From staff reports Gonzaga standout forward Yvonne Ejim was among 50 players named to the watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, presented each season to college basketball’s most outstanding player. Ejim, who had her 26th career double-double (17 …
Lisa Fortier didn’t know it at the time but there were signs something was wrong. Normally healthy, the Gonzaga women’s basketball coach was bouncing from colds to coughs to flu in the first couple months of the 2023-24 season. Then, during a self-exam of her body in late January, Fortier noticed a lump she hadn’t felt before.
One has to wonder if picking the Gonzaga women’s basketball team to win the West Coast Conference regular-season championship is something automatic for opposing coaches. The Zags have won 19 WCC titles, two in a row, and eight under coach …
McCarthey Athletic Center has been home to 262 victories for the Gonzaga women’s basketball team since its opening in 2004-05. A look back at the top 20 memories/moments since the first dribbles and baskets in the 6,000-seat arena.
The landscape has changed much in the West Coast Conference. First, Washington State and Oregon State are affiliate members for two years in women’s and men’s basketball. That raises the competitive level for sure. Second, WCC women’s teams suffered 36 …
From staff reports Gonzaga standout Yvonne Ejim was named Thursday to the watch list for the Katrina McClain Award, given each season to the nation’s top power forward. Ejim was a finalist for the award a year ago after averaging …
Gonzaga fifth-year forward Yvonne Ejim was named to the 2024-25 Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Watch List on Monday. Ejim, the reigning West Coast Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, is one …
More than half of the Gonzaga women’s basketball team is new – four by the transfer portal and three incoming freshmen. Two of the Zags’ returning standouts cautioned during a Friday news conference that there will be a learning curve. …
It’s been an unusual offseason for Gonzaga women’s basketball coach Lisa Fortier – unlike any offseason before. Facing a life-altering sickness will do that. Fortier announced in a video on social media on Tuesday that she’s battling cancer. She proudly …
There's nothing brighter for Sonja "Sunny" Greinacher than gold. Greinacher, the former Gonzaga basketball standout who has played overseas in her home country in Germany since her college career ended in 2015, earned a gold medal on Monday after leading the Germans past Spain 17-16 in the women's 3x3 final at the Paris Olympics.
Garret Sawyer’s path to regional late-model competition has been unique, with a mix of basketball courts and occasional races all part of the grind to the top. Balancing a playing career to coaching college and high school teams, racing came …
The Zags sit one spot ahead of Boise State and two spots ahead of Harvard in the rankings. Youngstown State received the top slot with a team GPA of 3.868.
Tammy Tibbles knows best because she lived it. The one-time state of Washington girls prep basketball scoring leader regardless of classification and one-time Gonzaga University all-time scoring leader says it matter of factly. Basketball saved her life. Listen for a …
The Gonzaga women’s basketball team picked up a transfer from the Big Ten Conference, coach Lisa Fortier announced. McKynnlie Dalan is a 6-foot-1 forward from the University of Minnesota and will join Gonzaga in the fall. Dalan, from Montesano, Washington, …
The most recent Gonzaga players drafted in the WNBA have been waived. Sharpshooting wing Brynna Maxwell, selected first in the second round and 13th overall by the Chicago Sky, and point guard Kaylynne Truong, picked later in the second round …
Coming off its best season under coach Lisa Fortier, the Gonzaga women's basketball finished 14th in the final Associated Press poll released Monday. GU finished 32-4, including a 16-0 West Coast Conference record. National champion South Carolina, which beat Iowa …
There was much to celebrate for the Gonzaga women’s basketball team in the just-completed season. The Zags had their best season under coach Lisa Fortier, who completed her 10th year as head coach. Gonzaga finished 32-4 for its most victories. …
After a record-breaking 32-4 season, Gonzaga forward Yvonne Ejim and coach Lisa Fortier earned some big recognition on Wednesday. Ejim was named Becky Hammon Player of the Year and Fortier was tabbed Kathy Delaney-Smith Coach of the Year by Her …
Jones became the first WSU student-athlete since Michael Flowers in 2022 to earn an invite to the P.I.T. and will compete April 17-20 at Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Virginia.
It didn’t take Ryan Nembhard long to join Gonzaga’s fraternity of standout point guards, which includes older brother Andrew. Ryan Nembhard, in his first season as a Zag, dished out 12 assists in GU’s 86-65 victory over Kansas on Saturday, surpassing Josh Perkiins as No. 1 on the program’s single-season assists list.
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