Creer’s Column: Kobe

January 31, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes How loss and legacy affects us all The news broke on a Sunday morning: Kobe Bryant, 41 years old, along with his daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash. To many who follow the sports world, a legend had been lost. More importantly, there were people that day who lost a father, […]

UVU Baseball Preview: What’s Ahead?

January 31, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes If one were to peer through the gates of UCCU Ballpark today, they would likely see bulldozers tearing up the outfield grass and molding the underlying soil into 8-foot tall mounds — not what one might expect from a field set to host Wolverine home games in a month. A new artificial playing surface will be installed prior to UVU’s home opener on Tuesday, March 10, but the current state of the ballpark seems to mirror a transitioning team with high aspirations.

Where are they now? Women’s basketball

January 31, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes After discussing the former Utah Valley men’s basketball players that no longer wear Wolverine jerseys, for a number of reasons, it’s only fitting to discuss their counterparts. The women’s basketball team didn’t see too many roster spots open up from transfers or graduations. Nevertheless, looking at last year’s team picture to this year, a few […]

Wolverines track and field look complete at the Ed Jacoby invite

January 29, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Boise State hosted Utah Valley University and several other local teams at their annual Ed Jacoby indoor track meet on Jan. 24-25. The meet was by far the biggest so far for the Wolverines as they competed against 20 other teams. The Wolverines —who performed well over the weekend — showed that they’ll be able to compete as a complete team to potentially win the WAC championship next month.

UVU falls in close match against No. 22 Stanford

January 29, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley University wrestling team exchanged individual victories against Stanford University, who is currently ranked No. 22 in the nation. Despite the eventual 25-19 loss, the Wolverines showed that they could compete against any team in the nation.

National Science Foundation gives UVU Biology Department $1 million grant

January 27, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes As a shortage of well-educated STEM workers in the US threatens the nation’s competitiveness in the global economy, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is researching ways to increase retention and graduation rates of STEM majors.  The million dollar grant from the NSF’s S-STEM program will give 31 students a full-tuition scholarship for up to 6 […]

Humans of UVU: Chase Petersen

January 27, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chase Petersen, a 27-year-old junior studying musical theater, shared his five year journey that got him to UVU. Petersen began his college journey back in 2014 at BYU-Idaho. He attended college there for a semester before he transferred to Utah State University. After a year and a half there, he decided to take a break […]

UVU hangs on late, wins first game at GCU since 2014

January 26, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes The victory for UVU in Phoenix was a rather big one, having lost their previous five games at GCU. UVU’s last win at GCU Arena prior to Saturday night came on Feb. 6, 2014, when they won 68-79. However, the ‘Lopes still hold a now 10-6 all-time series record over UVU.