Awards

Some top awards went to University of Wyoming students at the Association of College Unions International Region IV Conference recently held in Corvallis, Ore.  Jacob Chavez Jr. and Madison Cooley, student graphic design employees in the Wyoming Union marketing office, took part in the “Steal This Idea” graphic design competition...

The Laramie Plainsmen and Lady Plainsmen were represented by 12 players on the 4A All-State and All-Conference teams for the 2014 season.

Despite missing the last five games of the 2014 season with a knee injury, Wyoming junior forward Larry Nance Jr. was named First Team All-Mountain West and to the league's All-Defensive Team today by MW head coaches and a select media panel.

Wyoming junior forward Kayla Woodward was one of two Cowgirls to earn recognition Sunday, as the Mountain West Conference announced its 2014 All-Conference team and individual award winners.

Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston won the 79th Heisman Trophy on Saturday night in New York City, becoming the the youngest player ever to be named the nation's most outstanding college football player.

Ten Wyoming senior athletes have been selected as finalists for the 2013 Milward Simpson Athlete of the Year Award. Madison Legerski of Laramie is among the female candidates who could receive this rather distinctive honor. The two winners of the award will be announced Saturday, June 22, in Casper.

For the first time ever, a female student-athlete from Laramie High School has earned the highly distinguished Southeast District Administrators Association Outstanding Senior Athlete Award. The honor has been bestowed upon Laramie's Madison Legerski. She has excelled both on and off the court in a variety of ways, and received the accolade by beating out several other high-quality candidates from all four classifications in the Southeast District.

For the first time in her career, senior Chaundra Sewell has been selected to the 2013 WBCA Division I Coaches’ Honorable Mention All-America Team. She is one of four Cowgirls in school history to earn the honor and the first since 2008.