Women's soccer wins the Summit League regular season and tournament titles before defeating Loyola Chicago in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Reaching Denver Airport. Women's tennis earned three Power 5 victories before the shutdown, and went 7-0 at the Denver Tennis Park. Earlier in this Olympics, Haugen finished eighth with a time of 2:20.23 in the men's Giant Slalom and 13, Former Pioneers, Erik Read and Trevor Philp, competed for Canada inOlympic Games. Otto Tschudi (downhill) and Ole Ivar Hansen (individual cross country) win NCAA individual ski championships. DU captures first outright state baseball championship. Men's golf team wins the second of two straight Rocky Mountain Conference championships. Tracey Sheehan takes over as women's basketball coach. The Pioneers became the first program since 1978 to finish back-to-back seasons unbeaten in the regular season. Hockey player Wayne Smith tabbed as a first- team All-American. 1 in the country for the first time in program history. Men's soccer program joins Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. It's the legion of our alumni who are transforming lives and communities. Leif Kristian Haugen won the NCAA individual championship in giant slalom and competed for Norway at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Find your graduate program representative and schedule a visit. The men's and women's programs swept their seventh-straight Summit League titles. Aubrey DeVine takes over as men's basketball coach. Geoff Snider was named to the 2006 STX/USILA All-American Third Team. Check out some of our recent success stories and our ongoing efforts to improve our world. Women's lacrosse made a run to its first ever national quarterfinal, defeating USC and Michigan in Ann Arbor in the opening weekend to advance. Doshia Woods named Denver's new women's basketball coach. The women's tennis team captured its second SBC championship, advanced to its second NCAA Tournament, won its first NCAA Tournament match and set a school-record with its 23 victories. Reagan Dunk became Denver's first NSCAA All-American and earned MAC Hermann Semifinalist honors. 38 in the National Collegiate Scouting Collegiate Division 1 Power Rankings. . Don Brown named DU's first men's swimming AII-American. Gunnison, Colo. Recap. The Denver golf and swimming and diving programs swept the 2022 Summit League Championships. The women's volleyball team won the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and juniors Clarice Golesh and Kellie Savage were named to first team All-SBC. DU reaches the finals of the NCAA district baseball tourney, where they're ousted by Arizona State. The Pioneers qualified for their eighth-straight NCAA National Championship Tournament. Denver earned a national seed for the third time in the last four years and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Men's ski team makes it four straight NCAA titles. March 26 - DU Arena razed to make way for construction of the Daniel L. Ritchie Center. Aarne Valkama wins NCAA nordic skiing individual crown. Men's swimmer Dale Barschak (200 butterfly) wins NAJA title. Women's golfer Sara Silva and men's tennis player Magnus Ramfelt each won the Sun Belt Conference Sportsmanship Award. Barb Standteiner named to the All-American ski team. Men's basketball team makes its third NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in five years. Hockey celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2019-20, reclaiming the Gold Pan and stretching the Tenzer Streak to 19 (20+ wins). Gymnast Karen Beer captures AIAW all-around national championship. Linda Raunig graduates as the leading scorer and rebounder in DU women's basketball history. Skiers Atle Hovi and Erlend Loedemel capture All-American honors. The University of Denver concluded the 2004-05 athletic season ranked No. Men's Track and Field - Support Staff; Image Name Title; Shane Stock: Assistant Sports Performance Coach: Dalton Gleason: Results. Eight Pioneers represented their countries at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing: Katie Hensien, Andrea Komsic, Amelia Smart, Trevor Philp, Erik Read, Jasmi Joensuu, Nick Shore, Juho Olkinuora. Pioneers Keith Magnuson and George Morrison are first-team All-American hockey honorees. Narcisa Sehovic wins the NCAA slalom championship. Men's lacrosse program begins its first season as a member of the Great Western Lacrosse League. The Pioneers bow out in the tourney's second round. Women's volleyball player Lorna Lyles named to AVCA all-region first team. University of Denver sports news and features, including conference, nickname, location and official social media handles. Clyde "Cac" Hubbard named football coach. DU defeats Minnesota 4-0 to win WCHA play-off title. Ellison Ketchum takes reins of men's basketball program. The department also boasts 521 All-Americans, more than 1,400 All-Conference award winners and 57 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. North Dakota upends Pioneers 6-5 in NCAA hockey championship game. Swimming and diving teams complete their last year of competition at the DU Pool. | All rights reserved. Any college athletics director will tell you its impossible to understate the importance of basketball to universities and athletics programs. Five individuals (Ferd Dreher, Jim Bain, Cliff Koroll, Annette Wagner and Jack Pommrehn) were inducted to the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2003. Jenny Ebdon finished in a tie for sixth place on the floor exercise to earn second team All-America honors on the apparatus. Jeff Cravath begins three-year stint as football coach. DU was No. She also finished 10th-overall in the all-around, a new program record, and finished with three All-American honors. Noel Droomer (100 and 200 backstroke) wins two NAJA individual swimming titles for the second straight year. University of Denver Chancellor Daniel L. Ritchie announced that he appointed Margaret (Peg) Bradley-Doppes as director of athletics and recreation. 2006 Hall of fame inductees: HERITAGE ERA INDUCTEES - Clayton Benham, Tennis (1950-53); MODERN ERA INDUCTEES - George Kirkwood, Hockey (1960-61), Jon Terje Overland, Skiing (1965-67); Michaela "Misa" Pavlickova, Women's Basketball (1997-2001); SPECIAL INDUCTEE - Harold Beier, University of Denver Supporter (1949-Present); 1967-68 Hockey Team. A battle against the Michigan Wolverines ended in victory for the DU women's lacrosse team on Sunday, propelling them to the program's 1st-ever NCAA Elite Eight appearance. DU captures first conference football championship. Men's tennis team advances to NAIA national tournament. Women's field hockey team wins AIAW Region 7 title. Denver captured its ninth consecutive Sun Belt Conference Graduation Rate Award. DU wins second straight WCHA playoff title by Defeating Michigan Tech. Gymnastics hosted the North Central Regional Championship where Brianna Springer advanced to her second NCAA National Championship as an individual qualifier in the all-around. Jim Wiste named to hockey All-American team. Women's soccer team wins third straight CAC title. Men's and women's skiing programs disbanded. Women's field hockey team takes fourth place at AIAW nationals. Renee Bailey-Phoenix named women's basketball coach. Track star and future Olympic gold medalist Jerome Riffle wins broad jump at Kansas Relays, Drake Relays and West Coast Relays. Hockey claimed the NCHC title with a 4-3 win over Miami-Ohio and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh-straight season. Skiers Clarence Servold, Oddvar Ronnestad and Harald Riiber named to the All-American squad. The University of Denver athletics program set a school record with its 58th-place finish (334.75 points) in the 2004 edition of the United States Sports Academy (USSA) Directors' Cup presented by the nation's athletics directors to recognize the . Director of Athletics and Recreation, Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, was named the Athletic Director of the Year for the West Region by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. A native of Denver, Colorado, as a high schooler, Hall attended Denver School of Science and Technology, but ran at George Washington High School because DSST does not field a track team. Men's tennis junior standout Adam Holmstrom, who led the team with a school-record 32-6 singles record became DU's first men's tennis player to earn All-American in Division I when he earned a top 16 seed at the NCAA National Singles Championships. Women's basketball finished 16-14 in head coach Jim Turgeon's first season in charge, exceeding the program's win total from the previous two years combined, and earning the most wins in a season since the Pioneers won 19 in 2011-12. Women's swimming team takes Intermountain Swimming League title. Bill Weimar becomes men's basketball coach. Wrestlers compile an undefeated record in their first year of competition under coach Granville Johnson. Women's basketball player Sara Fadenrecht graduates as the program's all-time leader in rebounds. The ski team captured its second-consecutive national collegiate title, the program's 16th and the most of any school in the nation. Ben Griffith takes over as football coach. Football player Ernest Pitts first-team All-American selection. Hockey player Tom Peluso named a first-team All-American. Jan. 21 - Men' s gymnastics team begins streak of 34 consecutive dual meet wins. Women's gymnastics team places fourth at AIAW nationals. Bailey Andison becomes the program's third two-time All-American and qualified to represent Canada at the 2017 World University Games. Women's swimming and diving claims Summit League Championship, the program's eighth-straight Summit League title. Bill Tierney, the 2015 National Coach of the Year, became the first head coach in Division I men's lacrosse to win national titles with two different programs, and Wes Berg was named DU's first-ever Tewaaraton Award Finalist. University Bulldog Invitational: Greeley, CO: 4/3: 23 TPCA Middle School Meet #1: Whether you have been playing a sport for years or want to try something new, we encourage you to join a team and stay active throughout your time at DU! Joey LaLeggia earned WCHA Rookie of the Year honors, DU's second in as many years. The 27-3 overall record was the Pioneers best in program history. Year. Leanne Palrnissano takes over as women's tennis coach. Skier Roberta Pergher wins her second straight NCAA individual slalom title. With that in mind, the success of the DUs basketball programs is a major point of emphasis for Karlton Creech, vice chancellor for athletics, recreation and Ritchie Center operations. John Byrden takes over as men's soccer coach. Janis Christopher. No. Men's gymnastics discontinued as a varsity sport. The women's golf team earned its first-ever invitation to the NCAA West Region Tournament. Men's basketball won 15-straight contests at Magness Arena heading into the following season, that streak was at one point the seventh-longest active home winning streak. Men's swimmers Paul Eckenroad (200 butterfly) and Goran Jem (200 breaststroke) capture NAIA individual titles. View our visit options and schedule your trip to DU. Our Pioneers compete on the playing fields of the NCAA, in the professional leagues and on behalf of their countries in the Olympiad. Denver, Colo. / Thomas Jefferson: Freshman: Freshman: Justin Banta: R-Fr. Mark Duncan takes reins of football program. Pioneers advance to finals of NCAA district baseball tournament, where they lose to Arizona. Women's basketball player Anayansi Rickets named to District VII AII-American team. Jody Martin becomes women's field hockey coach. Bernie Barras named women's basketball coach. Marshall Johnston named WCHA Coach of the Year. MSW@Denver is accredited by the CSWE. Men's soccer players Bob Wagenhoffer and Peter Howard become the school's first soccer All-Americans. Britta Wienand captures the NCAA women's 15-kilometer classical crown. The fall of 2018 marked the first time that all three fall sport programs made the NCAA Tournament in the same season. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,867 (fall 2021), its setting is city, and the campus size is 125 acres. Ht. Women's gymnastics team finishes second at AlAW nationals. Our ski team has the most titles of any in the U.S., and our mens ice hockey team's eight national titles rank second among all NCAA programs. DU basketball joins Colorado-Wyoming Collegiate League. Ebdon became Denver's first All-American since 1984. An All-American in athletics and academics, Corea left DU with eight school records. Denver women's tennis won the 2022 Summit League title and advanced to play Pepperdine in the 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament. The swim team broke 18 records and Sarah Corcoran won two individual conference titles; Rikki Rikardsson set the school record in the 50-yd free and later represented his native Iceland in the Olympics. Men's soccer finishes 4-2 to claim Summit League regular season titleQualifies for NCAA's before being forced to pull out of tournament due to COVID-19 protocols. It is also the program's third conference title and first since winning the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference title in 2014. Brea Muhle and Colleen King were named AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, the volleyball's first-ever Division All-Americans. 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