Spring 2025
Wrestling legend
Washington State University alum Cash Stone was an accomplished wrestler, coach, and movie consultant. » More ...
Athletes
Spring 2025
A brief history of wrestling at Washington State
The return of wrestling at Washington State University since 2012 has led to national championships and other successes on the mat, as a team and for individual athletes.
A university club sport, the team won the men’s Division II National Championship, Collegiate Cup, and other achievements. Beyond the club’s recent wins, wrestling has a long and storied history at Washington State.
According to Dick Fry’s history of Washington State sports to 1989, The Crimson and the Gray, Frank Jenne (1912 Ag.) of Coupeville was captain of the first Washington State College wrestling team in 1909. WSC met Spokane Athletic Club, Multnomah AC, … » More …
Winter 2024
WSU honors sports legends
Four outstanding athletes and a legendary coach were inducted into the 2024 WSU Sports Hall of Fame. » More ...
Fall 2024
Edward Niehl
The former Cougar football player and longtime high school coach and athletic director turned 100. » More ...
Fall 2024
A Life Impossible
Steve Gleason’s memoir tells of his will to live through the excruciating and incurable disease ALS. » More ...
Fall 2024
Resolve: An excerpt from A Life Impossible
Michel and I went swimming in the shallow water of the Gulf of Mexico to get in some light exercise without putting too much strain on my body. I waded along the shoreline in chest-high water so I could still touch the sand with my feet. Then, very gradually, a subtle undertow pulled me into deeper water. In astonishment and with raw, primal fear, all I could do was look at Michel, and do my best to cry “Help.”
I had always been a strong swimmer, but now I was seeing and comprehending in stark detail just how much my body had withered. My … » More …
Summer 2024
Video: Henry Rono on the move
Henry Rono was one of the greatest athletes to run at Washington State University.
A record-breaking runner in multiple distances and events, Rono (’81 Gen. Stu., ’83 Psych.) died February 15, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya, at the age of 72.
Watch some of his amazing runs below and read more about the Kenyan star.
Henry Rono’s Greatest Year In Athletics
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Henry Rono 3000 m Steeplechase, 1978 Commonwealth Games
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Henry Rono 3000 Metres World Record 27th June 1978
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Henry Rono 10000m 1981,Brussels
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Kenya Mourns the Passing of World Champion Henry Rono
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Summer 2024
Henry Rono’s long run: Remembering the Nandi Warrior
The renowned WSU distance runner remembered » More ...
Summer 2024
Remembering Rex Davis
Memories of the WSU alum and longtime tennis coach » More ...
Spring 2022
James Donaldson’s gift of life
James Donaldson had a great college and professional basketball career, a physical therapy business, and many aspirations, even in retirement from sports.
But over the course of several years, illness, bankruptcy, divorce, and circumstances in life sent Donaldson into a dark mental spiral. He found his way back, writing a book about his struggles and starting a foundation to help others.
In this episode, Donaldson talks with magazine associate editor Adriana Janovich about his struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts, his recovery and memoir, and his desire to help other men, especially men of color, who face the same darkness.
Donaldson, a 1979 alum of … » More …