Zia Expands Excellence to Surprise and Queen Creek
Zia has reached out to the far ends of the valley and begun programs
in both Surprise and Queen Creek for the 2008 season.
Tonya Rooth will lead the Surprise contingency and Kim Weeks
is heading up the Queen Creek squad. Both coaches have been with
Zia for years and both played for Zia.
Zia Athlete’s Continue
to Dominate Post Season Awards,
in Both HS AND Collegiately
With the announcement of the 2007 Arizona Republic All-State
team selection, the 2007 High School season has officially come
to a close.
We here at Zia cannot express how proud we are of our athlete's
amazing accomplishments over this past season.
Congratulations to Ironwood High School for winning the 5A-II
State Championship with 5 of our athletes contributing, and topping
Centennial High School with another 5 Zia athletes on the floor.
The Cactus Cobras got to the 4A-I State semi finals with 7 Zia
players on the varsity roll call. Add to the tremendous records
of the Zia laden freshman and JV teams from Centennial, Ironwood,
Cactus, Sunrise Mountain and Mountain Ridge, and we will continue
to drive the level of volleyball in the west valley to more State
titles and Honor Roll Selections.
Congratulations to these athletes:
Class 4A All-State Honors:
First Team: Megan Johnson, Cactus.
Honorable Mention: Kelli Heenan, Cactus.
Class 5A All-State Honors:
Honorable Mention: Michele Anderson, Horizon. Leah Bradley, Centennial.
Madison Orton, Ironwood.
2007 Desert West Region Honors:
First Team: Madison Orton, Ironwood. Leah Bradley, Centennial
Second Team: Kristen Matheson, Centennial. Katie Rutherford,
Sunrise Mountain, Kristy Freisen, Ironwood.
Honorable Mention: Mackenzie Durham, Sunrise Mountain. Sarah
Jones, Sunrise Mountain. Jennifer Robinson, Ironwood. Tristen Hall,
Ironwood.
Scholar-Athlete: Jennifer Robinson, Ironwood. Kristen Matheson,
Centennial.
2007 West Valley Region Honors:
Player of the Year: Megan Johnson, Cactus
Second Team: Samantha Eastburn, Cactus
Honorable Mention: Kelli Heenan, Cactus. Erika Lodgek, Cactus.
Holly Pavoggi, Cactus. Jennifer West, Cactus.
Coach of the Year: Lindsay Patterson
2007 Pima League Region Honors:
First Team: Michele Anderson, Horizon
In addition, we can't forget the impact Sarah Reaves has had on the PAC-10
as a freshman at ASU this season. Her accomplishments are listed below.
2007 PAC-10 All Conference Team:
Honorable Mention: Sarah Reaves, Arizona State University
2007 PAC-10 All Freshman Team:
Sarah Reaves, Arizona State University
We'd also like to recognize our athetes that have played at the
Junior College level. Lisa Doremus and Michelle Burrola at Phoenix
College took 4th place in the NJCAA Div. II National tournament
and last year's Zia 17's coach, Karen Sitkiewicz was named ACCAC
coach of the year.
Junior College
2007 NJCAA Div. II All- American Team:
First Team: Lisa Doremus, Phoenix College. Second Team: Brittany
Clark, Glendale Community College
2007 ACCAC All Conference Team:
First Team: Lisa Doremus, Phoenix College. Brittany Clark, Glendale
Community College
Honorable Mention: Michelle Burrola, Phoenix College
2007 All NJCAA Region I Div. II Team:
First Team: Lisa Doremus, Phoenix College. Brittany Clark, Glendale
Community College
2007 NJCAA All-American Team:
Lisa Doremus, Phoenix College.
Congratulations to all of these athletes as many of them help
us to train more athletes for the future.
Zia’s Growth
Shows Significance
Zia was one of only a few clubs that showed growth this season
as more clubs than ever have popped up across Arizona.
Being the only club in the west valley
to offer a Boy’s
program, Zia stayed with two teams. But the expansion into Surprise
and Queen Creek gave the club three more teams than last season.
Some clubs saw significant decline in teams this past season.
Many factors, including club fees, rising costs and an influx of
new clubs led to this decline.
Thank You all for your support.
 January
Birthdays- Congratulations!
Courtney Ek, Kelsey Tourvell, Ryan Sapcoe, Annalyn Sanders, Samantha
Baudhuin, Julie Duarte, Jeremy Burris, Samantha Vargas, Calista
Polvodore, Derek Wibben, Kimberlee Pollack, Kaitlin, Halverstadt
and Nicole Lentine.
Travel Info for 2008
For those of you with questions regarding the travel for your
teams this season, you can go to the Zia Website and click on the
2008 travel information link below the team links at the left of
the page.
Fundraisers Available Offer Big Payouts!
Fundraising Chairperson
Sheila Peterson has brought together some great fundraisers that
can bring some significant donations to your athlete’s
account. For more information on these voluntary fundraisers,
go to the Zia site and click on fundraising.
If
there is anything you would like to hear about, see or learn about in next
months ZIAp date, please e-mail Eric at erichbke@msn.com. We'll
do our best.
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