WSU adds JC point guard

to signing class

PULLMAN — Jervae Robinson, a 6-2, 175-pound guard from Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colo., has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Washington State next season, Cougars coach Ernie Kent announced Thursday.

“Jervae is a very solid, heady point guard that we need in this program,” Kent said. “He’s very well-coached and an excellent team leader and we look forward to him being a part of this program.”

At Otero, Robinson he led the Rattlers in scoring for as a freshman and was second on the team in scoring as a sophomore, averaging 13.3 ppg and 4.1 apg over his two-year career.

As a sophomore in 2017-18, he started 25 of 26 games played and averaged 12.5 points and 4.3 assists with a 3.4 (113/33) assist/turnover ratio, while shooting .398 (35 for 88) from 3-point range. Otero advanced to the NJCAA tournament first round, falling to No. 14 Motlow State to finish with a 29-5 mark. In his freshman year (2016-17), Robinson averaged 14.0 points and 3.9 assists per game, leading his team to a 20-9 record, advancing to the Region IX quarterfinals, where the Rattlers fell to eventual champion Gillette College.

Robinson graduated from Overland High in Aurora, Colo., in 2016, where he averaged 13.1 points and 3.1 assists per game as a senior, helping lead his team to a second-consecutive state championship.

Robinson becomes the fourth member of the signing class that includes incoming freshmen forwards Charles ‘CJ’ Elleby and Aljaž ‘Jaz’ Kunc, as well as junior power forward Isaiah Wade.

In recent weeks, WSU sophomore point guard Malachi Flynn announced his intentions to transfer, and Cougars junior forward Robert Franks declared for the NBA draft.

Jason Hanson Elected to CoSIDA Academic

All-American Hall of Fame

PULLMAN — One of the most recognized Washington State football athletes of all time, Jason Hanson picked up another honor as he was elected into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame, the organization announced Thursday. Hanson becomes the first student-athlete in school history to receive this honor.

Hanson, a pre-med major, was a three-time Academic All-American during his four years in Pullman (1988-91) and concluded his senior season by being named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, one of only five in WSU history to receive the honor.

The Spokane native and Mead High grad, Hanson was an All-American kicker and punter for the Cougars.

Hanson finished his WSU career with 19 field goals of 50-plus yards including a Pac-10 record 62-yarder, the longest without use of a tee in NCAA Division I history.

He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 1992 NFL draft and played 21 seasons with the Lions, earning Pro Bowl honors twice, second team All-Pro honors in 1997 and was a first team All-Pro selection in 1993. Hanson was inducted into the WSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Lions Ring of Honor in 2013.