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Page B6__________________________________________ Cl’1 ^lorthxnb ©bsexruex*___ _______________________ |ul> 27< 2005 S ports Lowery Takes Coaching Reigns Pacific hires former Portland basketball star Jason Lowery, a former Portland athlete who has spent the last eight years coaching at the NCAA Divi sion III and NAIA levels, has been named as Pacific University’s new head men’s basketball coach. Lowery comes to the Forest Grove campus from Pomona-Pitzer Jason Lowery Colleges inClaremont,Calif., where the winningest coach in Pacific his he has served as an assistant coach tory, amassing 152 wins and lead for the last four seasons. The 29- ing the Boxers to national tourna year-old was selected during a ments on two different occasions. Lowery inherits a program that month-long search process. “We had a good number of struggled in Schumann’s final sea highly qualified candidates, which son with a young, short lineup and made this a tough decision to make, the absence of key veterans at guard but I am confident that we have and forward. The 2004-05 Boxers hired the perfect coach in Jason clawed to a 5-20 overall record and Lowery,” said Directorof Athletics seventh place finish in the North Ken Schumann. "Jason has learned west Conference. “(The NWC) has a good group his craft in a very successful Pomona-Pitzer program. His energy of coaches, a lot of good programs and enthusiasm for the game and and has a great national reputa the program here at Pacific makes tion,” Lowery said. “It will be a challenge, but the pieces are there him a strong fit.” Lowery replaces Schumann, who to build a strong and successful relinquished his coaching duties in program.” Prior to coaching at Pomona- May after being named Pacific's Director of Athletics. During his Pitzer, Lowery served two seasons 13-year tenure, Schumann became as the head coach at Hope Interna tional, a NAIA Division I school in Fullerton, Calif., and started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Redlands. Professionally, Lowery currently serves as the NCAA Division III west region rep resentative for the National Asso ciation o f Basketball Coaches’ as sistant coaches committee. In addition to his coaching du ties, Lowery has served as a physi cal education instructor at both Pomona-Pitzer and Hope Interna tional. In 2001, Lowery founded the Special Touch Basketball School, which he continues to operate. Lowery transitioned into coach ing following an outstanding prep and col lege playing career. Lowery was a three-year captain and starter for Pomona-Pitzer, and was part of three SCIAC championship and NCAA tournament teams. He was an All-SCI AC selection in 1997 and set the Sagehens’ career record for games played. In his four seasons, Pomona-Pitzer won 72 percent of their games and 82 percent of their conference contests. Lowery played his prep basket ball at Jesuit High School in Port land from I990-1993,andwasatwo- time All-Metro League selection. He and his wife Melissa, also a Portland native, have two daugh ters, three-year-old Jayla and 11 - month-old Ché. R etires at T op of G rpie Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, pedals past the Arc de Triomphe on his way to win his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race Sunday. Armstong is now retired at the ripe old age of 33. (AP photo) NIKE Supports Portland Parks Portland Parks and Recreation c o n tin u e the d ev elo p m en t o f was recently given $ 175,000 from NikeGO cards for low -incom e NikeGO, acom m unity affairs pro children, providing them with ac gram with the commitment to keep cess to a full menu of after-school activities and weekend programs children active. The funds will be used to ex during the school year. More then pand P o rtla n d P a rk s & 800 kids are expected to use NikeGO R e c r e a tio n 's S u m m e r P la y cards during the 2005-2006 year. Sum m er Playgrounds Program grounds Program to 10 sites and fro m Metro institutions. “Our schools need more equip ment to educate the students better, because sch<x)l issues are important to us,” a member of the group said. “Personally, I have seen a lot of changes. It has helped me to build leadership and to look at things differ ently. It has made me more socially aware," said Sisters in Action’s Elisha Williams. 17. 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