Nooksack Valley’s Sande to play basketball close to home
Nooksack Valley senior Rachel Sande signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball for Whatcom Community College on Friday afternoon in a ceremony in the Pioneers’ Kay LeMaster Gymnasium.
Sande was Nooksack’s second leading scorer at 12.3 points per game last season, finishing behind only Katrina Gimmaka’s 13.8. Sande recorded a season-high 19 points in a Dec. 16 win over Blaine and scored in double figures 11 times.
The Pioneers went 11-9 but did not qualify for the Class 1A Northwest District Tournament behind three teams that went on to qualify for the state tournament, including eventual 1A state champion Mount Baker.
Whatcom County Class of 2017 signings
Athlete | School | Sport | College |
Anthony Ball | Blaine | Football | Puget Sound |
T.J. Bass | Mount Baker | Football | Idaho |
Peyton Fullner | Lynden | Soccer | Central Washington |
Christina Funk | Sehome | Soccer | Central Washington |
Jessica Ganow | Sehome | Volleyball | Skagit Valley College |
Alice Hiebert | Bellingham | Soccer | Western Washington |
Jacob Hommes | Lynden | Football | Northwestern College |
Matt James | Ferndale | Baseball | Yakima CC |
Maxwell Jeffrey | Ferndale | Baseball | Corban |
Bekah Jensen | Bellingham | Lacrosse | Fort Lewis |
Jocelyn Johnson | Bellingham | Volleyball | Colorado School of Mines |
Morgan Jones | Bellingham | Soccer | Evergreen State |
Buddy Juneau | Ferndale | Baseball | Everett CC |
Austin Kelstrup | Blaine | Football | College of the Canyons |
Rowan King | Squalicum | Swimming | Pacific |
Elisa Kooiman | Lynden | Basketball | Northwest Nazarene |
Jalen Kortlever | Blaine | Football | Benedictine |
Sophia Lawrence | Bellingham | Volleyball | George Fox |
Winterhawk Leighton | Ferndale | Football | Central Washington |
Damek Mitchell | Squalicum | Basketball | Lewis-Clark State |
Ben Peterson | Squalicum | Football | Air Force |
Brisen Pearson | Bellingham | Swimming | Southwest Oregon CC |
Jared Phillips | Blaine | Football | Pacific Lutheran |
Mason Rathkamp | Sehome | Soccer | Western Washington |
Rachel Sande | Nooksack Valley | Basketball | Whatcom CC |
Mason Shaw | Ferndale | Baseball | Yakima CC |
Kendra Steele | Squalicum | Soccer | Portland |
Tanner Steele | Lynden | Football | Carroll College |
Whitney Walker | Ferndale | Beach volleyball | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
Ruby Watson | Sehome | Cross country/track | Rice |
Jack Wendling | Squalicum | Football | Central Washington |
Drew Westford | Ferndale | Softball | Fairfield |
Sydney Wong | Squalicum | Swimming | San Diego |
Joe Worley | Bellingham | Soccer | Skagit Valley College |
Jackson Zerba | Bellingham | Lacrosse | Westminster College |
NOTE: To report a Whatcom County student athlete who has or will sign national letter or intent to continue their athletic careers, call 360-715-2286 or email sports@bhamherald.com.
This story was originally published March 31, 2017 at 3:00 PM with the headline "Nooksack Valley’s Sande to play basketball close to home."