The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) has announced the NWAC Hall of Fame Class of 2023 and Blue Mountain Community College is well represented.
Among the inductees include Dave Baty, head volleyball coach for BMCC from 2008 to 2016; Robyn Schirmer, BMCC volleyball player in 2010 and 2012; and the 2010 BMCC volleyball team.
Baty was one of the most successful NWAC volleyball coaches in the history of the NWAC. Coach Baty won five NWAC championships in eight seasons, winning four championships in a row. He was named all-tournament coach five times, named the NWAC VB coach of the year three times, and was named American Volleyball Coaches Association Community College Coach of the year in 2010. Coach Baty moved several players on to the four-year level, and coached multiple players of the year during his coaching tenure at BMCC.
Schirmer is a two-time American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American being named to the second team in 2010 and being named to the first team in 2012. In 2010, she was a member of the First Team All NWAC team and in 2012, was named the NWAC Baden Volleyball Player of the Year while at BMCC. She was a dominant and key player on two Blue Mountain championship teams in 2010 and 2012. She went on to play at Lewis and Clark State College and was named to the Frontier Conference All-Academic team in 2015.
Under Baty’s leadership, the 2010 BMCC volleyball team complied a record of 43-6 and went on to win the first of five championships over an eight-year span. Rebecca Haight was selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association First Team and was named NWAC MVP of the tournament.
The 2023 NWAC Hall of Fame Induction Dinner & Awards Ceremony will take place on June 1 at the Red Lion Hotel Pasco Airport & Conference Center in Pasco, Wash. Tickets will be available for purchase by April 1.
Event details can be found at www.nwacsports.org/halloffame.
