Cleaning glass

February 21, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Robinson set to break school rebounding record The glass backboards in the UCCU Center look cleaner than ever before thanks to junior forward Geddes Robinson, who continues to clean glass with his rebound stats on the rise. Rebounding can either win or lose the game for a team, and with the men’s basketball team full […]

The house that Kjar built

February 14, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Much like how Yankee Stadium is nicknamed “The House That Ruth Built” due to his championship influence, The Activity Center should be called “The House That Kjar Built” when the mats are all rolled out. There is no denying how special senior Ben Kjar is when it comes to the UVU wrestling program and its […]

Sports Briefs February 15, 2011

February 14, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU’s Isiah Williams named Great West Conference Player of the Week NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Utah Valley University’s Isiah Williams has been named the Great West Conference Player of the Week after leading the Wolverines to two conference road wins last week. The award was announced on Feb. 7 by the league office. Williams scored a […]

Wolverines bucked by Broncos

February 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes With the college wrestling world still talking about UVU’s 22-20 upset at home last year, the Wolverines headed up to Boise State Feb. 4 to face some pretty upset Broncos. The duel was set to begin with the 141-pound weight class, and senior Justin Morrill started off right where the Wolverines left off last year, […]

Baseball enters 2011 season as ‘team to beat’

February 14, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Wolverines will play four sets of series away before they open home play Mar. 17. Last season saw the Wolverines finish with the Great West Conference regular season title and the GWC tournament championship. Also, they finished with a 42-17 record following a 14-game winning streak. “You always hope that the way you end […]

Lady Wolverines still looking for a high point

February 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes After a tough loss to Chicago State on Jan. 27, the lady Wolverines got back on the court Jan. 29 to battle the NJIT Highlanders. Unlike the Chicago State contest, turnovers didn’t define the game against the Highlanders. The lady Wolverines kept their turnovers to 11 and only allowed NJIT to translate them into six […]

Sports Brief February 7, 2011

February 7, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute GWC Announces 2010 Fall Academic All-Conference Honorees NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Great West Conference announced its 2010 Fall Academic All-Conference honors for the sports of football, men’s and women’s cross-country, women’s soccer and volleyball, and 30 UVU athletes were honored. Making up the academic team are 40 football players, 23 men’s cross country runners, 32 […]

4 more chances to win 1 grand

February 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Besides the phenomenal athleticism you will witness at the UVU men’s basketball games, $1,000 could be in store for you at one of the next four games. For the 2010-11 men’s basketball season, the UVU Athletic Department teamed up with Pinnacle Security to give away $1000 to one lucky student at each men’s basketball game […]

From street court to Wolverine star

February 7, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Picture this: an old, run down, elementary school street court, the one you’d see in a movie or on a TV show about a great basketball star finding true love with the game. Now, insert UVU junior guard Isiah Williams. Williams grew up right across the street from a court like this, and just like […]

Wolverines move up in Great West

February 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes With winning momentum gained from their victory over Chicago State on Jan. 27, the men’s basketball team hit their home court again two days later, Jan. 29, to host NJIT. Taking a win over the Highlanders put the Wolverines 4-1 in the Great West Conference as they went into last week’s games against the University […]