WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000 music 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.000 I'm Kellen Walker, head baseball coach here at Western Oregon University. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:14.000 Tonight it's my honor to announce Nathan Etheridge as baseball's Leader of the Pack award winner. 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.000 Nate has been in the program for the past 5 seasons 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.000 and has been our starter at first base for the last 3. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:25.000 During that time, he has also been a member of the GNAC All Academic and GNAC All Conference teams. 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:29.000 During his 5 years, he was part of 4 conference championships 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.000 and he accumulated a career of 308 batting average 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.000 with ten home-runs and 96 runs batted in. 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:42.000 He accomplished all of this while graduating with a 3.62 GPA. 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:46.000 Thank you Nate for your contribution to Western Oregon baseball. 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:55.000 music 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:60.000 Hello everyone. I'm Lonny Sargent, head softball coach here at Western Oregon University. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:08.000 Tonight it is my honor to recognize Ally Boytz as our softball Leader of the Pack winner. 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.000 Ally has done so much for our program on and off the field. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:16.000 She's an incredible pitcher. She's led our team 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:20.000 to numerous victories this year all the way into the tournament 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:24.000 and she's done a great job off the field. She's just a great student, 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.000 great teammate, great community member, 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.000 and I couldn't say more nice things about Ally and what 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:36.000 she has done for our program and this university. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.000 Thank you Ally, for your contribution to women's softball 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:43.000 here at Western Oregon University and the university itself. 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:53.000 music 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:58.000 I'm Megan Shifflett, assistant volleyball coach at Western Oregon University 00:01:58.000 --> 00:01:63.000 and tonight it's my honor to have Christie Colasurdo selected for our Leader of the Pack. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:08.000 Christie is an all around fantastic student athlete. Last fall she was voted 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:12.000 Honorable Mention for the GNAC All Conference team and not only led the conference 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.000 in digs per set but ranked second in the nation at the division 2 level. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:23.000 Additionally, Christie was recognized as a member of the GNAC All Academic squad and steadily held a 3.66 GPA. 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:24.000 and steadily held a 3.66 GPA. 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:28.000 She's in charge of the WOU Food Pantry and works hard to give back to her fellow students, 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:33.000 organizing fundraisers, food drives, and raising awareness about food and security on our campus. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:38.000 Thank you Christie for your contributions to our team and to Western Oregon University. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:48.000 music 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000 I'm Arne Ferguson, head football coach at Western Oregon University 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:58.000 It is my pleasure to announce John Breland as Western Oregon football's Leader of the Pack award winner. 00:02:58.000 --> 00:02:61.000 John was voted by his peers after the season. 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.000 He's a two year starter as linebacker. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:09.000 He's a transfer from California Community College and he's majoring in Psychology. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.000 John Breland represents the leadership, the worth ethic, 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:19.000 and the commitment to excellence that we try to establish with all our players in Western Oregon football. 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:23.000 Thank you John Breland for your contributions to Western Oregon football and Western Oregon University. 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:34.000 music 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.000 Hi, I'm Cori Metzger, Director of Sports Performance at Western Oregon University 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:44.000 and tonight it's my honor to have Jeremy Moore and Mariah Konyn 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:48.000 selected as Leaders of the Pack for Strength and Conditioning. 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:54.000 Mariah Konyn has been so consistent in her development with us over these past few years. 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:58.000 She loves pushing herself far beyond what we ask of her. 00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:63.000 And we even have to pull her back sometimes so she doesn't get hurt. 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:08.000 She's a positive role-model and so motivated and so much fun to coach. 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.000 Jeremy Moore, or J-Mo as we call him. 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.000 He's not only strong as an ox, but he always has a smile on his face 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:20.000 even when he walks in the weight room and sees what his loads are each day. 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:24.000 He leads by example. He's a great role-model for our young kids. 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:30.000 And not to mention, he power cleaned 393 pounds and squatted 610 pounds this past year. 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:37.000 Thank you Mariah Konyn and Jeremy Moore for your contributions to our program and to Western Oregon University. 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:47.000 music 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:52.000 Hello, I'm Mike Johnson, the track and field and cross country coach here at Western Oregon University. 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:62.000 Tonight I have the honor of presenting the women's Leader of the Pack award to a cross country and track and field athlete, Stephanie Stuckey. 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:10.000 Stephanie was our number 1 athlete in cross country. She was the team leader in cross country. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:18.000 And she was our qualifier for 1500 meters for this year's NCAA outdoor track and field championships. 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:22.000 By definition, she is our Leader of the Pack. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:28.000 Our male Leader of the Pack is David Ribich. David is a sophomore from Enterprise. 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:33.000 And this year, he had the remarkable opportunity to compete in all 3 championships. 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:37.000 These are national championships, cross country, indoor and outdoors. 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:40.000 He was an individual qualifier from our region. 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:46.000 He anchored our All American and 5th place team in the distance medley. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:53.000 He also now has qualified in the outdoor championships in the 1500 meters where he is the school record holder 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:59.000 and as he enters the meet, the number 3 ranked athlete in the United States in division 2. 00:05:59.000 --> 00:05:65.000 We'd like to thank Stephanie and David for all they've done for the Western Oregon University 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:08.000 and representing us in a first-class fashion. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:18.000 music 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:23.000 I'm Holli Howard-Carpenter, women's basketball coach at Western Oregon University. 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:29.000 Tonight it's my honor to have Sydney Azorr named as your women's basketball Leader of the Pack 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:35.000 Sydney has excelled on so many levels in just 2 years and she has been an absolute pleasure to coach. 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:41.000 She was our leading scorer this year as a sophomore and often got the toughest defensive assignments. 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:46.000 Syd gets it done off the court as well as she earned a spot on the GNAC All Academic team 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:50.000 while also serving on the Student Athletic Advisory Committee. 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:54.000 She is extremely hard working and committed to the future success of our program. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:59.000 Thank you Sydney for your contributions to our team and Western Oregon University. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:10.000 music 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:15.000 Hi, my name is Steve Ancheta. I'm the head coach of the women's soccer program at Western Oregon. 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:21.000 Tonight it's my honor to select Makena Pundyke as our Leader of the Pack. 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:27.000 She has been a special player for us for the last 4 years with our program and the university. 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:32.000 She's been a little bit of the heart and sole of our team. 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:36.000 We are definitely going to miss her on the field and off it as well. 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:41.000 She's been a great striker for us, scoring a load of goals and helping our team be successful. 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:45.000 We wish her well. It's a great accomplishment to be the Leader of the Pack. 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:51.000 Thank you Makena Pundyke for your contributions to Western Oregon University athletics. 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:61.000 music 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:05.000 I'm Jim Shaw, the men's basketball coach at Western Oregon University. 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:12.000 Tonight it's my privilege to honor Andy Avgi as our Leader of the Pack award winner for men's basketball this year. 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:17.000 Andy was chosen for this honor because he represents everything a student athlete should stand for. 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:24.000 He is a great leader, representative and role-model for our community, student body, and athletic department. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:29.000 Thank you Andy for your contributions to our team and Western Oregon University. 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:45.000 music