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This week in Cowboy sports here.

Baseball defeats Deer Park

The baseball team defeated Deer Park yesterday afternoon 11-2 at DP.

Sophomore Michael Kelly got the win for the Cowboys.

Max Kadish led the offense, going 3-5.  Juniors Hayden Sharp and Sam Edwards were 2-2 and 2-4 respectively.

Next up: Home Monday at 4:30 vs. Indian Hill

Congrats to Coach Fiehrer on #100

Congratulations to Varsity Baseball Head Coach Chris Fiehrer. 

Wyoming's 10-0 win over Deer Park on Thursday was Coach Fiehrer's 100th career win.

Winter Sports Awards: Swimming

At the recent Winter Sports Awards, the following athletes were recognized:

Girls:

110 % Award - Sarah Gibbons
Most Improved- Caroline Duke
Rookie of the Year - Sami Abel , Isabelle Andersen
MVP - Rachael Theiler
Spirit Award - Cambray Smith

Boys:

110% Award - Jonathan Rutter
Most Improved - Matthew Lethander , Karl Ebling
Rookie of the Year - Stephen Barrett
MVP- Eric Lethander
Spirit Award - Brennan Burt

New Initial-Eligibility Standards for NCAA Division I College-Bound Student-Athletes

Passed along from AD Scott Kaufman:

The initial-eligibility standards for NCAA Division I college-bound student-athletes are changing.

College-bound student-athletes first entering a Division I college or university on or after August 1, 2015, will need to meet new academic rules in order to receive athletics aid (scholarship), practice or compete during their first year.

First, here are three terms you need to know:

Full Qualifier: A college-bound student-athlete may receive athletics aid (scholarship), practice and compete in the first year of enrollment at the Division I college or university.

Academic Redshirt: A college-bound student-athlete may receive athletics aid (scholarship) in the first year of enrollment and may practice in the first regular academic term (semester or quarter) but may NOT compete in the first year of enrollment. After the first term is complete, the college-bound student-athlete must be academically successful at his/her college or university to continue to practice for the rest of the year.

Nonqualifier: A college-bound student-athlete cannot receive athletics aid (scholarship), cannot practice and cannot compete in the first year of enrollment.

Here are the new requirements:

Full Qualifier must:

1. Complete 16 core courses (same distribution as in the past – click here to view);

• Ten of the 16 core courses must be completed before the seventh semester (senior year) of high school.
• Seven of the 10 core courses must be English, math or science.

2.Have a minimum core-course GPA of 2.300;

• Grades earned in the 10 required courses required before the senior year are "locked in" for purposes of GPA calculation.
• A repeat of one of the "locked in" courses will not be used to improve the GPA if taken after the seventh semester begins.

3. Meet the competition sliding scale requirement of GPA and ACT/SAT score (this is a new scale with increased GPA/test score requirements); and

4. Graduate from high school.


Academic Redshirt must:

1.Complete 16 core courses (same distribution as in the past – click here to view);
2. Have a minimum core-course GPA of 2.000;
3. Meet the academic redshirt sliding scale requirement of GPA and ACT/SAT score; and
4. Graduate from high school.


Nonqualifier is a college-bound student-athlete who fails to meet the standards for a qualifier or for an academic redshirt.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NEW RULES AND SLIDING SCALES.

Examples:

Q: A college-bound student-athlete completes 15 core courses with a 2.500 core-course GPA and an 820 SAT score (critical reading and math). What is the college-bound student-athlete's NCAA initial-eligibility status?
A: The college-bound student-athlete is a nonqualifier because only 15 core courses were completed, not the required 16 core courses.

Q: A college-bound student-athlete completes 16 core courses in the required framework with a 2.500 core-course GPA and a 68 sum ACT. What is the college-bound student-athlete's initial-eligibility status?
A: The college-bound student-athlete is an academic redshirt. Under the new competition scale, a 68 sum ACT score requires a 2.950 core-course GPA.

Q: A college-bound student-athlete completes nine core courses prior to the seventh semester of high school. What is the college-bound student-athlete's initial-eligibility status?
A: The college-bound student-athlete cannot be certified as a qualifier because only nine of the 10 required courses were completed before the seventh semester. He/she would be permitted to practice and receive aid (scholarship), provided he/she presents 16 core courses and meets the necessary core-course GPA and test-score requirement at the time of graduation.

Tri-County Press 4-4-12

This week's issue here.

Coverage includes softball, baseball, boys' tennis and boys's basketball (head coach search).

Baseball downs Deer Park

The baseball team run-ruled Deer Park yesterday afternoon, winning 10-0 in six.

Max Kadish got the win, striking out eight in the process.  Max also had a double.

Casey Howell went two 2-3 with a double and 3 RBI's.  The paper also says Chalmers went 2-2.  While I can eliminate softball starting shortstop junior Audra Chalmers, I have to choose between senior outfielder Adam and freshman second baseman Parker.  I'm going with seniority and say it was Adam.  By the way, when was the last season that a Wyoming family had three sibling starters?

Casey Howell

Next up: a return matchup this afternoon at Deer Park at 4:30.

(Half inning) photo gallery here.

Winter Sports Awards: Wrestling

The following athletes were recognzed at the recent Winter Sports Awards

Most Valuable Wrestler: Aluor Nyamor
Most Wins: Mikey Gonzalez
Most Pins: Aluor Nyamor
Cowboy Award: Corbin Guggenheim
Most Improved Upperclassman: Josh Sagan
Most Improved Underclassman: Ike Palmer

Milestones/Record Breakers:

Mikey Gonzalez joining the 100 win club
Corbin Guggenheim and Adam Blum joining the 90 win club

Single Season Records

Pins in a Season

1 2003-2004 Micah Vance 29
2 2009-2010 Neal Williams 28
3 2011-2012 Aluor Nyamor 27
3 2006-2007 Clayton Newberry 27

Career Records

Career Team Points

1 2006-2010 Neal Williams 860
2 2008-2012 Mikey Gonzalez 605
3 2008-2012 Adam Blum 585

Career Pins

1 2006-2010 Neal Williams 89
2 2008-2012 Mikey Gonzalez 70

Career Takedowns

1 2006-2010 Neal Williams 409
2 2008-2012 Corbin Guggenheim 196
3 2008-2012 Aluor Nyamor 171
4 2008-2012 Daniel Zimmerman 168
5 2008-2012 Mikey Gonzalez 149

Career Escapes

1 1999-2003 David Cobey 99
2 2008-2012 Mikey Gonzalez 91
3 2008-2012 Daniel Zimmerman 86
4 2008-2012 Josh Sagan 83

Career Nearfall Points (Back Points)

1 2006-2010 Neal Williams 358
2 2006-2010 Daniel Leish 309
3 2008-2012 Mikey Gonzalez 291

Winter Sports Awards: Girls' basketball

At the recent Winter Sports Awards, the following athletes were recognized:

Michelle Jolson - Team MVP, 1st Team all-CHL
Clara Rodrigue - 2nd Team all-CHL
Kathryn Policastro - Most Improved, Honorable Mention all-CHL
Shannon O'Hara - Honorable Mention all-CHL
Mary Tess Irvine - Blue & White Award

Also, all 10 Varsity players earned an academic all-CHL patch