Alphabetical Roster. player profiles

Transcription

1 2006cougars

2 2006 cougar roster Alphabetical Roster player profiles NO NAMe pos hgt WGT BIRTH AGE YR EXp hometown (HS/COLLEGE) 19 ABDOLLMOHAMMODI, Romeen PK /22/84 21 JR* HS Camano Island, Wash. (Stanwood) 23 ABDULLAH, Husain [Who-Sane Ab-doo-lah] FS /27/85 20 JR* 2V Pomona, Calif. (Pomona) 92 AHMU, Fevaea i (A i) [Ah-moo, Ahee] DT /06/87 18 SO 1V San Diego, Calif. (Serra) 69 ALFRED, Kenny OL /29/86 19 FR* SQ Gig Harbor, Wash. (Gig Harbor) 31 ATKINS, Cornorris [Core-norris] FS FR HS Reseda, Calif. (Cleveland) 85 BAIRD, Bryan TE /03/86 10 SO* SQ Vancouver, Wash. (Columbia River) 56 BALTZER, Chris [Balt-zer] LB /14/85 20 SR 2V Eugene, Ore. (Sheldon) 24 BASS, Christian FS /16/85 20 JR* 2V Moreno Valley, Calif. (Canyon Springs) 13 BELL, Ian CB /24/86 19 SO* 1V Pasadena, Calif. (Taft) 8 BLUNT, Darryl P /18/85 19 SO* SQ Los Angeles, Calif. (St. John Bosco/Portland State) 80 BOYD, Cody TE /22/83 21 SR* 3V Bellingham, Wash. (Ferndale) 12 BRACKENRIDGE, Tyron [Tie-Ron] CB /30/84 21 SR* 1V Ontario, Calif. (Upland/Chaffey College) 10 BRAYTON, Fritz P /18/86 19 SO* SQ Portland, Ore. (Beaverton) 10 BRINK, Alex QB /02/85 20 JR* 2V Eugene, Ore. (Sheldon) 9 BROADUS, Lance DE /15/85 20 JR 1V Woodland Hills, Calif. (Taft/West Los Angeles) 95 BROOKS, Preston DE FR HS Los Angeles, Calif. (Dorsey) 94 BRUCE, Mkristo [M-kristo] DE /16/84 20 SR* 3V Renton, Wash. (Liberty) 5 BUMPUS, Michael WR /13/85 19 JR 2V Culver City, Calif. (Culver City) 20 BUTLER, Jason SS /08/87 18 FR HS Bellevue, Wash. (Eastside Catholic) 70 BYRD, Bobby [Bird] OL /05/85 20 JR* 2V Oceanside, Calif. (Oceanside) 52 CANTLON, Nick OL /22/86 19 SO* SQ Spokane, Wash. (Lewis & Clark) 41 COLLINS, Jed TE /03/86 19 JR 2V San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Mission Viejo) 13 CONGDON, Garrett [Cong-done] QB SO TR Elk Grove, Calif.(Sheldon/Sacramento City JC) 79 DANAHER, Brian [Dan-ah-her] OL FR HS Colfax, Wash. (Colfax) 42 DAVIS, Scott LB /19/83 21 SR* 3V Kennewick, Wash. (Kamiakin) 32 DAWES, Markus CB JR TR Bradenton, Fla. (/College of the Sequoias) 29 DEIDERICHS, J.T. [Dee-dricks] RB JR TR Seattle, Wash. (Ballard/Dixie State College) 49 DILDINE, Steve [Dill-dine] LB /07/84 21 SR* 3V Graham, Wash. (Bethel) 86 DILLON, Charles WR JR TR Oxnard, Calif. (Hueneme/Ventura College) 68 DONOVAN, Colin OL /22/85 20 SO* SQ Superior, Mont. (Superior) 61 DUIN, Josh [Doo-in] OL /12/84 21 SR* 3V Covington, Wash. (Kentlake) 77 EICHELBERGER, Matt [Eye-kell-burger] DT /10/86 19 SO* 1V Bellingham, Wash. (Sehome) 50 EMMONS, Brady LB /12/85 19 FR* SQ Everson, Wash. (Meridian) 78 ENYEART, Zach [En-yart] OL FR HS Sammamish, Wash. (Skyline) 67 EPPELE, Joe [EEE-pell] OL /08/87 18 FR HS Vancouver, BC (Vancouver College) 38 EVANS, Cory LB /26/86 19 SO 1V Lena, La. (Northwood) 24 FOWLER, Luke WR FR HS Longview, Wash. (R.A. Long) 37 FRAMPTON, Eric SS /06/84 21 SR* 3V San Jose, Calif. (Oak Grove) 67 FREEBERG, Tim DL /14/85 20 SR SQ Bothell, Wash. (Bothell) 75 FRIBERG, Scott [Fry-berg] OL /17/87 18 FR* SQ Redmond, Wash. (Lake Washington) 40 GEHRING, Aaron TE FR HS Castle Rock, Wash. (Castle Rock) 4 GIBSON, Brandon WR /13/87 18 SO 1V Puyallup, Wash. (Rogers) 96 GRAISE, Mike [Grace] DE /22/86 19 SO* 1V Inglewood, Calif. (Inglewood) 8 HALL, Arkelon [Are-kee-lon] QB /28/86 18 FR* SQ Fresno, Calif. (Edison) 43 HALL, Brian LB /04/83 22 SR* 3V Walla Walla, Wash. (DeSales) 44 HAMILL, Alex [Ham-ill] LB /11/85 20 SO* SQ Coeur d Alene, Idaho (Lake City) 76 HANNAM, Micah [Mike-ah Han-am] OL FR HS Gig Harbor, Wash. (Peninsula) 55 HARRIS, Charles OL /07/82 22 SR* 3V Spokane, Wash. (Mead) 26 HICKS Jr., Xavier [X-zavior] FS /26/86 18 FR* SQ Fullerton, Calif. (Fullerton) 68 HILGERT, Bob DE /09/83 23 FR* HS Kirkland, Wash. (Seattle Prep) 83 HILL, Jason WR /20/85 20 SR 3V San Francisco, Calif. (Sacred Heart) 59 HILL, Peter OL /25/86 20 SO* HS Wenatchee, Wash. (Wenatchee) 65 HINELINE, Adam [Hine-line] DT /04/86 19 SO* SQ Bellevue, Wash. (Newport) 88 HOUSTON, Anthony WR FR HS San Diego, Calif. (Mission Bay) 98 HOWARD, Odell [Oh-dell] DT /07/83 22 SR* 2V Pomona, Calif. (Pomona) 72 HUNTER, Derek OL /02/86 19 SO TR La Habra, Calif. (La Habra/Fullerton College) 1 HUTSONA, Darrell [Hoot-sauna] RB JR TR Spring Valley, Calif. (Helix/Grossmont College) 34 IVORY, Christopher RB FR HS Longview, Texas (Longview) 64

3 2006 cougar roster Alphabetical Roster NO NAMe pos hgt WGT BIRTH AGE YR EXp hometown (HS/COLLEGE) 97 JEAN-JACQUES, Asly DE FR HS Los Angeles, Calif. (Venice) 39 JESSEN, Skylar RB FR HS Spokane, Wash. (Mead) 40 JOHNSON, Aaron DT /01/85 20 JR* 2V Fairfield, Calif. (Armijo) 2 JORDAN, Chris WR /28/83 22 SR* 3V Kent, Wash. (Kentlake) 27 KENSOK, Ryan [ken-sock] CB /21/85 20 SO* 1V Spokane, Wash. (Gonzaga) 34 KIRKWOOD, Geoff SS /12/86 18 FR* SQ Othello, Wash. (Othello) 93 KOOYMAN, Kevin [Koy-man] DE FR HS Maple Valley, Wash. (Tahoma) 27 LANGLEY, Loren K /07/86 19 JR 2V Puyallup, Wash. (Puyallup) 25 LARGENT, Andy WR /03/87 18 FR* SQ Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park) 12 LOPINA, Kevin QB /07/86 19 FR* TR Pleasanton, Calif. (De La Salle/Kansas St.) 63 LUAFALEMANA, Justin [Lou-ah-fah-la-mana] OL /23/84 20 SR* SQ Kaunakakai, Hawaii (Molokai/Midland Lutheran) 29 MADDOX, Kerry CB FR HS Tyler, Texas (John Tyler) 64 MAGEE, Jimmy OL /26/86 18 FR* SQ Seattle, Wash. (Ballard) 45 MATTINGLY, Andy LB FR HS Spokane, Wash. (Mead) 71 MAXWELL Jr., Grady OL FR HS University Place, Wash. (Curtis) 20 McCALL, Kevin RB /25/85 20 JR* 1V Carson, Calif. (Carson) 33 McELLRATH, Reid [Mac-ell-rath] WR /24/86 18 FR* SQ Battleground, Wash. (Battle Ground) 54 McKINNEY, Jacob TE /05/85 19 SO* SQ Puyallup, Wash. (Puyallup) 57 McNAMARA, Robert OL /24/86 19 FR* SQ Silverdale, Wash. (Central Kitsap) 89 MOONEY, Trevor TE FR HS Mission Viejo, Calif. (Trabuco Hills) 18 MORGAN, Cole QB /17/85 20 FR* SQ Seattle, Wash. (Ballard) 58 MULLENNIX, Matt [Muhl-ah-nix] DE /12/84 21 JR* 2V Spangle, Wash. (Liberty) 30 MURFF, Desmond SS FR HS Dallas, Texas (Hebron) 73 O CONNOR, Sean OL /15/83 22 SR* 3V Redmond, Wash. (Redmond) 21 PATTERSON, DeWayne FS /20/84 21 SR 1V Redlands, Calif. (Redlands/Chaffey College) 75 PITOITUA, Ropati [Roe-potti Pitoy-two-ah] DT /06/85 20 JR 2V Spanaway, Wash. (Clover Park) 82 PRICE, Jason TE /18/85 21 JR TR Denton, Texas (Sanger/Trinity Valley College) 72 PRUMMER, Chris DT FR HS Renton, Wash. (Liberty) 22 PUAILOA, Isao [Eee-saw Pa-low-ah]] RB /14/85 20 FR* SQ Sandpoint, Idaho (Sandpoint) 3 RABB III, Finas [Fine-us] WR /02/84 21 JR TR Oakland, Calif. (El Modena/Santa Ana College) 30 RICHMOND, Marcus RB FR HS Mesa, Ariz. (Dobson) 17 ROGERS, Gary QB /17/86 19 SO* SQ Mukilteo, Wash. (Kamiak) 74 ROOF, Andy OL /16/85 19 SO* 1V Spokane, Wash. (East Valley) 87 ROSENBERG, Keith WR FR HS Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue) 60 ROWLANDS, Dan OL /09/86 19 SO* 1V Seal Beach, Calif. (Los Alamitos) 84 SELBY, Scott WR /26/84 20 SO* SQ Castle Rock, Wash. (Castle Rock) 62 SIMMONS, Terence DT /30/87 18 FR* SQ Auburn, Wash. (Olympic) 33 STEVENS, Paul DE /05/84 20 JR* 2V Tacoma, Wash. (Clover Park) 51 STRIPLING, Jason LB /26/86 18 SO 1V Tyler, Texas (Robert E. Lee) 95 TALLEY, David [Tallee] WR /07/86 19 FR* SQ Kelso, Wash. (Kelso) 31 TARDY, Dwight RB /03/86 18 FR* SQ Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (St. Paul) 99 TARKINGTON, Bryan DT JR TR Woodland Hills, Calif (Taft/Moorpark JC) 47 TAYLOR, Jesse TE /04/84 20 SR* 3V Woodland Hills, Calif. (Chaminade) 54 TENNANT, Sam [Tenn-ant] LB /23/86 18 FR* SQ Pullman, Wash. (Pullman) 46 THOMPSON, Tony TE /20/86 19 FR* SQ Seattle, Wash. (Ballard) 66 THOMPSON, Nathan OL FR HS Spokane, Wash. (University) 52 TRENT, Greg LB /10/87 18 SO 1V Keller, Texas (Keller) 25 TURNER, Don CB /09/83 22 SR* 3V Spokane, Wash. (University) 90 TURPIN, Toby DT FR HS Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos) 36 WALKER, Brian CB JR TR Hackensack, N.J. ( /College of the Canyons) 81 WALKER, Greg WR /04/87 18 FR HS Los Angeles, Calif. (University) 15 WARD, Benny WR /06/86 19 SO 1V Van Nays, Calif. (Birmingham) 28 WILLIAMS, Brian CB JR TR Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines/Long Beach CC) 26 WILLIAMS, Corey WR /31/87 18 FR* SQ Kent, Wash. (Eastside Catholic) 6 WILLIAMS, Courtney CB /06/87 18 SO 1V Los Angeles, Calif. (Dorsey) 22 WILLIS, Michael SS /30/86 19 SO 1V Tacoma, Wash. (Lincoln) 48 WOODARD, Ben TE /04/82 23 SO* 1V Cheney, Wash. (Cheney) 35 WOOLRIDGE, DeMaundray RB /04/87 18 SO 1V Keller, Texas (Keller) player profiles * = Redshirted NOTE: Age and Class noted as of 8/

4 2006 cougar roster player profiles NO NAME - POS, HGT, WGT, YR 1 HUTSONA, Darrell - RB, 5-10, 185, 21, JR 2 JORDAN, Chris - WR, 6-1, 205, 22, SR* 3 RABB III, Finas - WR, 6-6, 190, 21, JR 4 GIBSON, Brandon - WR, 6-0, 198, 18, SO 5 BUMPUS, Michael - WR, 5-11, 192, 19, JR 6 WILLIAMS, Courtney - CB, 6-1, 200, 18, SO 8 BLUNT, Darryl - P, 6-0, 175, 19, SO* 8 HALL, Arkelon - QB, 6-1, 203, 18, FR* 9 BROADUS, Lance - DE, 6-2, 226, 20, JR 10 BRAYTON, Fritz - P, 6-3, 182, 19, SO* 10 BRINK, Alex - QB, 6-3, 211, 20, JR* 12 BRACKENRIDGE, Tyron - CB, 6-0, 188, 21, SR* 12 LOPINA, Kevin - QB, 6-3, 220, 19, FR* 13 BELL, Ian - CB, 5-9, 193, 19, SO* 13 CONGDON, Garrett - QB, 6-5, 210, 19, SO 15 WARD, Benny - WR, 6-3, 187, 19, SO 17 ROGERS, Gary - QB, 6-6, 232, 19, SO* 18 MORGAN, Cole - QB, 6-2, 198, 20, FR* 19 ABDOLLMOHAMMODI, Romeen - PK, 6-0, 225, 21, JR* 20 McCALL, Kevin - RB, 5-11, 214, 20, JR* 20 BUTLER, Jason - SS, 6-2, 205, 18, FR 21 PATTERSON, DeWayne - FS, 6-0, 199, 21, SR 22 PUAILOA, Isao - RB, 5-7, 183, 20, FR* 22 WILLIS, Michael - SS, 6-0, 213, 19, SO 23 ABDULLAH, Husain - FS, 6-0, 191, 20, JR* 24 BASS, Christian - FS, 6-2, 215, 20, JR* 24 FOWLER, Luke - WR, 6-2, 185, 18, FR 25 LARGENT, Andy - WR, 5-11, 192, 18, FR* 25 TURNER, Don - CB, 5-11, 194, 22, SR* 26 HICKS Jr., Xavier - FS, 6-0, 192, 18, FR* 26 WILLIAMS, Corey - WR, 6-1, 190, 18, FR* 27 KENSOK, Ryan - CB, 5-9, 159, 20, SO* 27 LANGLEY, Loren - K, 5-8, 153, 19, JR 28 WILLIAMS, Brian - CB, 6-1, 175, 21, JR 29 MADDOX, Kerry - CB, 5-10, 175, 18, FR 29 DEIDERICHS, J.T. - RB, 6-2, 235, 20, JR 30 MURFF, Desmond - SS, 6-2,, 18, FR 30 RICHMOND, Marcus - RB, 6-1, 200, 19, FR 31 TARDY, Dwight - RB, 5-11, 208, 18, FR* 31 ATKINS, Cornorris - FS, 6-3, 205, 18, FR 32 DAWES, Markus - CB, 5-11, 190, 21, JR 33 McELLRATH, Reid - WR, 6-4, 212, 18, FR* 33 STEVENS, Paul - DE, 6-3, 247, 20, JR* 34 IVORY, Christopher - RB, 5-10, 205, 18, FR 34 KIRKWOOD, Geoff - SS, 6-0, 202, 18, FR* 35 WOOLRIDGE, DeMaundray - RB, 5-8, 234, 18, SO 36 WALKER, Brian - CB, 5-10, 175, 22, JR 37 FRAMPTON, Eric - SS, 6-0, 206, 21, SR* 38 EVANS, Cory - LB, 6-1, 227, 19, SO 39 JESSEN, Skylar - RB, 5-11, 185, 18, FR 40 GEHRING, Aaron - TE, 6-5, 200, 18, FR 40 JOHNSON, Aaron - DT, 6-6, 303, 20, JR* 41 COLLINS, Jed - TE, 6-2, 243, 19, JR 42 DAVIS, Scott - LB, 5-11, 236, 21, SR* 43 HALL, Brian - LB, 6-3, 236, 22, SR* 44 HAMILL, Alex - LB, 6-0, 222, 20, SO* 45 MATTINGLY, Andy - LB, 6-4, 222, 19, FR 46 THOMPSON, Tony - TE, 6-2, 232, 19, FR* 47 TAYLOR, Jesse - TE, 6-3, 250, 20, SR* Numerical Roster NO NAME - POS, HGT, WGT, YR 48 WOODARD, Ben - TE, 6-5, 248, 23, SO* 49 DILDINE, Steve - LB, 6-1, 235, 21, SR* 50 EMMONS, Brady - LB, 5-10, 203, 19, FR* 51 STRIPLING, Jason - LB, 5-11, 215, 18, SO 52 CANTLON, Nick - OL, 6-5, 245, 19, SO* 52 TRENT, Greg - LB, 5-10, 223, 18, SO 54 McKINNEY, Jacob - TE, 6-3, 267, 19, SO* 54 TENNANT, Sam - LB, 6-0, 189, 18, FR* 55 HARRIS, Charles - OL, 6-6, 323, 22, SR* 56 BALTZER, Chris - LB, 6-0, 235, 20, SR 57 McNAMARA, Robert - OL, 6-1, 271, 19, FR* 58 MULLENNIX, Matt - DE, 6-6, 255, 21, JR* 59 HILL, Peter - OL, 6-1, 230, 20, SO* 60 ROWLANDS, Dan - OL, 6-5, 283, 19, SO* 61 DUIN, Josh - OL, 6-4, 318, 21, SR* 62 SIMMONS, Terence - DT, 5-8, 257, 18, FR* 63 LUAFALEMANA, Justin - OL, 6-0, 278, 20, SR* 64 MAGEE, Jimmy - OL, 6-3, 288, 18, FR* 65 HINELINE, Adam - DT, 6-1, 298, 19, SO* 66 THOMPSON, Nathan - OL, 6-6, 240, 18, FR 67 EPPELE, Joe - OL, 6-8, 274, 18, FR 67 FREEBERG, Tim - DL, 6-3, 263, 20, SR 68 DONOVAN, Colin - OL, 6-7, 302, 20, SO* 68 HILGERT, Bob - DE, 6-2, 223, 23, FR* 69 ALFRED, Kenny - OL, 6-2, 285, 19, FR* 70 BYRD, Bobby - OL, 6-7, 312, 20, JR* 71 MAXWELL Jr., Grady - OL, 6-2, 280, 18, FR 72 HUNTER, Derek - OL, 6-4, 288, 19, SO 72 PRUMMER, Chris - DT, 6-3, 260, 18, FR 73 O CONNOR, Sean - OL, 6-6, 281, 22, SR* 74 ROOF, Andy - OL, 6-4, 303, 19, SO* 75 FRIBERG, Scott - OL, 6-4, 284, 18, FR* 75 PITOITUA, Ropati - DT, 6-8, 288, 20, JR 76 HANNAM, Micah - OL, 6-5, 280, 18, FR 77 EICHELBERGER, Matt - DT, 6-3, 313, 19, SO* 78 ENYEART, Zach - OL, 6-4, 264, 19, FR 79 DANAHER, Brian - OL, 6-3, 240, 18, FR 80 BOYD, Cody - TE, 6-8, 264, 21, SR* 81 WALKER, Greg - WR, 6-4, 169, 18, FR 82 PRICE, Jason - TE, 6-4, 230, 21, JR 83 HILL, Jason - WR, 6-1, 207, 20, SR 84 SELBY, Scott - WR, 6-6, 225, 20, SO* 85 BAIRD, Bryan - TE, 6-3, 242, 10, SO* 86 DILLON, Charles - WR, 6-1, 180, 19, JR 87 ROSENBERG, Keith - WR, 6-0, 185, 18, FR 88 HOUSTON, Anthony - WR, 6-4, 200, 18, FR 89 MOONEY, Trevor - TE, 6-5, 235, 18, FR 90 TURPIN, Toby - DT, 6-4, 242, 18, FR 92 AHMU, Fevaea i (A i) - DT, 6-1, 282, 18, SO 93 KOOYMAN, Kevin - DE, 6-4, 205, 18, FR 94 BRUCE, Mkristo - DE, 6-6, 260, 20, SR* 95 BROOKS, Preston - DE, 6-3, 245, 17, FR 95 TALLEY, David - WR, 6-0, 176, 19, FR* 96 GRAISE, Mike - DE, 6-3, 217, 19, SO* 97 JEAN-JACQUES, Asly - DE, 6-3, 240, 17, FR 98 HOWARD, Odell - DT, 6-4, 277, 22, SR* 99 TARKINGTON, Bryan - DT, 6-4, 320, 20, JR * = Redshirted NOTE: Age and Class noted as of 8/

5 2006 cougar roster Freshmen - 1st Year (25) ATKINS, Cornorris BROOKS, Preston BUTLER, Jason DANAHER, Brian ENYEART, Zach EPPELE, Joe FOWLER, Luke GEHRING, Aaron HANNAM, Micah HOUSTON, Anthony IVORY, Christopher JEAN-JACQUES, Asly JESSEN, Skylar KOOYMAN, Kevin MADDOX, Kerry MATTINGLY, Andy MAXWELL Jr., Grady MOONEY, Trevor MURFF, Desmond PRUMMER, Chris RICHMOND, Marcus ROSENBERG, Keith THOMPSON, Nathan TURPIN, Toby WALKER, Greg Freshmen - 2nd Year (20) ALFRED, Kenny EMMONS, Brady FRIBERG, Scott HALL, Arkelon HICKS Jr., Xavier HILGERT, Bob KIRKWOOD, Geoff LARGENT, Andy LOPINA, Kevin MAGEE, Jimmy McELLRATH, Reid McNAMARA, Robert MORGAN, Cole PUAILOA, Isao SIMMONS, Terence TALLEY, David TARDY, Dwight TENNANT, Sam THOMPSON, Tony WILLIAMS, Corey Sophomores - 2nd Year (11) AHMU, Fevaea i (A i) CONGDON, Garrett EVANS, Cory GIBSON, Brandon HUNTER, Derek STRIPLING, Jason TRENT, Greg WARD, Benny WILLIAMS, Courtney WILLIS, Michael WOOLRIDGE, DeMaundray Sophomores - 3rd Year (18) BAIRD, Bryan BELL, Ian BLUNT, Darryl BRAYTON, Fritz COUGARS BY CLASS Sophomores - 3rd Year (continued) CANTLON, Nick DONOVAN, Colin EICHELBERGER, Matt GRAISE, Mike HAMILL, Alex HILL, Peter HINELINE, Adam KENSOK, Ryan McKINNEY, Jacob ROGERS, Gary ROOF, Andy ROWLANDS, Dan SELBY, Scott WOODARD, Ben Juniors - 3rd Year (14) BROADUS, Lance BUMPUS, Michael COLLINS, Jed DAWES, Markus DEIDERICHS, J.T. DILLON, Charles HUTSONA, Darrell LANGLEY, Loren PITOITUA, Ropati PRICE, Jason RABB III, Finas TARKINGTON, Bryan WALKER, Brian WILLIAMS, Brian Juniors - 4th Year (9) ABDOLLMOHAMMODI, Romeen ABDULLAH, Husain BASS, Christian BRINK, Alex BYRD, Bobby JOHNSON, Aaron McCALL, Kevin MULLENNIX, Matt STEVENS, Paul Seniors - 4th Year (4) BALTZER, Chris FREEBERG, Tim HILL, Jason PATTERSON, DeWayne Seniors - 5th Year (15) BOYD, Cody BRACKENRIDGE, Tyron BRUCE, Mkristo DAVIS, Scott DILDINE, Steve DUIN, Josh FRAMPTON, Eric HALL, Brian HARRIS, Charles HOWARD, Odell JORDAN, Chris LUAFALEMANA, Justin O CONNOR, Sean TAYLOR, Jesse TURNER, Don Secondary (19) ABDULLAH, Husain - JR* ATKINS, Cornorris - FR BASS, Christian - JR* BELL, Ian - SO* BRACKENRIDGE, Tyron - SR* BUTLER, Jason - FR DAWES, Markus - JR FRAMPTON, Eric - SR* HICKS Jr., Xavier - FR* KENSOK, Ryan - SO* KIRKWOOD, Geoff - FR* MADDOX, Kerry - FR MURFF, Desmond - FR PATTERSON, DeWayne - SR TURNER, Don - SR* WALKER, Brian - JR WILLIAMS, Brian - JR WILLIAMS, Courtney - SO WILLIS, Michael - SO Defensive Ends (9) BROADUS, Lance - JR BROOKS, Preston - FR BRUCE, Mkristo - SR* GRAISE, Mike - SO* HILGERT, Bob - FR* JEAN-JACQUES, Asly - FR KOOYMAN, Kevin - FR MULLENNIX, Matt - JR* STEVENS, Paul - JR* Defensive Tackles (11) AHMU, Fevaea i (A i) - SO EICHELBERGER, Matt - SO* FREEBERG, Tim - SR HINELINE, Adam - SO* HOWARD, Odell - SR* JOHNSON, Aaron - JR* PITOITUA, Ropati - JR PRUMMER, Chris - FR SIMMONS, Terence - FR* TARKINGTON, Bryan - JR TURPIN, Toby - FR Kickers (2) ABDOLLMOHAMMODI, Romeen - JR* LANGLEY, Loren - JR Linebackers (11) BALTZER, Chris - SR DAVIS, Scott - SR* DILDINE, Steve - SR* EMMONS, Brady - FR* EVANS, Cory - SO HALL, Brian - SR* HAMILL, Alex - SO* MATTINGLY, Andy - FR STRIPLING, Jason - SO TENNANT, Sam - FR* TRENT, Greg - SO Offensive Line (21) ALFRED, Kenny - FR* BYRD, Bobby - JR* CANTLON, Nick - SO* DANAHER, Brian - FR DONOVAN, Colin - SO* COUGARS BY position Offensive Line (continued) DUIN, Josh - SR* ENYEART, Zach - FR EPPELE, Joe - FR FRIBERG, Scott - FR* HANNAM, Micah - FR HARRIS, Charles - SR* HILL, Peter - SO* HUNTER, Derek - SO LUAFALEMANA, Justin - SR* MAGEE, Jimmy - FR* MAXWELL Jr., Grady - FR McNAMARA, Robert - FR* O CONNOR, Sean - SR* ROOF, Andy - SO* ROWLANDS, Dan - SO* THOMPSON, Nathan - FR Punters (2) BLUNT, Darryl - SO* BRAYTON, Fritz - SO* Quarterbacks (6) BRINK, Alex - JR* CONGDON, Garrett - SO HALL, Arkelon - FR* LOPINA, Kevin - FR* MORGAN, Cole - FR* ROGERS, Gary - SO* Running Backs (9) DEIDERICHS, J.T. - JR HUTSONA, Darrell - JR IVORY, Christopher - FR JESSEN, Skylar - FR McCALL, Kevin - JR* PUAILOA, Isao - FR* RICHMOND, Marcus - FR TARDY, Dwight - FR* WOOLRIDGE, DeMaundray - SO Tight Ends (10) BAIRD, Bryan - SO* BOYD, Cody - SR* COLLINS, Jed - JR GEHRING, Aaron - FR McKINNEY, Jacob - SO* MOONEY, Trevor - FR PRICE, Jason - JR TAYLOR, Jesse - SR* THOMPSON, Tony - FR* WOODARD, Ben - SO* Wide Receivers (16) BUMPUS, Michael - JR DILLON, Charles - JR FOWLER, Luke - FR GIBSON, Brandon - SO HILL, Jason - SR HOUSTON, Anthony - FR JORDAN, Chris - SR* LARGENT, Andy - FR* McELLRATH, Reid - FR* RABB III, Finas - JR ROSENBERG, Keith - FR SELBY, Scott - SO* TALLEY, David - FR* WALKER, Greg - FR WARD, Benny - SO WILLIAMS, Corey - FR* 67 player profiles

6 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Husain Abdullah ** Defensive Back 6-0/191 RS-Junior Pomona, Calif. Pomona High ABDULLAH S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by John Capraro at Pomona High also lettered twice in basketball and three times in golf golf team captain as a junior and football team captain as a senior as a SOPHO- MORE team s defensive MVP and Rookie of the Year allleague honorable mention on defense during JUNIOR year named team s defensive specialist of the year All-Miramonte League defensive first team and second team All-Inland Valley team, also on defense SENIOR year ranked No. 9 safety on the West Coast by Greg Biggins of PacWest Football named to second team All-CIF hauled in a key, 65-yard touchdown pass in Pomona s win over University in the second round of the CIF Division IX playoffs CIF Div. 9 defensive player of the year named to the All-CIF All-Division second team first team All-Valle Vista League as both a defensive back and wide receiver team Red Devil of the Year Daily Bulletin first team defensive back and Inland Valley first team, also on defense. ABDULLAH S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 0 primarily a special teams player earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin - Oregon, Iron Man - Stanford/UCLA. Special Teams: Punt Gunner, Kickoffs, KO Returns: Received Team s Assassin Award; At New Mexico had one tackle, recovered a late-game fumble and intercepted a Lobo pass; Recovered an Arizona fumble forced by Pat Bennett with 1:19 to play and WSU turned the possession into the winning TD with 53 seconds to play, beating the Wildcats 20-19; The next week against Oregon made a career-high four tackles also four tackles at Oregon State and three in win at UCLA. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts Special Teams: Punt, Punt Return, Onside KO, Hands: Season high nine tackles at Oregon State, California and USC also picked off two passes at California; Averaged nearly seven tackles a game over the last eight games of the season; Missed the first game with a sprained ankle and saw limited action at Nevada returned to the starting lineup against Grambling State. Husain Abdullah born July 27, 1985, at Los Angeles parents Yusuf and Sa eeda Johnwell brothers, Abbas, Hamza, Esa, Salih, Mustafa and Musa and sisters, Hajirah, Aliyyah, Aisha and Sabriah brother Hamza also played in WSU s defensive backfield also a high school teammate of Cougar defensive linemen Odell Howard enjoys playing golf, video games and reading prep golf and football clubs president / /-3 0/0 1/ / /0 0/0 2/9 Career 21/ /-3 0/0 3/9 Feveae i Ahmu * Defensive Tackle 6-1/282 Sophomore San Diego, Calif. Serra AHMU S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Brian Basteyns at Serra High School, lettering three times in football and twice in track & field SOPHOMORE season earned second team All-Western League honors on offense and was Serra s defensive player of the year earned San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic honors JUNIOR season racked up 100 tackles and 10 sacks, helping the Conquistadors to a record piled up double-digit tackles in five games, including a season-high 18 against Point Loma season-high three sacks against Mission Bay scored a pair of touchdowns and also intercepted a pass Western League defensive most valuable player earned first team All-CIF San Diego Section honors, first team All-State underclassmen, and also served as team captain again named to San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic team as a SENIOR recorded 75 tackles and 12 sacks also recovered a fumble had seven or more tackles in eight of 10 games and at least one sack in seven of 10 games also contributed on the offensive side of the ball as a lineman helped Conquistadors to a 6-4 team record and the Western League title named second team All-State Super- Prep All-American rated the No. 22 defensive tackle nationally by Scout.com and Rivals.com listed as the No. 25 player in the state of California by Scout.com participated in the CaliFlorida Bowl, recording six tackles and a sack against a team of Florida All-Stars finished high school career with 235 tackles, 104 tackles for loss, and 27 sacks received votes in the Long Beach Press-Telegram s Best in the West. 68

7 AHMU S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Defense - UCLA/California: When Ropati Pitoutui broke his leg late in fall camp, stepped into the starting lineup for the entire season; 2005 The Sporting News Freshman All-America third team; Best games five tackles against both Stanford and UCLA; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. Fevaea i Fa asiu AhMu born February 6, 1987 in San Diego, Calif parents Sauia and Sally Ahmu has two brothers, Owen and Mathew, and one sister, Adeile interested in pursuing sports medicine or athletic training / /-7 0.5/-3 0/0 Kenny Alfred Offensive Line 6-2/285 RS-Freshman Gig Harbor, Wash. Gig Harbor High ALFRED S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Darren McKay at Gig Harbor High School lettered nine times during high school career, four times in football, three times in track & field, and twice in wrestling team captain for both football and track & field as a senior as a SOPHOMORE was an All-Narrows League selection on the defensive line regional participant in both wrestling and track & field as a JUNIOR earned first team Narrows League Bridge Division honors on both offense and defense named firstteam All-Area by both the Tacoma News Tribune and Bremerton Sun honorable mention All-State took third place at the Class AAAA track & field meet in the shot put as a SENIOR ( ) helped Gig Harbor to an 8-2 record again named first team Narrows League Bridge Division on both sides of the ball first-team All-Area by the Tacoma News Tribune also selected to the TNT s Northwest Nuggets and Western 100 earned first-team All-State honors on offense by the Tacoma News Tribune and the Associated Press also received AP honorable mention recognition on defense rated the No. 8 player in the state of Washington by Scout.com rated the No. 56 player in the West (California, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, Washington) by Scout.com projected as a defensive tackle by Rivals.com, where he was rated No. 38 at that position nationally named to the Seattle Times All-State team named to the Washington Prep all-league first team on offense and defense selected to play in the East-West All-Start game Pierce County Scholar-Athlete nominee. ALFRED S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. Kenneth David Alfred born July 29, 1986 at Bellevue, Wash parents David and Claudia Alfred has one brother, Matt father David played football at Western Washington University, while brother Matt currently plays for Eastern Washington enjoys weight training, video games, reading, writing and filmmaking compiled a 3.3 prep grade point average Gig Harbor s 2004 homecoming king. Bryan Baird 85 Tight End 6-3/242 RS-Sophomore Vancouver, Wash. Columbia River High 04 BAIRD S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by John O Rourke a versatile athlete for the Chieftains, playing safety, wide receiver, linebacker, and returning kicks and punts lettered three times on the gridiron and in baseball started at strong safety for the Chieftains as a SOPHOMORE JUNIOR year racked up 958 all-purpose yards and six touchdowns averaged 13.2 yards per punt return and 20.5 yards per kick return also recorded 60 tackles, including five tackles for loss earned first team All-Greater St. Helens League honors at defensive back and second team as a kick returner named to The Columbian s All-Region team helped Columbia River capture league title and advance to state semifinals with an 11-1 record as a SENIOR ( ) accumulated 1,160 all-purpose yards and 11 touchdowns defensively racked up 90 tackles, including three behind the line was once again dangerous on returns, scoring twice and averaging 25.9 yards per return on kicks, and tallying 15.7 yards per return with a touchdown on punts added five rushing touchdowns, two receiving touchdowns, and an 86-yard interception return for six was voted first-team All-Greater St. Helens League and was the Co-Defensive Player of the Year All-Region defensive back by The Columbian picked by the Seattle Times to its all-classifications All-State second team Seattle Times Red Chip selection first-team All-State defensive back by the 2006 outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 69

8 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Associated Press helped Chieftains to the GSHL title and a trip to the state quarterfinals served as Columbia River s defensive captain and will play in Washington s East-West All-Star Game finished career with 2,118 all-purpose yards and a 22-6 record as a member of the varsity. BAIRD S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): Played in one game, Apple Cup in Seattle. Bryan Richard Baird born March 3, 1986 at Walla Walla, Wash parents Bill and Barbara Baird has two brothers, Brady and Bryce, and a sister, Bethany both grandparents, his aunt, and brother Brady all attended Washington State. Chris Baltzer ** Linebacker 6-0/235 Senior Eugene, Ore. Sheldon High BALTZER S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Marty Johnson at Sheldon High School earned seven varsity letters at Sheldon, three in football, three in basketball and one in baseball as a SOPHOMORE was a first-team All-Midwestern League selection, setting school record with seven fumble recoveries as a JUNIOR was voted team captain and a preseason all-league pick season was cut short in the third game due to season-ending injury SENIOR season was a preseason all-league pick and team captain totaled 152 tackles, 9 ½ sacks in garnering firstteam all-league honors voted team defensive MVP had 17 tackles and an interception in State championship game, ending season with 15-0 record teammate of current WSU quarterback Alex Brink. BALTZER S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Games - 2 Starts - 0 saw limited special team action against Oregon and Arizona. SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 7 Starts - 0 saw reserve action in the first two games and in the last five. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0. Special Teams: Punt, KO, KO Return: Most action on special teams, with one tackle at Nevada and at USC. Chris Baltzer born at Eugene, Ore parents Keith and Carrie Baltzer has two young siblings, brother Beau and sister Abbie father Keith player basketball at Southern Oregon enjoys hunting, fishing and golf general studies major / /0 0/0 0/0 Christian Bass ** 24 Defensive Back 6-2/215 RS-Junior Moreno Valley, Calif. Canyon Springs High 03 BASS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Doug DuBois at Canyon Springs High ranked No. 44 safety in the nation by The Insiders named one of the top 100 players in the state of California by Super- Prep named to the California Hot 100 by Mark Tennis of CalHi Sports ranked No. 6 safety on the West Coast by Greg Biggins of PacWest Football recorded marks of 34 inches in 70

9 the vertical jump and 4.37 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the Nike Camp in Los Angeles also ran track. BASS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt Season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 9 Starts - 0 Saw special team action in each of the first nine games Special Teams: Punts, Kickoffs, KO Returns. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0. Special Teams: Punt, Punt Return, KO, KO Return: Had three tackles in WSU s season-opening win over Idaho and five tackles for the season; single stops against Nevada and California; Most action as a member of several special team units. Christian Bass born June 16, 1985 parents Richard and Sonja Bass one sister, Christeo history major at WSU / /0 0/0 0/0 Ian Bell * Defensive Back 5-9/193 RS-Sophomore Woodland Hills, Calif. Taft High School BELL S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Kevin Pearson at Taft High School as a FRESH- MAN at John Muir High School recorded over 1,000 yards on the season, helping team capture league title SOPHOMORE year rushed for a Muir sophomore record 950 yards added 27 receptions for 300 yards transferred to Taft High School prior to JUNIOR campaign tallied 896 yards on the ground and 12 touchdowns while bringing in 21 passes squad featured USC signee Steve Smith picked off three passes as a defensive back and also returned kicks as a SENIOR ( ) served as team captain rated the No. 68 running back nationally by TheInsiders.com tabbed the No. 19 all-purpose back by Rivals.com. BELL S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0. Special Teams: Punt Return, KO, KO Return, Onside KO: Finished the year with four stops, with most action as a member of several special team units; Made two stops against Grambling State and one tackle against both California and Washington. Ian Michael Bell born March 24, 1986 at Hollywood, Calif. parents Joaquin Bell and Roslyn Caskey has four brothers, Joaquin, Elijah, Meaki and Gabriel, and five sisters, Misti, Reneesha, Keisha, Latisha and Mya comparative ethnic studies major / /0 0/0 0/0 Darryl Blunt Punter 6-0/175 RS-Sophomore Los Angeles, Calif. St. John Bosco High BLUNT S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Kiki Mendoza a three-year letterman in football, two in baseball and one in basketball as a SOPHOMORE averaged 40.5 yards per punt while making five of eight field goals as a JUNIOR averaged 31.3 ypp in earning second team All-Serra League honors named specialist of the week five times as was a Top 10 punter at the Chris Sailor Kicking Camp in baseball was named team s most improved player SENIOR ( ) season averaged 43.7 ypp while being named an All-Serra League punter earned specialist of the week honor five times and named Specialist of the Year ranked as Top 5 punter at Chris Sailor Kicking Camp. BLUNT S PORTLAND STATE CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. BLUNT S WSU CAREER RS-FRESHMAN ( ): Did not play after transferring from Portland State. Darryl Blunt born Sept. 18, 1985 at Los Angeles, Calif mother Saberina Smith has one younger brother, Davion majoring in business at WSU outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 71

10 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Cody Boyd *** Tight End 6-8/264 RS-Senior Bellingham, Wash. Ferndale High BOYD S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Graduated from Ferndale High 2002 excelled in track, football and basketball during prep career wants to play for the Cougar basketball team football coach Vic Randall during JUNIOR season all-league first team pick as a tight end and second team on defense caught 22 passes for 470 yards and six scores SENIOR season named to the Associated Press All-State 3-A team as the tight end the #8 prospect in the Northwest by Super Prep Magazine team finished 9-1 overall and won the Northwest League with a 7-0 mark Seattle Times All-State first team pick one of three players selected by the Seattle Times to their Blue Chip list Washington Prep Football Report All-State choice all-league first team tight end and defensive lineman a Northwest Nugget honorable mention pick by the TNT named to the Western 100 by the TNT received 5 of a possible 10 votes in the Best in the West poll by the Long Beach Press-Telegram. BOYD S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season earned offensive scout of the week honors leading up to Oregon game. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 12 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Colorado, Special Teams Big Play New Mexico, Big Hit - OSU. Special Teams: Kick blocks, on-side kickoffs: Named to The Sporting News All-Pac-10 Freshman team earned honorable mention on Rivals.com freshmen All- America team; Blocked two Idaho field goals in his first collegiate game and later blocked a PAT against New Mexico Only touchdown came with a three-yard catch from Matt Kegel late in the Stanford game; Against USC had five receptions for 49 yards, both season highs two receptions in four other games; Missed the UCLA game with a hip pointer; Had at least one reception in all but the UCLA and ASU games; Following football season, joined the Cougar basketball team and playing in two games before sustaining a shoulder injury lifting weights. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 7 Starts - 0 Special Teams: KO Returns, FG/PAT kicks: A regular in WSU s two-tight end sets early in the year; Caught the longest pass of his career at Arizona, 38 yards; Suffered a severe right shoulder sprain at Arizona and missed the next four games before returning to action at UCLA; Did not have a catch against UCLA, but recovered a crucial on-side kick in the final minute to help preserve WSU s win. RS- JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 9 Starts - 1. Special Teams: Punt Return, KO Return, Onside KO, Hands, PAT/FG: Missed the first two games of the season because of badly sprained ankle: Started the final game of the season in WSU s win over Washington and contributed a season-best five receptions for 65 yards; five catches also equaled his career-best against USC as a freshman; Caught two passes in three other games, Oregon State, Arizona State and Oregon. Cody Boyd born October 22, 1983 parents Gary Verstegen and Karen Boyd one brother Kevin and two sisters Jenny and Jessa sociology major. RECEIVING G/GS PC YDS AVG TD LG / / / CAREER 28/

11 Tyron Brackenridge * Cornerback 6-0/188 RS-Senior Ontario, Calif. Upland High BRACKENRIDGE S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Tim Salter at Upland High School. BRACKENRIDGE S CHAFFEY COLLEGE CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Coached by Carl Beach had a breakout game against College of the Canyons in the Verizon Southern California Bowl, picking off two passes and returning one 24 yards for a touchdown was named the Defensive Player of the Game against College of the Canyons helped Chaffey to a 10-0 regular season record and the Foothill Conference title. SOPHOMORE ( ): Picked off three passes, returning one 44 yards for a touchdown helped Chaffey to an 8-2 record regarded a national top 100 selection in 2003 by JCFootball.com 2003 All-Foothill Conference selection rated the No. 41 junior college prospect overall by Superprep. BRACKENRIDGE S WSU CAREER JUNIOR ( ): V-letter Games - 9 Starts - 0 enrolled at WSU in August earned the following weekly team awards: Gamebreaker - Oregon State/UCLA. Special Teams: Kickoffs, KO Returns: Ranked sixth in the Pac-10 and 47th nationally, averaging yards per kickoff return; Battled throughout fall camp for a starting spot and as a return specialist; Had one punt return against New Mexico, along with three kickoff returns for 67 yards; Missed the Colorado and Idaho games with a strained left hamstring, then returned for the Arizona game; Had three kickoff returns against both Stanford and OSU and one against USC; Saw extensive action at corner against OSU and knocked down two passes; Made two tackles in extensive action at UCLA and also returned three kickoffs 58 yards. SENIOR ( ): Redshirt season. Tyron Lyle Brackenridge born June 30, 1984 at Pasadena, Calif parents Lyle Brackenridge and Robin Fitch father Lyle played baseball for California and the Minnesota Twins has two brothers, Jaquwan and Lyle, and a sister, Brittney brother Jaquwan played football for Idaho and New Mexico-Highlands social sciences major / /0 0/0 0/0 Alex Brink ** Quarterback 6-3/211 RS-Junior Eugene, Ore. Sheldon High BRINK S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Marty Johnson at Sheldon High capped a spectacular career by leading Sheldon to the state championship as a SENIOR threw for 213 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 57 more and another score in win over Lake Oswego in state title game tossed four touchdown passes and racked up 384 yards in semifinal victory over Clackamas threw for 3,946 yards in his final season with the Irish, including 36 touchdowns earned first team all-league and all-state honors, and was named Oregon player of the year ranked No outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 73

12 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook quarterback in the nation by The Insiders named Northwest Nuggett honorable mention by Tacoma News Tribune named to Tacoma News Tribune s Western 100 JUNIOR season led team to state title game threw for over 3,500 yards and 28 touchdowns, earning first team All-State honors and Midwestern League offensive player of the year finished with a record of 35-3 in three years as starting quarterback also a standout on the baseball diamond hit a grand slam and pitched a complete game in a contest against Willamette as a junior earned first team All-Midwestern League honors as pitcher also lettered in basketball. BRINK S WSU CARER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 5 Special Teams: FG/PAT Holder; All-Pacific-10 Conference honorable mention honoree; In the Pac-10, ranked 9th in passing at ypg, 10th in total offense at ypg and 7th in pass efficiency at ; Nationally finished 75th in pass efficiency; Saw action in the first six games as the holder on PAT and field goal kicks; In final three games, all starts and two wins, completed 52 of 88 passes (59.1%) for 661 yards and four touchdowns, with only one interception; Saw considerable action in the Colorado game and led WSU inside the 10 yard line at the end of the game, but lost a fumble at the two yard line trying to score and give the Cougars a chance to tie the game; Made first start at Oregon State after Josh Swogger was lost for the season with a broken foot hit 15 of 41 passes for 201 yards, one score and two interceptions, one on a tipped pass TD pass was to Greg Prator; Made his second start against #1 ranked USC threw one interception had one TD pass to Michael Bumpus; With the running game working, completed 17 of 27 for one score, 185 yards and no interceptions in WSU s win at UCLA; Directed WSU to a win over Washington, throwing for 240 yards and one touchdown. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Offensive POW nominee - Nevada: Named to the Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic first team; WSU single-season Top 10 rankings include: T8th/358 pass attempts; 8th/205 pass completions; 7th/2,891 passing yards; 10th/.572 completion percentage; T4/24 TD passes; 6th/2,997 yards total offense; 6th/26 TDRs; WSU single-game Top 10 rankings include: 2nd/59 pass attempts at Oregon State; 1st/531 passing yards at Oregon State; 5th/423 passing yards at California; T8th/4 interceptions at Oregon State; T2nd/5 TD passes at California; T10th/80 yard pass at California; 1st/515 yards total offense at Oregon State; 3rd/424 yards total offense at California; 3rd/65 total plays at Oregon State; 4th/5 TDRs at California; WSU career Top 10 rankings: 7th/4,196 passing yards; 6th/.547 completion percentage; 6th/31 TD passes; 8th/4,252 yards total offense; 7th/34 TDRs; Threw nine TD passes in the first three games, three each against Idaho, Nevada, Grambling; At Oregon State he hit 31 of 59 passes for 531 yards, one TD and four interceptions; Also had a great game at California, hitting 18 of 39 passes for 423 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions; His outings against OSU and Cal rank among the best in Pacific-10 history; his 531 passing yards is the fourth best total ever in the league, while 423 passing yards ranked 40th; his 515 total offense yards at OSU is the second best by a Pac-10 quarterback and the 424 yards at Cal ranked 35th; Final-season NCAA QB ranking of is the best ever by a sophomore QB with more than 100 pass attempts. Ranked 19th nationally in total offense; Final Pacific-10 rankings: Passing 4th/262.6, Total Offense 2nd/272.4, Passing Efficiency 4th/ Alex Brink born June 2, 1985 parents Russ and Jennifer Brink has one brother, Ben 3.91 prep GPA and member of national honor society in high school sport management major. PASSING G/GS PA PC PI YDS TD LG EFFIC / / Career 22/

13 RUSHING G/GS TC YG YL NYG TD LG / / Career 22/ TOTAL OFFENSE G/GS PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL YARDS / / Career 22/ Lance Broadus * Defensive End 6-2/226 Junior Woodland Hills, Calif. Taft High BROADUS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Troy Starr at Taft High earned six varsity letters, three in football and one each in basketball, volleyball and track as a SOPHOMORE earned all-city honors as a JUNIOR repeated as all-city, along with all-league, All-State and All-American SENIOR season ( ) was again an all-city, all-league, All-State and All-America pick two-time team captain. BROADUS WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Spent one season at West LA College, where he played both linebacker and defensive end. BROADUS WSU CAREER SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Ironman Idaho. Special Teams: Punt Return, KO, KO Return: Most action limited to special team play; Recorded two tackles at USC and one each against California and Grambling State. Lance Broadus born Apr. 15, 1985 parents Mark Rodgers and Lorilei Jackson has two younger brothers, Mark Rodgers and Taylor Jackson he and fiancé TaQuece Oglesby had their first child, son Jeremiah, this past March criminal justice major at WSU / /0 0/0 0/0 Mkristo Bruce *** Defensive End 6-6/260 RS-Senior Renton, Wash. Liberty High BRUCE S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Graduated from Liberty High 2002 earned eight letters competing in basketball and track, along with football, where his coach was Steve Valach as a JUNIOR started at quarterback and linebacker, where he was named honorable mention All-KingCo SENIOR year named a Seattle Times Red Chip prospect team finished 4-5 overall and 4-5 in the KingCo Conference all-league first team pick as a linebacker and the second team quarterback passed for 718 yards and seven touchdowns while rushing for 602 yards and six touchdowns nominated to play in All-State game selected Eastside Journal athlete of the week after leading Liberty to a 17-7 victory over No. 7 Newport outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 75

14 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook BRUCE S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season earned defensive scout of the week honors leading up to Idaho and Washington games. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 13 Starts - 0 only tackle in first college game a 10-yard sack against Idaho recovered a fumble and had two tackles at Colorado single tackles against Oregon, Arizona, Stanford, Oregon State and UCLA only tackle at Stanford a 14-yard sack one tackle against Texas in the Holiday Bowl earned the following weekly team awards: Big Hit - Oregon. Special Teams: KO returns. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Defense - Oregon: Finished the year ranked tied for 8th in sacks with 0.59/ game and 5th in fumbles recovered at 0.27/game; Moved into the starting lineup in the spring; Started the season with six tackles at New Mexico and also had six against Oregon, including two sacks, a fumble caused and a fumble recovered; Had five tackles at Arizona with two TFLs; Recovered a fumble against Colorado; Against Stanford made four tackles, including one sack and two TFL s; The next week at Oregon State had six tackles with one TFL; Made a career-high nine tackles against USC, with two TFLs also shared one sack; The next week at UCLA also had nine tackles, made one sack and recovered one Bruin fumble; Participated in at least one TFL in all but the Colorado game and had sacks in eight games. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following four weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Defense - Idaho/Oregon; Pac-10 Defensive POW nominee - Grambling State/Stanford. Special Teams: Punt, KO Return: Finished the season fourth in tackles with 67 and led the team in TFL (15), sacks (10) and fumbles recovered (2) tied for team lead with three forced fumbles; Pacific-10 Conference second team and ESPN.com All-Pac- 10 first team; Ted Hendricks Award candidate; WSU s Defensive MVP, Leon Bender Defensive Lineman of the Year Award; Made a career-best 11 tackles against Stanford, along with two sacks and three tackles for loss; Outstanding game against Oregon with nine tackles, including two sacks and 3.5 TFLs...also forced a fumble and recovered a fumble against the Ducks; Tied for 7th on WSU s single season sack list and tied for 10th in TFLs. CAREER STATS: Games - 35 Starts 22 one TFL short of the WSU career top 10 list and ranks ninth in sacks. Mkristo Bruce pronounced M-kristo born October 16, 1984 mother Julianne Bruce has three brothers, Mtume, Sheadrah, and Julian, and four sisters, Malaika, Maisha, Timia, and Heaven Bruce and his fiancé Evelyn Nicole Taylor gave birth to their son, Mkristo Jr., May 26, 2005 general studies major at WSU / /-24 2/-24 0/ / / /-30 0/ / /-59 10/-52 0/0 CAREER 35/ / /-106 0/0 Michael Bumpus ** Wide Receiver 5-11/192 Junior Culver City, Calif. Culver City High 04 5 BUMPUS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Tom Salter at Culver City High School lettered in four different sports for the Centaurs, including football, basketball, soccer, and baseball as a JUNIOR hauled in 75 passes for 1,081 yards and 11 touchdowns also recorded two interceptions and was Culver City s punter, maintaining a near 40-yard average as a SENIOR helped Culver City to a record played wide receiver until the third game of the season, then took over at quarterback due to injuries rushed for 800 yards, passed for 160, and had 170 receiving yards recorded 13 touchdowns overall named the Southern Section s Division X offensive player of the year rated the No. 15 wide receiver nationally by TheInsiders.com rated No. 11 in TheInsiders.com West Coast Hot 100 represented California in the annual CaliFlorida All-Star Game a member of the Long Beach Press-Telegram s Best in the West first team. BUMPUS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 7 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Offense - USC; Pac-10 Special Teams - New Colorado/Oregon/Stanford/ASU, Gamebreaker - Oregon/Stanford/ASU. Special Teams: Punt returns. Named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference second team as a punt return specialist; Picked to the Rivals.com Freshman All-America team as a utility player and to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team by 76

15 The Sporting News as both a return specialist and a wide receiver; Ranked 33rd nationally and second in the Pac-10, averaging yards per punt return; Finished the year with a freshman record 391 punt return yards, fourth on WSU s all-time list his 34 returns ranked fifth, his 11.5 return average ninth; Two punt returns for TD s is second on WSU s single season and career list, one short of the record; Caught his first pass in the opener and had two receptions at New Mexico; Started returning punts against Colorado with six for 61 yards had seven returns for 58 yards at Arizona; Moved into the starting lineup against Oregon in the fifth game and caught two passes; Returned a punt 52 yards for a touchdown against the Ducks, WSU s first return for a TD since 1997; Made five receptions against both Stanford and Oregon State at OSU rushed three times for 33 yards on endaround plays; Caught a season high six passes against #1 ranked USC, including a 24-yard TD grab; Made five receptions in each of the last two games and had 26 catches in the last five games; Returned a punt 76 yards for a touchdown against ASU, the sixth longest in WSU history. SOPHOMORE- ( ): V-Letter Games - 7 Starts - 7 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Offense - Idaho; Pac-10 Special Teams POW nominee - Nevada; Gamebreaker - Nevada. Special Teams: Punt Return, PAT/FG: Pacific-10 Conference honorable mention; Suffered an high ankle sprain at California and missed the final four games; Set a school record with an 87-yard punt return at Nevada; His 157 punt return yards at Nevada ranked second on the WSU all-time list; Best outing as a receiver was a career best nine receptions at Oregon State for 132 yards; Had eight catches for 88 yards and a touchdown in seasonopener against Idaho. Michael Leron Bumpus born Dec. 13, 1985 at Honolulu, Hawaii parents Mark and Renee Bumpus father Mark is a retired Marine cousin Larry Bumpus played football at Oregon State enjoys writing lyrics and producing music interested in pursuing a business-related major. RECEIVING G/GS PC YDS AVG TD LG / / Career 18/ PUNT RETURNS G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LG / / Career 18/ * 87 * Equals school record 2006 outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 77

16 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Bobby Byrd ** Offensive Line 6-7/312 RS-Junior Oceanside, Calif. Oceanside High BYRD S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by John Carroll at Oceanside High ranked No. 9 offensive lineman on the West Coast by Greg Biggins of PacWest Football named to Tacoma News Tribune s Western 100 following stellar SENIOR campaign named first team All-County in final season, helping Oceanside offense rack up 32 touchdown passes named first team All-San Diego Section by San Diego Union Tribune avenged loss in the 2001 Division II title game by leading Oceanside to a win over Helix in 2002 teamed with fellow Cougar signee Russell Foster of Bonita Vista to pave the way for a California victory over Florida in CaliFlorida Bowl IV earned all-conference honorable mention as a JUNIOR helped lead Oceanside to the CIF Division II title game, which was played in San Diego s Qualcomm Stadium also played basketball, leading Pirates to record as a junior, including a second place finish in the Valley League chose WSU over Oregon and Washington. BYRD S WSU CARER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 9 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Offense - UCLA. Special Teams: FG/PAT kicks: Came off the bench in the first two games, then earned a starting spot against Idaho and remained in the lineup at left guard. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts Special Teams: PAT/FG: A starter all season at left tackle for one of WSU s best offenses in school history; team average of ypg ranked third best ever at WSU and the 5,382 total offense yards ranked fourth. Bobby Byrd born July 5, 1985 parents Matthew and Belinda Byrd history major at WSU. Jed Collins ** 52 Tight End 6-2/243 Junior San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Mission Viejo High 04 COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Bob Johnson at Mission Viejo High School a three-year letterman for the Diablos, playing linebacker, tight end, and fullback as a SOPHOMORE earned first team All- State Underclass honors after helping the Diablos to a 14-0 record and the Division II CIF title team captured the South Coast League crown as a JUNIOR earned league s Defensive Player of the Year and first team All-State Underclass honors after totaling 113 tackles tabbed first team All-County and first team All-CIF Diablos went undefeated again, winning their second straight Division II and South Coast League titles SENIOR year was named Division II co-defensive Player of the Year and Orange County Defensive Player of the Year after winning third straight South Coast League title, Mission Viejo was defeated in the Division II finals, snapping an Orange County record 41-game winning streak received honorable mention in the Long Beach Press Telegram s Best in the West football poll rated the No. 54 linebacker nationally by TheInsiders.com. COLLINS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Iron Man - Idaho, Assassin - Oregon State. Special Teams: Punts, Kickoffs, KO Returns: played blocking back in WSU s two-back set and some action at linebacker; Against Idaho, stepped into the backfield and caught one 27-yard pass Recovered a fumble and made four tackles replacing Will Derting at MLB at Oregon State, made two solo tackles, caught two passes (24 yards) and rushed once (3 yards) SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin - Grambling State; Ironman - UCLA, Washington. Special Teams: Punt, KO, KO Return, Hands, PAT/FG: Named to the Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic honorable mention team; WSU s Special Teams Iron Man Award; Most action came as a member of several special team units and as a blocker in WSU s short yardage unit; Only carry for one yard at Nevada. 78

17 Jedidiah Gabriel Collins born March 3, 1986 parents Michael and Kathy Collins has two brothers, Lenny and Jake, and a sister, Emily father Michael and brother Jake both played basketball at Seattle University, while brother Lenny played at Cornell enjoys punk music earned scholar-athlete honors after recording better than a 3.5 grade point average as a sophomore in senior interested in pursuing a degree in law or law enforcement. RUSHING G/GS TCB YG YL NYG AVG TD LG / / Career 22/ Scott Davis *** Linebacker 5-11/236 RS-Senior Kennewick, Wash Kamiakin High DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Graduated from Kamiakin High 2002 also lettered in basketball (3) and track (3) earned four varsity letters for football coach Craig Beverlin football team captain senior season SOPHOMORE season named to the All-Big Nine team at running back second team linebacker team and league MVP winner as a JUNIOR re-peat all-league honoree as both a linebacker and running back and was co-mvp on defense All-State selection SENIOR year a Seattle Times All-State first team pick at linebacker Seattle Times Red Chip prospect named to the Associated Press All-State 4-A first team as a linebacker Washington Prep Football Report All-State choice the Braves were 7-4 overall and 6-3 in the Big Nine Conference all-league first team running back and linebacker and league s co-player of the year selected to participate in the East-West Shrine game during three-year prep career made 249 tackles and had 26 sacks, seven interceptions and forced 28 fumbles on offense gained 4,457 rushing yards and scored 61 touchdowns while averaging 6.0 ypc also caught 42 passes for 592 yards.team was 25-7 in his three years. DAVIS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season earned defensive scout of the week honors leading up to California game. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 10 Starts - 2 earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin Notre Dame/USC; Iron Man Notre Dame/Oregon, Cougar Tackler New Mexico, Special Teams Big Play - OSU. Special Teams: Punts Named to The Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman team; Seven tackles, all solo, at Colorado, then six the next week against New Mexico when he played the second half for the injured Will Derting also had one TFL and one fumble recovery against the Lobos; Started at Stanford for Derting, making three tackles also had a start against UCLA for Al Genatone, but suffered a knee strain early in the game and missed the final two regular season games; Led the team with three fumble recoveries, including a return of 39 yards against Oregon State one tackle in the Holiday Bowl. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Defense - New Mexico/Arizona; Pac-10 Defense - Colorado/ Oregon/UCLA; Gamebreaker - USC. Special Teams: Punts, KO Returns; Received All-Pacific-10 Conference honorable mention recognition; Shared team s most valuable defensive player award with Will Derting; Ranked 7th in the Pac-10 in tackles at 7.8/game, second in fumbles caused at 0.36/game and tied for 5th in fumbles recovered at 0.27/game; Moved into starting role during spring practice; 2006 outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 79

18 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Had a career high nine tackles against Colorado, including two TFLs also had nine tackles at Arizona; The next week against Oregon he had a career best 11 tackles, shared in 3.5 TFLs, made one sack, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble; Followed that performance with 11 tackles against Stanford, then 10 at Oregon State, six against USC and seven at UCLA; In final game, a win over Washington, made 10 tackles, had one sack and caused a fumble Derting recovered for a TD. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Defensive POW nominee - California. Special Teams: Punt, Hands: Pacific-10 Conference honorable mention; Recorded a career-equaling 11 tackles at California, including eight solo stops and one TFL; Fifth among Cougar defenders with 66 tackles also had six pass break-ups and five TFLs; made 21 stops during last three games; Made eight tackles against both UCLA and Oregon and finished season with six solo stops in a WSU win at Washington; Second among WSU defenders with six pass breakups and fourth in TFLs. Scott William Davis born October 19, 1983 parents Willie and Ann Davis two brothers Steve and Ryan and one sister Andria construction management major / /-10 1/-6 0/ / / /-48 0/ / / /-5 0/0 CAREER 33/ /-75 5/-59 0/0 Steve Dildine *** Linebacker 6-1/235 RS-Senior Graham, Wash. Bethel High DILDINE S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Graduated from Bethel High 2002 participated in baseball and football football coach Eric Kurie first football competition since the ninth grade came during SENIOR year when he rushed for 2,265 yards and a state record 45 allpurpose touchdowns just the 27th player in State history to go over 2,000 yards rushing team was 12-1 overall and won the South Puget Sound League South race with a perfect 8-0 record lost to Kentwood in the State playoffs in the State quarterfinals against South Kitsap rushed for 217 yards and three touchdowns and passes for one TD selected to the Associated Press All-State 4-a first team named the #17 prospect in the Northwest by Super Prep Magazine Tacoma News Tribune All-State first team pick and all-area team also area player of the year by TNT Seattle Times All-State first team pick Seattle Times Red Chip prospect Washington Prep Football Report All-State choice and 4-A Player of the Year all-league first team running back and league s back of the year a Northwest Nugget honorable mention pick by the TNT. DILDINE S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ); Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 13 Starts - 1 earned the following weekly team awards: Big Hit Idaho, Assassin Oregon, Iron Man - USC: best game four tackles at Oregon three tackles at Washington and against Arizona started against ASU when both Al Genatone and Scott Davis were injured RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 4 earned the following weekly team awards: Iron Man - USC. Special Teams: Punts, Kickoffs, KO Returns: 80

19 Came out of fall camp the starter on the outside started first four games; Had five tackles in the first game at New Mexico, three against Colorado and two against Idaho; Scooped up a fumble and nearly broke for a touchdown against Oregon (eight-yard return); Had four stops against Oregon, ASU and Washington. RS-JUNIOR ( ): Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Defensive POW nominee - Oregon State; Cougar Claw Defense - ASU. Special Teams: Punt, KO Return: Third among Cougar defenders with 68 tackles; Picked off his first career interception against Oregon and returned one fumble 15 yards at Oregon State; Had double-digit tackles three times, a career high 13 tackles at Oregon State and 11 tackles against Stanford the next week later in the season had 10 tackles against ASU. Steve Dildine born February 7, 1984 parents Curtis and Shelly Dildine enjoys BMX biking competition, which occupied all his spare time until resuming his football career as a high school senior / /0 0/0 0/ / /-2 0/0 0/ / /-2 0/0 1/11 CAREER 35/ /-4 0/0 1/11 Colin Donovan Offensive Line 6-7/302 RS-Sophomore Superior, Mont. Superior High DONOVAN S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Dan Lucier at Superior High School a four-year varsity letterman in football, basketball, and track was named all-conference in football and basketball as a SOPHO- MORE...playing eight-man football as a JUNIOR was named to the Great Falls Tribune s Super State squad lead Bobcats to a 14-1 season record and the State C semifinals earned all-conference honors at offensive tackle and defensive end earned All-State first team on both sides of the ball switched back to 11-man action as a SENIOR ( ) and was a repeat Super State selection Superior reached the State B quarterfinals with a 13-1 record once again named all-conference and All-State on both sides of the ball and served as team captain... Superior s Gatorade Will to Win winner also a dominant performer on the hardwood, averaging nearly 25 points 13 rebounds and over three blocks per contest was named to the State basketball All-Tourney team as a sophomore and helped the Bobcats to a 21-2 record as a junior placed second in the shot put at the 2003 Class C track meet. DONOVAN S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): Missed the season after suffering knee injury during 2005 spring drills. Colin Patrick Donovan born June 22, 1985 at Missoula, Mont parents Shaun and Trish Donovan has one brother, Michael, and a sister, Maura comes from a family full of college and professional athletes the nephew of former Dallas Cowboy and two-time Stanford All-American Pat Donovan uncles Brian and Kevin Donovan played basketball and football at Montana State brother Michael recently finished playing at Carroll College, winners of the last four NAIA national titles history major at WSU. Josh Duin *** Offensive Line 6-4/318 RS-Senior Covington, Wash. Kentlake High outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 81

20 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook DUIN S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Mark Torgeson earned three varsity letters in football, two in track and one in rugby as a SOPHOMORE was one of only three sophomore to play varsity as a JUNIOR earend All-South Puget Sound League honorable mention honors as team reached State semifinals SENIOR season ( ) was an All-SPSL first team defensive lineman and honorable mention center named All-Area on defense and was named team captain and Most Inspirational by his teammates. DUIN S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season walkon. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 6 Starts - 0 limited playing time against Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, ASU, Washington and in the Holiday Bowl. Special Teams: PAT/FG. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 7 Starts - 0 saw limited action at center against Idaho and Oregon in the first half of the season, then in the final five games of the year. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0. Special Teams: PAT/FG: Back-up center for all 11 games. Josh Duin born January 12, 1984 at Cumming, Ga parents Douglas and Rochelle Duin one older brother, Douglas Jr enjoys golfing and snow boarding marketing major at WSU. Matt Eichelberger * Defensive Line 6-3/313 RS-Sophomore Bellingham, Wash. Sehome High EICHELBERGER S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Jamie Plenkovich a three-year letterman playing on the offensive and defensive line as a SOPHOMORE earned first team All-Northwest League at defensive tackle JUNIOR year earned all-league honors on both sides of the ball as a SENIOR ( ) earned first team All-State by the Associated Press as an offensive and defensive lineman was the only player in classes 4A, 3A, and 2A to be tabbed first team on both sides of the ball in 2003 was used as a fullback in short yardage situations and also handled kickoff duties for the Mariners Seattle Times Red Chip selection Seattle Times first team All-State the No. 49 rated defensive tackle nationally by TheInsiders.com also a standout in track & field throwing the discus and shotput placed fifth in the discus as a sophomore and third as a junior member of the Tacoma News Tribune s Western 100. EICHELBERGER S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS- FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 7 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Defensive Scout Team - California. Special Teams: PAT/FG: Reserve defensive tackle who played in seven games and made three tackles, two at Nevada and one against USC. Matthew Eichelberger goes by the name Ike born January 10, 1986 parents Denise Cook and Gary Eichelberger has four brothers, Troy, Jeff, Adam, and Chris, and a sister, Meagan sociology major at WSU / /-2 1/-2 0/0 Joe Eppele 67 Offensive Line 6-8/274 Freshman Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver College 05 EPPELE S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Tod Bernett at Vancouver College Prep...standout hammer thrower and shot putter...in 2005 was No. 1 in Canada in his age group in the hammer throw and placed fourth the 2004 Canadian Junior Nationals...won the shot put and placed third in the hammer throw at the 2004 Provincial High School Championships...also placed eighth in the discus...as a JUNIOR on the gridiron, earned Northern Conference All-Star honors for British Columbia s AAA Division...as a SENIOR ( ) helped pave the way for a running back that approached 1,500 yards in 12 games...defensively, recorded 28 tackles and a sack... Vancouver College also produced former Cougar defensive lineman Jon Conlin...Eppele is the third British Columbia native to sign with the Cougars the past four years, joining Conlin and Adam Braidwood. EPPELE S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Originally signed with WSU in February, 2005 enrolled at WSU in January, 2006, and participated in spring drills. 82

21 Joseph Eppele...born December 8, 1987 at Squamish, British Columbia...parents Thomas and Carol-Ann Eppele...has one brother, Josh, and one sister, Carlin...enjoys music and outdoor activities...interested in a science-related major at Washington State...a member of the Kajaks Track & Field Club, based in Richmond, British Columbia. Cory Evans * Linebacker 6-1/227 Sophomore Boyce, La. Northwood EVANS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Tom O Kelly at Northwood High School earned 10 varsity letters, including four in football, four in basketball, and two in track & field as a FRESHMAN, contributed to the varsity football team, rushing for 460 yards earned second team all-district SOPHOMORE season limited by broken bone in foot as a JUNIOR rushed for over 1,200 yards and 15 touchdowns, while also racking up 88 tackles and seven interceptions on defense first team all-district on offense and defense first team All-State defense first team All-Central Louisiana SENIOR season rushed for 1,500 yards and 22 touchdowns...scored on eight two-point conversions defensively, recorded 125 tackles repeat first team all-district selection on both sides of the ball selected first team All-State on defense played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, and free safety during his four years with the Gators also a standout on the hardwood, earning all-district honors as a freshman, sophomore, and junior, and All-State honors as a junior served as team captain for football and basketball at Northwood as a senior. EVANS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin - Nevada/ UCLA. Special Teams: Punt, Punt Return, KO, KO Return: Made 18 tackles as a member of several special team units; saw some linebacker action, especially early in the season; Best game came against Grambling State when he had four stops, including two TFLs and one sack; had three tackles in three games, at Nevada, UCLA and at USC; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. Cory Derrell Evans born February 26, 1986 at Pineville, Louisiana parents Leroy Robinson and Jeanetta Johnson has four brothers, Freddrick, Harold, Michael, and Ronald, and five sisters, Caroline, Melissa, Sharlene, Cynthia, and Sharon enjoys music, watching television, and basketball undecided on academic area of interest at WSU / /-24 1/-19 0/0 Eric Frampton *** Strong Safety 6-0/206 RS-Senior San Jose, Calif. Oak Grove High FRAMPTON S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Graduated from Oak Grove High 2002 as a JUNIOR rushed for 17 touchdowns and was an all-league pick SENIOR season team was 8-3 missed five games with a broken collar bone, but still had 30 tackles in six games selected by Super Prep Magazine as the #61 prospect in California/ Hawaii/Nevada named to the Western 100 by the Tacoma News Tribune. FRAMPTON S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season earned defensive scout of the week honors leading up to Montana State game. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 12 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin - OSU Special Teams: Punts, punt returns, kickoffs, KO returns: Made two tackles against Idaho, at Oregon and against Oregon State and one stop against Arizona and Texas in the Holiday Bowl. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Iron Man - New Mexico/Idaho/Stanford/Oregon State, Assassin - Oregon. Special Teams: Punts, Kickoffs, KO Returns: Received the team s Ironman award; Saw some backup duty on defense and a regular on some special team units; Had at least one tackle in each game, including a career high five against the #1 ranked USC Trojans had four tackles at Arizona; Made two tackles and defensed two passes at Oregon State in most extensive action of the year outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 83

22 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Defense - Nevada/Oregon; Pac-10 Defensive POW nominee - Washington. Special Teams: Punt, KO Return, Hands: Led Cougar defenders with 87 tackles and with eight pass break-ups also forced one fumble, recovered a fumble, had one sack and 5.5 TFLs; Had 10 or more tackles in four games, including a careerhigh 13 stops in back-to-back games against USC and Arizona State also had 12 tackles against UCLA and 10 against Oregon 10 of his 13 tackles at USC were solo stops; Picked up his first career interception at Nevada, returning the theft 36 yards for the first of WSU s 27 straight points before halftime (27-0 at intermission). Eric Frampton born February 6, 1984 parents Arnold and Bernice Frampton father, Arnold, ran track at Tuskegee enjoys skiing, reading and playing basketball social sciences major at WSU / /0 0/0 0/ / /0 0/0 0/ / /-11 1/-1 1/36 CAREER 34/ /-11 1/-1 1/36 Tim Freeburg Offensive Line 6-3/263 Senior Bothell, Wash. Bothell High FREEBURG S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Tom Bainter at Bothell High earned two varsity letters in football and one in track as a JUNIOR team went 6-4, finishing third in KingCo league named team captain SENIOR season team captured KingCo championship before finishing season at 11-1 with State quarterfinal appearance finished third in javelin at KingCo meet. FREEBERG S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Did not play football SOPHOMORE ( ): Did not play football JUNIOR ( ): On roster but did not see any game action...walk on. Tim Freeburg born July 14, 1985 at Redmond, Wash parents Bill and Linda Freeburg has two brothers, David and Chris, with Chris currently attending WSU father, Bill, ran track (hurdles) at Central Washington enjoys playing all sports 3.47 prep GPA economics major at WSU with a minor in finance. 84

23 Brandon Gibson * Wide Receiver 6-0/198 Sophomore Puyallup, Wash. Rogers GIBSON S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Gene Bowen at Rogers High School earned eight varsity letters, including three in basketball and three in football as a JUNIOR earned All-South Puget Sound League honorable mention at wide receiver also earned league accolades on special teams as a punt and kick returner second-team All-South Puget Sound League in basketball as a SENIOR earned first team All-South Puget Sound League honors after compiling 946 all-purpose yards rated the No. 17 player in the state of Washington by Scout.com rated No. 38 nationally as an athlete by Rivals.com named to the Washington Prep all-league first team as a receiver and second team as a defensive back Tacoma News Tribune Northwest Nuggets honorable mention. GIBSON S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 5 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Special Teams POW nominee - Oregon State. Special Teams: KO Returns: Worked his way into the starting lineup against Stanford and started five straight before a right hip sprain sidelined him against Oregon; Had three receptions for 78 yards at California, including a 66-yard TD catch and run; also had three catches against Arizona State first TD reception was a 44-yarder at Nevada; Returned five kickoffs 91 yards at Oregon State; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. Brandon Lewis Gibson born August 13, 1987 in Germany parents Steve Gibson and Marlene Williams has two sisters, Sherelle and Nicole Wade, and one brother, Steven uncle Vaughn Williams played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts interested in pursuing education or communication at WSU. RECEIVING G/GS PC YDS AVG TD LG / Mike Graise * Defensive End 6-3/217 RS-Sophomore Inglewood, Calif. Inglewood High GRAISE S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Kevin Moore at Inglewood High School as a SENIOR ( ) helped Sentinels to a record had a productive final season, compiling 94 tackles, 12 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, and three fumble recoveries earned first team All-Bay Conference and first team All-Area honors a very athletic, long defensive end in the mold of departed Cougar stars Isaac Brown and D.D. Acholonu. GRAISE S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Special Teams POW nominee - California; Assassin - California; Gamebreaker - California. Special Teams: KO Returns, KO, Punt Block: Made five tackles, including two against both California and USC shared in a sack at USC; Most action came on special teams. Mike Graise born May 22, 1986 at Los Angeles, Calif parents Larry and Ruth Graise has one sister, Sheradynn Pitts enjoys writing poems humanities major at WSU / /-5 0.5/-5 0/ outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 85

24 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Arkelon Hall Quarterback 6-1/203 RS-Freshman Clovis, Calif. Edison 05 8 HALL S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Tim McDonald at Edison High School lettered twice in football and twice in baseball for the Tigers stepped into starting quarterback role as a JUNIOR threw for 2,604 yards and 34 touchdowns while completing over 60 percent of his passes intercepted just five times first team All- County/Metro League and first team All-State underclass CIF Central Section Junior of the Year Edison s most valuable player in 2003 SENIOR led Tigers to an 8-4 record and a trip to the CIF Central Section quarterfinals threw for 2,326 yards and 22 touchdowns again named Edison s most valuable player first team All-County/Metro League quarterback and the offensive player of the year Washington State s first signee from the prestigious Elite 11 quarterback camp ranked the eighth-best quarterback in the nation by Tom Lemming ESPN s No. 81 player overall in the nation U.S. Army preseason All-America nominee PrepStar/CBS Sportsline postseason All-America nominee rated the No. 8 pro-style quarterback nationally by Rivals.com rated the No. 16 quarterback nationally by Scout.com rated the No. 28 player in the West by Scout.com named to the Tacoma News Tribune s Western 100 is the first quarterback in Edison High School s history to earn a Pac-10 scholarship at quarterback 4,930 passing yards and 56 touchdown passes both mark Edison High career records. HALL S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season Arkelon Faran Hall born October 28, 1986 at San Diego, California parents Sylvesta and Vanessa Hall has one brother, William King lived in Atlanta, Ga. for five years before moving the Fresno area earned the nickname The Big Back at eight years old while playing tailback and carrying defenders on his back enjoys chess, snowboarding, video games, and going to the movies interested in pursuing a business-related field at WSU. Brian Hall *** Linebacker 6-3/236 RS-Senior Walla Walla, Wash. DeSales High HALL S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER HIGH SCHOOL: Graduates from DeSales Catholic High 2002 also lettered in basketball and baseball shortstop and pitcher on baseball team football coach Mike Spiess for junior and senior seasons football captain senior year as a SOPHOMORE coached by Kim Cox JUNIOR earned All- Southwest B-11 League first team honors team won the league title, then lost in the State B-11 quarterfinals baseball team won league and state title earned a save in the B-11 State championship game during SENIOR season rushed for 1,437 yards, scored 10 touchdowns, and average 10 tackles per game on defense also caught 25 passes for 510 yards and six TDs team was 11-1 overall and won the Southwest B-11 League title at 6-0 the Fighting Irish lost to Willapa Valley in the B-11 State title game named to the Associated Press All-State B-11 first team as both a running back and linebacker Tacoma News Tribune All-State first team pick Seattle Times Red Chip prospect Washington Prep Football Report All-State choice at both running back and linebacker and also B-11 Player of the Year Tri-City Herald all-area pick at linebacker all-league first team running back. 86

25 HALL S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season earned defensive scout of the week honors leading up to Nevada game. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 13 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Gamebreaker - Oregon, Special Teams Big Play - USC Special Teams: Punts, punt returns, kickoffs, KO returns: Made a season-high five tackles at Oregon, including one sack had three tackles at Colorado and two at Washington; Double duty with some linebacker action and on several special team units. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 8 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Iron Man - Colorado. Special Teams: Punts, Kickoffs, KO Returns: Three tackles in the opener at New Mexico credited with two tackles at Oregon State and against USC; A neck bruise forced him out of the final three games. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts Special Teams: Punt, Punt Returns, KO: Most action as a member of several special team units; Finished with 12 tackles, including five at USC and two at Nevada, including one sack. Brian Wesley Hall born July 4, 1983 parents Rick and Janice Hall one sister Darcy grandfather James Horn played football at Fresno State majoring in entrepreneurship / /-3 1/-3 0/ / /-1 0/0 0/ / /-2 1/-1 0/0 CAREER 32/ /-6 2/-4 0/0 Alex Hamill Linebacker 6-0/222 RS-Sophomore Coeur d Alene, Idaho Lake City High HAMILL S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER A three-year letterman for head coach Van Troxel at Lake City High School also lettered twice in basketball and three times in track played varsity as a SOPHOMORE and helped Timberwolves to a 12-1 record and second in the state as a JUNIOR earned first team All-Inland Empire League and first team All-North Idaho accolades at tight end and linebacker earned second team All-State honors at linebacker led Lake City to a 9-3 record and the state title SENIOR ( ) season was named the Inland Empire League s co-player of the Year on defense after recording 104 tackles, seven sacks, and seven forced fumbles also hauled in 38 passes for 503 yards and six touchdowns repeated first team all-league honors on both sides of the ball named to the Spokesman- Review All-North Idaho Team on offense named first-team All-State at linebacker by the Idaho Statesman served as team captain, guiding team to an 8-2 record and a third place state finish rated the No. 55 linebacker nationally by TheInsiders. com became one of Washington State s earliest verbal commitments in program history, making his intentions to play for the Cougars known May 3 of his junior year. HAMILL S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): On roster but did not see any game action. Alexander Shea Hamill born at Grants Pass, Ore parents Mary and John Hubof and Henry Hamil has one brother, Pete father played football at Northern Montana and brother Pete played for the Montana Grizzlies maintained a 3.7 grade point average and was selected to the honor roll all four years at Lake City sport management major. Charles Harris *** Offensive Line 6-6/323 RS-Senior Spokane, Wash. Mead High HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Attended Mead High, where he participated in football, basketball and track football coach Bob McCray played defensive end as a JUNIOR earned player of the game honors twice SENIOR season earned honorable mention for the Greater Spokane League was the player of the game three times captained the basketball team to the district playoffs. HARRIS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Opted to delay enrollment until January, 2002 then participated in spring drills redshirted in the fall of outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 87

26 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 2 Starts - 1 earned the following weekly team awards: Offensive Lineman Stanford: Named to The Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman team; Moved up from the scout team before the Stanford game replaced Sam Lightbody in the fourth quarter the following week started against Oregon State at right tackle, but suffered a high ankle sprain early in the game and did not return to action. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 1 earned the following weekly team awards: None. Special Teams: FG/PAT kicks: Against Idaho, earned his first start since the middle of the 2003 season came off the bench in each of the other games. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Offense - USC. Special Teams: PAT/FG: A starter all season at right tackle for one of WSU s best offenses in school history; team average of ypg ranked third best ever at WSU and the 5,382 total offense yards ranked fourth. Charles Jermaine Harris born December 7, 1982 in Anadarko, Okla. parents Wade Pribble and Marie Harris father a mechanic and mother a nurse three sisters, Takesha, Latasha, Falicia was the student body treasurer during his junior and senior years in high school social sciences major. Xavier Hicks Jr. Defensive Back 6-0/192 RS-Freshman Fullerton, Calif. Fullerton HICKS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Julian Smilowitz at Fullerton High School earned letters in four different sports as a FRESHMAN was named the most valuable player of Fullerton s football and basketball teams, leading both to league titles SOPHOMORE season earned first team all-league at All-State underclass at defensive back as a JUNIOR threw for 1,922 yards and 19 touchdowns at quarterback and rushed for 455 yards and three touchdowns doubled as a safety, recording eight interceptions earned first team all-league honors at safety named second team All-CIF underclass as a utility player SENIOR season completed 117 of 203 passes for 1,661 yards and 16 touchdowns added 809 yards on the ground and three touchdowns averaged over eight yards per carry also recorded five interceptions on defense, including three in season-opener against La Mirada, and served as Fullerton s punter threw for a season-high 284 yards and four touchdowns against Troy named Freeway League s most valuable player and earned All-Orange County honors on defense from the Orange County Register Los Angeles Times Orange County All-Region first team at defensive back went over the 150-yard rushing mark twice in 2004 rated the No. 43 safety nationally by Rivals.com named the CIF Division IX defensive player of the year named to the All-State team as a utility player received votes in the Long Beach Press- Telegram s Best in the West. HICK S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. Xavier Alphonso Hicks, Jr born December 26, 1986 parents Xavier Hicks, Sr., and Marcie Cortez has two brothers, Michael and Randall nephew of former Washington State running back Kevin Hicks, a Cougar letterwinner in 1993 and 1994 enjoys video games, shopping, and sports volunteered time to Special Olympics and the Fullerton Pop Warner program while maintaining a 3.5 grade point average earned a Speech and Debate Degree of Merit undecided on academic area of interest. 88

27 Jason Hill *** Wide Receiver 6-1/207 Senior San Francisco, Calif. Sacred Heart HILL S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Phil Freed at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep was runner-up for City of San Francisco player of the year as a SENIOR named honorable mention all-region at defensive back and wide receiver by The Chronicle helped Sacred Heart clinch a win over St. Ignatius with an interception return for a touchdown in the oldest high school rivalry west of the Mississippi River, dating back to 1893 also an outstanding basketball player. HILL S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 12 Starts - 0 played in the season opener against Idaho and at Notre Dame father died the week of the Colorado game and he returned home for the week back in action against New Mexico made two special team tackles against Texas in the Holiday Bowl earned the following weekly team awards: Special Teams Big Play Oregon, Assassin Arizona/Stanford/ ASU, Gamebreaker Stanford, Iron Man - OSU. Special Teams: Punts, punt returns, kickoffs, KO returns. SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin - Colorado; Gamebreaker - Colorado/Idaho; Pac-10 Offense - Colorado/ Idaho, Cougar Claw Offense - Arizona/Oregon/ASU: All-Pacific-10 Conference second team pick; Named the team s MVP on offense; Nationally, ranked 17th in reception yards at 91.55/gme, tied for 84th in receptions at 4.09/game, tied for 80th in scoring with 6.55/game; In the Pac-10 rankings, finished 3rd in receiving yards, 5th in scoring (points by touchdowns), 9th in receptions and 10th in overall scoring; Earned a starting role in fall camp and had at least one reception in every game; Set WSU record with 12 touchdown receptions in a season; The sixth WSU player to top 1,000 receiving yards in a season and the fifth best total at 1,007; Fourth on the WSU single-season receiving list, averaging 22.4 yards/catch; Caught passes for 100 or more yards in four games; During a five-game stretch, Colorado through Stanford, had 20 receptions, nine for touchdowns; Against Colorado caught six passes for 206 yards and one score the 206 yards was the seventh best one-game performance by a WSU receiver; The next week against Idaho caught three passes for 105 yards and all three went for touchdowns; Then caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes at Arizona, including the winning TD with 53 seconds to play as WSU won 20-19; Against Oregon caught two first-quarter passes and both went for touchdowns, giving him eight TD receptions in his last 11 receptions; Made just one catch at Oregon State and did not have a TD reception for the first time since the opener; Came back with five receptions against the #1 ranked USC Trojans, but didn t have a TD catch; the next week at UCLA caught four passes for 98 yards and one score; Caught four passes, one for a TD, in win over Washington. JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 10 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Offense - Grambling State/Oregon State; Pac-10 Offensive POW nominee - California. Special Teams: Onside KO, Hands: Pacific-10 Conference second team by the league s coaches CollegefootballNews.com All-Pac-10 second team; SI.com All-America honorable mention; 2006 outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 89

28 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Broke his own WSU record with 13 TD receptions; Set WSU career receiving touchdowns record with 25; 62 receptions sixth best in WSU history and 1,097 yards fourth best; Best game 10 receptions for 143 yards and two scores in Seattle against Grambling State; Had a three-touchdown game with six receptions for 240 yards at California 240 yards fourth most in WSU history; Had eight receptions twice, at Oregon State for 190 yards and against UCLA for 65 yards one TD reception in each game; Suffered a quad contusion in the OSU game and missed WSU s home game with Stanford; Caught two touchdowns in each of first three games; Had at lest four receptions in each of the 10 games. CAREER STATS: Games - 33 Starts 21 five receptions short of the WSU career top 10 list and ranks first in career receiving touchdowns and sixth on career receiving yards list. Jason Hill born Feb. 20, 1985 mother LaVerne Hawkins father Jerry Hill (deceased) two brothers, Paul and Jerry, and three sisters, Mary, Helen, and Paula social sciences major. RECEIVING G/GS PC YDS AVG TD LG / / / CAREER 33/ Odell Howard ** Defensive Tackle 6-4/277 RS-Senior Pomona, Calif. Pomona High HOWARD S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Three-sport standout in football, basketball, and baseball played football for John Capraro JUNIOR season was named to the Inland Valley all-league team and All-CIF in football also had an excellent season in basketball, earning Miramonte League player of the year honors SENIOR season was named to the All-San Gabriel Valley team by the Los Angeles Times at quarterback threw for 1,085 yards, including 10 touchdowns against only three interceptions named Inland Valley player of the year and first team linebacker. HOWARD S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 5 Starts - 0 played against Idaho and Colorado, breaking up a pass against the Buffs also saw limited action against Arizona, Stanford and Oregon State. Special Teams: KO returns. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 2 saw limited action in the first two games, then started against Idaho and at Arizona after injuries shelved both starting DTs had four tackles, including one sack, against the Vandals, then three tackles against Arizona shared two tackles against Stanford, including one sack, then had one sack against USC: RS-JUNIOR ( ): Games - 3 Starts - 0: Saw limited action in the first three games; Had two tackles, including one sack, against Grambling State. Odell Kenneth Howard born June 7, 1983 mother Heather Shelton social sciences major at WSU / / / /-13 0/ / /-6 1/-6 0/0 CAREER 19/ / /-19 0/0 90

29 Derek Hunter Offensive Line 6-4/288 RS-Sophomore La Habra, Calif. La Habra High HUNTER S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Frank Mazzotta at La Habra High as a SENIOR ( ) helped Highlanders to an 11-3 record, including a 5-1 Freeway League mark La Habra rolled through the CIF Southern Section Division IX Playoffs to take the title 34-7 over Western helped pave the way for an offense that produced a 3,000-yard passer and ran for over 2,000 yards. HUNTER S FULLERTON COLLEGE CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Coached by Gene Murphy at Fullerton College helped Hornets to a 7-4 record and a win over Bakersfield in the Golden Empire bowl. HUNTER S WSU CAREER SOPHOMORE ( ): Redshirt season. Derek Hunter born May 2, 1986 parents Tom and Leslie Hunter social sciences major. Aaron Johnson ** Defensive Tackle 6-6/303 RS-Junior Fairfield, Calif. Armijo High JOHNSON S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Mike Singer at Armijo High ranked No. 73 defensive end in the country by The Insiders named one of the top 100 players in California by SuperPrep ranked No. 9 defensive end on the West Coast by Greg Biggins of PacWest Football named to Tacoma News Tribune s Western 100 earned all-league honors as a tight end as a SENIOR earned Sacramento Bee All-City honors earned offensive lineman of the year honors for his blocking prowess. JOHNSON S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 9 Starts - 7: At Seattle against Colorado blocked a kick and shared in two TFLs started against Idaho and made five tackles, then three stops in next start at Arizona had one TFL among three tackles against USC; Suffered a right knee MCL sprain at UCLA and missed the final two games of the season. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 11: Best games four tackles against Grambling and Oregon State in back-to-back outings had a sack against Grambling; Blocked a field goal attempt against Stanford and also had one sack against Arizona State; Had tackles in all games except Nevada and Washington. Aaron Johnson born April 1, 1985 parents Don Johnson and Gwen Roux animal sciences major at WSU / /-13 1/-2 0/ / /-6 1/-5 0/0 Career 20/ /-19 2/-7 0/0 Chris Jordan *** Wide Receiver 6-1/205 RS-Senior Kent, Wash. Kentlake 02 2 JORDAN S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Graduated from Kentlake High 2002 standout in both football and basketball football coach Mark Torgerson JUNIOR campaign was named second team All-South Puget Sound League as a defensive back and All-Area by the South County Journal was part of the state championship Falcon 4x100 relay team as a SENIOR in his first full year as a starter, led the league with 20 yards per reception, finishing with 34 catches also had three interceptions and was the league s player of the year on defense also a punter (38.8 average) and kicker (25 PATs, two field goals) team finished 4-5 overall and 3-5 in the South Puget Sound League North race named to the Associated Press All-State 4-A honorable mention 2006 outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 91

30 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook team as a wide receiver the #18 prospect in the Northwest by Super Prep Magazine Tacoma News Tribune All-State first team pick and TNT s all-area second team selection Seattle Times All-State first team pick on defense Seattle Times Red Chip prospect Washington Prep Football Report All-State choice all-league first team wide receiver and defensive back and league s defensive back of the year. JORDAN S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season earned offensive scout of the week honors prior to Nevada opener. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 12 Starts - 1 earned the following weekly team awards: Most Disciplined Offense Colorado, Offensive Back - Stanford Earned Rivals.com Freshman All-America honorable mention; Named to The Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman team; Quietly developed into one of WSU s leading receivers, making at least one catch in each of the Cougars first nine games didn t have a catch against UCLA and ASU, but had two at Washington before suffering an ACL tear of the left knee; Surgery Dec. 12, forcing him to miss the Holiday Bowl; Best game five receptions at Stanford for 97 yards and two touchdowns had four receptions against New Mexico and Arizona started against Oregon State and made three catches for 64 yards. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 10: Earning a starting spot in fall camp; After not catching a pass at Arizona, came back against Oregon with five receptions for a career-high 128 yards; Had three catches the next week against Stanford, then just one at Oregon State and two against USC; Played sparingly at UCLA and ASU after suffering a groin strain; Closed out the season with three receptions for 73 yards in WSU s Apple Cup win over Washington. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 6. Special Teams: Onside KO, Hands: Long-time recovery from the 2003 knee surgery continued to limit practice time and game action; Started the first four games, then sidelined with a hip flexor injury that forced him out of Stanford game; Played in the next four games, then started the final two contests against Oregon and Washington; Caught only TD pass at California; Caught two passes in four games and finished season with 12 receptions. Chris Jordan born March 28, 1983 parents Russell Jordan and Shaun Linse three sisters, Janell, Maya and Ayanna sport management major at WSU. RECEIVING G/GS PC YDS AVG TD LG / / / CAREER 33/ Ryan Kensok * Defensive Back 5-9/159 Junior Spokane, Wash. Gonzaga Prep KENSOCK S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Dave Carson at Gonzaga Prep earned seven varsity letters: three in football, two in wrestling and one in basketball and track FRESHMAN year earned all-city wrestiling honors and finished second in State as a SOPHOMORE repeated second place finish at State as a JUNIOR was an allcity honorable mention selection SENIOR year ( ) was an all-city honoree and an All-State honorable mention. KENSOK S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Walk-on saw action against Idaho, making two tackles. SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 9 Starts - 0. Special Teams: Punt Return: Saw action in back-up role and also on special teams; Made three of his four stops at USC. Ryan Kensok born August 21, 1985 at Seattle, Wash parents Jim and Wendy Konsok has two sisters, Amanda and Kristen management and operations major. 92

31 2004 1/ /0 0/0 0/ / /0 0/0 0/0 Career 10/ /0 0/0 0/0 Loren Langley ** Kicker 5-8/153 Junior Puyallup, Wash. Puyallup High LANGLEY S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Jeff Gardner as a JUNIOR earned first team All-South Puget Sound League honors as a SENIOR ( ) kicked without a tee and was once again named first team All-SPSL and second team All-Area by the Tacoma News Tribune first team All-Area honoree by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer connected on a career long 45-yard field goal as a senior named first team All-State by WA.Preps.com Seattle Times Red Chip selection also an outstanding soccer player for the Vikings, earning honorable mention All-SPSL as a midfielder. LANGLEY S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Special Teams - Idaho. Special Teams: FG and PAT kicks, Backup Kickoffs: Finished the year ranked in three Pac-10 categories, 7th in PAT percentage at.938, 8th in scoring (by kicking) at 4.1/ game and 10th in field goals at 0.45/game; Landed the kicking chores in fall camp; Made a pair of field goals against Colorado (44 and 35); Did not miss a PAT attempt until one was blocked against Oregon; Only missed PATs were one block and one bad snap. SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 11 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Special Teams POW nominee - Grambling State/UCLA; Gamebreaker - Grambling State/UCLA. Special Teams: FG and PAT kicks, Backup Kickoffs: Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic honorable mention team; Connected on both field goal attempts and all six extra points to score 12 points against Grambling; Scored 10 points against both Nevada and UCLA; Longest field goal 48 yards against UCLA Bruins; Inside 40 yards hit 10 of 12 field goal attempts. Loren Langley born April 7, 1986 parents Dan and Karen Langley has one brother, Luke, and a sister, Shaina father Dan played baseball at Purdue (North Central) he and Puyallup teammate Jacob McKinney were 2004 Cougar signees business major at WSU. KICKING G/GS PTS PAT FGM-FGA LG / / Career 22/ * * - Includes 1-1 inside 20 yards Justin Luafalemana Offensive Line 6-0/278 RS-Senior Kaunakakai, Hawaii Molokai High LUAFALEMANA S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Earned two varsity letters in football at Farrington High School and four in wrestling at Molokai. LUAFALEMANA S MIDLAND LUTHERAN COLLEGE CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Played under coach Bob Dzuris. SOPHOMORE ( ): Played under coach Bob Dzuris. LUAFALEMANA S WSU CAREER JUNIOR ( ): Redshirt season...walk-on. RS-JUNIOR ( ): On roster but did not see any game action. Justin Luafelamana born October 23, 1984 at Molokai, Hawaii parents Simoi and Cynthia Luafalemana has five sisters: Sean, Marina, Mahealani, Punahele, Leya-Justina natural resource sciences major outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 93

32 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Kevin McCall * Running Back 5-11/214 RS-Junior Carson, Calif. Carson High McCALL S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by John Aguirre competed in track and football for the Colts as a JUNIOR was named All-Marine League at tailback and also earned scholar-athlete recognition with a 3.2 grade point average SENIOR year repeated as All-Marine tailback and scholar-athlete captured Marine League title in the 100 meters played on four Marine League championship teams. McCALL S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 9 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: None. Special Teams: Punts, Kickoffs, KO Returns: Named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference academic second team; Did not play in the opener at New Mexico or against Oregon, but saw special team action or running back time in all other games; Against Colorado had eight carries for 40 yards. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): Games - 1 Starts - 0: Hampered early in the year by an ankle sprain saw action in one game, Grambling, when he gained three yards with three carries. Kevin McCall born July 25, 1985 parents Kevin and Linda McCall has two sisters, Krystal and Tiffany comes from a proud family of tailbacks father Kevin played running back for Oregon, cousin Patrick played for Oregon State, uncles Nate and Carlos played for New Mexico, uncle Robert played for Arizona, and uncle Chico played for Arizona State enjoys music social sciences major at WSU. RUSHING G/GS TCB YG YL NYG AVG TD LG / / Career 10/ Jacob McKinney Tight End 6-3/267 RS-Sophomore Puyallup, Wash. Puyallup High McKINNEY S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER A three-year letterman for coach Jeff Gardner a two-sport standout for the Vikings in football and basketball, tallying six varsity letters as a JUNIOR named second-team All-South Puget Sound League in football at middle linebacker and tight end helped Puyallup to an 8-2 record was named Puyallup s most valuable player in basketball and garnered second-team All-SPSL honors first team All-SPSL selection at tight end and middle linebacker as a SENIOR ( ) also named second-team All-Area by the Tacoma News Tribune Vikings once again finished 8-2 rated the No. 27 tight end nationally by the TheInsiders.com Seattle Times Red Chip selection served as team captain for both football and basketball teams as a senior will play in Washington s East-West All-Star Game for football. McKINNEY S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): On roster but did not see any game action. Jacob Ryan McKinney born Nov. 5, 1985 mother Sue McKinney has one brother, Josh he and Puyallup teammate Loren Langley were 2004 Cougar signees social sciences major at WSU. 94

33 Cole Morgan Quarterback 6-2/198 RS-Freshman Seattle, Wash. Ballard High MORGAN S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Doug Trainor position coach was Cougar legend Jack Thompson as a JUNIOR earned second-team All-KingCo 4A after throwing for over 1,500 yards and 21 touchdowns SENIOR ( ) year helped spark storybook run to the Class 4A title game completed 128 of 217 passes for 1,816 yards and 26 touchdowns against just 11 interceptions rated the No. 70 quarterback nationally by TheInsiders. com Seattle Times Red Chip selection. MORGAN S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Delayed enrollment until January, 2005, then participated in spring drills. FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. Cole Preston Morgan born Aug. 17, 1985 at Pasco, Wash parents Jeff and Teri Morgan has one sister, Blair enjoys drawing and golf interested in pursuing a degree in communication. Matt Mullennix ** Defensive End 6-6/255 RS-Junior Spangle, Wash. Liberty High MULLEnNIX S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Graduated from Liberty High 2002 also has participated in baseball, basketball, wrestling and boxing football coach Rod Fletcher as a SENIOR named a Seattle Times Red Chip prospect Washington Prep Football Report All-State choice team was 2-7 overall All-Northeast League first team pick as both a linebacker and running back made 139 tackles. MULLEnNIX S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Delayed enrollment until January, 2003 participated in spring drills, but did not see any varsity action in the fall. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 4 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: None. Special Teams: Punts: Named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference academic second team; Saw regular action at DE through the first four games, then suffered an MCL/ACL tear in practice the week of the Oregon game out for the rest of the season; Three tackles at Arizona, two each against New Mexico and Idaho. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0. Special Teams: Punt: Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic second team; Saw much of his action over the last half of the season made three tackles, including a sack, against UCLA, and two weeks later at USC. Matt Mullennix born March 12, 1984 parents Scott and Vicki Mullennix father Scott, a police officer, was a linebacker for the Cougars under head coach Jim Sweeney two sisters Kelsey and Jesse prep GPA over 3.9 majoring in management and operations / /0 0/0 0/ / /-11 3/-6 0/0 Career 15/ /-11 3/-6 0/0 Sean O Connor *** Offensive Line 6-6/281 RS-Senior Redmond, Wash. Redmond High O CONNOR S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Rik Haines earned three varsity letters in football and basketball coached for two seasons by John Yarno, brother of Cougar offensive line coach George Yarno as a SOPHOMORE started at left tackle for KingCo Championship team that went undefeated in league play as a JUNIOR was a two-way starter at right tackle and defensive end SENIOR ( ) year was a two-way starter and also started at center on basketball team that reached State tournament outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 95

34 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook O CONNOR S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season after enrolling in the spring of RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 9 Starts - 0: Saw playing time in nine games, including three of the first six games and the last four contests, including the Holiday Bowl Primarily used as a blocking tight end, often in short yardage situation. Special Teams. PAT/FG, KO returns. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 0 Special Teams: KO Returns, FG/PAT Kicks: Saw most action in a two-tight end short yardage situations. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts Special Teams: PAT/FG: A starter all season at left guard for one of WSU s best offenses in school history; team average of ypg ranked third best ever at WSU and the 5,382 total offense yards ranked fourth. Sean O Connor born at parents Mike and Tam O Connor has one younger sister, Katy first entered WSU as a walk-on in January, 2002, then earned a scholarship for the 2003 season.father, Mike, played basketball at Western Oregon and grandfather, Jack O Connor, was a quarterback at Oregon humanities major at WSU. DeWayne Patterson * Defensive Back 6-0/199 Senior Redlands, Calif. Redlands PATTERSON S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Jim Walker at Redlands High School lettered three times in football, three times in track, and once in basketball as a SOPHOMORE earned second team all-league and was named the team s best defensive back JUNIOR year again named second team all-league and all-county helped team reach the playoffs as a SENIOR earned first team allleague and all-county honors led Terriers to an 11-1 record, the league title, and a No. 2 state ranking recorded 85 tackles and two interceptions captained the football team, as well as the track and field squad captured the league title in the long jump. 96

35 PATTERSON S CHAFFEY COLLEGE CAREER FRESHMAN ( ):Coached by Carl Beach helped Chaffey to an 8-3 record and a trip to the Verizon Southern California Bowl recorded 50 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, and two interceptions. SOPHOMORE ( ): Tabbed first team All-Foothill Conference after being a preseason All-American tacked up 90 tackles and three interceptions helped Chaffey to a 9-2 record and a repeat trip to the Verizon Southern California Bowl. PATTERSON S WSU CAREER JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 2 earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin - UCLA; Ironman - California, Arizona State. Special Teams: Punt, Punt Return, KO, KO Return: Started the first two games of the year and saw considerable action at safety and as a member of several special team units during the remainder of the season; Started the season with five tackles against Idaho, including a sack later in the year recorded six tackles at USC, including five solo stops. DeWayne Patterson born April 20, 1984 at Redlands, California mother Roxie Hollins enjoys cooking and skateboarding...social sciences major at WSU / /-10 1/-10 0/0 Ropati Pitoitua ** Defensive Tackle 6-8/288 Junior Spanaway, Wash. Clover Park High PITOITUA S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Jim Goode also played basketball for the Warriors in the Seamount League earned two varsity football letters Seamount League defensive player of the year as a SENIOR ( ) when he also earned first team all-league honors did not play football until junior year in high school. PITOITUA S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Delayed enrollment until January, 2004, after signing with WSU in February, 2003 participated in 2004 spring drills. FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 8 Starts - 4 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Defense - Colorado: Selected to The Sporting News All-Pacific-10 freshman team; Earned a starting role in fall camp and in opener at New Mexico, made seven tackles, including 1.5 sacks; Suffered a high left ankle sprain against Colorado and missed Idaho, Arizona and Oregon games; Returned for the Stanford game and made three tackles, Had two tackles and forced a fumble at UCLA; Finished strong, recording a sack and three tackles at ASU, then 1.5 sacks and three tackles in Apple Cup win over Washington while starting both games. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 7 Starts -0: Suffered a broken leg in fall camp and missed the first five games of the season; First action against Stanford played sparingly the rest of the season, but slow recovery from injury did not allow him much practice time and limited playing time; Made four tackles against ASU and had three stops against both Stanford and USC. Ropati Pitoitua (pronounced Roe-potti Pitoe-two-ah) born April 6, 1985 in Samoa parents Sooalo and Faipine Pitoitua one older brother Maeli, and four sisters, Leutu, twins Vaiava and Leao, and Runal social sciences major at WSU / /-44 5/-42 0/ / /-5 1/-5 0/0 Career 15/ /-49 6/-47 0/0 Jason Price Tight End 6-4/230 Junior Denton, Texas Sanger High PRICE S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by James Ivy first three years and Joey Stringer as a senior Originally signed with the University of Houston out of high school earned varsity letters in football, basketball, track and field and powerlifting as a JUNIOR rushed for 1,394 yards and 18 touchdowns, earning All-District honorable mention honors named a Top 50 prospect in Dallas Area named first-team all-district in baseball and won state in power lifting SENIOR ( ) year rushed for 1,200 yards though missed time during the season due to injury outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 97

36 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook PRICE S TRINITY VALLEY COLLEGE CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Coached by Mark Sartain at the Athens, Texas, school. SOPHOMORE ( ): Team finished the season 9-3 at season s end caught one seven-yard pass in the team s win over Northeast Mississippi CC in the second annual Pilgrim s Pride Bowl Classic at Mt. Pleasant, Texas used primarily as a blocker in TVCC s two-back offense. PRICE S WSU CAREER JUNIOR ( ): Enrolled at WSU in January, 2006, and participated in spring drills. Jason Lee Price born January 18, 1985 at Denton, Texas parents Ivey and Beverly Price has two younger brothers, Brandon and Shawn enjoys drawing, air brushing, writing and cooking majoring in humanities at WSU. Finas Rabb III Wide Receiver 6-6/190 Junior Oakland, Calif. El Modena High RABBS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Attended both Skyline High and El Modena High, where he played basketball, but not football. RABBS SANTA ANNA COLLEGE CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Played basketball for the Dons for one season, playing in 13 of 26 games while scoring 100 points, a 3.8 ppg average he also grabbed 126 rebounds. FRESHMAN ( ): First year of organized football after joining coach Geoff Jones squad had eight catches and one touchdown. SOPHOMORE ( ): In only his second season of football he was named to the all-conference second team finished the 10-game regular season the team s number two receiver with 27 catches for 421 yards and a team-leading six touchdowns he averaged 15.6 ypc his best outing was five receptions for 81 yards, both season highs he had four receptions in two games and at least one catch in each of the 10 contests. RABBS WSU CAREER JUNIOR ( ): Enrolled at WSU in January, 2006, and participated in spring drills. Finas Rabb III Born August 2, 1984 at Oakland, Calif parents Final Rabb Jr. and Tammy Price Stovall one younger brother, Justin cousin Jonathan Smith is a former Cougar running back from social sciences major at WSU. Gary Rogers Quarterback 6-6/232 RS-Sophomore Mukilteo, Wash. Kamiak High ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Dan Mack at Kamiak High School a threeyear letterman at quarterback for the Knights served as Kamiak s team captain as a junior and senior completed 85 of 149 passes for 1,500 yards and 15 touchdowns as a JUNIOR earned second team All-WesCo South honors in 2002 after leading team to a 9-2 mark and the Wesco Conference South Division title selected as a Northwest Nugget in Waiting by the Tacoma News Tribune named most valuable player at the Big Kahuna Passing Tournament in Burnaby, Canada, and the BTSE 7-on-7 Tournament named the most valuable quarterback at Washington State s team camp in summer 2003 as a SENIOR earned first-team All-WesCo accolades helped team to an 8-3 record completed 121 of 218 passes for 1,480 yards and 12 touchdowns added five rushing touchdowns named to Ron Siegel s senior preseason All-State squad rated the No. 29 quarterback nationally by TheInsiders.com a member of TheInsiders.com West Coast Hot 100 (No. 76) Seattle Times Red Chip selection lettered twice in basketball for the Knights. ROGERS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): Games - 3 Starts - 0: Played in two early games when WSU had a large lead, so did not throw a pass; Against USC Trojans completed two of five passes for 12 yards. Gary Lee Rogers born July 17, 1986 at Seattle, Wash parents Gary and Linda Rogers has one sister, Jamie enjoys snowboarding majoring in sport management at WSU. PASSING G/GS PA PC PI YDS TD LG EFFIC /

37 Andy Roof * Offensive Line 6-4/303 RS-Sophomore Spokane, Wash. East Valley High ROOF S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Adam Fisher a four-year letterman in football and track for the Knights was the first freshman to play varsity football in Greater Spokane League history as a SOPHOMORE was named second-team All-GSL on offense captured the regional discuss title in track with a throw of JUNIOR year tabbed first-team All-GSL on offense and defense placed third at the state track meet in the shot (55-11) and fifth in the discus (162-5) as a SENIOR ( ) earned first-team All-GSL honors while leading team to a 7-3 record Associated Press and Tacoma News Tribune first team All-State (4A) selection second-team All-State honoree by the Seattle Times one of only five players from Oregon and Washington to earn Tacoma News Tribune s Northwest Nuggets honor one of eight players from the state of Washington to earn Seattle Times Blue Chip distinction received honorable mention in the Long Beach Press Telegram s Best in the West football poll rated the No. 44 offensive line prospect nationally by TheInsiders.com a member of TheInsiders.com West Coast Hot 100 (No. 36) included on the Tacoma News Tribune s Western 100. ROOF S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0. Special Teams: PAT/FG: Backup right tackle to starter Charles Harris, with action in all 11 games. Andrew John Roof born Sept. 16, 1985 parents Tom Roof and Coni Wolf has one brother, James, and a sister, Jenny, who currently attends Washington State psychology major at WSU. Dan Rowlands * Offensive Line 6-5/283 RS-Sophomore Los Alamitos, Calif. Los Alamitos High ROWLANDS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by John Barnes was the top offensive lineman for a perennial powerhouse at the Division I level in California s Southern Section as a SENIOR ( ) helped lead the Griffins to a 12-2 record Los Alamitos was ranked No. 5 in the USA Today s preseason rankings rated the No. 59 offensive line prospect nationally by TheInsiders.com also participated in track & field for the Griffins. ROWLANDS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter...Games - 10 Starts Special Teams: PAT/FG: Backup right guard to starter Norvell Holmes, with action in all but the opener against Idaho. Daniel Rowlands born April 9, 1986 parents Thomas and Donna Rowlands has two brothers, Kevin and Russell, and a sister, Chelsea criminal justice major at WSU. Scott Selby Wide Receiver 6-6/225 RS-Sophomore Castle Rock, Wash. Castle Rock High SELBY S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Tom Bate at Castle Rock High earned 12 varsity letters: four each in football, basketball and track as a FRESHMAN earned All-TRICO League honors in football, basketball and track SOPHOMORE season helped football team to 10-2 record and State semifinals State qualifier in track in 2006 outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 99

38 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook high jump, triple jump and long jump as a JUNIOR hauled in 47 passes for 676 yards and seven touchdowns earned all-league and all-area first team and second team All-State honors SENIOR year made 91 tackles from strong safety position, garnering All-TRICO first-team honors while earning all-area first team selections on both offense and defense set school records for career receptions and yardage Seattle Times Red Chip selection first team all-league in basketball, MVP in track while qualifying for State meet in four events WIAA Scholar-Athlete all four years. SELBY S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Delayed enrolled until January, 2004, after signing in February, 2003 participated in 2004 spring drills and then redshirted in the fall. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): On roster but did not play see any game action. Scott Selby born Nov. 26, 1984 at Longview, Wash parents Steve and Terri Selby one sister, Shannon enjoys scuba diving and traveling history major at WSU. Paul Stevens ** Defensive End 6-3/247 RS-Junior Lakewood, Wash. Clover Park High STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Jim Goode at Clover Park High Seattle Times Red Chip selection as a SENIOR captained Clover Park and was named most valuable player earned first team All-Area honors from the Tacoma News Tribune and All-State honorable mention helped basketball team reach the state playoffs as a SOPHOMORE named hoop team s most improved player and earned honorable mention All-PCL earned six varsity letters total. STEVENS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 0: Saw some backup play on the line made three tackles against Idaho, one against Oregon and USC and two against Stanford and at Arizona State. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-Letter Games - 6 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Defensive Scout Team POW - Arizona State. Special Teams: KO Return, KO: Recorded one tackle against Grambling and saw action in six games, including the last four of the season. Paul Hevili Stevens born Sept. 5, 1984 in Seattle, Wash parents Ropi and Mele Stevens has three brothers, Ropi Jr., Joe, and Bruce, and two sisters, Lily and Amy cousin Saul Patu played football at Oregon from 1997 to 2000 another cousin, Chris Nofingaiga, plays at Idaho member of Young Life Club criminal justice major at WSU / /-9 1.5/-9 0/ / /-1 0.5/-1 0/0 Career 17/ / /-10 0/0 Jason Stripling * Linebacker 5-11/215 Sophomore Tyler, Texas Robert E. Lee STRIPLING S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Mike Owens at Robert E. Lee High School named the District 12-5A defensive most valuable player as a SENIOR helped lead the Red Raiders to a 12-3 record and the Texas Class 5A Division I State title, defeating Spring Westfield in the final played at the Alamodome picked off a pass in the state title game, returning it 69 yards for a touchdown also reached the end zone on an interception return in the state semifinal against Euless Trinity. STRIPLING S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 0. Special Teams: KO Returns, KO: Played in all but the ASU game; Made three tackles against Grambling while seeing extensive action backed up Steve Dildine at weakside linebacker; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. Jason Stripling born Nov. 26, 1986 parents Sanchez Stripling and Monica Hawkins has three brothers, Diamond, Lessie and Joshua, and one sister, Ashley father, played football at Texas Southern enjoys playing basketball and checkers / /0 0/0 0/0 100

39 Dwight Tardy Running Back 5-11/208 RS-Freshman Santa Fe Springs, Calif. St. Paul TARDY S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Marijon Ancich at St. Paul High School Anchich is the winningest high school football coach in the state of California as a JUNIOR rushed for 837 yards and nine touchdowns while missing part of the season with injuries helped Swordsmen to a 10-3 overall record and a 5-0 Mission League record schedule included Southern California powers Long Beach Poly, Banning, and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame eclipsed the 2,000-yard mark as a SENIOR, totaling 2,272 yards on the ground with 34 touchdowns during the regular season, eclipsed the 100-yard mark in eight of 10 games topped the 200-yard mark three times during the regular season, including 309 yards against Alemany, 272 against St. Francis, and 225 against Chaminade also caught 14 passes for 153 yards and had 154 return yards racked up nine touchdowns in first round of the playoffs in win over Crescenta Valley in that game scored on runs of five, six, seven, nine, 15, 41, 46, and 62 yards also chipped in on defense, recording 33 tackles, two interceptions, and recovering two fumbles Swordsmen finished with 8-4 record and reached the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division III playoffs Los Angeles Times Southeast/South Coast All-Region first team at running back. TARDY S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season. Dwight Tardy born December 3, 1986 parents Willie Stell and Evelyn Engvall has one brother, Dontae enjoys riding bikes and dirt bikes. Jesse Taylor *** Tight End 6-3/250 RS-Senior Woodland Hills, Calif. Chaminade High TAYLOR S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Football coach Bill Culpepper as a JUNIOR named to the all-league team as both a right end and linebacker caught 20 passes for 420 yards and one score, while on defense he had 10 sacks and five forced fumbles earned All-Mission League honors on offense and defense prior to SENIOR year ( ) raised eyebrows when he was named the most outstanding tight end at the Nike Camp in San Diego caught 25 passes for 325 yards and four touchdowns earned All-Mission League honors again named the #103 prospect in California/Hawaii/Nevada by Super Prep Magazine considered one of the top three tight ends in Southern California received 3 of a possible 10 votes in the Best in the West poll by the Long Beach Press-Telegram named to the Western 100 by the Tacoma News Tribune played in CaliFlorida Bowl and was nominated to play in the Army All-American game. TAYLOR S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Games - 1 Starts - 0 played in WSU s opener against Nevada, but broke a bone in his right hand was listed as the number two TE after Adam West missed much of fall camp with an injury medical redshirt. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0: Played in the first seven games on special teams and a few double-tight end plays; Suffered pinched neck nerve against Stanford and missed the Oregon State and USC games before returning for the final three games, including the Holiday Bowl. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): V-letter Games - 11 Starts - 2 earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin - Idaho/Arizona. Special Teams: Kickoffs, KO Returns, FG/PAT Kicks: A special team regular who also saw some action in twotight end sets saw considerable action in the second half at Arizona after both Troy Bienemann and Cody Boyd were injured; Started against Oregon and against USC made first career reception against USC. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 7 Starts - 0. Special Teams: KO Returns, KO: Caught one pass, a 12-yarder against Grambling; 2006 outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 101

40 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook In addition to back-up tight end duty, saw considerable action on special team units; Suffered a season-ending right shoulder injury against USC. Jesse Taylor born September 4, 1984 parents Greg and Beth Taylor two sisters Jen (attends UCLA) and Kim (plays soccer at Washington) father played football for UCLA and was a starter in the 1976 Rose Bowl on the offensive line...enjoys bowling and snowboarding social sciences major at WSU. RECEIVING G/GS PC YDS AVG TD LG / / / / Career 30/ Greg Trent * Linebacker 5-10/223 Sophomore Keller, Texas Keller TRENT S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Kevin Atkinson at Keller High School lettered twice in football and twice in track for the Indians as a JUNIOR piled up 163 tackles, including four sacks also forced four fumbles was named the District 5-5A defensive player of the year SENIOR year helped Indians to an 8-3 record including a trip to the 5A Division I State Playoffs despite being limited to seven games due to injury, recorded 91 tackles with six tackles for loss and four forced fumbles was one of seven seniors at Keller to sign with Division I-A schools named first-team All-District 5-5A at linebacker District features 2004 national high school champion Southlake Carroll. TRENT S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 5 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Defense - Grambling State; Ironman - Grambling State/ Oregon State; Pac-10 Defensive POW nominee - Oregon. Special Teams: Punt, KO, KO Return: Pacific-10 Conference All-Freshman team; The Sporting News Freshman All-America second team; CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America second team; Best game against Oregon when he made 13 tackles and had two TFLs after replacing Will Derting early in the game; Made 10 stops against Stanford and the next week recorded 12 tackles against UCLA; Made five consecutive starts after Derting was sidelined with a knee injury averaged eight tackles during those five games; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. Gregory Trent born February 10, 1987 at Battlesville, Okla parents Flo and Pam Trent has one brother, Jermain, and four sisters, Latoya, Dalisa, Thera, and Merrisa enjoys fishing and watching television / /-7 1/-7 0/0 102

41 Don Turner *** Cornerback 5-11/194 RS-Senior Spokane, Wash. University High TURNER S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate from University High in 2002 as a SOPHOMORE and JUNIOR started at wide receiver and defensive back was named All-Greater Spokane League first team at both positions led the Titans to a share of the GSL title during SENIOR season caught 28 passes for 330 yards and seven touchdowns also had three interceptions on defense team was 5-3 overall in his final prep game caught seven passes for 79 yards returned one interception for a touchdown and scored twice on kickoff returns named to the Associated Press All-State 4-A first team as a defensive back All-Greater Spokane League first team pick the #14 prospect in the Northwest, according to Super Prep Magazine Seattle Times Red Chip prospect all-league first team defensive back a Northwest Nugget honorable mention pick by the TNT. TURNER S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Redshirt season earned defensive scout of the week honors leading up to USC game. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): Games - 12 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Assassin New Mexico, Iron Man New Mexico. Special Teams: Punts, punt returns, kickoffs, KO returns Named to The Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman team; Picked off one pass against Idaho in the opener; Against Notre Dame made his second interception in as many games saw considerable action at Colorado and made three tackles, including one TFL added two tackles to his totals against New Mexico, then made a career-high four tackles at Oregon had solo stops at Stanford and against Oregon State, then two tackles against UCLA; Missed WSU s Holiday Bowl win because of a fractured finger sustained in practice the week before the game. RS-SOPHOMORE ( ): Games - 11 Starts - 0 Special Teams: Kickoffs: Saw some action as a backup cornerback and on special teams two tackles in each of first two games and late in the year at ASU. RS-JUNIOR ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Cougar Claw Defense - Oregon State. Special Teams: Punt, Punt Return, KO: Backup corner to Wally Dada at right corner, with tackles in each of the first eight games; Picked off one pass against Oregon State, the third of his career; Best outing five stops against Grambling and then four tackles on the road at California and USC. Don Turner born July 9, 1983 parents Finis and Tammy Turner social sciences major at WSU / /0 0/0 2/ / /-2 0/0 0/ / /0 0/0 1/0 CAREER 33/ /-2 0/0 3/ outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history

42 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook 104 Greg Walker Wide Receiver 6-4/169 Freshman Los Angeles, Calif. University High WALKER S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by G.C. Robinson at University High earned nine varsity letters, three each in football, basketball and volleyball as a JUNIOR played sparingly after transferring from Culver City High School, where he was a teammate of current Cougar receiver Michael Bumpus SENIOR ( ) year caught 49 passes for 1,355 yards and eight touchdowns, earning All-Los Angeles City first team honors...led the Western League in both receptions and yardage, including a season-best 159 yards on four catches with a 70-yard score, in University s win over Westchester...also had 60 tackles, 44 solo, as a safety. WALKER S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Enrolled at WSU in January, 2006, and participated in spring drills. Greg Walker born April 4, 1987 at Inglewood, Calif parents Greg and Teri Walker has two younger siblings, brother Ryan and sister Kasey. Benny Ward * Wide Receiver 6-3/187 Sophomore Van Nuys, Calif. Birmingham High WARD S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Ed Croson as a JUNIOR helped Birmingham capture the City Section title SENIOR ( ) year hauled in 27 passes for 642 yards and 10 touchdowns had a pair of 100-yard receiving performances with 114 coming against Monroe and 118 against Granada Hills caught a 95-yard touchdown pass against Monroe helped team to a 7-4 record, including 5-0 in West Valley League play finished second in West Valley League in receiving yardage. WARD S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Delayed enrollment until January, 2005, then participated in spring drills. FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Offense Scout Team POW - Arizona State. Special Teams: Punt, Punt Return, KO, KO Return: Saw significant action as a member of several special team units; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. Benny Jerome Ward, III born June 6, 1986 at Pacoima, Calif parents Benny Ward and Tina Jackson has two brothers, Marion and Bryan enjoys working on cars undecided on academic area of interest. RECEIVING G/GS PC YDS AVG TD LG /0 0 Courtney Williams * Defensive Back 6-1/200 Sophomore Los Angeles, Calif. Dorsey 05 6 WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Paul Knox at Dorsey High School SENIOR season racked up a school record 27 sacks reached the end zone on an 81-yard fumble recovery helped Dons to a 12-2 record, reaching the Los Angeles City Section finals before losing to Birmingham named to the Los Angeles Times All-Star team and the All-Central City team third-team All-State selection by Cal-Hi Sports also a standout sprinter on the Dorsey track team and one of the premier 400 meter performers in the state of California, posting a 47.7 in the state quarterfinals as a junior. WILLIAMS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0 earned the following weekly team awards: Pac-10 Special Teams POW nominee - Idaho; Assassin - Idaho/Arizona State/Washington; Gamebreaker - Idaho; Ironman - Nevada. Special Teams: Punt, Punt Returns, KO: WSU s Special Teams Assassin Award;

43 Made his name on special teams, especially kickoff coverage; Made five tackles in the opener against Idaho and later had three tackles against Stanford and two at Washington; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. Courtney Williams born June 6, 1987 at Los Angeles, Calif parents Carver Ruassaw and Traci LaVelle has one brother, Denzell interested in pursuing sociology at Washington State / /0 0/0 0/0 Michael Willis * Defensive Back 6-0/213 Sophomore Tacoma, Wash. Lincoln High WILLIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Dick Zatkovich a three-year letterman on the gridiron for the Abes, also lettering in basketball and track during his prep career regarded as one of the most feared hitters in the region out of the defensive backfield as a SOPHOMORE earned first-team All-Narrows League at wide receiver JUNIOR season made his biggest impact on offense, accumulating eight touchdowns and 600 yards receiving tabbed by the Tacoma News Tribune as a Nugget in Waiting as a SENIOR ( ) helped the Abes reach the state playoffs and earned first-team All-State honors from the Seattle Times and Tacoma News Tribune named to TNT All-Area team and was named the Narrows League Bay Division most valuable player racked up 1,207 all-purpose yards and 10 touchdowns to help Lincoln to a 9-3 record served as team captain also pegged by the Seattle Times for its all classifications All-State squad rated the No. 40 safety prospect nationally by TheInsiders.com member of the Tacoma News Tribune s Western 100 described by Todd Milles of the TNT as a fierce player, feared hitter. WILLIS WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0. Special Teams: Punt, Punt Returns, KO, KO Returns: Signed with WSU in February 2004, but delayed enrollment until the summer of 2005; A reserve safety and a member of several special team units, where he saw most of his action; Made two tackles in each of the first three games and picked off his only interception against Grambling; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. Michael Anthony Willis, Jr born July 30, 1986 at Petersburg, Va parents Michael Willis and Paulette Willis stepmother Mary Baines has two brothers, Avery Willis and Kenny Baines, and four sisters, Tasha Thomas, and Tina, Jasmine, and Kayla Baines uncle Ronald Baines played football at Montana volunteered time by coaching the Pierce County Bengals social sciences major at WSU / /0 0/0 0/0 Ben Woodard * Tight End 6-5/248 RS-Sophomore Cheney, Wash. Cheney High WOODARD S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Attended Cheney High, where he was coached by Tom Oswald four-year letterwinner and senior captain also played basketball and baseball and captained those teams as a senior as a SOPHOMORE earned the basketball team s newcomer of the year award during JUNIOR campaign was all-league offense and defense All-State offense and defense made the first team all-league in basketball and was an all-league outfielder for the baseball team during SENIOR season earned all-league honors on both sides of the ball was the league s co-mvp on defense and the back of the year on offense All-State as linebacker and tight end team s defensive MVP picked to play in the All-State game caught 41 passes for 468 yards and six touchdowns on defense had 80 tackles, four sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries, one for a touchdown. WOODARD S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): Originally signed with WSU in February, 2001 went on a two-year mission and enrolled in January, 2004 participated in spring drills redshirt season. RS-FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 11 Starts - 0. Special Teams: PAT/FG: Caught his only pass in the final game, a five-yarder at Washington; Had one tackle, a solo stop at Nevada outllok wsu coaches player profiles wsu opponents 2005 in review cougar history 105

44 cougar history 2005 in review wsu opponents player profiles wsu coaches 2006 outlook Benjamin Luther Woodard born January 4, 1982 at Cheney, Wash prep GPA of 3.6 parents Tom and Dianne Woodard grandparents Keith and Elaine Midgley two brothers Bryan and Bert four sisters Brenda, Beu, Bianke and Breanne won the Ray Flaherty scholar-athlete award undecided about what major he will pursue at WSU. RECEIVING G/GS PC YDS AVG TD LG / DeMaundray Woolridge * 35 Running Back 5-8/234 Sophomore Keller, Texas Keller 05 WOOLRIDGE S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Coached by Kevin Atkinson at Keller High School lettered three times on the gridiron and three times in track & field as a sprinter SENIOR year helped Indians to an 8-3 record including a trip to the 5A Division I State Playoffs was one of seven seniors at Keller to sign with Division I-A schools rushed for over 900 yards in an offense that also produced a 3,000-yard passer. WOOLRIDGE S WSU CAREER FRESHMAN ( ): V-Letter Games - 10 Starts - 0. Special Teams: Punt Return, KO, KO Return: Backed up WSU and Pac-10 record holder Jerome Harrison; Recorded back-to-back 100-yard games when he rushed for 133 yards at Nevada and then the next week he gained 105 yards against Grambling; Broke loose on a 70-yard TD run against Nevada and scored later in the year against USC; One of nine true freshmen to see varsity action. DeMaundray Woolridge goes by D born April 4, 1987 in Dallas, Texas parents Ray Lawson and Bridget Jackson has one brother, Ronald, and two sisters, Breondria and Dorthy father Ray played football at LSU. RUSHING G/GS TCB YG YL NYG AVG TD LG /