Cassia Haft

Cassia Haft

Board Member

When Cassia Haft and her family travel to Pullman for a football game, there’s no mistaking which team they are rooting for. Their car sports Cougar license plates, and her husband Steve decorates all sides with Cougar magnets and signs.

“You can see us coming for miles.” Cassia joked. “We get lots of honks and thumbs up as we drive by.”

Both Cassia and Steve graduated from WSU in 1997 and their school pride is displayed everywhere, from their Cougar-themed home office to the Cougar flags they fly outside.

Interestingly, Cassia’s love for WSU didn’t start until her sophomore year of college. The Spokane native first went to the University of Washington, then transferred to WSU after her first year.

“When I got to Pullman, I absolutely loved it,” she said. “It’s hard to put in words what makes WSU so special.”

Cassia joined the CougParents Advisory Board to stay connected with WSU and help students have the same amazing college experience she had. Unlike most other schools, she said, being a Coug is a lifelong experience. It’s something you never lose.

It has been 25 years since she graduated from WSU, and Cassia joins 11 of her Kappa Alpha Theta sorority sisters every July to run in the Northwest Passage Ragnar Relay, a 276 mile stretch between Blaine and Langley, Wash.

“Getting together for the relay is more about maintaining our friendship than it is running,” she said. “We love being with each other and reminiscing about our days at WSU.”

Cassia and Steve’s daughter, Hailey, is a student in WSU’s Global Campus.