Northwest Notes March 13, 2012
Highly touted middle blocker signs to play volleyball at NIC
Britney Chilcott, a middle blocker from Stevensville, Mont., has signed to play volleyball for North Idaho College in 2012.
Chilcott led all state conferences in both kills (301) and blocks (79) for the 2011 regular season, and was named first-team all-state and MVP. In 2010 she was second-team all-state, and was all-conference three of her four years as a varsity player.
She is a player on the Montana Volleyball Academy national team for the last two years. She also competed in basketball and track in high school, and holds a number of school records in track.
"Volleyball is my passion and I chose NIC because I've always loved this beautiful area and the college is close to home, every summer my family vacations here and I've been to a few summer camps at NIC," Chilcott said in a press release. "I was looking for a nationally ranked volleyball program and after I met the coaching staff and players here they made my decision easy. I believe I can contribute to the team and will continue to improve under coach (Kandice) Kelly."
"Britney will be a great fit for this program and I see her contributing right away as we lost Janele Vogt, who Britney's style of play reminds me of," Kelly said. "Britney is very athletic and dynamic and ... is exactly who we need to keep this program as a top contender in the nation. She is a great kid, has a very supportive family, and plays for one of the best clubs in the Northwest. Once we get Britney up to our fast tempo, she is going to be unstoppable."
Pac-12 women's basketball tourney moves to Seattle in 2013
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - With its new partnership with Force 10 Sports Marketing, LLC, the Seattle Sports Commission and Seattle Center, the Pac-12 Conference will bring the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to KeyArena in Seattle in 2013, it was announced today.
The new agreement, which runs through 2015, moves the tournament to the first full week in March to strengthen television windows and maximize national exposure. ESPN2 will televise the championship game, while all other games will be carried nationally on the Pac-12 Networks. The 2013 tournament will be played March 7-10.
The Pac-12 women's basketball tournament enters its 12th season in 2013. The tournament made its debut in 2002 in Eugene, Ore. The four-day event spent the last four years in Los Angeles.
Vandals Klas, Kiser earn honors after NCAA Indoors
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association honored Idaho's Jeremy Klas and Hannah Kiser as All-Americans on Monday following the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Klas, a senior from Moscow and Kiser, a sophomore from Wenatchee, Wash., were both selected as second-team All-Americans. It's the first such honor for Kiser and the third All-America honor for Klas.
Klas was an All-America honoree in 2010 after his ninth-place finish in the men's pole vault and was an All-America honorable mention pick after competing in the pole vault in 2011 as a junior. With his 11th-place tie after clearing 17 feet, 4.5 inches, Klas earned second-team honors for the first time.
Kiser took 13th in the women's 3,000 meters in a time of 9:26.88 on Saturday to earn her first career All-America honor in any sport. She's Idaho's first All-American in the women's 3,000 indoors and is the first Vandal woman to earn indoor All-America honors on the track since Dee Olson's third-place finish in the mile run in 2006. Vandal women have earned four All-America honors in field events since 2007.