One of the fastest wingbacks and finest pass receivers ever to play at Wyoming, Watts was a threat to score every time he touched the football. He earned AP All America Honorable Mention honors and was named All-Skyline Conference as a senior in 1956 as the Cowboys produced a 10-0 record and finished 19th in the final AP poll. That season, he averaged 6.2 yards per carry with ten catches for 287 yards with eight touchdowns. He was 5th in the nation in punt returns. Nicknamed the “Mississippi Flash”, he was named AP Outstanding Newcomer in the Skyline Conference as a sophomore in 1954 after averaging 8.3 yards per carry and catching ten passes for 291 yards. He led the team in scoring with eight touchdowns. In his junior year, he averaged 8.87 yards per carry to lead the conference and scored five touchdowns. Watts also excelled at Track, lettering two years and winning the 1956 conference championship in the 440 yard run.

A nine-time Wyoming Sportscaster of the Year as selected by his peers of the National Association of Sportswriters and Sportscasters, Walsh has been the “Voice of the Cowboys” since 1984. Hired by broadcasting legend and UW Hall of Famer Curt Gowdy, Walsh began as a color analyst for Cowboy football and play-by-play announcer for basketball in 1984. In the fall of 1985, he added play-by-play duties for football and his voice quickly became synonymous with Wyoming Athletics. A graduate of San Diego State University, Walsh began his career in Wyoming as the sports director at KVOC Radio in Casper and play-by-play voice of the city’s Wyoming Wildcatters, a pro basketball team. Walsh was inducted into the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2015, and has made famous the phrase, “the score, oh the score” after each Cowboy victory. He also produces and hosts the long-running radio show “Wonders of Wyoming”.

A three-time Western Athletic Conference champion, Stetson competed in the 1982 NCAA Championships in the 1650 freestyle, posting a school-record time of 15:23:30 which stood for 32 years until it was broken in 2013. He finished his career at Wyoming holding school records in the 1650 freestyle and the 500 freestyle, and is still in the Top 5 today. He competed in several events during his career, including the 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 1650 freestyle, and the 800 freestyle relay, leading his team to 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, and 4th-place finishes at the WAC championships. Over his career, the Cowboys had a record of 47-9 in dual meets. A tremendous leader and outstanding student, he was named team captain his senior year. A Rhodes Scholar finalist, he earned NCAA Scholastic All-America honors and was chosen as the Admiral Land Award winner in 1983 as UW’s top student-athlete.

Shepperson and the UW Rodeo team won the national championship in 1961. Just a freshman, Shepperson competed in every event at the College National Finals Rodeo except bareback. He was named the UW all around champion Cowboy that year. He was also the 1962 Regional Saddle Bronc Riding Champion, and the 1964 National Intercollegiate and Regional Champion Steer Wrestler. After graduating from UW in 1964, he taught school for three years before going on the pro rodeo circuit. He qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in 1970 and 1972-76. He won the Steer Wrestling World Championship in 1975 and finished in the top four on four other occasions.

A defensive back who earned All-Western Athletic Conference first team honors in 1975, Kyle was an exceptional force for the Cowboy defense. He captained the Cowboys during his senior season. He played strong safety during his first three seasons as a Cowboy before switching to cornerback as a senior. He also returned punts for Wyoming. He twice led the ‘Pokes in unassisted tackles, total defensive points, punt returns and punt return yardage. He was drafted in the first round of the 1976 National Football League draft, the 27th player taken overall, by the Dallas Cowboys. He played four years for Dallas and three years for the Denver Broncos.

A dominating defensive lineman, Durling was named honorable mention All America by both wire services (AP and UPI) in 1966, and he was a two-time first-team all-Western Athletic Conference selection (1965-66). He anchored a Cowboy defense which led the nation in fewest rushing yards allowed (38.5) per game in 1966. He was named WAC “Lineman of the Year” in 1966 and selected to play in the 1967 Coaches All-American Game in Atlanta. He led the Cowboy defense in the Sun Bowl, holding Florida State to -21 yards rushing and earning “Lineman of the Game” honors in a 28-20 Wyoming victory. He was also voted to the UPI All-Bowl team in 1966. Durling was an academic all-American and president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Wyoming. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos (AFL) and Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) but his pro career was cut short due to a knee injury.

It was the finest season in 28 years for the University of Wyoming basketball team as the Cowboys finished the year with a 24-6 record, their best since the 1952 team went 28-5. The Cowboys tied the University of Utah for the Western Athletic Conference Championship with a 13-3 record and earned Wyoming’s first NCAA Tournament berth since 1967.  Led by three-time All-WAC first-team senior Charles “Tub” Bradley, the Cowboys closed out the regular season impressively winning their last six in a row, including memorable sellout home wins over nationally-ranked Brigham Young (#14) in double overtime and Utah (#7) as well as decisive road wins at UTEP, Colorado State, Air Force and UNLV. The Pokes finished the year with a perfect 14-0 mark in War Memorial Fieldhouse and an impressive 9-5 road record. Led by WAC Coach of the Year Jim Brandenburg, they defeated their 14 home opponents by an average of 23.6 points per game. In the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds in Los Angeles, the 5th-seeded Cowboys defeated the 12-seed Howard by a score of 78-43 before losing a heartbreaker in the second round to the 4th-seeded University of Illinois, 67-65.  Bradley led the Cowboys in scoring average (19.0) and minutes played. He scored in double figures in all but one game for the Cowboys, and hit 20 or more points in 10 games, including a season-high 31 points vs. BYU. The only other senior on the team, forward Kenneth Ollie, led the team in rebounding (8.8 per game) and was third in scoring (10.3).  The second-leading scorer was junior forward Bill Garnett at 13.9 points per game. The Cowboys ranked as high as 17th nationally, and led the nation in field goal defense (40.1) and scoring margin (16.1).  They led the WAC in field-goal percentage, scoring margin and rebounding margin.  The 1980-81 team brought excitement back to Wyoming basketball and set a record for attendance in the Fieldhouse with an average crowd of 7,060.

A Wyoming native, Skinner served as the men’s ski coach from 1971-80 and as both men’s and women’s coach from 1976-80.  During that span, he led the team to five second-place finishes at the NCAA Championships while coaching 12 individual NCAA champions and 38 All American skiers.  An innovative teacher, Skinner is credited with modernizing training methods at UW as well as establishing the “Car Push” which became an annual Homecoming tradition.  He was a pioneer in the recruitment of international athletes.  After lettering for four years as a skier at UW, Skinner also competed for three years as a member of the U.S. Winter Olympic Biathlon Squad while serving in the Army.  He earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. from Wyoming and served as an instructor and professor for the UW Water Resources Institute and Range Management Department for nearly 35 years.

An Honorable Mention All-America in 1983 and 1984, Ramunno was a four-year letterman who started 47 consecutive games in the offensive line for the Cowboys. One of the most accomplished and versatile linemen ever to play at Wyoming, he earned first-team all-Western Athletic Conference honors in 1983 and 1984. He anchored the offensive line for a productive rushing attack which gained an average of 3,073 yards per season.  A respected leader on and off the field, he was elected team captain his senior year, and was awarded the Admiral Emory S. Land Award as the top senior athlete at UW.  An education major, he also earned all-conference academic honors in 1983.  A member of the Chicago Bears Super Bowl Championship team in 1985, he returned to Wyoming for a year as a volunteer assistant coach in 1987-88 and went on to become a successful teacher and football coach at the high school and college level.

After coming to Wyoming as a freshman in the fall of 1964, Miller won three Western Athletic Conference championships (1966-1968).  As a junior, wrestling at 167 pounds, Miller finished 6th in the nation at the 1967 NCAA Tournament and earned All-America honors.  He was undefeated in his senior season in 1968, and was named the Outstanding Wrestler at the WAC Championships. Through no fault of his own, Miller was ineligible to participate in the 1968 NCAA Tournament, due to a technicality. Along with earning four varsity letters, Miller was named team captain his junior and senior years and was also president of the “W” Club for varsity athletes.  After graduating from Wyoming with a degree in Education, he went on to a long and distinguished career as a teacher, coach and administrator.