Editor's Note: The following story is part of a series highlighting the members of the 2024 Washington State Athletic Hall of Fame Class. The Hall of Fame induction will take place, Sept. 6-7, at the Washington State University campus.
It is fitting Don Collins is inducted to the Washington State Athletics Hall of Fame in the same arena where he created so many wonderful memories for Cougars.
One memory he and all Cougars cherish is an unforgettable Saturday in late January of 1980 at Friel Court in Beasley Coliseum.