Best in WSU History

Dear Cougs,

The end of the academic year always provides us with the opportunity to reflect back on another year of amazing accomplishments by our student-athletes, coaches and staff. Once again, the 2022-2023 year can be categorized with the superlative, "Best in WSU history!" The bar of excellence continues to rise with all of our sport programs and our commitment to continuous improvement in the collective quest to reach our fullest potential continues to fuel our culture.
Just a few of our achievements this past year:

In the 2023 Spring semester, WSU student-athletes averaged a program-record 3.26 cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA)
In the most recent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data, WSU recorded a program-best score of 91%
Two-thirds of WSU student-athletes earned over a 3.00 GPA during the 2023 Spring semester
On the competition side, WSU student-athletes combined for:

                    1 Pac-12 championship
                    4 All-America honors
                    7 All-Region selections
                    34 All-Conference picks
                    146 Academic All-Conference selections
                    31 Academic All-District selections
                    2 Academic All-Americans

Women's Basketball won the first Pac-12 Conference championship for any women's sports program in WSU history, while making its third-straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Head Coach Kamie Ethridge was selected as the National Coach of the Year by the national media organization, The Athletic
Football reached its program-record seventh-straight bowl game, the second-longest current streak in the Pac-12. Head Coach Jake Dickert became the first WSU Football head coach to lead the program to back-to-back bowl games in the first two years at the helm
Men's Basketball made back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time in more than a decade
Volleyball made its seventh-straight NCAA Championship appearance
Men's and Women's Golf had two individuals, Pono Yanagi and Darcy Habgood, reach the postseason in the same year for the first time since 2002. Men's Golf recorded its best finish ever at the Pac-12 Championship, placing third
Baseball posted its fourth-straight winning season, the first four-year winning season streak in more than a decade
Swimming sent multiple student-athletes to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2009

These accomplishments are made even more impressive by their impact on the local community, totaling nearly 2,000 hours of community service over the past 12 months.

Our administrative team within the Department of Athletics continues to drive our mission forward. WSU Athletics will finish FY23 with another record-setting year in overall fundraising with more than $50M in total giving. Over the past five years, Athletics has raised a total of $155.3M (FY19-FY23), up from the previous five-year total of $57.3M (FY14-FY18). We also continue to see vast improvements in WSU Athletics' ticket sales in all five ticketed sports year-over-year (Football, Men's and Women's Basketball, Volleyball and Baseball).

So, what is in store for 2023-24? As shown by our student-athletes in recent years, our path will be filled with championships, highlights, joy and inspiration. Odds are we will be once again using, "Best in WSU history!"
We appreciate the unwavering support we receive from Cougs all over the world. Please enjoy the summer and rest assured, Ol' Crimson will be waving again on ESPN's College GameDay in just a few short months and we will be waiting to see you back home again in Pullman!

Go Cougs!

Sincerely,

Patrick Chun
Director of Athletics

Washington State University Athletics

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