WSU Elevates Assistant In Golf

Melissa Arthur has been named interim head golf coach at Washington State University for the rest of the 1998 season.

Arthur, 25, who has been the assistant, steps in for Dan Koesters, who left to take over at his alma mater, New Mexico State.

She will coach both the men and women. Her involvement with the women’s team is credited with the Cougars being ranked 28th nationally, WSU officials said.

A graduate of Iowa State, she spent a year on the Futures Tour and coached at a Bloomington, Ind., high school.

The Spokane Area Children’s Chorus, as a fund-raiser for a British Isles Tour, will put on a four-person scramble May 9 at Indian Canyon Golf Course.

Called the “British Open,” it will begin with a no-host lunch at noon. Tee times begin at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $65 for golf, a cart and dinner. Dinner only costs $10.

Info/register: (509) 624-7992.

Volleyball

Kim Yamada, a 5-foot-7 setter from Timpview High School in Provo, Utah, has signed a national letter of intent to play at Gonzaga University, Bulldogs coach Eva Windlin-Jansen announced.

Yamada was a four-time member of the Utah Region 6 first team and was named most valuable player as a senior. She was a three-time first-team all-state selection and was twice named to the Utah 4A all-star team.

Yamada, senior-class vice president, received the Kiwanis Hope of America Award and has been named student of the year at Timpview. She has a 3.87 GPA.