athletics Archives - The Easterner

The EWU Football team will be not playing in the fall, but will be moving their season to the spring of 2021.

Fall sports filled with uncertainty at EWU

May 18, 2020

In a normal world, fall sports would be getting under way in the next few months. But the world is anything but normal right now, and as a result, unc...

EWU head coach Aaron Best coaches his players during the Eagles' 35-27 loss at Idaho on Sept. 21.

EWU coaches adjust to pandemic-style recruiting: Part one of a three-part series

May 4, 2020

EWU coaches hoping to lure top-notch athletes to play in Cheney have had to get used to a lot of FaceTime calls and virtual campus tours while on the recru...

EWU football players take the field. A faculty organization report presented seven possible alternative models for athletics, one of which was eliminating football.

Hickey, Syphers share perspectives regarding faculty report on athletics

February 26, 2020

Is EWU going to cut athletics? That question has been stirring around social media in the past couple of weeks in the wake of a faculty organization...

David Evjen (No. 5) competes for the Colombian National Team. Evjen played for the team for two years.

Evjen takes unexpected journey to becoming EWU’s first sanctioned wheelchair basketball coach

January 21, 2020

When David Evjen was playing high school basketball as an able-bodied person in Minnesota, he never thought that he’d one day make history as EWU’s...

EWU athletic department generates over $4 million in revenue

November 10, 2016

The EWU athletic department (AD) in 2015 received a majority of its financial support from the university, and according to the AD, nearly 70 percent of...

Brandon Wilbert keeps the puck away from a competing player.

Hockey foresees exciting new season

October 6, 2014

Young Eastern Eagles hockey team is looking to have a bounce back season with a revitalized roster and newfound commitment to the game. “We lo...

Volleyball Eags look to end losing streak

September 24, 2014

At a current record of 4-9, five games under .500, the EWU volleyball team looks to find answers in the Big Sky Conference. Associate head coach Michael...

Eating disorders affect students

October 14, 2013

I just woke up, and yet I feel like my day is already spiraling downward. I feel so guilty for not working out yesterday. I am going to go to th...

Campus Shakes to YouTube Trend

March 15, 2013

“Harlem Shake” videos inspire campus departments and students Students and EWU departments have been creating wacky YouTube videos all over campus featuri...