Bellevue CC Women's Basketball

Brent Hermanson is entering his fifth year at BC, his fourth as Head Coach, and his thirteenth year as a basketball coach. Coach Hermanson acted as an assistant under Steve Lowe in 2007-08, where he helped coach a Bulldogs team that finished 18-13 overall and qualified for the NWAACC Championship Tournament for the third consecutive year and sixth consectutive for the Bulldogs. In his first three years as Head Coach, Hermanson has a record of 59-30 finishing second in the North Division twice and fourth once. The team went 23-7 with a fifth place finish at the NWAACC Tournament in 2010-2011.

He has spent the last 20 years working in technology for various companies in the Puget Sound region, spending the last ten years working at Microsoft.

Born in Olympia, Brent attended Olympia High School, North Seattle CC and Western Washington University. While at Western he was a member of the rugby team. Brent is also an avid cyclist, enjoys golfing and likes to spend time with his wife, daughter, and son.

A well known coaching presence in the area, Paulette Martin was hired as an assistant coach in June of 2007, and was promoted to the position of Associate Head Coach in May of 2008. Coach Martin was an integral part of the coaching staff during the 2007-08 season, where the team finished 18-13 and qualified for a third consecutive NWAACC Tournament. She is familiar with the NWAACC, having served as an assistant coach at Shoreline Community College.

A 1990 graduate of Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), Martin is a member of her alma mater's Athletic Hall of Fame. She ranks in IUPUI's top ten in several statistical categories, including career scoring average, field goals made, field goals attempted, and field goal percentage

Carly Fromdahl is entering her second season as Assistant Coach under Head Coach Hermanson. She will be responsible for developing the post/forward positions and the strength and conditioning program for the team. Prior to joining the Bulldogs staff she was an undergraduate assistant at Seattle University under Coach Dan Kriley.

Carly began her basketball career at Don Lugo HS in southern California and learned a lot of her game from former teammate and Mercury Sun guard Diana Taurasi. Fromdahl then received a basketball scholarship to Portland State University and later transferred to Seattle University and graduated as a student-athlete with a BS in Business Marketing. At Portland State University she was a top defender holding a Big Sky Conference top ten ranking in steals and blocked shots.

Her favorite part of the game is defense and psychologically shutting down the opponent. She tries to instill the same aggressive mentality to her players and encourages them to work hard for the love of the game.

Angela Jensen is entering her first year as an Assistant Coach at Bellevue College. This is her seventh year of coaching overall. Jensen has assisted at Central Washington University, Yakima Valley Community College and Eisenhower HS in Yakima Washington. From 2008 to 2011, Jensen served as the Head Girls’ Basketball Coach at Cedarcrest HS.

Jensen received a basketball scholarship to Central Washington University where she earned her BA in Community Health Education Specialization. Jensen currently ranks in several top ten statistical categories at CWU such as; scoring, assists, free-throw percentage and free-throws attempted, three point percentage and three pointers attempted, games started, minutes played in a season and minutes averaged in a career. In the 2003-2004 season Jensen broke the CWU record for assists in a season with 161, ranking her 17th in the nation. Jensen was named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Academic team as a junior and was a GNAC All Conference selection as a senior. Jensen was recently selected as a member of the 2000-2009 Central Washington All-Decade Team.

Jensen graduated from Sehome HS in Bellingham, WA. She started on varsity from her sophomore to senior year where she averaged 16 points and 7 assists a game. Jensen was a Wesco 3A All Conference Honorable mention as a sophomore, a Second-Team All-Conference selection as a junior and a First-Team Wesco 4A selection as a senior. Her team made three state appearances finishing as high as fifth place. As a senior, she was a Whatcom County All-Area Selection, Seattle Times All-Area selection, was named to the Washington All-State team and played in the All-State 3A/4A All-Star game. She was also selected by the State Coaches Association as one of the top ten seniors in the state of Washington. With this honor, she competed in the prestigious Northwest Shootout against the top 10 seniors in Oregon.

Jodi Cameron is entering her second year as a Volunteer Assistant Coach at Bellevue College. Cameron’s coaching philosophy is centered around modeling and inspiring wholeness to others; and as she motivates with a life giving message, her values of faith, excellence, integrity and health emerge.

Cameron received a basketball scholarship to Western Washington University (2001-05), and had a successful four-year career under Coach Carmen Dolfo. Jodi also earned her BA in Business Management in less than four years as a student-athlete at WWU. Cameron currently holds records at WWU for consecutive three-pointers in a game (6) and season (9). The team co-captain was a First-Team Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star as a senior and league academic all-star for both her junior and senior campaigns.

Cameron starred at Cascade Christian High School in Puyallup, WA (2001). She finished her prep career with 1,630 points and 1,369 rebounds and was named First-Team Tacoma News Tribune, All-State, and All-Area pick, Second-Team Seattle Times All-State choice and MVP of Chinook League. Jodi holds the 1A state tournament record with 28 rebounds in a single game and 85 in four games. Cameron averaged 22.8 points, 15.1 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 4.1 steals. She currently serves on the school board at Cascade Christian Schools.