Edgerson leaves WSU
Rodney Edgerson will not return to the Washington State men’s basketball team, and he has been released from his scholarship.
Edgerson arrived at WSU last year as a junior college transfer from Illinois, but a pre-existing back injury kept him out for most of the season.
It was expected that the wing forward would end up being a medical non-counter – the Cougars had already given away a full allotment of scholarships for next season with Edgerson an odd man out – but instead the senior-to-be decided to try to play elsewhere.
“He was a very good scorer and had some promise, but he just couldn’t get over the hump with (the injury),” WSU head coach Tony Bennett said.
Edgerson played in nine games as a junior, averaging two points a game.
Todd Lee, the head coach at Division II Kentucky Wesleyan, said Wednesday Edgerson has signed a scholarship agreement there and has been cleared by that school’s medical staff.
“MacKenzie Flynn, a 5-foot-5 point guard who played for the University of Idaho last season, is transferring to Western Washington University this fall, Vikings women’s coach Carmen Dolfo announced.
As a freshman last season, Flynn played in all 29 games – seven as a starter. She averaged 4.2 points per game.
Baseball
Chris Kissock tossed a complete-game six-hitter to lead the Lewis-Clark State Warriors to a 4-1 victory over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds in the NAIA World Series at Harris Field in Lewiston.
It was L-C State’s fourth straight win in a loser-out game.
Kissock (9-2) struck out eight and walked five in his 169-pitch effort.
British Columbia ends its season with a 49-14 record.
The Warriors (46-8) will play in the championship game Friday against either Lubbock Christian (Texas) or Cumberland (Tenn). Lubbock beat Cumberland 6-5 on Wednesday and the two teams play a loser-out game today.
“Washington State senior outfielder Jay Miller and freshman pitcher/outfielder Jared Prince were named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference first team.
Miller batted .361 for the season, sixth in the conference, and led the Pac-10 in hits (88) and doubles (28). His doubles total was second in the nation.
Miller finished his career as WSU’s hits leader with 308 (ninth on the all-time Pac-10 list). His 74 career doubles rank him second on the Cougs’ all-time list and fifth on the Pac-10 list.
Prince is the first WSU freshman to be named to the first team.
He led the conference with a .401 average (24th in the nation) and a .492 on-base percentage.
Prince also ranked third in the conference with 58 runs batted in, fourth in slugging percentage at .618, tied for fourth in hits with 83, ninth in runs scored with 50 and fifth in total bases (128).
On the mound Prince finished with a 6-2 record and a 4.53 earned run average.
Receiving honorable mention for WSU were freshman second baseman Travis Coulter, junior third baseman Jeff Miller, sophomore first baseman Jim Murphy and sophomore closer Travis Webb (Lewis and Clark High).
“Community Colleges of Spokane placed three players in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges East Region second team.
Chosen to the team were sophomore infielder John Whiteside, sophomore outfielder A.J. Gosney (Central Valley) and freshman infielder Tom Barlow (Lake City).
Columbia Basin College freshman catcher Matt McClenny (Ferris) was named to the first team.
Football
The expansion Spokane Shock are ranked No. 1 in the latest arenafootball2 coaches poll, the league office announced.
The Shock collected 13 of 23 first-place votes and 244 of 264 possible points.
Rounding out the top five are Memphis (219), Florida (211), Oklahoma City (204) and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Golf
The Washington Huskies shot a 7-under-par 281 and sit in third place after the first round of the NCAA men’s championship at Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Ore.
Ferris graduate Alex Prugh paced the Huskies with a 5-under 67, good for fourth place in the 156-man field. Prugh finished the round with six birdies and an eagle on the par-5 12th hole.
“It was a great round,” UW coach Matt Thurmond said. “Shooting 67 is an excellent start for him. He plays this course very well.”
Wake Forest (277) leads second-place UCLA by three strokes. Kyle Reifers of Wake Forest shot the low round of the day at 65. Oklahoma State’s Pablo Martin and Southern Cal’s Taylor Wood are tied for second, one stroke off the pace.
Defending NCAA individual champion James Lepp of Washington opened with a 69, while teammate Zach Bixler shot 70.