12.12.08
Posted in Follow-up, Front page, Sports, news at 4:09 pm by Eric
Terry McLaughlin would stand up to anyone who would dare to tarnish the Chemeketa College Volleyball team’s historic undefeated 50-0 season.
“There are those who might claim that we had an easy season, but our team fought their way back from close matches four times,” said McLaughlin, head coach.
Looking back, he could see the team beginning to take shape as early as tryouts.
“We had 50 athletes turnout for the two tryouts, and it was the decisions we made there that made all the difference,” he said.
Two players, Chelsea Fosback and Alisha Shigley, were named two-year college All-Americans, first and second teams, respectively. McLaughlin was named Coach of the Year by the American Association of Volleyball Coaches.
The 2008-09 volleyball team is just the second undefeated team in the Chemeketa’s history. The first was the 1990-91 men’s basketball team that went 33-0.
The team member decided early on that if they didn’t perform no one on the team would receive any honors. McLaughlin said that commitment paid out in spades.
“This was a cohesive team from the start,” he said. “If they hadn’t been unified working toward a common goal, none of the rest would have been possible.”
McLauglin returned to Chemeketa coaching this year after a seven-year break between 2001 and 2008. During his prior 14-year run, McLaughlin led the Storm team to a cumulative record of 491-173, a .739 winning percentage, and two championship seasons in 1997 and 1998. His teams accumulated nine top five finishes in NWACC.
(Photos: McLaughlin, Fosback, Shigley.)
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12.03.08
Posted in Around campus, Events, Sports at 10:18 am by Eric
Chemeketa will be honoring the accomplishments of it’s volleyball and men’s soccer teams tomorrow, Dec. 4, at noon. Join us in the lobby of Building 2 for the celebration.
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11.24.08
Posted in Around campus, Follow-up, Front page, Sports at 11:32 am by Eric
The Chemeketa volleyball team beat Walla Walla Community College in four sets Saturday to win the Northwest Athletic Association of Community College’s championship title. The title is the first for the team since 1998.
Congrats to all the women on the team and thanks for your hard work.
Tip of the hat to the men’s soccer team as well. The team, in its inaugural season, played for the NWAAC soccer championship on Sunday, but fell 4-3 to the Walla Walla Warriors in overtime
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11.13.08
Posted in Front page, Sports at 4:53 pm by Eric
The Chemeketa men’s soccer team will face Wenatchee Valley College Saturday, Nov.15, in a quarter final playoff match for the NWAAC title.
Game time is 1 p.m. at Blanchet High School,4373 Market St., in Salem.
Admission is free for Chemeketa students and staff. Congrats to the entire team on their undefeated season.
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08.05.08
Posted in Front page, Sports, news at 8:00 am by Eric
Lynn Freshour recently joined Chemeketa Community College as its new women’s basketball coach.
Freshour most recently served as athletic director at North Salem High School, but the chance to return to coaching was too tempting to pass up.
“Coaching at the college level has always been a dream of mine,” said Freshour. “It’s also an exciting time to be part of Chemeketa as we head in new directions under President Cheryl Roberts.”
Athletic scholarships provided by Chemeketa should help attract some of the area’s top talent, and Freshour sees talent as key to his plans.
“I want to build a Chemeketa dynasty within the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges,” he said. “The high schools in our area produce fantastic players who have the skill to take Chemeketa to the top of the division.”
Freshour is a former coach of girls basketball teams at North Salem and West Salem high schools. As head coach at Amity High School, Freshour led nine girls basketball teams to the state tournament.
Cassie Belmodis, Chemeketa athletic director, is eager to see Freshour’s vision come to life on the court.
“He brings an excitement and passion to the game of basketball that we are sure, will carry over to the women’s basketball program. His years of success and experience as a coach, athletic director, and involvement in community sports will be an asset to his team and the Storm Athletic Department,” she said.
Women’s basketball is one of several athletic programs at Chemeketa that include women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s basketball, baseball and softball. Chemeketa’s sports programs have retained more than 95 percent of their athletes for two years, 90 percent continue their education at four-year institutions.
For more information about the women’s basketball program, contact Freshour at 503-399-5053, or Cassie Belmodis at 503.399.5159 or cassieb@chemeketa.edu.
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