Northwest Notes Feb. 12, 2025

Coeur d'Alene High track parent meeting set for tonight

COEUR d'ALENE — A meeting for parents of track and field athletes at Coeur d'Alene High is schedued for tonight at 6 p.m. in the Team Room above Jordan Court at CHS.  

Information: Coach Shawn Amos, samos@cdaschools.org

Zags' Nembhard named to Wooden Top 20 Watch List

LOS ANGELES — Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard, who leads the nation in assists, was named to the John R. Wooden Award, presented by Principal, 2024-25 Men’s Late Midseason Top 20 Watch List Tuesday.

Others on the list are “Ace” Bailey of Rutgers; Johni Broome of Auburn; Walter Clayton Jr. of Florida; Hunter Dickinson of Kansas; Eric Dixon of Villanova; Cooper Flagg of Duke; Keshon Gilbert of Iowa State; PJ Haggerty of Memphis; Dylan Harper of Rutgers; Kasparas Jakučionis of Illinois; Curtis Jones of Iowa State; Kam Jones of Marquette; Ryan Kalkbrenner of Creighton; Alex Karaban of UConn; Chaz Lanier of Tennessee; Maxime Raynaud of Stanford; Mark Sears of Alabama; Javon Small of West Virginia and Braden Smith of Purdue.

Gonzaga's Ejim named to Top 20 for women's Wooden Award

LOS ANGELES — Gonzaga's Yvonne Ejim, the program's career scoring leader, was named to the 2024-25 Women's Late Midseason Top 20 Watch List for the John R. Wooden Award. 

Ejim is joined by Georgia Amoore of Kentucky; Lauren Betts of UCLA; Mikayla Blakes of Vanderbilt; Madison Booker of Texas; Paige Bueckers of UConn; Talaysia Cooper of Tennessee; Audi Crooks of Iowa State; Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame; Aziaha James of NC State; Flau'jae Johnson of LSU; Ta'Niya Latson of Florida State; Cotie McMahon of Ohio State; Olivia Miles of Notre Dame; Aneesah Morrow of LSU; Te-Hina Paopao of South Carolina; Sedona Prince of TCU; Sarah Strong of UConn; Hailey Van Lith of TCU and JuJu Watkins of USC.