Eastern Washington University Athletics

Shantay Legans on Washington: “Sir has been working hard on his game all summer long, has improved his shot and decision making, and served as one of the leaders of this young team. He is ready for a breakout year and showed glimpses of what he is capable of doing on both ends of the floor last year. As a senior, we expect him to add consistency to his game on offense and continue to be one of our go-to-stoppers on defense.”
 
2016-17: Washington scored in double figures in four of EWU’s last 10 games after having just four in the first 24 outings for the Eagles. Washington made 12-of-24 (50.0 percent) of his 3-point attempts in Big Sky games, compared to 5-of-21 (23.8 percent) in non-conference outings and 1-of-6 (16.7 percent) in the postseason. For the season, he averaged 6.7 points per game, with eight double-figure performances (15 in his career). His most recent double figure performance was against Sacramento State (3/9/17) in the Big Sky Tournament when he had 11 on 5-of-8 shooting. He scored 16 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the field and 8-of-8 from the free throw line in EWU’s 82-72 win over Weber State (2/23/17) for second place in the league standings. He scored 10 of them in the second half, and he also had five rebounds and five assists before fouling out with 3:09 to play. In his previous game he scored 17 points versus Idaho (2/17/17), the second-best performance in his career only behind the 21 he scored earlier in the 2016-17 season versus San Francisco (11/27/16). He also had a 14-point effort at North Dakota (2/9/17).
 
2015-16: Eastern’s sixth-man much of the season, he started six games, and averaged 5.7 points on 47 percent shooting from the field (60 percent in conference play). He also averaged 17.7 minutes and 2.8 rebounds with 26 assists and 20 steals. Washington made 7-of-10 shots from the field to finish with 15 points and equal his career high against Sacramento State (2/18/15). It was the most in his career against a Division I opponent, and matched his overall career high of 15 against Great Falls (12/6/15). He has scored in double figures seven times, including a 10-point effort on perfect 3-of-3 shooting against Portland State (1/28/16). Three games earlier he came two points from his career high by hitting all five of his shots and three free throws to finish with 13 points in a 96-73 win over Northern Arizona (1/16/16). He also had six points, six rebounds and two steals in 28 minutes at Montana (1/23/16) and eight points, five rebounds and a career-high three assists in 15 minutes versus North Dakota (2/11/15). The Eagle sixth man opened the season with 11 points in the team’s opener at Mississippi State, and topped that with career highs of 15 points and nine rebounds against Great Falls (12/6/15). He also scored 11 in two other games, including Northern Colorado (12/31/16) in the team’s league opener. He was injured and didn’t play versus Idaho (1/9/16). He closed the year with seven points and five rebounds against eventual champion Nevada (3/21/16) in the College Basketball Invitational.
 
2014-15: Eastern was bit by injuries in the 2015 season, including the loss of Washington for 11 games down the stretch. He was thought to be out for the season with a nagging knee injury, but the injury was found to be a bruise and not a fractured patella. He was cleared to play the week of the Big Sky Conference Tournament but didn’t see action. He came off the bench to play five minutes in the NCAA Tournament against Georgetown (3/19/15), hitting both of his shots from the field and both free throws he attempted to finish with six points and a pair of rebounds. That was his first game since he had five points, four rebounds and two assists in a 61-51 win at Montana State (2/7/15). He closed the year averaging 9.9 minutes and 2.6 points off the bench for the Eagles.
 
2013-14: Redshirted.
 
HS: Graduated from Clark HS in 2013. As a senior, Washington led Clark to a 29-3 record overall and 10-0 mark in the I-A Southern Sunset League standings. He was the MVP of the league as he helped the school go on a 22-game winning streak. The Chargers lost 59-57 to Desert Pines in the championship game of the NIAA Division I-A Tournament after beating Elko 45-40 in the semifinals. Washington averaged 14.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game, while making 43 percent of his shots from the floor (25-of-101 3-pointers) and 59 percent of his free throws. He scored 20 points or more in five games, including a season-high 28 in a loss to Centennial (12/8/12) when he made 11-of-18 shots from the floor with four treys. He had three double-figure rebounding performances with a season-high of 11, and he had season highs of five assists and four steals in four games each. Washington was also an All-Sunset selection as a junior, averaging 14.5 points, five rebounds and four assists in the 2011-12 season for Clark. He helped the Chargers finish 23-5 and place second in the Southwest League behind eventual State 4A Champion Bishop Gorman. Clark ended the season with a 70-64 loss to Palo Verde in the Nevada Boys State Basketball Playoffs (4A Sunset Region). One of Washington’s teammates at Clark was his cousin Kentrell Washington, who signed with Hofstra but is no longer on the team. They helped the Chargers reach the Sunset Region playoffs for the first time since 2006, improving by 15 wins in the 2012-13 season from an 8-14 finish the year before. Sir and Kentrell played previously for Western High School, helping their team to state playoff appearances both years. Western was 21-8 in the 2010-11 season and 17-9 the year before. Sir averaged 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game as a sophomore, and 10.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals as a freshman. Sir also played AAU basketball for the Las Vegas Prospects.
 
Personal: Interdisciplinary studies/liberal arts major. Born June 17, 1995, in Las Vegas, Nevada. His parents are Melvin and Sharon Washington.