Hall of Fame
JoAnn Washam is the first Washington State University student to have participated in national championships in two sports as a Cougar. She played in the collegiate golf championship in 1971 and in 1972 was a member of the Cougar women's team in the AIAW basketball national tournament. Washam began playing professional golf with the Ladies' Professional Golf Association in 1973 and in 1975 she was named the “Most Improved Player,” after winning back-to-back tournaments. The best season of Washam’s 17-year career was in 1980 where she posted 12 top-10 finishes on her way to over $107,000 in earnings. A five-time winner on the LPGA tour, Washam was the only player in LPGA history to have scored two holes-in-one during the same event at the 1979 Women’s Kemper Open. Washam was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. Washam was also the first female inducted into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame.
