Jessica Scarber is a 6’1’’ Middle Blocker from Powder River County District High School in Broadus, Montana. She is the daughter of Henry and Stephanie Scarber.

Jessica attends PRCDHS with an accumulative GPA of 3.74 and has received various academic awards including being inducted into the National Honor Society during her junior year. She will be beginning her fourth year of varsity volleyball at PRCDHS as well as her fourth year of varsity track. Jessica has received recognition for having the most blocks in her conference for both her sophomore and junior years. During her junior year, she was named 2^nd Team All-Conference and hopes to do even better her senior year.

Jessica is grateful for all her coach, Kimber Emmons, has done to support and encourage during her High School volleyball career, and she is extremely excited for the opportunity to play volleyball at the collegiate level. She knows she will be challenged and pushed and looks forward to improving her athletic skills.

MSU-Northern is Jessica’s number one choice for a number of reasons. First, she really likes the small town atmosphere of Havre and the support the community offers collegians. Second, after meeting the team and being able to scrimmage with them, Jessica has experienced the feeling of being part of Northern’s volleyball “family” and is excited to become a part of it. Finally, after meeting Coach Huebsch and getting to know him as a person and a coach, Jessica believes that Coach Huebsch is definitely the right coach for her to become the best athlete that she can become. She hopes to pursue a career in cardiac rehab with a major in Nursing.

Sydney Stolearcius is a 5’ 5” defensive specialist from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and is the daughter of Rob and Denise Stolearcius.

During her high school years Sydney has received many athletic awards, as she also competed in badminton and track. She has received Gold Medals in team and individual track events, Outstanding Athletic Performance Awards in track and volleyball, Female Athlete of the Year, Volleyball Most Valuable Player and Provincial Medals for the teams she has participated on.

Outside of high school, Sydney played for the Saskatoon Explosion and last year for the Saskatoon JCVC U18 Extreme as they won Silver Provincial medals and were successful at the 2011 Canadian Nationals and Las Vegas Invitational. She is excited to play for JCVC again this season and be coached by Anne Cote, a great coach and friend. As a defensive specialist, Sydney has been selected for 2012 Team MVP China, an elite program where they travel and compete against SIS China Team at different Saskatchewan venues. In return, Team MVP China travels to China to complete internationally late in December 2012.

Sydney will be attending MSUN to obtain her degree in the College of Biology. With her strong affection for children, her long-term plans are to pursue a career as a Pediatrician.

Sydney is excited to attend Montana State University Northern. She loves people, her great friends and can never spend enough time with her team mates. In her opinion, it’s a perfect match because MSUN is exactly that – friendly and a big community of awesome people! She is excited to become a part of a championship team with Coach Huebsch and her Skylight teammates! As a coach spoke proudly of her, “Sydney will always have her big smile but for everything else, she leaves it all on the court!”.

Sydney’s siblings include her older sister Paige who is attending her second year at the University of Saskatchewan and a 12-year old brother Tanner who plays hockey, baseball and volleyball. Her grandparents are also proud supporters and never miss her games… see you in Montana!

Annie Ferris is a 6'2 middle blocker from Graham-Kapowsin High School in Washington. She is the daughter of Chris and Deanna Ferris. She was born in Anchorage, AK, but she was raised all over the world, previously living in: Alaska, North Carolina, Japan, Hawaii, England, and Washington.

She played volleyball for 2 years at Pierce Community College in Washington and was the starting middle for both years. She was recently awarded Athlete of the Month at Pierce, and made 2nd team All-League, as well as starting in the middle during the NWAACC All-star Game held in Portland, Oregon. Throughout Annie's volleyball career she has been awarded many accolades to include: multiple coaches awards, several most inspirational player awards, and team Most Valuable Player awards. While in high school she was awarded the "People's Choice" award and made the Presidents list as a result of her academic success.

While growing up Annie was always involved in multiple sports. She took on swimming at a very young age and became a competitive swimmer for numerous years. She placed highly in the state championships in Hawaii, as well as taking 2nd place in the backstroke during the European Championships, held in Munich Germany. Along with her mother and father she is an avid weightlifter. Along with her two sisters she studied the art of Tae Kwon Do and earned her blackbelt while living in England.

Annie will be attending Montana State University Northern (MSU-N) to earn her degree in Community and Leadership with a minor in Counseling. With her love of people and the motivation to help and guide others she would like to pursue a career in counseling.

Annie is very excited to attend MSU-N. Due to the amazing hospitality shown her during her campus visit she immediately fell in love with the people of the community. Coach Bill and the girls on the team really made her feel like she was a part of their family. Annie states," I love the positive atmosphere and all the people at MSU-N are so fun and friendly! I feel like it's the perfect fit for me!" "I have been blessed by God with great opportunities and I won't let him down."

Annie has 2 older sisters, her oldest sister Nicole graduated from Washington State University, and her sister Jenna is very excited to be attending Montana State University-Northern with her this coming fall!

MSU-Northern has announced the signing of Cydney Auzenne to join the volleyball and women’s basketball programs at MSU-Northern this fall. Auzenne is a 5’10” outside hitter in volleyball court and forward in basketball. She comes to MSU-Northern from Regina Beach, Saskatchewan and will graduate from Lumsden High School this spring.

Cydney has made the City All-Star team in each of the past two seasons with her high school team. This past year, she was chosen to play on the elite volleyball team MVP China. While with MVP China, Auzenne was involved in a multicultural volleyball exchange with the Shanghai Sport Institute in Shanghai, China.

Skylight volleyball coach Bill Huebsch said, “We are thrilled that Cydney has chosen MSU-Northern to continue her academic and athletic careers. She was highly recruited by several D-1 and D-2 schools, and I know she will have an immediate impact on our team, and in the Frontier Conference.”

On the basketball floor, Auzenne has played 3 years on the Provincial All-Star Team “Team Sask”, and she has played in a number of AAU tournaments throughout the United States. Her high school team has won the City Finals, Conference, and Regional tournaments. She has been a member of the City All-Star team three times.

Skylight basketball coach Chris Mouat said, “Cydney is very athletic and has the ability to get to the rim and score from the 3-point line. We look forward to her progress here.”

Auzenne also competes in track and field, where she has earned numerous top five finishes at the Provincial Track Meet in javelin and shot put.

Auzenne said her decision to attend MSU-Northern was, “Based on the comforting atmosphere she received when she visited the campus and town” and “the warm welcoming reception given to her by Coach Huebsch and the volleyball team.” She added that the opportunity to play both volleyball and basketball was a determining factor in choosing MSU-Northern.

Auzenne carries a 3.86 grade point average and she is the daughter of Paul and Lana Auzenne.