Four Eagles named to All-Big Sky preseason team

Four Eastern Washington University football players – led by offensive MVP Cooper Kupp – have been selected to the 2015 Big Sky Conference Preseason All-Conference Team, announced July 19 by the conference.

Kupp, a consensus All-American his first two seasons in the program, was named to the team and as the offensive MVP. He was EWU’s player representative at the Big Sky Conference Football Kickoff in Park City, Utah, with head coach Beau Baldwin also attending.

Senior offensive guard Aaron Neary, senior offensive tackle Clay DeBord and junior defensive end Samson Ebukam were also honored on the preseason squad. Kupp is a 2012 graduate of Davis High School in Yakima, Wash.; Neary is a 2011 graduate of Hanford High School in Richland, Wash.; Debord is a 2011 graduate of Asotin (Wash.) High School; and Ebukam graduated in 2013 from David Douglas High School in Portland, Ore.

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15th EWU Hall of Fame class to be honored Oct. 10

Basketball and the 1960’s will be well-represented this fall when the 15th induction of the Eastern Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame takes place Oct. 10.

Basketball scoring and rebounding machines Randy Buss (1969-72) and Kathleen Nygaard-Kaut (2000-04) will be honored, as well as a trio of athletes from the 1960’s. They include football-track and field standout/contributor Dean Adams, baseball player/contributor Gary Glasgow and gymnast/contributor Randy Carruthers.

Also, the 1966 baseball team will be inducted on the 40th anniversary of that team’s Evergreen Conference and NAIA District 1 titles under the direction of Hall of Fame head coach Ed Chissus. Glasgow played on that squad.

In addition, Ruth Van Kuren and her late husband Lawson Van Kuren will be recognized for their 40 years of involvement with track and field, including 30 years as Eastern officials.

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