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NIC basketball program recruits local stars Fromm, Haas

Two local basketball standouts accepted scholarships to play for the North Idaho College men’s basketball team for the 2008-2009 season.

Nick Fromm, a 6-foot-1 post from Lake City in Coeur d’Alene, was selected to the All-Inland Empire League team last season. Brandon Haas, a 6-4 wing from Post Falls was an All-Inland Empire League selection his senior year. He transferred from Community Colleges of Spokane.

NIC also signed Renado Parker, a 6-6 forward from Kentridge in Kent – rated the No. 1 power forward in the state of Washington by NorthwestHoops.com. He averaged 21.6 points per game and was the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association State 4A player of the year.

Other NIC recruits include:

Kelly Jackson, a 6-10 center from Vallejo, Calif.; Brandon Grissette, a 6-1 point guard from Chicago; Taylor Stevens, a 6-7 post from Marysville-Pilchuck (Wash.).; Martell Anderson, a 6-5 wing from Michigan; Mike Bostic, a 6-8 post from Ontario, Calif.; B.J. Shearry, a 6-5 wing/post from Timberline in Boise; and Demetrius Davis, a 6-1 point guard from Mt. San Jacinto (Calif.) Community College.

Baseball

Former volunteer assistant pitching coach Steve Bennett has been promoted to replace full-time pitching coach Gary Van Tol at Gonzaga.

A 2000 graduate of Gonzaga, Bennett was a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs, appearing in 54 games over his career.

College scene

Gonzaga soccer player Lauren Zuckerman has won a 2008 WCC postgraduate scholarship.

Zuckerman graduated with a major in accounting and minor in mathematics, with a major GPA of 4.0 and an overall GPA of 3.92 to graduate summa cum laude. She is enrolled in the Gonzaga graduate school of business pursuing a master’s in accounting.

The WCC provides one male and one female student-athlete with a scholarship to assist in their graduate studies. Candidates must have a minimum 3.5 GPA, contribute on the varsity athletic level in a WCC sponsored sport, and participate in a WCC sport for a minimum of two years. In addition, candidates must have a record of participating in campus or community activities.

•The men’s and women’s track and field teams at Whitworth University and the women’s basketball team at Eastern Washington University have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement.

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the Whitworth men as 2008 Outdoor Scholar Team of the Year.

Whitworth’s women’s track and field team led the nation in cumulative team GPA in 2008 at 3.642, according to the USTFCCCA.

Eastern’s women’s basketball team, with a team GPA of 3.58, ranked fourth on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Honor Roll. Eastern has placed in the top 10 for seven straight seasons.

Hall of Fame

The Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame Scroll of Honor plaque, located in the Arena, has been replaced by a larger, upgraded version that includes engraved photos of the 38 members and short biographies.

“The next time the general public is in the Arena, they need to take time to view it,” Hall of Fame chairman Jon Heimbigner said. “It absolutely looks beautiful.”

The 42-by-42-inch plaque will officially be dedicated during a private gathering of Scroll of Honor members and family representatives on July 31.

The Scroll of Honor was added in 1968 to honor individuals who have made notable contributions to area sports activities.

Questions can be directed to Deana McClenny at the SRSC, 742-9379 or Heimbigner, 701-5741.