RELAY FOR LIFE!

Lindsay Buckner, Amanda Petrusky, Calysia Smyers,
Brenna Host and Chelsea Kovach representing the super sophomores!

Last April we took part in Hiram's first annual Relay For Life. Relay For Life is an organization that raises money for Cancer research, anyone can make a team and start fundraising. The actual event took place out on the track at the Coleman Sports Center, where all the teams set up their on site fundraisers. The event lasted from 6PM on Friday to 12PM on Saturday morning. During this whole time one person from each team must be walking the track to represent that "cancer never sleeps". 

Alexis Kemper, Calysia Smyers and
Megan Andres walk to fight cancer!

Megan Andres, Marisa Thomas, Leslie Johnson and
Alexis Kemper representing the fabulous freshman class!

Playing a little ball on the track!

The theme of last year's event was Hollywood/Movies, for our team we picked the movie Space Jam, (suitable I thought). We made shirts, sold baked goods, and had a basketball hoop. People could come by and pay a dollar for one shot. We won best site and were treated to Chipotle! Many of us stayed up most of the night and danced around the track the next morning  to keep warm. We all had a lot of fun and we are excited to participate again this coming year. I'm not sure how much we raised as a team but as a school we were in the running for the title "Rookie of the Year". Meaning we competed with other schools who joined Relay for Life for the first time! The results haven't come out yet, but we raised close to $27,000 dollars! We'll post information on here and our Facebook page if you would like to help out! Remember, any little bit helps :) I also want to make a shout-out to Rosie and Jamie Zychowski they made this an awesome and unforgettable event! Thank you so much!

A great team picture!

1st Annual Golf Outing a huge success!

 A huge thank you to all our golfers and hole sponsors that helped make our first annual golf outing at Chardon Lakes Golf Course a huge success!


Lindsey Buckner, Emily Smerchansky and Marisa Thomas
working hard at Chardon Lakes Golf Course!



Katie Grendel '08 and Coach Preston after recording
their first hole for par!

SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMP AT HIRAM!!!



2010-2011 Hiram women's basketball team
celebrating a victory!

Take advantage of our one day clinic on June 22 from 9a to 6p in the Coleman Sports Center on the Hiram College Campus.  Click here for a registration form: Advanced Player Position Clinic.

We are also hosting Hiram Hoopfest 3-on-3 tournament.  We have boys and girls youth divisions thru adult!  Sign up today! 

Make plans to spend some time at Hiram this summer improving your game!

Annual Awards announced at banquet!

It's hard to believe that the season is over and we are already celebrating it with our banquet!  It's always fun to get together and recognize the members of the team for their hard work and commitment.

Each year the team votes on three awards: Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved.  Then I get to select two awards which is never an easy task; especially this year when our team leadership was so sound and everyone was committed to making the season successful.  The two awards I get to choose are the Leadership Award and the Hartzmark Commitment Award.  Obvisously, the leadership award recipient is someone who exemplifies everything a team leader should be.  The Hartzmark Commitment Award is named in honor of John Hartzmark who served as a student assistant during his Hiram days and gave so much time and energy to improving our team and program.  This award is given to the person who really goes above and beyond with their commitment and work ethic.  Both of these awards were well represented this year, but it didn't make choosing the recipients that much easier!



Tiffany Shields was voted as the team's Offensive Player of the Year.  Tiffany had a break out year and led the team in scoring with 14 points per game.  She also led the team in blocked shots.  Congrats Tiff!



Tiffany Shields was voted
the Offensive Player of the Year!



For the third consecutive year, Kelsey Durichko was voted the team's Defensive Player of the Year.  Kelsey led the team in steals and tied for the lead in rebounding with 6.5 per game!  She also broke the single season assist record!  Congrats Kelsey!



Kelsey Durichko, Defensive Player of the Year.



First year player, Danielle Day, was voted the team's Most Improved Player.  Danielle did a great job of working hard and continuing to improve throughout the season and earned more playing time as the season progressed.  We are looking forward to more of Danielle's contributions in the future!

I selected Jess Cowan as the recipient of the Leadership Award.  Jess was a fantastic senior leader for our team.  She did a great job of motivating and leading by example to a very young team.  Of our 15 players on the team, 12 were either first or second year players.  Jess was terrific in working with your younger players to help them understand what it takes to be successful at the college level.  We will truly miss Jess's leadership!

Jess Cowan and Coach Preston
at the banquet.

Chelsea Kovach was awarded the Hartzmark Commitment Award.  Chelsea is always working and pushing herself to get better.  On and off the court, Chelsea is a great ambassador for our program.  Her hard work truly paid off this year as she had a break out season and recorded a career high 21 points against Ohio Wesleyan.  I am very excited for her future with our team!  A much deserving individual!

Chelsea Kovach knocking in a couple
of her 21 points v. OWU.

Cowan and Durichko selected to All-NCAC squad

Senior guard Jess Cowan was selected to the NCAC Honorable Mention for the 2010-2011 season.

Photo courtesy of Tom Commett

Junior point guard Kelsey Durichko was also selected to the Honorable Mention team!

For a complete list visit http://www.northcoast.org/.

Photo courtesy of Rosalie Mormile

Terriers fall to Allegheny despite a career high from Tiffany Shields



Tiffany Shields scored 28 points
for the Terriers on Tuesday.



Despite a career night for Tiffany Shields, the Terriers fell to Allegheny College in the quarterfinals of the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.  Shields poured in 28 points for the game including shooting 4-8 from the 3-point line!

The Terriers fought until the end and can be extremely proud of all the accomplishments they achieved this season.



Senior guard Jess Cowan



Last night's game also marked the end of Jess Cowan's outstanding Hiram career.  For her career, Jess scored 782 points including 103 three-point field goals.  She also pulled down 345 rebounds.  Jess contributed more in a category that cannot be measured and that was her leadership!  She helped everyone on the team keep perspective, instilled competitiveness and she also influenced the team with her positive attitude.  Everyone involved with our program with miss her and her contributions! 

Hiram WBB hosts WBCA Pink Zone event!

The Hiram women's basketball team worked together with all the North Coast Athletic Conference Schools to celebrate the WBCA Pink Zone week!

Each NCAC school received team t-shirts donated by Victory Promotions (Watertown, NY) and wore them proudly to raise awareness for breast cancer.




2010-2011 Hiram WBB team sporting their Pink Zone shirts!
Photo courtesy of Rosalie Mormile

 

This event marks the first time in the history of the Pink Zone that an entire league came together to raise awareness and money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund!