Northwest Notes: March 8, 2021

| March 8, 2021 1:15 AM

EWU's Barriere earns Big Sky football honors

Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere was named Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week Award after passing for 413 yards and three touchdowns Saturday in a 45-13 victory over Northern Arizona at Roos Field in Cheney.

Barriere completed 29 of 49 passes, giving him four 400-yard performances in his Eastern career.

Zag trio named to Wooden Award ballot

LOS ANGELES – Gonzaga’s Corey Kispert, Jalen Suggs and Drew Timme were named to the 2021 Men's National Ballot for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Saturday on ESPN’s College GameDay.

Selected by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board, the National Ballot consists of 15 student- athletes who are candidates for the Wooden Award All American Team and Wooden Award Trophy as the most outstanding college basketball player in the United States.

Kispert, the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, is a finalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award for the second straight season. He currently leads the West Coast Conference in scoring at 19.50 points per game, shooting 55.6 percent from the field, which is second in the conference.

Suggs is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. He leads the West Coast Conference in steals per game (2.00). The freshman is also fourth in the WCC in assists per game (4.55), fourth in field goal percentage (50.5 percent), and 11th in scoring (13.91).

Timme, a first team all-conference selection, is a finalist for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award. He is second in the conference in scoring at 18.92 points per game, at a league-leading 65.1 percent from the field, which is fourth in the country.

Few named Naismith Coach of the Year semifinalist

ATLANTA – Gonzaga's Mark Few was named a semifinalist for the 2021 Naismith Coach of the Year Award.

Few extended his own conference record, capturing his 14th West Coast Conference Coach of the Year honor recently. He led Gonzaga to its first unbeaten regular season finish in program history at 24-0 thus far.

The four finalists will be announced on March 17, and beginning March 19 through 31, fans will have a chance to vote by visiting naismithtrophy.com/vote to cast their ballot. The fan vote will account for five percent of the overall vote. The Naismith Trophy for Men's College Coach of the Year will be announced on April 4.