CSU Pueblo’s Athletics Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 Induction, October 4
The induction of the Class of 2024 for the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame is on October 4 during homecoming weekend. The event will be held at the Occhiato Student Center Ballroom starting at 6 p.m. The tickets for the induction ceremony are $20 per person ($10 for children / under five are free). […]
Western Colorado Van Hee featured on D2.ticker
Western Colorado athletic director Miles Van Hee joins D2.ticker as the latest AD in Residence to discuss the Mountaineers’ recent $ 43.9-million stadium renovation, gameday operations, NIL, and more. The Mountaineer Bowl renovation had various attempts over the years, which ended in a $43.9-million project that included the entire complex of the Mountaineer Bowl and Katy O. […]
Backseat to no one
Not to take a backseat to her husband (Rick), who started three seasons at then-Southern Colorado State College, Ruth Shelton was making a name for herself when she returned to Pueblo to finish her college education and lay a foundation for women’s sports at the school. Ruth Shelton (nee McClanahan), who joins classmate Frances Price […]
Price is Right
Frances Price grew up with three brothers in the Bessemer area of Pueblo and said in a November 2010 Chieftain article that she and Ruth Shelton “were always tomboys.” These two “tomboys” were instrumental in starting college athletics at then-Southern Colorado State College in the late 1960s. In the Chieftain article, Price said she “came […]
Dapore, Horton & Nuschy Campbell Semi-finals
Air Force’s Matthew Dapore, Colorado State’s Tory Horton, and Colorado State Pueblo’s Jon Jon Nuschy were announced as semifinals for the 2024 William V. Campbell Trophy®, college football’s premier scholar-athlete award. Dapore is majoring in systems engineering with a focus on aeronautical engineering. Of the three, Nuschy is from LaJunta, Colo., and transferred from Northern […]
Cameron McDondle – “The Durable Workhorse”
When reviewing Cameron McDondle’s career at Colorado State University Pueblo, you find that he accomplished the following: His school-record 5,956 career yards rushing are: It is the most ever by a collegiate running back in Colorado. The second most ever in the history of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. It is the 15th-best mark by […]
