WWCC ATHLETICS: Coaches Profiles

Coaches Profiles

Bobbi Hazeltine, Head Coach

Bobbi Hazeltine

Head Coach

University of Idaho
Year: 14th Year

Record at WWCC 283-105

.729 Winning Percentage

12 NWAACC Tournament Appearances, Placed in all 12

2 NWAACC Championships, 2 NWAACC Runner-Up

Bobbi Hazeltine enters her 14th year as Head Coach of the WWCC Warrior Women. Last year, the Warriors made it to the Final Four of the NWAACC Tournament for a 3rd year in a row. They settled for 3rd place in the tournament after placing 1st and 2nd the previous two years.

In 2008, Coach Hazeltine was inducted into the Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame. She was honored because of her coaching success in the state of Idaho. She served as the Head Volleyball and Girls Basketball Coach at Troy High School for 13 years, winning 246 volleyball matches and 253 basketball games. She also won nine state championships in the two sports.

Coach Hazeltine comes to WWCC from the state of Idaho, where she was born and raised and she received her Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree from the University of Idaho.

At WWCC, Hazeltine believes in a very disciplined program, centered around fundamentals. She stresses excellence in the classroom, saying that, "Our players are students first, athletes second." Almost every player in Hazeltine's program has graduated with an AA Degree, and most have gone on to four-year colleges or universities. Hazeltine has placed many of her players in solid four-year basketball programs. Three of them, Kasey Hooter, Aundrea Morrison, and Sadie Short, have gone on to be named All-Americans at their respective schools (Albertson College and Lewis-Clark State). Most recently, Kati Isham went on to play at Boise State University, where she was their leading scorer for two straight years.

Coach Hazeltine is proud of the fact that five of last year's players received athletic/academic scholarships and are now playing at four-year schools.

Coach Hazeltine and her husband Rory have two children, Allison and Nick.

Mark Lindgren, Assistant Coach

Mark Lindgren

Assistant Coach

University of Idaho
Year: 10th Year

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This will be Mark's tenth year with the Warrior Basketball Program. Over the last nine years, the team has accomplished many of their goals. He is looking forward to another successful season working with Coach Hazeltine.

Mark has been involved with coaching throughout the Walla Walla area for the last 20 years. Most recently, he spent eight years coaching at DeSales High School in the Lady Irish Basketball Program.

Mark has both his B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Idaho. He is currently Chief of Engineering and Construction Division with the Walla Walla District Corps of Engineers. He moved into the Walla Walla Valley in 1976, and his wife Kathy works at Walla Walla Community College in Transfer Planning. They have two children. Brian is the Offensive Coordinator at San Jose State University and Jenny works in Human Resources at the Corps of Engineers.

Kati Isham, Assistant Coach

Kati Isham

Assistant Coach

Boise State

1st Year

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Kati begins her first year as a Warrior Women’s Basketball Coach, having played for the team from 2008-2010. During those years, she led the team to the NWAACC Championship her sophomore year while putting herself in the WWCC record books in almost every offensive category. She is currently number one in the record books for highest points per game average in a career (22.2), highest PPG in a season (22.8), most points in a career and most Free Throws made in a game (15). Kati was named Eastern Region Player of the Year in both her freshman and sophomore seasons, and she was named NWAACC Most Valuable Player after the Championship Game in 2010.

Kati graduated from Butte County High School, where she was two time Idaho Player of the Year and a McDonald’s All-American Nominee. After Kati attended WWCC, she received a full ride basketball scholarship to Boise State University. While at BSU, Kati was named WAC Player of the Week her junior year and Mountain West Conference Player of the Week her senior year. She was the leading scorer for BSU both of her years there, and she broke the record for most 3-pointers made in a season.

Kati graduated from Boise State with a degree in Health Science. In addition to her coaching duties for the Warriors, Kati teaches at the college and is in charge of the Warriors’ strength and conditioning program.

Curtis Pumphrey, Assistant Coach

Curtis Pumphrey

Assistant Coach

Oregon State

3rd Year

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Curtis starts his third year as Assistant Coach with the Warriors. He played

basketball at Eastern Oregon University from 1998-2000. From there, he went to Oregon

State University, where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in Business Administration.

Coach Pumphrey’s first coaching job was for McLoughlin High School in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, where he was Freshmen Boys’ Basketball Coach. In 2008, Curtis took over the Mac High Girls’ Basketball program. He coached there for three years and

doubled the amount of wins each year that he had the previous year. In his last year at Mac-High, he beat every team in the league.

At WWCC, Curtis is in charge of the post players and helps in the recruiting process.

Curtis is married and has a one year old son.