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July 30, 2025

The Official Newsletter for Washington State Athletics

Good Morning, Wazzu Fam. We knew the dance was coming up, now we’ve got a dance partner.

What else do we have going on in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏈 Eyes On Us
🌎 Wazzu Worldwide
⏱️ Countdown To Kickoff
🐶 And much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Eyes On Us. With preseason camp set to get underway this week in Pullman, the Cougars will do so with eyes on them as seven different Wazzu standouts were recently named to the East-West Shrine Game Watch List.

🔼 Wazzu Worldwide. WSU rower Jess Schneider changed up her uni recently and donned the Red, White & Blue at the FISU World University Games.

🔼 Forever A Coug. This blood runs deep and once you’re a Cougar, you’re always a Cougar.

We are deeply saddend to hear about the recent passing of former WSU football student-athlete Khalil Pettway. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and former teammates.

⏱️ COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 3️⃣1️⃣ DAYS

A fresh face will be wearing #3️⃣1️⃣ this fall for the Cougs, redshirt freshman safety Trey Ridley.

Ridley arrived in Pullman this spring after spending last fall at South Dakota State, where he appeared in three regular season games and three postseason games.

He is an multiple-time All-State performer out of Overland Park, Kansas.

🤔 COUGAR TRIVIA

This year, Walker has 10 saves for the San Francisco Giants and is now one of six former WSU standouts to record double-digit saves during their MLB careers.

Which former Cougar has the most career MLB saves to their resume?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*all times PCT

Saturday, August 30th
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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Tom Niedenfuer (97 career saves)