Hickey seems ready for the challenge

The last time Eastern Washington University had to fill the athletics director’s chair was over 10 years ago.

And at the time, it was no question that there was very little stability.

Former AD Bill Chaves, who left Cheney in January to take a similar duty station at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, liked to remind people that when he was tired he was the fifth person – be it full-time or as an interim – to sit in the chair in just a few years.

But a decade of accomplishments with Eagle athletics leaves new athletics director Lynn Hickey in a good place as she officially took ove...