Coach Erik Lyslo will be leading the boys basketball program for the Falcons starting this summer.

Coach Lyslo is a graduate of Portland State University and has coached basketball since 1997. Most recently, he was the varsity coach at Portland Christian. In two of the past three years Coach Lyslo has led his team to the post-season tournament.

In addition to his passion for coaching, Lyslo works with youth programs for the Portland Timbers and previously with the Portland Trailblazers. He and his wife are long-time Oregon residents and are planning to build a sustainable basketball program at Faith Bible.

Please welcome Coach Lyslo when you see him on campus and encourage your student-athlete to attend summer events and participate in the 2015-16 basketball season.

Both Branden Luey & Jason Best have been named to the 2015 Oregon 2A all-state team.  Branden and Jason become the 2nd and 3rd players to be named all-state since the programs inception just four years ago in 2012.  The other player to make all-state for Faith was Nate Elder who received 1st team honors in 2012.

Branden Luey named 3rd team all-state was a team captain, 1st-Team all-league, KUIK AM athlete of the week.  Luey played catcher for the Falcons and batted either 3rd or 4th most of the year.  Branden broke two school records this year, both batting average and on base percentage.

2105 STATS:
Games-23   AVG-.600  OBP-.682  SLG-.742  doubles-4  triples-3  BB-15  K-6  HBP-3  SB-24

Jason Best was named honorable mention all-state and was a team captain, 1st Team all-league, Faith athlete of the month.  Best played short stop for the Falcons and batted leadoff.  Jason broke seven school records this year including hits, doubles, triples, runs and stolen bases.

2015 STATS:
Games-28  AVG-.532   OBP-.600  SLG-.787  doubles-13  triples-4  HR-1 BB-11  K-7 HBP-5  SB-33

Jackson VanVuren won athlete of the week from the Oregonian.  VanVuren was chosen over twelve other candidates for the week of May 18-24th.  This award is given to the athlete who had the best performance during the week in any sport from any school in the state of Oregon 1A-6A.  Coming off of a "athlete of the year" award in the NWL during districts; Jackson proved a week later he should be considered as one of the top athletes in the state.  Jackson set a new 2A meet record throwing a 201'9 as he captured his third straight state championship in the javelin.  Jackson out threw every competitor at the meet 1A-6A proving he is the best high school javelin thrower in the state.  VanVuren also competed in the long jump finishing in 4th place with a jump of 20'.

CLICK HERE TO SEE JACKSON'S POST STATE PERFORMANCE INTERVIEW

Branden Luey has won the KUIK 1360 AM athlete of the week for the week of May 11th.  This award goes to the most outstanding athlete for the week from any school, for all sports, 1A-6A on the west side of Portland.  Luey is the second baseball player from Faith this year to win the award.  Faith played Delphian the week he got the award and Branden was red hot with the bat going a perfect 10-10.  Below are Luey's stats:

10AB  10Hits  1Double  1Triple   4Runs   7RBI   1Walk  2SB

Click Here to listen to Luey in an interview on KUIK AM