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Greeny new WSU volleyball coach

Volleyball: Former Davenport High School and Washington State University athlete Jennifer Stinson Greeny will be the next volleyball coach at WSU, the school announced Wednesday.

Greeny becomes the 12th coach in the history of the Cougars’ volleyball program where she previously played and was an assistant coach during the program’s most successful years on the Palouse.

“Jen Greeny brings an excitement to this position that only a Cougar alumnus can bring,” WSU director of athletics Bill Moos said. “She is a tireless worker who has proven her coaching ability by being successful in every location she has coached. She will serve as a fantastic role model for all of our student-athletes.”

Greeny has been the head volleyball coach at Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston) for the past four years, accumulating a 112-24 record and .824 winning percentage. Her teams have won four consecutive Frontier Conference regular-season titles, four consecutive Frontier Conference tournament championships, as well as earning four consecutive berths to the NAIA national tournament and finishing in the top 13 in the nation each year.

The Warriors ended the 2010 season at 31-3 for a .912 winning percentage, the best mark in the history of the program.

Jennifer Stinson graduated from Davenport High in 1995 and was a three-sport star in volleyball, basketball and track and field. She led the Gorillas to two state basketball titles and she won three state high jump championships.

She went to WSU on a volleyball scholarship and became the seventh player in school history with 1,000 career kills. On WSU’s career list, Greeny ranks third in block assists (360), fourth in total blocks (419) and seventh in solo blocks (59).

Jim Meehan

Showalter critical of Jeter, Epstein

Baseball: Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter is critical of Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein in an interview with Men’s Journal.

Showalter said Jeter is “always jumping back from balls just off the plate. I know how many calls that team gets.” Showalter said Jeter’s actions bother him.

Showalter also said: “I’d like to see how smart Theo Epstein is with the Tampa Bay payroll,” implying Epstein’s job is made easier by Boston’s “$205 million payroll.”

Associated Press