February 25, 2021
Members of the WSU Men s Basketball Team wear shirts with the names of pioneering African Americans from the university s history as part of Black History Month.
By RJ Wolcott, WSU News
Cassandra Overby flourished with the support of her teammates in the early 1980s, earning accolades and setting WSU women’s basketball records.
Overby’s 875 career rebounds set her atop school history as well as placing second all-time for career points and blocks. In 2015, she entered the Washington State University Athletic Hall of Fame alongside former track and field standout Pam Qualls as the first female African American inductees.
Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Fresno State’s Robinson Equaled WR In 1957
June 15, 1957
It did not disappoint.
Two of the world’s best were ready for their sixth hurdle race of the meet, with this 220H doubling as the finale of the first NCAA meet held at Texas’ Memorial Stadium in Austin.
Ancel Robinson of Fresno State entered with the fastest time at 22.3 – tied for second fastest in world history on a straightaway – while Elias Gilbert of Winston-Salem owned the world’s fastest-ever on a race using the curve, having run 22.8 the weekend prior in winning the NAIA Championships.