Coach Speck gets her 300th WIN

Women’s Basketball Coach Betsey Specketer wins her 300th game

SALT LAKE CITY(November 24, 2009) – Salt Lake Community College would like to congratulate Head Women’s Basketball Coach Betsey Specketer on her 300th win of her career. Coach Specketer has been the head woman’s basketball coach at SLCC for 14 years compiling a record of 300 wins and 130 losses. Her team is currently ranked third in the NJCAA with a record of 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the Scenic West.

Specketer has coached fourteen 1st Team All-Conference players, fifteen 2nd Team All-Conference players, nine NJCAA All-Americans, three SWAC Conference MVPs, and six WBCA All-Americans. On top of her team’s successes, Specketer garnered the Region 18 Coach of the Year award in 1996-1997, 2001-2002, and 2006-07, a WBCA Region 7 Coach of the Year in 2000-2001 and an NJCAA District M Coach of the Year in 2005-06 and 2006-07.

National Tournament Time!!!

SLCC Volleyball Grabs Top Seed at the NJCAA National Tournament
The NJCAA released the seeds for the Division I NJCAA Volleyball National tournament today. SLCC Volleyball is seeded number one for the tournament with a record of 27-7. This is the first time is SLCC athletics history that a team has received the number one seed in a National tournament. During the season SLCC assembled wins over top ranked teams in the NJCAA including #1 North Idaho, #3 Western Nebraska, #6 College of Southern Idaho, #8 Missouri West Plains and #17 Frank Phillips College.

The top seeded Salt Lake Bruins will open up the NJCAA tournament against Spartanburg College (10-17) on Thursday November 19 at 1 pm CST.


Coach Norm Parrish gets his 400th Win
Salt Lake Community College would like to congratulate Head Men’s Basketball Coach Norm Parrish who won the 400th game of his career. Over the past two seasons Coach Parrish has led his team to 63 wins while suffering only 10 losses. In 2008, his team placed second at the NJCAA National Tournament; then in 2009 Coach Parrish led SLCC to the school’s first ever NJCAA National Championship, beating Midland College 87-80. Following the National Championship, Coach Parrish was named NJCAA Coach of the Year.

During his career at SLCC, he has produced 10 NJCAA All Americans. More than 200 players have worn the Bruin uniform for Parrish since he became the head coach in 1991, 80 of whom have moved on to the NCAA Division I ranks, with several now playing professionally overseas as well as in the NBA. 19 of Parrish’s players have been named NJCAA All-Americans and 24 have been Academic All-Americans.

Volleyball Blog #6

We just had our fall break on thursday and friday. (i know only two days off what the??) but it was still soo nice not to have to go to school for a few days! a much needed break in my opinion :) we still had practice but it was good cause we had a game against Snow college on saturday. Snow was our third conference game and was pretty fun.
Out of our conference games this was our first home game, Thanks so much for all the fans who came to support!!! :)

Naomi Flinders

Volleyball Blog #5

Hi my name is Melissa Fifita Im a sophomore and Im an outside hitter!

We had a really tough and intense game against our rivals CSI. We all played well, and never gave up. Sadly it didn't go our way. We had a lot of loving support from fans, family, and friends! We were so grateful to have such an amazing crowd. We have been working hard everyday in practice ever since never letting the fact that they took a win from us in our home gym. We are working hard and are determined to go to CSI and beat them on their home court.

Volleyball wins on the Road

SLCC Volleyball Wins a Five Set Thriller
The Salt Lake CC Volleyball team defeated Snow College in a five set thriller that saw the Bruins lose the first two sets only to roar back and win three straight. Snow defended their home court winning the first two sets 25-22 and 25-23 but Salt Lake rallied to win the next three sets 25-14, 25-19 and 15-8. With the tough road win behind them Salt Lake is now 24-6 over all and stays atop the SWAC with a 7-1 record.

Two Bruins finished with a double double, Whitney Nilson with 14 kills and 14 digs and Shelbi Zaldain had 10 kills and 10 digs. Libero Kelsey Campbell added in 19 digs along with Erika Charry's 41 set assists. Ame White contributed with four service aces and 12 kills.

No. 5 Salt Lake CC (24-6, 7-1) enters into their hardest road trip of the season, traveling to #1 North Idaho(24-2, 6-1 SWAC) and #3 College of Southern Idaho (22-4, 4-2 SWAC). Salt Lake is currently in a two-way tie atop the SWAC with North Idaho. Salt Lake won the previous match against North Idaho therefore if Salt Lake splits the weekend they will earn the rights to host the Region 18 Tournament.

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SNOW 25 25 14 19 8

Volleyball Blog #5

NAOMI FLINDERS

We just had our fall break on thursday and friday. (i know only two
days off what the??) but it was still soo nice not to have to go to
school for a few days! a much needed break in my opinion :) we still
had practice but it was good cause we had a game against Snow college
on saturday. Snow was our third conference game and was pretty fun.
Out of our conference games this was our first home game, Thanks so
much for all the fans who came to support!!! :)

ERIKA CHARRY’s

On friday the 16th we had the “Freshman night” when we played against CNW. We won the set in three games and had fun together because we all knew we would be together next year! On Saturday for our last home game of the season we played CEU for sophomore night. The whole day I teased the sophomores that they are grandmas!!! :D But i was just joking and I will really miss them when they leave to go to other schools. I want to say i will miss you to my sister malissa, my polla, my mulan rouge, my crazy setter, my crazy pepper partner, my rosita, my crippled babysitter. This night was so precious because the coaches and parents had gifts for the girls. We won the set in four games.

Great Volleyball Weekend

What an exciting weekend for Bruin Volleyball.. after a tough loss to number two CSI the team answered the call with a HUGH win over number one ranked NIC. It was a great weekend for the team. Now they are in a three way tie for first place and remain at home to face CNCC and CEU. GO BRUINS!!!

Zaldain Leads SLCC Volleyball past No. 1 ranked North Idaho
The Salt Lake CC Volleyball (19-6, 4-1 SWAC) team came out with fire in their eyes as they defeated number one ranked North Idaho College (22-4, 4-1 SWAC) three sets to one. No. 5 Salt Lake took the first set 25-15 and never looked back winning the third and fourth sets easily, final scores 25-15, 13-25, 25-21 and 25-15. Salt Lake is now 4-1 in SWAC play and 19-6 overall.

Freshman Shelbi Zaldain took her game to another level connecting on a season high 17 kills with a hitting percentage of .484. Defensively, Salt Lake held a strong North Idaho offense to a hitting percentage of .126 and forced 24 hitting errors. Libero Kelsey Campbell led with 18 digs followed by Anna Burgess with 14 digs.

No. 5 Salt Lake (19-6, 4-1 SWAC) is now in a three way tie for first place in the SWAC with each team having one loss in conference play. The team looks tally two more wins and remain on top with Colorado Northwestern (4-13, 0-4 SWAC) and College of Eastern Utah (11-12, 1-3 SWAC) coming in to town to play next weekend. First Salt Lake takes on Colorado Northwestern on Friday, October 16 at 7 pm and then on Saturday, October 17 at 3 pm against College of Eastern Utah.

SLCC 25 13 25 25
NIC 15 25 21 15


SLCC Volleyball Drops a Heart-stopping Five Set Match
In front of a rowdy crowd at Bruin Arena the fifth ranked Salt Lake Community College Bruins battled against the second ranked College of Southern Idaho Eagles dropping a five set match; 20-25, 25-22, 18-25, 25-22 and 7-15. The Bruins are now 3-1 in conference play and 18-6 overall.

The match was a back and forth affair seeing both teams take advantage of each other’s mistakes. Salt Lake and Southern Idaho each finished with a hitting percentage below .200 and both teams had 13 service errors. Whitney Nilson finished the game with a double double having 11 kills along with 13 digs. Shelbi Zaldain led the team with 12 kills and libero Kelsey Campbell had a team high 21 digs.

Salt Lake looks to regroup quickly with #1 ranked North Idaho coming into town tomorrow afternoon. Salt Lake (18-6, 3-1 SWAC) faces North Idaho (22-3, 4-0 SWAC) at 3 pm in Bruin Arena.

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CSI 25 22 25 22 15

Shelbi Zaldain's Blog

Hi, My name is Shelbi and iI play for SLCC volleyball. So far the season with the team has been unforgettable! Just this last weekend we finished up with our pre-season ball, which was basically just tournaments. It was a good chance for us to see what we are going to be up against in our Conference play. This weekend we are playing CEU and Colorado Northwestern both of the games are away so we will be on the road cruisin' on a charter bus!

Anyway, i am so excited for the rest of the season and to see what it will bring us, and how we will all grow as one BIG happy family! :-)

-Shelbi Zaldain

Catalina Charry's Blog

HI, Im Cataling Charry, i'm from Colombia. I'm a setter of the Bruins Volleyball team. I'm so happy to being here. The team is very good. The girls and the coaches are amazing, I LOVE THEM :-D I think this is gonna be a great season for SLCC Volleyball

We just arrived from Twin Falls, Idaho. The top 7 teams in the nation were there, so it was a very competitive tournament. All the teams lost and won games.. IT was a good experience for us.

On our drive back home, we discused as a team about our expectaions for this year. We always have fun rides driving places. Unless your in Coach Sue Dulany's car, cuz she will go use the bathroom and drop her car keys in the toilet. OOOPZZ guess you have to walk home :-)

We love our Team!
Bruins Rock!!!

Catalina

Ame' White's Blog

Hi, my name is Ame. I play volleyball for SLCC. This past weekend we were down in Arizona for a tournament it was a nice change, because instead of driving there, we fot to FLY! out first noiht soen there we went to Olive Garden for dinner. SO-O GOOD! everyone was fighting for the chocolate andes minst they bring ur, so they brought our cups full of them.

It was a pretty good tournament, we only lost 1 match, in five games. We then won our next match in five games again! becasue both our matches went to five games we has to rush to the airport, only to find our flight was delayed an hour. So we got to eat ath the delicious Paradise Bakery where the cashier thought hapf our team was sick because out voices were fone from screaming. The flight back was smooth and quick. Now wer are ready to kick some trash in the CSI tournament this weekend.

Ame

No. 6 Salt Lake Volleyball Defeats #3 North Idaho in Four-Sets

The sixth ranked Salt Lake CC Bruins faced a difficult two matches today at the CSI -Starr Corporation Invitational. Facing a strong #3 North Idaho team and defending National Champions #2 Blinn College. Salt Lake defeated #3 North Idaho in four sets (25-19, 25-19, 17-25 and 25-22) but fell to #2 Blinn in four sets (27-25, 20-25, 20-25 and 23-25). With the road split #6 Salt Lake is now 15-4.

The Bruins had struggled against #3 North Idaho; two of Salt Lake’s three losses had come at the hands of North Idaho. However third times the charm for Salt Lake, winning the match in four 25-19, 25-19, 17-25 and 25-22. Shelbi Zaldain was an offensive force with 12 kills and three service aces. Erika Charry and Melissa Fifita each added 10 kills to aid in the Bruin attack.

Next up was the defending 2008 National Champions, #2 Blinn College of Texas, #6 Salt Lake put up a fight losing in 3-1 (27-25, 20-25, 20-25 and 23-25). Melissa Fiftia had another strong game putting 12 kills to the floor. Shelbi Zaldain and LaKell Havens each had 10 kills. Catalina Charry finished with 32 assist sets and defensively Kelsey Campbell dug 11 balls while Anna Burgess had 10 digs.

No. 6 Salt Lake (15-4, 0-0 SWAC) finishes the weekend with two more intense matches against #17 Frank Phillips College and the #1 ranked team College of Southern Idaho. The Bruins return home on October 3^rd to take on Snow College.

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NIC 19 19 25 22

SLCC 27 20 20 23

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#3 Volleyball wins two tough games today on the road in Arizona. They have three more games in the tournament and look to add to the win total. Come out and support out team on Ocotber 3rd when we take on SWAC opponet SNOW College.

Press Relesase
No. 3 Salt Lake Takes Two on the Road

No. 3 Salt Lake CC Bruin volleyball wins two matches on the road against Yavapai (25-20, 25-14, 25-10) and a five set thriller against #19 Arizona Western (22-25, 25-18, 25-23, 23-25, 15-13). With the two wins #3 Salt Lake is now 12-2 and 5-1 on the road.

Sophomore Melissa Fifita led the third ranked Bruins with 11 kills and five digs in the three set win against Yavapai (25-20, 25-14, 25-10). Erika Charry hit six kills and blocked two and LaKell Havens connected on four aces from the service line.

No. 19 Arizona Western put up a strong fight losing to #3 Salt Lake in a five set thriller (22-25, 25-18, 25-23, 23-25, 15-13). Erika Charry put 13 balls down on the floor and was a defensive force with six blocks. Ame’ White killed 10 balls with the help of Catalina Charry who finished with 36 sets. Libero Kim Gourley dug 15 balls from the back row.

No. 3 Salt Lake (12-2) hits the hard wood again tonight at 6 pm against Glendale Community and tomorrow at 1 pm against Scottsdale Community. The team returns home on October 3rd to face Snow College.

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YCC 20 14 10

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AZW 25 18 23 25 13

SLCC Volleyball Ranked #3 in NJCAA

The Salt Lake Community College Volleyball team is ranked 3rd in the NJCAA Division I National poll. Salt Lake has a record of 10-2 with their only two losses coming from No. 2 North Idaho College. The team has impressive wins against #4 Western Nebraska, #7 Missouri State-West Plains, # 8 College of Southern Idaho, #14 Northeastern College and #19 Arizona Western.

Freshmen Ame’ White leads the team offensively with 70 kills in the young season followed by sophomore Whitney Nilson and freshmen Shelbi Zaldain both with 69 kills. Zaldain also leads the team with 25 service aces. Salt Lake has proved to be solid on the defensive side of the ball, holding opponents to 1.7 kills per game, digging 13.9 balls and 2.1 blocks per game.

No. 3 Salt Lake returns home October 3rd to take on Snow College at Bruin Arena. Match time set for 7pm.

No. 5 Salt Lake CC Volleyball places 2^nd at Marriott Residence Inn Tournament

The Volleyball team just finished hosting the Marriott Residence Inn Tournament. The team played great and finished in 2nd place losing a tough five set match to North Idaho. Ame' White was named All Tournament. Next the team heads to Scottsdale, Arizona for the Scottsdale Tournament.

Press Release's

Day One

The Salt Lake Community College volleyball team opened up the Marriott Residence Inn tournament with four strong wins. Salt Lake defeated Central Wyoming (25-17, 25-16), Arizona Western (25-18, 25-10), Northeastern College (25-17, 25-22) and Jefferson College (25-20, 22-25, 15-12). The four wins puts Salt Lake’s record at 8-1 heading into tomorrow’s tournament bracket play.

Against Central Wyoming, Salt Lake was led on the attack by Shelbi Zaldain with seven kills. Catalina Charry and Namoi Flinders combined for 22 of the 24 sets in the games. On the defensive side Kelsey Campbell had seven digs while Anna Burgess had six.

Salt Lake took care of business quickly against Arizona Western winning the matches easily. Salt Lake had 28 team kills compared to only nine for Western. Flinders propelled the offense with 14 sets and Zaldain served three aces. Defensively, Kelsey Campbell had six digs and two service aces.

The third match was against Northeastern College with Salt Lake winning 25-17 and 25-22. Zaldain led the way with five kills and four aces. Charry and Flinders each had nine sets. Defensively, Campbell had eight digs and LaKell Havens had four block assists.

The final match of Friday was Salt Lake’s toughest going three sets. Whitney Nilson led the offence with eight kill and Charry had 25 sets. Flinders entered the game in the third set and contributed with six sets to push the Bruins to the win. Campbell had another defensive game with 10 digs. Erika Charry had nine kills in the games and three block assists.

SLCC 25 25

CWC 17 16

SLCC 25 25

AWC 18 10

SLCC 25 25

NJC 17 22

SLCC 25 22 15

JEFF 20 25 12

Day Two

Salt Lake CC volleyball placed second at the Marriott Residence Inn tournament losing to North Idaho (25-14, 14-25, 27-25, 22-25, 10-15) in a five set championship match. Salt Lake played three matches during the day beating Western Nebraska (18-25, 25-18, 15-12) and Missouri State West Plains (24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12). Salt Lake’s record is now 10-2 with their only losses to North Idaho in the season.

In the first match Salt Lake faced a tough Western Nebraska team. In a three set match where both teams played sloppy, Salt Lake was able to pull ahead and take the match, 18-25, 25-18 & 15-12. Ame’ White led Salt Lake with seven kills; Shelbi Zaldain tallied six kills and libero Kim Gourley had eight defensive digs. Western Nebraska committed 19 attacking errors while Salt Lake only had eight errors.

Salt Lake earned the number one seed in the tournament with a 5-0 record. A three way tie for second place meant that a tough Missouri State West Plains was the first opponent for Salt Lake in bracket play.

Salt Lake and Missouri battled for five matches with each set within three points; 24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25 & 15-12. Offensively, Erika Charry led the charge with 13 kills and Whitney Nilson finished with 11 kills, seven blocks. Catalina Charry had a season high 41 sets and Gourley posted a season high 19 digs. The win against Missouri put Salt Lake into the championship game against North Idaho College

The championship match started promising for Salt Lake winning easily 25-14. However North Idaho answered back beating Salt Lake easily 14-25. The next three sets went back and forth with Salt Lake winning the third 27-25 but dropping the final two 22-25 and 10-15. Whitney Nilson finished with a double- double with 13 kills and 10 digs while Melissa Fifita registered 11 kills. Libero Kim Gourley had a season high 29 digs from the back row.

Salt Lake (10-2) hits the road for the Scottsdale Tournament in Arizona on September 11-12.

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WNCC 25 18 12

SLCC 24 25 25 23 15

MSU 26 22 22 25 12

SLCC 25 14 27 22 10

NIC 14 25 25 25 15

No. 5 Bruins Win Season Opener at Home

No. 5 Salt Lake CC volleyball beat Western Wyoming CC in three games; 25-20, 25-21 and 25-13. The win brings Salt Lake’s record to 4-1 on the season.

Every Salt Lake CC player saw action in the three games. Freshmen Erika Charry led the offense with nine kills followed by sophomore Anna Nostrant with eight kills and freshmen Shelbi Zaldain served six aces in two matches. Salt Lake had 45 total kills compared to only 14 for Western. On the defensive side of the ball Salt Lake tallied three team blocks against the Western attack and Kelsey Campbell had eight digs.

No. 5 Salt Lake now hosts the Marriott Residence Inn Invitational on September 3-4 at Bruin Arena. Salt Lake begins the tournament at 8:30 am on Friday, September 3rd and concludes the tournament Saturday, September 4th. For more information on the tournament check the athletics website slcc.edu/athletics.

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Athletes Social

Today was the annual Athletes Social filled with fun and lots of important stuff. The day started out on the patio with some ice breakers and impromptu singing and dancing. It was a great way for the athletes to get to know one another. The rest of the day was filled with important information that every athlete needs to know (even thought they don't want to hear it)

Check out some fun pictures

Volleyball #5

This last weekend we had our first tournament in Idaho Falls! It was so good to finally get to play teams other than our own. We had to be at the school at 8 a.m. on Friday morning to make the 3 hour drive up to CSI.

We played two matches Friday night against CNCC and Northwestern. We won both matches! After the matches we went to Cafe Rio for dinner.. so good!

Saturday we also played two matches. Our first match was against Northern Idaho, unfortunately we didn't play as well as we did on Friday night, and we lost. :-( But we came back fired up to beat our rival, CSI. The match was very intense and our team came together and played as one. We went into five games against them, and ended up winning the fifth game 11 to 15!!! It was so much fun to beat CSI on their home court!!!!

We have had a great first tournament and I am excited to see what the future holds for us!!!!

- Kelsey

SLCC Bruins Open Season with Three Wins

The SLCC Bruin Volleyball team opened up the 2009 season on the road at the Outback Invitational in Twin Falls. Idaho. Salt Lake finished the tournament with three wins and one loss. Winning games against Colorado Northwestern, Northwest College and Southern Idaho.

The first game of the season was against conference opponent Colorado Northwestern. Salt Lake won in three games 25-8, 25-13 and 25-14. Melissa Fifita led the team with seven aces in two games and Catalina Charry had a team high 20 assists.

Salt Lake took the second game against Northwest College 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 and 25-8. Kelsey Campbell finished with 18 digs, Ame White had 10 digs and LaKell Havens contributed five blocks.

North Idaho proved to be a force beating Salt Lake in three 18-25, 19-25 and 23-25. Havens had eight kills and White had a team high nine kills with 11 digs.

Salt Lake saved the best game for last; taking on rival Southern Idaho winning in five games 25-18, 20-25, 23-25, 25-21 and 15-11. Campbell led the defensive side of the ball finishing with 16 digs and Kim Gourley added 15 digs. Anna Nostrant finished with seven blocks. Offensively Whitney Nilson had 14 kills and Shelbi Zaldain put down 12 kills of her own.

Salt Lake (3-1) opens at home on Tuesday September 1st to take on Western Wyoming at 6 pm. All games are played at Bruin Arena located in the Lifetime Activities Center.

Volleyball Blog #4

Hello! 

My name is Anna and I’m on SLCC’s volleyball team!  School started yesterday and man was it crazy!  There were loads of people everywhere and parking was nearly impossible.  But practice is going great!  Everyone is pumped for our tournament in Southern Idaho and we’re ready to kick trash!  We leave at 8 tomorrow morning and we cant wait! *road trip!!*

Volleyball #3

Practice this week has been a lot tougher but so much more fun!  We’ve been playing a lot of six on six games and with how many good players we have, it gets pretty intense.  We still have tons of work to do though.  We had a lot of running punishments at yesterday’s practice for not meeting our goals.  Anyway, we have a weekend break from volleyball so we’ll be good on energy next week.  We’re going to need it because school starts on Wednesday and we also have our first tournament next weekend at CSI.  So, instead of practicing today, we’re going tubing down the Provo river!  I’m way excited.  It’ll be fun and it’s supposed to be 100 degrees today so maybe I can get the tan I’ve never had!  haha

Kim

Volleyball Blog #2

It's early morning, the sun is barely rising over the mountains, thirteen individuals walk into the gym. These individuals are soon to create one team, the 2009 SLCC Volleyball team. From Columbia, to Nevada and back to Utah, we are all here to do one thing. Play volleyball.
We are making it through our first week of practice. Bonds are being formed, and a sense of comfort is settling in. The coaches are doing a fabulous job, and are finding ways to help us come together. When an obstacle is placed before us, we all work together to solve it, taking in each idea. Working together is a key and we are learning what works for us. We are bending, stretching, lifting, hitting, and working hard. We are Bruin Volleyball!

Volleyball Blog #1

Hey hey! This is Whitney, but my nickname is Nini, call me what you like. I'm a sophomore on the volleyball team this year. We are in our second week of 2 a days and we fortunately have a little break from practice and are up in snowbird for a team leadership conference. So far it has been really fun! We were all split into groups and had a nice long bus ride up the windy roads up the canyon until we finally got to our hotel. We went with each of our groups and road the tram 11,000 feet up the mountain. Me, being afraid of heights, was kind of freaking out! When we finally got to the top, we had to hike down the mountain and stop at different stations for various activities. It took about 3-4 hours to get all the way down the mountain. 

When we were back to our hotel, we had a few minutes to rest then it was off to dinner. Which was easily the most entertaining dinner i've ever had. They had 4 microphones set up on a stage so while we were waiting for our dinner, Me, Ame, and Shelbi got up to be background dancers for our other teammate LaKell while she sang Hero by Mariah Carey. After we got our meal and we were finished eating our table, which consisted of our team and 2 softball and basketball girls got up and played a dancing game called Little Sally Walker. It was super funny! In the game you strut your stuff and dance around!! I'm pretty positive everyone thought we were crazy, but it was extremely fun!! We even got 2 guys to join!! After our extreme dance off we needed to go cool down in the pool and hot tubs on the roof. There were new friends and intense chicken fights, but our party got cut short due to lightning. 

  Our team gets along extremely well!! ESPECIALLY for it only being the second week. I love all the new freshmen that have come in, the transfers, and all the returners!! We all have such good chemistry, this trip has allowed us to all be insanely crazy and dumb together. I'm looking forward to this season and what our team can accomplish. 

-Whit

SLCC Volleyball Home Schedule

• Sept 1 Western Wyoming CC 6 pm
• Sept 4-5 SLCC Tournament All Day
• Oct 3 Snow College 3 pm
• Oct 9 College of Southern Idaho 7 pm
• Oct 10 North Idaho College 3 pm
• Oct 16 Colorado Northwestern 7 pm
• Oct 17 College of Eastern Utah 3 pm
  

All games played at Bruin Arena located at the Taylorsville/Redwood Campus-LAC

All Students get into the games for Free with their ONE Card

Women's Basketball

Salt Lake CC Hires New Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach

Athletic Director Norma Carr is pleased to announce that Shelley Jarrard has been named the new assistant women’s basketball coach and academic advisor for the athletic department.

Coach Jarrard has an extensive background that includes over 10 years of playing and coaching at the collegiate level. Most recently from 2004-2006 she was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Kansas State University. Prior to Kansas State Jarrard spent 10 years at the University of Utah as an Assistant Coach. While with the Ute’s she helped the team advance to the NCAA Tournament seven times and had 6 All-Americans.

Coach Jarrard specializes in perimeter players and defensive strategies.

"Shelley will bring an amazing amount of experience to SLCC women's basketball. She's the entire coaching package with teaching, training, recruiting, and scouting experience” said Head Coach Besty Specketer “ along with the X's and O's of high level floor games. I look forward to working with her and using her experience and knowledge to further the growth and development of our program."

She earned her bachelor’s degree in human and organizational development from Vanderbilt, while playing for the Commodores she finished with 1.003 points scored and was team MVP in 1992.

The 2009 Salt Lake CC Volleyball Team

Head Coach Sue Dulaney announces the 2009 Salt Lake CC Volleyball team. The 2009 team consists of five returning players from the nationally ranked 2008 team. Returning for 2009 are sophomores Whitney Nilson, Anna Nostrant, Lakell Havens, Kim Gourley and Kelsey Campbell. Joining the team this year are transfers Melissa Fifita (UVU) and Naomi Flinders (WNCC). Incoming as freshmen are Shelia Uluave, Shelbi Zaldain, Ame White, Erika Ramirez, Catalina Ramriez and Anna Burgess. The 2009 team looks to defend their SWAC title and return to Nationals for the fourth year in a row.

Volleyball

SLCC Volleyball Announces 2009 Incoming Class

The Salt Lake CC women’s volleyball team announces their 2009 incoming class of players.  The talented freshmen class includes Shelbi Zaldain (Reno, NV), Sheila Uluave (St, George, UT), Ame White (Murray, UT) and Anna Burgess (Alpine, UT)  also joining the team are two transfers Naomi Flinders (Provo, UT) and Melissa Fifita (Midvale, UT).

Shelbi Zaldain, a 6’0 outside hitter, hails from Reno, Nevada where she was the 2007 Player of the Year in Northern Nevada.  Zaldain was a four time 1st team High Desert All-League player.

Sheila Uluave, a 5’10” outside hitter, attended Dixie High School in St. George, Utah were she averaged 13 kills per match and was named 4A 1st team All-State.

Ame White, a 5’9” outside hitter, was named 1st team All-State and led her team defensively along with her 16 kills per match.

Anna Burgess, a 5’8” Libero was named the 2008 Salt Lake Tribune 5A MVP and Desert 1st team All-State Defensive Player.  Burgess helped lead Lone Peak High School to the 2008 State Championship and was named 2008 State Tournament MVP.

Naomi Flinders, a 5’9” setter, transfers from Western Nebraska CC.  Flinders graduated from Provo High School where she was named Provo High Miss Hustle three years in a row and was named All-Region 1st team in 2007.

Melissa Fifita, a 6’0 outside hitter, transfers from Utah Valley University.  Fifita attended Cottonwood High School and was named the 2007 Salt Lake Tribune 5A MVP along with being named 1st team All-State and All-Region. 

The 2008 team finished with a record of 35-10, SWAC Champions, District A Champions and a 9th place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament.  

Softball Awards

Aityeh and Clark Named Easton All Americans
Freshmen Hayley Aityeh and Sarah Clark were both named Easton All-Americans today by Easton Sports. The award is given to athletes from around the country. Salt Lake has had three other athletes named Easton All-Americans.

RICHES NAMED 1st TEAM ALL AMERICANS
The Salt Lake Community College softball team is pleased to announce that Lisa Riches is named 1st team NJCAA All-American, Hayley Aityeh was named 2nd team All-American and Sarah Clark 3rd team All-American. Lisa Riches is only the third Salt Lake player is Salt Lake softball history to be named 1st team All-American. Stacie Graham and Sarah Clark were both named 2nd team 2009 NFCA Louisville Slugger West All-American team. The National Fast pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) teams are voted on by all coaches in the west regions

National Championship

First National Championship In School History!

The Salt Lake Community College Bruins defeated Midland College by a score of 67-60 for the school’s first ever National Title! The Bruins went on a 33-11 run in the last twelve minutes of the game to erase a 15 point drought of 49-34 with 12:37 left. "We cranked up the defense in the last eight minutes to put a bit of pressure on Midland," said Head Coach Norm Parrish. "It was a great team effort and everyone stepped up big time."

Leading the way for the Bruins was sophomores Nate Bendall, Rick Shoff and Logan Magnusson and freshman DJ Wright. Bendall finished the night with 21 points and 8 rebounds. Bendall had 14 of his 21 points in the second half. Shoff played an outstanding game and he ended with 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and Magnusson had 14 points and 3 rebounds. Wright scored a total of 96 points for the entire tournament and finished the game with 12 points and 9 rebounds.

Wright was named the NJCAA Tournament Most Valuable Player and Bendall was selected to the All-Tournament Team.

All Tournament MVP: DJ Wright (96 total points in 4 games)

All Tournament Team: Nate Bendall