ROBERT SMITH | APSU ATHLETICS
It almost seems oxymoronic to have a senior class that lacks playing time in any sport. And yet, APSU volleyball boasts four graduating players who are still figuring out how to function as a team.
Excluding the consistent starting role of outside hitter Brooke Moore, seniors Chloe Stitt, Caroline Waite and Nina Korfhage have only played in an average of 151 sets across their career less than half the amount that Moore has compiled over four seasons (397).
Log jammed in years past by some of the program’s greatest players in Ginny Gerig, Ashley Slay and Kristen Stucker, last season’s 11-20 mark forced all four into an expanded role from the year prior, revealing their lack of experience in live situations.
Michael Allen McInerney, 54, passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Gillette.Â
Mike was born Feb. 18, 1966, in Newcastle, Wyoming, to Carol and Allen Battenfield, joining his older sister, Lea. He spent his early years in Wyoming.
In 1972, Carol married Paul McInerney and they moved to Spearfish, South Dakota.
Mike graduated from Spearfish High School in 1984. In school, he enjoyed football, wrestling and youth rodeo.Â
Mike enlisted in the U.S. Army immediately after graduating, where he served four years working on helicopters as a specialist in aircraft repair. Among his accomplishments in the Army was becoming a certified weapons instructor and earning the honor of Lifetime Member of the U.S. Army Snipers.Â