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2 stories filed under freshman on Wazzu. The newest of them: “Delaney Hawkins cracks the Top 100 freshman list at No. 79” and “Ace Glass trades Crimson for Gold as fourth Coug exits Pullman”. Delaney Hawkins cracked the Top 100 freshman list at No. Ace Glass is gone. The unofficial read for people who left Pullman and stayed Cougs. The list below is every freshman story on Wazzu, newest first.
Delaney Hawkins cracks the Top 100 freshman list at No. 79
Delaney Hawkins cracked the Top 100 freshman list at No. 79. That is a big deal for a Coug who just got here. It is also the kind of recognition that does not happen by accident. Hawkins has been putting in work since she stepped on campus, and the national rankings are starting to notice. The list is crowded with names from programs that have been doing this longer. Hawkins is in there anyway. That says something about the talent coming out of Pullman right now. It also says something about the staff seeing what they had early and letting her cook. We have been tracking her season. If you missed it, check out "Delaney Hawkins grabs Pac-12 Newcomer of the Week: no surprise." That headline aged well. The conference noticed her before the national list did. Now the rest of the country is catching up. No. 79 is a starting point, not a finish line. Hawkins is the kind of player who will look at that number and want to move up. Good. That is the attitude that built this program. Go Cougs.
Ace Glass trades Crimson for Gold as fourth Coug exits Pullman
Ace Glass is gone. The freshman who dropped 40 on Arizona State in Maui, broke WSU's single-season scoring record, and shot 88% from the line is taking his game to Vanderbilt. He announced it Friday. That makes four Cougs out of the ten who hit the portal who have found a new home, and this one stings the most. Glass was the guy last season. 16.4 points per game, All-WCC second team, all-freshman. He scored in double figures in all but five games. He hit a game-winning and-one against LMU at home. He was the reason you kept watching when the season went sideways. Now he's heading to the SEC to play with Tyler Tanner, who just got Vanderbilt back to the Tournament for the first time in nine years. The money part is real. Glass was a four-star who originally signed with Texas A&M. When Buzz Williams left, he reopened things and chose WSU for the family feel. This time, Vanderbilt likely made him an offer the Cougs couldn't match. That's the world now. But the roster isn't empty. The Cougs have added five new guys, including a D-II guard who averaged 20 points as a true freshman. We've got more on that in the piece about the Providence guard who just committed. Go Cougs.