Vikings
rookie DE Hercules Mata’afa out for season after suffering torn ACL
St.
Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press by Chris Tomasson, June 6, 2018 8:10pm
Vikings
undrafted rookie defensive end Hercules Mata’afa suffered a torn ACL on
Wednesday when he was injured without contact on a kickoff in a practice during
organized team activities. He will be placed on injured reserve and miss the
entire season.
Mata’afa’s
agent, Kenny Zuckerman, said Mata’afa was very distraught after suffering the
injury, but that he felt better later in the day. He took to Instagram and
wrote that he will “make the Skol nation proud in the near future!’’
“He
called me crying (after suffering the injury),’’ Zuckerman said. “I think he
just thought (at first), ‘Oh, now they’re going to send me on a plane home
tomorrow.’ … But I talked to Rick (Spielman, the general manager) and I talked
to George (Paton, the assistant general manager). They really like him and they
plan to keep him there in the building (during rehab) and he’ll get ready for
next season.’’
As
far as ACL tears go, Zuckerman said Mata’afa’s was much less severe than many.
“It’s
a bad injury, but it’s the best of the worse,’’ Zuckerman said. “I mean, it’s
still an ACL tear, but he’ll come back sooner than 90 percent of most ACLs.’’
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rookie defensive end Mata'afa tears ACL in practice
Rookie
Hercules Mata’afa was just settling back into the defensive line when he tore
his anterior cruciate ligament Wednesday, a league source confirmed to the Star
Tribune.
By
Andrew Krammer JUNE 6, 2018 — 5:32PM
Minneapolis
Star Tribune
Rookie
Hercules Mata’afa was just settling back into the defensive line when he tore
his anterior cruciate ligament Wednesday, a league source confirmed to the Star
Tribune.
Mata’afa,
the former Washington State star, signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free
agent last month. The Vikings originally tried Mata’afa, listed 6-foot-2 and
254 pounds, at linebacker. But the role only lasted a couple practices,
Mata’afa said Tuesday.
The
Vikings moved him to defensive end after rookie minicamp.
“With
the big dogs,” Mata’afa said. “It feels like home. It’s way easier for me to
understand the concepts. It’s just what I’ve done all my life, so I feel
comfortable doing it.”
He’s
the latest NFL player to suffer a season-ending knee injury in voluntary
workouts this spring. The Eagles reportedly lost linebacker Paul Worrilow to a
torn ACL, just as the Rams lost defensive end Morgan Fox and Chargers tight end
Hunter Henry.
DraftAnalyst.com
first reported Mata’afa’s injury.
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Eager
14th, Moldau 17th at NCAA T&F Championships
From
WSU Sports Info
EUGENE,
Ore. -- Washington State's trio of men's competitors ended their championships
participation Wednesday during the first day of the NCAA Track & Field
Championships at Hayward Field on the Oregon campus in Eugene.
Brock
Eager, a redshirt junior from Renton, Wash., threw the hammer a distance of
223-feet (67.97m) for 14th place at the NCAA Championships. Eager's PR hammer
throw is 228-3 (69.57m) achieved at the Stanford Invitational in March.
Wednesday in Eugene, Eager's first two throws were distances of 218-1 (64.47m)
and 219-6 (66.91m). This was Eager's second trip to the NCAA Championships
after placing 14th in 2017 with a throw of 217-1 (66.16m) to earn All-America
Second Team honors.
Freshman
Sander Moldau (Rakvere, Estonia) tie for 17th in the men's pole vault. Moldau,
the 2018 Pac-12 champion, cleared the opening bar at 16-10 3/4 (5.15m) on his
first try but missed on three attempts at 17-4 1/4 (5.30m). His PR is 17-8 1/4
(5.39m), cleared at the 2018 Bryan Clay Invitational.
Chandler
Teigen (junior, Anatone, Wash.) finished 24th in the men's 1500m semifinals.
Teigen ran a time of 3 minutes 56.59 seconds which was 12th in the first heat.
Teigen's PR time in the 1500m is 3:43.13, run at the 2018 Stanford
Invitational.
NOTEWORTHY:
· Thursday, June 7, Kaili Keefe races in
the women's 1500m semifinals and Stephanie Cho races in the 400m hurdles
semifinals
· Alissa Brooks-Johnson will compete in
the heptathlon events Friday and Saturday
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Pac-12
Names 35 Cougars to Track & Field All-Academic Teams
From
WSU Sports Info
SAN
FRANCISCO -- Thirty-five Washington State University track and field
student-athletes were named to the 2018 Pac-12 Conference Men’s and Women’s
Track and Field All-Academic teams, announced Thursday by Commissioner Larry
Scott. To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete
must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or
significant contributor, and not be a freshman or transfer student.
Of
the 121 men honored for their classroom success, 14 were Cougars, and of the
192 women receiving conference accolades, 21 were Cougars.
Pac-12
All-Academic Men’s Track & Field
First
Team WSU Men:
Name,
Year, GPA, Major, Hometown - event
Kyler
Little, Jr., 4.00, Mathematics/Physics, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho - steeplechase
Ray
Littles, Jr., 3.82, Sport Science, Issaquah, Wash. - sprints/relays
Chandler
Teigen, Jr., 3.96, Biological Engineering, Anatone, Wash. - 1500m
Second
Team WSU Men:
Ethan
Gardner, Jr., 3.70, Wildlife Ecology, Walla Walla, Wash. - sprints
Tucker
Mjelde, RsJr., 3.70, Business Management, Maple Valley, Wash. - pole vault
Drew
Norvell, RsSo., 3.66, Neuroscience, Bellingham, Wash. - throws
Honorable
Mention WSU Men:
Cameron
Dean, So., 3.32, Biology, Spokane, Wash. - distance
Peyton
Fredrickson, Jr., 3.47, Sport Management, Ridgefield, Wash. - high jump
Christapherson
Grant, Jr., 3.03, General Sciences, Lynwood, Wash. - hurdles
Nick
Johnson, So. 3.00, Management, Spokane, Wash. - hurdles
Jake
Nienhuis, Jr., 3.40, Social Studies, Issaquah, Wash. - sprints
Paul
Ryan, So., 3.40, Accounting, Moscow, Idaho - distance
Cole
Smith, RsSr., 3.10, Sport Management, Hoquiam, Wash. - Javelin
Michael
WIlliams, Sr., 3.15, Music, Richland, Wash. - distance
Pac-12
All-Academic Women’s Track & Field
First
Team WSU Women:
Name,
Year, GPA, Major, Hometown - event
Stacia
Bell, So., 3.96, Undeclared, White Salmon, Wash. - throws
Stephanie
Cho, Jr., 3.95, Sport Science, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - hurdles
Katherine
Dittmann, Jr., 3.92, Psychology, Snohomish, Wash. - distance
Second
Team WSU Women:
Name,
Year, GPA, Major, Hometown
Greer
Alsop, Rs-Sr., 3.82, Psychology, Invercargill, New Zealand - triple jump
Devon
Bortfeld, Sr., 3.82, Psychology, Sammamish, Wash. - steeplechase
Marlow
Schulz, Sr., 3.87, Zoology, Whiteish, Mont. - 800m/relays
Grace
Victor, Rs-So. 3.90, International Business, Wakerley, Australia - middle
distance
Honorable
Mention WSU Women:
Alissa
Brooks-Johnson, Rs-Sr., 3.17, Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles/Sport
Mgmnt,
Doty, Wash. - heptathlon/hurdles
Chrisshnay
Brown, Jr., 3.13, Criminal Justice, Lompoc, Calif. - throws
Katelyn
Frost, Jr., 3.16, Biology, Corvallis, Mont. - pole vault
Regyn
Gaffney, Jr., 3.18, General Sciences, Chehalis, Wash. - sprints/relays
Melissa
Hruska, So., 3.26, Undeclared, Snoqualmie, Wash. - distance
Kaitlin
Krouse, Jr., 3.57, Elementary Education, Chewelah, Wash. - throws
Aoife
Martin, Rs-So., 3.49, Accounting, Seattle, Wash. - hammer
Kristen
McDonnell, RsSr., 3.55, Accounting/Management, Ephrata, Wash. - javelin
Molly
Scharmann, Rs-So., 3.16, Entrepreneurship, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. -
pole vault
Lindsey
Schauble, Jr., 3.59, General Medical Sciences, Kennewick, Wash. - heptathlon
Tierney
Silliman, Rs-So., 3.52, General Sciences, Yakima, Wash. - sprints/relays
Desi
Stinger, So., 3.57, Undeclared, Temecula, Calif. - steeplechase
Jordyn
Tucker, So., 3.57, Undeclared, Monrovia, Calif. - sprints/relays
Lovely
Tukuafu, RsFr., 3.42, Undeclared, Bountiful, Utah - throws
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14
junior faculty receive WSU seed funding
By
Karen Hunt, Office of Research
From
WSU Insider 6/7/2018
PULLMAN,
Wash. – This year, Washington State University awarded 14 new faculty seed
grants to help them develop their research, scholarly or creative programs.
The
New Faculty Seed Grant program is funded by the Office of Research and the
Office of the Provost.
For
more than 40 years these offices have provided seed funding to junior faculty
as they build the foundation for their academic programs, allowing them to
effectively seek out extramural funding and providing them opportunities for
professional growth.
This
year, 54 proposals were received. The 14 selected proposals represent the range
of scholarly activity taking place at WSU. The total amount of grant funding is
$249,986.
Winning
proposals include:
Brianna
Ewing,
School
of Food Science, yeast nutrition in cider fermentation.
Sarah
Hart,
School
of the Environment, environmental recovery and resilience after fire.
Sophia
Tegart,
School
of Music, a collection of pieces by women composers to exemplify musical
ekphrasis, the representation of art, nature, and poetry in music.
Chanmi
Hwang,
Department
of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles, the development of economically
feasible and functional maternity hospital gowns.
Molly
Kelton,
Department
of Teaching and Learning, investigating innovative arts-based strategies to
engage students of predominantly-Latino populations in STEM fields.
Xiongzhi
Chen,
Mathematics
and Statistics, development of testing procedures that adapt to the overall level
signals in data, classifying the type of dependence under which a statistical
procedure is accurate and stable.
Idil
Akin,
Civil
and Environmental Engineering, developing a new framework to quantify
mechanical behavior of soils in the entire range of soil water saturation.
Ofer
Amram,
Nutrition
and Exercise Physiology, examining the relationship between access to
publicly-funded clinics and adherence to treatment and likelihood of OD in
opioid users.
Lais
Malavasi,
Veterinary
Clinical Sciences, evaluating the effect of buprenorphine added to the local
anesthetic for brachial plexus block in dogs that will undergo elbow
arthroscopy.
Ryan
Driskell,
School
of Molecular Biosciences, investigating fibroblasts during pig skin
development, potentially leading to therapeutic strategies for human skin
regeneration.
Julia
Day,
School
of Design and Construction, determining best practices for design
considerations for common household interfaces.
Qiang
Zhang, Department of Chemistry, design and synthesize porous smart materials
for applications in sensing of toxic chemicals in air and water.
Jessica
Willoughby,
Edward
R. Murrow College of Communication, examining the role of psychosocial
variables related to media use and emotional states in preventing skin damaging
behaviors.
Richard
Iles,
School
of Economic Sciences, exploring the effects of cognitive information processing
costs through a simulation which asks users to either sell or vaccinate
livestock.
To
read full descriptions of these programs, visit https://research.wsu.edu/resources-researchers/orap/new-faculty-seed-grant
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