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Cougar Pursuit Leadership Academy Concludes First Semester

PULLMAN, Wash. (May 3, 2022) -- The Cougar Pursuit Leadership Academy wrapped up its inaugural semester with the Tier 1: Rising Leaders cohort. Rising Leaders participants attended three one-hour educational workshops throughout the semester focused on self-awareness, the DiSC assessment, and vulnerability.

The Cougar Pursuit Leadership Academy is designed to increase student-athletes' awareness, confidence, and ability to positively lead a team to achieve results through practical experience and theory-based approaches. The three-tiered program consists of Rising Leaders, Advancing Leaders, and Leaders of Change tiers as well as Leadership Coaching sessions that will last throughout the student-athletes' WSU experience.