ Also back in the boats are National Scholar Athletes Sarah Donohoe (3.5 biology) and Jessica Osborn (3.9 biology, yoikes). Tennis Back for the men is all-WCC senior Ratan Gill from Canada (13 wins last year); for the women the leader is all-WCC sophomore Maja Mladenovic from Serbia (12 wins). Promising new face for the men: transfer Reid deLaubenfels, from Fresno State. For the women, a ballyhooed freshmen class includes two Women’s Tennis Association-ranked players, Lucia Butkovska (from Slovakia), ranked #22 in the world as a junior player, and Jelena Lazarevic (from Serbia). The League’s Most Sportsmanlike Program would be the Pilots, according to the West Coast Conference, which awarded the University its annual “Represent Cup,” earned by votes by member institutions. TICKETS, SCHEDULES, NEWS: PORTLANDPILOTS.COM