awards

Western Washington University recently honored eight faculty and staff members and one interdepartmental program with annual awards highlighting the best in teaching, research and service to the campus community. The winners:

Fourteen national handball titles and six world four-wall championships could not prevent LeaAnn Martin from feeling some unexpected butterflies.

But, like a quarterback whose pre-game nervousness vanishes with that first pass, her butterflies began to disappear with her first words…

Three Western Washington University women's golfers were in medalist contention, though the team finished a distant second after second-round action at the Sonoma State University Invitational Women's Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 20, being held at the Santa Rosa Golf and Country…

Career accomplishments: Metzger-Levin went from Everett High School to Western Washington University, where she became one of the most decorated athletes in school history.

What she did: Led 18th-ranked Western Washington to a 25-20, 24-26, 26-24, 21-25, 15-10 win over Central Washington on Sunday, with a team-high 25 kills and 15 digs.

Progressive Insurance, the country's fourth largest auto insurance group, and The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize organization, will announce the winners of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE at a special awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.