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Globe and Mail
21-07-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Summit Bank Announces the Addition of Max Williams to Its Portland Metro Advisory Board
Summit Bank is pleased to announce the addition of Max Williams to its Portland Metro Advisory Board. Williams brings decades of cross-sector leadership experience and a long history of service to Oregon's public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of the Oregon Community Foundation, where he led the organization through a decade of extraordinary growth and transformation, expanding total assets from $1.2 billion to $3.7 billion and more than doubling statewide grantmaking. Under his leadership, OCF became one of the top 10 community foundations in the country and a catalyst for innovation in philanthropy and equity. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: Previously, Williams directed the Oregon Department of Corrections and served three terms in the Oregon Legislature, including as Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. His professional background also includes more than a decade practicing law with Miller Nash LLP. "Max brings a rare combination of strategic vision, legal expertise, and statewide leadership experience," said Brian Thomas, Senior Vice President and Commercial Team Lead for Summit Bank's Downtown Portland Office. "His insights will be incredibly valuable as we continue to grow our presence and impact in the Portland Metro region." Summit Bank's Advisory Boards are composed of respected leaders and professionals who provide insight into local economic needs and opportunities. Their guidance helps shape the Bank's mission of supporting Oregon's business community through personalized, relationship‑based banking. Williams continues to serve on numerous nonprofit boards and remains focused on strengthening the state's civic and economic infrastructure. He'll be joined on Summit Bank's Portland Advisory Board by the following esteemed Portland‑area leaders: Adam K. Abplanalp, Managing Principal and Director of Client Experience at Cobalt CPA Jessica Getman, President of Brown & Brown Northwest Insurance Jerry Elliott, President & Founder of EOP Law Orlando Williams, President, CEO, and Chief Equity Officer of Motus Recruiting & Staffing Vanessa Sturgeon, President & CEO of TMT Development Dr. Tom Beer, Deputy Director and Chief Medical Officer at OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Together, this board brings deep experience across accounting, insurance, commercial real estate, staffing, healthcare, and development—precisely the kind of strategic insight Summit Bank needs as an active partner to Portland's growing business community. ABOUT SUMMIT BANK: Summit Bank Group Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Summit Bank, maintains offices in Eugene, Bend, Redmond, Downtown Portland, and Westside Portland, specializing in providing high-level service to professionals and medium-sized businesses and their owners. The Bank was voted one of Oregon's "Top 100 Companies to Work For" for the fourth consecutive year, according to Oregon Business Magazine. Summit Bank was honored as "Favorite Bank" in the Eugene Register-Guard's annual Reader's Choice Awards and "Best Bank" by Central Oregon's Bend Bulletin for the past two years. Recently, Summit Bank was recognized by American Banker as one of the top 100 banks in the country, affirming its position among the elite national financial institutions. Additionally, Lane County recently named Summit Bank one of the best places for parents to work. Summit Bank Group Inc. is quoted on the OTCPK under the symbol SBKO.
USA Today
21-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Max Williams signs with the Miami Marlins
3rd-rder Max Williams signs w/@Marlins for $897,500 (slot 78 value = $1,043,700). @FSUBaseball OF, hit .321/.387/.603 w/19 HR, combination of contact & power, good CF instincts, solid speed. @MLBDraft Max Williams is officially a Miami Marlin. Jim Callis of reported on Sunday that the former Florida State Seminole had signed with the Marlins for $897,500. It is an underslot deal, as the No. 78 pick had a value of $1,043,700 million. Williams spent the final two seasons of his career at FSU after starting his career at Alabama. He played in 119 games as a Seminole, making 107 starts. He finished his career hitting .315 with 33 home runs, 20 doubles, and 99 RBI, in 451 at-bats. He had a .995 fielding percentage, making just one error, and recording four assists. He was at his best as a junior, hitting .321 with 19 home runs, nine doubles, 53 RBI, and 47 runs scored. He has a .603 slugging percentage and walked 19 times. His 19 homers were the second most in the ACC, and he made the All-ACC Second Team. Williams was one of three FSU players that the Marlins drafted, they also took Drew Faurot and Joey Volini in the fourth and fifth rounds, respectively. It was the first time they have ever taken multiple Seminoles in one draft and the fourth time ever that any MLB team has taken three former Seminoles. Follow us @FSUWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news, notes, and opinions.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FSU can't overcome early-inning Oregon State onslaught as Seminoles' season comes to an end
With how close and low-scoring the first two games of the Corvallis Super Regional were, a blowout wasn't exactly on the radar for most heading into Sunday's do-or-die matchup between the Florida State Seminoles and Oregon State Beavers. But when FSU has felt itself slipping into a hole this season, that has on more than a few occasions led to the ground giving way to a full-on sinkhole — with the final example coming at the most inopportune time. Advertisement The catalyst to the blowout can be argued as a fielder's choice in the bottom of the first, one that got an out at second but put runners on the corners as a double-play failed to come into fruition. A 2-0 lead for FSU quickly became a 2-2 tie, then a 6-2 deficit, then a 13-3 one in just the span of three innings, a score that would eventually become 14-10 to bring the Seminoles' season came to a close. Gage Harrelson groundout to start off the game, which was followed up by an Alex Lodise double — a deep ball assisted by a fielding error. He didn't spend much time on base, with Max Williams smacking a left field home run to put Florida State up 2-0 early. Bailey kept the hitting streak going with a single, stealing second after Cal Fisher went down swinging on a full count and then third on a wild pitch. He ended up being stranded there however, as Drew Farout 's left field fly out closed out the frame. Wes Mendes began the game by giving a leadoff single on a 2-2 count and walking Ava Arquette, putting two on for Oregon State. A deep shot went foul and was fielded by Harrelson, earning the first out of the frame but putting runners on the corners. Mendes hit the next batter, loading the bases with one out — and the Beavers would cash in. Three straight singles saw Oregon State score three straight runners, then the floodgates opened with a three-run shot that threw Florida State into a 6-2 deficit. Back-to-back homers ended Mendes day, with Payton Manca taking the mound in search of one out to mercifully end the nightmare start. Back at the top of the order, Manca walked one before a fly out finally sent things to the second. Hunter Carns, in his first at-bat, lined out to left, followed by a Jaxon West groundout. Chase Williams hit a solo shot to make it 7-3 before Harrelson struck out swinging. Advertisement In the bottom of the second, Oregon State flew out on its first at-bat, putting one runner on base before a double play ended the inning. The Beavers opted to make a move on the mound entering the third — Lodise was the first to face the new arm, singling on a 1-1 count, and as before didn't spend much time on base, though this was due to a double play following a Max Williams groundout. Bailey just missed out on a two-out home run, the ball bouncing off the top of the wall for a right center double, with a Fisher groundout ending the frame. A leadoff pop-up began the bottom of the third for Oregon State, who quickly put two runners on base following a walk and a second batter hit by a pitch. The duo each advanced a base on a wild pitch, putting both in scoring position, at which point Manca was pulled for Joe Charles, who was put into the game on a 3-2 count. A walk loaded the bases, and a grand slam made it 11-3 with one out. After giving up a single, Charles himself was pulled, making it four pitchers in three innings as Chris Knier got his turn on the mound and his turn to give up a home run — a two-run shot — before a strikeout and a fly out finishing off the inning at 13-3. Farout was walked at the top of the fourth, followed by a Carns strikeout and West fly out. Chase Williams' single put two on as FSU went back to the top of the order, at which point Harrelson's single loaded the bases. Lodise drove Farout in, with Williams showcasing some athleticism to avoid a tag to make it to third. That was all the ground that Florida State was able to make up, though, with Max Williams striking out swinging to leave the bases loaded. Advertisement Oregon State got another home run to lead off the bottom frame. Knier threw his second strikeout, Carns scooped up a bunt for a second out and another strikeout ended the inning. For the second consecutive inning, the Seminoles got a man on base via walk, this time Bailey. He advanced to second on a wild pitch before Fisher went down swinging, eventually joined by Faurot after he walked and Carns following a single, loading the bases for West. A sac-fly scored Bailey, with the bases getting loaded once again off a Chase Williams right-side single. Harrelson's at-bat featured a bit of chaos, with the on-field call of him being out at first overturned after a replay showed him safe by millimeters and plating another runner — the last ground that Florida State would make up that frame as Lodise's hit fell short of a game-changing slam. The bottom of the fifth was quick, the Beavers plating just one runner to maintain their 14-6 lead. Max Williams got a leadoff single and then Bailey, as he's done time and time again, crushed a ball to add two more runs to Florida State's total. Fisher followed that up with a ground out, Farout adding the second out on a full-count strikeout. Carns got on base with a right-side single, leading to a pitching change for Oregon State. West ground out on an 0-1 count, ending the frame at 14-8. Advertisement Florida State finally pulled off a three-up, three-down inning in the bottom of the sixth, Knier throwing just seven pitches as the defense strung together a series of impressive plays. However, Oregon State put together a 1-2-3 frame of its own on the follow-up as Chase Williams was unable to make it three straight innings with a leadoff runner on base, grounding out before Harrelson struck out looking and Lodise grounded out. FSU opted to put Peyton Prescott on the mound for the second day in a row, trying to keep its hopes of a comeback alive. The first Beavers batter ground out, with Prescott striking out the second, though the right-hander had to tap out due to an undisclosed injury. Connor Hults became the sixth pitcher to take the mound for the Seminoles, throwing three balls for three strikes to make it a second consecutive 1-2-3. Unfortunately, it was a second straight three-up, three-down for the bats as well, a hitless frame leaving just three outs in Florida State's season. Oregon State broke the hitless streak between the two teams during its second at-bat in the bottom of the eighth, putting a runner on base following a one-out single. The Seminoles missed out on a double play, picking off the leadoff runner but replay reversing the call to keep one on first. With three outs remaining to score six runs, Farout singled through the left to kick off the top of the ninth, with Carns following up with a single of his own. West ground out, putting both runners in scoring position for Brody DeLamielleure, pinch-hitting for Chase Williams. His groundout scored Farout, with a Harrelson double right after scoring Carns to make it a 14-10 game — the final score after Lodise was struck out looking. Florida State finishes the year 42-16 (17-10). More from
Washington Post
02-06-2025
- General
- Washington Post
No. 9 overall seed Florida State rallies to beat Mississippi State 5-2, win Tallahassee Regional
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Cal Fisher tied the game with a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning and Max Williams gave No. 9 overall seed Florida State the lead with a two-run single in the eighth as the Seminoles rallied to beat Mississippi State 5-2 on Sunday and win the Tallahassee Regional.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
No. 9 overall seed Florida State rallies to beat Mississippi State 5-2, win Tallahassee Regional
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Cal Fisher tied the game with a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning and Max Williams gave No. 9 overall seed Florida State the lead with a two-run single in the eighth as the Seminoles rallied to beat Mississippi State 5-2 on Sunday and win the Tallahassee Regional. Florida State (41-14), in its 61st appearance in the NCAA Tournament, clinched a berth in the super regionals. The Seminoles have advanced to the College World Series 24 times and never won it. They were the runners-up in 1970, 1986 and 1999. Only Texas (38) and Miami (25) have more CWS appearances than Florida State. Advertisement Gehrig Frei put Mississippi State (36-23) on top when he homered to left field on the first pitch of the game from Wes Mendes (7-2). Joe Powell homered to left off Mendes in the fifth for a 2-0 lead. Mendes gave up five hits with nine strikeouts. Florida State couldn't get anything going against Bulldogs starter Karson Ligon despite getting four hits and drawing five walks in his four innings. Luke Dotson (1-2) pitched three innings and surrendered the lead on four hits and a walk. Ligon and Dotson both struck out seven. Ryan McPherson gave up the final two runs. Fisher homered off Dotson after Myles Bailey led off with a double. Dotson left after issuing a leadoff walk in the eighth. Bailey drove in the third run of the inning with a single. Advertisement Mississippi State was making its 41st appearance in the tournament. The Bulldogs have made 12 CWS appearances. They won it in 2021 and were the runners-up in 2013. The Seminoles beat the Bulldogs 10-3 on Saturday. ___ AP college sports: The Associated Press
