LAS VEGAS – WSU men's basketball senior Cedric Coward was named to the 2024-25 WCC Preseason Team, the Conference announced Thursday morning. Washington State, playing as an affiliate member of the West Coast Conference for the next two seasons, was voted fifth in the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll.
Coward, a transfer from Eastern Washington, was voted a unanimous Big Sky First Team All-Conference selection last season. The Fresno native averaged 15.4 points per game and 6.7 rebounds per game in 2023-24, starting all 32 games to lead EWU to the conference regular season title.