Albuquerque will always be a second home to Katie Hnida. Hnida, who became the first woman to score in a Division I football in 2003, decided to return to Albuquerque this past week to help host UNM’s annual women’s football clinic. Hnida kicked two extra points in a 72-8 blowout victory over Texas State-San Marcos.
It appears that the New Mexico football team still hasn’t done enough to change its perception around the Mountain West. On Tuesday, Mountain West media members predicted the Lobos will finish fifth in the Mountain Division this upcoming year.
Former New Mexico men’s basketball player Cameron Bairstow signed a three year deal with the Chicago Bulls earlier today. The Bulls selected Bairstow in the second round of the NBA draft with the 49th overall selection in June. The terms of the contract were not released per term policy.
Printed January 11, 1988 The UNM basketball team, fresh from its 61-59 victory over the then No. 5 Wyoming in the Pit last Saturday night.
Printed March 22, 2004 UNM’s ski team has gone down in history as the first Lobo team to win an NCAA title in the school’s history. Solid performances from the Alpine and the Nordic teams helped secure the title for UNM at the 2004 NCAA Skiing Championships held in Truckee, Calif.
Printed September 2, 2003 Katie Hnida had been waiting eight months to redeem herself for a missed extra point against UCLA in the Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl on Christmas day.
Printed April 1, 1999 In what was called a “painful, but very necessary, decision,” by UNM Athletic Director Rudy Davalos, the UNM Athletics Department announced it would cut the funding of three sports for the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Those cuts mean the elimination of men’s swimming, men’s gymnastics and men’s wrestling teams from the athletic program. Davalos said in a news release the cuts were necessary because the department did not have enough resources to support 24 athletic programs. “Maintaining programs that are regionally and nationally competitive was a condition of membership in the Mountain West Conference, and we will allocate all of our resources to ensure that our remaining sports can achieve excellence,” he said in the release. The department said the elimination of the three sports is expected to reduce department expenditures by approximately $175,000 for its 1999-2000 budget, and its savings will eventually grow to more than $300,000 annually.
Printed July 1-7, 1999 The Mountain West Conference (MWC) has become the newest conference in Division I-A of the NCAA.
Printed December 2, 1964 The UNM Basketball Lobos overcame a cold start and a 27-25 halftime deficit to down the underestimated Wildcats of Abilene Christian College 62-53 last night in the season opener for both clubs. First-game sluggishness plagued the Wolfpack through most of the game, which officially opened the new University Basketball Arena before a crowd of 12,020, just 2,800 short of capacity. The Wildcats, virtually unknown to Albuqeurque and not too well-known to even the Lobo mentors, showed up sporting NCAA Regional Champion patches on their warmup jackets and started fans wondering just how tough the boys from Abilene were.
Printed December 9, 1981 After a first round win over Miami (Ohio), the Lobo women’s volleyball team will be seeking an early Christmas gift this weekend at the NCAA Southwest Regional meet in Provo, Utah. UNM defeated the Redskins 11-15, 15-11, 15-11, 15-9 Saturday night at University Arena before almost 1,500 fans, and will move on to play second-ranked San Diego State Friday night. But after the first game against Miami, head coach Mike Hebert may have been hearing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” in his head.
Printed November 11, 2013 Fans rose to their feet as soon as the video montage started. They roared when he appeared on the video screen next to a red cloth covering his framed No.
Printed May 29, 1963 What a way to go – and man did he go! Adolph Plummer in his last appearance for the Lobos retired as the world’s fastest 440 yd.
Printed January 4, 1946 A great University of New Mexico eleven, led by the superb passing of Rocket Don Rumley and the powerful running of Rudy Krall, came from behind twice to defeat Denver University 34-24, in a thrill-packed New Year’s day game in the Sun Bowl.
Printed December 12-16, 2005 CARY, N.C. – The biggest game in college soccer can also bring the biggest disappointment. UNM goalkeeper Mike Graczyk let one ball past the goal line in the NCAA College Cup Championship.
Printed January 14, 1980 On Sept. 25, 1979, the National Collegiate Athletic Association filed 57 allegations of rules violations against the UNM men’s basketball program. Less than three months later, enough information had been revealed through local, state and federal investigations to lead the UNM Athletic Council to unanimously recommend the resignation of basketball coach Norm Ellenberger. Since that time, the public has been rocked and shocked by daily revelations of player ineligibility, wire tappings, illegal recruiting tactics, questionable bank loans to athletes, and several in-house investigations. The UNM athletic scandal has reached the pages of Sports Illustrated, Time and Newsweek.
Printed APril 5, 1983 An uncontested dunk as time ran out made the underdog North Carolina State Wolfpack the national champion Monday night in one of the most stunning upsets in the history of college basketball. The 26-10 Wolfpack completed the final chapter in their storybook season by shocking the Houston Cougars 54-52 at University Arena to take the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship.
Team chemistry and shaping the incoming freshmen for collegiate play is the major focus of the New Mexico women’s basketball team this offseason. Head coach Yvonne Sanchez has added five new faces to a roster containing just three seniors. In order to get her young unit ready, Sanchez and the Lobos will be boarding an international flight to Italy to play four exhibition games in anticipation for the 2014-2015 season.
Scholar-Athletes On Tuesday the Mountain West Conference announced that a record 651 student-athletes were named Scholar-Athletes. Of those 651 student-athletes, UNM had 117 Scholar-Athletes — 25 more than the next-most institution.
In the midst of summer, current and former UNM soccer players could be found spending time together out in the Sol. The Albuquerque Sol, that is. Five Lobo players and four former players spent their summer playing for Albuquerque’s newest team, the Albuquerque Sol FC. The Sol is part of the USL Premier Development League, the top-level men’s amateur soccer competition in the country.
On Tuesday, New Mexico and the Mountain West Conference announced that the Lobos’ Aug. 30 season and home opener against UTEP will be broadcasted by the Mountain West Network at 6 p.m. It will be broadcasted exclusively on the MWN and CampusInsiders.com. UNM’s game against UTEP is one of seven that will be shown on both sites.
Solutions by The State News
