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Season Begins with 3-0 Loss at Utah Valley August 13, 2010   OREM, Utah For the second consecutive season the Westminster womens soccer team opened the season with a loss at Utah Valley.  This time is was a 3-0 decision for the host Wolverines that dropped the Griffins to 0-1 on the season and 1-3...

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12 Days of Football...

  On the 12th day of football my true love gave to me.a top 25 ranking.Once again the Utes have been voted in the top 25 to begin the season.  The Utes have also been picked to take 2nd in the conference just behind TCU, and ahead of the team down south.  It still seems almost too good to be true th...

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Utah State Football Team Announces their 2010 Team Captains

Team has put great athletes and great students in the role as Team Captain.  Of teh six Captains, five of those are seniors.  THey are as follows.  For the offensive captains will be senior quarterback Diondre Borel, senior offensive lineman Spencer Johnson and senior running back Michael Smith. For...

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Wynn vs. Heaps

I am taking a stab at this.  I am only beginning to do my research on this, but wanted to post some thoughts for anyone willing to chime in. When looking at the two QB's, I am trying to decide which one will be the better quarterback this year.  I am not looking down the road, past this season, just...

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Frontier Coaches Tab Griffins for Fifth

SALT LAKE CITY The Frontier Conference released the annual womens volleyball preseason coaches poll today and Westminster was selected to finish fifth in the 2010 season.  The Griffins received 23 points in the poll of the eight head coaches in the conference.  Westminster returns six players and f...

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SUU T&F - Thunderbird Track & Field adds UCLA Transfer Kayla Kovar

CEDAR CITY, Utah - Aug. 11 - Southern Utah track and field head coach Eric Houle announced the addition on UCLA transfer Kayla Kovar to the list of 2010-11 signees.  Kovar competed for the Bruins during the 2009-10 season, originally signing out of Burroughs High School in Ridgecrest, Calif. where s...

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SUU VB - Thunderbird Volleyball Set to Begin 2010 Campaign

CEDAR CITY, Utah - Aug. 11 - SUU volleyball players took to the court for their first practice of the 2010 season on Tuesday afternoon, marking the genesis of the second season of the program after the inaugural season in 2009.  "We are excited to get going," said head coach Debby Baker.  "We look a...

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Griffins Open 2010 Campaign against Two NCAA DI Foes

SALT LAKE CITY -- The 2010 Westminster womens soccer team begins the season with two games on the road against NCAA DI teams this week.  The slate begins on Friday, August 13 at 6 p.m. against in-state foe Utah Valley in Orem.  The Griffins then travel to Pocatello, Idaho for a noon contest against ...

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Utah Ranked in USA Today Coaches' Preseason Top 25

The 2010 Utah football team is tied for No. 24 with West Virginia in the USA Today Coaches' Preseason Top 25, released today. It marks the third time in school history that the Utes have cracked the USA Today Coaches' Preseason Top 25. Utah's first preseason appearance in the coaches' poll was in 20...

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First Day of Practice for 2010 Weber State Football Goes Well

Practice #1 - Friday, August 6th  Coach Ron McBride and his staff welcomed 90 players (the NCAA Division I FCS allowable number) to the first day of practice.   The team was divided up into two groups with the first group going from 8:50-10:10 and the second group going from 10:30 to 11:50.      Fri...

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Former Weber State Men's Track and Field Coach, Chick Hislop, named to the USTFFCCA Hall of Fame Cla

     Charles "Chick" Hislop, who spent 38 seasons as the men's cross country/track and field coach at Weber State University, is one of six individuals being inducted into the 2010 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held...

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Weber States men and women track and field teams each earned All-Academic status from the United State Track&Field Cross Country Coaches Association.  A total of 151 womens teams, and 73 mens teams, posted grade point averages of 3.00 or better for the 2009-10 academic year.  Oklahoma (3.62) had...

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Sarah Callister, Ally Dean, Tiffany Hellstrom and Amber Henry Are Among 557 Nationwide     A record total of 557 student-athletes representing 152 institutions were named to the 2009-10 Womens  United States Track&Field and Cross Country Coaches Associations (USTFCCCA All-Academic team.      To ...

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THREE WILDCATS NAMED TO THE UNITED STATE TRACK&FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY COACHES ASSOCIATION 2009-10

 .... Jace Nye, Zach Parry and Steve Shepherd Are Among 357 Athletes Receiving Honors       A record total of 357 student-athletes representing 118 institutions were named to the 2009-10 United States Track&Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team. To qualify, stu...

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 .... Wildcats Rank 15th Among NCAA Division I Teams       Weber State womens golf team was honored by the National Golf Coaches Association as having one of the top 25 Team Grade Point Averages in NCAA Womens Golf. The Wildcats, coached by Jeff Smith, posted a 3.583 gpa for the 2009-10 academic yea...

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UU MT&F/XC - Southern Utah Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Complete 2010-11 Class

CEDAR CITY, Utah - July 26 - Southern Utah cross country/track & field head coach Eric Houle has announced the additions of 20 student-athletes that will be joining the Thunderbird men for the 2010-11 season.  "We look forward to bringing in these athletes and unlocking that potential that each ...

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Nine Westminster Teams Recognized by the NAIA

SALT LAKE CITY The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the Scholar team awards for the 2009-10 season on Tuesday and all nine of Westminsters NAIA teams made the list.  The nine teams making the list are the most in school history.  The nine teams on the list represen...

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Cross Country Announces 2010 Schedule

SALT LAKE CITY The schedule for the 2010 Westminster cross country teams was released this afternoon by head coach Craig Binkley.  Westminster will compete in five events during the season in Montana, Idaho and California in hopes of qualifying for the 2010 NAIA National Championships for the first...

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Weber State's J.C. Oram (6-4, 310 Jr. OG) Named Second Team Pre-Season All-America by The Sports Ne

    The Sports Network, which sponsors the NCAA Division I FCS Walter Payton, Buck Buchanan and Eddie Robinson Awards, has released its 2010 Division I FCS Pre-Season All-America teams.       Twelve players from the Big Sky Conference were selected to the three teams.  Weber State University guard J...

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SUU WT&F - Southern Utah Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Complete 2010-11 Class

CEDAR CITY, Utah - July 26 - Southern Utah cross country/track & field head coach Eric Houle has announced the additions of 12 female student-athletes that will be joining the Thunderbirds for the 2010-11 season.  "These athletes are on a level that will help us a great deal," Houle said.  "Thes...

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