Reading Time: 2 minutes Last summer, USU was granted $1.5 million by the state legislature in order to pay the cost of attendance for student-athletes. Members of the Western Athletic Conference, New Mexico State and Grand Canyon also pay the cost of attendance for student-athletes. BYU athletics approved to pay its student-athletes $4,500 last May. Unfortunately, UVU does not […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM — With two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, Grand Canyon center fielder Thomas Lerouge singled into left field to score the game-winning run and give the Lopes a 2-1 victory over UVU at Brazell Stadium in Phoenix in the WAC opener for both teams on Thursday night. UVU fell to 11-12 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU softball team went to Hawaii Feb. 26-28 to compete in the Bank of Hawaii Invitational. They played six games, three against Portland State and three against the University of Hawaii. The results weren’t quite what the team hoped for as they were winless on the trip. But this isn’t about the outcome of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Student sections at collegiate athletic events are an important piece in creating an atmosphere that creates a home field or home court advantage. It is the same for schools in Utah and the Western Athletic Conference. BYU has the “ROC”. Utah has “The MUSS”. Grand Canyon has “The Havocs.” New Mexico State has “The Panamaniacs”. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Do they have too much? From college football players to LeBron James, we have seen athletes play their cards to influence those around them at extreme levels. With the amount of money that major collegiate and professional sports bring in, the overseers feel the need to acquiesce the athletes’ every request. This season in the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wolverine bats make noise in final game of tourney SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The Utah Valley University baseball team finished the weekend at the Jack Gifford Memorial Tournament in Santa Clara, Calif. with a record of 1-3 after starting three games with cold bats. The bats came alive in the Wolverines’ final game against the UC Davis […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes OREM — Seattle University guard Brandon Westendorf has a knack for hitting buzzer-beating shots. He did it earlier this year against Chicago State and unfortunately for the UVU men’s basketball team, he did it twice on Saturday night in Seattle. Westendorf hit one to end the first half and cut the Redhawks deficit to four […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM — The UVU baseball team collected 16 hits in an 8-4 win over the University of San Francisco in a mid-week contest on Wednesday even at Evans Diamond on the University of California at Berkeley. With the win, UVU improves to 3-2 on the season and recorded their highest hit total of the season […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Danny Beddes won’t throw any curveballs about the season Right-handed pitcher Danny Beddes is starting his senior season with the UVU baseball team and hopes to lead the Wolverines to a Western Athletic Conference title. Beddes has shown steady improvement over his first three seasons at UVU and is set for a big year in […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes We have a group at school, the MAWL, which claims to be the voice of UVU Athletics, according to their twitter account. They have over 1,200 VIP members and memberships are up 800 percent. The MAWL has provided UVU with attendance setting records at men and women’s soccer games over the past two seasons, which […]