Former Wolverine goes to the Show Former Wolverine Mitch Jones became just the second Utah Valley player to appear in a Major League Baseball game when he pitch-hit for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jones made his debut with an at-bat in front of a standing ovation from the Dodger Stadium crowd.
Nearly three months ago, Ryan Toolson played in his final game as a Wolverine. As the clock neared quadruple zero, coach Dick Hunsaker cleared the bench allowing Toolson to revel in his final moments as a college superstar with the crowd giving him a standing ovation as he made his way to the bench.
The year after Real Salt Lake was just one win away from playing for the MLS cup, the team is now are struggling just to get on a winning track. As of June 5, RSL is 3-7-2 and things could not be going worse. Their last win came on April 25. The season started strong for RSL, winning three of their first five, but since scoring six goals against the New England Revolution they have not been able to get one in the win column.
Spring semester ended over a month ago, but Utah Valley University baseball continued their season with 11 more games to go in the month of May. All 11 games were away, the first of which was in Colorado to face Northern Colorado for a four-game series taking three out of four games.
UVU Men and Women Sweep the GWC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Utah Valley University’s men’s and women’s track and field teams swept the Great West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Houston Baptist University. The UVU women’s team won with a score of 253.
UVU set out on a four-game road trip April 10-11 and came away with one win against Northern Colorado. The game on Friday April 10 became the only victory of their trip to Colorado, an 8-7 victory. The Wolverines got the game off to a quick start scoring two runs in the top of the first inning.
Eric Madsen has taken over the Utah Valley baseball program after serving the past five seasons as an assistant coach under Steve Gardner. Madsen has been a part of the program since the school’s first season of NCAA Division I competition in 2003 and is now the first head coach of Utah Valley University.
Bargewell Earns GWC Co-Player of the Week Utah Valley junior Dick Bargewell was named the Great West Conference Baseball Player of the Week along with Houston Baptist’s Andrew Taccolini, the league office announced today. Bargewell was pressed into service and made the most of his chance with a .
Lacrosse, originally a Canadian French phrase jeu de la crosse or “game of the hooked stick” was started by early American Indians in the 17th century. Now in the 21st century the game has hooked students and spectators alike to UVU’s nationally ranked men’s lacrosse team.
Isaiah Thomas to coach FIU Former Detroit Piston great Isaiah Thomas has accepted the head-coaching job at Florida International University. Thomas, who had recently coached the New York Knicks, said he would donate his first year’s salary to the FIU athletic program.