Everett Community College will be front and center when the Northwest Athletic Conference holds its 2021 NWAC Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Two Trojan athletes, one contributor and one team are among those who will be inducted during a virtual ceremony on June 23.
The two athletes being inducted are Rick Anderson and Shirley Hauter.
Anderson, a Mariner High School graduate, was a pitcher for Everett’s baseball team from 1976-77, winning 19 games over two years. Anderson went on to play in three seasons in Major League Baseball with the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals from 1986-88 before embarking on a long coaching career, most recently serving as the Detroit Tigers’ pitching coach in 2020.
Hauter was a multi-sport athlete at Everett from 1967-69, playing softball, field hockey, basketball and tennis. She was a member of Everett’s women’s basketball team that placed third in the league in 1969. After her time at Everett she had success in both golf and rowing.
The contributor is Larry Walker, who was a fixture at Everett from 1985-2016, both as men’s basketball coach and athletic director. He compiled a 404-474 record in 31 years as men’s basketball coach, and as athletic director he oversaw the expansion of the Trojans’ athletic programs and the building of the Walt Price Student Fitness Center.
The team is the 1952 Everett football squad, coached by Walt Price, which won the Washington State Conference championship, outscoring its opponents 236-32. The team beat highly ranked teams from Vallejo and Monterey, and its only loss came in a non-league exhibition game against the semipro Seattle Ramblers.
One other individual being inducted is Monroe High School graduate Tim Babcock, who won NWAACC men’s soccer championships at Skagit Valley College both as a player and a coach.
Locals finish fifth, seventh at archery Olympic Trials
Snohomish County residents Erin Mickelberry and Eliana Claps finished fifth and seventh, respectively, at the U.S. Olympic Trials for women’s archery. Stages 3 and 4 of the Trials concluded Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Mickelberry, a native of North Bothell, compiled a trials score of 98.25, while Claps, who hails from Everett, finished with 64.50. Casey Kaufhold was the winner with 181.25.
Neither Mickelberry nor Claps was selected for the three-woman U.S. team. Only one U.S. archer is assured of competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics, which take place July 23-Aug. 8 in Tokyo.
Sanders named to college national volleyball team
Glacier Peak High School graduate Lauren Sanders, who just completed her senior season with the University of Washington volleyball team, was one of 28 players named to the 2021 USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team. It was the fourth time Sanders, a middle blocker who played a key role in the Huskies reaching the national semifinals, was picked for the collegiate national team. The team will train in Anaheim, California, on June 13-18.
ERA sending two boats to nationals
The Everett Rowing Association is sending two boats to the USRowing Youth National Regatta on June 10-13 in Sarasota, Florida. The teams that will be competing with the nation’s best are Everett’s women’s 8+ team of Hanah Swissa (cox), Asia Erickson, Isabella Ulloa, Makayla Tuley, Taylor Fausey, Ellie Lewis, Soren Sackett, Lucy Nault and Savannah Cross; and the men’s 4+ consisting of Aiden Richer (cox), Jake Johansen, Dunn Sackett, Aiden Hayes and Ivan Bury.
Spikeball Tour coming to Monroe
The Spikeball National Tour Series will be holding one of its 10 events at Monroe’s Skykomish River Park on July 24-25. The Tour Series includes the Premier/Pro division, for which teams must qualify, as well as Contender, Beginner, Youth, Intermediate and Women’s divisions, which are open for public registration. For more information, visit the Spikeball Tour website.
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