2010 - 2011
Head coach Greg Bruce enters his fifth season at the helm of the Western Oregon women’s basketball program. After taking over a program that was winless in the season prior to his arrival, Bruce has continued to improve the Wolves, including leading them to an 11win season, which was the school’s first double-digit win season since 2002-03. He has also coached a Western Oregon student-athlete to first team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference honors in each year at the reigns of the Wolves’ program. During Bruce’s coaching career he has also served as the head women’s basketball coach at Portland State, Northern Colorado, Cal State Bakersfield and Fort Lewis. In 18 years as a head coach, he has a sparkling record of 312-199 (.628). That includes a 10-year run at Portland State from 1987 through 1996 when the Vikings went 199-89, reaching the NCAA title game in 1995 and finishing a school-best 31-3 in 1992. Bruce was inducted into the Portland State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. His team’s accomplishments still dominate the school’s record books. The Vikings won five consecutive Pacific West Conference titles and at one time ran off 50 consecutive wins at home. The 1986 PSU squad listed second in the nation in scoring (85.6 ppg), and his 1994 club led the country in threepoint percentage (.429). Bruce’s sterling career includes a year at Cal State Bakersfield (2000-01) where he led a first-year program to a 21-7 record and post-season play, the first time in NCAA history that a men’s or women’s team qualified for the tournament in its first year of existence. Be also coached three seasons at Northern Colorado (1998-2000), leading the Bears to a 58-28 record and two NCAA tournament appearances. His 1997-98 team went 21-8 and set 14 UNC school records, including most three-pointers made per game (7.8). Prior to WOU, Bruce was the head coach at Fort Lewis College (Colorado) in 2004-05 (15-13), and was an assistant at UC Davis for three seasons (2002-04). Before beginning his legendary tenure at Portland State, he was an assistant coach for three seasons at Notre Dame (1984-86), and was the head boys or girls coach at Thunderbird High School in Phoenix, Arizona from 1972-84. His career record at the high school level is 140-43. A native of Nantic, Illinois, Bruce graduated from Purdue University in 1972, and earned his master’s from Arizona State in 1977. He and his wife Lyla have been married for 38 years, and they have a son Kyle who attends Western Oregon University.
ASSISTANT COACHES Renae Gregg begins her first season as an assistant basketball coach for the Western
Oregon Wolves, however, her experience as a coach can be traced back for over a decade. After playing for Coach Bruce at Portland State from 1989-93, Gregg earned an opportunity to play overseas. She went to Australia and played for a number of teams for 1994-2000. In her first season there she helped lead New South Wales to the championship and she also received multiple player of the year honors during her tenure. She decided to get into coaching. Gregg’s first coaching job was as the boy’s basketball coach at Milford High School in Utah. She led the team to the state tournament every year, and won two regional titles. Her best finish was third place at the state tournament. She then took the job of head coach for Sandy High School’s women’s basketball team from 2006-10.
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Gregg was born in Boring, Ore., and grew up on a diary farm before attending Sandy High School. She graduated from Portland State with a double major in Biology and Bio Chemistry. She has worked as a teacher for many years. Currently, she is working on her master’s degree. She had her first child, Isaac, in June 2010.
Torland came to Western Oregon out of Burns, Ore., where she led Burns High School to a perfect 30-0 record and a state championship during her senior season. Torland is currently finishing up her degree in Exercise Science.
ATHLETICS
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Katie Torland joins the coaching staff after a very successful career on the court for the
Wolves. Torland was a three-year letterwinner for WOU and is one of just two student-athletes in the history of Western Oregon to twice be named to the All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference first team. For her career she averaged 15.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals. She was also named the Marquis Spas women’s basketball player of the year in her junior and senior season, and was selected to seven straight all-tournament teams.
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Great Northwest Athletic Conference game Exhibition game WOU/Phoenix Inn D2 Shootout Mesa State Thanksgiving Classic GNAC/CCAA Challenge All times Pacific Head Coach: Greg Bruce (fifth season)
WOU Accolades All-Americans 2006-07 Leada Berkey, NCAA II (honorable mention) All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference Team 2009-10 Katie Torland (first team) 2008-09 Katie Torland (first team) 2007-08 Leada Berkey (first team) 2006-07 Leada Berkey (first team) 2004-05 Shannon Talbott (honorable mention) 2003-04 Shannon Talbott (honorable mention) 2002-03 Serenity Ragone (honorable mention) 2001-02 Heather Laats (first) 2001-02 Shannon Copple (honorable mention) All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference Academic Team 2009-10 Shayla Corder 2009-10 Katie Torland 2009-10 AJ Hawk 2009-10 Erika Wilson 2008-09 Whitney Chase 2008-09 Shayla Corder 2007-08 Vanessa Wyffels 2007-08 Claire Carpenter 2006-07 Claire Carpenter 2005-06 Chelsea Pahl, 2005-06 Kellen Bennett 2004-05 Michelle, Laski 2004-05 Kagney Kohne 2004-05 Shannon Talbott 2003-04 Michelle Laski 2003-04 Darcey Hodges 2001-02 Heather Laats 2001-02 Heather Ottmar 2001-02 Emily Anderson Daktronic Division II All-West Region 2007-08 Leada Berkey (second) 2006-07 Leada Berkey (first) 2001-02 Heather Laats (second) 2000-01 Heather Laats (second) Kodak/WBCA Division II All-West Region 2006-07 Leada Berkey (first)
Women’s 2010-11 Basketball WOU Women’s Basketball Facts
Roster No. Name
Pos.
Ht.
Yr.
Hometown / High School
1
Lorrie Clifford
G
5-8
So.
Eagle River, Alaska / Chugiak
3
Jamee Leichtle
G
5-4
So.
Denver, Colo. / John F. Kennedy
10
Jamie Richardson
G
5-7
So.
Grants Pass, Ore. / Hidden Valley
11
Sara Zahler
G
5-9
Sr.
Newberg, Ore. / Newberg
12
Danielle Albus
G
5-8
So.
Aumsville, Ore. / Cascade
14
Mackenzie Beckley
F
6-0
Fr.
Laguna Niguel, Calif. / Aliso Niguel
15
Rylee Peterson
F
5-11
Jr.
Newport, Ore. / Newport
20
Ashley Hanson
G
5-8
Fr.
Junction City, Ore.
21
Melissa Fowler
G/F
5-10
Fr.
Canby, Ore. / Canby
22
Hannah Whitsett
G
5-8
So.
Hermiston, Ore. / Hermiston
23
Casey Wright
F
5-11
Fr.
La Pine, Ore. / La Pine
24
Dijana Topalovic
G
5-7
Jr.
Vancouver, Wash. / Hudson’s Bay
32
Jade Haas
G
5-9
Jr.
Elma, Wash. / Elma
33
Danielle Bellando
F
5-9
Sr.
Eugene, Ore. / Willamette
2009-10 WOU WBB Summary Team
Final Record: 11-19 Great Northwest Athletic Conference: 6-10 (t-fifth) Home: 6-7 Road: 3-8 Neutral: 2-4
All-GNAC: Katie Torland (first team) All-GNAC Academic Team: Katie Torland, AJ Hawk, Erika Wilson, Shayla Corder All-Tournament Teams: Katie Torland (WOU/Phoenix Inn D2 Shootout), Katie Torland (Dinsey Classic), Katie Torland (Mines New Year’s Classic) Marquis Spas Athlete of the Year: Katie Torland
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School City, State Founded Enrollment Home Court/Capacity Nickname Colors Conference Affiliation/Region President
Western Oregon University Monmouth, Ore. 1856 5,800 PE Building/2,473 Wolves Red and white Great Northwest Athletic Conference NCAA Division II/West Region Dr. John P. Minahan
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Daniel Hare Michael Collins Jami Strinz Dr. Dean Braa and Kathy Farrell Stephanie Metz Kurtis Kidd Jennifer O’Sullivan Frank Vanderberg Danny Barnts 503-838-8121 509-336-9944 503-838-8164 barntsd@wou.edu 503-838-8020 www.wouwolves.com
The Great Northwest Athletic Conference begins its 10th season as the governing body for 10 NCAA Division II universities. The 10 member institutions stretch from Fairbanks, Alaska in the north to Nampa, Idaho in the south and from Anchorage, Alaska in the west to Billings, Montana in the east. The university enrollments also vary in size from 26,763 (SFU) to 1,200 students (NNU) but they all compete equally in the GNAC. The conference offers a variety of sports ranging from football to golf.
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In women’s basketball, a GNAC team has reached the NCAA west regional championship 10 times in the past nine seasons. The GNAC has seen two of its teams, Seattle Pacific and Alaska Anchorage, match up in the west region finals in two of the past three seasons for right to go to the Elite Eight and play for the Division II championship. Since 2004, the GNAC has sent a team to Elite Eight in five of the six seasons with two reaching the semifinals and Seattle Pacific finishing runner-up in 2004. In 2009-10, the GNAC had three teams (UAA, WWU and SPU) finish the year ranked in the Top 25 in the final poll, according the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
Top four teams since joining NCAA Division II in 2000-01
These are the top four season performances for Western Oregon women’s basketball since moving to Division II prior to the 2001-02 season. Field goals made
Free throw %
702 681 615 612
.771 .739 .700 .693
2000-01 2001-02 2009-10 2007-08
2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2000-01
Field goals attempted
Offensive rebounds
1702 1615 1610 1598
365 354 348 333
2001-02 2000-01 2009-10 2007-08
2001-02 2007-08 2000-01 2009-10
Field goal %
Defensive rebounds
.435 .425 .404 .400
733 698 685 654
2000-01 2002-03 2003-04 2001-02
3-point field goals made 198 193 144 137
2009-10 2006-07 2008-09 2007-08
3-point field goals attempted 675 582 488 420
2006-07 2009-10 2007-08 2004-05
3-point field goal % .356 .344 .341 .340
2008-09 2000-01 2002-03 2009-10
Free throws made 448 423 413 388
2009-10 2007-08 2008-09 2001-02
Free throws attempted 604 581 581 559
2007-08 2009-10 2001-02 2008-09
2001-02 2000-01 2009-10 2007-08
Total rebounds 1088 1046 1018 1008
2001-02 2000-01 2009-10 2007-08
Assists 402 400 364 363
2002-03 2000-01 2001-02 2003-04
Steals 330 277 251 242
2001-02 2009-10 2000-01 2004-05
Points per game 69.5 67.8 66.1 62.9
2000-01 2001-02 2007-08 2008-09