Welcome to the Pioneer Athletics Staff Blog

This blog site that will feature posts by the various staff members of the Lewis & Clark College Department of Physical Education and Athletics. The Athletics staff will be sharing some of their experiences with the campus community, the Portland community, alumni, parents, fans, and other events that many people don’t ever hear about. This will be an opportunity for people to see what goes on in the world of Athletic Administration.

The Pio Barbershop Is Officially Open For Business

Pioneer Athletics Director Clark Yeager lived out his life long fantasy of opening his own barbershop on Thursday, April 23, offering anyone interested a free haircut. But the catch was – there is only one kind of haircut. The buzz. That’s right – anyone who wanted to have their head shaved was welcome to meet up with the AD himself in the Hall of Champions in Pamplin. Several athletes took advantage of this offer, saying goodbye to their hair as it fell to the ground.

All we have to say: Clark has some serious haircutting skills. Jeff Carman looks great!

Look at that concentration.

Jeff Pre-Buzz

PioSportsExpedition Episode 3 – Dessert?

This weeks PioSportsExpedition takes you inside crews strong finish at conference, as well as Amalia Nilsson’s second consecutive Northwest Conference Player of the Year honor. There is also a reminder that the Student Athlete Dessert is fast approaching, which everyone knows means – Let them eat cake!

PioSportsExpedition Episode 2 – Mmmm Hot Dogs

These week was a crazy one for the Pioneers with a huge baseball upset over the 11th ranked program in Division III, women’s tennis earning a fourth place rank heading into the Northwest Conference Tournament, and hot dogs. Lots and lots of hot dogs (thanks SAAC and PAC!!!).

PioSportsExpedition Episode 1 – Pio Premier

Welcome to PioSportsExpedition, where we update you about Pioneer Athletics. These minisodes are designed to give a brief overview of recent athletic events, along with focusing on a particular team or event. This week’s minisode will take you inside Pio baseball and softball.

A Lesson From Student Financial Services

Members of the Student Financial Services staff, Diana Meyer and Karen Fobert joined Director, Glendi Gattis who presented a “Need Analysis 101” seminar to the coaching staff.  Coaches are usually the primary contact during the recruiting process, and can be faced with a multitude of questions from potential student-athletes and their families regarding financial aid.  This seminar provided a great deal of valuable information so the coaching staff could be better equipped to provide some basic  information as well as know where to appropriately direct specific inquiries to Student Financial Services.  It most definitely gave the coaching staff a glimpse into the effort and hard work that Glendi and her staff put in!