Women's Basketball 2006

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• Ex-Titan Martindale signs with Regis University --The Eugene Register Guard: May 1, 2007
  Former Lane Community College and Siuslaw High basketball standout Kammy Martindale has signed a letter of intent to play for Regis University, Titans coach Greg Sheley said on Monday. Martindale averaged a team-high 16.5 points for Lane this season and helped lead the Titans to back-to-back NWAACC championships in her two seasons. The shooting guard also set the Lane record for three-pointers in a season this year with 68. Regis, a Division II school in Denver, was the Rocky Mountain Conference champion this past season and ranked 17th in the nation.
• Sheley named Coach of the Year in Women's Basketball -NWAACC'S: March 23, 2007
  For the second consecutive year, Lane's Greg Sheley's has been named the NWAACC Women's Basketball Coach of the Year. Sheley led his Titans to their second consecutive NWAACC Championship. The Titans finished the 2006-07 Season 29-4 and won their third-consecutive Southern Region title. Sheley has been coaching at Lane CC since 1999. He will be honored at the NWAACC's Hall of Fame Banquet being held May 31st in Bellevue, WA.
• Titans continue reign in NWAACC tourney -The Eugene Register Guard: March 5, 2007
• Lane tops Bellevue for repeat -NWAACC'S: March 4, 2007
  KENNEWICK, WASH- The Lane Titans led the 2007 NWAACC Championship game from start to finish. The tournament's Most Valuable Player, Mercedes Alexander of Lane proved her value by scoring 10 of Lane's first 16 points. That great start built an eight point advantage from which Bellevue would never recover. The Titans had an eleven point lead with five minutes remaining on the clock and nine points at halftime. After the half, Bellevue went on a run to cut the lead and tie the game 40-40 with 15:10 left to play. That run took all that Bellevue had left and Lane responded to build an 11 point lead. Lane won the game off second chance points out rebounding Bellevue 21-9 on the offensive board. The offensive rebounds led to 18 second-chance points. For Bellevue, Luv Rattler led the Bulldogs with 18 points. Latrina Woods had 17 points. The Bulldogs finish the season 26-5. Their second place at the NWAACC Tournament is Bellevue's best finish in 13 tournament appearances. Lane wins their second consecutive title and finish the season 29-4. Lane's Sheri Gates wins her second NWAACC title. Gates was a member of the 1997 Umpqua team that won the NWAACC Championship. At the time she was Sherri Nowak. FIRST TEAM Andrea Blodgett, Yakima Valley; Jennifer Deyoung, Bellevue; Kammy Martindale, Lane; Luv Rattler, Bellevue; Samantha Tinned, Highline. SECOND TEAM Sara Bergner, Whatcom; Marissa Bower, Bellevue; Vanessa McCormick, Lower Columbia; Chelsea Morrison, Yakima Valley; Sadie Short, Walla Walla. MOST VALUABLE: Mercedes Alexander, Lane. MOST INSPIRATIONAL: Nikki DePeel, Columbia Basin.
• Titans reach title game -The Eugene Register Guard: March 4, 2007
• Fast start puts LCC in semis -The Eugene Register Guard: March 3, 2007
• LCC opens with victory -The Eugene Register Guard: March 2, 2007
  
• Titans begin title defense -The Eugene Register Guard: March 1, 2007
  
• The beat goes on for Lane women -The Eugene Register Guard: February 22, 2007
  
• The winning beat goes on for Lane at home, away -The Eugene Register Guard: February 20, 2007
• Roadrunners end Titan women's streak at 11 -The Eugene Register Guard: February 15, 2007
  ALBANY - The Roadrunners put up a roadblock on the Titans' run through the conference schedule. The Lane women's basketball team, ranked No. 1 in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges, surrendered its first loss in Southern Region play, falling 79-70 at Linn-Benton on Wednesday night. The Roadrunners are the only team to have beaten the Titans in Lane's last 13 games, winning 84-83 in a nonconference game Dec. 29. After that, Lane rattled off 11 straight victories before running into Linn-Benton again. The Titans, who face another tough challenge on the road when they play at Clackamas on Saturday, fell to 11-1 in conference play and 23-4 overall, but coach Greg Sheley was pacified by his team's effort on Wednesday. "We've been battling illness and the kids played really hard, so I was happy with that," he said. Shelby Stephens, a sophomore from Willamette High, had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and freshman Mercedes Alexander, from Churchill, added 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Titans, who got within three points in the final minute but were held off as the Roadrunners went 5-for-7 at the foul line in the last 40 seconds. Whitney Bryant and Molly Firllion scored 19 apiece for Linn-Benton (9-3).
• Lane Mom Keeps Busy With Basketbal (Video) -KVAL News Source: February 11, 2007
• Alexander, Stephens power Lane women -The Eugene Register Guard: February 11, 2007
  Mercedes Alexander and Shelby Stephens combined for 38 points and 23 rebounds Saturday to lead Lane Community College to an 81-48 victory over Mount Hood Community College in NWAACC women's basketball. Alexander scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while Stephens scored 17 points and nabbed 10 boards for the Titans (23-3, 11-0 Southern Region), who won their 53rd consecutive home game and 11th in a row overall.
• Martindale leads Lane women past SWOCC -The Eugene Register Guard: February 08, 2007
  COOS BAY - Kammy Martindale scored 19 points to lead six Lane players in double figures, as the Titans defeated Southwestern Oregon 111-32 in an NWAACC Southern Region women's basketball game on Wednesday.
• Stephens' double-double leads Lane women -The Eugene Register Guard: February 04, 2007
  Shelby Stephens scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Saturday as the Lane Community College women downed Portland Community College 83-72 in NWAACC action for their 52nd consecutive home victory. Kammy Martindale added 19 points and Mercedes Alexander 15 for the Titans (21-3, 9-0 Southern Region). Stayza Albrecht scored 25 to lead the Panthers.
• UCC women turn one over -The News Review: February 1, 2007
• Lane women get past Chemeketa in basketball -The Eugene Register Guard: January 28, 2007
  SALEM - Chemeketa Community College missed two chances in the final seven seconds Saturday as Lane Community College pulled out a 53-51 victory in women's NWAACC basketball. Kammy Martindale scored 24 points, and Mercedes Alexander added 12 points and 16 rebounds for the Titans (19-3, 7-0).
• Titans use defense to run home streak to 51 -The Eugene Register Guard: January 25, 2007
  Kammy Martindale scored 17 points, and Nicole Morgan and Shelby Stephens added 12 each in Lane Community College's 63-55 victory over Linn-Benton in an NWAACC women's basketball game Wednesday night. The Titans (18-3, 5-0 Southern Region) overcame a cold shooting night from the floor (29.4 percent) by outscoring the Roadrunners 19-4 from the free-throw line. Lane also had 20 steals to Linn-Benton's nine and led 33-10 in points off turnovers. The victory was the Titans' 51st straight at home.
• Regional Roundup: Titans stay perfect in NWAACC South -The Eugene Register Guard: January 22, 2007
  PORTLAND - Lane Community College stayed unbeaten in NWAACC Southern Region games Sunday with a 63-58 victory over Portland Community College. Shelby Stephens had 17 points, Kammy Martindale had 16, Natisa Reynolds had 11 and Mercedes Alexander added seven points and 12 rebounds for the Titans (17-3, 5-0), who play host to Linn-Benton Community College at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Krystal Saling's 17 points led Portland.
• Lane women run home streak to 50 -The Eugene Register Guard: January 21, 2007
  Shelby Stephens scored 32 points, and Mercedes Alexander scored 21 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and nabbed four steals Saturday night to lead Lane Community College past Clackamas 79-61 in NWAACC women's basketball for the Titans' 50th consecutive home victory. The Titans (16-3, 4-0) held a 38-36 advantage at the half, but hit 50 percent from the field (13-of-26) in the second half to put the game away to remain in first place in the South Region. Rachel Copeland scored 18 points to lead the Cougars.
• LCC, NCC teams make playoff push -The Eugene Register Guard: January 16, 2007
• Alexander, Stephens double fun for Lane -The Eugene Register Guard: January 13, 2007
  GRESHAM - Mercedes Alexander and Shelby Stephens recorded double-doubles to lead Lane Community College to a 74-71 women's basketball win over Mount Hood on Saturday. Alexander scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and Stephens added 15 points and 11 boards for the Titans (15-3, 3-0 NWAACC South Region). Kammy Martindale also had 15 points for Lane. Sammie Nordstrom led all scorers with 22 points for the Saints.
• Reynolds powers Lane women in 127-60 rout -The Eugene Register Guard: January 11, 2007
  Natisia Reynolds scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Nicole Morgan and Shelby Stephens added 22 points each to lead Lane Community College to a 127-60 victory Wednesday over Southwestern Oregon in NWAACC women's basketball. The Titans shot 57.6 percent from the field for the game with six players in double figures. Mercedes Alexander scored 16 points, Sheri Gatos 14 and Valarie Meyer 13. Lane capitalized on 32 turnovers by the Lakers. Calie McViker had seven of Lane's 23 steals. The Titans hit seven three-pointers in the first half on their way to a 68-23 lead.
• Alexander powers Lane over Chemeketa -The Eugene Register Guard: January 07, 2007
  Mercedes Alexander, a freshman guard from Churchill, had 16 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Lane Community College women's basketball team to an 80-50 home victory over Chemeketa Community College on Saturday night. Valerie Meyer had 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting for the Titans, Nicole Morgan added 15 points and Kamy Martindale 11. Alysse Carlson led the Storm with 14 points.
• Alexander, Stephens lead Lane women to victory -The Eugene Register Guard: December 29, 2006
  SALEM - Mercedes Alexander had 14 points and 19 rebounds, and Shelby Stephens came off the bench to score 24 as the Lane Community College women's basketball team to an 84-68 victory over Clackamas at the Chemeketa Tournament on Thursday. Kammy Martindale added 11 points for the Titans, who improved to 12-2 overall and advanced to face Linn-Benton today at noon in the tournament consolation championship game.
• Cold shooting stalls Titans -The Eugene Register Guard: December 28, 2006
  SALEM - Lane Community College suffered its second straight cold-shooting game in a 70-63 women's basketball loss to Yakima Valley in the first round of the Chemeketa Tournament on Wednesday. The Titans (11-2) hit just 28.4 percent of their shots (19-of-67) after shooting only 28.8 percent in a 75-57 loss to Bellevue on Dec. 18 that snapped a nine-game winning streak to start the season. advertisement Natisia Reynolds led Lane with 19 points, and Nicole Morgan and Kammy Martindale added 15 and 11, respectively. Mercedes Alexander led the Titan rebounders with a game-high 15. Whitney Honn led the Yaks with 14 points. Lane plays Clackamas today at noon in the consolation semifinals. The Titans begin Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges league play on Jan. 6 when they host Chemeketa.
• Bellevue hands Titans first loss -The Eugene Register Guard: December 19, 2006
  BELLEVUE, Wash. - Four scorers in double figures led Bellevue Community College to a 75-57 win over Lane, handing the Titans their first loss of the season, in the championship game of the Bellevue Crossover Tournament on Monday. advertisement Bellevue shot 57 percent from the field to build a 42-25 halftime lead as the Lane battled foul trouble, with two players collecting four fouls before intermission. The Titans cut the deficit to 10 point midway through the second half but could get no closer. Kammy Martindale led Lane (9-1) with 14 and Shelby Stephens had 10. Mercedes Alexander added 14 rebounds. Mirissa Bauer paced Bellevue (9-0) with 13 points.
• Lane women reach final -The Eugene Register Guard: December 18, 2006
  BELLEVUE, Wash. - Nicole Morgan had 20 points, six assists and six steals to lead Lane Community College to a 66-56 women's basketball victory over Walla Walla in the semifinals of the Bellevue Crossover Tournament on Sunday. advertisement Mercedes Alexander added 13 points and nine rebounds, and Shelby Stephens had 10 points for the Titans (9-0), who will play Bellevue in the championship game today. Sadie Short led Walla Walla with 25 points.
• Martindale leads Lane women into semifinals -The Eugene Register Guard: December 17, 2006
  BELLEVUE, Wash. - Kammy Martindale scored 22 points to lead four scorers in double figures Saturday as Lane Community College defeated Tacoma 85-58 at the Bellevue women's basketball tournament. Martindale hit 5-of-8 three-pointers, and added three blocked shots. Mercedes Alexander and Nicole Morgan added 13 points each, and Shelby Stephens scored 11 for Lane, which busted out to a 39-27 halftime edge. Stephens and Natisia Reynolds each grabbed nine rebounds for the Titans (8-0), who advance to play Walla Walla in the semifinals today.
• Lane women off to another hot start -The Eugene Register Guard: December 6, 2006
• LCC wins Everett tournament title -The Eugene Register Guard: December 4, 2006
  The Lane Community College women's basketball team won the championship game of the Everett Tournament in Everett, Wash., on Sunday, beating the host team 79-73 in overtime. Kammi Martindale had a game-high 23 points to go with eight rebounds and finished as tournament MVP for the Titans (6-0). Mercedes Alexander added six points and 18 rebounds, Valerie Meyer had 15 points and eight assists. Both were named all-tournament.
• Alexander, Titans have hot hand in Everett -The Eugene Register Guard: December 3, 2006
  EVERETT, Wash. - Mercedes Alexander scored a game-high 21 points and Lane Community College shot 50 percent from behind the three-point arc to advance to the championship game of the Everett Tournament with a 70-60 victory over Spokane in a women's college basketball game Saturday. The Titans (5-0) will face Chemeketa or Everett at 4 p.m. today. Alexander, a former standout at Churchill High School who had a team-high nine rebounds, scored early in the second half to erase what had been a 10-point deficit. Meyer scored the go-ahead basket and the Titans never trailed after that. advertisement Meyer, who finished with 15 points and six assists, was 4-of-4 from the free-throw line down the stretch to help seal the win. Willamette graduate Shelby Stephens added 10 points for Lane, which shot 46 percent from the field, including 7-of-14 from behind the three-point line. Emily Wittkopf scored 11 points to lead Spokane.
  
• Lane sets records in rout at Everett tournament -The Eugene Register Guard: December 2, 2006
  Kammy Martindale set a single-game tournament record with 31 points, and Lane Community College women's basketball team set a tournament record for most points in a half with 66 as the Titans defeated Columbia Bible College 111-59 at the 13th annual Everett Community College Tournament on Friday night. Valerie Meyer and Nicole Morgan added 20 points apiece for Lane (4-0), which advances to face Spokane today at 6 p.m. in the semifinals. Sheri Gates added 13 points for Lane, and Calie McVicker scored 10.
• Lane rolls to title at Shoreline tournament -The Eugene Register Guard: November 20, 2006
  SHORELINE, Wash. - Four players scored in double figures Sunday to lead Lane Community College's women's basketball team to a 92-47 romp over Shoreline in the championship game of the Shoreline Tournament. Sheri Gates' 16 points led the Titans (3-0), who got 15 points from Shelby Stephens, 14 from Danielle Thompson-Rodgers and 13 points and 22 rebounds from Mercedes Alexander. advertisement Alexander was named the tourney's MVP, and Stephens and Kammy Martindale made the all-tournament team.
• Alexander lifts Lane women into title game -The Eugene Register Guard: November 19, 2006
  SHORELINE, Wash. - Mercedes Alexander tied the score with a pair of free throws with two seconds remaining in regulation, and scored six of her 29 points in overtime Saturday to rally Lane Community College to an 85-82 victory over Highline in the semifinals of the Shoreline Tournament.
• Titans roll to victory in opening game -The Eugene Register Guard: November 18, 2006
  SEATTLE - The Lane women's basketball team opened defense of its Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges championship with a 112-42 victory over Olympic at the Shoreline Holiday Classic on Friday. Kammy Martindale, a 6-foot sophomore from Siuslaw, led five Titans in double figures with 21 points, and Mercedes Alexander, a 5-11 freshman from Churchill, added 19 points and 13 rebounds. advertisement Also in double figures were Nicole Morgan (18), Danielle Thompson-Rogers (15) and Shelby Stephens (13). Sheri Gates came close to a triple-double off the bench with nine points, 10 assists and seven steals.

Roster

	#3 Danielle Thompson-Rogers Class: Freshman Hometown: Ashland, OR High School: Ashland Height: 6-0 Position: Post		#22 Valerie Meyer Class: Freshman Hometown: Clackamas, OR High School: Clackamas Height: 5-7 Position: Guard
	#10 Brittney Evans Class: Sophomore Hometown: Cottage Grove, OR High School: Cottage Grove Height: 5-9 Position: Guard		#24 Mercedes Alexander Class: Freshman Hometown: Eugene, OR High School: Churchill Height: 5-11 Position: Forward
	#11 Sheri Gates Class: Freshman Hometown: Cottage Grove, OR High School: Cottage Grove Height: 5-5 Position: Guard		#32 Nicole Morgan Class: Freshman Hometown: Port Angeles, WA High School: Port Angeles Height: 5-7 Position: Guard
	#12 Calie McViker Class: Sophomore Hometown: Eugene, OR High School: South Eugene Height: 5-8 Position: Guard		#33 Shelby Stephens Class: Sophomore Hometown: Eugene, OR High School: Willamette Height: 5-9 Position: Forward
	#20 Kammy Martindale Class: Sophomore Hometown: Florence, OR High School: Siuslaw Height: 6-0 Position: Guard		#34 Stephanie Stephens Class: Sophomore Hometown: Eugene, OR High School: Willamette Height: 6-0 Position: Forward/Post
	#21 Natisia Reynolds Class: Sophomore Hometown: Eugene, OR High School: Willamette Height: 5-8 Position: Guard

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Coaching Staff

Greg Sheley , Head Coach Sheley has turned the Titan program into one of the dominant teams in the very competitive Southern Region. His four consecutive trips to the NWAACC Championship Tournament and ten tournament wins rank him first on the school's coaching list. Sheley was named Lane's fifth head basketball coach in the summer of 1999. Prior to Lane, Greg coached at Butte College in Oroville, CA (1992-98). While at Butte, his program won three conference championships, made it to the State Championship tournament twice, had two 30 win seasons, and compiled a 161-67 record (.706). During his college playing days, Sheley earned basketball and baseball letters and was twice selected to the all conference teams at Sierra Junior College before continuing his athletic career at California State University-Chico, where he was a guard/wing for the Wildcat's basketball team. Sheley graduated from CSU-Chico with a BA in Physical Education in 1990 and later returned to receive his MA in 1995. Greg was born December 8, 1966 in Chico, CA. Raised in Chico he was a high school standout in basketball and baseball at Chico High School. His wife, Sharrie, also works at Lane as a health instructor. They have two children: Kerrisa (9), and Kaylin (5).

Kevin Grumbley, Assistant Coach Kevin Grumbley is entering his eighth season with the Titan's program. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education with a minor in Business Management from Western Oregon University. Kevin's primary coaching responsibilities include: recruiting, on the floor coaching, and working with the forwards and centers. Grumbley, 31, enters his 11th season as a basketball coach. He entered the field of coaching at age 18 following a successful career as a high school athlete. During the off-season he spends time coaching for Willamette Valley Basketball Academy, which is made up off High School aged players from the Willamette Valley area. His teams play in tournaments throughout the United States.

To contact any of the Women's Basketball Coaches please call (541) 463-3164, or email us at sheleyg@lanecc.edu

Alumni

The following are players who have played for Coach Sheley at Lane and have moved on to four-year institutions on basketball scholarships.

Records (Complete team records here) **