Multi-year, multi-million-dollar investment becomes the largest corporate investment in program history. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (April 6, 2026) – University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman has been talking about it for a while...and the news came out this afternoon that Wyoming Athletics announced a historic new investment from leading infrastructure company Tallgrass, marking the largest corporate contribution in program history and making Tal

Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics A Sweetwater County native with a distinguished military, academic and leadership career in the U.S. Army has been named the 29th president of the University of Wyoming. Brigadier General Shane Reeves, currently the dean of the Academic Board at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., was offered a contract by a vote of the UW Board of Trustees today (Thursday) and has accepted the position. He will take office in July. “I am deeply

Individual workouts during spring practice at War Memorial Stadium. Photo by Jeff Bugher, PokesNews.com LARAMIE, Wyo. – Saturday was the first spring football padded practice. Head football coach Jay Sawvel had been anticipating this day since earlier in the week, as he wanted to see how his team would perform in full uniform.   In post-practice interviews, Sawvel appears to be looking for perfection. He didn’t even think it was close… but it was progress. The biggest factor

Markell Holman (8). Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. - Senior running back Markell Holman, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a long way from home - both in distance and lifestyle. Wyoming’s small population stands in sharp contrast to the big-city environment he grew up in.   How is Holman adjusting to “rural” life in Laramie?   “I must say I like it,” Holman said. “The people are very welcoming, so it's...like a second home. I adapted fast and really go