Thanks to all the Cougs who showed off their construction creativity with LEGO and Minecraft creations in the WSU Block by Block contest.

The winners are Matthew Johnson (Arch. ’26), Alec Kritsonis (’23 Comp. Sci.), and Kacey Gavin (’25 Mech. Eng.), members of DisCougs, an unofficial WSU Discord server, who built Rogers Practice Field, Thompson Flats, Terrell Mall, and Bryan Hall clock tower in Minecraft. (Click on thumbnails for larger versions)

WSU Rogers Practice Field built in MinecraftWSU Thompson Flats built in Minecraft

WSU Terrell Mall built in MinecraftWSU Bryan Hall clock tower built in Minecraft

“Many hours went into these builds and we hope you enjoy our submissions,” Johnson says.

The trio is working on a Minecraft version of the whole Pullman campus and recruiting students and alumni to help them build.

Runners-up were LEGO Orton Hall by Kayla Rhodes D’Asaro (’18 Comp. Sci.) and LEGO Butch Cougar by Global Campus student Michael Egan. (Click on thumbnails for larger versions)

WSU Orton Hall built with LEGOsButch Cougar built with LEGOs

 

 

Check out all the creations:

 

Kayla Rhodes D’Asaro (’18 Comp. Sci.)

D’Asaro, a self-identified adult LEGO fan, lived in Orton Hall from May 2014 until she graduated in 2018. She had moved there for the summer after living in Duncan Dunn her freshman year. D’Asaro displayed her WSU creations at BrickCon in Seattle and Bricks Cascade in Portland.

“I built my LEGO Orton Hall in LEGO Digital Designer about 10 years ago while I was living in Orton for the summer,” she says. “I plan to build [the physical version] eventually when I have enough tan cheese slopes and tan grilles in my collection and display it at BrickCon and Bricks Cascade.”slideshow fof Kayla Rhodes D’Asaro and of her other LEGO creations

 

Michael Egan, Global Campus student

Butch Cougar built with LEGOs

 

Noah and Levi DeVries

Noah, 14, and his brother Levi, 10, built Butch and Bryan Hall.

“We love LEGOs, and I saw the challenge in the Spring WSU magazine,” Noah says. “Our parents met at and graduated from WSU, as did our grandparents. Our grandpa grew up in Pullman. Thanks for putting this competition together. Our parents are Grant DeVries (’08 Ag Tech. & Mgmt.) and Andrea Thonney (’08 Nursing).”Butch & Bryan Hall LEGO builds

 

Heidi Hiatt

Hiatt says: “It’s important that Cyber Cougs are represented. I graduated from the Distance Degree Program in 2009 and at the time I was one of two people who named us Cyber Cougs—I still have that t-shirt! This entry depicts me in my home office earning my BA in criminal justice.”Cyber Cougs LEGO entry

 

Matt Loveless (’07 Comm.)

Clinical assistant professor at Edward R. Murrow College of Communication

 

 

 

Kyle Moller (’09 Biol.)

Moller’s wife saw the Minecraft blurb in the magazine and encouraged him to submit this video and screenshot of his version of Pullman. “I created this mostly while I was living in New Orleans for grad school and was missing Pullman,” Moller says. “I wanted to be back but couldn’t be, so I created a Pullman of my own to visit. I started with Martin Stadium and then continued building out. My biggest regret is that I didn’t orient the stadium, and subsequently the entire build, in the proper direction. I didn’t realize what I was getting into at the time.”

Football stadium built in Minecraft

 

Trish Tisdale (’24 Comm.)

Tisdale and her son, Dennis, built Bryan Hall in Minecraft.

Bryan Hall built in Minecraft

 

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Minecraft magic: Pullman campus brought to life in pixels (WSU Insider, May 20, 2025)