Reagan Kotschau, Grayson Lynch of WSU soccer earn preseason honors

Cougs picked to finish second in West Coast Conference standings

Matthew Strissel, Whitman County Gazette | Aug 15, 20240

PULLMAN — Washington State University (WSU) had two soccer players named to the 2024 West Coast Conference (WCC) preseason team, the Conference announced Friday.

Grayson Lynch earned the first conference selection of her career. The sixth-year senior won a Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week recognition last season on Aug. 21, for her match-winning brace in the program’s first win against Texas A&M, and notching an assist in the Cougars’ first win against Portland.

Hailing from Castle Rock, Colo., the 5-foot-9 forward started the first three matches of the season before suffering a season-endi...