Clackamas Community College ‘Hall of Fame’ Banquet Honors Athletes & Coaches

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Friday, December 12, 2014

Kirsten Nicolaisen, GoLocalPDX Content Manager

Clackamas Community College honored it's athletes, teams and coaches at it's annual Hall of Fame Banquet and Alumni reunion on Saturday, Dec. 6. 

The college offers 11 competitive sports that have won more than 50 championships over the school's 48-year history. The success of the athletics department has been fostered by many donors, sponsors, citizens and athletic supporters, according to CCC. 

The hall of fame honorees were selected by a committee based on criteria including both their time at CCC and successes that followed. The 2014 Athletic Hall of Fame includes:

• Jim Jackson. CCC head wrestling coach and former director of athletics at CCC: Under Jackson's leadership, 40 teams won National Athletic Association of Community College (NWAACC) championships. Jackson also started the CCC women's soccer program. 
• Kelly Sullivan. Track and field athlete and coach: Sullivan is in the top 10 of 3,000 meter steeplechase competition at CCC and an All-American in steeplechase and cross country at Willamette University. He has won numerous titles as a coach and is currently head cross-country and track coach at Oregon State University. He coached Olympian Brian Abshire. 
• Norm Berney. Head wrestling coach, assistant track and field coach: 1975-1988. Berney coached wrestling at CCC for 17 years, coaching 30 All-American athletes. 
• Becky Holiday. Track and field, 1999-2001: Two-time NWAACC women's pole vault champion, she holds a pole vault record for CCC, NWAACC, NJCAA and University of Oregon and finished second-place at the U.S. Olympic trials 2012. 
• Tim Williams. Wrestling, 1970-72: Member of the 1971 national championship team and two-time NJCAA national champion, 142-pound weight class. 
•  2004 Women's Soccer Team. The Cougar team won the NWAACC championship in its third season at CCC with season record of 20-0-2.  The team compiled 17 shutouts in 22 total games. The team won the title game 6-0 setting the record for the most goals scored in an NWAACC championship game.

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