Northwest Notes August 4, 2010

Shipment of red turf

shows up at Eastern

CHENEY - Installation will start immediately as a truck carrying a partial shipment of Eastern Washington University's new red Sprinturf arrived Tuesday at Woodward Field.

Final prep work continued Tuesday afternoon, and the first turf will be rolled out on the field probably this morning, school officials said.

A 24-hour web cam is available at www.goeags.com for viewing of the project, which began on June 14 with the start of excavation work at Woodward Field. When the project is completed, the field will be re-named Roos Field in appreciation of the $500,000 pledge made by Michael and Katherine Roos toward the project.

The projected completion date is still listed as Sept. 3, with the inaugural game on the red turf taking place Sept. 18 vs. Montana.

Fry named assistant volleyball

coach at Washington State

PULLMAN - Jennifer Fry has joined the Washington State women's volleyball program as an assistant coach, Cougars coach Andrew Palileo announced Tuesday.

Along with her coaching duties, Fry will coordinate the Cougars' recruiting program. She replaces assistant coach TeAna Tramel, who left WSU last month to become the head volleyball coach at Nicholls State in Louisiana.

Fry spent the past three seasons as the volleyball head coach at Norfolk (Va.) State, where the Spartans qualified for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament the past three seasons for the first time since 2004 when the tournament included all teams. During Fry's first year at Norfolk State, in 2007, the Spartans snapped a 31-conference-match losing streak that dated back to the 2003 season.

Fry, from Yuma, Ariz., played volleyball two seasons at Arizona Western College and two at the University of Montevallo (Alabama).

The newest Cougar volleyball coach already has ties to Pullman. Fry's father is Tyrone Gray, a wide receiver and defensive back on the Washington State football team in the late 1970s, and a sprinter for the Cougar track team. Gray played professionally for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League.

Fry begins her new job at Washington State on Aug. 12.