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Western Washington distance runner Sarah Porter and Viking pole vaulter Ryan Brown have been selected the 2010-11 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Female and Male Athletes of the Year, respectively.

The awards are voted upon by the athletic directors at the GNAC's institutions.…

Western Washington University golfer Xavier Dailly has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Capital One Academic All-America college division men's at-large second team.

Jennifer Karchmer, current editor of Whatcom Watch, received three Communicator of Excellence awards recognizing her reporting from Vancouver, B.C. of the 2010 Winter Olympics. She won First Place for Social Issues & Minority Affairs (Non-Daily Publication) with her story “Not All Fun and…

Twenty-eight young women from Whatcom County high schools were honored May 14 by the Bellingham branch of the American Association of University Women at the annual High School Scholars Recognition Program. The high school juniors were nominated by their respective schools for excellence in math…

Western Washington University distance runner Jordan Welling has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Capital One Academic All-District 8 college division first team for men's cross country and track and field.

Welling, a senior from Burlington, is a…

Two Western Washington University golfers, Xavier Dailly and Katie Sharpe, who helped the Vikings to men's and women's Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships, respectively, are the school's male and female scholar-athletes of the year for 2010-11.

Two members of Western Washington University's varsity eight, No. 5 seat Siri Carlson and coxswain Samantha Oberholzer, have been named to the 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Pocock All-America women's rowing team.

Carlson and Oberholzer have played…