Wednesday, June 13, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 9
Brigham to play volleyball for Boise State
the stitches the first day of
the tourney. She also played
the entire tournament with a
sprained ankle.
Brigham has been a “gym
rat” since she was a toddler.
Her earliest memories of
being on the volleyball court
were when she was four years
old. Her grandma, Rose Honl,
at the time was the volleyball
coach at Crook County, and
Jessie was always there and
learning the game early on.
Jessie said, “My grandma
and my mom always told me
that I was born with a volley-
ball in my hand.”
At age eight, Brigham
joined the Rimrock Volleyball
Club, which at the time was
coached by her mom, Tanya
Johns. When she was 10, her
skills were so far above other
players her age that from that
point on she played up in age
group. At 10 years old, she
played on the 12-year-old
team, at 13 on the 16-year-
old team, and from 14 on,
she played on the Rimrock’s
18-Nationals team. The
Rimrock squad traveled
extensively, with big tourna-
ments in Las Vegas, Seattle,
Reno, Spokane and Colorado.
Last year, the team took third
at the National Qualifier in
Las Vegas.
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
Jessie Brigham, a stand-
out volleyball player for the
Sisters High School volley-
ball team the past four years
— the dominant presence and
anchor in the back row — has
officially signed a letter of
intent with Boise State. She
will switch from Outlaw to
Bronco this summer.
This past season, Jessie
accumulated some impressive
stats: 136 digs, 33 assists,
nine kills, and one block, and
served up 26 aces (91 per-
cent). Over her four-year stint
as an Outlaw, she’s proved
she’s an accomplished player,
and her numerous awards
speak for themselves. She
was selected first-team all-
league all four years, and was
a first-team all-state selec-
tion her sophomore, junior,
and senior years. In addition,
she earned first-team all-state
tournament her junior year,
and this past year (senior
year) she earned second-team
all-state tournament. The
second-team all-state tourna-
ment selection was quite an
accomplishment, since she’d
just returned to the squad
from having thumb surgery,
and actually just removed
Boise State has scouts at
all the major tournaments,
and last year, they noticed
Jessie’s skills and took an
immediate interest. Brigham
was also looking at other
schools, and at the start of the
2017 volleyball season was
still undecided as to where
she wanted to go. Boise State
approached Outlaws vol-
leyball Coach Rory Rush,
and talked with her about
Brigham becoming part of the
Broncos’ program.
Jessie said, “After talk-
ing with my parents, and
my club coach (Joel Kent),
we all thought that attending
Boise State would be the best
decision for me, so I verbally
committed.”
Brigham signed an official
letter of intent on Thursday,
May 3, and will leave June
30 for Boise State, and imme-
diately start summer school
and training with the Lady
Broncos on July 1.
Rush shared how impor-
tant Brigham has been to the
Sisters volleyball squad.
“Jessie has been such an
integral part of Sisters vol-
leyball for four years,” said
Rush. “We will miss her
leadership, her quickness to
run down every ball, and her
knowledge of the game. We
Jessie Brigham signs
her letter of intent to play
volleyball for Boise State.
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
are excited to see her play at
the next level for Boise State.
She will do great things for
them, and they are lucky to be
adding her to their roster. We
are excited to see what lies
ahead for her as she continues
her career.”
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