Pac 12 Preview: Washington State

Pac 12 Preview:  Washington State  

Last Year:

11-20 for the year and 4-14 in conference play.   

Coaches:

Kamie Ethridge is in her 3^nd year as Head Coach.   Ethridge was the Head

Kamie Ethridge

Coach at Northern Colorado for 4 seasons averaging 21 wins and making the NCAAs this past season.   She was an Assistant for 18 years at Kansas State.   Kamie won a Gold Medal for USA Basketball at the 1988 Olympics then won an NCAA Championship as a Player at Texas.

Jason Chainey is in his 2nd year after coaching in the Women’s pro league in his native Australia.  

Laurie Koehn is in her 3^nd year and came from Northern Colorado after three years with Ethridge.   She played professionally for 11 years.  

Camille Williams is in her 2nd year at Washington State.  She was the Head Coach at Academy of Art is San Francisco last season and before that nine years at Nevada.   He was a two sport star at Wisconsin, basketball and the High Jump. 

 

Losses:    

Borislava Hristova averaged 18 points and 5 rebounds.

Chanelle Molina averaged 14 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.  

Joanna Muzet who 4 points and 3 rebounds.  

Jovana Subasic who averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds. 

The Cougars lost 44 of their 68 points from last season. 

 

 Additions:

Jessica Clarke, 6-3 Post from British Canada

Zeynep “Ekin” Çelikdemir, 5-10 G, Tilton School (NH), originally from Turkey 

Charlisse Leger-Walker, 5-10 Guard from New Zealand.  Charlisse joins her sister at Washington State after having played several years already on the National Team of New Zealand, The Tall Ferns.  

Johanna Teder, 5-8 JC transfer originally from Estonia.  Last season she averaged 8 points and 4 assists.  She is a Soph. 

 

Schedule:   Unknown for non conference

 

The Team: Roster

Ula Motuga is a 6-0 Jr Forward from Australia who averaged 7 points and 4

Ula Motuga

rebounds.   

Emma Nankervis is a 6-3 Soph Post from Australia.   Last season she averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds. 

Krystal Leger-Walker is a 5-9 Grad student Guard from New Zealand, who transferred from Northern Colorado.   Two seasons ago she averaged 9 points, 5 rebounds and 5.5 assists. She sat out last season. 

Grace Sarver is a 5-8 Soph Guard who averaged 2 points. 

Bella Murekatete is a 6-5 Soph Post from Rwanda and Played HS in Idaho who averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds.    

Shir Levy is a 5-11 Jr Guard from Israel who averaged 2 points.  

Celena Molina a 5-9 redshirt Jr Guard who didn’t play much last season.  

Cherilyn Molina is a 5-6 Jr Guard who averaged 4 points. 

Michaela Jones is a 5-10 Redshirt Soph Guard who was injured and didn’t play last season. 

 

Predictions:

Well considering the Cougars return just 22 points per game it will be a long season.  

 

Recruiting 2021:

Tara Wallack, 6-2 Wing from Canada.  

Leah Mafua, 5-10 juco freshman G, Otero Junior College (CO) / Wellington, New Zealand