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NEW MEN’S YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM ANNOUNCES 30-GAME SCHEDULE; TEAM MEMBERS RECRUITED FROM NORTH CAROLINA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, MARYLAND, NEW YORK, UTAH, SERBIA, ARKANSAS, AND ARIZONA

By R. Oliphant
Friday, November 4th, 2022

No games scheduled for the east side of the County;  only two players on the roster from Yavapai County

Yavapai Community College has announced the 2022-23 Men’s Basketball schedule.  According to the schedule, all of the home games will be played in Prescott at Walraven gymnasium on the Prescott Campus.

There had been talk at various Governing Board meetings by the College leadership of including the east side of the County in some of its athletic programs.  However, the schedule for the new basketball team indicates that is not the case for this season.        

The roster indicates that the new coach has been heavily recruiting  student athletes outside of Arizona.  Players are coming from North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Maryland, Michigan, Utah, and New York.  One player’s home is listed as  Kragujevac, Serbia.  

Governing Board members have been told by the College Administration during Board meetings  that there is  a goal of having the Community College teams consist of around 25% of County players. With two County players, the Men’s basketball team consists of 13% Yavapai County students.  Ten players come from outside Arizona.  There are two from Yavapai County, two from Arizona outside Yavapai County, and the one student recruit from Serbia.

The four-member staff consists of head coach Joy Joyner, Assistant coach Korbin Graham, Head Athletic Trainer Terra Schmidt, and Assistant Athletic Trainer Jared Campbell.

You may view the entire schedule by going to the following link:  https://goroughriders.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule.

 

Categories : Athletics, Basketball program

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HAVE FOUR YAVAPAI COUNTY PLAYERS

By R. Oliphant
Friday, August 19th, 2022

Roster of 15 players so far has a strong Arizona flavor with 11 from the Grand Canyon state

Head Yavapai Community College Women’s Basketball Coach Gerrard Carmichael has almost completed building his roster for the new basketball program launched this year. It will have a strong Arizona flavor with at least 11 athletes from Arizona and  four of the total 15 student athletes from Yavapai County.

The first student athlete to be recruited  was a Prescott  High School outstanding player,  Hollie Dalton. She signed  her NJCAA Letter of Intent to continue her athletic and academic career at Yavapai College back in March. The roster of student athletes with the locations of their high schools looks like this so far:

Abbigail Colquitt, Mayer, Arizona
Abigail Polacek, Chino Valley, Arizona
Brooklyn Wiltbank, Lehi, Utah
Chloe Lobmeyer, Surprise, Arizona
Holly Dalton, Prescott, Arizona
Jaiden Renne, Surprise, Arizona
Kacie Clinton, Prescott, Arizona
Keyla Cervantes, Avondale, Arizona
Mackenzie Irving, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Megan Kirchhardt, Tempe, Arizona
Melissa Soto, Chino Valley, Arizona
Saydee Allred, Pima, Arizona
Shyah Anderson, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Tanniya Uchida, Konawaena, Hawaii
Terazina Smith, Lehi, Utah
Wynter Huskie, Flagstaff, Arizona
Categories : Athletics, Basketball program

TRAGIC DEATHS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT GOVERNING BOARD RESPONSE TO DRUG ABUSE ALARM SOUNDED BY DEB MCCASLAND AT MAY MEETING

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, November 8th, 2018

McCasland met with almost open hostility when she questioned whether College was complying with drug enforcement policies when dealing with baseball team

Deb McCasland

The deaths of two Yavapai Community College students last Saturday that may have been drug related raises the troubling question of what could have been done to prevent this tragedy, if anything?  The one member on the Community College Governing Board who has showed deep concern for potential drug problems on campus and specifically on the baseball team is representative Deb McCasland. 

Recall that last May she raised the question at the Board meeting of whether President Wills was properly complying with a Governing Board directive to enforce certain Campus policies regarding illegal drug usage. Her question sparked a somewhat vitriolic response from Wills and Board member Pat McCarver.  McCasland expressed her concern saying that as a Board member she had an obligation to look into possible criminal violations if they occurred on Campus. She also said that she was disappointed it “took her action to shed some light on what was going on.”  Wills insisted she had done all that was required regarding an incident involving the baseball team and had imposed appropriate sanctions.

Among questions by McCasland was one involving the absence of police logs showing that concerned parents had visited and alerted police to the possible drug use issue. Why, after there had been several visits to the police about the alleged drug incident did the police logs not show the contacts? McCasland asked. Wills responded that she should talk to the police.

Wills said that she didn’t appreciate McCasland’s handling of the matter and encouraged her to speak privately (secretly out of public view) to her in the future about such matters.  Wills also said that the College was imposing “all the different sanctions that will go into place” and improve procedures.  She did not elaborate.

McCarver jumped to Wills aid during the discussion saying that McCasland was unprofessional by continuing to pursue the matter publicly during the Board meeting. She also urged McCasland to meet with Wills privately (secretly out of public view).

Now, with these two deaths, the question is this:  Should the Board, as McCasland has argued, insist on a review of the enforcement of drug usage policy on campus and as applied to its athletic program?

The Governing Board discussion about drug use by the baseball team raised by McCasland at the May meeting appears below.

 

Categories : Basketball program, Complaints, Crime, Prescott Campus

Will basketball return to Yavapai Community College

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, October 11th, 2014

Community College President suggests during radio program basketball may return

basketball 2Yavapai Community College President Penelope Wills said during a radio broadcast on Prescott radio station KYCA on September 30 that basketball might make a return sometime in the future. She said: “If we get five years of sustained funding, we will bring basketball back.” She did not elaborate. The recorded broadcast can be found by clicking here (as long as it is posted by the radio station).

 

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