Curious though she was, new head coach Kerry Cremeans didn’t immediately review video of her new team and players in action from last season. Cremeans wanted a fresh, untainted perspective once she finally got the Pioneers into the gym. And what has she learned about her DU squad? Although the […]
Coach Jesse Mahoney has hit the ground running since he was hired in January, and he hopes that theme remains in effect during his inaugural season with the Pioneers. Mahoney, who helped lead Colorado State University to the NCAA Tournament during each of his seven seasons as an assistant with […]
The Pioneers will look to press the reset button after a discouraging 2011–12 season. A year of high expectations spiraled into a 5–11–3 disappointment that included losses in five of the Pioneers’ final six games. DU scored only 26 goals all season, and head coach Bobby Muuss has spent much […]
Jeff Hooker has compiled a 270–101–33 record as he enters his 21st season as DU’s head coach. The Pioneers have won at least 13 games in each of the past six seasons, and yet few of Hooker’s many talented teams have entered a season with as much firepower as the […]
Spring typically is the season of new beginnings, but at the University of Denver, fall is the time of change—at least when it comes to athletics. As new and returning students prepare to fill the seats of Magness Arena to cheer on their Pioneers, there are changes happening behind the […]
When Jamie Stanton learned he’d won the University of Denver’s Willy Schaeffler Scholarship, he was on his way to do something you might not expect a young man with just one leg to do. “I was in my car picking up a friend to go wakeboarding,” says Stanton. Actually, Stanton […]
University of Denver swimmer Jackie Leung is one of five 2012 winners of the prestigious John McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Award, announced July 27 by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation. Leung will receive a $10,000 grant to be used […]
In June, the University of Denver Pioneers became the latest athletes to join the You Can Play Project, releasing videos in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender athletes. DU’s videos were among the first made by colleges after the project launched in March. You Can Play kicked off with […]
The University of Denver Division of Athletics will be well represented at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, beginning Friday with the opening ceremonies. Senior gymnast Simona Castro (Santiago, Chile), former DU gymnast Jessica Lopéz (Caracas, Venezuela) and former swimmer Blake Worsley (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) will compete for three different […]
DU’s Athletic Hall of Fame will expand this fall when six individuals and the 2000 NCAA Championship ski team are inducted. The 2000 ski team won DU’s 15th NCAA championship when it conquered the slopes and defeated in-state rival University of Colorado. Team members Pietro Broggini and Cecilie Hagen Larsen […]
There is no reason to play the “What if?” game when looking back on the men’s basketball season of 2011–12. The University of Denver Pioneers recorded the most wins in a season in their 89 years of Division I history. DU was electric at home—a trait that is becoming increasingly […]
Simona Castro had a feeling the call was coming. She just wasn’t sure when. Castro, a junior on the University of Denver gymnastics team, was confident she had turned in a solid performance at the Olympic trials for her home country of Chile. The timing of the call, however, could […]
The University of Denver Division of Athletics and Recreation has achieved an unprecedented 100 percent participation rate among its student-athletes and staff in annual giving during the 2011–12 calendar year. A total of 326 student-athletes donated to the Pioneers Reinvesting in Denver Excellence (PRIDE) Fund, while 128 full-time DU athletics […]
Following a career-game from sophomore midfielder Jeremy Noble, the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team upset the eighth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels 16-14 in NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament action Saturday night at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill (read full game coverage here). The Pioneers will travel to Annapolis, Md., on […]
Following a career-game from sophomore midfielder Jeremy Noble, the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team upset the eighth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels 16-14 in NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament action Saturday night at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill (read full game coverage here). The Pioneers will travel to Annapolis, Md., on […]