Nathan Shoup | Sportspress Northwest

Nathan Shoup is a senior communications major at Pacific Lutheran University who graduates in May. He became sports editor at PLU's newspaper the past summer after covering sports for the newspaper and writing for the university's athletic website his junior year.

Shoup is a recipient of PLU’s President’s Scholarship, maintaining a 3.4 cumulative GPA.

He is also a pitcher on the Lutes baseball team that has a 73-46 record in his three years with the program. He is the lone resident of Woodland, in southwest Washington, in the past decade to play baseball at a four-year university.

Down 22, Huskies advance in women's tourney

BY Nathan Shoup 12:07AM 03/08/2013

It appeared the Huskies were upon one of the largest late-season collapses in program history. After finishing the regular season on a four-game losing skid, the Huskies overcame a 22-point, first-half deficit -- biggest in program history -- against the 12th-seeded Oregon (4-27) to prevail 69-62 Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals in the women’s Pac-12 Tournament.

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Tourney form holds in first 3; Daugherty falls ill

BY Nathan Shoup 09:53PM 03/07/2013

Before No. 5 Washington met No. 12 Oregon in the first-day finale, the first three games of the women’s Pac-12 Tournament at KeyArena Thursday night contained no surprises. Seventh-seeded USC handled 10th-seeded Oregon State, 64-57. Sixth-seeded Utah breezed past 11th-seeded Arizona, 66-48. Even the No. 8 Cougars beat the ninth-seeded Sun Devils, 48-41. Attendance for the inaugural event in Seattle: Small.

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Women's Pac-12 hoops tourney starts run at Key

BY Nathan Shoup 06:30AM 03/07/2013

The University of Washington dropped its regular-season finale at home to sixth-ranked California 78-50 Saturday. But it was not the Huskies final game in Seattle this season. For the first time since the women’s Pac-12 Tournament debuted in 2002, the tournament will be held in Seattle at KeyArena.

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Suspensions, Stanford do in Huskies women

BY Nathan Shoup 11:01PM 02/28/2013

The fourth-ranked Stanford women cruised to a 71-36 win over the University of Washington Thursday night at Hec Ed. But the Huskies lost the Pac-12 Conference hoops matchup Tuesday, when coach Kevin McGuff announced the one-game suspensions of two of his top players, Jazmine Davis (19.2 ppg), Talia Walton (13.9) and reserve Deborah Meeks.

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