Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Signings, Pearson to St. Mary's, Vogel's WNBA

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COLLEGE REPORTS

SIGNINGS
Paige Pollard, Newcastle, Nebraska is headed to Wayne State. She will also take part in track. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

Cassie Neth, Scotland, SD is headed to Mount Marty. The 5-10 forward averaged 12.4 ppg. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

Northern State has added Ashley Tanner of Gettysburg, SD, and Brittany Euerle, Litchfield, MN to their incoming freshmen.

Maggie O'Connell, Kirkwood CC (Cedar Rapids Xavier) is headed to IPFW. She knows how to win with two HS State championships and one JUCO National title.

Terin Euerle, St. Cloud Tech, will be heading to St. Olaf.

COACHING NEWS
UWGB may be down to three finalists: Paul Fessler, Concordia St. Paul; John Barnes, Michigan Tech; and Matt Bollant of Bryan College in Tennessee.

Hamline assistant Mandy Pearson has been named head coach at St. Mary's in Winona. She replaces Shawn Stimmel to take a job at Mount Mercy. Pearson played her college ball at Concordia Moorhead and her HS ball at Eden Valley-Watkins. Pearson will be the third coach in three years at St. Mary's. From the Winona Daily News.

Suzy Merchant says Michigan State is her dream job. From the Detroit Free Press. Merchant will be making 325,000 per year. The Detroit News also looks at the Merchant file. MLive also has more on Merchant's career job.

Cetera Washington, from Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, is still up in the air about the switch.

VOGEL'S WNBA JOURNEY
Here is how Megan Vogel is progressing with the Washington Mystics. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

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Next up: Later today the Out & About with North Tartan 15u vs Metro Stars 14u semifinal.