LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon University volleyball team announced the signing of Jaimie Norman recently for the 2010 season.
Norman, from Monmouth, Ore., graduated with honors from Central High School in 2009. She spent last season with North Idaho College.
The 5-11 middle-hitter, appeared in eight matches for the Cardinals in 2009. NIC climbed to the top spot in the NJCAA before falling in the Region 18 semifinals. Norman was a member of the 11th ranked nationally NIC team her freshman season. Her teammate, Katie Keeney, recently signed to play with the Mountaineers next season as well.
Norman was named second team All-Val-Co in her junior and senior seasons at Central. She helped lead the Panthers to the OSAA Class 4A title her senior season. Norman will rejoin with a teammate from that season, Leigh Anne MacCarthy, who is on Eastern Oregon’s current roster.
The daughter of Jeff and Theresa Norman played all four years of volleyball at Central. She also played softball in her freshman and sophomore seasons for the Panthers.
Norman and the rest of her Mountaineer teammates begin the 2010 season August 27 at the Montana Tech tournament.