RECOGNIZING THE MHCC PLAYERS: OUTSTANDING SAINTS ATHLETES

With our current COVID-19 situation, the MHCC athletics department is juggling all the changes brought by the canceling of all spring sports schedules, and facing what might come next.

Two significant developments occurred this last week – one of them unexpected, another a welcome highlight.

Saints women’s basketball head coach Jeremy Vandenboer, coming off another strong season, has accepted a position at the four-year Linfield College in McMinnville.

Mt. Hood announced that Vandenboer’s assistant coach, Alex Guevara, has been promoted to the top job and will lead the Saints in 2020-21. Guevara also has assisted the Saints men’s basketball team.

Vandenboer took over a sputtering Mt. Hood women’s program coming off a 7-21 year and proceeded to record a 51-35 record over three seasons. That included three straight trips to the NWAC championship tournament.
In March, the Saints were victorious in a dramatic first-round tournament game when the NWAC suddenly postponed, then canceled, the playoffs over coronavirus concerns.

Meantime, Mt. Hood has found time, as usual each spring, to recognize its outstanding athletes for the 2019-20 school year.

Special honors announced by Athletic Director Kim Hyatt this week went to:

Dutch Triebwasser Male Athlete of the Year – Leonard Dixon (basketball)

Dutch Triebwasser Female Athlete of the Year – Emily Webber (basketball)

Southern Region Sportsmanship Award – Male Athlete – Austin Forrar (basketball)

Southern Region Sportsmanship – Female Award – Zoe Chatterton (volleyball)

Male Scholar Athlete of the Year – Ezra Samperi (baseball)

Female Scholar Athlete of the Year – Emily Webber

Heart of a Saint – Tyler Linch (baseball)

Perseverance Award – Tyler Linch

Assistant Coach of the Year – Alex Guevara (basketball)

Coach of the Year – Jeremy Vandenboer (women’s basketball)