Eastern Washington University Athletics

Gablehouse was a standout basketball player on Eastern teams that advanced to the NAIA Tournament in each of his first three seasons. Included was the 1945-46 team, which was inducted into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003. He earned first team All-Washington Intercollegiate Conference honors in both 1946 and 1947. In both seasons, inaugural Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee Irv Leifer was also a first team All-Winco selection. Gablehouse also received Eastern's prestigious Scarlet Arrow Award in 1947.  Formerly from Selah High School, he was student body president at Eastern and graduated cum laude in 1948.  He coached at Omak and Marysville high schools before embarking upon a more than 20-year career at Centralia Community College. From 1957-78 he served as athletic director there, as well as director of physical education and director of intramural sports.  As a basketball coach from 1957-74, Gablehouse had a record of 228-147 with three league/division titles. In more than 20 years as a baseball coach at Centralia, he had a 364-162 record and won the Washington Athletic Association of Community Colleges title in 1965 with a final record of 25-3. His many honors include his induction in 1990 into the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges Hall of Fame. He was also previously selected to the NWAACC Roll of Honor. He is also a member of the Centralia CC Hall of Fame and had his No. 26 baseball jersey retired by CCC. Gablehouse now splits his time between his homes in Olympia, Wash., and Packwood, Wash.