Defense Earns Nic Women A Win

North Idaho College rode its defense to a 64-48 non-league women’s basketball victory over Big Bend on Monday night at Moses Lake.

The Cardinals (11-1 overall) forced 26 Big Bend turnovers, converting them into 22 points.

NIC led only 31-28 at halftime, but was able to get the ball inside well in second half, often to Kammi Cottrell, who scored 10 of her 15 points in the second half. Mandy Lindhe also scored 15. Nickie Lustig led Big Bend with 11.

Scholarship honors Jackson

Washington State University and ABC Inc. teamed up to honor Keith Jackson during his final college football broadcast Monday by announcing a $100,000 scholarship in his name.

The Keith Jackson Distinguished Presidential Scholarship, established with a $50,000 commitment from WSU and a $50,000 match from ABC, will honor Jackson’s outstanding career and pursuit of excellence, said WSU president Sam Smith.

The fund will generate scholarship awards for high-achieving students as part of WSU’s presidential scholarship program. Jackson graduated from WSU with a degree in broadcast communications in 1954 and has been an avid supporter of the university.

ABC surprised Jackson by announcing the scholarship after a halftime tribute to him during his final broadcast at the Fiesta Bowl.

Jackson began his broadcasting career at WSU. Then-KWSU radio manager Bert Harrison recalls how one day, the husky police science major with a thick Georgia drawl came into the campus radio station and complained to the manager about the quality of the station’s football play-by-play broadcasts.

“We said, `If you’re so good, try it yourself,”’ said Harrison, now retired. “We gave him a tape recorder, and sent him down to the high school game. When he brought the tape back, we knew he had talent.”

Jackson’s talents, advice and philanthropy have benefited WSU for years. As charter members of the WSU Foundation, he and wife Turi, whom he met at WSU, established and continue to contribute to scholarship funds in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication and in athletics, and he chaired a fund-raising drive to build the alumni center.