August 26, 2003 @ 12:17 pm
The Raiders Men's Basketball Team will hold their official pre-season meeting on Wednesday, September 24, from 3:00 – 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held on the Fort Steilacoom Campus, in Room C323 of the Cascade Building. Head Coach Bill Mendelson and his staff will provide an overview of the upcoming season, review conditioning and practice schedules, and discuss eligibility requirements. All students interested in trying out for the team should plan to attend. If you have questions, please contact Coach Mendelson, (360) 456-1985, or the Athletic Department Office, (253) 964-6612.
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August 26, 2003 @ 12:07 pm
Update: the fastpitch meeting will be help on Friday, September 12 at 6 p.m. — not the date listed below!
Coach Lorie Williams will hold the first official meeting for the Women's Fastpitch team, on Thursday, September 4, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom, in the Fireside Lounge of the Cascade Building (Room 420). All students interested in trying out for this year's team should plan to attend. If you have questions about the team, please contact Coach Williams, (253) 588-2558, or the Athletic Department Office, (253) 964-6612.
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August 26, 2003 @ 11:14 am
Head Coach Jason Picinich will hold the first official team meeting in preparation for the baseball team's fall season on Friday, September 5 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Fort Steilacoom campus, in Room 417C. All students interested in trying out for the baseball team should plan to attend. If you have questions, please contact Coach Picinich, (206) 383-8646, or the Athletic Department Office, (253) 964-6612.
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August 4, 2003 @ 9:15 am
Michael Christianson is the new Raider men’s soccer coach for Pierce College. An alumnus of Pierce College, Christianson transferred to Central Washington University. There he played sports while earning his bachelor’s degree in business education. His master’s degree was earned at City University.
Christianson plans use enthusiasm for soccer to revitalize the program. “I would like to bring back an excitement for the game to rebuild the program back up to the playoffs.”
A South Tacoma resident, Christianson has been coaching women’s soccer and men’s wrestling teams for the past seven years at Mount Tahoma High School. For his excellence in coaching soccer, Christianson won the coach-of-the-year award for the Narrows League in 2002.
The interaction with the players is what Christianson finds most rewarding about coaching. “I enjoy seeing the students’ improvement and growth-to see their success.”
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August 4, 2003 @ 9:14 am
Jason Picinich is the new head coach for the Pierce College Raider baseball team. He comes to Pierce after coaching for five years at Seattle Lutheran High School. Under his leadership, Seattle Lutheran won the league championship every year, and never finished less than eighth in the state. He also has coached basketball at Kennedy High School for the past two years.
The two-time coach-of-the-year award winner (2001 and 2003) brings with him Raider alumnus Ryan Rhoades as a member of his coaching staff. Picinich (pronounced like “Spinach” without the “S”) and Rhoades have coached together over the past eight years. Each lettered in high school athletics: Picinich in football, baseball and basketball at Kennedy High School; and Rhoades in football and baseball at West Seattle High School.
Picinich and Rhoades hope to bring a winning attitude to Raider baseball. Not only that, added Picinich, “We want to teach the game-not just put people out on the field. Baseball, more than any other sport, is a game played out like a chess game (with strategy). When a student leaves Pierce College, I want them to be able to say that they learned more about baseball than they ever thought possible.”
After graduating from Kennedy High School in 1989, Picinich headed to Spokane Falls to play football and then on to Shoreline where he developed his game of baseball.
Picinich, who lives with his wife, Michelle, and their four young children in the Des Moines area, says that what he enjoys most about coaching is seeing the growth in the young people who play. “Coaching is not just about teaching the game. It’s also about teaching life lessons.”
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