EWU basketball, football standouts honored

Violet Kapri Morrow, a 1,000-point basketball scorer, and Roldan Alcobendas, a 300-point football kicker, have been selected as Eastern Washington University's recipients of the Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2018-19 school year.

The Big Sky Scholar-Athlete Award honors the "best of the best" of the conference's more than 3,500 student-athletes. One senior male and one senior female from each school in the league are recognized for their athletic and academic achievements, according to a July 8 news release.

Morrow was a four-time member of the Big Sky Conference All-Academic...