Mercer Island High School - ISLA Yearbook (Mercer Island, WA)

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Traci Nakao, positioned for the serve. lBack Rowl Coach Bonnie Van Peursem, Hayley Lorenzen Shawna Smith, Haidee Jezek, Alisa Kask, Nikola Davidson, Me linda Gilman, Suzy Barcomb. lFront Rowl Simone Oliver Heather Bowles, Rachel Abrass, Molly Penny, Jodi Curry, Ni chole Alberson. Salley bumps the ball as Sara Wischman looks 60 VOLLEYBALL

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- . 1.-, . A . . ROWJ Marc Willison, Jock Lilly, Jeff Schwartz, Debbie Dorkin, Allison Link, Kay Eder, Dana Kusakabe, Stacey Carlson, Tammy Nedell. ROWJ Shauna Blum, Lisa Herrman, Stephanie Marshall, Martina Ulrich, Anne Blais, Lidia Fiorini, Kamala Jain, Karen Allagyari, Laura King, Sarah7Gardner, Lindsey Knudsen, Cindi Newell, Liz Rosen, Kelly Schull, Frank Coach Ceteznik, Bob Harshbarger. KSECOND ROWD Amy Brehm, Kathy McConnell, Jenny Cameron, Susie Gross, Shelly Farmer, Julie Taraday, Meagan Jensen, Pam Tengabu, Teresea Geoffert, Susie Miller. lFROINT ROWl Lindsey Lampkin, Heather Ritchie, Maura Danforth, Wilson Chunning, Barbra Alberti, Allison Hughes, Heather Smith, Violane Pedevilla. QABOVED Lindsey Knudsen surfaces for air. KBELOWJ The swimming swami's. lABOVEl Tammy Nedell is set on winning! GIRLS SWIMMING 59

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.1 Pb v if - . 4 - . , .M 1 , rag If iii ,E-E Orwick. fl' J 'S--5+ ii ng. ' rf f H ,,., sm.. - fs M v fn-, 33' ,L . xi f---Mali? 'li L' t 'i ' ..c. fists' e.l ,l KQMQ . lBack Rowl Coach Bonnie Van Peursem, Gina Brondello, Susie Green, Renee Wylie, Nicole Kauffman, Randi Livingston, Samantha Wang. lFront Rowl Lucy Kalotay, Karissa Joesphson, Kate Donahue, Lisa Hammar, Melissa Forselius, Heidi ddi Carson, watching teammate Suzy Iley spiking the ball. Volleyball HEARTS hey ran, They jumped, They with a few seniors and juniors spik-ed. They bumped. Mercer thrown in. Fighting freshmen reigned land's varsity and jv volleyball supreme on the junior varsity. What s made a strong and sincere the two groups lacked in long-term in this season of new experience, they more than made When it came to spunk, up for with unyielding effort. girls had a royal flush. Mastering the fundementals was All hearts, crucial, Serving, bumping, and Under the leadership of first-year Spiking are all part of the game. Bgjnnie Van Peul-gem, Q With the rTl0TfO, uPl'ClCflC6 makes of motivated Islanders, perfect, in mind, Ml's girls strived by underclgssmenl to GCl1ieVe VCIST impl'OVemeI'IT. building promising squads for Senior SUZY Sdlley remarked, , The season was long and filled with The varsity team primarily hard work. Yet, the team never of dedicated sophomores, QGVS UP., competition l An uplifting victory for the varsity occurred against a competitive lnglemoor squad in late October. The celebration was jubilant but short-lived. With all the new players, there were lots of adjustments to make, stated junior Traci Nakao, ubut the team's well set for next year. The rookies of 1985 could be the stars of the future. The crowds may have been small. The games may have been painful. However, they still played them. And this year's ground-breaking effort paves the way for a winning season in I986. VOLLEYBALL 6l