Easterner V100 V100• N1 • No. Independent 4 Independent student student journalism journalism SEPTEMBER October29, 20,2016 2016
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Making his way to the top
age Gubrud did not have a single Division I scholarship offer coming out of high school. Now as a sophomore at EWU, Gage has already earned Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week twice while leading the first place Eagles. Gubrud grew up in McMinnville, a town of
about 30,000 in northwest Oregon. When he goes back, Gubrud said his family is outdoors a lot and will go hiking and fishing. “I do a lot of duck hunting with my dad and grandpa,” Gubrud said. When he is out there hunting, Gubrud uses a gun as strong as his throwing arm: a 12-gauge shotgun.
Gubrud started playing full padded tackle football in the second grade and has certainly come a long way since. Gubrud went to McMinnville High School where he lettered three times for the football team as the starting quarterback. Despite having success there, Gubrud said he did not learn
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a whole lot to prepare him for the next level. The McMinnville high school team had a new coach in each of his four years, so that made it tough to stay on a consistent learning curve when it came to learning the offense and reading defenses, Gubrud said.
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