Getting Back on Track. . .
The Cowgirl volleyball team has an important home stand this week hosting Air Force on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Boise State on Saturday at 7 p.m. Thursday’s promotion is Commemorative Poster Night were the first 300 fans will receive one. Saturday is Dig for the Cure. If you wear pink to Saturday’s Boise State match, your admission will be $1. Pink Rally towels will be given to the first 350 fans through the gate. Fans may pledge a dollar amount for each dig made by the Cowgirls, and that money will be donated to the Wyoming Foundation for Cancer Cure.
Cowboy Joe Club News. . .
If you are traveling to Fresno for the Cowboy-Bulldog football game this Saturday be sure to drop by Swigg’s Bar at 1440 E. Shaw Avenue for a pre-game Cowboy Joe Club gathering. It’s a no-host event. Fans may order off the menu and there will be a cash bar. The pre-game function begins at 5:00 p.m. (PST) and will shut down at 7 p.m.
Congratulations to Mike Nash of Green River, who was the lucky winner of the 2012 Chevy Silverado donated by Laramie GM Auto Center and Infinity Power and Controls. The raffle was a tremendous success raising over $38,000 for the Club.
From the Ticket Office. . .
Remember nationally-ranked Boise State is in War Memorial Stadium next week (October 27) for the Breast Cancer Awareness game. That kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. UW is offering a ticket package that includes a pink rally towel and game-ticket. The Wyoming Foundation for Cancer Cure will receive $5 from each package sold. This package is not available on game-day but may be purchased online here, by phone at 1-877-WYO-FAN1 and at the ticket office.
This year’s Border War (November 3) will feature a holiday tradition, accepting toys for the Toys for Tots program. Please bring new, unwrapped toys to the game. Collection receptacles will be located at each entrance of War Memorial Stadium. Toys for Tots is the Marine Corps’ premier community action program.
Wyoming’s Cowboy basketball team will open its season hosting Ft. Lewis for an exhibition game at Wyoming Indian High School in Ethete, on October 31, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available and are priced at $10 for adults and $5 for youth. Tickets are available online, over the phone, and at the ticket office. Tickets also will be available at the door on the night of the game.
Wrestling season tickets also are on sale now. Priced at $50, tickets may be purchased online or at the ticket office. The Cowboy Open, Boise State, Nebraska, Oregon State, Air Force (at Cheyenne) and North Dakota State are featured on the home schedule.
Inside Cowboy Football Web Show...
Inside Cowboy Football with Dave Christensen presented by Union Wireless can be seen each Tuesday throughout the football season by logging on here. The show will have highlights for the previous week's game, a Cowboys player segment along with a look ahead to the next game.
From the Compliance Office (Booster involvement with student-athletes: Occasional meals)…
Boosters may provide an occasional meal to a student-athlete or an entire UW athletics team. However, these meals may only be provided on special occasions and infrequently. The meal may take place in a booster’s home, on campus or at a facility that is regularly used for home competition. Occasional meals may be catered as well. Boosters interested in providing a meal for a specific team must contact the applicable sport. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact our compliance staff. Jessica Kumke, Director of Compliance – (307) 766-4960 or Peter Prigge, Compliance Assistant – (307) 766-3795.
Around the Chutes. . .
Volleyball’s matches with Air Force and Boise State are the only home events scheduled this week.
The soccer team will take on San Diego State at San Diego on Friday (October 19), then travel to Albuquerque to battle New Mexico on Sunday (October 21).
The cross country teams will be training one more week to prepare for the Mountain West Championships scheduled for Las Vegas on October 26.
Congratulations to the Cowboy and Cowgirl swimming programs who opened the 2012 regular season with victories at the Denver University Relays last weekend in Denver. The Cowgirls defeated DU, 201-173 while the Cowboys beat both Denver (172-179) and Air Force (172-94). When Wyoming defeated DU’s men’s program, it marked the first time in the history of the Relays that Denver had lost.
Veronica Popovici and Simona Synkova, the Cowgirl’s top-flight doubles team came up just short in their bid for a second straight ITA Mountain Regional Title when they lost 8-5 to a doubles team from the University of Utah.
The Cowgirl golf team finished sixth in its own Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate tournament last Saturday and Sunday at the Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif. Fresno State won the 19-team tournament.
The Cowgirl volleyball team has an important home stand this week hosting Air Force on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Boise State on Saturday at 7 p.m. Thursday’s promotion is Commemorative Poster Night were the first 300 fans will receive one. Saturday is Dig for the Cure. If you wear pink to Saturday’s Boise State match, your admission will be $1. Pink Rally towels will be given to the first 350 fans through the gate. Fans may pledge a dollar amount for each dig made by the Cowgirls, and that money will be donated to the Wyoming Foundation for Cancer Cure.
Cowboy Joe Club News. . .
If you are traveling to Fresno for the Cowboy-Bulldog football game this Saturday be sure to drop by Swigg’s Bar at 1440 E. Shaw Avenue for a pre-game Cowboy Joe Club gathering. It’s a no-host event. Fans may order off the menu and there will be a cash bar. The pre-game function begins at 5:00 p.m. (PST) and will shut down at 7 p.m.
Congratulations to Mike Nash of Green River, who was the lucky winner of the 2012 Chevy Silverado donated by Laramie GM Auto Center and Infinity Power and Controls. The raffle was a tremendous success raising over $38,000 for the Club.
From the Ticket Office. . .
Remember nationally-ranked Boise State is in War Memorial Stadium next week (October 27) for the Breast Cancer Awareness game. That kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. UW is offering a ticket package that includes a pink rally towel and game-ticket. The Wyoming Foundation for Cancer Cure will receive $5 from each package sold. This package is not available on game-day but may be purchased online here, by phone at 1-877-WYO-FAN1 and at the ticket office.
This year’s Border War (November 3) will feature a holiday tradition, accepting toys for the Toys for Tots program. Please bring new, unwrapped toys to the game. Collection receptacles will be located at each entrance of War Memorial Stadium. Toys for Tots is the Marine Corps’ premier community action program.
Wyoming’s Cowboy basketball team will open its season hosting Ft. Lewis for an exhibition game at Wyoming Indian High School in Ethete, on October 31, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available and are priced at $10 for adults and $5 for youth. Tickets are available online, over the phone, and at the ticket office. Tickets also will be available at the door on the night of the game.
Wrestling season tickets also are on sale now. Priced at $50, tickets may be purchased online or at the ticket office. The Cowboy Open, Boise State, Nebraska, Oregon State, Air Force (at Cheyenne) and North Dakota State are featured on the home schedule.
Inside Cowboy Football Web Show...
Inside Cowboy Football with Dave Christensen presented by Union Wireless can be seen each Tuesday throughout the football season by logging on here. The show will have highlights for the previous week's game, a Cowboys player segment along with a look ahead to the next game.
From the Compliance Office (Booster involvement with student-athletes: Occasional meals)…
Boosters may provide an occasional meal to a student-athlete or an entire UW athletics team. However, these meals may only be provided on special occasions and infrequently. The meal may take place in a booster’s home, on campus or at a facility that is regularly used for home competition. Occasional meals may be catered as well. Boosters interested in providing a meal for a specific team must contact the applicable sport. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact our compliance staff. Jessica Kumke, Director of Compliance – (307) 766-4960 or Peter Prigge, Compliance Assistant – (307) 766-3795.
Around the Chutes. . .
Volleyball’s matches with Air Force and Boise State are the only home events scheduled this week.
The soccer team will take on San Diego State at San Diego on Friday (October 19), then travel to Albuquerque to battle New Mexico on Sunday (October 21).
The cross country teams will be training one more week to prepare for the Mountain West Championships scheduled for Las Vegas on October 26.
Congratulations to the Cowboy and Cowgirl swimming programs who opened the 2012 regular season with victories at the Denver University Relays last weekend in Denver. The Cowgirls defeated DU, 201-173 while the Cowboys beat both Denver (172-179) and Air Force (172-94). When Wyoming defeated DU’s men’s program, it marked the first time in the history of the Relays that Denver had lost.
Veronica Popovici and Simona Synkova, the Cowgirl’s top-flight doubles team came up just short in their bid for a second straight ITA Mountain Regional Title when they lost 8-5 to a doubles team from the University of Utah.
The Cowgirl golf team finished sixth in its own Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate tournament last Saturday and Sunday at the Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif. Fresno State won the 19-team tournament.