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Wednesday, May 25. 2011 sportsed@),clackamas. edu The Clackamas Print 7 Cougar stars sign at Division I schools ¡hayla Ball (middle) shoots over two Lane Community Allege defenders on Feb 25. Ball took her team to a iouthem Region Championship and won the MVR !y John William Howard Associate Sports Editor Brad Heineke Clackamas Print Tyrell Fortune takes down his opponent during a tournament earlier this year. Fortune won his second NJCAA title in the 285 lb. division and signed with Oregon State University this winter. Clackamas, but many have moved on and competed at the university level. A few stars, including Lisa ; You’ve seen it; you’ve heard Martin, who won a silver medal | you’ve probably borne plenty at the 1988 Olympic Games, and f it yourself. “Oh, you go -to Matt Lindland, who wrestled his lackamas? Try going to a real way to an Olympic silver medal jllege!” in 2000, have reached the high Scholars aren’t the only ones est level that athletes can hope to at have to deal with such skepti- attain. sm. The upturned nose is turned According to wrestling coach /en further from athletics at the Josh Rhoden, there may be anoth immunity college level, and for er athlete headed to the Olympic Dod reason. Oftentimes the athlet- stage. That athlete is none other : programs at junior colleges are than two-time heavyweight nation ibpar and lack funding and talent al champion Tyrell Fortune, who bat, however, is not the case at has signed to wrestle at Oregon lackamas Community College. State University. Tyrell was a back- Since Clackamas joined the to-back state champion in high lorthwest Athletic Association school, winning his junior and f Community Colleges in 1984,. senior years and coming in second b Cougars have taken home. 49 his sophomore year. IWAACC titles and were the “Tyrell is super gifted and he is nners-up 25 times in all sports going to be successful because of tabined. This includes the back- his outlook and his mindset,” said i-back championships in men’s Rhoden. “Clackamas was a great isketball in 2009 and 2010, seven first step because we were able to iftball championships between help develop him as a wrestler and 189 and 1997 and national wres- as a student here.” ing titles in 1971 and 2011. Rhoden mentioned that Fortune Out of these programs sprang had put a lot of energy into his wntless talented athletes. Some academics, something that is a goal jve ended their athletic careers at for tiie whole team: the effort in practice should match the effort in the classroom. Success begins with pen and paper and translates to the mat Rhoden also shed a little light on his high hopes for the star wrestler. “He is attempting to make the World Team and hopefully get an invite to next year’s Olympic Trials as well,” said Rhoden. “I would not be surprised at all to see him in one of the next two Olympic cycles at the Olympic Games.” Fortune isn’t the only Cougar star that has been fought over by Division I competition. Freshman Max Jacobsen recently signed with Northern Arizona University, where he will continue his stel lar basketball career and pursue a degree in electrical engineer ing. In his one year at Clackamas, Jacobsen led the Cougars in points and rebounds, helped to win and was named MVP of the Southern Region. “He was virtually unstoppable one on one in the low post and effective passer when he was dou ble-teamed,” said men’s basketball head coach Clif Wegner. “Easily he was the top post player in the NWAACC. He was the Region EMBRY-RIDDLE Aeronautical University MVP, a team captain, a leader and a 3.9 student” Wegner continued to say that, while they’d miss Jacobsen at Clackamas, he was sure of Jacobsen’s success at the next level for a variety of reasons. Wegner touched on Jacobsen’s athleticism and skiti, but said that his most valuable asset was his brain. “He will be successful (at Northern Arizona) because he is very smart; one of the most intelligent players I’ve ever coached,” said Wegner, who pre dicted Jacobsen’s MVP award two months before the season had even ended. “He always understood what we need him to do and tried to do it He has figured out that basketball is all about: getting your opponent off balance and keeping yours.” Yet another Cougar athlete that will be playing at the Division I level next year is sophomore guard Shayla Ball, who, like Jacobsen on the men’s side, lead her team to a Southern Region Championship and is an MVP. Ball averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds during the 2010-11 season, good for second and third place in the NWAACC. Earlier this month, Ball signed with the Eagles from Florida Gulf Coast University, a Division I school that offered a foil scholarship. “Shayla’s D-I scholarship is a well-deserved result of her hard work and determination over the last two years,” said Associate Athletic Director Kayla Steen, who is also the head women’s basket ball coach. “She has had an out standing two seasons at Clackamas and should have great success with the Eagles, able to make an imme diate impact.” Fortune, Jacobsen and Ball are only three of the many athletes to join the long list of outstanding names that have moved on and competed at the next level. The extensive list includes talent from every sport in which Clackamas competes. Guard Miranda Martine will be playing basketball for Regis University in Colorado. Bianca Brambila will continue her soccer career at New Mexico Highlands University. Keisa Monterola, who was a South American junior champion in the pole vault, has signed with Eastern Washington University, and Ashley Suter, Clackamas’s star softball pitcher, will be on the field for Concordia University. So how do you answer that guy that mocks you for attending community college? “We’re going places, man. We’re going places.” For the full list of athletes that are moving on to a university with the intent to participate in sports, check updates online at www.the- clackamasprint.net. WORLDWIDE Join the leaders in AVIATION, TRANSPORTATION, I LOGISTICS and MORE! Undergraduate and graduate programs Learn in a NEARBY CLASSROOM or from YOUR HOME! Continuously seeking adjunct faculty worldwide.erau.edu/lead 800.522.6787 John William Howard Clackamas Print Max Jacobsen (33) charges to the basket on his way to clinching the Southern Region Championship on Feb 25. Jacobsen led the team in scoring and rebounding.
