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Coward, called up. Art by Adrian Axtell. When Cedric Coward stepped onto the court for Willamette University in fall of 2021, few would have predicted that he might one day hear his name called in the first round of the NBA Draft.  Yet that projection has become reality: in June, Coward was selected 11th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.  Starting from the DIII level and going to the highest level of prof

A Willamette football player running from a mummified University of Puget Sound player, hoping to avoid an eighth-straight winless conference season. Art by Dasha Allyn. From the beginning of their showdown in Tacoma, tensions between the Bearcats and the Puget Sound Loggers were high. For the ’Cats, the pressure coming into the matchup on Oct. 18 was enormous, as Willamette has been trying to avoid an eighth straight season without a conference win — their matchup against No

Bearcats face off against the Lutes on Oct. 20, 2024. Photo by Keenan Yoshizawa. Willamette’s men’s soccer team has had a rough start to the season. As of Oct. 8, they held an overall record of 1 win, 5 losses, and 5 ties, which marks their worst first eleven matches points-wise since 2008 ; however, that record doesn’t tell the whole story. What the record doesn’t show is that men’s soccer gets an average of 10 shots per game and has scored 12 goals in 11 games played. “We a