Jim Sollars

2016 Pilots Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, Oct. 1

September 23, 2016

2005 champs copy Join the athletics office for the 2016 Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on Saturday, October 1, in the Beauchamp Center. Inductees to be honored are Kasey Keller ’91, soccer; Ryan Nelson ’00, golf; Steve Wilson, ’85, baseball; Uli Steidl ’97, men’s cross country and track; Jim Sollars, women’s head basketball coach 1986-2014; and the 2005 NCAA National Championship women’s soccer team.

A reception will take place at 6 p.m. with dinner and program beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30.

To make a reservation and order tickets contact Mary Virnig in the athletic department at 8420, or order online at PortlandPilots.com/Tickets.

Cheryl Sorenson Named New Women’s Basketball Head Coach

April 28, 2014

Cheryl Sorenson, a Portland native who has spent the past three years on The Bluff as an assistant coach, has been named head coach of the University of Portland women’s basketball program. Sorenson replaces long-time head coach Jim Sollars, who retired after 28 years at the helm of the Pilots. She is the fifth head coach in the program’s 34-year history. For more information contact athletics at 7117 or go to www.portlandpilots.com.

Celebrate Jim Sollars at Feb. 27, March 1 Home Games

February 24, 2014

Make plans to join the women’s basketball team this week for head coach Jim Sollars’ last two regular season games at the Chiles Center. Earlier this year Coach Sollars made the decision that he was planning to retire at the end of the season after 28 years as the head coach. The first game is on Thursday at 7 p.m., as the Pilots take on Pacific. Then on Saturday, stop by the Chiles Center to celebrate Coach Sollars’ career with Pilots Athletics as the team takes on Saint Mary’s at 2 p.m. Saturday’s game is also Senior Day, as we honor two seniors in their final home game. For more information, visit PortlandPilots.com. For tickets, please visit the Pilots Box Office or call 7525.

Pilot Athletics News

January 27, 2014

Mark your Calendars for Saturday, March 1 and make plans to join the Pilots and other fans to wish women’s basketball coach Jim Sollars a happy retirement. Sollars has announced that this season, his 28th, will be his final year as the head coach for the Pilots. Let’s give Coach Sollars the send-off he deserves at his final game, Pilots vs. Saint Mary’s, on March 1 at 2 p.m. in the Chiles Center.

The women’s basketball team returns to the Chiles Center this week for two home West Coast Conference Games, hosting San Francisco on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Santa Clara on Saturday at 1 p.m. For more information, please visit Portlandpilots.com. For tickets, visit the Pilots Box Office or call 7525.

Pilots athletic director Scott Leykam announced last Thursday that Brent Crouch has been named as head coach of the University of Portland volleyball program. Crouch has spent the last four seasons at Saint Mary’s College, most recently serving as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the indoor program and head coach of the sand volleyball program. For more information contact athletics at 7117 or go to www.portlandpilots.com.