EWU’s Bridgmon, Nichols honored
Mattie Bridgmon and Matt Nichols were named the Eastern Washington University Scholar Athletes for the month of December.
Bridgmon, a junior from Laramie, Wyo., became EWU’s third female to compete in the NCAA Track and Field Championships last fall, finishing 64th after placing fifth in the Big Sky Conference meet. At the conference’s outdoor track and field championships last year, she was fourth in the 10,000 meters and seventh in the 5,000.
Nichols led the football team to a 9-4 record and broke five school records along the way. He broke the school record for touchdown passes with 34 and had five 300-yard passing performances last season.
Nichols, a sophomore, was named the Big Sky Conference Offensive MVP.
College scene
Eight local athletes were among the 42 Eastern Washington University student-athletes that were named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team for the fall quarter.
Alexis Alexander (Medical Lake High School), Jacob Kragt (Lind-Ritzville), Matt Martin (LaCrosse-Washtucna), Tom McAndrews (Mead), J.C. Sherritt (Pullman) and Marcus Walker (Pullman) were the football players honored.
Cross country runner Erik Walter (Odessa) and soccer player Abby Jensen (Sandpoint) were also named to the team.
To qualify for the team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.2 grade-point average while participating in at least half of the team’s competitions.
Softball
University High School senior Alyssa Hawley signed a letter of intent to attend North Idaho College and compete for the softball team next year.
Hawley, an outfielder, was selected to the All-Greater Spokane League first team her junior year and was also named to the Amateur Softball Association Western B National Championship team.
Miscellany
Spokane’s Terri Wheeler Hart will be inducted into the Whitefish High School Hall of Fame on Feb. 8. Hart, a hurdler, won four Montana state track and field individual titles and set three state records from 1969-73. Whitefish won state team titles in ‘72 and ‘73.