Max Proudfit and Austin Dodge receiving the Game of the Year Award from AD Matt Sayre

@eliment13 @SOUWrestling @SOURaiders @BrockGutches @SOURaiders @SOU_Football @RaiderVB

Details here.

Nikki Keller receiving the Athletic Trainers Perseverance Award from Kristy Johnson

Brock Gutches received multiple awards

More photos here.

Posted on May 27th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: austin dodge, brock gutches, football, Matt Sayre, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, volleyball, wrestling. Comments Off on 2015 Black and Red All-Sports Awards

Some of the dozens of courts in a 9-photo photomerge from inside the Reno/Sparks Convention Center

Just 360 teams remain. Today the champions will be crowned.

Posted on April 26th, 2015 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, Nikon D750, panorama, photoshop photomerge, volleyball. Comments Off on NCVA Far Western National Qualifier – Day 3

Posted on April 25th, 2015 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, ellie, mOcean VC, Nikon D750, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on NCVA Far Western National Qualifier – Day 2

mOcean Volleyball Club Preto

@moceanvb @NCVAVolleyball

Day one of three of this massive tournament begins in Reno, Nevada in a few minutes. We are the #12 seed but hoping for a top ten performance.

Posted on April 24th, 2015 under people. Tags: ellie, mOcean VC, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on NCVA Far Western National Qualifier – Day 1

PNQ action in the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse on the Eastern Washington University campus (Cheney, WA)

Today is day two of three in this tournament.

Posted on March 28th, 2015 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: ellie, mOcean VC, Nikon D750, Rokinon 14mm Ultra Wide-Angle f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens For Nikon, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Pacific Northwest Qualifier

I spent today watching volleyball at SOU (although today’s photo is from last month). Although most of the teams were Southern Oregon club teams, one was made up of mostly SOU volleyball players and alumni. It was fun watching my little (6’2″) 16-year old (#4 in this photo) go up against players like Sarah Holgen and Paulla Pinheiro.

Next up (March 27-29, 2015) is a tournament in Spokane, Washington during spring break.

Posted on March 15th, 2015 under people. Tags: ellie, mOcean VC, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Volleyball day

mOcean volleyball

Today is the 17U mOcean Volleyball Club’s second tournament in Grants Pass (North Valley High School). At the last tournament, in Santa Clara, there weren’t any familiar foes, but most of today’s games will pit girls against former and future teammates as there is representation from about six or seven different high schools on this mOcean team.

Posted on February 8th, 2015 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: ellie, mOcean VC, Nikon D750, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Hellgate Volleyball Tournament

mOcean volleyball club in Santa Clara, California

#NationalHugDay

Posted on January 21st, 2015 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: mOcean VC, Nikon D750, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on National Hug Day

mOcean Volleyball Club’s 2015 17U team at the California Kickoff

After just four practices, mOcean’s 17U team fared well in their first time playing competitively as a group, ending the tournament with a 12-3 mark. (The girls usually play against each other as they are from seven different high schools in California and Southern Oregon, but this is their first time working together.) They have two local tournaments to iron out some kinks before heading south again for the President’s Day weekend tourney in San Mateo next month where they will likely face some of the same (mostly SF Bay Area) teams.

Posted on January 19th, 2015 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, mOcean VC, Nikon D750, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on 3rd place out of 35 teams