Monday, January 24, 2011

Six Wildcats contend for 2010 Oregon Sports Awards honors


Photo: Staci Doucette

Staci Doucette, Linfield softball player, received the 2010 Ad Rutschman Small College Athlete of the Year-female award during the 59th Oregon Sports Award banquet on Jan. 30, 2011.

The awards program saluted 80 award finalist among Oregon’s finest athletes, coaches, sports personalities and performances from 2010.

Another contender for the honor received by Doucette was her Linfield softball teammate Karleigh Prestianni.

Finalists for the Ad Rutschman Small College Athlete of the Year - male included:

Kelson Brown, Linfield baseball.
Eric Hedin, Linfield football.

Finalists for the Slats Gill Sportsperson of the Year included:

Scott Brosius, Linfield baseball coach.
Chris Casey, Aloha High School football coach. He is a Linfield grad and former Linfield assistant football coach.

Read Linfield Sports Information’s Jan. 31, 2011, news release about Doucette and the other Wildcat nominees here.