Sports Briefs

Hodgins earns Big Sky honors

Eastern Washington University women’s basketball player Delaney Hodgins was named the College Sports Madness Big Sky Player of the Week after posting a pair of 20-point performances to help the Eagles go a perfect 2-0 last week.

Hodgins strung together arguably her best two performances in an Eagle uniform as she averaged 26.5 points per game in a pair of wins, 83-50 at Utah Valley and with a 24-point performance in just 23 minutes of play in an 88-30 win over Multnomah University.

Hodgins was blistering-hot from the field last week, as she hit 22 of her 27 shot attempts to post an 81.4 shooting percentage in the two wins. She currently leads the team in scoring at 18.8 points per game, second-best in the Big Sky.

Hodgins presence was also felt on the defensive end against Utah Valley, as she blocked four shots and collected two steals.

The Eastern Washington women’s basketball team looks to extend its three-game winning streak this week with a pair of road contests against two former Big Sky opponents, Boise State tonight (Dec. 1) and Cal State Northridge (Saturday, Dec. 3).

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Eastern women add three recruits

Eastern Washington women’s basketball announced Nov. 16 the first three signees of the 2016-17 class.

Cailyn Francis from Yuba City, Calif., Lily Perkins out of West Covina, Calif. and Australian import Brittany Klaman out of Melbourne each signed their national letter of intents to play at EWU next season.

“This year’s class is destined to be a special one,” head coach Wendy Schuller said. “These three young ladies are all outstanding young women and very talented.

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Harrell’s career ends with injury

The Eastern Washington University men’s basketball career for Julian Harrell will end with upcoming surgery to repair a disabling shoulder injury, head coach Jim Hayford announced Nov. 21.

“This is terrible news, and very disappointing for Julian, his family and his teammates,” Hayford said of the 2012 graduate of Loyola High School in Los Angeles. “Julian has given everything he can to our program for two years, and will graduate next quarter as an honors student.”

With a 3.89 grade point average, Harrell will graduate with an interdisciplinary studies/liberal arts degree. He was a Big Sky Conference All-Academic selection last season, and entered this year as a preseason fourth team All-Big Sky selection by College Sports Madness.

Harrell saw action in two of Eastern’s three games this season, but played just 36 total minutes. In his 23-game career as an Eagle he averaged 7.7 points, 2.7 rebounds. He transferred to Eastern from City College of San Francisco after originally playing at Penn in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.

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Reiter concludes EWU CC career

After four years of stellar performances, senior Sarah Reiter ended her career with the Eastern Washington University cross country team with a top-100 finish at the 2016 NCAA Division I Championships on Saturday, Nov. 19 in Terre Haute, Ind.

Reiter, a Renton, Wash., native, was the only individual from Eastern competing. She ran the 6,000-meter course in a time of 20 minutes, 46.6 seconds, placing 86th out of a 250-competitor field.

“What an amazing cross country career Sarah had,” head coach Chris Shane said. “Most women dream of this race, and Sarah was fortunate enough to make it here twice.”

Karissa Schweizer from Missouri took the championship’s individual title with a time of 19:41.6. Oregon won the women’s title while Big Sky team Northern Arizona won the men’s championship.

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