The Official Newsletter for Washington State Athletics, presented by BECU
Good Morning, Wazzu Fam. We love having the family back home!
What all do we have in today’s Brew? Check it out below.
👟 All-American Cougs
🏀 Lock It In
🎥 All New Episode
👏 And much more!
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🔼 All-American Cougs. Two races down, two All-America status earned.
On Wednesday night, Evans Kurui kicked things off for the WSU track squad in a big way at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Kurui blistered the track in the 10000m for a sixth-place finish, good for first-team All-American honors for the second consecutive season. He becomes the first Cougar to earn back-to-back first-team honors since Jeshua Anderson repeated as the four-time 400-meter hurdles NCAA champion from 2008 to 2011.
On Thursday, Caroline Jepkorir earned a top-20 finish in the 3000m steeplechase to earn Honorable Mention All-American accolades, marking the first Cougar women’s runner to earn national outdoor honors in the event.
Teammate Rosemary Longisa continued her outstanding season by punching her ticket to Saturday’s final in the 1500m, clocking the fastest time in the event and will chase a national title tomorrow night in Eugene.
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🔼 All New Episode. A special edition of Inside WSU Athletics is now available as former Coug and NBA All-Rookie team honoree Cedric Coward stops by to reflect on his first season in the league and his time in Pullman.
You won’t want to miss this one!
🔼 Lock It In. Speaking of Cougar men’s hoops, we’ve got a date to lock in your calendar for this upcoming 2026-27 season.
This week, it was announced that the 509 Classic will be back yet again and is set to be played in Spokane with WSU and Eastern Washington squaring off on Tuesday, December 22 at Numerica Veterans Arena.
Ticketing information will be released at a later date.
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🔼 Region’s Finest. Now that’s how you put a cherry on top of your collegiate career.
This week, WSU senior Eva Alvarez Sande and the Cougar Tennis Team each captured Intercollegiate Tennis Association year-end awards. Alvarez Sande was named the 2026 Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year, while Cougar Tennis also received the Community Service Award.
Alvarez Sande capped her WSU Cougar career with the first ITA Regional award of her career, finishing the season with a 20-6 singles record, including a 15-1 mark in dual matches and 5-0 in West Coast Conference Play. She captured WCC Player of the Year honors and repeated as an All-WCC First-Team selection.
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🔼 Countin’ Down. Tick tock, tick tock, we’re getting closer and closer.
That’s right, we are just 86 days away from the kickoff of the 2026 football season for the Cougs.
Wearing #8️⃣6️⃣ this fall will be an critical piece of the WSU tight end room in redshirt sophomore Beau Baker, who joined the Cougs during the spring of 2025.
Last season, Baker appeared in all 13 games, mostly on special teams, but did haul in his first collegiate TD in the Apple Cup game on September 20th against the Huskies.
Throughout the summer, we will be counting down the days
to the return of Wazzu Football this fall. The Cougs will take on Washington
in the Apple Cup on Sept. 6 in Seattle.
*all times PT
Wednesday, June 10th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)
Thursday, June 11th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)
Friday, June 12th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)
Saturday, June 13th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)
👏 Have a great one, Cougs!
