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.

One of the finest basketball players ever to play at the University of Wyoming, Bailey led the Cowboys to back-to-back conference championships and an NCAA Tournament berth.  As a junior, he was named to the All-Mountain West Tournament team in 2002 after averaging 30 points per game, including a game-tying three-pointer against Air Force in the first round with four seconds left.  The Cowboys went on to win that game 69-67 in overtime.  He then led the Cowboys to a first-round upset of 6th-ranked Gonzaga, and scored 17 points in a second-round loss to Arizona.  A popular home-grown Cowboy from Cheyenne, Bailey was an all-conference first team selection his sophomore and junior years. He led the team in scoring in 2001 and 2002 and was named Team MVP both years.  Although he suffered a career-ending knee injury after playing in just nine games his senior year, Bailey still scored over 1,000 points as a Cowboy.  During his career, he averaged 13.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Bailey was selected to the 10-member Wyoming All-Century Team in 2005.

The 1933-34 men’s basketball team compiled an overall record of 26-4, including a 24-game winning streak, and featured five All-American starters: Art Haman (Aurora, Ill.), John Kimball (Lincoln, Neb.), Haskell Leuty (Denison, Tex.), Ed McGinty (Wheatland, Wyo.), and Les Witte (Lincoln, Neb.). Wyoming won five straight games and reached the finals at the AAU National Tournament before losing to the Diamond X Oilers of Tulsa, Oklahoma. They were named “National Champions” by the Helms Athletic Foundation, an organization based in Los Angeles, Calif., which for many years put together a panel of experts to rank college sports teams and determine All-America selections at the end of the season. There was no NCAA Tournament at that time. Undefeated in conference play, the Cowboys won the Rocky Mountain Conference championship and were the first Wyoming team to reach 20 victories. Coached by Willard “Dutch” Witte, the team also included Jack Bugas (Rock Springs), Ray Christensen, Stanley Christensen, Lloyd Dowler (Casper, Wyo.), Taft Harris, Leonard Kuiper, Oliver Rollins, and Willard “Buzz” West (Kansas City, Mo.). Les Witte, the younger brother of the head coach, led the team in scoring with 11.6 points per game. The team averaged 37.6 points per game, while allowing only 25.4. Their only losses were to non-collegiate teams, AAU entries Denver Piggly-Wiggly (three times, including two exhibition games for charity) and the Diamond X Oilers.

One of the finest punters ever to play at Wyoming, Weil began his career as a walk-on in 1980 and finished his career as Wyoming’s first consensus All America in 1983. During his senior year (1983), he led the country in punting with an average of 45.6 yards per punt. For his career, he punted 231 times for 9,840 yards, an average of 42.6 yards per kick. A four-year letterman, Weil averaged 44 yards per punt in 1980, 41.4 yards per punt in 1981, and 40.6 yards per punt in 1982. He was seventh in the nation in punting in 1980, and led the conference in punting in 1980 and 1983. He was named First Team All-Western Athletic Conference in 1983. In the UW record books, Weil ranks fourth all-time in career punting average and owns two of the top-10 best punting seasons at UW (1980 and 1983). He also has the second and third best punting single games all-time (Sept. 17, 1983, vs. Air Force: six punts for 336 yards; and Nov. 1, 1980, vs. Colorado State: seven punts for 389 yards, respectively). After his collegiate career, Weil played professionally for the Denver Broncos and the Washington Redskins.

Known as a “battering ram” fullback, Smolinski played on three straight Skyline Conference Championship teams and played in the 1958 Sun bowl. Those Cowboy teams went 25-6. Named first-team all-conference following his senior season, Smolinski was a versatile two-way player. Named team captain in 1960, he played linebacker on Wyoming’s top-ranked defense, while leading the team in receptions on offense. For his career, Smolinski rushed 223 times for 890 yards and five touchdowns (an average of four yards per carry). He also posted 13 receptions for 146 yards and one touchdown, four kickoff returns for 59 yards (an average of 14.8 yards per return), and one interception return for 13 yards. He went on to produce a long professional career with the Baltimore Colts and the New York Jets, and played in one of the most famous Super Bowls of all time, the Jets’ upset of Baltimore in Super Bowl III.

Schopp served as head coach for the University of Wyoming Track & Field and Cross Country teams from 1984-1997. A five-time Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, his teams won two WAC championships. He also was named the High Country Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1988. He coached numerous All Americans and one national champion (Ryan Butler) at UW. He led the Cross Country program to WAC titles in 1985, 1986, and 1987, with an NCAA appearance in 1986. Schopp was instrumental in fundraising for and installation of Wyoming’s indoor and outdoor track facilities. He served as the District VII Regional Representative for Division I Track & Field, as well as serving on numerous committees. Schopp started the Wyoming High School “Meet of Champions”. Thanks to his vision, Wyoming was one of the first three states in the country to sanction high school indoor track and field. Following his coaching career, Schopp became the Athletic Director at Cheyenne Central High School and served in that capacity for several years.

A three-time All-Western Athletic Conference honoree, Harry Hall scored 1,596 points in 83 games as a three-year starter for the Cowboys. Hall’s scoring average of 19.2 points per game ties him with Leon Clark for fourth-best all-time at Wyoming. A native of Harvey, Ill., he was a two-time first-team all-WAC selection in 1968 and 1969 at his natural position of guard and earned second-team all-WAC honors while playing an undersized forward in 1967. He was the first player in the WAC to earn all-conference honors at two positions. Only 6’2”, but with a knack for rebounding, Hall collected 550 boards in his UW career averaging 6.6 per game. He still ranks 9th on UW’s all-time list for points scored, 10th in field goals made (582), and 7th in free throws made (471). He led the Cowboys in scoring in 1966-67 and 1967-68. Coached by Bill Strannigan, Hall’s teams played in the post-season each of his three years and won two WAC championships. In 1967, Wyoming played UCLA with Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in the first round of the NCAA tournament and Hall scored 19 points in the loss. The Cowboys then played UTEP in the consolation round and Hall scored 21 points in a two-point defeat. In 1968 and 1969, Wyoming participated in the NIT tournament, losing both times in the first round.

“Gabe” was a fixture in the Athletics Department for thirty-nine years as a student-athlete, a student manager, Stadium Supervisor, Facilities Supervisor, and Facilities and Events Coordinator.  He came to UW as a football player but suffered a career-ending injury his freshman year.  After that, he became a football manager while finishing his degree.  Following graduation in 1961, he became Stadium Supervisor and served eleven years in that position before being promoted to Facilities Supervisor in 1972.  In 1987 he was named Facilities and Events Coordinator, responsible for event management and all the UW Athletics Facilities.  His attention to detail and expertise made him an invaluable member of teams that helped plan the expansion of UW’s facilities, including the Little League complex, Cowboy Field, the track stadium, additions to War Memorial Stadium, Jacoby Golf Course, the Arena-Auditorium, the Fieldhouse North Addition, the Uni-Wyo Sports Complex, and the practice fields.  Former UW Head Football Coach Bill Lewis said of him:  “The pride that LeRoy took in every team, in every athletic facility, and in every Wyoming Cowboy Athletic contest is unsurpassed.  LeRoy positively touched the lives of every athlete, every coach, and every athletic administrator on a daily basis throughout his thirty-nine years. “