Friday May 9th at the EvCC Student Activities Awards Banquet, Athletic Director Larry Walker announced the 2007-2008 Male & Female Athletes of the Year. 

Kristina Schumacher was named Female Athlete of the Year. Kristina or Shoe as the team calls her, is a member of the Women’s Basketball Team that took 8th Place at the NWAACC Championship Tournament. She was also named Northern Region MVP and particpated in the All-Star Event.  Shoe is a sophomore from Lake Stevens that is not only a great basketball player but also is an excellent student, holding a 3.7 GPA.  On the court she was a force to be recon with,  she was #1 in all of NWAACC in Shooting, #3 in Scoring, had a 68.2% Free Throw Shot, made almost 50% of all her shots (49.6%), was #18 in Assists, and #14 in Steals.  On the Trojans team she had the most Points (664) and highest Point Agerage(20.8pts a game), was #2 in Assists (91) and Steals (85).  She has signed to play with the Cascade College Thunderbirds in Portland, OR next season. Congratulations Shoe and Best of Luck next year at Cascade!!!

The Male Athlete of the Year was Chris Grounds from the Men’s Basketball Team, who also took 8th place at the NWAACC Championship Tournament.  Chris is an alumni of Kamiak High School that has already earned a degree in Communications from Washington State University.  He came to EvCC explicitly to play basketball.  Knowing he had to take at least 12 credits to play his dream sport, he decided to focus on acting.  Chris was named to the Northern Region 1st Team, was #1 in all of NWAACC in Steals, #2 Assists, #10 in Scoring and #9 in Shooting.  On the Trojans team he lead the team in Assists (195) and Steals (92) and was #2 in Total Points (509) and Point Average (15.9 pts a game).  Chris is a freshman in terms of basketball eligibility and will be back for the 2008-09 season as a Trojan. We look for Chris to do more great things next season and make a return trip to NWAACC’s.  Congratulations Chris…. we can’t wait to see what you do next season!!!