PACIFIC ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S
INSIDE THE LINES
YOUR INSIDE LOOK AT PACIFIC ATHLETICS
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Keeping our PAF members
informed on all things
Pacific Athletics!
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Pacific Athletic Foundation's Inside the Lines features exclusive content for our loyal PAF members. We want to keep you in the know when it comes to our student-athletes' accomplishments both on the playing field and in the classroom as well as our former student-athletes' continued success upon graduating. We will also highlight some of our outstanding PAF members and businesses who have gone above and beyond!
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PAF Members
Occupation: Law Enforcement and Teacher
PAF Member Since: 2018
What interested you in joining the PAF: We joined because Pacific was where we met and the starting point to our professional careers. We had a lot of friends who were former Tiger players and we understood the importance of donating to help the programs. We also wanted our kids to be on a college campus at an early age.”
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Pacific Alumni in the News |
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Flores Gets Third Shot at Hall of Fame Call
Pacific Alumnus, Tom Flores, the trailblazing, two-time Super Bowl-winning coach whose steady hand kept the Raiders atop the NFL during the '80s, is close to football immortality. Again.
Flores, who came up short in a controversial vote a year ago, was named the Pro Football Hall of Fame's lone coach finalist for its Class of 2021 during a virtual meeting Tuesday.
The hall's 48-member selection committee will vote on the class of 2021 in February just before the Super Bowl. Coaching nominees have generally found little resistance in that vote, so it appears Flores is likely to be inducted.
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Elizabeth A. Demichelis, DDS |
Family and Cosmetic Dentistry
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A dental team devoted to restoring and enhancing the natural beauty of your smile using conservative, state-of-the-art procedures that will result in beautiful, long lasting smiles! A standard of excellence in personalized dental care enables them to provide the quality dental services their patients deserve. They provide comprehensive treatment planning and use restorative and cosmetic dentistry to help you achieve your optimal dental health.
Elizabeth Demichelis is a PAF member and a PAF Fund Drive Volunteer. She is also a PAF Premium Floor Seat ticket holder for Men's Basketball and enjoys attending games with her mom who is a huge Pacific Basketball fan!
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Danesha Adams - Women's Soccer Assistant Coach |
Danesha Adams joined the Pacific coaching staff in March of 2020 from the University of Houston, where she served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. In her time at Houston, Adams sparked major improvements on the offensive side of the ball with 29 goals and 23 assists for the Cougars during a 2017 season that saw two forwards earned All-AAC honors. As a recruiting coordinator, Adams created strong relationships both domestically and internationally. Adams went to UH after spending time at Villanova, where three student-athletes were named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team.
"I couldn't be more excited to be adding such a quality person and coach to our staff," said head coach, Ed Moore. "Danesha brings a wealth of experience to Pacific, from both her time as an assistant coach at the Division I level and her illustrious playing career. She is someone who will not only be able to teach our players every facet of the game, but will be an amazing role model both on and off the field."
Adams enjoyed a stellar collegiate career, leading UCLA to four NCAA College Cups. She was a three-time Pac-10 Conference First Team selection, two-time Hermann Trophy semifinalist and was a finalist for the Pac-10 Player of the Year. Adams also represented the US with the U-20 and U-23 Women's National Teams while in college, earning her first cap with the Women's National Team in 2006.
Following a successful collegiate career at UCLA, Adams was selected as the sixth pick in the 2008 Women's Professional Soccer Supplemental Draft and played professionally from 2009-2010 with the Chicago Red Stars before joining the Philadelphia Independence from 2010-2012. Internationally, she played in Sweden and Turkey before joining Sky Blue FC of the NWSL from 2013-2014.
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STUDENT-ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT |
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Women's Basketball
Valerie Higgins is a redshirt senior from Granada Hills, California majoring in Diversified Education & Special Education.
In her junior season, she played in 28 games with 27 starts, leading the team with both 16.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Also paced Pacific with 22 blocks and 99 steals, good for first in the WCC and ninth in Division I. Her 3.54 steals per game also led the conference and checked in at sixth nationally.
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Getting to know Valerie Higgins
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Nickname: Val
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Position: Guard & Forward
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Favorite Pacific Professor/Staff Member (Non-Basketball)? My Academic Advisor, Gregory Potter. He is always so helpful in making accommodations with my schedule. He is an amazing interactive professor, and I've learned so much from his class.
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Favorite Place On Campus? The Rose Garden by the library. I love to write and listen to music there, on the benches.
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Do You Have A Pre-Game Ritual? I listen to a different artist every year. I take time in the morning for self-reflection & visualization. My parents text me words of encouragement the day of a game. I put my left shoe on before my right.
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Starbucks Order? Chai Tea with Coconut milk.
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What's On Your Bucket List? Visit all of the continents, ride a horse, fly a hot air balloon, and visit every NBA Arena.
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Can you tell us a joke? Yes, Did you hear about the Claustrophobic astronaut....he just needed a little space.
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Pacific Athletic Foundation |
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The Pacific Athletic Foundation has recently restructured our membership levels, benefits, and ways to give. As of March 2020, all donors who make a sport-specific donation will now be considered PAF members and will have the opportunity to receive benefits based on their giving level.
These changes have been implemented as a part of our United We Roar campaign, which aims to increase the overall total of PAF memberships to 1,000 by the year 2023.
"Every gift made to the PAF is a vital part of our Pacific Athletics program and
directly supports the success of our over 300 student-athletes, all of whom proudly epitomize the legacy, tradition, and innovation that are synonymous with this program." -Pacific Director of Athletics, Janet Lucas
For more details on benefits and how to give, please click on the brochure below. To become a member and make your gift online, click "Join Today".
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Tiger Talk - Legacy and History of Women's Sports at Pacific |
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - Virtual Event on Zoom
Join us live at 4:00 PM PST for #TigerTalkTuesday as we focus on the Legacy and History of Women's Sports at Pacific. Featured guests include former student-athlete and longtime senior administrator, Cindy Spiro, Pacific's first women's scholarship recipient, Glena Carroll, Pacific Softball head coach, Brian Kolze, and Pacific Swimming & Diving head coach, Katelyne Herrington.
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Tiger Talk - Volleyball & Golf |
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - Virtual Event on Zoom
Get an inside look at the Pacific Golf and Pacific Volleyball programs as they are featured on this edition of #TigerTalkTuesday. Head coaches, John Cook and Greg Gibbons will join host, Zack Bayrouty, as they discuss what their programs are up to this fall as both of their seasons have been postponed. Joining them will be one student-athlete representing each team to talk about their experiences during these uncertain times. The talk begins at 4:00 PM PST.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - SAVE THE DATE!
We may not have been able to gather in person this year for our favorite annual event, but be on the look out for more details to come regarding a virtual Orange & Black Ball on October 21st!
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