MARCH 2001
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Lady Raider Excels on the Court and in the Classroom
By Justin Phillips
Tribal member Ashley Nunley is
making a name for herself on the bas
ketball court and she does well off
the court as well.
Nunley is a sophomore at Southern
Oregon University (SOU) in Ashland,
Oregon who plays basketball for the
Lady Raiders. Nunley regularly re
ceives straight A's in the classroom.
Nunley stands in at 6'1W and plays
post for SOU.
After rapping up her high school
basketball career for the Sutherlin
High School Bulldogs, where she
averaged 14 points and nine re
bounds in 1998-99 and was a first
team Sky-Em All-Star, she has con
tinued her career in Ashland. While
at Sutherlin, Nunley led the Bulldogs
to a seventh-place 3A state finish in
1997-98 season.
Last year, Nunley's freshman sea
son, she finished second on the Lady
Raiders' team with 15 blocks and
fourth on the team with 3.7 rebounds
per game.
In a game during her freshman
season, Nunley scored a season-high
13 points and had six rebounds in
just 15 minutes.
"I'm very proud of Ashley," said her
mom Judy Parazoo. "She is attend
ing college with assistance from a
Tribal grant, a Tribal scholastic schol
arship and an athletic scholarship for
basketball."
Nunley recently received a letter
from the Vice-President for Academic
Affairs congratulating her for her
achievements and advising her that
she had earned a place on the Dean's
List.
"Our children are our future of the
Tribe," said Parazoo. "Thank you for
investing in my daughter. She is
making us all proud."
Nunley's achievements, both for
the team and with her grades, are
commendable.
Nunley's major is Health Promo
tion. She has triplet brothers, Jus
tin, Jarred and Gabriel who also play
basketball. They are juniors at
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Tribal Youth Wins
Tribal youth Justine Colton
recently won the logo contest that
was held by the Before & After
School Care program. Her logo
will be painted on the front of the
Before & After Care building. She
donated her $100 prize to the
Jump Rope for Heart Foundation.
Colton was then awarded a
Pendleton backpack for school.
"I donated the money because
now I can win more prizes with
Jump Rope for Heart," said Colton.
Justine is the daughter of Mike
and Daphney Colton, and the
granddaughter of Jackie Whisler.
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Summer Mercier; Be Very, Very Afraid
She earns her reputation wrestling boys and beating them.
By Justin Phillips
There comes a time when an oppo
nent just better bow-down and take
a seat.
Outwrestling her opponents is just
another day for Tribal youth Sum
mer Mercier.
After compiling a record of 219 wins
and only 18 losses against the guys,
there comes a time for bragging rights.
And Summer has earned that.
Mercier has been wrestling for five
years now. She has accomplished a
lot over that period. Her living room
is filled with medals and trophies she
has received.
She has had to wrestle all her
matches in the boy's division. There
is no girl wrestling events in Oregon,
except the Girl's Classic, which is held
in Portland once a year. Her record
with girls is 20 wins and four losses.
She has never lost a match in the girl's
division in her own weight bracket.
Mercier has won the State Cham
pionship in all three styles (Freestyle,
Folk style, and Greco-Roman)
throughout the last five years. She
won the State Championship in both
Freestyle and Greco-Roman last year
in La Grande, Oregon.
In the 1998 Northwest Regional
Championships, which is composed of
all the state champions from 13 west
ern states, she placed sixth in Greco-
Roman.
Last year she was invited to join the
Oregon Women's Team that competed
in the Women's National Champion
ship, which included wrestlers from
all 50 states.
Due to no one being in her weight
class, she agreed to wrestle 24 pounds
above her weight, which was five
brackets above hers. She placed
fourth, which made her an Ail-American
in the woman's division.
Mercier and her stepfather, Pat
Henry, will be traveling to Michigan
again this year to compete in the Girl's
National Championships. The fam
ily is hoping she will get to wrestle in
her own weight bracket.
She has also competed in the boy's
and girl's Classics. She won the Girl's
Classic four years in a row. Mercier
finished in third place this year, but she
had to wrestle up three weight divisions.
Mercier wrestles in the 80 lbs. boy
class. Her brothers are Anthony
Henry, Joe Mercier, Jerimiah Mercier.
Sisters are Candi Koehler, Theresa
Henry and Erica Mercier.
Her goal is to wrestle in the Olym
pics in 2008. Mercier plans on wres
tling boys in high school in the future.
She is wrestling on the Dayton Junior
High School boy's team this year and
did last year as well. She is undefeated
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Donations to help cover traveling
expenses to Michigan would be
greatly appreciated and can be made
at the Grand Ronde Shopping Cen
ter or sent to P.O. Box 664, Dayton,
OR 97114. Thank you.
Keep looking for updates of this
young rising star as we follow her
throughout her career. Keep up the
good work Summer.
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