June 8, 2012

Pair of senior track and field standouts honored by conference for athletic and academic achievements

Big Sky Conference News Release

Seniors Bowe Ebding and Shene Davis from the Eastern Washington University track and field program have been selected as Eastern Washington University’s recipients of the Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2011-12 school year.

The Scholar-Athlete Award honors the "best of the best" of the conference's nearly 3,000 student-athletes. One senior male and one senior female from each school in the league are recognized for their athletic and academic achievements.

To qualify for the award, a student-athlete must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale), be a member of the graduating class and/or have completed their last year of intercollegiate athletic eligibility, have completed at least two years of intercollegiate competition at the institution and be a letter winner.

Ebding is from Walla Walla, Wash., and is a 2007 graduate of DeSales High School. He has a 3.62 grade point average as a Spanish education major. Davis is a 2007 graduate of Selah (Wash.) High School and is an exercise science major with a 3.68 GPA.

Ebding will finish his Eastern career with a total of 10 Big Sky Conference All-Academic honors in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. In the 2010 cross country season, he finished first or second on the team in every race. At the Big Sky Conference Championships that season, Ebding finished 16th with a time of 23:07.87 to help the Eagles finish in fifth place. As a senior, he placed 22nd.

On the track, Ebding placed 11th in the 10,000 (32:32.20) and 12th in the 5,000 (15:25.63) at the 2012 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships in Bozeman, Mont. Last season, at the 2011 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships, Ebding finished fifth in the 10,000 with a mark of 30:56.84. He has etched his name into Eastern’s record books, as he ranks fifth all-time indoors in the 5,000 (14:40.28) and 10th outdoors in the 10,000 (30:48.76).

With a trio of Big Sky Conference runner-up finishes and a relay title on her resume, Davis will end her career with seven BSC All-Academic honors. Four times she has earned All-Big Sky honors with top three finishes at Big Sky competitions, including a second-place finish in the triple jump at the 2012 BSC Outdoor Championships with a school-record effort of 40-6 1/4. She ranks in the top three on Eastern’s other indoor and outdoor top 10 lists in the triple jump and long jump, including a school-record 19-9 1/2 jump indoors in the long jump.

Her other runner-up finishes in the Big Sky were indoors and outdoors in the long jump as a sophomore, in addition to running a leg on EWU’s winning 4x100 relay team. That squad registered a school-record time of 45.31, which at the time ranked second all-time in Big Sky history.

EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY RECIPIENTS OF THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD

Year	Female Athlete, Sport	Male Athlete, Sport
2011-12	Shene Davis, Track & Field	Bowe Ebding, Track & Field/Cross Country
2010-11	Julie Piper, Basketball	Matt Martin, Football
2009-10	Christy Borders, Track & Field	Jacob Kragt, Football
2008-09	Bonnie Berscheid, Track & Field	Marcus Walker, Football
2007-08	Camille Moseley, Track & Field/Cross Country	Tom McAndrews, Football
2006-07	Joanna Chadd, Basketball	David Paul, Track & Field
2005-06	Beth Russell, Soccer	Joey Cwik, Football
2004-05	Keva Sonderen, Volleyball	Ty Weingard, Track & Field
2003-04	Kathleen Nygaard, Basketball	Kyler Randall, Football
2002-03	Christie Kight, Track & Field	Kurt Kraemer, Track & Field
2001-02	Robyn Felder, Volleyball	Mike Oien, Track & Field
2000-01	Angie Hall, Volleyball	Lance Ballew, Football
1999-00	Kim Maxwell, Volleyball	Ryan Hansen, Basketball
1998-99	Kim Exner, Volleyball	Mike MacKenzie, Football
1997-98	Lora Botha, Volleyball	Jeff Ogden, Football
1996-97	Jaime Dotson, Volleyball	Jason Baerlocher, Track & Field
1995-96	Resa Watterson, Basketball	Jesse Hardt, Football
1994-95	Lori Napier, Basketball	Noah Chambreau, Track & Field
1993-94	Andrea Pochman, Volleyball	Tony Brooks, Football
1992-93	Angela Grant, Volleyball	Trevor Westlund, Football
1991-92	Kari McKay, Track & Field/Cross Country	Kurt Schulz, Football
1990-91	Nancy Kuiper, Track & Field	John Garrison, Basketball
1989-90	Suzanne Vick, Volleyball	Jack Folger, Track & Field/Cross Country
1988-89	Lorna Barr, Volleyball	Jeff Mickel, Football
1987-88	Sonya Gaubinger, Basketball	Hogan Wrixon, Track & Field