Official Newsletter of Saint Martin’s University Men’s Basketball • June 2015 In This Issue: WELCOME TO SAINT MARTIN’S MEN’S BASKETBALL! Welcome .............. 1 Paint this picture in your mind – School Visit .......... 2 Marcus Pavilion filled with passionate Saints fans wearing their red and white. Additions ............ 3 Rows of students, alumni, and community members filling the gym with energy and enthusiasm- the type that is so tangible the players can feel it and feed off of it. A team of student-athletes playing hard, competing on every possession, and proudly representing our University. Head Coach: Alex Pribble As a program, we will be pursuing excellence both on and off the court. Our players will be true student-athletes, and we will have high expectations Assistant Coach: for them in the classroom as well as on the basketball court. Joey Petschl When it’s all said and done, our players will graduate from this fantastic Uni- versity with a sense of accomplishment. They will be prepared to take the next Assistant Coach: step in their lives because of the skills that they have developed and the expe- Terry Johnson riences that they have had, as members of this program. Assistant Coach: So please- join us on this journey, come along for the ride, and get excited about the future of Saint Martin’s Men’s Basketball!! Mike Hayward Coach Pribble [email protected] 360-438-4551 #SaintsAlive WWW.SMUSAINTS.COM Reaching Out to Scenic Hill Sixth Graders About College LACEY, Wash. (April 29, 2015) – Saint Martin’s University basketball players Cam- eron Chatwin and Tyler Idowu, along with new head men’s basketball coach Alex Pribble, visited the sixth grade classes at Scenic Hill Elementary in Kent, Wash., on April 28 to share their experiences at Saint Martin’s and to inspire the younger stu- dents to plan for college. The idea for the visit came from a letter that Scenic Hill sixth-grader Lashun Mellon sent to Saint Martin’s alumni association president Tom Barte, asking for more infor- COACHES CORNER: mation about Saint Martin’s. Barte got in touch with Lashun’s teacher, Michael Car- Assistant Coach ney, to learn more about the request. Mike Hayward The Scenic Hill “college bound” program includes “College Mondays,” where stu- dents and staff wear college gear to school; staff display college pennants and posters throughout the school; and students write to individual colleges with their questions. • Power forward and Pac 10 In addition to Saint Martin’s, the Scenic Hill students also reached out to Oregon State, Washington State, University of Washington, Central Washington and Seattle Freshman of the Year in 1988 University. as he averaged 14 points per game. Started 111 of 113 Barte was excited to set up a visit, “This was a great opportunity to help promote higher education at this early stage and to introduce [these students] to Saint Martin’s games in his career. University.” Barte immediately recruited two athletes, Chatwin and Idowu, and Coach Pribble, to talk with the classes. • Played 7 years overseas Addressing a total of 76 sixth graders, the Saint Martin’s athletes talked about how with teams in Finland, Aus- they got to college and why college is important, what living on campus was like, how tralia, France, Austria, Korea to balance classes and playing sports, how to afford it and much more. Then they asked the students what their goals were. and Switzerland. “I loved talking to the students about Saint Martin’s but mainly about the ways they can pursue their dreams,” said Chatwin. Some of the younger students wanted to open • Has a BA in Romance restaurants, be a lawyer or a teacher, play sports: all said they wanted to go to college Languages from Univ. of and get their degree. “It was incredible to hear some of the careers that the students Washington and an MBA want to pursue and what they want to contribute to society.” in International Business “I was really impressed by how amazing these kids were and how excited they were from European University – about going to college,” said Idowu. “This [speaking with the kids] is what being a student role model is all about, to be put in a position to give back is truly an honor.” Montreux “Cameron and Tyler • Married Laurie Wet- were terrific role models for the local zel, who was University of youth,” said Coach Washington’s first volleyball Pribble. “As a team, we want to take All-American and has two advantage of every daughters Samantha and opportunity to be out Natalie. in our community to make a difference.” PURSUING EXCELLENCE ON AND OFF THE COURT Two Sign to Play for Saints in 2015-16 LACEY, Wash. (May 5, 2015) – Saint Martin’s University head men’s basketball coach Alex Pribble, who has only been on the job for two weeks, has announced the signing of Michael Painter and Frederik Jörg to the 2015-16 roster. “We are thrilled about the additions of Michael and Fred,” said Pribble. “Both will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact on the court, along with a major impact on the culture that we are developing in this program.” Jörg will be a redshirt junior after he transfers from Eastern Washington University, where he has spent the last three seasons. He played in 16 games as a true freshman in 2012-13, redshirted the following season, and averaged 4.5 minutes, 2.2 points and 1.1 rebounds in 15 games as a sophomore this past season, helping the Eagles win the Big Sky Conference Championship and finishing the season at the NCAA Tournament. “Fred is the type of player and person that the entire Saint Martin’s community will embrace,” said Pribble. “He will be a major presence on the floor, in the locker room, and on campus. He is also a fantastic student, and will represent our program very well as a student athlete.” The 7-foot-1-inch center was born in Saarbrücken, Germany, and graduated from Gymnasium Eversten in 2012. He attended tryouts for the U-20 Germany squad in December 2010 and played in one game for EWE Baskets Oldenburg in the Basketball Bundesliga League (BBL), the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. Previ- ously, he played for Akademie Weser-Ems in the U-19 Nachwuchs Basketball Bundesliga League (NBBL), averaging 14.7 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game. He ranked second in the league in blocked shots, sev- enth in rebounding and fourth in double-doubles with seven (in 12 games). He made 59.0 percent of his shots from the field and also averaged 2.0 assists per game. His single game high for rebounds was 25. His name is pronounced “You r g .” Painter signed his National Letter of Intent and will graduate this spring from Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash., where he helped his team finish the season 20-8 overall and 8-2 in league play. Painter was named the Marysville-Pilchuck men’s basketball Most Valuable Player his sophomore, junior and senior year. This past sea- son, he averaged 16 points, six rebounds and four assists per game and was a first-team All-Wesco selection. “Michael is a winner,” said Pribble. “He is a versatile guard who does all of the little things that are necessary to win games. He’s a glue guy, with a great feel for the game. I expect him to have a great four year career for us.” He was named The Herald’s Boys Basketball Player of the Year, Wesco 3A Boys All-Area Player of the Year and the SCBBO Dennis Meyers’ Player of the Year for sportsmanship. Painter led the Tomahawks to the state tournament, for the first time since 1993. Painter and Jörg join the earlier signees of Rhett Baerlocher, Rojhae Colbert and Vladislav Golban. The Saints are re- turning six members of the 2014-15 squad that finished 6-22 overall and 3-15 in the Great Northwest Athletic Confer- ence. 2015 YOUTH CAMPS JUNE 29-JULY 2 COST: $150 JULY 6-9 TO REGISTER FOR MORE AUGUST 3-6 www.saintsbasketballcamps.com INFORMATION PLEASE CALL AGES 8-17 360-438-4551 MEN’S BASKETBALL Top: 1966 Men’s Basketball Team and recent graduate Tyler Idowu Middle: Old Pavilion, Jim Hannam and current player Trey Ingram Bottom: 2014-15 Saints huddle and Troy Whiteo.