Sports
June 10, 2021
Going the distance
Junior Haley Herberg was named the Pac-12 women’s cross-country athlete of the year.
Boost for softball
The 5,500-square-foot Softball Performance Center is slated to be completed in August 2021.
June 7, 2021
Calling the shots
For Golf Channel analyst Paige Mackenzie, ’06, the only thing more thrilling than scoring a hole-in-one is calling the golf play-by-play at the Olympic Games.
June 3, 2021
Reliving ’91
The story of the greatest coach in Husky football history and how he led the 1991 team to the national championship is the subject of a new book.
March 9, 2021
Elevating expectations
"My goal was to help Jen further elevate our efforts on the external side of the house, and work closely with a few of our programs," he says.
Focus on equity
Sheridan Blanford, ’16, has the opportunity to make a big impact as she incorporates two of her passions—sports and inclusion.
Standing tall
He went from the UW to professional basketball and back. But it’s in the special education classroom that Anthony Washington, ’16, ’19, is making a lasting difference.
March 4, 2021
A dream come true
Jimmy Lake took a long and winding road through colleges and the NFL before becoming head coach of Husky football.
March 2, 2021
The Kraken are coming!
Thanks in large part to David Bonderman, ’63, the Seattle Kraken is scheduled to make its debut as an NHL expansion team this coming fall.
January 16, 2021
Catch up with Jake Locker
Husky football fans remember Jake Locker for his determined play during some down years for the program.
Hockey heights
Now an agent, Ryan Minkoff, ’15, became the first student-athlete from the Husky club hockey team to make it to the professional hockey ranks.
December 16, 2020
Whitcomb’s year
Not only did Sami Whitcomb help the Seattle Storm capture its fourth WNBA championship, but she and her wife Kate welcomed their first child.
December 10, 2020
Grade A performer
Liberty Bracken is a big reason the Husky football team earned an NCAA-record academic score.
September 16, 2020
Familiar face
Fans of Husky women’s soccer may do a double take this season if they look at the sideline and see one of the best players in school history working as an assistant coach.
Golf legend dies
Edean Anderson Ihlanfeldt started the UW women’s golf team in 1974-75 and coached it for eight years.
From war to hoops
After taking a bullet in World War II, Charles Sheaffer returned to captain the Husky basketball team in his senior season.
Gentle giant
Rod Stanley, a Federal Way High School graduate who was a beloved member of the Husky football teams of the early 1970s, died in 2018.
September 11, 2020
Values and victories
Jennifer Cohen started working at the UW athletic department in 1998 and was promoted to athletic director in 2016.
July 16, 2020
Sports talk hosts with the most
710 ESPN’s Stacy Jo Rost, ’11, and KJR’s Dick Fain, ’96, earn national acclaim for the way they talk the talk.