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PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU Head Football Coach Mike Leach announced Monday that it has hired four coaches to complete its staffing for 2018.

BUENA VISTA, Fla. – WSU’s cheer squad placed sixth and the Crimson Girls finished eighth in the finals Jan. 14 at the Universal Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dancers Association College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Athletics announced Monday that Head Coach Mike Leach has agreed in principle to a provision in Leach’s contract to extend the agreement an additional year through the 2022 season, bringing it to a five-year contract.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Washington State quarterback Luke Falk was named the winner of the Burlsworth Trophy by the Brandon Burlsworth Foundation and Springdale Rotary Club at a banquet on Dec. 4. 

PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU men’s basketball team will host Saint Martin’s University in an exhibition 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at Beasley Coliseum.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Carter Skaggs, a Junior college transfer and talented 3-point shooter, has signed a Financial Aid Agreement to join the WSU men’s basketball program beginning fall 2017, WSU Coach Ernie Kent announced Thursday.

CLE ELUM, Wash. – Washington State University senior Derek Bayley finished second Thursday, two shots behind Joe Highsmith in the 91st Washington State Men’s Amateur Championship, played at Suncadia’s Tumble Creek Club.

NBA, MLB and WSU legend Gene Conley – the only man to win a World Series and an NBA title – died July 4 at 86.

INDIANAPOLIS – The WSU Cougar rowing team, ranked #14 nationally, has been selected by the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee to compete at the 2017 NCAA Division I Rowing Championships held May 26-28 at Mercer Lake at West Windsor, N.J.

WSU Cougar football continued its academic progress under Coach Mike Leach, earning its top four-year average rating in the program’s history.