Brenda Bement was a pioneer, a trailblazer for a volleyball program that had experienced spotty success before she came and one that had turned the corner upon her graduation.

Prior to her arrival on campus in 1989, TMC volleyball had posted only one 20-win season in its 14-year existence. But with the hiring of Dean Conk in 1988, things started to change and Bement was at the center as the new face of the program.

In her freshman season, the Mustangs won 20 games for only the second time in school history, beginning a streak of three consecutive 20-win campaigns. In 1991, the junior outside hitter led the team in total attacks as the Mustangs qualified for the NAIA District 3 Playoffs. During her time in the blue and gold, Bement developed into a dominating force at the net, blocking opponent shot attempts, slamming kills back in the other direction, and serving aces with powerful velocity.

She finished her four-year stint at the college as the program's all-time leader with 204 aces, was No. 2 with 3,252 total attacks, and No. 3 with 1,009 total kills and 470 total blocks. More than the numbers, she was a well-respected leader on and off the court as evidenced when she was named TMC's Female Athlete of the Year in 1993.

After graduating in the spring of 1993 with a degree in English, Bement returned home to the San Jose area where she coached at her high school alma mater, Valley Christian, while getting started in sales at Eastman Kodak. After 1½ years in the Silicon Valley, where she was named the company's Rookie of the Year, and in Denver, Colorado, where she worked on special accounts and led a Bible Study at Highlands Ranch Community Church, she accepted a position with the Xerox Corporation and returned to the Los Angeles area.

During her time at Xerox, she held several executive sales positions within the document management production division that offered both hardware and document management software solutions. Promoted to management of the Western Region of software and hardware solution specialists, she was responsible for increased revenue and earned a number of top performance titles.

Always looking for a challenge, she was recently offered the opportunity to work on an enterprise technology project at the Financial Services Commission, a governing entity in the British Virgin Islands that regulates and documents the forming of off-shore corporations. Currently living in Roadtown on Tortola Island, Brenda is gaining great international business experience while experiencing a very different way of life.