Navy & WhiteWilly Ligon McKenna Daly Malori Dixon Kelly Huey Herman earned the honor after Women’s Basketball the Cavs with 16.3 points per gameleading the CCC in scoring at 22.4 a scoring average ranked fourth inpoints per game, the second-best Despite missing the Cascade the CCC. After the season, Dixonscoring average in school history. Collegiate Conference Playoffs for the was named an honorable mentionIn addition, Herman never failed to second straight season, the 2012-13 Women’s Basketball Coachesscore in double figures during the Concordia women’s basketball team Association NAIA All-American.2012-13 season, and scored 20 or showed marked improvement over Huey, meanwhile, came to themore points in 20 of the Cavs’ 29 the 2011-12 season, finishing with Cavs out of Skyline College in thegames. Herman’s 2012-13 season also four more wins at 11-17 overall. San Francisco Bay Area, and postedput him in position to become the The Cavs fought hard to make one of the best all-around seasonsCavaliers’ all-time leading scorer next the CCC playoffs at the end of the in the CCC as the Cavs’ startingseason, as he currently ranks just 361 regular season, too, winning three of point guard. Besides ranking 18thpoints behind current all-time leader four heading into the final weekend in the conference with 11.3 pointsAlphonso Niles (1996-2000). of the regular season. However, back- per game, Huey also ranked third in Guard Willy Ligon also earned to-back games against conference assists per game (4.7), fifth in stealsall-conference honors as an favorites The College of Idaho and per game (2.0), and 14th in totalhonorable mention selection. Ligon, Eastern Oregon University knocked rebounds per game (6.0).a newcomer for the 2012-13 season the Cavs down to a tie for eighth Finally, Daly was named theafter transferring from Orange Coast in the CCC, where they found CCC Co-Freshman of the Year afterCollege, earned the honor after themselves on the wrong end of a showing dramatic improvementfinishing second on the team and tiebreaker and out of the playoffs. over the latter half of the season.fourth in the CCC with 16.5 points Individually, several different During the Cavs’ final 14 games, Dalyper game. Ligon led the Cavs from players stepped up for the Cavaliers averaged 8.79 points, 7.64 rebounds,the perimeter during the 2012-13 during the season, particularly and 1.36 blocked shots per game.season, finishing seventh in the Malori Dixon, Kelly Huey, and Daly also ranked second in the CCCconference with 2.3 three-point field McKenna Daly. with a .519 field goal percentage ingoals made per game. Dixon scored over 20 points in conference games. Most amazingly, though, the six of the Cavs’ first 11 games before Huey and Daly both returnCavaliers accomplished everything suffering a shoulder injury against next season during which thewithin the 2012-13 season without a the University of Puget Sound on Cavaliers will look to continue theirsenior on their roster. Consequently, Dec. 16. Dixon came back from the progression into the CCC playoffs.the Cavaliers should have plenty of injury, though, and continued to leadfirepower back for a deeper postseason (continues)run during the 2013-14 season. Summer 2013 49
Navy & White Ronn Grove & Jed DaltonGolf Gabriella Dixson Sharayah Kenady With head coach Ronn Grove at Track & Field championships, the men (fifth) andthe helm, the Concordia men’s and women (third) posted their bestwomen’s golf teams have quietly With six individual national titles combined finish in program history.become one of the most dominant between them, the 2013 track & field Turning to the outdoor season, thecollegiate programs in the Pacific season turned into the Gabriella Dixson-Irwin duo swept the nationalNorthwest, with both teams bringing Dixson and Willy Irwin show. championships in the shot put and thehome conference trophies for the Dixson, who finished her Concordia discus to help propel the Cavaliers tosixth straight season. career as a 14-time NAIA All- Despite a young roster comprised American, started things off a pair of top-10 team performances.of three freshmen, one sophomore by winning the NAIA title Dixson scored 24 points byand one junior, the Concordia women in the weight throw at the herselfsteamrolled through the CCC season, indoor championships to givewinning the league title by 192 strokes held in Geneva, Ohio. Concordiaover The College of Idaho. Junior Irwin, meanwhile, a fourth-Sunny Powers, the lone upperclassmen dominated place finish whileamong the starting five, won medalist the men’s Irwin, who was namedhonors in five of the team’s 11 events shot put the men’s Most Valuableen route to earning her second straight comp- Performer, lifted Concordiafirst-team NAIA All-American honor. etition. to a seventh-place result. The women’s team went on to Successfully defending Besides the shotqualify for nationals for the ninth her indoor title in the and discus victories,straight season where they finished in 800-meter run, senior Concordia garnered16th place overall. Powers tied for 11th Junia Limage concluded four All-Americans into become just the second Cavalier to her Concordia career with the hammer throwearn All-Tournament honors. three national titles and – with Bo Johnson The Concordia men, meanwhile, eleven All-American and Adam Riddlewon the conference crown by 89 accolades. placing second andstrokes over Warner Pacific College. At the indoor track third overall onLed by senior Jed Dalton, who was and field national the men’s side andnamed a third-team NAIA All- Sharayah KenadyAmerican following the season, theCavaliers placed in the top three in nineof the 11 tournaments they competedin during the 2012-13 season, includingteam wins on four occasions.50 concordia connection
Navy & WhiteLinsie Michelsand Dixson placing second and Baseballfifth, respectively, for the women.On the track, senior Linsie Michels Playing its second full season and A week later, while playingcruised to a pair of All-American hosting its second straight conference at the National Association ofperformances with a third-place tournament at the spacious Porter Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)result in the 1,500-meter run and a Park inside Hilken Community National Championships openingfifth-place finish in the 800. Stadium, the Cavaliers theme for round in Santa Clarita, Calif., Overall, the Cavaliers, under 2013 could best be described as Concordia finished on the wrong sidethe direction of first-year head “There’s no place like home.” of a 10-inning contest with an 8-7coach Isaac Frederick, garnered 35 Competing as the number four loss against Tabor College (Kan.). TheAll-American performances after seed in a five-team tournament, Cavaliers rebounded by poundingboth teams placed third at the CCC Concordia reeled off three straight Cal State San Marcos 13-3 to set upChampionships. At the conference wins to start the event and earn a another match against Tabor, fallingchampionships, where Concordia place in the championship finale again by a single run, 4-3 to concludeco-hosted the event for the third where they faced number two seed the season.time in four years out at Mt. Hood and defending conference champions In just two years at the new park,Community College, nine Cavaliers Menlo College (Calif.). Concordia has shown significantposted winning marks while 13 more The Cavs fell to the Oaks 9-7 in strides of becoming a national power,earned All-CCC honors. the first game, before rallying in ending the year with a 30-27 record Dixson and Irwin were named as the second game to clinch the title and gaining its first appearance atthe CCC Field Athletes of the Meet with a walk-off 4-3 win in the 10th nationals since 2004.and went on to earn qualifiers for the inning – a win even more significantU.S. National Championships. In the as it marked coach Rob Vance’s 300th (continues)process Irwin earned a school record career victory as the skipper for the Cavs.throw of 63-11 1/2 (19.49m). Additional All-Americans forConcordia include Mikel Elliott(sixth, steeplechase), Ethan Moore(eighth, high jump), and EmilyRedmayne (sixth, discus). Summer 2013 51
Navy & White Learn more about the personal stories of Concordia athletes inS pNoat lvi gyh t To help Cavalier fans connect Softball with Concordia athletic programs, GOCUGO.com has added a special Like the baseball team, the 2013 opponents by almost 100 runs (297 to feature which takes a look behind the Concordia softball squad returned to 206) for the season. Freshman shortstopscenes of the lives of student-athletes nationals after a multi-year absence. Taylor Copher led the Cavs with a and coaches who help make the Cavs Awarded one of 10 sites across the sparkling .389 batting average while one of the most successful NAIA country to host the NAIA National sophomore catcher Kate Santos set the athletic programs in the country. Championships opening round, the single-season school record with 17 of Cavs guaranteed themselves their first the team’s round-trippers. So far this season, the Navy Spotlight national appearance since 2010. Senior hurler Ashley Suter pacedhas covered topics such as a volleyball Before that, however, the Cavaliers Concordia’s pitching staff with a 2.65 opened the year with 10 straight earned-run average and 175 strikeouts player overcoming the rigors of wins to quickly climb into the in 179 innings of work inside the circle. daily practice while suffering from a top-25 poll. Battling Oregon Tech Copher, Santos, and Suter were joinedterminal disease, the creation of a new and Corban University for the CCC by infield teammates Laura Luther business by a former men’s soccer title, Concordia eventually moved up (first) and Tobey Varney (third) on theplayer, and how a mission trip to Africa to as high as a number 19 national All-CCC team after Concordia placedby one student-athlete has turned into ranking. second in the conference standings and With a high-powered offense that closed out the year by tying the school a campus-wide life-saving effort. set a school record with 67 home record with a 35-win season. runs, the Cavaliers outscored their Taylor Copher Kate Santos Ashley Suter To view all Navy Spotlight articles, head tow w w. gocugo.co m/spotl i ght52 concordia connection
Nailed to the Door Nailed to the Door provides Concordia staff, faculty, alumni, and students a forum for editorial comment.The Inverted Pyramid: Truly Transformational Teaching One of the hallmarks of the Lutheran theological base would be more effectiveof Concordia University is Luther’s notion, as stated in his if I saw myself truly1520 treatise The Freedom of a Christian, that each of us is as servant rather thanto be Christ to others. As Christ came to serve and not to master. If I upendedbe served, each of us is called to be servant of all. At first the normal model ofglance this may seem a pious platitude and little more. administration, I couldUpon further examination it has profound implications empower those brightfor teaching, learning, and life. people in my college to If one examines, for a moment, the nature of a servant use their God-given gifts in the most effectiveand his or her master, there is a clear hierarchy involved. manner. If I didn’t care about the power or theThe master is on top and the servant is below. In many glory, I could facilitate much more effectiveeducational institutions, particularly in higher education, teaching and program development by playingthis model of servant and master is easily observable. I the role of servant. My position became onespent five years as a graduate research assistant at a major in which I would sweep the path and removepublic university and it was clear that I was the servant barriers from in front of my faculty and staff.and the professor was the master. While there were many They became my master. In order to be a goodfine individuals who bucked that trend, it was definitely servant, I would first need to really know eachthe prevailing paradigm. The professor or laboratory head of them personally and find out what theirtold me what to do and I did it…or else. In even more goals were. Then I could assist them to meetsubtle ways, the classroom reflected that paradigm. The those goals. This gave each of them the sense ofinstructor’s role was to demonstrate her great knowledge empowerment that allowed them to reach theirand the student was to sop up whatever he might glean full potential.from the great exposition of wisdom. To be perfectly I quickly saw the application in the classroom.truthful, my early years of teaching were dominated My role was not to be the students’ boss butby this paradigm. I honestly believed that my primary the students’ servant. In order to do that, I firstrole was to share my knowledge and wisdom with had to develop a relationship with them thatstudents. They were to take notes furiously and be able to helped me know their goals and hopes andregurgitate copious amounts of information on whatever dreams. Then I had to find ways to assist themexam or quiz I wished to offer. to overcome the barriers that were preventing I cannot say for certain when my own paradigm shift them from achieving those dreams. This invertedbegan, but I know the seeds were planted years earlier pyramid model has continued to remake myby certain faculty mentors who behaved in a different own classrooms and, I know, has been adoptedmanner. I was simply too naïve and arrogant to recognize by many of the faculty in my college. The resultstheir wisdom. The shift began to take place about twenty are students who are learning not to answeryears ago or so as I was wrestling with how to take on questions on an exam but learning to meet theirthe new-to-me role as dean of the College of Arts and potential. They are moved from recipients ofSciences. For the first time, I was confronted with a knowledge to creators of knowledge. That is trulysubstantial group of very bright folks who each brought transformational teaching. As Christ gave upto the table a unique and valuable vision of what was His power to empower us, we are to become theimportant in life. It began to dawn on me that my role servants of all. Luther had it right. » Dr. Charles Kunert, Former Dean, Professor of Biology, College of Theology, Arts, & Sciences
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