How about the WAC?

The athletic department is looking to get into a conference so what does a Western Athletic Conference task force mean to Utah Valley?


There's an article in the Star Bulletin from Hawaii, here, about the WAC task force looking at basketball in the nine-team conference.

The WAC may want to expand by adding another team to make travel partners for Thursday and Saturday games. Could UVSC be a possibilty? Hawaii athletic director and member of the task force Herman Frazier was in Salt Lake City for a conference earlier this month.
The WAC would be a great conference for Utah Valley but it still seems like a long shot at this point but anything is possible the way Utah Valley's athletics are continuing to improve un der Division I status.

If Utah Valley gets into a conference without a football team the will they ever have football?
Pressure from the conference might encourage it but it could go the other way if the conference just wants to add a school without football and basketball as its main sport. Football still costs a fortune Utah Valley doesn't have.

There's still plenty of changes to endure before the athletic department is where it wants to be at the D-I level.

Basketball teams getting geared for another season

The basketball season is right around the corner, actually exhibition play starts Thursday with the men's team taking on Mesa State.


Men's coach Dick Hunsaker said he had things ready to go as far as starters before practice today but after a pratice where everything went wrong he said he wasn't sure how the starters would shake out.
I'm sure he has it but wasn't willing to discuss it. I think it will shape up like this on Thursday

Point guard—Josh Olsen

Shooting guard—Ryan Toolson

Small forward—Richard Troyer, who Hunsaker said is making the transition to small from power forward.

Power forward—Jordan Brady

Center—Joe Walker

We will see how close it is.

On the women's side
Cathy Nixon had her team doing some kind of scrimmage with refs and all today. Both Nixon and the assistant stopped the scrimmage a number of times to give instruction. The women's first exhibition game is Friday.

Wrestling high hopes

The wrestle-off provided a glimpse of what the wrestling program could be in the next few years.

The team is young but they are stoked to be able to compete down the road. Coach Greg Williams and the players talked about becoming a top-20 program in a couple of years.
Again fans won't be able to catch the team at home until January.

Wrestle-off kicks off 2007 season tonight

Experience is always something that can help any team be good. Just having those extra reps and feeling comfortable in situations helps athletes compete at a higher level.
That's not to say inexperienced athletes can't make an impact. That is what the Utah Valley wrestling squad will need this year with 18 freshman on the roster.
Coach Greg Williams will count on a number of redshirt freshmen to help the team acheive success this season.
Things kick off unofficially tonight at the Shurian Activity center with the annual wrestle-off at 7 p.m.
The event is free and it gives fans the opportunity to see the team for the first time, the next home match won't be until Jan. 3.

Runners take a championship

Once again Utah Valley showed its Independent dominance, this time it was the cross country runners getting the job done.
Both the men's and the women's teams walked away from the Independent Championships as the champions.
Aiysha Mitchell, who finished first out of Utah Valley runners at most meets this year, continued her success crossing the finish line first for the women. On the men's team, Chase Englestead crossed the finish line second in the men's race and first out of UV runners.



Mitchell came on strong this year with all sorts of determination and grit. After the BYU Fall Invitational earlier this year she said she felt like she had improved tremendously since last season. She was the best runner this year finishing regularly in the top ten at meets. She had goals to meet and now she's the best Independent female runner, good for her. She's a senior so someone else will have to step up next year. Coach Houle was impressed with what she's done this season, pretty much coming out of nowhere to be the leader of Utah Valley.
Utah Valley still has Independent tournaments to play in both soccer and volleyball and since both the tournaments will be in Orem it's liekly the Wolverines could claim three championships in the fall.

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