Athletics
Kamiya Peterson shares ins and outs of ski mountaineering
Kamiya Peterson, a senior outdoor recreation design major at Westminster College, is an avid skier and snowboarder who has lived up Big Cottonwood Canyon all her life. Peterson coaches ski mountaineer...Read More
Westminster hosts first staggered, self-scored Spring bouldering competition
Before COVID-19 changed the nature of competitive sports, once a semester the bottom floor of Westminster College’s Health, Wellness and Athletic Center would be filled with spectators excitedly watch...Read More
Cross country athlete finds hope, healing after near-death accident
On a sunny day in June, Peter Frank went out for a run in his home state of Montana, where he was living for the summer during a year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. What happened on that fateful a...Read More
Overcrowded athletic facilities, overworked training staff raise concerns for Spring season
Student-athletes and staff at Westminster College have raised concerns about crowded athletic facilities and overworked staff after the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) made the decision to p...Read More
Women’s basketball reflects on historic season after Griffins fall in NCAA Sweet 16
A historic game unfolded as the Westminster College women’s basketball team competed in the NCAA DII tournament Monday — the furthest the team has advanced in an NCAA DII tournament. The Griffin...Read More
University of Utah volleyball coach balances time management, full-time job after giving birth during pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit mid-March of 2020, it seemed as if everyone’s lives were put on pause. For Malia Shoji, things were just ramping up. Pregnant at the time, Shoji spent the duration...Read More
Westminster senior reaches volleyball milestone during final season
Accomplishing 1,000 kills in a college volleyball career — meaning, a player initiated an attack that is unreturnable by the opposing team — can be a rare sighting. But when it does happen...Read More
Lacrosse goalie uses final year of eligibility returning to Westminster after transfer to Division 1 program
Mikala Davis is a fifth-year goalie for the Westminster College women’s lacrosse team who is in her final year of nursing school. Although Davis’ student-athlete journey started like any typical athle...Read More
Opinion: Women in sports don’t owe you anything
On Saturday, Nov. 28, Sarah Fuller achieved immortality. Fuller, a goalkeeper for the Vanderbilt women’s soccer team, served as a placekicker for the football team after personnel issues. Low on playe...Read More
‘Focus on what you can control’: Sports psychology in the age of uncertainty
COVID-19 and sports don’t seem to go hand-in-hand, but Kelli Warmouth would like to think they do. The Master of Sport Psychology candidate at the University of Utah believes that the pandemic —...Read More