Marbut reprimanded
Washington State University completed its review of the allegations that head baseball coach Don Marbut misrepresented his academic credentials and issued a letter of reprimand.
Marbut has been accused of misrepresenting his academic credentials at WSU.
The university said Marbut filled out a biographical data sheet following his hiring as an assistant coach at WSU in 2003 in which he wrote the word “certificate” on a form that asked for the name of degree or certificate associated with each academic program attended. He also listed on his resume, under the heading “Education,” “Teaching certification – k-8 Saint Martins College, 1998.”
Marbut did not complete his student teaching and therefore never completed the program.
“I have determined that there is sufficient cause to discipline coach Marbut for his actions,” said WSU athletics director Jim Sterk. “Any misrepresentation of academic credentials is a serious matter, especially at an academic institution.”
Other allegations against Marbut concern his performance as athletic director at Edmonds Community College. The state auditor issued a report that covered the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2004. Marbut was the athletic director for the first year of that period. The report found that the college’s athletic department lacked adequate internal controls to monitor its financial and operating activities and that some athletic department employees, including Marbut, had used or authorized the use of the college’s fields without charge.
The audit report has been submitted to the Executive Ethics Board, the state agency charged with enforcing the state’s Ethics Act, for review. Sterk said WSU will hold its determination as to what action it should take regarding these allegations until the Ethics Board has completed its handling of the matter.
Arena football
The Spokane Shock’s Rob Keefe has been named defensive player of the week for Week 1 of the arenafootball2 season.
Keefe had two interceptions, one he returned for a touchdown, in Spokane’s 41-40 victory over Stockton on Thursday. Keefe finished with a team-high eight tackles.
College softball
Jessica Miles collected three home runs and six RBIs on the day to lead CC Spokane to a doubleheader sweep of visiting Walla Walla (8-14, 3-1). Miles scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a solo home run, and Amy Fitting followed with a two-run walk-off homer later in the inning as the Sasquatch (10-4, 4-1) escaped with a 14-12 win in the early game. Miles hit another game-tying homer in the fifth inning of the nightcap. Jessie LaPlante had an RBI single to put CCS up for good later in the fifth as the Sasquatch captured an 8-6 win.
•Whitworth senior infielder Kristin Hanson is the Northwest Conference player of the week after leading the Pirates to a series sweep of George Fox, going 8 of 12 at the plate, hitting two homers, two doubles and a triple while driving in 12 runs.
College baseball
Whitworth’s game at Lewis-Clark State was canceled because of rain. No make-up game has been scheduled.