June 4, 2021
- It ended one step short of the national championship game, but The College of Idaho's softball team ended its season with a third-place trophy, the best finish in school history. The two teams that reached the national championship game were Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon, also members of the Cascade Conference, with Southern Oregon claiming the title. (Idaho Press)
- A team making a run in the national tournament earns plenty of media attention and the Yote softballers were no exception. A story about qualifying for the NAIA national tournament? Check. (Idaho Press)
- A story about being excited to advance? Check. (KIVI-TV)
- A story about defeating the no. 1 team in the nation en route to the semifinals at the World Series? Check. (Idaho Press)
- A story about freshman Kaily Christensen helping the team reach the World Series? Check. (The Columbian)
- The softball team's run to the World Series sent one local TV station into the archives to find this feature story about the baseball team's appearance in its own World Series in 1999, as feature reporter John Miller threw batting practice to College of Idaho hall of famer Greg Schelhaas '99. (KTVB-TV)
- Austin Basterrechea '14, now the College's track & field head coach, earned NAIA West Region Women's Coach of the Year honors as the women won their seventh Cascade Conference title in the past nine years. Mike Anderson was recognized as the region's assistant coach of the year. (US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association)
- Here's a great feature on Reinaldo Gil Zambrano '13, a Venezuelan native who came to the College out of the United World College system. Reinaldo now lives in Spokane and has established himself as a prominent and respected artist and muralist. (KSPS-TV)
- Bret Arsenault '87 continues to represent the College well as the chief security officer for Microsoft. Here are two articles, one from BizTech on the importance of "Zero-Trust Security" making remote work possible and one from Inside GNSS about Microsoft using GPS to thwart hackers.
- Congratulations to Weston Fitzpatrick '19, he has been hired by TitleOne. (Idaho Business Review)
- Stephanie Griffey '10 is making quite a name for herself as "the Courtroom Cowgirl" in southeastern Idaho. (Cowboy Lifestyle Network)
- As the medical and scientific fields continue to make gains against the COVID-19 virus, the College continues to do well and has a plan in place to resume in-person education and full, on-campus residence this fall. The story was covered locally by KIVI-TV and picked up nationally by Yahoo News.
- Sadly, former Trustee Peter O'Neill has passed away. (Boise Dev)
- In better news, Bachelor Degrees Center rated the College no. 21 nationally in health science degrees.
- Zach Curtsinger of Gooding plans to attend the College and pursue an environmental studies degree while competing in track & field. (Twin Falls Times News)
- Also, Bryan St. Clair of Lander, Wyoming, plans to attend the College and compete in both basketball and track & field. (WyoPreps)
- Here's more on St. Clair, a Native American who is Pawnee with family ties to the Cherokee and Eastern Shoshone tribes. His goal is to one day return home and give back to his community. (Navajo Times)
- Athletic Director Reagan Rossi earned recognition from the Cascade Conference as the Athletic Director of the Year for the 2020-21 year. It's the second time in three years the conference has acknowledged Rossi. (Cascade Conference)