As a member of the Buzz Club, you will have the satisfaction of knowing you have helped an outstanding group of young men and women to achieve their dreams of playing intercollegiate soccer while earning a quality education at Montana State University-Billings.  We depend heavily on raising funds to provide the members of the soccer teams the best possible collegiate playing experience.  With your contribution, you can help make this happen.

In order to become a member of the Buzz Club and the Yellowjacket soccer family, we ask for a minimum contribution of $250.

Click HERE to download a membership form or call (406) 657-2373 for more details

Membership Benefits

All Event Booklet w/ 25 tickets.   Each ticket can be used to admit one adult to any Yellowjacket athletic event during the 2006-2007 seasons.

Official Buzz Club T-Shirt.  Each membership comes with an official MSU-B soccer t-shirt, available only to members.  Additional t-shirts can be purchased for $15.

The Buzz Beat.  The Buzz Beat is the official newsletter of MSU Billings Yellowjackets Soccer.  You will receive the newsletter via mail two times a year (fall and spring).  Buzz Beat will feature various topics about the soccer programs including the teams’ past, present and upcoming status regarding season results, recruit signings, community service projects, upcoming events, and any other information relevant to the team.

Weekly program updates via e-mail.  Updates on the MSU Billings soccer programs will be sent out every week during the season, as well as periodically during the rest of the year to keep you informed on all aspects of the teams.  These e-mails will feature game results as well as insight into various aspects of the Yellowjacket Soccer programs, including upcoming events. 

Advance opportunities for special invitations.  You will have advance opportunities to purchase tickets to participate in exciting annual events such as our Scholarship Dinner Auction, Yellowjacket Golf Tournament, Hall of Fame and Distinction Banquet and Induction Ceremony, and Student-Athlete Awards Function.

*We also have a $125 All Event Booklet membership.  With a $125 contribution to the MSU Billings soccer programs, you will receive the following benefits:

All Event Booklet w/ 25 tickets.  Each ticket can be used to admit one adult to any Yellowjacket athletic event during the 2006-2007 seasons.

The Buzz Beat.  The Buzz Beat is the official newsletter of the MSU Billings Yellowjackets soccer teams.  You will receive the newsletter via mail three times a year (fall and spring).  Buzz Beat will feature various topics about the soccer programs including the team’s past, present and upcoming status regarding season results, recruit signings, community service projects, upcoming events, and any other information relevant to the team.

Weekly program updates via e-mail.  Updates on the MSU Billings soccer programs will be sent out every week, as well as periodically during the rest of the year during the season to keep you informed on all aspects of the team.  These e-mails will feature game results as well as insight into various aspects of the Yellowjacket soccer programs including upcoming events.

Yellowjacket Soccer Highlights

Men’s:
	Team GPA: 3.32 (Highest in Heartland Conference for men’s soccer)
•	School records:
	-	Lowest GAA - 1.81
	-	Most shutouts in a season – 3 (tied record)
•	Individual records:
	-	Greg McKeever - 2 assists in a game
	-	Jess Feldtman - 3 shutouts, most consecutive shutout minutes and 177 saves in a season
	-	Dustin Kono – fastest goal to start a game and most consecutive games  with a goal
•	Returning 6 starters and 12 players from 2005 squad
•	12 incoming players:
	-	7 Montana Players
	-	3 International Players
	-	2 Transfers
Women’s
•	Team GPA: 3.34 (Highest in Heartland Conference for women’s soccer)
•	2nd consecutive winning season: 11-5-2
•	#8 ranking in final Midwest Regional Poll
•	Finished 2nd in Heartland Conference and qualified for the conference tournament
•	Won the Rimrock Cup for the 2nd year in a row
•	Team records:
	-	Most shutouts in a season - 7
	-	Lowest GAA - 0.86
	-	Fewest goals allowed in season – 16
	-	Most consecutive shutouts – 4
	-	Most consecutive shutout minutes – 416:24
	-	Most consecutive wins – 5
	-	Longest home unbeaten streak – 16
	-	Longest home winning streak – 15
•	9 Heartland Conference Players of the Week
•	Three 1st team all-conference players – Megan Plank, Brittney Sandau and Ally Stroup
•	Heartland Conference Freshman of the Year – Mandy Ploskonka
•	Returning 9 starters and 14 players from 2005
•	6 incoming players:
	-	2 Montana Players (including Gatorade POY)
	-	2 Washington, 1 Colorado and 1 Oregon player
Soccer Program Growth
The MSU Billings Soccer programs have seen a tremendous amount of growth since they began in the fall of 1996.  Here are some examples of recent growth the programs have seen in just the past four years:
•	Both programs have seen steady increases each year to their scholarship totals.
•	In the fall of 2002 the coaching staff was comprised of a half-time men’s head coach, a half-time women’s head coach and two part-time assistants.  The fall of 2006 has a full-time Director of Soccer/Head Women’s Coach, a full-time Head Men’s Coach, a quarter-time assistant for each program and a shared graduate assistant.
•	Facility and field improvements: Bleachers for spectators, benches for players, press box, a fence around the south and east side of the field, two state of the art game goals, four practice goals, reduction in the crown, and brand new sod.
•	Both programs competing in the Heartland Conference, allowing our players to compete for conference championships and receive individual conference awards.
•	New partnership with Select.  This allows us to provide our players with new and modern uniforms, outerwear and gear on a yearly basis.  In addition to the uniforms, our players now receive boots, polo’s, winter jackets, warm-ups and bags.
•	Year round leagues, tournaments and camps for the local, state and regional communities:
	-	Leagues: Adult men’s and women’s indoor
	-	Tournaments: High School boy’s and girl’s indoor, 7v7 men’s and women’s outdoor
	-	Camps: Youth in Red Lodge, Youth/Overnight in Billings, Youth in Whitefish and Youth in Green River, WY (total of 365 campers)
Areas we have plans to focus our growth in the future:
•	Scholarships – goal is to become fully-funded
•	Increase in travel budgets so our players can play against the top teams year in and year out
•	Assistant coaches becoming full-time
•	Facility and field improvements: an additional level on press box to be used to film games,  possibility of new game field and practice field, multi-purpose indoor facility, locker rooms and concession stand
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