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Cowboys diving productive on day one of Air Force Invite
27
Jan
Colorado Springs, CO - The Wyoming diving squad had a productive day at the Air Force Diving Invite on Friday at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Sophomore Cowboy Derek Campbell finished in first place on the 3-meter springboard with an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 347.00. Today’s competition events included the men’s 3-meter springboard, women’s platform dive and women’s 1-meter springboard.
“I am pretty happy with how my kids dove today,” Wyoming diving coach Pat Bukowski said.
The Wyoming divers best finishes came on the men’s 3-meter springboard. Cowboys Campbell, Dalton Haas and Valentin Schwarz finished first, second and third, respectively. Campbell’s final score of 347.00 was 17 points higher than the required NCAA Zone qualifying score of 330.00. Freshman Haas finished second with a score of 309.05 and senior Schwarz rounded out the top three with a mark of 303.60.
“Derek had an awesome day today,” Bukowski said. “All three guys had a solid round in the prelims and just crushed it in the finals.”
In the women’s platform dive competition, Cowgirls Carolyn Wallace and Sasha Andrie both finished in the top 10 of the 15-compeitior event. Wallace finished in sixth place with a final tally of 205.50. Andrie finished with a mark of 185.55 which was good enough for 10thplace.
The Cowgirl divers also competed on the 1-meter springboard, but did not qualify any divers for the finals.
The Air Force Diving Invite will continue Saturday, Jan. 28 beginning at 10 a.m. MT with the men’s 1-meter springboard. Competition will continue with the women’s 3-meter at noon and conclude with the men’s platform dive at 3 p.m.
“I am hoping we have another good day tomorrow,” Bukowski said. “I would love to see another one of my divers pick up a Zone score.”
40 Wyoming student-athletes earn academic All MWC Honors
26
Jan
Laramie, WY - The Mountain West announced Thursday its Academic All-Conference teams for the five fall sports sponsored by the Mountain West. The University of Wyoming had 40 student-athletes honored in the fall sports of: men’s cross country, women’s cross country, football, soccer and volleyball.
Wyoming’s 40 Academic All-Conference honorees for the fall tied UW for third among the eight member institutions in the Mountain West. Boise State had 53 student-athletes honored, TCU had 41 and Wyoming and New Mexico each had 40.
Leading the way for Wyoming was the Cowgirl Volleyball team, which had 11 individuals achieve Academic All-MW followed by men’s cross country, which had 8 student-athletes named Academic All-Conference. Wyoming’s football, women’s cross country and women’s soccer teams each had seven individuals named to the team.
Of Wyoming’s 40 student-athletes honored two were graduate students, seven were seniors, 12 were juniors, nine were sophomores and 10 were freshmen.
The average cumulative grade-point-average for Wyoming’s 40 honorees was exactly 3.50. Two Cowgirls and two Cowboys received perfect 4.00 cumulative grade-point averages.
The criteria for selection to the team are: student-athletes must have completed at least one full semester at their university, must have achieved a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.00 or higher and must have been a starter or significant contributor to their team.
Academic All-MW teams for winter and spring sports will be announced later in 2012 after completion of those sports’ seasons. Wyoming’s 2011 Fall Sport Academic All-MW selections are listed below.
Fall 2011 Mountain West Academic All-Conference Awards
University of Wyoming Selections
Cumulative
Sport Name Class GPA Major
Men’s Cross Country Paul Burke Senior 3.59 Biology
Men’s Cross Country Nik Deininger Senior 3.15 Physical Education Teaching
Men’s Cross Country Nick Ekel Senior 3.66 Geography
Men’s Cross Country Tyler Gifford Junior 4.00 Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Men’s Cross Country Ryan Griesbach Senior 4.00 Molecular Biology
Men’s Cross Country Ken Lane Junior 3.11 Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Men’s Cross Country Greg Miller Graduate 3.27 Pharmacy
Men’s Cross Country Garrett Zans Sophomore 3.56 Electrical Engineering
Women’s Cross Country Abi Bever Junior 3.44 English
Women’s Cross Country Devon England Sophomore 3.92 Animal & Veterinary Science
Women’s Cross Country Andrea Klimowski Sophomore 3.94 Psychology
Women’s Cross Country McKynzie Maher Senior 3.36 Elementary Education
Women’s Cross Country Kirsten McKen Sophomore 3.09 Elementary Education
Women’s Cross Country Holly Page Freshman 3.79 Elementary Education
Women’s Cross Country Emily Swigart Sophomore 3.55 Physiology
Football Alex Borgs Freshman 3.03 Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Football Nick Carlson Junior 3.08 Geography
Football Clayton Kirven Graduate 3.23 Physical Education Teaching
Football Keenan Montgomery Sophomore 3.54 English
Football Luke Ruff Junior 3.57 Civil Engineering
Football Dominic Rufran Freshman 3.00 Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Football Daniel Sullivan Freshman 3.00 Undeclared- Business
Women’s Soccer Hayley Charlton Freshman 3.07 Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Women’s Soccer Kasey Curtis Freshman 3.77 Journalism
Women’s Soccer Kayla Davis Senior 3.33 Communication
Women’s Soccer Sydney Jones Junior 3.46 Zoology
Women’s Soccer Loren Mahoney Freshman 3.75 Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Women’s Soccer Allison Masumiya Senior 3.21 Elementary Education
Women’s Soccer Sheree Small Freshman 3.25 Undeclared
Women’s Volleyball Makenzie Bartsch Junior 3.69 Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Women’s Volleyball Camille Coffman Junior 3.32 Communication
Women’s Volleyball Rachel Keyes Sophomore 4.00 Secondary Education/English
Women’s Volleyball Erin Kirby Redshirt Freshman 3.44 Speech Language & Hearing Science
Women’s Volleyball Calli Miller Sophomore 3.41 Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Women’s Volleyball Reese Plante Sophomore 3.72 Art
Women’s Volleyball Jodi Purdy Junior 3.65 Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Women’s Volleyball Emily Rochelle Sophomore 4.00 Speech Language & Hearing Science
Women’s Volleyball Meghan Sipe Freshman 3.70 Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Women’s Volleyball Whitney Smith Freshman 3.65 Petroleum Engineering
Women’s Volleyball Becky Stewart Sophomore 3.56 Elementary Education
LeBlanc claims WWC award
25
Jan
Orem, UT – Wyoming Cowboys’s senior wrestler Joe LeBlanc was named the Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Week on Tuesday.
LeBlanc, the top-ranked wrestler in the nation at 184 pounds, had one of his most impressive performances of the season Jan. 20 versus Cal Poly, in which he wrestled at 197 pounds. The three-time All-America honoree from Wyoming moved up to take on the 18th-ranked Ryan Smith of Cal Poly.
In two matches last week LaBlanc scored a 12-1 major decision over the 18th ranked wrestler in the nation, Ryan Smith of Cal Poly. The next night, LeBlanc followed up his outstanding effort by pinning Utah Valley’s David Prieto in the first period (2:23).
After scoring two wins last week LeBlanc has 20 on the season. The WWC weekly honor is LeBlanc’s second of the season and fifth of his career.
Seven of the 11 weeks this season a Wyoming wrestler has been named wrestler of the week.
2011-12 WWC Wrestlers of the Week
Nov. 9 – Cole VonOhlen (Air Force)
Nov. 15 – Shane Onufer (Wyoming)
Nov. 22 – Kasey Garnhart (Wyoming)/Steven Monk (North Dakota State)
Nov. 29 – Ryan Loder (Northern Iowa)
Dec. 6 – Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming)
Dec. 13 – Zach Zehner (Wyoming)
Dec. 20 – Shane Onufer (Wyoming)
Jan. 4 – Steven Monk (North Dakota State)
Jan. 10 – Pat Martinez (Wyoming)
Jan. 17 – Cole VonOhlen (Air Force)
Jan. 24 – Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming
Pokes fall to Aztecs 52-42
25
Jan
Laramie, WY – Poor shooting and just flat out being out manned the Wyoming Cowboys Tuesday night 52-42. Wyoming (16-4 overall 2-2 MWC) shot 30% from the field while San Diego State shot 51% from the field for the game., the 51% was just to much for The Pokes to overcome.
Redshirt junior forward Leonard “The Summit” Washington led the way for Wyoming with 12 points, eight rebounds and three blocks, while redshirt junior guard Luke Martinez added 11 points and two steals.
The Cowboys only trailed by three at halftime 25-22 but a 16-4 run to open the second half put the Aztecs up 41-26 and that was to much for the Cowboys to overcome.
“[San Diego State] shot 51 percent from the field and 45 percent from three for the game,” UW head coach Larry Shyatt said. “If they were just a fair team, it would have been hard for us to win the game against an opponent shooting like that, but they’re much more than a fair team.”
Wyoming pulled it to within 10 late but could get no closer.
Wyoming will be back in action Saturday when they head to Boise, ID to take on the Boise State Broncos.
Larry Nance Jr. makes it to Yahoo…
25
Jan
A dunk Larry Nance Jr. made Tuesday night against San Diego State is featured on Yahoo…
Awrabi commits to Wyoming
23
Jan
Matthew Blaylock
Laramie, WY – Dave Christensen received another 2012 verbal commitment today when defensive end Sam Awrabi gave a verbal to Wyoming.
Awrabi who is from Clovis, CA is 6’3″ and weighs in at 240 pounds. He is a three star recruit according to Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247sports.com.
Below are video highlights from Awrabi’s junior season at Clovis East Highs School.
Washington earns MWC Player of the Week honor
23
Jan
Matthew Blaylock
Colorado Springs, CO – Wyoming Cowboy’s Leonard Washington has earned the Mountain West Co-Player of the week after his performances against Air Force and Colorado State.
“The Summit” as we have nicknamed here at Poke Pride averaged 22.5 points, 11 rebounds and 2.5 steals in the two games both Poke wins this past week. Washington had 13 points against Air Force Wednesday and followed that up Saturday against Colorado State with a 32 point 14 rebound performance.
Washington shared the Player of the Week honor with Anthony Marshall of UNLV.
The Cowboys will be back in action Tuesday night at the Arena Auditorium, they will welcome the nationally ranked San Diego State Aztecs to Laramie.
Larry Shyatt getting The Pokes some love
22
Jan
Matthew Blaylock
Larry Shyatt has done quite a bit for the Wyoming Cowboys basketball program since being named head coach. He has the team sitting at 16-3 on the season and 2-1 in conference play. He also has the team playing as a team something that has not been done in recent memory. Most of all he has fans coming back to the Arena Auditorium and the fans supporting The Pokes is something that needs to be done.
The turnaround that Larry Shyatt has done for this team is starting to be noticed by multiple media outlets. ESPN’s Andy Katz is the latest to take notice saying Laramie, WY is the place to be Tuesday night for basketball.
From Andy Katz on ESPN.com.
Laramie, Wyo. (San Diego State at Wyoming): How good has first-year coach Larry Shyatt been? Last season, Wyoming finished 10-21 and ranked No. 191 in the country in per-possession defense. Thus far this season, the 16-3 Cowboys rank No. 24. Now that’s a turnaround. But can Wyoming turn this sudden and unexpected success into an NCAA tournament bid? If that’s part of the plan, a win over the ranked Aztecs at home must be, too.
http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/notebookweeklywatch1207/week-7
It is nice to see Wyoming finally getting some respect back in the program and all of this can pretty much be credited to one man… Larry Shyatt.
Christensen’s 2012 recruits
22
Jan
Matthew Blaylock
As we stated the other day Dave Christensen has done one thing really well since taking over the head coaching job at Wyoming, recruiting. His 2012 class is stacking up to look like another stellar class.
All though a bit undersized three star recruit Justin Bernthaler will give the defensive line some nice speed. Bernthaler stands at 6’3″ tall but only tips the scales at 240 pounds a bit undersized for a defensive lineman. What he lacks in size he seem to make up for in speed.
Running back Evan Williams is a much needed piece of the puzzle since Alvester Alexander has declared for the NFL draft. Williams comes to Wyoming from Iowa Western Community College. Running a 4.4 40, Williams is elusive and does not go down easy on first contact. Williams has already signed his letter of intent to play for The Pokes. His video is from high school so it is a couple of years old.
All though not rated by Rivals running back Shaun Wick out of Ventura, CA looks to have elusive speed and was looked at by many colleges. As you can see from his video if he lives up to the highlights he could be a recruiting steal.
We will post more videos of Wyoming verbals over the next few days be sure to check them out.
