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On the heels of one of the best seasons in program history, the Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team accepted a bid to the WNIT and played Pac-12 member Washington State March 18 in Pullman. EWU (20-11) appeared in the WNIT for the second time in three years and the third time overall under 14-year head coach Wendy Schuller. The Eagles’ first appearance came following the 2009-10 season when they won the Big Sky Conference regular season title. Eastern returned to the tournament three years later fol...
Another basketball team with a solid pedigree stands in Eastern Washington’s way in their second trip to the NCAA tournament. The No. 13-seeded Eagles face the No. 4 Georgetown Hoyas tonight (March 19) at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. The game between the Eagles and Hoyas will start at 6:57 p.m. and will be broadcast on truTV. It may also be heard live via radio on 700-AM ESPN with Larry Weir providing the play-by-play. But Sports Illustrated is not all that impressed with the visitors from Washington, D.C. The m...
The Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team saw all five of its starters earn accolades from the Big Sky Conference following a vote by the league’s coaches, the conference office announced March 10. Junior Hayley Hodgins was a First Team All-Big Sky selection while seniors Melissa Williams and Lexie Nelson were Second Team All-Big Sky honorees. Sophomore Jade Redmon earned Honorable Mention All-Big Sky accolades while freshman Delaney Hodgins was named the league’s Outstanding Freshman. “Hayley has stepped up f...
The Eastern Washington University track and field team finished their indoor campaign on a high note on the final day of the Big Sky Conference Championships Feb. 28 in Flagstaff, Ariz. On the third day of competition, the Eagles walked away with four all-conference (top three finish) performances, including Big Sky titles in the men’s weight throw and women’s high jump. The women’s team earned the best finish in school history as they tied for fourth place with Portland State, and scored a school-record 68 points. The men’s...
Michael Roos, who provided the lion’s share of funding to install the renown red turf in the stadium that helped him attain All-Pro status in the NFL, announced his retirement Feb. 26. “After 10 years as a Tennessee Titan I have decided to retire from football,” Roos wrote on Instagram. “I have given this decision much consideration.” The former Eastern Washington University and Tennessee Titans offensive tackle saw his 2014 season end due to a knee injury last Oct. 5. The injury required surgery and was a factor in Roos...
The Eastern Washington University men’s and women’s basketball teams are trying hard to deliver the 2015 Big Sky Conference tournament to Reese Court the second week of March by winning the regular season championships. But a group from EWU and the Spokane Regional Sports Commission is hoping to make Cheney and Spokane the permanent home for future tournaments beginning in 2016. A bid to stage both the men’s and women’s tournaments beginning in 2016 at sites that include both Reese Court and the Spokane Arena is among t...
Tim Wise, one of the nation’s most prominent anti-racist essayists and educators will appear at Eastern Washington University for a lecture from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Showalter Auditorium. Wise’s lecture, “Combating Racism: From Ferguson to the Voting Booth to the Border,” is free and open to the public. His presentation will be followed by a reception in the Showalter Rotunda. According to a news release, Wise will present a unique opportunity to continue campus conversations about race relations in the...
Continuing the tradition they’ve established since winning a national championship in 2010, the Eastern Washington University football team has won two more prestigious awards presented by the Inland Northwest Sportswriters and Broadcasters (SWABS). For the third time in the last five years, the Eagles won the Team of the Year Award after finishing the 2014 season 11-3, winning a second-straight outright Big Sky Conference title and advancing to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. Head co...
A promising start to the season – its best in three decades – begins anew at 0-0 for the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team with Big Sky Conference play. The Eagles host league favorite and defending champion Weber State Thursday, Jan. 1, followed by a visit from Idaho State Saturday, Jan. 3. Both games tipoff at 2:05 p.m. at Reese Court. “We had some big road wins and some games we lost that we would have loved to win,” Eastern head coach Jim Hayford said. “All in all, we’re very proud of having the be...
The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team will begin their chase of a Big Sky Conference title fresh from a huge victory Dec. 22 at the Gator Holiday Classic in Gainesville, Fla. after beating host Florida, 67-56. The senior duo of Lexie Nelson, who led Eastern with 28 points, and Melissa Williams, who recorded double-doubles in each of the tournament games, were selected to the All-Tournament team. The Eagles, 7-4 and with three consecutive wins, now take a...
If you choose to drive while impaired this holiday season, there are 120 police agencies around Washington committed to making sure you are arrested and successfully prosecuted. That's the message from a coalition of agencies and organizations active in the field of traffic and auto safety. The Washington Traffic Safety Commission is funding a significant number of local emphasis patrols, in which officers will work overtime to provide extra coverage at the hours when most...
With all the food and festivities, keeping pets safe during the holidays can be a challenge. But furry family members will be just fine with some simple precautions. KC Theisen, director of pet care issues at the Humane Society of the United States, says poinsettias, mistletoe and holly all can be poisonous to pets, or at least cause stomach upset. Bowls of candy or snacks left sitting out also can cause health issues. “Chocolate is a well-known toxin to dogs and cats,” Theisen says. “Some nuts are also not healthy for pets...
Early foul trouble spelled problems in the end for the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team, which suffered its first loss of the season, 69-53 to Southern Methodist University Nov. 22 in Dallas, Texas. The game, played before the Eastern men met SMU (2-2) in a Moody Coliseum doubleheader, turned quickly — and early. First, Eastern freshman Delaney Hodgins was called for fouls on consecutive possessions to open the game. Then, senior Melissa Williams was whistled for two infractions immediately after. That left hea...
Senior leadership emerged to lead Eastern Washington to victory in its season-opening women’s basketball game versus Utah Valley State University last Friday, Nov. 14, on the road in Orem. Melissa Williams tossed in 18 points, plus 12 rebounds for a double-double. Lexie Nelson added 12 more as the Eagles rallied in the second half to win 68-62 at the UCCU Events Center in the opening contest for both teams. “I thought Melissa was fabulous,” EWU head coach Wendy Schuller said. “She set the tone defensively for us in the pai...
After spending much of the spring battling throat cancer, Eastern Washington women’s volleyball head coach Wade Benson will take an indefinite leave of absence beginning Friday, Aug. 8. Associate head coach Michael King will lead the program in Benson’s absence. “Eastern Washington Volleyball is in great hands,” Benson said. “The players are ready for a great season. I want to thank EWU for its outstanding support of myself and my family.” Benson underwent cancer treatments this past offseason, but more time is required for h...
Eastern Washington University basketball has announced its 2014-15 schedule, Aug. 12, which includes five home games in their first seven outings, plus a trip to another one of the Mecca's of the sport. "Every year we want to play an ambitious schedule that is fearless," EWU head coach Jim Hayford said. "We believe this schedule of games will have us ready for a very competitive Big Sky season." The Eagles will open a home stand with a Friday, Nov. 14 Reese Court contest...
The dream matchup that hasn’t taken place the last three years will occur in 2016 and 2017. Eastern Washington and North Dakota State — the only NCAA Football Championship Subdivision teams to win a national title since 2009 — will play a home-and-home series with each other starting in 2016, the two schools mutually announced, Aug. 8. The Bison and Eagles will play each other in Fargo, N.D. Sept. 10, 2016, then play at Roos Field Sept. 16, 2017. “We are extremely excited to schedule a home and home with North Dakota State,...
Three-time defending Football Championship Subdivision national champion North Dakota State University earned the pre-season No. 1 ranking in the FCS Coaches Poll released Aug. 4. The other major poll — The Sports Network Top 25 — will be released Friday, Aug. 8. NDSU is 21 votes ahead of Eastern Washington University in the poll. Eastern, which won the 2010 FCS title, received 615 points and six first-place votes in rankings. The Eagles finished third a year ago in the final coaches poll after finishing 12-3 and adv...
Eastern Washington University head football coach Beau Baldwin will forever remember his first trip to Lubbock, Texas, and now his Eagles will make a second trip to play at Texas Tech on Sept. 2, 2017 in an announcement made jointly by the two schools, July 29. Eastern played Texas Tech on Aug. 30, 2008, in the Eastern coaching debut of Baldwin. Eastern lost that game 49-24 to the Red Raiders, who were coached by current Washington State University head coach Mike Leach. The Eagles would go on and finish 6-5 that season, whil...
It's been seven months - 222 days to be exact - since Eastern Washington University football players left foggy Roos Field stunned by another gut-wrenching loss, 35-31 to Towson, in the Football Championship Subdivision semifinal playoffs. The journey on the road that hopefully leads back to a do-over starts earlier than ever as football practice for the Eagles begins today, July 31 at 9 a.m. on the Sports and Recreation Center practice fields. All efforts point to the...
Well-known already in The Sports Network postseason awards circles, Eastern Washington junior quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and sophomore Cooper Kupp are on the initial Watch List for the Walter Payton Award presented annually by TSN to the top player in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. Adams was the 2013 runner-up for the Payton Award while Kupp was a unanimous winner of the Jerry Rice Award given by TSN to the top freshman in FCS. They join a list of 20 players on the initial Watch List. Adams finished with 446 vo...
Armed with a new professional contract, and soon his degree in communication studies from Eastern Washington University, 6-foot-10 center Martin Seiferth will return to his native Germany for an opportunity to play professional basketball. Seiferth will play for Alba in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague in 2014-15, EWU head men’s basketball coach Jim Hayford announced July 7. Seiferth, the first player to be signed by Alba for the 2014-15 season returns to the Berlin-based club, after previously playing for Alba’s youth tea...
Eastern Washington University will be hosting the fifth annual Lavender Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, May 1, from 6-8 p.m. in the Showalter Hall Auditorium on the Cheney campus. The Lavender Graduation, which is sponsored by the EWU Pride Center, is a cultural celebration that recognizes graduating LGBTQA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally) students from Spokane area community colleges, universities and high schools. The ceremony will acknowledge the academic achievements of the students, as well as the...
Feeling stressed? Learn more about what causes stress and stress-related illness in humans when Eastern Washington University and the Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation present “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: An evening with Robert Sapolsky,” at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 24 at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox in downtown Spokane. Sapolsky is a science and nature writer, biologist, neuroscientist, and a highly renowned stress expert. He is a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford...
Last Thursday, March 20, 250 attendees gathered at Northern Quest Resort’s Pavilion as the West Plains Chamber of Commerce honored outstanding members in the community at the “Best of the West” gala. Chamber president Denise Vickerman, Spokane Airport Ramada Inn general manager, told attendees that 79 nominations had been received and 319 ballots cast selecting the winners. The award night recognized the finalists and honored the winners in several categories for outstanding support within the community. The winners for 2014...
