Cowgirls Open Fall Camp, Year Two Under Prigge

* University of Wyoming press release

LARAMIE -- Year two under Head Coach Kaylee Prigge for the Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team is underway this week with the beginning of Fall Camp for the Cowgirls. This is the first of three weeks of camp for Wyoming before classes begin.

Wyoming will host its annual Brown and Gold scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 17 at 1 p.m., inside the UniWyo Sports Complex.

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The Cowgirls will face Weber State in a 1 p.m., exhibition contest in Green River Aug. 24 before the action begins for real the 30^th and 31^st with a trip to Omaha, Nebraska for the Omaha Invitatianal against Washington State and host-school Omaha. UW’s home opener is September 19 against Coppin State at 6 p.m., to open play in the UniWyo Invite.

The Cowgirls return 12 student-athletes off last season’s squad that went 22-10 overall and made Wyoming’s first trip to a postseason tournament since 2019. The Cowgirls advanced to the Great Eight round of the NIVC in 2023. It also marked the first time since the 2019 season that the Brown & Gold eclipsed the 20-win mark.

Among the returners for the Cowgirls are All-Mountain West Team honoree and the league’s leader in assists, Kasia Partyka, who’s 10.74 assists per set ranked 12^th in the country. Partyka’s 1,299 total assists a season ago were the eighth-most in the nation and the seventh-most in a single season in program history. Honorable Mention All-MW honoree Rylee Schulz also returns to the 2024 squad after she ranked fifth in the league kills per set with 3.28 and was ninth averaging 3.77 points per.

Also returning in 2024 are Macey Boggs, Skylar Erickson, Sierra Grizzle, Sarah Holcomb, Paige Lauterwasser, Kayla Mazzocca, Abi Milby, Kendal Rivera, Sonte Stewart and Evelyn Udezue.

Erickson and Grizzle appeared in every match last season for the Cowgirls while Holcomb led the Mountain West in both total blocks (146) and blocks per set (1.27). Holcomb’s .320 hitting percentage in 2023 was ninth-best in the conference.

New to the Wyoming roster this season are a quintet of freshman in Rya Fingerlin (Parker, Colo.), Reagan Sharp (Southlake, Texas), Maddy Stucky (Laramie), Addy Thorington (Powell) and Claire Wagstaff (Fort Collins, Colo.) and a pair of transfers in Jordan Sandy (Nevada) and Emma Winter (West Virginia).

The preseason Mountain West poll comes out next week.

University of Wyoming’s Top 50 Football Players

During the summer of 2021, 7220Sports.com counted down the Top 50 football players in University of Wyoming history, presented by Premier Bone & Joint Centers, Worthy of Wyoming.

The rules are simple: What was the player's impact while in Laramie? That means NFL stats, draft status or any other accolade earned outside of UW is irrelevant when it comes to this list.

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- University of Wyoming’s Top 50 Football Players

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