Spokane’s Goodall earns spot in lacrosse hall

Samuel “Trip” Goodall of Spokane has been selected for 2008 induction into the Washington State Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Goodall, 53, a former high school principal and current school district administrator in Deer Park, is being honored for playing an instrumental role in bringing the sport of lacrosse to the Inland Northwest. He joins a class of five who have worked to increase the popularity of lacrosse in Washington.

After founding one of the most successful varsity high school programs in the state on Bainbridge Island near Seattle and leading the team to two state championships, Goodall co-founded the Spokane Youth Lacrosse Association (SYLA) in 2007. In 2008, more than 60 youths participated on SYLA teams. Goodall was also an organizer of the Washington Lacrosse Council and was a co-founder in 1984 of the Great Northwest Lacrosse Camp, the first lacrosse camp in the region, now known as the Elite 80 Camp.

Goodall was a three-time Mid-American Conference champion at Pennsylvania’s Franklin and Marshall College in the 1970s. He chairs the Washington State Special Education Advisory Council.

The Class of 2008 was nominated for induction by their peers and chosen by a selection committee from the Washington State Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse. They will be enshrined Oct. 4 at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle.

College scene

Corrie McGrath and Crystal Culp have joined the Washington State University women’s rowing staff.

McGrath, a 2003 WSU graduate, joins the Cougars as the head novice coach after a year as the novice head coach and assistant varsity coach at Clemson (S.C.) University. She rowed at Washington State from 2000-03, where she earned four letters and was team captain. A two-time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-American, four-time CRCA West Region first-team selection and two-time Pacific-10 All-Conference honoree, McGrath had NCAA championship appearances with the Cougars in 2002 and ’03. She is a native of Marysville, Wash.

Culp, a 2006 graduate of the University of Michigan, is the graduate assistant coach. She coached Pioneer High School’s (Ann Arbor, Mich.) novice team in 2006-07 and the E.L. Crossley (Fonthill, Ontario) junior women’s rowing team and the South Niagara Rowing Club’s junior B men’s team in 2008.

Culp earned four letters in rowing at Michigan and was a two-time All-Big Ten second-team honoree, as well as a CRCA All-Central Region second-team All-American. In Culp’s four seasons at Michigan, the Wolverines captured two Big Ten titles and made four NCAA championship appearances, including a third-place finish in 2004. She is a native of Ontario, Canada.

•Bryce Currie, a 2004 Ferris graduate, has joined the women’s basketball program at Arizona State University in Tempe for a two-year graduate assistant position. Currie was a student manager for the University of Washington women’s team under June Daugherty, and finished his fourth year at UW as senior manager for the men’s basketball team.