Coaching Hires Abound; Hawaiian POYs

#1 posting 5.31.2006

COACHING NEWS
COLLEGE
Shawn Stimmel has been hired to coach at St. Mary's Winona. He also will be coaching the golf team. Last year he was the coach at King College in Bristol, TN. They had a record of 18-15 last year. Here is the SMU Press release.
Pam Gohl has been hired as an assistant at MSU Mankato. Gohl was head coach at Briar Cliff for the last three years. Last year Briar Cliff's record was 10-20. Here is the MSU Mankato Press release.
HIGH SCHOOL
MN
As reported last night Carl Pierson has been hired at Champlin Park. This job was rated an A+ back on May 14th. Pierson coached at Red Wing from 2001-03 with a record of 27-46. Each year the record improved. Then Pierson was a grad assistant at Northern for the 2003-04 year. Last year he was coach at Chisago Lakes and they finished 8-19.

COACHING OPENINGS
updated when notified of changes

COLLEGE NEWS
North Dakota was granted a 30 day extension to decide if they are moving up to the D1 exploratory level. Here is more from the Fargo Forum

Mayville State is undergoing some budget problems and the school has been forced to cut programs (soccer) and women's basketball was $2489 over budget in scholarships. Here is the Fargo Fourm with details

AAU ROSTERS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
HAWAII
Here are the POY for the various leagues in Hawaii along with the stories behind them. All stories are from the Honolulu Advertiser
ILH D1: Shawna-Lei Kuehu, Punahou
ILH D2: Jodi Kamemoto, Hawai'i Baptist
OIA East: Artevia Wily, Kahuku
OIA West: Kamia Smith, Radford
OIA White: Megan Kamehiro, Kalani

VERBALS

BOOK PROGRESS
Now I am knee deep in North Dakota papers. I am entering data from the Minot Daily News. I finished the Dickinson paper last week. I should be done with Minot I hope by Thursday and then tackle the Bismarck scene. Then it will be formatting the 146 schools in ND.

Later today the Geek Squad will set up another computer and connect it to the network. Workman's comp is in effect and my part timer will soon start.

My books will be ready to roll at the end of September. I sell the Minnesota book at the MN GBB Coaches convention the first weekend in October. The other books have information on North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and this year Hawaii, plus other new features. The third book breaks down D1, D2, recruiting patterns and analysis of performance. D3 will be added this year. More information on ordering will be coming in September. Cost for the MN book alone is $30. For the whole package $99.

If you have information, rosters, game by game accounts let me know. Send it by email from my profile a mile below.

Got news or information? The readers of this site have been great at getting me stories. Some have appeared today. Let me know your news by an email. Thanks to all the readers for their help in making this a destination stop on the internet highway.

Next up: later today with the Memorial Day Classic Semifinal between Team WI Select 16 vs CWCC.