Whitman Wire

COVID-19 cuts women’s varsity basketball season short

Tate Cadang, Sports Reporter • April 2, 2020

The Whitman College women’s basketball team fought through the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament and made their way into the Sweet Sixteens. In round two of the NCAA tournament, the Blues beat...

Distance track comes to Whitman

Ryder Brookes • February 6, 2020

After undergoing a multi-year approval process, Whitman's newest varsity sport, distance track, will begin its first season this spring to the excitement of cross country athletes. When asked about...

A New Era for the Blues: Whitman Reacts to New Logo

Christian McDonald, Sports Writer • October 4, 2017

The changing of Whitman’s mascot from the politically charged Missionary to the Blues meant that the old–and one might say elegant—athletics logo was in need of a facelift. Whitman’s one-time...

Blues Baseball Shines at Safeco

Mitchell Smith, Editor in Chief • March 9, 2017

The pitcher’s mound at Safeco Field in Seattle contains a six inch by two feet slab of white rubber placed exactly 60 feet, six inches from home plate. In the 18 years of Safeco’s existence as the...

Whitman Announces New Mascot

Marra Clay, Publisher • November 3, 2016

The Blues will officially become Whitman College’s new mascot. On Thursday, November 3rd, President Kathy Murray emailed the announcement to the Whitman Community. She wrote “After looking at all the responses from alumni, students, faculty and staff to the most recent survey, it became clear right away that the Whitman Community feels the Blues is the mascot that best represents Whitman.”