Cougar quarterback to go under center this season, joining Gary Rogers, Kevin Lopina, Marshall Lobbestael and Dan Wagner. Rogers and Lobbestael have been lost to season-ending injuries while Lopina missed three games after suffering a fracture of the L-4 transverse process of his vertebrae against Portland State.

HANNAM NAMED ALL-ACADEMIC DISTRICT VIII: Washington State University sophomore offensive lineman Micah Hannam has been named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII First Team. It marks the second straight season Hannam was named to the squad, last year earning second-team honors. Hannam carries a 3.57 grade point average while majoring in civil engineering.

SCORING STREAK ENDS: Following their loss to USC, the Cougars saw their 280-game scoring streak also come to an end. WSU held the nation's second-longest active scoring streak,dating back to early in the 1984 season, before being held scorless against the Trojans Oct. 18. WSU's streak marks the fourth-longest in NCAA Division I history, trailing only BYU (361), Michigan (296, active) and Texas (282). WSU also saw its conference-leading scoring streak end at 258 games as well as its 203-game Martin Stadium scoring streak.

TRENT REACHES 300: Senior linebacker Greg Trent had 10 tackles against Arizona and has a team-best 65 total tackles for the 2008 season. With his final tackle against the Wildcats, Trent became the 10th player in WSU history to record 300 tackles in a career. A four-year starter with 34 consecutive starts, Trent is two tackles shy of Ron Childs (1991-94) in ninth place.

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