Jimerson came to Wyoming after a stellar junior college All-American career at Pueblo Junior College (now Colorado State Universisty 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.

A three-time All-Mountain West Conference offensive tackle, Goldberg started 44 of 45 career
games for the Cowboys. As a senior, he was selected to the Outland Trophy Watch List prior to
the 2002 season and was a first-team all- conference selection. A left tackle, he was one of the
premier offensive linemen in the Mountain West Conference. A team captain as a junior, he
earned first-team all-Mountain West Conference honors in 2001. He earned second-team all-
conference honors as a sophomore. As a redshirt freshman in 1999, he started all 11 games at
left tackle. His first career start came against defending national champion Tennessee in
Knoxville in the opening game of the 1999 season. He was selected to play in the Rotary
Gridiron Classic College All-Star Game after the 2002 season. An undrafted free agent, he
played for the Minnesota Vikings and the St. Louis Rams in the NFL for several seasons.

For 37 years Diane Dodson has worked tirelessly to promote University of Wyoming athletics in
her various roles within the Media Relations office, as well as serving as the Executive
Administrative Assistant to the Hall of Fame since its inception in 1993. Her service to UW
began as an office associate in Sports Information and grew into the role of Media Relations
Office Manager, and to her current position as Assistant Media Relations Director for
Operations. She has been one of the “faces” of Wyoming Athletics as she interacts with media,

alumni, fans, coaches, student-athletes athletic administrators/staff and staff members across
the UW campus, and Hall of Fame inductees. She has been responsible for the coordination of
media credentials to local, regional and national media attending UW athletics events as well as
game-day media operations for home football games and Cowboy and Cowgirl basketball
games. She has been an outstanding mentor to the media relations staffers throughout her
amazing career. Dodson has been equally valuable to the Hall of Fame itself, providing
administrative support to the committee, maintaining historical records, coordinating
nominations, and serving as the main point of contact for both past and new Hall of Fame
inductees. Her service to UW, and the athletics department has been unequalled.

A two-time All-American, Kelsey Conci finished her career as the school record holder in the
100 freestyle, the 100 backstroke, the 200 and the 400 medley relays and the 200 and 400
freestyle relays. She won the Mountain West 100 backstroke event both her junior and senior
years and qualified for the NCAA Swimming Championships, earning All-American status both
years, becoming the first women’s swimmer to record back-to-back All-American years. During
her senior season of 2012, she was undefeated in the 100 backstroke in dual meets. She
competed at the Olympic Team Trials and became the first UW women’s swimmer to make it to
the semi-finals.

One of the most electrifying players to ever play for the Cowboys, Jovon Bouknight was a six-
time All-Mountain West Conference honoree. He was honored at both wide receiver and kick
returner, excelling at both positions. He is still UW’s all-time leader in all-purpose yardage with
5,921 for his career, as well as kickoff return yards (2,016) and average yards per game (126).
He holds the single-game record for kickoff return yardage with 219 against Utah in 2005. He
ranks fifth on the all-time list for touchdowns scored with 30. He led the Cowboys to the 2004
Las Vegas Bowl and a victory over UCLA, a game in which he had 107 receiving yards and even
threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to backup quarterback J.J. Raterink on a trick play. In his
senior season of 2005, Bouknight was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award (presented to the
nation’s top collegiate wide receiver), while leading the Mountain West Conference in receiving
yards, all-purpose yards, and touchdowns, as well as ranking number two in kickoff returns. He
ranked among the top 15 players in the nation in each of those three categories that year.