Annual Report - Everett Community College

Athletics
Dave Holden’s last game as an Everett Junior College Trojan was in the
college’s new gym, which opened in 1958 for the final basketball game of the
season.
Fifty-three years later, he stood on stage in Everett Community College’s new
49,000 square foot Student Fitness Center for his induction into the college’s
Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame May 18.
“It’s a big honor for me that they remember me from so long ago,” Holden,
74, told The Herald. “It means a whole lot that they even remembered me
and thought about me for this recognition.”
Holden was one of five athletes, two coaches and four teams inducted into
the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was joined by athletes Ed Bucklin, George
Holland, Randy Montgomery, and Nancy Snyder; coaches/administrators
Joan Dugger and Jim Ennis; and the 1967 football team, the 1964/65
women’s tennis team, and the 1947 and 1948 men’s golf teams.
This was the third class inducted into the Hall of Fame, a new tradition
honoring the college’s long athletic legacy, which started in the Fall 1941 with
the formation of the college’s basketball team. Students selected the Trojans
as the team name by popular vote.
1967
Everett Junior College’s 1967 football team was among the four teams inducted into the
college’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. The team, which earned the state championship,
included rusher Randy Montgomery, who was also honored as an individual for his football
and track accomplishments.
At the 2011 Hall of Fame celebration, former athletes admired the new
Student Fitness Center, located off Broadway near the Everett Transit Center’s
College Station. The new facility replaced the college’s 1958 gym, which was
located several blocks south of the main campus.
The $19.5 million Student Fitness Center includes classrooms for physical
education and health programs, a gym with retractable bleacher seating for
2,250, a cardio and free weight training room, a climbing wall, running track,
juice bar, a multi-purpose small gym, and offices for faculty and staff.
The center also includes space for intercollegiate athletics and activities. More
than 250 athletes participate in EvCC’s nine league sports and intramural
leagues.
2011
EvCC female Athlete of the Year, sophomore
pitcher Allie Milless, practices before a game
against Edmonds Community College. The
Trojan’s women’s softball team finished second
in the Northwest Athletic Association of
Community Colleges championship in May
2011, the team’s best finish in its 12-year history.
Team head coach Randy Smith was named the
league’s softball coach of the year.