PSU Magazine Spring 1995

Joel Pearson is a firefighter with the C lackamas Fire District. Barbara Wilson-Ricketts is lead fiscal consultant for the Academy for Educational Deve lopment's Migrant Head Start T ra ining Center. Ricketts lives in The Dalles. Alan Ryman was part of a U.S. Department of Defense tour with Eddie Mays Murder Mysteries. The entertainment troupe appeared in Turkey, G reece, Italy, and Spain. Scott Spencer is an ass istant planner at Columbia Sportswear in Portland. Jayneen Toguchi MSW is the social work coordinator at Hale Kipa in Honolulu . Hale Ki pa is an emergency shelter for runaway or abused youth . Astrid Villegas is a pricing assis– tant for the western division of CF Motorfreight Inc., in Portland . '94 Michael Barber is the head lifeguard and instructor at Tualatin Hills Park and Recrea– tion District in Portland . Kristin Beatte is human resour– ces staffing coordinator with Meier & Frank at Vancouver Mall in Vancouver. Judith (Hinkle) Holter MBA is a department manager with Nordstrom's in Skokie, Ill. Steve Meulemans is a claims representative with State Farm Insurance in Milwaukie. Scott Montgomery is a water resource engineer with Nimbus Engineers in Reno, Nev., specializing in hydrologic analysis and hydraulic design. Reba Parker MS is the school librarian at Jackson Middle School in Portland. Paul E. Smith i an accounting assistant at Schnitzer Steel, a steel recycling plant in P rdand. D 28 PSU Magaz ine SPORTS SCOREBOARD (January 1 through March 27) WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (26-5) Captured second place at the Elite 8 NCAA II Finals in Fargo, N.D., in March, the best fini h ever for PSU. The team won the West Regionals and advanced to the playoffs for the fourth traight year under coach Greg Bruce. Juniors Kim Manifesto and Kristi Smith were awarded first team All– American. WRESTLING Placed 12th in the nation with three wrestlers earning All-America (top 8) at the NCAA National Championship held in Kearney, Neb., in February. Travis Bonneau (177) took third place, and Dave Vizzini (150) and Craig Otto (118) finished seventh. BASEBALL Greg Wooten, a 6-7 sophomore pitcher and bonafide pro pro pect, is being considered for the Olympic team. The Division I Vikings opened their 13th PAC-10 conference season in March under new head coach Dave Dangler. GOLF Coach Eric Stinson is building a national contender. Sophomore Darren Dannekas finished fifth in the Oregon Invitational, comprised of 15 Division I schools, and won the Portland Invitational. The Vikings tied UCLA and USC for 10th place at a Univer– sity of Oregon meet, then took second in Portland while competing with 13 schools, including three from Division II. TRACK AND FIELD Ron Foster won the long jump and Robin Unger the high jump at the first pring meet, the University of Wahington Invitational. Foster's 23-foot leap wa just five inches hort of the PSU school record. Unger, fourth in the NCAA Heptathlon last year, topped 5-5 in her first competitive high jump of the year. John Gentry placed second in the 200 meters in 21.89 seconds. Athletic director resigns Randy Nordlof '79 resigned as PSU athletic director in February to become general manager of Portland Pride, a Continental Indoor Soccer League team. Nordlof served as athletic director at Portland State for the past 2 112 years. Previously he was assistant director and assistant women's basketball coach. Nordlof wa a key member of the PSU committee charged with asse sing the feasibility of seeking admission to the Big Sky Conference. Associate Director Teri Mariani is now serving as interim director. A search for the new director will begin once a decision is reached on the Big Sky option. Pokey Allen, former PSU football coach, spoke at a Viking event this winter. Pokey, Mouse return to PSU Former PSU football coaches Mouse Davis (1975-1980) and Pokey Allen (1986-1992) made guest appearances at the seventh annual Football Appreciation Dinner Feb. 25. Each humorously reminisced about his days at PSU for the 400 fans attending. Davis, now offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League, aid, "My college quarterback (June Jones) is now my boss. How would you like that?" As is his custom, Allen, battling cancer since a baseball-size lump was found in his right shoulder last December, poked fun at himself. Referring to his baldness caused by chemotherapy, Allen likened himself to "a cross between Telly Savalas and the Coneheads. I'm saving a ton of money on shampoo and shaving cream," laughed Pokey. Chemotherapy shrunk the tumor to about half of its original size, and surgery to remove it was scheduled for March. While in Portland, Allen, now head coach for Boise State, played two rounds of golf and visited with friend , appearing as fit as ever. Former PSU Athletic Director Roy Love served as ma ter of ceremonies for the event, which was chaired by Deane Garrison and organized by Sue Remy, president of the sponsoring Viking Club. D