11-12: Intercollegiate Athletics

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WWU finishes 13th in Learfield standings

With four Top 10 national finishes, led by a NCAA II championship in men's basketball and second place in women's rowing, Western Washington University placed 13th nationally among 310 NCAA Division II schools in the final 2011-12 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings released…

2012-06-07
Two Vikings named CoSIDA Academic District 8 All-Stars

Western Washington University distance runner Eric Brill and decathlete Alex Harrison have been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America NCAA Division II Capital One Academic District 8 men's cross country and track and field team.

2012-06-01
Halsell named GNAC Men's Coach of the Year

Western Washington University's Pee Wee Halsell has been named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Men's Coach of the Year for 2012.

It is the 10th GNAC Coach of the Year award and 25th overall for Halsell, who is completing his 25th year coaching men…

2012-06-01
Four Vikings named USTFCCCA All-Americans

Four Western Washington University athletes, Karis Anderson, Alex Harrison, Katie Reichert and Emily Warma, have been named United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Americans.

The awards were based on their performances at the NCAA Division II Outdoor…

2012-05-31
Blanche, Warman named WWU athletes of the year

Men's basketball senior forward Rory Blanche, who helped Western Washington University to a national championship, and junior Emily Warman, who starred in both women's soccer and track and field, have been named Western Washington University Male and Female Athletes of the Year,…

2012-05-30
Harrison, Northey named WWU scholar-athletes of the year

Track and field athlete Alex Harrison and rower Megan Northey are the respective Western Washington University Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year for 2011-12. The announcement was made Tuesday, May 29, at the third annual Dub-Dub-Blue awards ceremony.

The scholar-athlete awards…

2012-05-30
Western's streak ends at 7 2012-05-29
Western's Northey wins national honor

Western Washington University's Megan Northey, a senior from Brier and a graduate of King's High School, is the recipient of the 2012 NCAA Division II Women's Rowing Championship's Elite 89 award. 

The Elite 89, an award founded by the NCAA,…

2012-05-25
Two Viking rowers named CRCA Pocock all-Americans

Two members of the Western Washington University varsity eight shell, stroke Jean Piette and No. 7 seat Megan Northey, have been named to the 2012 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Pocock All-America women's rowing first team.

2012-05-23
$1M gift kicks off athletic field project 2012-05-23
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