December 18, 2014 meeting notes


The meeting was called to order at 6:55am by President Tom Whitfield and there were 18 members and 8 guests present.


The secret greeter was Tony; we recognized one birthday and Steve won the 50/50 drawing.


Duane Isaac presented the club with a $1000 check from STCU.  He tracked his volunteer time for the club and submitted it to generate this scholarship donation.


A new member, John McCallum, was welcomed into the club and spoke briefly about his background and his involvement in West Plains Little League.


Troy Hewett from Cheney High presented the two outstanding students for December.  Bradley Powell is active in DECA, FBLA, honor societies, and cheerleading.  He plans to attend EWU to study art and business.  Trenton Briggs is involved in DECA and recently had the lead in a school play.  He plans to attend college in Florida.
Our speaker was Chad Bodnar, head coach of EWU Women's Soccer.  He was a coach for 10 years at Walla Walla CC with a strong win record before coming to EWU.  This year at EWU they have had 8 wins when the team usually had 3 to 4 wins in a season.  He has 15 verbal commitments for next season and a few for the following season. He attributes 80% of team success to recruiting the right students -- he judges character by speaking with other coaches who have worked with the potential player and also checks social medial postings.  He is able to offer 14 full scholarships a year and there are 32 women on the team.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55am.