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Northwest Notes Feb. 5, 2025

| February 5, 2025 1:12 AM

Vandal football signing event set for Thursday at Coeur d'Alene Resort

COEUR d'ALENE — First-year Idaho head football coach Thomas Ford Jr. and Vandal assistants will be on hand for the annual Vandal football signing event, scheduled for Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

The event is slated for The Shore (the old Shore Lounge, next to Dockside).

Info: Shelly Robson, shellyr@uidaho.edu


Former Lake City volleyball star Mitchell joining Gonzaga coaching staff

SPOKANE — Klaire Mitchell, who starred at Lake City High prior to a stellar volleyball career at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, has been hired as an assistant volleyball coach at Gonzaga.

Mitchell and McKenzie Brewer were hired by Gonzaga head coach JT Wenger. Brewer was an assistant under Wenger at UT Arlington last season.

In her five-year career at Grand Canyon, Mitchell was a three-time Western Athletic Conference Setter of the Year. Across those five seasons from 2019-23, Mitchell earned four First Team All-WAC honors, one Second Team All-WAC honor, and was the 2019 WAC Freshman of the Year.

“Having the opportunity to coach at the highest level next to my hometown is a huge blessing and I am so excited for the future of Gonzaga volleyball,” Mitchell said in a school news release.

While at GCU, Mitchell set and broke numerous program Division-I records for the Lopes, most notably becoming the all-time D1-era assist leader with 4,582 while setting the all-time single-season school record of 1,148 assists in 2023.

A 2019 graduate of Lake City High, Mitchell returned to the Pacific Northwest in 2024, serving as an assistant coach for the Renovators Volleyball Club in Spokane. 

“Klaire shined as not only an athlete, but as a competitor,” Wenger said. “I expect her transition into the coaching ranks to be very smooth, as she is cerebral and deliberate in her approach to the game.”


Gonzaga's Ejim named to Women's College All-Star Game Midseason Watch List

TAMPA, Fla. — For the second straight season, the Gonzaga women's basketball team could be represented at the Women's College All-Star Game as Yvonne Ejim was named to the midseason watch list. 

Kayleigh Truong represented GU last season in the same event.

The 2025 Women's College All-Star Game will once again take place during national championship weekend, with the event set for April 5 in Tampa. 

The postseason all-star showcase, which returned after a nearly 20-year absence last season, will be televised on ESPN2 at noon PT.