WHO'S EXCITED FOR
SPRING FOOTBALL?, asks WSU Athletics
The Crimson and Gray
Spring Game, presented by BECU, is THIS Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Joe Albi
Stadium in Spokane at 1 p.m. Gates open
at 10:30 a.m. for inflatables, the Kids Skills Challenge, and much more! This
family friendly event is free for everyone.
Bringing the RV for
tailgating? If so, the lot opens on
Friday, April 20 at 4 p.m. and closes at 6 p.m. following the game on Saturday.
More info at link
below:
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WSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL:Coach Kamie Ethridge adds first coach to her staff
WSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL:Coach Kamie Ethridge adds first coach to her staff
By DYLAN GREENE, Evergreen sports editor, April 19, 2018
WSU women’s basketball Head Coach Kamie Ethridge has
added the first coach to her staff, announcing the hire of Laurie Koehn as
associate head coach today.
The hire comes two days after Ethridge was introduced as
the Cougars’ head coach, after holding the same position at University of
Northern Colorado the past four seasons.
“Laurie brings a wealth of experience as an elite level
athlete, player development coach and brilliant recruiter,” Ethridge said in a
WSU news release. “Laurie will have hands on every area of our program because
of her unique abilities to teach, develop and relate to student-athletes.”
Koehn spent the past three years as an assistant under
Ethridge at UNC. Prior to her coaching career there, Koehn played basketball at
Kansas State University while Ethridge was an assistant there.
At KSU, Koehn became the NCAA all-time leader in made
three-pointers with 392 over her career, but lost that title in 2015.
Koehn also spent 11 years playing professionally in the
WNBA and overseas.
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ETHRIDGE NAMES LAURIE KOEHN AS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
Koehn spent three seasons with Ethridge at Northern
Colorado.
From WSU Sports Info 4/19/2018
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State head women's basketball
coach Kamie Ethridge made her first coaching move of the new era as she
announced the addition of associate head coach Laurie Koehn. Koehn spent the
last three seasons on the bench with Ethridge at Northern Colorado.
"I am so excited to introduce Laurie Koehn as my
associate head coach," said Ethridge. "Laurie brings a wealth of
experience as an elite level athlete, player development coach, and brilliant
recruiter. Laurie will have 'hands on' every area of our program because of her
unique abilities to teach, develop, and relate to student-athletes. Our players
will relish the opportunity to learn from one of the best in the business. We
are fortunate to have her join Cougar Nation!"
A longtime Ethridge acolyte, Koehn spent the majority of
her time with the Bears in hands on instruction on the court. An experienced
teacher and player, Koehn was able to help Ethridge create versatile and
skilled players that finished with a program-record 26 wins in 2017-18 en route
to Northern Colorado's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
Prior to coaching with Ethridge, Koehn spent 11 years
playing professionally both in the WNBA and oversees. She signed with the
Washington Mystic in 2005, playing four seasons before moving exclusively
overseas where she would play for teams in Poland, Turkey and Australia. Before
finishing her overseas career in Austraila, Koehn spent one last season in the
WNBA, playing for the Atlanta Dream in 2012.
Among the collegiate ranks, Koehn established herself as
one of the greatest outside shooters in NCAA history during her time playing
for Ethridge at Kansas State. An All-Big 12 honoree as well as a CoSIDA
Academic All-American during her playing days, Koehn left Kansas State as the
all-time NCAA record-holder for three-pointers made with 392.
Koehn earned her bachelor's degree in social science from
Kansas State.
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Tony Bennett, former WSU men’s head basketball coach at a
head coach in the NBA? Maybe yes. Maybe no. See story at this link:
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Washington State coach Ernie Kent adds junior college
guard Jervae Robinson
UPDATED: Thu., April 19, 2018, 2:09 p.m.
By Theo Lawson S-R of Spokane
PULLMAN – Just weeks after Malachi Flynn announced plans
to leave the Cougars, Washington State coach Ernie Kent has already worked to
restock the shelves at the point guard position.
Jervae Robinson, a 6-2, 170-pound point guard who hails
from Aurora, Colorado, and spent the last two seasons at Otero Junior College
(La Junta, Colorado), signed a letter of intent with the Cougars on Thursday.
He joins forwards Aljaz ‘Jaz’ Kunc, Isaiah Wade and CJ
Elleby as the fourth member of WSU’s 2018 recruiting class.
“Jervae is a very solid, heady point guard that we need
in this program,” Kent said. “He’s very well-coached and an excellent team
leader and we look forward to him being a part of this program.”
Robinson averaged 12.5 points per game and 4.3 assists
last season at Otero JC, leading the Rattlers to a 29-5 record. He posted an
assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.4 (113/33) and shot his 3-pointer at a 39.8
percent clip. Otero led the Rattlers to a 29-5 mark and an appearance in the
NJCAA DI Men’s Basketball Championsip, where they lost to No. 14 Motlow State
in the first round.
As a freshman, Robinson scored 14 ppg and tallied 3.9
assists, leading Otero to a 20-9 mark.
The Overland High School graduate scored 13.1 ppg and
averaged 3.1 assists as a senior and helped his team secure a second
consecutive state championship.
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BASEBALL Cougars Host Santa Clara For Weekend Series
April 19, 2018, from WSU Sports Info
Weekend Baseball Series:
U OF SANTA CLARA BRONCOS FROM CALIFORNIA PLAY COUGARS OF
WASHINGTON STATE IN PULLMAN
SANTA CLARA (16-18, 4-11 WCC) at WASHINGTON STATE (10-20,
5-10 Pac-12)
Pullman, Wash. | Bailey-Brayton Field (3,500) | April
20-22, 2018
Friday, 5 p.m. |
Saturday, 2 p.m. | Sunday, 1 p.m.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Freddie Erlandson | RS-SO | RHP | 3-2, 3.46 ERA, 29 K,
39.0 IP vs. Isaac Mullins | RS-SO | LHP | 0-4, 5.46 ERA, 25 K, 28.0 IP
Steven Wilson | RS-SR | RHP | 3-1, 3.55 ERA, 46 K, 33.0
IP vs. Scotty Sunitsch | SR | LHP | 3-1, 2.83 ERA, 37 K, 47.2 IP
TBA vs. Hayden Rosenkrantz | FR | RHP | 0-1, 4.57 ERA, 16
K, 21.2 IP
COUGARS HOST SANTA CLARA FOR WEEKEND SERIES: Washington
State welcomes Santa Clara to Bailey-Brayton Field for a three-game
nonconference series beginning Friday at 5 p.m. The series continues Saturday
at 2 p.m. and wraps up Sunday at 1 p.m.
FOLLOW ALONG: Follow all the season's action on the
Washington State baseball official twitter page @CougBaseball, instagram page
@Coug_Baseball and wsucougars.com. Links to live stats and radio streams will be
available at the baseball schedule page on wsucougars.com. Every home game will
be webstreamed through wsucougars.com.
ON DECK: The Cougars will head to the west side of the
state next week for a Wednesday matchup at Seattle U before facing Washington for
a three-game weekend series with all three teams televised on the Pac-12
Network.
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WSU, Pullman police
sergeants under investigation for sexual misconduct
UPDATED: Thu., April 19,
2018, 6:07 a.m.
By Chad Sokol
Spokane S-R
Two police sergeants are
under investigation after an 18-year-old Washington State University student
claimed she was sexually assaulted by a law enforcement officer.
One of the sergeants works
for the Pullman Police Department, the other for the WSU Police Department.
Officials from both agencies confirmed Wednesday that the sergeants are on paid
administrative leave. The Washington State Patrol is conducting a criminal
inquiry, and internal investigations may follow.
“We take the allegation
seriously,” Pullman police Chief Gary Jenkins said. “We’re fully cooperating
with the Washington State Patrol in their investigation.”
Details of the student’s
allegation were not immediately available Wednesday, and it wasn’t clear if she
had specified which sergeant allegedly assaulted her.
A search warrant filed
Monday in Spokane County Superior Court indicates both sergeants made contact
with the student after she was out drinking on the night of March 30. The
warrant lists a potential charge of “custodial sexual misconduct in the first
degree.”
The Pullman sergeant
reported that he stopped the student sometime that evening, warned her about
underage drinking and then gave her a “courtesy transport” to her dorm at
Community/Duncan Dunn Hall, a building near Greek Row mostly reserved for
freshmen.
The Pullman sergeant also
reported that he told the student to stay in the building for the rest of the
night and made sure she got inside before driving away.
But later, shortly after
midnight, the WSU sergeant was driving past the building and noticed the
student stumbling around at the base of some stairs, clearly intoxicated,
according to the search warrant. He questioned her, ordered her to go back
inside and informed her he would recommend a charge for underage drinking to
the prosecutor’s office, according to the search warrant.
On April 6, the student
filed a complaint with WSU’s Office for Equal Opportunity, which is bound by a
federal law mandating student confidentiality. While the office could not
disclose details of the complaint, it did notify the campus police department,
which immediately placed its sergeant on leave, Assistant Chief Steve Hansen
said.
Jenkins, the Pullman police
chief, said he suspended the other sergeant on April 13, the day the department
was notified about the complaint by WSU police.
WSP Detective Larry McGill
obtained the search warrant this week because he needed a judge’s order to get
the confidential records from WSU.
McGill also searched the
sergeants’ patrol cars and cellphones, finding no evidence of semen or digital
contact with the student, according to the search warrant. Citing unnamed
sources, McGill wrote that “the alleged crime may have taken place in the back
seat of a police vehicle.”
Trooper Jeff Sevigney, a
WSP spokesman, said Wednesday he couldn’t comment on whether detectives had
made direct contact with the student.
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ON THE PALOUSE, BUT ACROSS THE
STATE BORDER FROM PULLMAN IN MOSCOW
State Board gives UI time
to fix athletic budget deficit; sports won't be cut at this time
4/19/2018 Lewiston Trib
MOSCOW — The Idaho State
Board of Education granted a waiver Thursday morning allowing the University of
Idaho to pursue a multi-year financial plan to address a budget deficit within
the athletic department.
Three sports at the
institution — women’s swim and dive, men’s golf and women’s soccer — were in
immediate danger of elimination after the Vandal athletic department projected
a budget deficit of about $1 million at the end of the fiscal year. The
university previously avoided another monetary shortfall in the spring of 2017
when it received a waiver to address its deficit.
In response to the dilemma
earlier this month, UI President Chuck Staben requested an additional waiver
which would help prevent the institution from making immediate cost-cutting
measures to the athletic department. The motion, which was moved by SBOE
athletics chair Richard Westerberg, passed without any dissenting votes.
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DOWNTOWN PULLMAN ON GRAND
AVENUE
Pullman trains see growing
pains: Whitman County Historical Society takes aim at a new restoration project
in downtown Pullman: The historic ‘Pufferbelly’ Depot (Northern Pacific Depot)
4/19/2018 Moscow Pullman
Daily News
The old Pufferbelly Depot —
constructed in 1917 and operational until 1970 — has been sagging into a state
of disrepair on the edge of Pullman’s downtown for years, but it could soon be
the site of a massive restoration effort if the Whitman County Historical
Society can raise the necessary money. A steering committee will meet today to
decide what must be done to convert the entire property into a museum. WCHS
purchased the former Northern Pacific Depot in early March with the help of a
$300,000 loan from an anonymous donor, those close to the project say.
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