Wendling concluded his Wyoming football career as one of the most decorated student-athletes in school history. A hard-hitting safety, he earned Honorable Mention All-Mountain West Conference as a sophomore and a junior, and was named First Team All-Mountain West Conference as a senior in 2006. His myriad of honors was highlighted by being named a second team All American by College Football News.com. He finished his four-year career ranked No. 10 in school history in career tackles with 259. He led Wyoming in tackles his senior season, being credited with 78. The Rock Springs, Wyo., native was elected Wyoming’s defensive team captain as a senior. Academically, Wendling earned a post-graduate scholarship by being named a finalist for the Draddy Trophy, which is presented annually by the National Football Foundation (NFF) to the top football scholar-athlete in the country. He earned another of the nation’s top academic honors when ESPN The Magazine named him a Second Team Academic All American in voting by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Wendling also earned Academic All-Conference honors all four years of his career at Wyoming. He played in the East-West Shrine Game to conclude his college playing career and participated in the NFL Combine. Wendling was drafted by the Buffalo Bills with the 10th pick in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He also played for the Detroit Lions.

A trailblazer in women’s athletics, Waddell was a four-year letterwinner for the Cowgirl basketball team. She scored 1,521 points in her career, averaging 13.1 points per game. She holds the Cowgirl record for blocked shots with 322. She had nine blocks in a game three times during her career. She holds four of the top six places all-time for blocks in a season. She is still in the top five in the Cowgirl record book for career rebounds with 947, and ranks tenth in career scoring. A versatile player, she had 36 double-doubles during her career. After earning her degree from UW, she was a speech pathologist in Wyoming public schools for many years.

An outstanding hitter and first baseman, Mulvaney earned all-Western Athletic Conference honors in 1986 and 1987 and was named a third-team All-American in 1987. A four-year letterwinner, Mulvaney posted a career batting average of .396 and holds the Cowboy career records for hits with 261, runs batted in with 194 and runs scored (193). He is also listed in the top three in doubles (55) and home runs (37). Coached by Bill Kinneberg, the Cowboys finished first in the WAC Eastern Division in 1986 with a record of 29-19 and claimed third place in the Western Division in 1987 at 27-22. Mulvaney was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the MLB Draft. He earned a degree in Education from UW and went on to teach and coach at the college and high school levels for many years.

Hugh Lowham lettered four years for the UW Wrestling Team and helped the team to three conference titles (1961, 1962, and 1964). He was scheduled to redshirt his freshman year but Coach Everett Lantz asked him to give up his redshirt and compete to help the team. He ended up as the runner-up Skyline conference champion that year, and followed that up with three straight conference championships at three different weights. His sophomore year, he was the Skyline Conference champion at 177 pounds, his junior year he won the WAC championship at 191 pounds, and followed that up by winning the WAC championship title at heavyweight as a senior. Lowham left Wyoming with a degree in Engineering and began a distinguished career with the U.S. Geological Survey, later forming Lowham Engineering, a company specializing in water and environmental projects. Lowham has been a lifelong supporter of the UW Wrestling program.

Jimerson came to Wyoming after a stellar junior college All-American career at the University of Colorado at Pueblo. He immediately became a star on the basketball court and a popular man on campus. Jimerson is credited with helping to break the color barrier at Wyoming, being the first man of color to earn a scholarship and all-conference honors. He was named All-Skyline Conference both years (Honorable Mention in 1961 and First Team in 1962). His senior year, Jimerson led the team in scoring and free throw percentage and was fourth in scoring in the conference. He is still 10th all-time in career free throw percentage at 79.9%. He averaged 14.6 points and 4.8 rebounds for his career. Jimerson earned his bachelor’s degree in Education in 1963, while working with the basketball team as a student coach. He played for the Wyoming All-Stars in the Western Invitational Basketball Tournament in Lewiston, Montana, scoring 25 points in one game. In 1964, he enlisted in the Army and was honorably discharged in 1967 following 12 months in Vietnam in combat zones and receiving eight military decorations. He graduated from the FBI Academy in 1968 and went on to a long and illustrious career with the Bureau.

Wyoming’s all-time career leader in passing yards with 9,684, Bramlet started at quarterback for three years. He earned Mountain West all-conference second-team honors in 2001 and honorable mention honors in 2002 and 2003. A team captain in 2002 and 2003, Bramlet started 40 games at quarterback for Wyoming, including every game from 2001-2003. Bramlet still holds records at Wyoming for career pass attempts (1378) and career pass completions (767), and is second in career touchdown passes with 56. Bramlet played in the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Hula Bowl. He was drafted in the 7th round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals and played in the NFL with the Bengals, the Washington Redskins, and the San Diego Chargers. Playing in the NFL Europe league, Bramlet led Hamburg to a title and was named MVP in the World Bowl XV in 2007.

The most popular and dynamic player ever to play at UW, Josh Allen brought the national spotlight to Wyoming football. Allen quarterbacked the Cowboys to two consecutive eight-win seasons, a berth in the Mountain West Championship game in 2016 and two bowl games. Over his career at Wyoming, Allen accounted for 5,833 yards of total offense, with 5,066 passing yards and 767 rushing yards. He was responsible for 57 touchdowns during his career, 44 passing, 12 rushing, and one receiving. He graduated in December 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in social science. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills with the 7th pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft, Wyoming’s highest-ever draft pick. He earned second team All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2016 and honorable mention in 2017. He was a two-time team captain and a tremendous leader. While at Wyoming, he participated in the Manning Passing Academy, was the 2017 pre-season Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year, was on watch lists for the Walter Camp Award, the Maxwell Award, the Manning Award, and the Davey O’Brien Award. He was the MVP of the 2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. He participated in the Senior Bowl and was named the North Team Most Outstanding Player. He became a nationally-known figure and a study of media coverage during his time at Wyoming estimated an exposure value of more than $46 million to the school. He has continued to bring positive attention to the University during his NFL career and was recently named the 2024-25 NFL Most Valuable Player.

Robins was named an All-Region selection by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in
1994, one of only nine Cowgirls in UW history to earn that honor. As the setter for the 1994
volleyball team, she earned all-Western Athletic Conference first-team honors while leading
Wyoming to the NCAA Tournament. With her quarterbacking the offense, the 1994 Cowgirls set
and still own the school record for most kills in a single season and most assists in a single
season. An extremely versatile player, Robins ranked third on the Wyoming career assist list at
the end of her career and still ranks fifth in career assists today. She also ranks seventh on the
career service aces list and seventh in digs. A four-year letterwinner, Robins also holds the
second best single-season assist total in Cowgirl history, set in 1994. She was named Most
Valuable Player of the 1993 team.

Sanchez coached the UW men’s and women’s cross country teams for twenty-two years. He
was selected as the Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year five times. His teams won
two WAC championships, with seven second-place finishes and eight third-place finishes.
During his time at UW, he coached 14 NCAA All-Americans. An excellent motivator, he studied
the mechanics of cross country running so he could help his athletes improve. He was an
extremely popular coach and many of his student-athletes considered him a mentor and friend
long after their competitive days were over. He was the coach in September 2001 when eight
cross country athletes were tragically killed in a car accident. He was widely credited with
comforting the remaining team members and guiding them through the devastating loss, as
well as rebuilding the program.

The winningest coach in Wyoming women’s basketball history, Legerski coached the Cowgirls to
314 wins, ten seasons of at least 20 wins, and a school-record 27 wins and a WNIT national
championship in 2007. Coaching at his alma mater, he earned three Mountain West Coach of
the Year awards and coached five All-Americans during his sixteen seasons as head coach. The
all-time Cowgirl attendance record was set during his tenure in 2007 with a sellout of the
Arena-Auditorium for the WNIT championship game. He coached the Cowgirls to their first
NCAA Tournament appearance and their first national rankings in 2008. Legerski coached two
Mountain West Players of the Year, three MW Defensive Players of the Year, three MW
Newcomers of the Year, two MW Sixth Players of the Year, and 21 All-Mountain West
performers. Twelve of the twenty-six Cowgirl basketball players who scored one-thousand
points in school history played for Coach Legerski. Legerski retired in 2019 after a season in
which his Cowgirls won 25 games and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT.