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.

A two-time first-team all-Western Athletic Conference shortstop, Huson hit a team-leading .399 in 1985 as a senior.  Despite a serious thumb injury, he also led the team in hits (61), runs (55), rbi (35), doubles (16), stolen bases (14), and had a .927 fielding percentage with 123 assists. He struck out just five times in 153 at-bats. He was named team captain in 1985 and was named WAC Player of the Week in May 1985.  As a junior, he also led the team in batting average (.392), as well as hits (69), rbi (30), doubles (14), and stolen bases (16), with an .889 fielding percentage.  Huson had a career on-base percentage of .483 at Wyoming.  He represented Wyoming at the 1984 Olympic tryouts and was one of the final 66 players chosen.  After a long professional career with the Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Anaheim Angels, and Chicago Cubs, Huson retired as a player and became a broadcaster for the Colorado Rockies. He graduated from UW with a degree in Finance.

A 2001 First-Team All-Mountain West selection, Hearn is the only Cowboy to play in three NCAA Regional Tournaments (1999-2001).  He shot the sixth-lowest round in UW history with a 66 (-6) at the ISU Bengal Invite in 2000, and holds the second-lowest single-season stroke average of 72.40 in 1999-2000.  He won two tournaments (CSU Ram Invite and the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate) and finished 2nd in two others (Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate and Idaho State Invitational) during his college career and lettered all four years.  He finished in the top 10 of 18 tournaments during his career.  He finished in the final 16 of the 1999 UW Amateur.  He was one of only 12 individuals to earn All-District 7 honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America in 1999. A UW graduate with a degree in Psychology, Hearn has been a successful golfer on the PGA Tour for the last several years.

A two-time first-team all-conference selection, Elliott was one of the most prolific scorers in Cowgirl history.  She was recognized with Kodak/WBCA All-America Honorable Mention honors her senior season.  She is fourth all-time in three-point field goals made (205), and is in the Top 10 for assists, free throws, and steals.  In 2004, she led Wyoming to a first-round upset of Colorado State in the Mountain West Tournament with 29 points (including six three-pointers) and seven rebounds.  In 2003-04, she led the team in scoring and was the second-leading scorer in the conference.  A three-time MW Conference Player of the Week, Elliott still holds the record for most points scored in the Arena-Auditorium by a Wyoming player (36 vs. Southern Utah in 2003).  A four-time All-Academic MW selection and two-time MW Scholar-Athlete, she played in every game (115) of her college career.  She earned her degree in Business Administration in 2005.