Shoreline CC Men’s basketball program sends five players to four year colleges

Kelly Hong will play for Evergreen
Photo by Wilson Tsoi

The Shoreline Community College's Men's Basketball Team has sent five current and former players to four year colleges this year.

From the 2011-12 team:

• Jesse Vaughan, Forward - Northern Montana State (Havre, MT) - NAIA
• Joe Bodman, Center - Regis University (Denver, CO) - NCAA II
• Kelly Hong, Shooting Guard - Evergreen State (Olympia, WA) - NAIA

From the 2009-10 Squad:

• Shawn West, Point Guard - Northern Montana State
• Alfie Miller-Soukasen, Shooting Guard - Northern Montana State

Vaughan was leading SCC in scoring with a 26 point average and had one game of 48 points before shoulder injury ended his season after 6 games in 2011-12. He also played on the 2009-10 squad and was the leading scorer for the 2010 NWAACC Northern Region champs. He sat out 2010-11 before coming back in 2011-12. He will have three years of eligibility at Northern Montana after receiving a medical hardship for 2011-12. He was a NWAACC All-Region players in 2009-10.

Joe Bodman was the second leading rebounder in the NWAACC for the season and averaged a solid 14 points a game for the Dolphins. Bodman transferred from Northern Idaho to SCC and was the stable big man for Shoreline the past two years. Joe was All-Region and a NWAACC All-Star this season.

Kelly Hong averaged 8 points a game for SCC and was a 40% shooter from the three point line. Hong was noted for coming into a game off the bench and hit 2-3 three pointers in a row to ignite the Dolphins high scoring offense.

Shawn West and Alfie Miller-Soukasen help lead the Shoreline squad in 2009-10 to the NWAACC Northern Region championship under then SCC Coach Butch Estes. The students after their basketball eligibility was up continued to work on their AA degrees and now have been rewarded for their continued studies with scholarships to NMS for 2012-13.

West was the starting point guard for SCC and averaged 15 points per game and was NWAACC All-Region and All-Star game player. Miller-Soukasen averaged 14 points a game and was the team's 3 point threat shooting 44% from behind the arch and like Kelly, was noted for his hot streaks getting SCC back in games or push them victory.

The 2011-12 SCC team went 19-12 overall and finished 7th at the NWAACC Men's Basketball Championship after a fourth place finish in the NWAACC Northern Region. SCC finished higher than any other Northern Region team at the Championship, beating league rival Bellevue in the 7th place game. SCC averaged 102 points per game in 2011-12 and was the third highest scoring team in the country, counting all levels of collegiate play.

The 2009-10 SCC team went 19-7 and won the NWAACC Northern Region Championship. SCC went 0-2 at the NWAACC Championship.