Washington State University’s Kyle Weaver was taken by Charlotte during Thursday night’s NBA Draft.
The Bobcats took the 6-foot-6 guard with the 38th overall pick in the second round. Weaver’s the first Cougar drafted since Mark Hendrickson was taken by Philadelphis as the 31st overall pick in the second round of the 1996 draft. Hendrickson is now a pitcher for the Florida Marlins.
Weaver will be joining a team that features another high-profile basketball star from Eastern Washington, Adam Morrison of Gonzaga, who sat out this past season with injuries.
Weaver is the 29th Cougar to be drafted and just the ninth WSU player to be taken in the draft in the past 25 years. (AP)
The Gonzaga men’s basketball team will host Connecticut in the sixth annual Battle in Seattle game December 20 at Key Arena. The Huskies, who won 24 games last year, return all five starters and their top six scorers. The Zags will have six of their top seven scorers from a year ago when they won 25 games. In their last meeting Gonzaga pulled off a thrilling 85-82 win last year in Boston.
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Regence BlueShield of Idaho and the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Lewis-Clark Valley have announced a partnership that incorporates a “Regence Triple Play” program into the club’s core offerings. Mike Tatko, Media Relations Manager with Regence says the company’s $33,000 donation will be used to help expand on the activities available in the Lewis-Clark Valley.
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The Boys and Girls Club was chosen as one of three partnership organizations in Idaho that Regence officials described as sharing the same goals.
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The contribution will go toward supplies for cooking classes, pool tables, gym and outdoor recreation equipment, an indoor remote scoreboard and staff support.
Washington State University swimmer Rugile Mileisyte’s successful summer will culminate with a trip to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A native of Alytus, Lithuania, Mileisyte will compete for her home country at the Olympic Games in the 50 freestyle, August 15. She earned a qualifying time of 26.32 seconds in a time trial at the Seven Hill Trophy meet in Rome, Italy June 7.
Less than a week later at the Lithuanian Open Championships Mileisyte captured five gold medals and one silver medal while competing for the Kaunas Swim School. Mileisyte will train in Vilnius, Lithuania until the end of the month before traveling to Slovenia with the Lithuania national team for training camp.
A new video, scoring and sound system will be erected at Martin Stadium in time for Washington State University’s Sept. 6 home opener against California.
The system features a Daktronics video screen that measures 53 feet wide by 25 feet high, double the size of the current screen. Above the video screen will be a Daktronics board that shows the score and other game information.
SportSound, a division of Daktronics, will install a new sound system that officials say will provide much better clarity.
The work is part of a major upgrade of the 35,000-seat stadium. The work also includes new restrooms and concessions stands, new ticket office and wider sidewalks.
Former University of Idaho and Lewis-Clark State College men’s basketball coach George Pfeifer has been hired as the new men’s basketball coach at Montana State University-Billings.
Pfeifer, who spent the past two seasons as the Vandal head coach before being fired in March, will replace 13-year head coach Craig Carse, whose contract wasn’t renewed by the Division II school in April following a 1-28 season.
Pfeifer was fired after a two-year record of 12-48 at Idaho. He coached for 16 years at LCSC, compiling a 296-208 record.
