PULLMAN – After mulling a transfer from Washington State, Jeff Pollard will return to the Cougars for his senior season, the forward announced on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.
Pollard placed his name in the NCAA transfer portal, giving him the ability to contact other schools, not long after the Cougars fired Ernie Kent, the coach who’d initially recruited him out of Bountiful, Utah, and given him his only major offer five years earlier.
But Kyle Smith made a strong – and ultimately successful – recruiting pitch to bring Pollard back to Pullman when the new WSU coach was formally announced at a press conference last Monday.