Peninsula College Soccer Brochure

Pirates instantly a soccer force

In only their second year, the 2011 Pirates went all the way to the championship match before settling for second place in the NWAACC following a thrilling 1-0 loss to top-ranked Walla Walla. The team was loaded with talent, they were loaded with determination and most of all, they were loaded with young women who epitomize what it means to be a student athlete at Peninsula College - they were outstanding students, outstanding citizens and outstanding athletes. Coach Kanyon Anderson was named NWAACC Coach of the Year, and has emerged as one of the most talented young coaches in the Northwest soccer scene. Peninsula College athletes benefit from the NWAACC's most impressive soccer complex, the NWAACC's most successful new coach, an atmosphere that perfectly blends a focus on winning a championship with the joy of playing soccer, an academic program widely respected in the region and a college with spectacular new buildings in a beautiful setting. Combineall of those and you have a destination college for high school soccer standouts.

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Coach Anderson named NWAACC Coach of the Year

VANCOUVER - Peninsula College's second-year head coach Kanyon Anderson was named Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges Women's Soccer Coach of the Year, as announced Thursday by the NWAACC office. Coach Anderson guided his first-year team to a second-place finish in the West in 2010 and this year took them all the way to second place in the NWAACC. His Pirates went 14-1-1 to win the West Division championship, only the second women's division title in school history, and then went 17-3-3 overall, finishing second only to Walla Walla following a thrilling 1-0 loss in the championship match. Prior to moving into the head coaching position at Peninsula in 2010, he served four years as assistant coach to Andrew Chapmen in the men's program. "Coach Anderson is very deserving of this award," said Athletic Director Rick Ross. "He's had a unique opportunity to build a program from scratch and his done a supurb job. His ability to recruit, his knowledge of the game and his success bringing together 25 individuals, from all over the World, to work as a team, with a common goal, and uncommon chemistry, are extraordinary."

Pirates battle Walla Walla in NWAACC Championship

TUKWILA - The Pirates fell one goal short of their ultimate goal of winning the NWAACC soccer championship Sunday in a 1-0 loss to top-ranked Walla Walla, but their journey to the title match took them where no Peninsula College women's sports team had gone before. The Pirates' second-place trophy marks the highest finish of any women's team in the college's 50-year history. In only the second year of the program, the PC women found themselves on the threshold of a championship with one team standing in their way - and that team was all they were billed to be. Walla Walla was the two-time defending champion, they were unbeaten, and they had outscored their opponents 103-6 prior to facing the West Division champion and third-ranked Pirates in Sunday's NWAACC championship. More

Rodgers MVP, Anderson Coach of the Year

VANCOUVER - The Pirate women landed five players, led by West MVP Jackie Rodgers, on the Northwest All-Star Team and Kanyon Anderson was named West Division Coach of the Year, as announced today by the NWAACC office. Rodgers, a sophomore midfielder, has been an NWAACC standout for two straight years and was honored with the Most Valuable Player award this year. Joining her on the NW All-Star Team are fellow sophomores Shelby Solomon (forward), Felicia Collins and Kimmy Jones (defenders) and Krystal Daniels (goal keeper).

Pirates lead NWAACC with 10 on All-Academic Team 

PORT ANGELES – The Peninsula College soccer program is not only dominating the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges on the soccer field, but they are excelling in the classroom as well. Ten members of the Peninsula College soccer program were named to the women’s and men’s NWAACC All-Academic Teams, as announced Wednesday by the NWAACC office in Vancouver. The 10 Pirate sophomores represent the most of any college in the Washington/Oregon conference. They include Tabitha Bare, Jessica Farrell, Kimberly Jones and Ellen Rodgers from the third-ranked and West Division champion women’s team, as well as Michel Carbon, Yan Gioseffi, Miguel Gonzalez, Jake Hughes, Jeff Mullen and Adam Skowron from the NWAACC’s top-ranked men’s team. be good students, to be good citizens and to win championships,” said Director of Athletics Rick Ross. MORE