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SCHULZ DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: PAT CHUN SWA: ANNE MCCOY FACUALTY ATHLETICS REP: NANCY SWAGNER WSU Women’s Basketball Info 2019-20 RECORD: 11-20 2019-20 PAC-12 RECORD: 4-14 POSTSEASON: N/A LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9/4 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 3/2 NEWCOMERS: 4 (1 SOPHOMORE, 3 FRESHMEN) HEAD COACH: KAMIE ETHRIDGE (3RD SEASON) FRONT ROW: Celena Molina, Ula Motuga, Grace Sarver; MIDDLE ROW: Bella Murekatete, Emma Nakervis, Michaela Jones, Ekin Celikdemir; BACK ROW: Charlisse Leger-Walker, Shir Levy, Krystal Leger-Walker, Johanna Teder, Cherilyn Molina, Jessica Clarke ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: LAURIE KOEHN ASSISTANTS: JASON CHAINEY, CAMILLE WILLIAMS No. Name POS HT YR EXP Hometown (Previous School) COORDINATOR OF OPERATIONS: KATE WERNER 2 Michaela Jones G 5-9 R-So. 1V Wymore, Neb. (Beatrice HS) VIDEO COORDINATOR: KIANNA WILLIAMS 3 Emma Nankervis C 6-3 So. 1V Mount Eliza, Australia HOME ARENA: BEASLEY COLISEUM (11,671) 4 Krystal Leger-Walker G 5-9 Sr. TR Waikato, New Zealand (Northern Colorado) 5 Charlisse Leger-Walker G 5-10 Fr. HS Waikato, New Zealand (St. Peter’s Cambridge) Athletic Communications 10 Ekin Celikdemir G 5-10 Fr. HS Istanbul, Turkey (The Tilton School) ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: BILL STEVENS 13 Shir Levy G 5-9 Jr. 2V Ness Ziona, Isreal (Gimnasia-Yealit) WBB CONTACT: CHRIS CASKEY 14 Jessica Clarke C 6-3 Fr. HS North Vancouver, Canada (St. Thomas Aquinas) E-MAIL: [email protected] 15 Ula Motuga F 6-0 Jr. 2V Logan, Australia (Canterbury College) PHONE: 606-207-7481 (C) 20 Grace Sarver G 5-8 So. 1V Seattle, Wash. (West Seattle HS) ATHLETIC WEBSITE: WSUCOUGARS.COM 21 Johanna Teder G 5-10 So. TR Tartu, Estonia (South Plains College) TWITTER: @WSUCOUGARSWBB 22 Celena Molina G 5-9 R-Jr. 2V Kailua Kona, Hawai’i (Konawaena HS) INSTAGRAM: @WSUCOUGARSWBB 55 Bella Murekatete C 6-5 So. 1V Butare Huye, Rwanda (Genesis Prep Academy) FACEBOOK: /WSUCOUGARSWBB Program History HEAD COACH: Kamie Ethridge - 3rd Season - Texas, ‘85 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Laurie Kohen - 3rd Season - Kansas St. ‘05 ALL-TIME RECORD: 545-814 (.401) ASSISTANT COACH: Jason Chainey - 2nd Season - Yeronga Institute of Tafe - ‘96 BEASLEY COLISEUM RECORD: ASSISTANT COACH: Camille Williams - 2nd Season - Wisconsin ‘96 ALL-TIME CONFERENCE RECORD: 242-528 (.313) ALL-TIME PAC-10/12 TOURNY RECORD: 7-19 Pronunciation Polls POSTSEASON APPEARANCES: 5 EKIN CELIKDEMIR: (Eck-In, Che-lick-Dim-er) POSTSEASON RECORD: 4-6 Associated Press Top 25 CHARLISSE LEGER-WALKER: (CHAR-Lease, Ledger) NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 1 March !4 KRYSTAL LEGER-WALKER: (Ledger) LAST NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE: 1991 1) UConn (23) 14) Gonzaga SHIR LEVY: (Sheer, Leh-Vee) 2) Stanford* (5) 15) Arkansas LAST POSTSEASON APPEARANCE: 2017 (WNIT) ULA MOTUGA: (OO-Luh, Moe-Two-Guh) 3) NC State (2) 16) Michigan MEDIA AVAILABILITY BELLA MUREKATETE: (Mur-UH-kuh-TET-ay) 4) Texas A&M 17) West Virginia Player and coach media availability depends on class 5) Baylor 18) Kentucky EMMA NANKERVIS: (Nan-Ker-Vis) 6) South Carolina 19) South Florida* schedules. Coach Ethridge will have a weekly press JOHANNA TEDER: (Yo-Ha-Nuh, TED-er) conference on Tuesdays throughout the season. Please 7) Maryland 20) Missouri State contact Chris Caskey early in the week to confrim 8) Louisville 21) Rutgers practice times and availability. Media request should be 9) UCLA* 22) Ohio State made 24 hours in advance. 10) Georgia 23) Oregon* CREDENTIALS 11) Arizona* 24) Florida Gulf Coast Credential requests for both home and road games Pac-12 Standings 12) Indiana 25) South Dakota State must be made 24 hours prior to game time by emailing 13) Tennessee *WSU Opponent [email protected] TEAM Pac-12 Record Record Streak Usa Today-Wbca coaches Top 25 CREDENTIAL PICKUP 4/4 Stanford 19-2 - - 25-2 W-14 March !5 Credentials can be picked up on game day at the media entrance, located at the main entrance of Beasley 9/7 Arizona 13-4 4.0 16-5 L-1 1) UConn (27) 14) Michigan Coliseum.