MAY 19, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
DeMello coming home
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
With its third volleyball
coach in three years, McNary
athletic director Scott Gragg
wanted someone who was
committed long term.
In Crystal DeMello, who
grew up in Keizer and played
for the Lady Celts, he found
that coach.
“The last question I asked
her: ‘Why do you want to
coach at McNary’ and she
said ‘these girls deserve the
commitment of a coach that’s
going to spend the time and
energy in building this pro-
gram,’” Gragg told the Mc-
Nary volleyball team after
school on Tuesday, May 16.
“She remembers this program
when it was special and she
knows what it takes to get it to
there. She’s committed to do-
ing that and she wants to see
this thing through.”
DeMello played three years
of varsity volleyball for Mc-
Nary under Dan Borresen.
The Lady Celts placed fi fth in
the state her senior year.
“Crystal defi ned McNary
volleyball at its fi nest,” Bor-
resen said. “She grew up in
McNary’s gym coming to
camps and practices with her
older sister. As a high school
player, she worked tirelessly to
become one of the best players
on one of McNary’s greatest
teams. A team that went unde-
feated in league—never losing
a single game—and continued
on to bring home McNary’s
fi rst state tournament trophy.
“She truly loves the game
and all the lessons sports pro-
vides for participants. I’m
looking forward to watching
her lead McNary volleyball.
Her passion and tremendous
work ethic will be contagious.”
After graduation, DeMello
accepted a Division-II schol-
arship to the University of
Charleston in West Virginia.
She was a starter at middle and
right side for two years before
transferring and fi nishing her
playing career at Willamette
University.
DeMello was an assistant
coach at St. Mary’s Academy
from 2007-2012 and has since
coached on various club teams.
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She became the director of
Southside Volleyball Club in
Salem in 2015.
“I felt like I wasn’t done
yet with the sport,” DeMello
said of getting into coaching.
“The sport had given me a lot
and I wanted to give back so
when the opportunity pre-
sented itself and someone who
I was playing with asked me to
coach, I fell in love with it.”
DeMello, who has a full-
time job as a payroll tax ana-
lyst, has been waiting to get
back into high school coach-
ing and her alma mater was
the perfect fi t.
“I’ve been waiting to come
back to this school,” DeMello
said. “I’ve been waiting for the
opportunity. Now that I was
back in Salem, this is the school
I wanted. It’s a great program
and it’s a great community. I
grew up in the community
and they were always very in-
volved. It just made sense, for
a program that’s had a couple
of coaches in a couple years, it
was time and I knew that the
community would support the
growth of the program.”
While St. Mary’s played
at McNary in the state tour-
nament when DeMello was
an assistant, she hadn’t been
through the front door of the
school since she was a student.
“The day I interviewed was
the fi rst time I had walked
back in the front of the school
and that was a rush,” DeMello
said. “I’m really excited for
my volleyball career to come
full circle and bring me back
home. This program gave me
so many memories and life les-
sons. I want this team and all
the teams that follows to have
the same positive experience.”
DeMello said the Lady
Celts will play “technically
clean and disciplined volley-
ball.”
“When we execute a play
offensively, defensively, it’s go-
ing to look clean,” she said.
“That’s how I design a play-
book and we’ll take it one step
at a time.”
DeMello replaces Bruce
Myers, who left McNary after
one season to take the same
job at West Salem.
The Lady Celts fi nished
fi fth in the Greater Valley Con-
ference last season with a 7-9
record and were 13-14 overall,
losing in the fi rst round of the
state tournament.
Samantha Van Voorhis, a
incoming senior who returns
at setter next season, was im-
pressed by DeMello, especially
her philosophy of developing
the entire student athlete to be
successful in the classroom and
on the court.
“I like that she focuses not
just on the volleyball aspect
of everything, how she wants
us to do other sports and be
successful in the classroom and
wants to prepare us for life
because that’s the way it was
here when she played,” Van
Voorhis said. “I think it’s really
cool that she’s trying to bring
it back.”
TRACK,
continued from Page 10
in the 100. Casey Toavs set a
new personal record of 16.93
to take seventh in the 110
hurdles. Caitlyn Kiefi uk Yates
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dles.
Victor Zavalal and Bry-
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McNary’s boys fi nished
seventh and the girls placed
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“With a young team, we
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into the meet and score a
bunch of points,” Gauntz said.
“We were hoping to get kids
to fi nals and make sure they’re
running their best at the last
meet and we accomplished
that.”
The state meet is May 18-
20 in Eugene.
McNary had 10 more ath-
letes get on the podium at the
district meet.
Lucas Garvey placed sixth
in the 400 and high jump.
Alyssa Looney fi nished fi fth
in the long jump and eighth
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
New McNary volleyball coach Crystal DeMello addressed the
team after school on Tuesday, May 16.
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“Last week they were on
fi re. That’s the hope this week
is that we keep that intensity
in practice and roll that into
next Monday.”
The Lady Celts scheduled a
game at Franklin for Thursday,
May 18 to stay fresh entering
the postseason.
McNary could see the
Portland
Interscholastic
League champs in the second
round of the state tournament.
“They’re not going to see
our full lineup,” Wise said.
“We’ll hide it a little bit.”
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