Mountain West Volleyball Standings
| SCHOOLS | CONF W-L | CONF PCT | W-L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State | 17-0 | 1.00 | 24-3 | .889 | |
| Boise State | 14-3 | .824 | 22-7 | .759 | |
| Wyoming | 13-4 | .765 | 23-6 | .793 | |
| New Mexico | 9-8 | .529 | 16-14 | .533 | |
| UNLV | 8-9 | .471 | 15-14 | .517 | |
| San Diego State | 8-9 | .471 | 11-19 | .367 | |
| Nevada | 7-10 | .412 | 12-17 | .414 | |
| Fresno State | 6-11 | .353 | 14-17 | .452 | |
| Air Force | 5-12 | .294 | 12-20 | .375 | |
| San José State | 5-13 | .278 | 13-18 | .419 | |
| Utah State | 2-15 | .118 | 6-25 | .194 |
Cowgirl Volleyball Sweeps Rebels, 3-0
LARAMIE – The Wyoming volleyball team ran its home winning streak to 12 in a row with a three-set victory (25-19, 25-16, 25-23) over the UNLV Rebels on Saturday afternoon in Laramie. The Cowgirls are now 23-6 overall and 13-4 in MW play. The 13-conference wins is the most since not only becoming a member of the MW but in the programs history.
Junior Kayla Slofkiss and senior Bridget Shanahan each recorded a team-high ten kills while Slofkiss added 12 digs for her 13th double-double of the season. Senior libero Allison Waldvogel finished the night with a team leading 22 digs while Lily Austin recorded 14 digs against the Rebels. UW hit .210 (46-20-124) for the match and had ten total team blocks.
Cori Aafedt led the Cowgirls with 22 assists, while Courtney Chacon added 20. Aafedt scooped up six digs while Chacon had eight. Reed Copeland and Laura Beach each had four total blocks for Wyoming.
UNLV was led by junior Alyssa Wing with seven digs plus seven digs. Junior Carly Riehl and sophomore Alexis Patterson each recorded 13 digs a piece. The Rebels hit .062 (29-21-128) for the match.
Slofkiss and Shanahan paced the Cowgirls in the first set with four kills each while two players each recorded six digs. In the second set, Wyoming dominated from the first serve taking an 11-5 advantage to take the set 25-16. UW hit .367 (14-3-30) for the set compared -.086 (7-10-35) by the Rebels.
The Cowgirls had to make a bit of a comeback in the third set after holding a lead the majority of the Way. A 10-3 run from the Rebels put them ahead by four, 22-18. Wyoming battled back and not only tied it up at 22 but scored the final three of four points to win the set and the match.
Wyoming will close out the regular season on Tuesday against the 13th ranked Colorado State Rams. The match is set for 6:30 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex. It will be the final home match for seniors Kayla Henderson, Bridget Shanahan and Allison Waldvogel.
Waldvogel Awarded Mike English Scholarship
LARAMIE – University of Wyoming volleyball senior Allison Waldvogel has been awarded the 2015 Mike English Volleyball Scholarship.
On Aug. 16, 1995, Nancy English and the University of Wyoming Athletics Department announced the establishment of the Mike English Women’s Volleyball Scholarship. The scholarship honors English who coached the Cowgirl volleyball team from 1986 to 1993.
The scholarship is awarded annually to the University of Wyoming women’s volleyball senior with the highest cumulative grade-point average. Recipients of the scholarship must already be athletic scholarship student-athletes at UW as generally defined by the regulations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
A defensive specialist from Joliet, Ill., Waldvogel currently carries a 3.82 GPA in physiology. She has been a solid contributor and tireless worker over the last two years after transferring from Lindenwood University. She was an academic all-MW honoree for the first time in her career last season.
This year, she has played in all 28 matches and 108 sets. She was named espnW’s player of the week and has twice been the MW Defensive Player of the Week. For her career, she has played in 54 matches and 200 sets, while averaging 4.09 digs per set.
Mike English was hired as head volleyball coach at the University of Wyoming on Jan. 10, 1986. No one could have predicted the immediate and long-lasting impact English would have on Cowgirl volleyball. His seven-year career speaks for itself.
He guided the Cowgirls to Wyoming’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in his first season (1986). He would later lead Wyoming to two more NCAA appearances in 1989 and ‘90. In the 1989 NCAA Tournament, Wyoming emerged as the “Cinderella” of the championship, defeating heavily-favored Stanford and earning its way to the Elite Eight before falling to UCLA on the Bruins’ home court in the West Regional Final.
English has won more matches (124) and posted a higher winning percentage (59.0 percent) than any coach in UW volleyball history. He ended his career with a 124-86 record at Wyoming and a 253-161 (.611) career record, including six years (1980-85) at the University of Missouri. English earned High Country Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1987 and 1989 and was named West Region Co-Coach of the Year in ‘89.
On Dec. 12, 1993, the University of Wyoming, the Laramie community and the college volleyball world was shocked to hear that English had been seriously injured in an auto accident between Laramie and Fort Collins, Colo. He suffered a traumatic brain injury in the crash, which left him 100 percent disabled.
On Nov. 20, 2000, former head coach Mike English passed away at the Long-Term Supported Living Program at Learning Services in Lakewood, Colo. He is missed by all who knew him.
In the fall of 1997 the first Mike English Women’s Volleyball Scholarship was awarded. Senior outside hitter Julie Overton, an education major, from Indianola, Iowa, was the first-ever recipient of the award.
Below is a list of the previous winners of the award.
Mike English Scholarship
Year-Student-Athlete-Hometown
1997 – Julie Overton – Indianola, Iowa
1998 – Anne Stohrer – Buffalo
1999 – Colette Perryman – Laramie
2000 – Melody Friehauf – Windsor, Colo.
2001 – Rachel Lau – Redwood City, Calif.
2002 – Katy Brown – West Covina, Calif.
2003 – Amanda Miller – Dix, Neb.
2004 – Amy Doman – Brentwood, Tenn.
2005 – Andrea Seele – Johnstown, Colo.
2006 – Andrea Seele – Johnstown, Colo.
2007 – Angie Hellbaum – Wheatland
2008 – Carissa Lee – Eugene, Ore.
2009 – Jessica Kagarise – Monument, Colo.
2010 – JennaRae Jester – Cheyenne
2011 – Tamara Kitic – Nis, Serbia
2012 – Makenzie Bartsch – Casper
2013 – Rachel Keyes – Lakewood, Colo.
2014 – Whitney Smith – Katy, Texas
