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The school's main rival is the [[University of Washington]], especially in football, but the school also maintains a lesser rivalry with the [[University of Idaho]], and a friendly rivalry with [[Gonzaga University]] in [[basketball]].

==Some Notable Alumni==

Academics & Institution Leaders

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*[[Drew Bledsoe]], '93 Educ. [[NFL]] [[quarterback]].

*[[Bobo Brayton]], '50 Phys. Ed., '59 M.S. Phys. Ed., WSU Baseball Coach.

*[[John Chaplin]], '63 B.A. Geography, WSU [[Track & Field]] Coach, U.S. Olympic Track & Field Coach.

*[[Jason Gesser]], 2002 [[Heisman]] Candidate, [[NFL]] quarterback.

*[[William Henry Dietz]] ("[[Lone Star Dietz]]"), WSU Football Coach, Won First Annual [[Rose Bowl]], professional football coach.

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*[[Philip Abelson]], '33 Chem., '35 M.S. Physics, Father of nuclear-fueled submarine; [[Manhattan Project]] participant; Editor of [[Science Magazine]].

*[[Jacob Bigeleisen]] '41 M.S. Chem., founder of the modern school of [[isotope chemistry]; [[Manhattan Project]] participant; researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory; vice president for research, dean of Graduate Studies and a leading chemistry professor at [[State University of New York at Stony Brook]].

*[[Charles King]], '18, B.S. Chem., leading authority on [[Vitamin C]].

*[[Karl Sax]], '16 Hort., Radiation biologist and geneticist.

*[[Orville Vogel]], '39 Ph.D. Agronomy, Wheat breeder whose findings sparked the "[[Green Revolution]]".