WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.000 music 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:08.000 Hi, everybody. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.000 It's Lonnie Sargent, head softball coach here at Western Oregon University. 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.000 Tonight it is my honor to have, as our leaders of the pack, 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:20.000 Ku'ulei Siolo and Destiny Tess Kuehl. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.000 Both of these two athletes have helped us get through a very 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000 trying time this year with the weather, illnesses, and all sorts of craziness. 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000 With no home field, they have just stood up and 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.000 taken charge of our team and kept everybody calm and relaxed, and 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.000 helped us to get to the championship game this year. So I'm very proud of 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000 both of them, and we're going to miss them tremendously. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.000 Thank you Ku'ulei and Destiny for all you have done for our program, and 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:49.000 Western Oregon University. 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:52.000 music 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:56.000 Hi, I'm Kellan Walker, head baseball coach at Western Oregon University. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:60.000 Tonight, it's my honor to name Trey Smith as the 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:08.000 Trey's a business major and currently holds a 2.9 GPA. 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.000 He transferred to Western Oregon his junior season from Scaget Valley Community College. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:16.000 He has been a key two year contributor to our pitching staff, and 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:20.000 this year was in our starting rotation the entire season. 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:24.000 Trey was recently selected as a member of the GNAC all conference team, 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.000 and has served as a veteran leader on our pitching staff. It's been a pleasure 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.000 having Trey in the program for the last two season. Thank you, Trey, for 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.000 your contributions to Western Oregon Baseball. 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.000 music 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.000 Hi, I'm Holly Howard Carpenter, 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:44.000 head women's basketball coach at Western Oregon University. 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.000 Tonight it's my honor to name Ali Nelke as our leader of the pack for women's 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.000 basketball. Ali started 22 games for us, averaging 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.000 nearly 5 points and 4 rebounds per game. Much of what she does for us 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:60.000 doesn't show up on the stat sheet, however we all know she's the best 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.000 post defender in the GNAC. She does the dirty work for us, and she is our glue player. 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:08.000 Ali is selfless on and off the court, and continually finds ways to make 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:12.000 herself and her teammates better. She does everything with a purpose, 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.000 and to the best of her ability, and really lives our program pillars of success 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.000 day in and day out. For the past two seasons, Ali has maintained a 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:28.000 academic team this season. Thank you Ali for our contributions to our team 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:30.000 and Western Oregon University. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.000 music 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.000 I'm Arne Ferguson, head football coach at Western Oregon University. 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.000 It's my honor to announce that Paul Revis is our 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.000 football leader of the pack. Paul Revis is our leader of the 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000 pack because of what he does off the field and on the field, his tremendous 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000 enthusiasm, excitement to play football, and also the 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.000 volunteer work that he's done throughout our community. Last year, Paul 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:60.000 was the number one punt return in the nation, lettered GNAC in receiving, 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.000 yards and per catch. I expect him to have a great year coming up. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.000 Thank you to Paul Revis for your contribution to Western Oregon University fooball. 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.000 music 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:14.000 Hi, I'm Tommy Gott, head volleyball coach at Western Oregon University. 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:17.000 Tonight it is my honor to announce 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.000 Paige Orth, selected as volleyball's leader of the pack 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:24.000 award recipient. Paige is a hard-working individual who is dedicated at 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:28.000 whatever her cause might be. Every day she would come in and consistently do her job. 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.000 She is one who is filled with passion, and that passion is evident in how she goes about 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.000 taking care of business both on and off the court. Paige has never 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:40.000 been one too afraid to stand up and say what needs to be said. She has been 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.000 inspirational in holding herself and teammates accountable. Furthermore, Paige 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:48.000 is continuing to dedicate herself to Western Oregon and our volleyball program, as she is 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:52.000 coming back as an assistant coach this upcoming year. We are excited and looking forward to 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:56.000 having Paige still within the program, and seeing her leadership qualities continue to grow. 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.000 Thank you Paige for your past, present, and future contributions to our vollyball program, 00:03:59.000 --> 00:03:61.000 and to Western Oregon. 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:03.000 music 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:08.000 Good evening. I'm Mike Johnson, the head track and field and cross country coach at Western Oregon 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.000 University. We're here tonight to honor David Ribich, who we 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:16.000 have selected as this year's leader of the pack in our 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.000 sports. David is an outstanding athlete; one of the 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:24.000 premier athletes in his sport in the united states. 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.000 David this year has led the cross country team through 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:32.000 injury and still ran as the number one runner in cross country. 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:36.000 As we moved to track, he was one of the outstanding athletes 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:40.000 leading our indoor Distance Medley Relay team to a new 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:44.000 NCAA all-time best in division two and in 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:48.000 a new GNAC record, of course, as well as garnering all-American 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:52.000 honors in the mile indoors. He's beaten competition 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.000 from a variety of different 1 schools, winning the Oregon 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:60.000 Twilight, winning the OSU high-performance 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.000 meet, and any number of other events. So thank you David 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:08.000 for your contributions to our teams at Western Oregon University. 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.000 music 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:16.000 I'm Steven Ancheta, head women's soccer coach at Western Oregon University. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:20.000 Tonight it's my honor to be selecting Taylor Higa as our leader 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:24.000 of the pack. Taylor Higa has been an incredible student athlete for us 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:28.000 the last four season on and off the field. She will be missed very much by the 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:32.000 coaching staff and the other players. She had an incredible senior season for us 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:36.000 on the field and earned all GNAC second team honors 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:40.000 which was very exciting. I thought she'd just just missed out on the first team, and then 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:44.000 she was a four-time all-GNAC all-academic student athlete. 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:48.000 Again, she's been incredible for us. I will miss her. 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:52.000 We hope that she goes on to do great things in her life. Thank you, Taylor 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.000 Higa for your contributions to Western Oregon University. 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:58.000 music 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:60.000 I'm Cory Mesker, director of 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:04.000 sport performance at Western Oregon University. Tonight, it's my honor 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.000 to announce Emma Alfonso and Joey Crunkilton as 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.000 sports performance leaders of the pack. Emma Alfonso has shown tremendous 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:16.000 growth in leadership since freshman year and has succeeded in helping her 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.000 teammates grow as well. The weight room is never quiet while softball is lifting, 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.000 and that is a culture Emma has helped to create. She makes sure 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:28.000 her teammates know they are not alone when they are maxing on the versa, or even doing 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:32.000 just five pushups, because she is there cheering them on every time. 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:36.000 Emma pushes her team to do more weight, hustle more, and give more each and every day 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:40.000 and they listen because she is consistently doing the same, and more. 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:44.000 Joey Crunkilton is a special athlete. Not only do his strengths in the 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:48.000 weight room match his strength and power on the field, but his sense of humor, 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:52.000 quiet leadership, and hard work have helped shape his teammates attitudes, 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:56.000 and work ethic. He greets the strength staff every morning at 6 a.m. with a 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:60.000 smile and a 'hi, coach. He pushes himself and those around him, 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:04.000 always has a smile on his face, and has one of the best squat depths I've ever seen, 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:08.000 making him an easy choice for leader of the pack. Thank you Emma and 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:12.000 Joey for your contributions to Western Oregon University's strength and conditioning. 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:16.000 music 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.000 Now I have the honor of putting forth the names of 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.000 Kennedy Rufener and Olivia Woods in track 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:28.000 as our leader of the pack award winners. 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:32.000 Olivia Woods comes to us from Reynolds High School in Portland. 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:36.000 A 200 and 400 runner in high school, Olivia has found her calling 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:40.000 in the 800 meters where she is now a multiple-time school record-holder, 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.000 as well as an all-American indoors. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:48.000 Olivia was ranked 9th this year as we entered the competition 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:52.000 in outdoors, and has moved herself to becoming one of the finest 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:60.000 from Clakamas Community College, and in less than a year dropped over 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:08.000 a person that's very disciplined, she was able 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:12.000 to lead our team to the highest regional finish they've had 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:16.000 in the last 4 years. Kennedy participates in both track and cross country, 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.000 but this year in cross country was an outstanding participant 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:24.000 at our regional and conference championships. I would like to 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.000 thank Kennedy and Olivia for their contributions to our team 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:29.000 and to Western Oregon University. 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:36.000 Hi, I'm Jim Shaw, head men's basketball coach 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:40.000 at Western Oregon University. Tonight it is my honor to introduce Tanner Omlid 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:44.000 as our leader of the pack award winner. Tanner was named first team 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:48.000 GNAC all conference this year, he led the country in steals and was 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.000 also named GNAC defensive player of the year. He helped our team secure 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.000 a third place finish in the regular season, and within one point of winning the 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:60.000 conference tournament championship for the second straight year. Thank you, 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:04.000 Tanner, for your contributions to our university and to our basketball team. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:08.000 music