Northwest Notes: Dec. 4, 2014

North Idaho College guard

earns Scenic West honors

North Idaho College men's basketball player Jamaal Robateau, a redshirt freshman from Sunshine Coast, Australia, has been named Athlete of the Week by the Scenic West Athletic Conference after two great games in the Portland Community College Tip-Off Invitational.

In the tournament opener against Chemeketa - the Northwest Athletic Conference preseason favorite - Robateau scored 21 points, shooting 7 for 10 from the field, including 4 of 6 from beyond the 3-point line. In the second game against Portland, Robateau set a career high with 33 points, including 9 of 9 from beyond the 3-point line.

NIC is 9-1 on the season and will play in the Bigfoot Classic hosted by the Community Colleges of Spokane Friday through Sunday, opening against Everett on Friday at 2 p.m. at Spokane Community College.

Chaves appointed to

Division I Council

Bill Chaves, the Eastern Washington University athletic director since 2007, has been appointed to the newest and most prestigious level of leadership in the highest classification of intercollegiate athletics - the NCAA Division I Council.

The group, appointed by the NCAA Board of Directors, is charged with conducting the day-to-day business of Division I. The Council will convene for the first time in January.

The 40-member Council consists of 28 athletic directors and associated athletic directors, three faculty athletic representatives and two student-athletes representing Division I institutions, as well as seven conference representatives. This will be the first time student-athletes will cast votes on NCAA rules.

They will cast votes on new rules for the first time in the 2015-16 legislative cycle.

Now in his eighth year at Eastern, Chaves currently chairs the NCAA's Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct Committee. Previously, he served four years as chair of the NCAA Administration Cabinet from 2008-12, including the final year as chair.

Chiefs forward to play

for home country

SPOKANE - Spokane Chiefs defenseman Tamas Laday has accepted an invitation to play for Hungary in this month's IIHF under-20 World Championship Division I Group B. The tournament is scheduled for Dec. 14-20 on Dunaujvaros, Hungary.

Laday, acquired by the Chiefs in the 2014 CHL Import Draft, has played in 21 games for Spokane this season, recording an assist and 37 penalty minutes. In the 2014 World Championships Group A, Laday led the Hungarian team in scoring by a defenseman with two goals and five assists in five games.

Hungary earned a promotion to this year's Division I Group B.

Laday is expected to play for Spokane through Sunday's home game against Seattle before departing for Hungary.