Cougs,
Today represents a massive win for @WSUCougars, the Colville Tribes, and WSU student-athletes.
Huge kudos and props to everyone involved with this historic partnership. It is important to know that Lisa Johnson and the team at @PlayflySports and WSU went above and beyond to seek out a new partner for this jersey patch. Many schools around the country have simply repurposed current partnerships to take over their jersey patch sponsorship, not WSU.
This new partnership represents 100% new funds for WAZZU.
@WSU_Cougar_Pres and @Jon_Haarlow are making huge moves. Now, it's on Coug Fans to #DoYourPart and show out!
(Also, don't forget to support Coug-owned businesses like @HurleyMediaG. This video is 🔥🔥🔥)
Full story on WSU's partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
• Five-year deal worth $8.43M
• $250K donation to Cougar Athletic Excellence Fund
• Youth clinics in tribal communities and other events https://t.co/d4OE7ERsUc
An outstanding job by the WSU athletic department on the jersey patch deal. Inked a near 8 figure deal with a local sponsor with real ties to the university.
Department shows real leadership being the first school to announce a jersey patch sponsorship in the Pac12!
Boater who fell off the Santa Barbara coast reportedly swam for five hours toward an offshore oil rig, saying he felt guided by what he described as an “angel,” with a harbor seal appearing to nudge him along.
In January 2022, California sea urchin diver Scott Thompson fell overboard in the Santa Barbara Channel during a night dive and was left stranded as his boat drifted away. Wearing only a T-shirt and shorts, he was forced into a grueling five-hour swim through freezing 52°F waters toward the faint lights of a distant oil platform.
During the ordeal, a harbor seal appeared and stayed alongside him, at times nudging and circling as if to keep him going. Thompson later said the animal’s presence gave him the strength to continue when exhaustion set in. Guided by the platform lights, he eventually reached the structure and was rescued by workers, suffering from severe hypothermia and dehydration. He later described the seal as a “guardian angel.”