Utah Valley Wolverines
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The Utah Valley Wolverines represent Utah Valley University in college athletics. The Wolverines participate in the Great West Conference.
The school mascot is the Wolverine
, and the colors are green and gold.
The school competes in most major sports at various levels. The school's NCAA sports are Men's and Women's Basketball
, Men's and Women's Track and Field
, Men's and Women's Cross Country
, Men's and Women's Golf
, Baseball
, Wrestling
, Softball
, Women's Soccer, and Women's Volleyball
. The school also fields several club teams including Men's Ice Hockey
(plays in the ACHA
), Men's Soccer, Men's Volleyball
, Men's Lacrosse
, and Men's and Women's Rugby
.
The Wolverines play their home basketball games in the 8,500 seat UCCU Center. The Men's Basketball team finished the 2007-08 season with a 15-14 record which capped off its 25th winning season in a row. The UCCU Center is also home to the Utah Flash
of the NBA D-League.
The baseball team plays at the newly re-named Brent Brown Ballpark, a 2,500 seat facility (up to 3,000 additional fans can sit on a grass berm that wraps around third base and left field for a grand total of 5,500) that opened on March 25, 2005. Brent Brown Ballpark is also the home of the Orem Owlz
, a minor-league affiliate of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
, that competes in the Pioneer Baseball League.
The school's club hockey team, which competes in the ACHA
Division 2, plays their home games at the Peaks Ice Arena
a 2002 Winter Olympics Hockey Venue.
The athletic program is in the NCAA Division I. After many years of being an independent, the Wolverines affiliated with the Great West Conference.
The UVU Rodeo Team was ranked No. 1 in the nation by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association in March 2007.
Utah Valley added wrestling in 2003, but was not eligible for the postseason until 2009-10. In their second year of eligibility, 125-pounder Ben Kjar took fourth at the 2011 NCAA tournament and became the school's first All-American.
The school mascot is the Wolverine
Wolverine
The wolverine, pronounced , Gulo gulo , also referred to as glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae . It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids...
, and the colors are green and gold.
The school competes in most major sports at various levels. The school's NCAA sports are Men's and Women's Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Men's and Women's Track and Field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, Men's and Women's Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Men's and Women's Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Wrestling
Collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, Women's Soccer, and Women's Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
. The school also fields several club teams including Men's Ice Hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
(plays in the ACHA
Acha
Acha is a HINDI word for OK.Acha is also an Ewokese word for OK. Ewokese is a language used in the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan Of Courage / The Battle For Endor* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
), Men's Soccer, Men's Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, Men's Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, and Men's and Women's Rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
.
The Wolverines play their home basketball games in the 8,500 seat UCCU Center. The Men's Basketball team finished the 2007-08 season with a 15-14 record which capped off its 25th winning season in a row. The UCCU Center is also home to the Utah Flash
Utah Flash
The Utah Flash was a team of the NBA Development League that began playing in 2007 and folded in 2011. They played their home games at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah...
of the NBA D-League.
The baseball team plays at the newly re-named Brent Brown Ballpark, a 2,500 seat facility (up to 3,000 additional fans can sit on a grass berm that wraps around third base and left field for a grand total of 5,500) that opened on March 25, 2005. Brent Brown Ballpark is also the home of the Orem Owlz
Orem Owlz
The Orem Owlz are a minor league baseball farm team affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball franchise. The team plays in Orem, Utah....
, a minor-league affiliate of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
, that competes in the Pioneer Baseball League.
The school's club hockey team, which competes in the ACHA
Acha
Acha is a HINDI word for OK.Acha is also an Ewokese word for OK. Ewokese is a language used in the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan Of Courage / The Battle For Endor* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
Division 2, plays their home games at the Peaks Ice Arena
Peaks Ice Arena
Peaks Ice Arena is an indoor ice hockey arena in Provo, Utah, United States, located south of Salt Lake City.It was built, along with the E Center in West Valley City, Utah, to serve as an ice hockey and practice venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics...
a 2002 Winter Olympics Hockey Venue.
The athletic program is in the NCAA Division I. After many years of being an independent, the Wolverines affiliated with the Great West Conference.
The UVU Rodeo Team was ranked No. 1 in the nation by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association in March 2007.
Utah Valley added wrestling in 2003, but was not eligible for the postseason until 2009-10. In their second year of eligibility, 125-pounder Ben Kjar took fourth at the 2011 NCAA tournament and became the school's first All-American.
Wolverine alumni
- Ronnie PriceRonnie PriceRonald D'Wayne Price is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.- College career :...
- basketball player for the Utah JazzUtah JazzThe Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
of the NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada... - Travis HansenTravis HansenTravis Mitchell Hansen is an American former professional basketball player who last played for BC Khimki in Russia. He played one year in the NBA for the Atlanta Hawks.-Biography:...
- former basketball player for the Atlanta HawksAtlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
of the NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...