Pac 12 Preview: Washington State

The 2021-22 Washington State Roster 

Last Year:

12-12 for the year and 9-10 in conference play.   The Cougars made the NCAA and lost by just 4 in their first game.  

Coaches:

Kamie Ethridge is in her 4th 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 3nd year after coaching in the Women’s pro league in his native Australia.  

Laurie Koehn is in her 4^th year and came from Northern Colorado after three years with Ethridge.   She played professionally for 11 years.  

Camille Williams is in her 23nd 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:    

Cherilyn Molina who averaged 6 points.   

Celena Molina who didn’t play much last season. 

 

Additions:

Tara Wallack, 6-2 Wing from Canada.   Tara played on the Canadian U19 team.  

 

 Schedule:   Gonzaga, North Carolina State, BYU and Miami of Florida top the non-conference schedule.

 

The Team:

Krystal Leger-Walker is a 5-9 Grad student Guard from New Zealand, who

Charlisse Leger-Walker

transferred from Northern Colorado.   She averaged 10 points, 4 rebounds and almost 5 assists last season 

Charlisse Leger-Walker, 5-10 Soph Guard from New Zealand who averaged 19 points and 5 rebounds 

Bella Murekatete is a 6-5 Jr Post from Rwanda and Played HS in Idaho who averaged 8 points and 7 rebounds.    

Johanna Teder, 5-8  Jr originally from Estonia.  Last season she averaged 8 points.  

Ula Motuga is a 6-0 Sr Forward from Australia who averaged 8 points and 7rebounds.   

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

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

Shir Levy is a 5-11 Sr Guard from Israel who didn’t play much last season.  

Michaela Jones is a 5-10 Redshirt Jr Guard who averaged 2 points. season. 

Jessica Clarke, 6-3 Soph Post from British Canada who averaged one point and one rebound.  

Zeynep “Ekin” Çelikdemir, 5-10 Soph G, originally from Turkey.  She played one game last season

 

Predictions:

Hard to believe the Cougars could finish as high as their 2021 Finish at 7^th Place.  However the Leger-Walker sisters are outstanding.  

 

Recruiting 2022:

Kaia Woods, 5-5 PG from Canada