Men's basketball: Blanche selected as an Academic All-American

Western Washington University men's basketball player Rory Blanche has been selected to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America NCAA Division II first team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Blanche is a manufacturing engineering technology major with a 3.74 grade point average. He is the first men's basketball player to earn the accolade in the 11-year history of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.