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Lewis & Clark College

2023 Football Roster

Ronnie Glover, D3Photography
Ronnie Glover, D3Photography
Steve Gibbons
Ella Ruark
Steve Gibbons
Claudia Loeber
Mike Hauser

25 Elijah Washington

  • Position RB/LS
  • Year Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 205
  • Hometown Pasadena, Calif.
  • High School Glendale CC
  • Major Rhetoric and Media Studies

Biography

2023 Awards 
 
Northwest Conference First Team: RB 

2023 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 10
 
Rushes/Yards/Average: 153 for 835 Yards, 5.5 Yard Average, 10 Touchdowns (69 Yards vs. Whitworth 10/28)
 
Receptions/Yards: 38 for 348 Yards, 2 Touchdown (34 Yards at Montana Western 9/16) 
 
Total Yards: 1,197 Yards (202 Yards vs. Puget Sound 11/4) 
  • Put together a career season in his final year on Palatine Hill 
  • Earned First Team All-Conference honors for the first time in his career 
  • Ended the year 16th in program history for rushing yards in a single-season and 12th for touchdowns/points (12/74 points)
  • Led the Pioneers in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, all-purpose yards and total touchdowns 
  • Finished second in the conference in rushing yards and led the NWC with 10 rushing touchdowns 
  • Placed third in the conference in all-purpose yards and tied for fourth in total touchdowns
  • Rushed for 50 yards or more seven times and 100 or more yards three times 
  • Recorded 40 or more receiving yards four times
  • Notched 150 or more all-purpose yards four times
  • Scored a touchdown in six contests and multiple touchdowns three times 
  • Registered a career-high 89 receiving yards and added 63 rushing yards on September 2 at Puget Sound 
  • Posted a then career-high 160 rushing yards and scored twice in a road win over Pacific on October 14 
  • Finished with five touchdowns (four rushing, one receiving) on 21 touches in a Senior Day win over Puget Sound
  • Rushed for a career-high 169 rushing yards and 202 all-purpose yards in the win over Puget Sound 
  • Wraps up his two-year Pioneers career with 1,247 rushing yards and 2,376 all-purpose yards
2022 Awards 
 
D3football.com Region 6 Second Team All-Region: Special Teams
 
Northwest Conference Honorable Mention
 
2022 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 9
 
Rushes/Yards/Average: 79 For 412 Yards, 5.2 Average, 1 TD (73 Yards vs. Whitworth 10/1)
 
Receptions/Yards: 18 For 142 Yards, 1 TD (48 Yards vs. Whitworth 10/1) 
 
Kickoff Returns/Yards/Average: 33 For 625 Yards, 18.94 Average (30 Yards at Pacific Lutheran 10/8)
 
Total Yards: 1,179 Yards (266 Total Yards vs. Whitworth 10/1) 
  • Became the first Pioneer to earn D3football.com All-Region honors since 2011
  • Named to the NWC All-Conference team
  • Served as the Pioneers second running back, top kickoff returner and long snapper in his first season with Lewis & Clark  
  • Tied for first in the Northwest Conference with his 1,179 All-Purpose yards (131.0 per game)
  • Led the league with 625 kickoff return yards 
  • Finished first on the team with his 5.2 average on rushes and second on the team in total rushes (79) and rushing yards (412) 
  • Ended the year with seven solo tackles (eight total), two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery – with the majority of those stats coming on special teams 
  • Rushed for 58 or more yards three times
  • Posted 80 or more kickoff return yards five times 
  • Made his Pioneer debut against Puget Sound in the opener and racked up 42 rushing yards (one TD), seven receiving yards and 25 kickoff return yards (74 total yards)
  • Recorded the third-most yards of any player in the NWC all-season (266 yards), when he rushed for a season-high 112 yards (10 carries), added a season-high 64 receiving yards (four catches, 1 TD) and added 90 yards on kickoff returns against Whitworth on October 1
  • Notched three solo tackles and a fumble recovery against #4 Linfield on November 12
At Lewis & Clark: Minoring in Entrepreneurship. 

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Transfer from Glendale Community College and the University of La Verne … Led Glendale CC in rushing yards (430) in just seven games during the 2019 season … Started his career at La Verne (2018) … Attended Saint Francis High School … Earned First Team All Angelus League and First Team All-CIF … Named the Team MVP and Most Valuable Rusher … Served as the Golden Knight (team captain) ... Father Kyle Washington played baseball at Cal State Northridge.

Why Lewis & Clark?: Visited the school and loved the culture the team created and the campus provided a real home type feeling!

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2022Junior

    RB
    5'11" 205 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2023Senior

    RB/LS
    5'11" 205 lbs
    25