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Coug Soccer Cancels Final Spring Contest
4/12/2019 | Women's Soccer from WSU Sports Info
PULLMAN. - With just one spring contest remaining on its
schedule Washington State soccer has canceled its trip to Boise State, ending
the spring season early. In place of one final contest, the Cougars will train
at home for the final days of the spring season before dispersing for the final
weeks of the semester.
The Cougars will return to the field in August for the start
of preseason camp in preparation for the 2019 season. WSU's quest for the
Pac-12 title begin at the end of August with the start of the regular season.
The official schedule for the 2019 season will be released in June.
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April 12, 2019 3:22pm
WSU Men’s Basketball from WSU Sports Info with minor editing
by News for CougGroup
Jim
Shaw and Derrick Phelps join WSU Men’s Basketball staff
PULLMAN – Jim Shaw and Derrick Phelps have been named
assistant men’s basketball coaches, Washington State Head Men’s Basketball
Coach Kyle Smith announced, Friday.
“We are very fortunate to have Jim Shaw in our program,”
Smith said. “He brings experience as a successful Pac-12 assistant, having been
a part of five Pac-12 Championships during his stints at Oregon State and
Washington. Jim is a native of
Washington and is coming to us as a celebrated head coach at Western
Oregon. His experience and winning
pedigree will help lead Washington State back to prominence in the Conference
of Champions.”
“Derrick Phelps will be an integral part of our program’s
development here in Pullman,” Smith said. “His knowledge of the game as a
former NBA player and overseas professional will be invaluable to our young
men. He has been the backbone of our program
sharing his wisdom and leadership at our previous institutions. He learned
under one of the all-time greats in Dean Smith at the University of North
Carolina, and he brings the “Carolina Way” wherever he goes. He is a National Champion, nothing else needs
to be said.”
Shaw comes to the Palouse after four seasons as the head
coach at his alma mater, Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon (near
Salem, Oregon’s state capital city), where he compiled a 102-30 overall record
and led the Wolves to No. 1 Rankings and to the NCAA Division II Men’s
Basketball Tournament three times. Shaw has 25 years of Division I coaching
experience, including nine seasons as an assistant coach at Washington.
In his first year leading the program at Western Oregon in
2015-16, Shaw led the Wolves to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular
season title, its first GNAC Championships tournament title, and the No. 1 seed
in the 2016 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball West Regional Tournament. The
Wolves defended the home court three times to advance to the NCAA Division II
Elite Eight. It marked the first time that Western Oregon advanced to the round
of eight in a national tournament since 1982. At the final site, the Wolves
defeated Saginaw Valley to advance to the NCAA DII Final Four. In addition,
Shaw led Western Oregon to its first No. 1 ranking in program history, as he
was named the GNAC Coach of the Year.
He was once again named the GNAC Coach of the Year and West
Region Coach of the Year by the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC)
in 2017-18 as Shaw led the Wolves to a 31-2 record, tying the GNAC
single-season record for wins, and set a GNAC mark with 19 conference
victories. The Wolves led the GNAC in scoring at 83.3 points per game and
finished the year ranked No. 3 in NCAA Division II in total steals (322), fifth
in scoring margin (+16.4), sixth in steals per game (9.8), ninth in total
assists (575) and 10th in field goal percentage (.497).
The Wolves advanced to the NCAA West Regional for the third
time under Shaw in 2018-19, falling to top-ranked Point Loma. WOU finished with
a 22-11 overall record including a 13-7 league mark, falling to Seattle
Pacific, 78-66, in the championship game.
Shaw spent two seasons alongside Randy Bennett at Saint
Mary's College as a special assistant to the head coach during the 2013-14
season before becoming an assistant coach in 2014-15. With the Gaels, Shaw
helped guide SMC to back-to-back 20-plus wins seasons as well as a pair of
postseason appearances.
Prior to Saint Mary's, Shaw spent nine seasons (2004-2013)
as an assistant coach at the University of Washington alongside former head
coach Lorenzo Romar. During his time at Washington, the Huskies went a combined
208-100, which is the best nine-year record in school history, while also going
118-54 from 2009-2013 to mark the best five-year stretch in school history.
During that span, Shaw was a part of five Pac-10
championships, five NCAA Tournament appearances, and three appearances in the
Sweet 16. He was pivotal in the Huskies' run to their first Pac-10 Tournament
championship in 2005 and first No. 1 seed into the NCAA Tournament.
Before Washington, Shaw served the previous five seasons
(1999-2004) at the University of Oklahoma on Kelvin Sampson's staff. He helped
the Sooners to a 131-37 record, three Big 12 Tournament titles, a Final Four
appearance in 2002 and an Elite Eight berth in 2003.
From 1994 through 1999, Shaw served as assistant coach at
the University of Portland where he helped the Pilots to a pair of 20-win
campaigns and a 1996 NCAA Tournament berth, which was the school's first in
over 30 years.
Shaw coached at Oregon State during the 1990 and 1991
seasons alongside Jim Anderson, as the nationally-ranked 1990 Beaver team,
which featured Hall of Fame point guard Gary Payton, won the Pac-10
championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Shaw's first assistant coaching assignment came in 1986-87
at Idaho State where he helped lead the Bengals to an impressive run to the Big
Sky Tournament championship and the league's automatic NCAA Tournament berth.
That was ISU's first NCAA appearance in 10 years.
A 1985 graduate of Western Oregon State College, Shaw was an
NAIA honorable mention All-American and district MVP runner-up as a senior.
During his career with the Wolves, Shaw played for WOU Hall of Fame coach Jim
Boutin and helped lead WOSC to a win-loss record of 72-20 over a three-year
stretch. He earned his master's degree in athletic administration from Idaho
State in 1986. A native of Chimacum, Wash., Shaw attended Chimacum High School
where he was an all-state performer in both basketball and football.
Phelps joins Smith on the Palouse after spending the
previous five seasons with Smith, the last three as the associate coach at San
Francisco (2016-2019) and the prior two years as an assistant coach at Columbia
(2014-16). Phelps also spent three seasons (2011-14) as an assistant coach at
Monmouth and one year (2010-11) as the video coordinator at Fordham. An
integral member of King Rice’s staff at Monmouth, Phelps took a lead role in
the recruitment of many of the players who were responsible for leading the
Hawks to a school-record 28 wins during the 2015-16 season.
During his two seasons at Columbia, the Lions posted a 38-25
record, which included a 25-10 mark during the 2015-16 campaign which saw the
school capture the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
A native of Queens, NY, Phelps enjoyed an outstanding
collegiate career with the Tar Heels under legendary head coach Dean Smith from
1990-94. The starting point guard on North Carolina’s 1993 National
Championship team, he earned second-team All-ACC honors as a senior and
honorable mention all-conference accolades as a junior. Phelps was an
Associated Press honorable mention All-America selection and was also named to
the USBWA All-District Team. He also earned second team All-NABC honors. He
holds North Carolina records for most steals in a game (9) and a career (247)
and ranks fifth all-time in school history with 637 assists. Phelps is the only
player in ACC history to amass 600 assists, 400 rebounds and 200 steals.
Phelps was the first of only three North Carolina players to
earn the Carmichael Cobb Award, bestowed to the team’s most outstanding
defensive player of the year, on three occasions. He was also named the Tar
Heels’ team MVP as a senior and played on two Final Four teams, including
Carolina’s 1993 squad that captured the national championship with a 77-71
victory over Michigan.
Phelps began his professional career in 1994 with the
Chicago Rockers of the Continental Basketball Associate (CBA). Midway through
the ’94 season, he was signed for the remainder of the season by the Sacramento
Kings and was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1995 NBA expansion
draft. He also spent time in preseason camps with the Milwaukee Bucks (1994)
and Philadelphia 76ers (1997).
He also played professionally in Germany, France, Poland,
Russia, Romania and the Netherlands. He was selected MVP of the Euroleague in
2001 while playing for Alba Berlin. He retired following the 2009-10 season.
A graduate of Christ the King High School in Queens, Phelps
led the Royals to the 1989 New York State Championship and was named to the
1990 McDonald’s All-America Team as a senior. He was also named to the 1990
Kodak Metropolitan High School All-Star team.
Phelps began his coaching career in 2007 as an assistant
coach at Christ the King and also served as a player-coach with Clubul Sportiv
“Gaz Metan” Medias in Romania.
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EasterCoug Hunt & Family BBQ 2019
Come out and enjoy a Cougar family fun day at the Cross
Creek Recreation Center in Beaverton, says WSU Alumni ! All are welcome to the
festivities. Bring your favorite side dish and drinks to share at our delicious
potluck BBQ. Hot dogs and burgers will be provided. Vegetarian options will be
available as well. Following lunch, hop on over with your baskets to our Easter
Egg Hunt.
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Busy
Weekend in Store for WSU Mom’s Weekend 2019
By Zach
Anders, Pullman Radio News
Mom’s weekend events are sure to keep Pullman busy this
weekend. Tonight, the 36th annual Mom’s Weekend Fashion Show kicks-off the
festivities in Beasley Coliseum with a full night of fashion and fun. Also
today, the 3 For 3 Burpee challenge event to support the Hilinski’s Hope
foundation and promote mental health awareness, that event will run from 2 to 4
p.m. on the library rooftop next to the CUB. Then on Saturday, the 34th Annual
Mom’s Weekend Lu’au will bring a taste of Hawaii to WSU. That will be followed
by Crimson and Chardonnay wine tasting at the Lewis Alumni Centre. If mom’s
miss out on that wine event, they’ll be several others including a wine tasting
and Cougar Gold Fondue at Pups and Cups Café on Main Street. Saturday concludes
with a huge headliner in Jim Gaffigan bringing his comedy set to Beasley
Coliseum at 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s events will include a Bear Center Enrichment,
WSU Planetarium solar system show, and Cougar Baseball taking on the Oregon
Ducks at Bailey Brayton Field with a 12 p.m. start. For a full list of the
dozens of Mom’s weekend’s events, visit their website, momsweekend.wsu.edu
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Real
talk with parents helps students avoid freshman‑year risks
From WSU News
Moms and dads who encourage candid talk about college life
can help their children survive and thrive amid the tricky transition to higher
education, says a WSU scientist.
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WSU football Coach Mike Leach interviewed during John
Canzano sports talk show on Portland's 750AM on 4/12/2019. Link to audio below...
.... "Guest: Mike Leach – Washington State Head
Football Coach John Canzano talks with Mike Leach about flip flops, the class
he is teaching at WSU, Hemingway, and how he felt about team performance last
season."
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