NW Briefs | Jackson nets 3 recruits for UW women’s basketball program
Washington women’s basketball coach Tia Jackson’s first recruiting class will include guard Kristi Kingma (Jackson High School), forward Liz Lay (Southeast High in Oklahoma City), and Mollie Williams (Artesia High in Lakewood, Calif.), who signed letters of intent.
Lay is ranked No. 18 by HoopGurlz.com. Kingma is No. 44, according to HoopGurlz.com, and Williams is ranked No. 64 by the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
MORE RECRUITING
Washington volleyball has letters of intent from Lauren Barfield (Bellevue), Kelcey Dunaway (Bainbridge Island) and Bianca Rowland (Mill Creek). Washington also is signing with gymnasts Lauren Eller (Newcastle, Calif.), Hatsune Akaogi (Cupertino, Calif.), Amanda Cline (Aurora, Colo.) and Ruby Engreitz (Kirkland).
• Seattle U. men’s basketball has letters of intent from Aaron Broussard (Federal Way High) and Gavin Gilmore (Pasco High).
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Puget Sound (3-0) defeated the Northwest Eagles 97-82 in a nonconference game Tuesday at Northwest Pavilion in Kirkland. Northwest falls to 3-3.
HONORS
The American Volleyball Coaches Association named Western’s Diane Flick coach of the year for Division II Pacific region.
FOOTBALL
Saturday’s NCAA Division II matchup between Central Washington and Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha, Neb., will be broadcast online. Visit www.cwu.edu for information. Kickoff is 11:05 a.m. Pacific time.
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