Washington State University Athletics

Whitney Evans earned eight All-American certificates to become the most decorated female student-athlete in WSU history. She captured the 2003 NCAA Outdoor high jump title after placing second, third and fourth at previous NCAA Outdoor Championships. During her Cougar career she also tallied second, fourth and sixth place high jump finishes at NCAA Indoor Championships. Evans earned her first All-America honor as a freshman in the heptathlon where she finished seventh at the national meet. She also accumulated three Pacific-10 Conference high jump titles and four Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships indoor titles. Her lifetime-best high jump mark of 6’1 1/4” was second-best in school records in 2003 and her heptathlon total of 5,579 points ranked third-best all-time at WSU and was the Canadian Junior record. Evans was named the United States Track & Field Coaches Association 2003 national Woman Scholar-Athlete of the Year; she was accorded the Pac-10 Post-graduate scholarship and named the 2002 WSU Finance Student of the Year. Evans was the 2005 Canadian National Champion.