by Aargh » January 18th, 2012, 10:44 pm
Armstead (will be a Sr) is a walkon trfr from Oregon, where he holds the single-season steals record. He's a PG.
Mitchell (will be a Jr) is a Wichita native who was a JuCo AA. He enrolled at Ohio in summer, so he has to sit out this year. He's a walkon combo guard. Averaged something like 18 points at Hutchinson JuCo (in Kansas), which is pretty much a perennial entry in the NJCAA national championships. Looks like he's going to walk on for all his time at WSU. He likes his mama's cooking and is comfortable in Wichita.
Ron Baker is a Fr walkon taking a RS year. He's a SG and probably the best shooter on the team in practices. Baker is getting a scholarship next year. He's from a smaller town in western Kansas, so he's in-state tuition. People who have watched him in practice, other players, and the coaches all think he's going to be very good.
Those are the legitimate D1 walkons who aren't playing this year.
Vautravers is a RS Fr walkon from Andover, a suburb of Wichita. He's the only "typical" walkon on the roster.
That leaves 12 scholarship players. Ede Egharvbe (sp??) decided he wasn't a good fit around the start of classes and is now at Midland, TX JuCo.