PORTLAND, Ore. - Three men's soccer players are part of the Marketing Management class at Cascade College that has been named one of three finalists in the Department of Defense National Case Study Competition.  

The objective of the competition was to design an Integrated Marketing Communications Program to recruit approximately 350,000 non-military employees for the DoD. The DoD estimates that within the next ten years 50% of all federal workers, including the civilian workforce of the DoD, is expected to retire.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Head Coach Matt Murphy has announce that Maya Gross will be transferring to Cascade College to continue her education and play women's basketball for the 2008-09 season.

Gross, a 5-8 forward, comes from NCAA Div. II Dixie State College in St. George, UT where she was a 2 year member of the Rebel team. In 2007-08 she made 11 starts for Dixie, averaging 2.3 points and  4.3 rebounds. The rebounding mark was 3rd best on the team.

PORTLAND, Ore. - 1st year head coach Nels Norquist has announced the signing of Katherine Messerschmidt to a letter of intent to play volleyball for the Thunderbirds in 2008.

Messerschmidt is a 5-8 outside hitter from San Jose, California. In 2007 she played for coach Tait Rafat at San Jose City College where she averaged 2.09 kills and 1.87 digs per game. She is currently finishing her A.A. degree at SJCC and is coaching 16-1's club volleyball in the area.