Whitworth men double up in NWC

Whitworth’s second straight Northwest Conference men’s basketball championship has earned the Pirates repeat special honors.

Jim Hayford was voted coach of the year for a second straight time, and senior forward Ryan Symes is player of the year, the third straight year a Whitworth player has received the award.

Hayford is the first NWC coach to repeat since the Pirates’ Warren Friedrichs, whom Hayford succeeded, in 1994-95. It’s Hayford’s third honor overall.

Joining Symes on the All-NWC first team is senior forward Colin Willemsen. The Pirates’ Ross Nakamura, a junior guard, received honorable mention.

“Alida Bower of Whitworth picked up a couple of special women’s basketball awards from the Northwest Conference.

The junior forward was selected to the All-NWC first team and named player of the week after scoring 44 points and grabbing 19 rebounds in two games.

Whitworth teammate Natalie Orrell, a sophomore guard, received honorable mention on the All-NWC team.

Regular-season champion George Fox had the coach of the year in Scott Rueck and the player of the year in senior Katy Campbell.

College football

Trevor Mooney, a redshirt freshman tight end at Washington State, was arrested and cited for being a minor in possession of alcohol early Saturday.

Police saw Mooney, 19, pour liquid out the passenger-side window during a traffic stop, and found two cups of beer at his feet, Pullman police Cmdr. Chris Tennant said.

Mooney has been indefinitely suspended from the team pending a decision from head coach Paul Wulff, football spokesman Bill Stevens said.