Wednesday Dots: Freshman of the Week

Elle Ladine gets more recognition, the football team lifts weights, and Pac-12 expansion.

By Jeff Gorman Feb 8, 2023, 8:54am PST

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Basketball Dots:

Not surprisingly, Elle Ladine is National Freshman of the Week after leading the Huskies in an upset of #2 Stanford:

Let’s make that

Who else ⁉️ Elle is this week’s Tamika Catchings National Freshman Player of the Week #GoHuskies x #Becoming pic.twitter.com/EGNzRZpNAp
— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) February 7, 2023

The big win was also ESPN’s win of the week:

It was a true TEAM effort to notch this week’s @espn Win of the Week ⭐️#GoHuskies x #Becoming pic.twitter.com/BIZpojkxYd
— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) February 8, 2023

Football Dots:

Trent McDuffie has a chance to win a Super Bowl on Sunday:

We see you dawg @trent_mcduffie‼️ https://t.co/C6oDhdFDh0
— Washington Football (@UW_Football) February 7, 2023

Nothing like a winter conditioning pump up video to start kickstart your Wednesday:

Brick by brick ⛓️ pic.twitter.com/LSbyrPxHfH
— Washington Football (@UW_Football) February 7, 2023

In the world of Pac-12 expansion, commissioner Georgia Kliavkoff is looking at SMU and San Diego State as possible candidates to join the league.

Here’s The Athletic’s story on possible Pac-12 expansion candidates.