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Eastern Washington University head soccer coach Chad Bodnar announced the final addition to his coaching staff on July 24. Brianna Smallidge joins the Eagles as an assistant coach after a one-year stint at CSU Bakersfield in a similar role. “I’m very excited to join the EWU family,” Smallidge said. “I want to thank Chad and Eastern Washington University for the chance to be a part of the women’s soccer program. I’m extremely humbled by this opportunity and look forward to contributing further to its success.” Before Smalli...
Eastern Washington University head volleyball coach Leslie Flores-Cloud announced the team’s 2018 schedule July 19. The 30-match slate features nine home Big Sky Conference matchups at Reese Court, in addition to four tournaments that take place all around the country. The Eagles play 12 nonconference matches on the road before opening up Big Sky play at home against Idaho on Sept. 18. Flores-Cloud enters her first year at the helm of the EWU volleyball program after five seasons as an assistant and associate head coach at D...
Six Eastern Washington University men’s basketball players – the most in the Big Sky Conference – have been honored on the 2017-18 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court announced on July 17. Graduated forward Bogdan Bliznyuk is a repeat winner, and joined fellow senior Benas Griciunas on the squad. The remainder were underclassmen — Cody Benzel, Ty Gibson, Jesse Hunt and Grant Gibb. “We are very proud of all of those players,” said Eagle head coach Shantay Legans. “To lead the league in the number of...
Eastern Washington University senior running back Sam McPherson is among 169 football players nationally who were announced by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) as nominees for the 2018 Allstate Insurance AFCA Good Works Team®. The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® has been one of the most esteemed honors in college football for more than 25 years. The student-athletes who are nominated for this award not only demonstrate a unique dedication to community...
The Eastern Washington University football team will play on the Pac-12 Networks for the sixth time since 2012 when the Eagles visit Washington State on Sept. 15 at Martin Stadium in Pullman. As part of the announcement made May 31, the Eagles and Cougars will play at 5 p.m. Pacific time. The game vs. the Cougars is a rematch of a 45-42 Eagle upset to open the 2016 season. In the first start of his Eagle career, Gage Gubrud had what was then a school-record 551 yards of total offense, passing for 474 yards and five...
Featuring the introduction of new Eastern Washington University Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Lynn Hickey, the 37th Annual Orland Killin Dinner/Dance/Auction on April 28 raised a record total in excess of $117,000. Net proceeds from the event benefits the areas of greatest need in the department, including scholarships for Eagle student-athletes. Hickey gave a passionate plea for additional funding for scholarships prior to the live auction portion of the event. Besides a “paddle-raise” for scholarships, ther...
By popular demand, teams for this year’s Red-White Game will be even more prepared than last year. The Eastern Washington University football team will conclude spring practices this Saturday, April 28, with the annual Red-White Game at Roos Field and even moved up the “draft” of players by two days to help teams be better prepared. “Three of our spring practices will be leading up to the Red-White, and they’ll be practicing more with their teams on what they are going to do on Saturday,” second-year Eagle head coach Aaron...
The offense rolled up 398 yards and the defense had seven passes broken up and a pair of interceptions to highlight the Eastern Washington University football team's first full scrimmage of the spring on Friday (April 13) at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. With a trio of quarterbacks passing for 286 yards and scrambling for another 51, the offense had 398 yards in the 70-play session in rainy conditions. Eastern began practices on April 3, and actually went live for about 30 plays last Saturday when Eastern had its first...
After months of traveling, the Eastern Washington University track and field team stays home this week, hosting the 46th annual Pelluer Invitational Friday and Saturday, April 13 - 14. The events on Friday include the pole vault and discus. The pole vault has a unique location this year, taking place at the EWU Arevalo Student Mall area near the Pence Union Building renovation project. The men start at 2 p.m. with the women pole vaulters following. The discus also starts at 2 p.m. for both the women and men at the throws...
Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake has new leadership, effective April 1. In an earlier news release from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, it was announced that Mark Kettner will become the interim chief executive officer for Eastern State. Kettner assumed the position after current CEO Dorothy Sawyer retired from state service at the end of this month to pursue other opportunities. She has been at the helm of Eastern since August 2013 and...
One question was answered, but the bigger once remains as Eastern Washington University released its 2018 football schedule. A previously open date has been filled when the University of Idaho plays at Roos Field on Oct. 27 after a 20-plus year absence. The open Sept. 1 date remains so with work going on to fill that slot. Eastern plays a Sept. 15 non-conference game at Washington State. The Eagles earned one of the biggest victories in program history with a 45-42 Eagle upset to open the 2016 season. Eastern opens league...
A long road trip, a late game and a hot-shooting opponent conspired against the Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team as they fell 82-73 to Portland State March 7 in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Conference Tournament at the Reno Events Center. The No. 6 Vikings, who made eight straight shots in the third quarter during a game-deciding 23-10 run, advanced to play Idaho in the semifinals. The third-seeded Eagles finished 17-14 and had a four-game winning streak snapped. “I think at the end of the day, we...
The Montana Grizzlies flipped the switch on a lights-out first-half shooting exhibition by Eastern Washington in last Saturday’s Big Sky Conference men’s basketball championship game sending them onto the NCAA tournament after an 82-65 victory at the Reno Events Center. The Eagles led 40-29 at halftime thanks to shooting 53.3 percent that included 8-of-13 from the 3-point line – a sizzling 61-5 percent. But Eastern hit just 38 percent in the second half – including 1-of-10 from the arc – and was outscored 53-25. Montana m...
The pairings have been set for the 2018 Big Sky Conference Tournament, and the Eastern Washington University mens basketball team will open today, (March 8) against either Portland State or Sacramento State. Riding a league-best six-game winning streak, the Eagles enter the tournament in Reno, Nevada, as the No. 3 seed with an 18-13 record under first-year head coach Shantay Legans. The Eagles will play at 8:05 p.m. The sixth-seeded Vikings (19-12) and No. 11 seed Sacramento...
The Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team earned a No. 3 seed and a first-round bye and opened the 2018 Big Sky Conference Tournament play on Wednesday, March 7 against No. 6 Portland State. The Eagles had a 12-6 conference mark and are 17-13 overall. Eastern capped off the regular season on a four-game win streak following wins on the road at Southern Utah, 70-49 on Feb. 28 and Northern Arizona, 98-83, March 2. EWU split a pair of meetings with Portland State this season, losing 75-60 on the road Jan. 4, b...
Eastern Washington University women's basketball players Delaney Hodgins and Violet Kapri Morrow have been named to the 2018 All-Big Sky Conference first and third teams, respectively, the conference announced March 4. This is the second straight year Hodgins has been selected to the first-team after being named to the second-team in 2016. It is the first All-Conference honor for Morrow. Hodgins began the season with earning preseason Big Sky Conference MVP and capped it off...
The numbers seemed indisputable and when everything was added up – becoming Eastern Washington University's all-time leading scorer, the NCAA Division I record-holder for consecutive free throws made, let alone being the Eagles statistical leader in virtually every category – how could the Big Sky Conference's Most Valuable Player be anyone but Bogdan Bliznyuk? The Eastern Washington University men's basketball senior was honored March 5 as the league's MVP as well as one of t...
After a record-breaking 2017 campaign, the Eastern Washington University women’s soccer team is prepping for their new season with four contests scheduled for the spring, head coach Chad Bodnar announced Feb. 14. The 2018 spring season has a mix of PAC 12 and Division II opponents with one match to be played on the EWU Soccer Field. “I think the spring schedule is a good mix for our group. We have a smaller roster this spring and we have scheduled accordingly,” Bodnar, who is beginning his fifth year at the helm, said. A mat...
After years of being staged in Spokane, the basketball version of the Eastern Washington University coaches show launched Monday Dec. 18 at a new Cheney location -- the Barrelhouse Pub and Pizza. The next shows will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 3 and Tuesday, Jan. 9, then move to Mondays starting on Jan. 15. The public is invited to attend the live shows which are broadcast on 700-AM ESPN. Just a few blocks from the EWU campus, future shows begin at 6 p.m., and feature head...
By a really weird coincidence, Larry Weir now knows he reached a milestone Dec. 3 at KeyArena in Seattle. The long-time Eastern Washington University radio announcer called his 1,000th Eagle men’s basketball or football game that day, a fact which was discovered a day later by happenstance. Weir recently concluded his 27th season as the football voice of the Eagles, whose games are broadcast on 700-AM ESPN. What the 2015 and 2016 State of Washington Sportscaster of the Year didn’t know was how many exact games he’s misse...
The Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team wants to treat its next outing like just another game on the schedule, but it will be hard to overlook who is on the opposing sideline. The Eagles will face former coach Jim Hayford and his Seattle University team on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. at KeyArena. Hayford’s Redhawks’ team was 2-4 after falling to Washington 89-84 Nov. 24. “We can’t look forward to anything else besides our next game,” Eastern head coach Shantay Legans, who served as an assistant during Hayf...
The season ended abruptly, but the accomplishments were aplenty. The Eastern Washington University football team secured a school-record 11th-straight winning season and had yet another outstanding Big Sky Conference campaign in 2017, but the Eagles had their season come to a surprising end when they were denied a berth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. Eastern closed the season 7-4 overall and in a tie for third in the Big Sky Conference with a 6-2...
The Eastern Washington University football team had 13 players honored on the All-Big Sky Conference team announced Nov. 21, but even more noteworthy is the number 10. That's the number of selections expected to return for the 2018 campaign, as only a trio of seniors - including first team pick Jordan Dascalo - were on the list of Eagles selected by the league's head coaches for yearly honors in the Big Sky. Besides Dascalo, Eastern's 13 selections included six players on the...
After clinching its second Big Sky Conference regular season title, the first since 2004, the Eastern Washington University soccer team has earned the No. 1 seed and will host the BSC Championships at home in Cheney, Wash. The tournament began Nov. 1, with the championship match slated for the Sunday, Nov. 5, at the EWU Soccer Field. Admission is complimentary for any college student with a valid school ID. Children 12-years-old and under are also free. Tickets cost $5 on Wednesday and Friday and $8 for the Championship...
Eastern Washington completed an undefeated Big Sky Conference regular season with a sweep of road game last weekend, clinching both first place and the host role in next week's league tournament. The Eagles clinched first place on Friday, Oct. 20 with a combination of their 4-2 win at Idaho State and Portland State's 1-0 loss to North Dakota. Eastern followed that with a 2-1 win at Weber State last Sunday. EWU improves to 14-4-1 overall with an undefeated 8-0-1 conference...
