Washington State’s Fred Mauigoa one of
10 Pac-12 centers to earn Rimington watch list nod
UPDATED: Fri., July 20, 2018, 3:41 p.m.
By Theo Lawson Spokane S-R
PULLMAN – Fred Mauigoa’s name will be on
a prestigious watch list as he enters his second season as the Washington State
Cougars’ starting center.
On Friday, Mauigoa was named to the
watch list for the 2018 Rimington Trophy Award, presented annually to the most
outstanding center in Division I College Football.
In a league heavy with talent at the
center position, Mauigoa is one of 10 Pac-12 centers named to the watch list by
the Rimington Trophy Committee. He joins California’s Addison Ooms, Arizona
State’s Cohl Cabral, Oregon’s Jake Hanson, Stanford’s Jesse Burkett, Utah’s Lo
Falemaka, Arizona’s Nathan Eldridge, Washington’s Nick Harris, Oregon State’s
Sumner Houston and USC’s Toa Lobendahn.
Mauigoa, an Iliili, American Samoa,
native who started all 13 games for the Cougars last season as a sophomore and
anchored the nation’s second-best passing attack, is the first WSU center named
to the watch list since Riley Sorenson in 2016.
Washington State center Fred Mauigoa has
spent spring camp refining snapping technique
This spring, WSU’s starting center
encountered some unexpected turbulence snapping the football. He’s been more
consistent as of late and finished spring camp on a good – and accurate – note,
but Fred Mauigoa is still trying to improve, and there’s no better way to do
that then by building muscle memory through constant repetition. | Read more »
The award is named after Dave Rimington,
a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981
and 1982 who became the John Outland Trophy’s only two-time winner as the
country’s top college interior lineman.
WSU safety Jalen Thompson was named to
the John Bednarik Award Watch List earlier in the week.
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Chanelle Molina to compete on
international stage
The junior will head to Brazil this week
to play for team USA.
By Chet Broberg Coug Center Jul 20, 2018, 11:52am PDT
Washington State Cougars women’s
basketball standout Chanelle Molina has earned a spot on Team USA and with
that, a trip to Brazil. The junior has been selected to play for the United
States in the inaugural FISU America Games which will be held in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, from July 20-29
The games are a multi-sport event put on
by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The United States is
sending teams to compete in women’s track and field, men’s and women’s
basketball, men’s soccer, judo, and men’s and women’s volleyball. In all, 96
student athletes will make the trip.
Jane Albright, who enjoyed a successful
33-year tenure at Nevada, will coach Molina and the nine other women selected
to roster. They will take on teams from Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Mexico over
the course of the games.
Molina averaged 7.7 points and 2.9
assists for the Cougs as a sophomore last season. A highly touted recruit, she
is poised to build on that performance in the upcoming campaign.
All of the women’s basketball games will
be streamed on Facebook Live and you’ll be able to watch them here
(https://www.facebook.com/CBDU.brasil/). Team USA and Molina will have their
first game on July 24 against Mexico.
Molina to Represent Team USA at the FISU
America Games - Washington State University
PULLMAN, Wash. – One of the top point
guards in the Pac-12, Washington State women’s basketball rising-junior
Chanelle Molina will take her talents to the international stage as part of
Team USA at the first upcoming FISU America Games. The inaugural FISU America
Games are a multi-sport event sanctioned by the International University Sports
Federation which will be held in São Paulo, Brazil, July 20-29.
Local Baseball: White Will Pitch for WSU
| Sports | chronline.com
After being selected by the Los Angeles
Dodgers in the 14th round of the Major League Baseball draft last month,
Brandon White has opted to continue his career at Washington
Why it should cost one point to punt -
SBNation.com
You’re going to say, “hey, punting means
you don’t have the ball anymore, and maybe they’re going to score on a punt
return!” While all those things are true, those costs are still clearly not
high enough to keep coaches from punting on fourth-and-short or in opponent
territory or all the other times we wish they wouldn’t. I don’t blame coaches
for their hesitation. I blame the risk/reward calculus football has provided
them, so I propose we change it by deducting one point from each team that
punts, every time.
Cougfan at 20: Washington State QB
Connor Halliday opens up about why he really left the Redskins, Tyler Hilinski,
Mike Leach and more
At the end of the day, injuries caught
up to Halliday. He says he tried his absolute best to bounce back and keep on
fighting, but at some point, enough was enough. Here's what he told us in an
hour-long conversation.
Cougars Tab Matt Leach to Lead Women’s
Swimming - Washington State University
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State
University Director of Athletics Patrick Chun announced Thursday the hiring of
Matt Leach as the head coach of the Cougars' Women's Swimming program.
