Here is an initial list of memorable moments for student-athletes, coaches, and teams associated with the Southern Colorado Junior College, Pueblo Junior College, Southern Colorado State College, the University of Southern Colorado, and Colorado State University Pueblo.

1. June 20, 1937. Southern Colorado Junior College became Pueblo Junior College.
2. December 6, 1937. Pueblo Junior College joined the Intermountain Junior College Association along with Fort Lewis and Trinidad. Physical education instructor Dale Rea started the intercollegiate athletics program, which in its first year consisted of football and basketball, both coached by Rea.
3. September 1938. The first football team was fielded at Pueblo Junior College and played six games.  From the advent of its athletic program in 1938 until its dissolution in 1994, the Indian was the mascot at Pueblo Junior College (now Colorado State University Pueblo).  Maroon and Gray were the initial school colors and eventually changed to “Red, White & Blue” to honor the first two high schools in the city of Pueblo – Centennial (red) and Central (blue), as both schools had white in their colors.
4. November 19, 1938. Pueblo Junior College ended its first football season with a 7-7 tie at Adams State College in Alamosa.  PJC posted a 1-4-1 record (1-3-2 in other reports), with their lone win a 19-7 victory at Fort Lewis on October 29.
5. December 4, 1938. Pueblo Junior College and schools from Durango, Garden City, Kan., Las Vegas, and Portales, N. M., and Trinidad joined the Intermountain Junior College Conference and formed the Eastern Division. The Western Division, which has been functioning for four years, comprises schools from Grand Junction, Utah (Ogden and Salt Lake City), and Idaho (Twin Falls).
6. March 13-15, 1939. Pueblo Junior College lost the basketball championship series for the Intermountain Junior College Conference title in Rexburg, Idaho.  Ricks won the first (40-28) and third (44-27) games, with PJC victorious 49-47 in the third contest.
7. November 1, 1939. The first campus newspaper was published, and the publication was known as “The Arrow” to keep with the Indian tradition.
8. February 2, 1940. Affectionally known as “The Pit”, the largest gymnasium in Southern Colorado opened on the campus of Pueblo Junior College. PJC defeated Trinidad 43-35 in the first game. More than 1,500 attended the dedication of the game that cost $210,000
9. March 21-23, 1940. In Pueblo, Snow College posted 47-28 and 41-23 wins over Pueblo Junior College to win the Intermountain Junior College Conference playoffs.  PJC won the third game 32-30
10. March 13-15, 1941. Pueblo Junior College dropped a three-game series to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, in the Intermountain Junior College Conference playoffs.  After losing 59-37 and 58-36, PJC won the third game 53-50.
11. April 26, 1941. Pueblo Junior College competed in its first track and field event at the University of Colorado relays in Boulder.  Coach Earl Howsam’s team posted two seconds and a fourth in the junior college division.
12. March 6-7, 1942. After winning the Intermountain Eastern Division basketball title with a 7-1 record, Pueblo Junior College dropped 38-34 and 43-38 decisions to Mesa Junior College in Pueblo in the IJCC championship playoffs.
13. February 12-13, 1943. Pueblo Junior College posted three wins over Trinidad 43-27, LaJunta 59-32, and Northeastern of Sterling 51-45. to win the Eastern Division basketball title for the Intermountain Junior College Conference and to finish the season with a 12-0 record. Joe Marquez led PJC with 43 points.  It was the fourth-straight Eastern Division title for PJC.
14. December 18, 1945. Dale Rea resigned as the PJC basketball coach and athletic director to take a job with the Veterans Administration.
15. December 26, 1945. After an eight-day search, Harry Simmons was named the PJC athletics director and basketball coach.  Simmons had just completed three years of Marine Corps service.
16. January 11, 1946. In Harry Simmons’ first game coaching basketball at Pueblo Junior College (now CSU Pueblo), the Indians won 47-27 over LaJunta Junior College. Gene Raymond and Leo Hill scored 15 and 10 points, respectively, as 16 players competed for PJC.  Simmons finished his 34-season run at PJC, Southern Colorado State College, and the University of Southern Colorado with 603 wins, 10 national tournament appearances, and a national title in 1961.
17. September 20, 1946. In the first football game in three seasons, Pueblo Junior College dropped a 6-0 decision to New Mexico Highlands at Central Field on Orman Avenue. Coached by Harry Simmons, PJC finished with a 5-4 record, highlighted by a four-game winning streak at the end of the season, by outscoring its opponents 110-12.
18. February 27, 1947. A day after accepting a bid to play in the Western State Invitational at Compton, Calif., Pueblo Junior College ended its Colorado Junior College Conference title run by winning 62-48 at Trinidad with Don Chambers scoring 16 points.  The Indians won the CJCC with a 10-0 record.
19. March 7, 1947. Pueblo Junior College ended its stay in the Western State Invitational at Compton, Calif., after losing 69-57 to Cedar City (Utah) 69-57.  After losing their opening game to Dixie (Utah) 44-45 on March 5, the Indians advanced in the consolation round with a 45-41 win over McNeese of Louisiana.
20. February 27, 1948. Pueblo Junior College won its 13th-straight game in posting a 65-48 win over visiting Trinidad to win its second straight Colorado Junior College Conference title with a 10-0 record.  Don Chambers and Don Schmidli each scored 18 points for PJC.
21. March 10, 1948. Pueblo Junior College had to forfeit its opening game in the NJCAA regional at Fort Scott, Kan., to Casper, Wyo.  The Indians became snowbound 300 miles from Fort Scott in Greensburg, Kan.
22. November 25, 1948. Jack Parsons scored all the Pueblo Junior College points via two rushes (3 and 12 yards), one reception (30 yards), two extra points, and a field goal (30) to lead the Indians to a 23-13 win at undefeated and nationally ranked Trinidad State College. PJC finished with a 7-2-1 record in Maurice “Red” Elders’ first season as football coach.
23. May 20, 1949. Led by Wayne Firestone’s hitting and Ronald Yoxey’s pitching, Pueblo Junior College won the first Colorado junior college baseball championship by defeating Mesa 3-2 and 6-5 in a doubleheader at Runyon Field in Pueblo.
24. May 21, 1949. In the first Colorado junior college track and field championship, Pueblo Junior College scored 78 points to win the title at Centennial Field.  In winning its second conference title in two days, Bob Keating scored 161.4 points for PJC by winning the 100- and 220-yard dashes, placing second in the broad jump, third in the high jump, and anchoring the winning 880-yard relay team.
25. September 30, 1950. Pueblo Junior College played its first football game in the city’s new stadium (now Dutch Clark Stadium) as the Indians were defeated 48-6 by Coffeyville, Kan.
26. May 19, 1951. Led by Bill Trevithick, Dick Mynatt, and Darwin Wadsworth, Pueblo Junior College won the Colorado Junior College conference title at City Park.  Trevithick was the singles champion, and Mynatt teamed with Wadsworth to win the doubles crown.
27. May 10, 1952. With Harry Simmons as the coach, Pueblo Junior College won the Empire Conference eastern division track and field title at the Pueblo Centennial High track by scoring 60 points.  PJC won seven events and secured the title with a win in the mile relay featuring Bob Chavez, Paul Bono, Earl Mills, and Dick Vinci.  Bob Chavez, who also played on the basketball and baseball teams, won the 880 and mile runs.  Vinci, like Chavez, a basketball and baseball standout, won 440.
28. May 24, 1954. Pueblo Junior College was declared co-champions in baseball with Mesa College in the Empire Conference after a best-of-three series was rained out in Grand Junction.  PJC won the first game 8-5, but rain prevented the playoffs from being completed.  PJC was 16-0 during the season and won the Empire Eastern Division.  Mesa had defeated PJC for the previous two season titles.
29. March 2, 1955. Reserve Phil Haines’ tip-in with three seconds left in the game earned Pueblo Junior College a 74-72 comeback win at McCook (Neb.) Junior College to secure the Indians’ first trip to the national finals in Hutchinson, Kan. PJC trailed 72-67 with less than two minutes left in the game as Haines scored 14 of his points in the final half, including three field goals in the final two minutes. It was Pueblo’s first Empire Conference title since 1948, as the finals were a best-of-three series with McCook winning the first game 69-66 and the Indians the second 87-84.
30. March 8, 1955. Pueblo Junior College played its first game in the National Junior College Athletic Association Basketball Championships in Hutchinson, Kan., as the Indians dropped a 79-73 decision to New York Community College.  Ernie McGill scored 16 points for PJC.
31. March 10, 1955. With a 67-57 win over Graceland College of Iowa, Pueblo Junior College won it first game in the national tournament.  Eugene Poston scored 12 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for the Indians in the win.  The next day, PJC was eliminated from the tournament after losing 74-61 despite a 28-point effort by Ernie McGill, who finished the nationals with 56 points in three games.
32. January 21, 1956. Eugene Poston scored 50 points to set a school record in leading Pueblo Junior College to a 105-57 win at Lamar.  Poston made 20 field goals and 10 free throws before leaving the game with less than five minutes remaining.  He had previously set the school and conference scoring record at 38 points (13 field goals, 12 free throws) on December 13, 1955, at Pratt, Kan. The previous records were 38 by George Simms on February 24, 1948, at Lamar, and Joe Griego in 1954.
33. January 21, 1956. Pueblo Centennial graduate and Pueblo Junior College sophomore center Eugene Poston became the first collegian in the state to score 50 points when he tallied 50 in PJC’s 105-57 win over Lamar.
34. March 9, 1956. Led by soon-to-be All-American Eugene Poston, Pueblo Junior College clinched its second-straight Empire Conference title with a 79-72 win at Trinidad. Poston, the conference’s top scorer with over 26 points per game, scored 30 points before fouling out with 30 seconds left.  The win also secured the Indians’ second-straight berth in the national junior college tournament in Hutchinson, Kan.
35. March 24, 1956. Pueblo Junior College sophomore center Eugene Poston was named the most valuable player in the NJCAA tournament. Despite playing on the sixth-place team, he scored 119 points in four games (18, 39, 32, 30), averaging 29.5 points. He was a unanimous first-team All-Empire Conference pick, a first-team All-American, and averaged 27.3 points per game.
36. March 28, 1956. Eugene Poston became the school’s first-team NJCAA basketball All-American.  The most valuable player in the national tournament finished his two-year career at PJC with 1,349 points in 62 games, including
37. September 29, 1956. Joe Prater made his debut as the football coach at Pueblo Junior College with a 33-12 win over McCook (Neb.) at Pueblo Public School Stadium.  Leading the Indians was freshman halfback Joe Martinez, who played for Prater at Lamar High, where the pair won state football titles.  Martinez completed touchdown passes of 47 and 48 yards, and intercepted a pass and returned 90 yards for a score.
38. March 9, 1957. Pueblo Junior College became the first Empire Conference school to win three straight basketball titles as the Indians posted a 79-67 win over visiting Trinidad. Soon-to-be JC All-American Ken Anderson scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead PJC to its third-straight appearance in the national tournament.  It was also the school’s fourth post-season berth since the 1945-1946 season under Coach Harry Simmons.  Since then, only three schools have won three consecutive Region IX titles or more: Casper College (1970-1972), Western Nebraska (1993-1995, 1997-1999), and Trinidad State (2022-2026).
39. March 23, 1957. With three starters fouled out with eight minutes left in the game, Pueblo Junior College rallied behind a 37-point performance by Dale Allen to score a 93-83 win over Moberly (Mo.) Junior College in the third-place game at the national tournament in Hutchinson. The previous season, Moberly defeated PJC 66-62 in the national semifinals.
40. December 11, 1957. Joe Martinez was named among the top 44 players by the National Junior College Athletic Association as he averaged more than 1,000 yards a game in 17 contests. During his two-season career at Pueblo Junior College, Martinez ran or passed for 26 of the school’s 35 touchdowns.  He completed 48 percent of his passes, averaging 5.1 yards per rushing attempt.
41. May 17, 1958. Al Roots (javelin, fourth, 184 feet), Jack Alexander (high jump, tied for fourth, 6-feet, 2-inches), and Larry Dickinson (low hurdles, sixth, 26.2) scored points to lead Pueblo Junior College to a 17^th-place finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association outdoor track and field championships at Hutchinson, Kan.
42. March 23, 1960. Sophomore Curtis Jimerson became the fourth Pueblo Junior College player to receive All-American basketball honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association.  A two-season starter from El Paso, Jimerson was a second-team pick and joined Eugene Poston (1956, first team), Ken Anderson (1957, second team), and Al Roots (1958, third team) as PJC All-Americans.  Les Pollock was one of 18 players receiving honorable mention recognition.  Jimerson, who finished his collegiate career at Wyoming, where he was inducted into the Cowboys’ HOF in 2025, led the Indians to an eighth-place finish at the NJCAA nationals, scoring 84 points in four games to earn all-tournament recognition.
43. March 18, 1961. In Hutchinson, Kan., Pueblo Junior College won the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) basketball title, completing a four-game tourney sweep by defeating Tyler (Texas), 79-66. Bob Warlick, named the tournament’s MVP, led the Indians in the tournament, scoring 86 points; he had 26 in the title game. The team was coached by the late Harry Simmons, a future inductee into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.
44. May 13, 1961. After placing fourth the previous four seasons at the Empire Conference outdoor track and field championships, Pueblo Junior College captured the crown by defeating McCook 75-47 1/2 at Grand Junction. The Indians won seven of the 10 running events on the final day.  John Plummer scored 15 points for PJC by tying for first in the high jump, running a leg on the mile relay team, and placing second in the 220- and 440-yard dashes.
45. May 20, 1961. Pueblo Junior College earned an at-large berth for the national baseball tournament by posting a 6-5 win over Trinidad State. In the national playoffs at Grand Junction, the Indians upset top-seeded Northeastern Oklahoma in the opener 9-7 (May 26) before losing to Wilmington 4-3 and Wright 10-7.
46. May 12, 1962. Jim Blasing coached Pueblo Junior College to its second-straight Empire Conference title as the Indians out-pointed Mesa 48-46 as the one-mile relay teams of Jim Hollowell, Jim Bessire, Jerry Wagner, and Gary Lyons placed second in the meet’s final event while the Mavericks were blanked.  The championships were held in Pueblo at the Centennial track at 13th and Santa Fe.
47. May 11, 1963. Pueblo Junior College captured its third-straight Empire Conference outdoor track and field title as the Indians outscored host Scottsbluff 59-48 ½.  Freshman Richard Higgins shattered the old mile standard by almost eight seconds with a clocking of 4:30.7 to win the title.  He also lowered the 880 mark, winning the race in 2:01.2.
48. May 18, 1963. In the final athletic event for Pueblo Junior College, Pat McGraw and Richard Higgins set school records in leading the Indians to a ninth-place finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association’s outdoor track and field championships in Big Springs, Texas.  McGraw placed second in the two-mile run (9:52.0), and Higgins was third in the one-mile run (4:25.6) with school-record efforts.
49. September 14, 1963. Southern Colorado State College staged its first intercollegiate athletic contest as a four-year school, with the Indians dropping a 21-20 decision to visiting Emporia State at Pueblo Public School Stadium.
50. March 28, 1964. Visiting Denver defeated SCSC 62-50 in the Indians’ first-ever home dual track & field event at Centennial Field.
51. March 2, 1965. Sam Moore’s two free throws with two seconds left on the clock propelled Southern Colorado State College to its first-ever national post-season tournament as a four-year school as the Indians scored a 79-78 win over St. Joseph’s College of Albuquerque. Bob Graham led the Indians with 31 points, Moore added 22, and Sam Batey added 10 in his final home game at SCSC.
52. March 8, 1965. Southern Colorado State College dropped a 66-59 decision to Southwestern Louisiana in the first round of the NAIA Championships in Kansas City. It was the first of three NAIA national tournament appearances for the school, with other qualifying efforts in 1986 and 1991.  Overall, the school has appeared in eight national tournaments, including NCAA berths in 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, and 1998.
53. April 23, 1965. Sophomore Nick Ciazzo pitched the first no-hitter in the school’s 4-year history in SCSCs 4-0 win at Regis in Denver.  In his first game of the season, he pitched a nine-inning complete game as he faced 31 batters, struck out 17, walked two, hit one batter, and two men reached base on errors. Only one Ranger reached second base due to an interference call.
54. October 18, 1965. A single-engine Cessna plane crashed east of Montrose, claiming the lives of three 22-year-old coaches from Western State College, Bob Busia, James Novak, and Garth Yorkton, as well as the pilot. The coaches were on a scouting trip; the crash site wasn’t discovered by a park ranger until over a week later, after the plane was reported missing.  Busia was a standout football and baseball player at Pueblo South, Pueblo JC, and Southern Colorado State College.
55. November 13, 1965. Adams State spoiled Southern Colorado State College’s bid for an undefeated season with a 22-16 win at Pueblo Public School’s Stadium.  Soon-to-be NFL standout Don Cockroft scored eight points on two field goals and two extra points for Adams State as SCSC played most of the game with its top two offensive threats Frank Hester and Chet Foster.  SCSC finished the season with an 8-1-1 record as the Indians tied Northern Colorado 0-0 in the third game of the campaign and ended the year with a 24-13 win over Colorado Mines in Pueblo.
56. February 1, 1966. Then Southern Colorado State College (now CSU Pueblo) and ranked No. 2 in the nation, trailed New Mexico Highlands on the road, 112-102, with 2:47 left in the game; the Indians had already cut into an 85-60 deficit since the nine-minute mark. SCSC outscored Highlands 15-0 down the stretch to rally for a 117-112 win, with Sam Moore scoring 10 of those 15 points. Joe Ross led four SCSC players with 20 or more points with 24; Moore scored 21 to pace the 57-27 rally over the last nine minutes.
57. May 7, 1966. SCSC hosted its first-ever home multi-team track meet as a four-year school, and the Indians finished second (66 points) to Adams State (77 ½) at Centennial Field.  Northern Colorado, Western Colorado, Colorado Mines and Colorado College also competed in the meet in 90-degree weather.
58. June 20, 1967. Pueblo Roncalli High pitcher Craig Lown, the son of major leaguer Turk Lown, was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 39th round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. After playing at SCSC, Lown was picked in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase (June 8) by the Chicago White Sox in the delayed phase of the MLB Draft, the first Coloradoan selected in the first round of either draft.
59. June 10, 1967. John Martinez became Southern Colorado State College (now CSU Pueblo) first national champion at a four-year event as he won the one mile run at the NCAA College Division Track Y Field Championships in Odgen, Utah with a time of 4:16.7. In securing a seventh-place finish at the championship, the Indians mile relay team of Clayton Gall, Gene Morenz, Martinez and Isaac Barnes also topped the podium with a school record of 3:15.0.  Harold Williams placed fifth in the 110-yard hurdles (:14.6).
60. March 9, 1968. John Smith became the first of two Southern Colorado State College players drafted by the American Basketball Association, as he was selected in the first round by the Dallas Chaparrals. The draft was held in Louisville, Ky., and Smith was one of 11 first-round picks.  Three months later in New York, Smith was picked in the eighth round (101st overall) of the National Basketball Association by the Los Angeles Lakers.
61. May 5, 1968. In a five-inning game due to the 10-run rule, Craig Lown faced 16 batters in a 10-0 win over West Texas A&M in the second game of a doubleheader at Runyon Field in Pueblo.  Lown struck out six and walked none.  One Buff reached first on an error, with a second baserunner reaching on a fielder’s choice.
62. April 28, 1968. With a 2-1 count on Tom Meyers, who had singled in the first SCSC run in the sixth inning, Tom Demark stole home in the eighth inning to help the Indians score a 2-1 victory over the Air Force at Runyon Field.  Demark was on with a fielder’s choice, stole second, and advanced to third on a throwing error on the steal attempt.
63. May 24, 1968. Southern Colorado State College made its first appearance in the NCAA College Division baseball playoffs in Mankato, Minn., as the Indians split a pair of games by losing 4-2 to host Mankato State before defeating Northern Iowa 6-2. SCSC stayed alive in the double-elimination tournament with a 6-3 elimination win over Mankato, but the regional was halted due to weather. Undefeated Arkansas State advanced after wins over Northern Iowa and Mankato State and led SCSC 3-0 in the championship game when it was called.
64. May 24, 1968. Dennis Jones set a record for pitching wins in a season as he hurled a six-hit complete game 6-2 victory over Northern Iowa in an elimination game in the NCAA Division II playoffs for his 12th win of the campaign.
65. January 6, 1970. Southern Colorado State College defensive tackle and captain Greg Smith was named as one of 33 senior football players to receive a postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA.
66. June 8, 1971. Pueblo Roncalli High and Southern Colorado State College pitcher Craig Lown was selected 23rd overall by the Chicago White Sox in the delayed phase of the Major League Baseball Draft, the first Coloradoan selected in the first round of either draft.
67. January 12, 1972. Air Force defeated Southern Colorado State College (now CSU Pueblo) in a men’s basketball game at USAFA, 84-76. The real story was that 10 players fouled out (seven on CSSC, including the entire starting five), with another five players being called for four fouls (four on AFA); a total of 76 in the game and a record for both teams (SCSC 39, AFA 37).  The Falcons made 32-of-56 free throws and the Indians 26-of-45, for a total of 101 free throws; the Indians finished the game with just three players on the floor.
68. February 24, 1972. Before more than 2,000 fans at Massari Arena, Bob Warlick scored 47 points, highlighted by the game-winning bucket with two seconds left, to lead the Dave Keefe Volkswagen Super Beetles to a 105-103 win over the Denver Broncos All-Stars. Billy Masters and Billy Thompson combined for 56 points for the Broncos.
69. March 11, 1972. Southern Colorado State College became the first state school to advance to the Elite Eight in the college division of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament when it defeated Seattle Pacific, 86-83, in Pueblo. The West Regional champion Indians lost in the quarterfinals in Evansville to Akron, 92-77.
70. April 28, 1972. Jim von Loh (first team) and Roger Youchem (second) were named CoSIDA College Division Basketball Academic All-Americans.
71. May 16, 1972. Led by freshman Rick Pobst, Southern Colorado State College won its first conference title in the nine-season history of the program.  With Pobst posting his second-straight one-over-par 73 to win medalist honors by nine strokes at the Paradise Valley Country Club in Las Vegas, the Indians fought back from a seven-stroke deficit to capture team honors by 15 strokes over Western Colorado (641-656).
72. June 17, 1972. In their first appearance in the NCAA Championships, the Southern Colorado State College men’s golf team placed seventh at the College Division championships in Williamstown, Mass.  Steve Linnerson (74-74-75-78=302, +18) finished fifth in the competition, and Rick Pobst (75-74-80-74=303) tied for sixth.  With top 10 finishes, both players qualified for the NCAA Golf Championships in Fort Myers, Fla.
73. January 10, 1973. SCSC posted its 100th home win in its 4-year basketball history with a 72-70 win over Division I Montana as Tom Peterson (31 points) and Cal Tatum (28) combined for 59 points in the win over the
74. February 1, 1973. Collon Kennedy was named a second-team football Academic All-American.  A two-time all-Great Plains Athletic Conference selection, Kennedy led Southern Colorado State College in tackles for three seasons.  He was also named on January 3 as an NCAA post-graduate scholarship winner.
75. February 6, 1973. Harry Simmons won his 600th career game as the Southern Colorado State College posted a 48-43 win over Air Force at Massari Arena before 4,600 fans. It was the Indians’ first win in six games against the Falcons.  All-American Cal Tatum led the Indians with 18 points, and backcourt mate Charles Cox added 10.
76. February 10, 1973. Cal Tatum became the first player in basketball to score 2,000 points as he scored 27 points in an 89-84 overtime setback to Northern Colorado at Massari Arena.  In 99 career games since the start of the 1969-1970 season, Tatum scored 2,005 points for a 20.3 average.  Despite the defeat, SCSC clinched a tie for the Great Plains Athletic Conference title with an 8-1 record.
77. May 5, 1973. Ken Curry led Southern Colorado State College to the men’s Great Plains Athletic Conference title in Emporia, Kan., as the Indians nipped Northern Colorado 37 1/3 to 35 for the title.  Curry won the No. 1 singles title and then joined Ron Smith to win the doubles title at No. 1. In June, the tennis team tied for 19th in the NCAA College Division Championships at East Stroudsburg, Pa.
78. May 18, 1973. In the American Basketball Association’s supplemental Draft in New York, Cal Tatum of Southern Colorado State College was selected with the eighth pick in the first round by the Carolina Cougars.  In September, he was traded to the Denver Rockets.
79. May 22, 1973. In hosting the Great Plains Athletic Conference men’s golf championships at the Pueblo Country Club, SCSC rallied on the final day of the event to post a three-stroke win over Fort Hays State (605-608).  Rick Pobst and Mike Zaremba led the Indians with 151 scores, nine-over par, to tie for fourth.
80. June 15, 1973. Led by future CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Famers Rick Pobst and Mike Zaremba, SCSC placed eighth in the NCAA College Division championships at Riverside, Calif.  The Indians
81. November 27, 1973. Harry Simmons and Cal Tatum headlined the inaugural class of inductees into the Greater Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame, including Earl “Dutch’ Clark, Bruno A. DeRose, Thomas E. Keach, Raymond “Red” LeMaster, Bill L. McClatchey, Tony Niccoli, Gary L. Knafelc, Edward O.  Orazem, and Edwin J. Smith.
82. April 4, 1974. In a 3-0 seven-inning SCSC win over Adams State, Lloyd Bailey faced 27 batters, struck out 10, walked five, and hit one batter.  Only three balls were hit to the outfield in the second game of the doubleheader at Pueblo’s Runyon Field.
83. June 15, 1974. USC golfers placed 17th at the NCAA Division II Championships at Tampa, Fla.
84. March 15, 1975. The inaugural AIAW Small College Women’s Basketball Championships were held in Pueblo, with Phillips (Okla.) University won the title, defeating Talladega (Ala.) College, 60-49.
85. May 10, 1975. With a player or team in every final, Southern Colorado State College captured the Great Plains Athletic Conference title in Greeley. Ken Curry and Oyvind Faye won the top two singles titles before teaming to capture the No. 1 doubles crown.
86. May 20, 1975. Mike Zaremba won the Great Plains Athletic Conference men’s medalist golf title at Topeka, where he edged teammate Rick Pobst by a stroke (221-222).
87. June 11-14, 1975. Southern Colorado State College hosted the NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Championships at City Park, with the school tying for ninth in the competition with seven points.
88. May 8, 1976. Ken Curry won his fourth straight Great Plains Athletic Conference title, leading the University of Southern Colorado to its third league title in the last four seasons in Topeka, Kan.
89. May 10, 1977. In one of the most dominating performances in any Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships, the University of Southern Colorado won all six individual titles – four singles and two doubles – for a “perfect” score of 46 in winning the first event of three postseason appearances for the Indians.  Winning individual RMAC titles in Pueblo were Carey Brading (No. 1), Doug Reichley (No. 2), Gerald Jaramillo (No. 3), and Ron Ellison (No. 4).  Brading and Reichley won the No. 1 doubles crown, and Jaramillo and John Welch topped the No. 2 bracket.
90. May 14, 1977. Led by Carey Brading, USC captured the NAIA District 7 tennis title in Grand Junction to advance to the national championships in Kansas City where the Indians placed fourth in the finale.
91. May 21, 1977. Coach Don McIntosh’s USC squad placed ninth in the NCAA Division II Tennis Championships at San Diego.
92. June 4, 1977. In the NAIA finals in Kansas City, the USC men’s tennis team tied for fourth with Carson-Newman, becoming top-10 finishers in both national tournaments.
93. May 9, 1978. Due to two feet of snow on the course in Golden, the RMAC men’s golf championships were moved to Pueblo City Park, where USC won the title by 14 strokes over New Mexico Highlands (903-917).  Gary Woodside led the Indians with a 221 score and one stroke off of medalist honors.  With the title, USC competed at the NAIA Championships in Lakeland, Fla., at the end of May.  In the postseason, USC placed 20th.
94. May 15, 1979. The University of South Colorado successfully defended its RMAC title as Brian Snyder captured medalist honors for the Pack with a 226 score.  Held at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Golden, Colo., the meet was a combined event, as the Indians placed second to Eastern New Mexico in the NAIA District 7 playoffs, with Snyder finishing second in the regional scoring.
95. December 3, 1979. Southern Colorado’s Carroll Lillie, a freshman walk-on from Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs, scored 51 points in an 82-80 overtime loss to St. Mary’s of the Plains in Pueblo, to date the most points in a single game by a college women’s basketball player in the state. She had 24 points at halftime, broke the school record of 28 just minutes into the second half, and set the state mark late in regulation.
96. February 18, 1980. Harry Simmons won his 700th career game as the University of Southern Colorado posted a 74-52 win over Western Colorado at Massari Arena. Herman Phillips had 20 points and 18 wins for the Indians.
97. March 3, 1980. It wasn’t a joyous end to a 40-year coaching career, but Southern Colorado battled Regis to the end – three times, before falling 80-72 in three overtimes in a first-round NAIA District VII playoff game, the last for coach Harry Simmons. “The Chief,” as he was known, compiled a 603-326 record in 35 seasons at the Pueblo school (which started out as Pueblo Junior College).  It was also the final games for Tony White, who scored 23 points and finished as the school’s all-time assists leader (to this day) with 443 in 80 games, and Herman “The Helicopter” Phillips, who, in 102 games, averaged a double-double for his career (14.1 points, 10.3 rebounds) – one of 13 players in state history to do so.
98. May 3, 1980. Led by Chris Moncrieff, the University of Southern Colorado won its third-straight RMAC golf title in Clovis, N. M.  The Indians edged host Eastern New Mexico 910-914, and Moncrieff won the medalist title by winning a sudden-death playoff with Fort Lewis’s Craig Johnson with a made birdie putt.  The event was a combined tournament with USC winning the NAIA District 7 title and Moncrieff the medalists.
99. May 23, 1980. Placed 16th
100. November 1, 1980. The University of Southern Colorado clinched a tie for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football title with a 27-10 win at Western Colorado. The following week, the Indians lost a chance at the outright title, falling 49-15 at Southern Utah.  USC finished the season tying Adams State for the crown with a 7-1 record as the Indians’ first-ever league title as a four-year school. The Indians were 9-1 overall and ranked ninth in the final NAIA poll.
101. February 21, 1981. The University of Southern Colorado’s women’s basketball team captured the RMAC’s Eastern Division title with a 67-54 win at Regis.  The next week, the Indians lost twice in the postseason with a 93-78 setback at Adams State in the RMAC tournament championship game on February 24 and a 75-88 loss to Western Colorado in Alamosa.
102. February 22, 1982. Retired University of Southern Colorado basketball coach and athletic director Harry Simmons was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame along with Bob Anderson, Gerald Phipps and C. L. “Poss” Parsons.
103. February 22, 1982. Harry Simmons was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame at the downtown Denver Hilton Hotel.
104. March 1982. University of Southern Colorado basketball coach Harry Simmons was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame.
105. March 6, 1982. Led by freshman Kim Villers, the University of Southern Colorado placed second at the NAIA Women’s Gymnastics Nationals in Milledegville, Ga. The Indians scored 127.4 points to place behind Georgia College’s 129.05. Villers finished fourth in the all-around by tying first in the floor exercise, third in the balance beam, ninth in the vault, and 10th in the uneven parallel bars.  The Indians had placed third in the 1981 championships behind Georgia College (130.20) and Gustavus Adolphus (128.30) with 122.70 points.
106. May 20, 1982. Yvonne Taylor won the long jump title with a leap of 19-2 ¼ at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Charleston, W. Va.
107. November 6, 1982. Nick Pannunzio and Herman Heard hooked up on a 99-yard touchdown pass in USC’s 33-24 win over Adams State in Alamosa.  It is the longest collegiate touchdown pass in Centennial State history.
108. November 6, 1982. USC competed in the school’s first collegiate tennis event at the MSU Denver Open.
109. November 12, 1982. In its first dual wrestling match, the University of Southern Colorado posted a 44-6 win over MSU Denver at Massari Arena before 550 fans.  In the opening match, 118-pounder David Archuleta pinned Hilbert Smith at 1:52 for the first match victory.  The next night, USC defeated Air Force 30-22 with Archuleta pinning a Falcon in the first match.
110. December 4, 1982. In the school’s collegiate post-season game, the University of Southern Colorado dropped a 61-20 decision to Central Oklahoma before 7,442 fans at Dutch Clark Stadium. Backup quarterback Dan McMinimee passed for two touchdowns for the Indians as regular starter John Wristen was sidelined after eight games with a knee injury.  Central Oklahoma won the NAIA title two weeks later at home in a 14-11 decision over Colorado Mesa, which defeated USC 14-13 earlier in the season at Grand Junction.
111. December 11, 1982. Following the completion of the NCAA Division II football season, University of Southern Colorado quarterback John Wristen was named the passing efficiency leader with a 182.6 rating.
112. March 8, 1983. Brad Ranson’s 10-footer with one second left earned the University of Southern Colorado a 67-65 win over top-seeded Grand Canyon in the semi-finals of the NAIA District 7 playoffs in Glendale, Ariz.  The next night, Ranson scored 22 points (10-for-10 at the free-throw line) in his final collegiate game, but the Indians were defeated 91-77 by the College of Santa Fe, snapping USC’s eight-game winning streak. Santa Fe was coached by Lenny Roybal, who played on the 1961 Pueblo Junior College national championship team.  Ranson (1980-1983), the school’s career free-throw percentage leader (76 games, 347-397, 87.4%), made 40 of his last 43 throws.
113. March 11-12, 1983. The University of Southern Colorado hosted the NAIA Gymnastics Championships at Massari Arena.
114. May 6, 1984. USC football and track & field standout Dan Derose was named a National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete.  A business management major with a 3.77 grade point average, Derose set a school record with 417 career tackles in three seasons.
115. March 9, 1985. Bryan Hawkins (126 pounds) and Mike Guenther (177) captured titles at the NAIA Wrestling Championships in Jamestown, N. D., as the Indians placed second in the team scoring with 80.5 points.
116. March 6, 1986. Rodger Parker’s four free throws in the final 18 seconds helped USC to score a 61-58 win over Fort Lewis in Durango in the finals of District No. 7 to advance to the NAIA Championships in Kansas City.
117. March 12, 1986. Turnovers (32) and foul trouble foiled USC as the Indians dropped a 74-40 decision to top-seeded Cumberland of Kentucky in the opening round of the NAIA Championships in Kansas City.  USC was playing in the school’s sixth post-season national tournament and first since 1973.
118. March 8, 1986. USC placed ninth at the NAIA Wrestling Championships in Minot, N. D., with 42.25 points.  In the 167-pound title match, 18-year-old freshman Chuck Pipher lost 6-3 to Southern Oregon’s Steve Tekander in the championship match.
119. March 3, 1987. Chuck Pipher won his first of three 167-pound NAIA wrestling titles in leading the Indians to an eighth-place finish in West Liberty, W. Va., with 43 points.
120. November 20, 1987. Joe Folda started his Hall of Fame career at USC with his first game just over a month after being hired as the school’s fourth head men’s basketball coach.  The Indians dropped a 96-77 decision to nationally ranked Grand Canyon at Massari Arena.  Folda’s first USC team finished 17-14 overall and 9-5 in the RMAC.  Folda posted a 314-196 record (61.6% winning percentage) in 18 seasons at the school, the most wins by any men’s coach in the 4-year history.
121. March 1, 1988. CSU Pueblo’s women’s basketball team won the RMAC regular-season title with an 87-69 win over Fort Lewis.  Three nights later, the Skyhawks reversed the decision by defeating the Indians 71-63 in the NAIA District 7 playoffs in Cedar City, Utah.
122. March 3, 1988. With Chuck Pipher winning his second of three 167-pound titles in Tacoma, Wash, USC placed fifth in the NAIA Wrestling Championships with 73.25 points.
123. February 11, 1989. Southern Colorado senior guard Suzanne Gonzales had the rare quadruple-double in a 67-54 win over Western State in Pueblo. She had 13 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 11 steals; the NCAA doesn’t recognize it, however, since it didn’t consider steals an official statistic until the 1992-93 season.
124. March 4, 1989. Chuck Pipher captured his third-straight 167-pound title at the NAIA Wrestling Championships in Jamestown, N. D., as the University of Southern Colorado senior was named the tournament’s most outstanding performer after his 10-7 win over Western Montana’s Jim Putman. Pipher finished the season with a 37-2 record and his career with a 161-29-1 mark. USC placed fifth with 64.75 points.
125. October 10, 1989. Earl “Dutch” Clark headlined the inaugural class of inductees into the Colorado High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. Other inductees from Pueblo in the prep hall are Sollie Raso (1992), John Rivas (1994), Bob Chavez (2002), Dan Cholas (2007), Sam Pagano (2013), Kent Smith (2017), Bart Stevens (2018), and Pete Falletta (2019).  CSUP’s Friends of Football were honored by the CHSAA with a Colorado Tradition Award.
126. March 3, 1990 – Jeff Martinez captured the high jump at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a leap of 6-10 in Kansas City, Mo.
127. March 4, 1990. USC placed ninth at the NAIA Wrestling Championships in Hays, Kan., with 41.5 points.
128. May 1, 1990. USC started a string of men’s golf championships for the next seven seasons as Brad Elliott shot a 7-over par 149 to lead the Indians to the RMAC title at Rolling Hills Country Club in Golden.  It was the school’s first RMAC title since 1981, when USC finished a four-season run of league championships (1978-1981).
129. May 26, 1990 – Jeff Martinez maintained the top spot among NAIA high jumpers as he won the event at the Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a leap of 7 feet, 1 1/2 inches in Stephenville, Texas. Three months earlier, Martinez won the indoor title with a 6-10 jump on March 3 in Kansas City, Mo.
130. February 27, 1991. With three wrestlers winning national titles, USC placed second in the NAIA Championships in Dillon, Mont., with 88 points.  Mannie Garcia (118 pounds), Mark Villalobos (134) and Andy Pipher (142) topped the podium in their weights.
131. March 1, 1991. USC avenged a pair of regular-season setbacks to MSU Denver to score a 97-88 win over the Roadrunners on their home court to win the Colorado Athletic Conference title as Tommie Robinson (23 points), Matt Michaels (21) and Keith Abeyta (17) combined for 61 points.
132. March 6, 1991. The University of Southern Colorado advanced to the NAIA nationals by posting a 102-82 win over Colorado Mesa in Grand Junction, as the Indians posted their 25th win of the season to continue setting a school record.
133. March 13, 1991. USC dropped a 106-91 decision to Concord of West Virginia in the opening round of the NAIA Championships in Kansas City to finish the season with a 25-8 record.  Tommie Robinson and Matt Michael scored 24 and 21 points, respectively, for the Indians.
134. May 25, 1991. Jeff Martinez won the NAIA high jump title for the second straight season at the Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a leap of 6 feet, 11 3/4 inches in Stephenville, Texas. Three months earlier, Martinez was second at the indoor event with a leap of 7-2 on March 1 in Kansas City, Mo.
135. February 27, 1991. With three wrestlers winning national titles, USC placed second in the NAIA Championships in Dillon, Mont., with 88 points.  Mannie Garcia (118 pounds), Mark Villalobos (134) and Andy Pipher (142) topped the podium in their weights.
136. February 14, 1992. A USC wrestling attendance record was set with 3.021 watching powerhouse Iowa pinning a 43-0 setback on the Indians.
137. March 7, 1992. Wrestling in its first NCAA Division II Championships, USC placed fifth with 51¾ in the Greeley, Colo., event as Dax Charles captured the 150-pound title by posting a 6-4 overtime decision over Ali Amiri-Eliasi of Nebraska Kearney.  It was his second-straight overtime decision in the event after posting a 5-3 win over Mark Savoia of Ashland.
138. January 12, 1993. Jim Ranson, a Steel City coaching legend, was named as the interim women’s basketball coach at the University of Southern Colorado.  He replaced Marcy Girton, who is now the Deputy Athletics Director, Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Missouri in Columbia.  She had a 50-49 mark at USC.
139. March 6, 1994. With USC hosting the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships for the first of three times, the Indians placed sixth in the competition with 42½ points.
140. May 8, 1994. In its first season back on the diamond since the program was halted in 1985, the University of Southern Colorado captured the Mile High Intercollegiate Baseball League’s post-season tournament by defeating Colorado Mesa 12-3 at Auraria Field in Denver. With the win, Stan Sanchez’s team advances to the school’s second NCAA Division II Championships and first since 1968.  In the NCAAs, USC lost games to Delta State (7-6, May 19) and Central Oklahoma (19-7, May 20).  The team posted a 38-19 record in 1994.
141. May 22, 1994. USC men’s golfers placed 16th at the NCAA Division II Championships in Jacksonville, Fla.
142. November 12, 1994. The inaugural class of the USC Basketball Hall of Fame was announced, featuring Harry Simmons, Cal Tatum, Suzanne Gonzales, and the 1961 PJC national championship team.
143. December 8, 1994. USC president Robert Shirley announced that the Indiana mascot will no longer be used after the 1994-195 season.
144. April 4, 1995. In a bow to political correctness, the University of Southern Colorado dumped its Indiana mascot and nickname, replacing them with Thunderwolves.  On March 8, the final three nicknames were announced – Thunder, Trailblazers, and ThunderWolves.  As for the school colors, here is the current background for “Red, White & Blue”, but it still honors Centennial and Central.

• Red: Represents Colorado’s rich, rocky red soil, found as distinct guard hairs flowing through the mascot’s mane.
• White: Represents Colorado’s snow-capped mountain peaks, featured as a mane (mantelet) around the mascot’s neck.
• Blue: Represents the vast Colorado skies, making up the main coat of the ThunderWolf.

145. July 23, 1995. Southern Colorado State College alum Mike Zaremba wins The Colorado Open with a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole, finishing 2-over-par 72 for a five-under-par 275 and the $27,000 first-place prize at the Inverness Golf Club in Englewood.
146. March 7, 1996. University of Southern Colorado wrestling champion Chuck Pipher was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame.
147. May 19, 1996. Twenty-four years after the basketball team became the first Colorado school to advance to the final eight schools in the NCAA Division II playoffs, the baseball squad at the University of Southern Colorado duplicated the effort by winning three straight games at Riverside, Calif., to win the West Regional and advance to the College Division World Series. The ThunderWolves posted wins over Chico State (12-7, 7-6) and No. 2-ranked UC Riverside (6-3) to earn a spot in the finals, where CSU Pueblo lost to eventual champion Kennesaw State in the first game 9-3 on May 25 before defeating Shippensburg 10-2 on May 27 and losing to Adelphi 5-4 on May 29 in 10 innings.
148. May 19, 1996. Darrell O’Brien broke a 28-season record for pitching wins in a season as he pitched six-plus wins in relief to lead USC to a 7-6 win over Chico State in the NCAA Division III West Regional championship game at Riverside, Calif.  It was his 13th win of the season to break the previous mark of 12 set in 1968 by Dennis Jones.  O’Brien, who started the championship game at second base, was named the regional’s MVP.
149. October 15, 1996. With Jason Allen winning medalist honors by 10 strokes, the USC men’s golf team won the RMAC men’s golf title at Walking Stick in Pueblo.  It was the fifth straight league title for USC with the first four being in the Colorado Athletic Conference (1991-1995).
150. February 28, 1998. The University of Southern Colorado won its fourth RMAC wrestling title as the Indians won three individual weight classes (Chris Currier, 142; Benny Charles, 150; Justin Edwards, 158) to score 124 points in the Golden event..  The Indians previous RMAC titles were 1984, 1985 and 1988.
151. March 6, 1998. Playing in its first NCAA Division II post-season tournament in 25 years, the University of Southern Colorado dropped a 77-74 decision to RMAC rival Nebraska Kearney at Brookings, S.D.  Damon Williams led the Pack with 29 points, including 14 in the second half.  USC had lost previously to the Lopes 106-81 in Kearney and 85-62 in the RMAC championship game on February 28 in Denver.
152. March 14, 1998. Hosting the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships for the second time, USC placed fifth with 56 points at Massari Arena.  Chris Currier (142 pounds) and Justin Edwards (158) placed second for USC.
153. April 25, 1998. USC won both the RMAC’s men’s and women’s tennis titles in Colorado Springs.  Playing at the Broadmoor, the USC women won all six individual titles and two of the three doubles crowns, with freshman Daniella Ivana named the player of the year.  Playing at Memorial Park, the Pack captured three individual and three double crowns.
154. March 13, 1999. With Chris Currier (149) and Trent Monlux (174) winning titles, the University of Southern Colorado placed fourth in the NCAA Division II men’s wrestling championships at Omaha with 70.5 points to trail Pittsburgh-Johnstown (110), Omaha (105.5), and Central Oklahoma (72.5).
155. April 22, 2000. Daniela Ivana won both of her matches in singles and doubles to help lead USC to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s women’s tennis title with a 7-2 win over MSU Denver in Grand Junction.
156. May 5, 2000. USC’s women’s team posted a 5-2 win over Ouachita Baptist in their opening NCAA Division II Midwest Regional match in Abilene, Texas.  The next day, USC dropped a 5-0 match to host Abilene Christian.
157. March 10, 2001. Led by runner-up finishes by Brian Luna (133 pounds) and Kevin Lochner (197 pounds), USC placed fifth at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships in Greeley with 71½ points.
158. April 23, 2001. The USC women’s tennis team posted a 5-1 win over Colorado Mesa to win the RMAC title at the Pueblo City Park’s courts.
159. May 5, 2001. Led by Daniela Ivana and Danielle Cipolla, the University of Southern Colorado posted a 5-0 win over Northern Colorado to win the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional for women’s tennis at Fort Worth to advance to the national finals at Pensacola, Fla. Cipolla and Ivana both won their singles matches against the Bears, along with an 8-2 doubles victory together.
160. May 14, 2001. Despite winning two of the three doubles matches, USC’s women’s team dropped a 5-3 decision to UC Davis in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Women’s Tennis Championships at Pensacola, Fla.  The Pack finished the season with a 22-2 dual mark with RMAC and regional titles to their credit.
161. Spring 2004. After placing second in the fall championships, CSU Pueblo captured the men’s Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title, with Travis Morton winning individual honors.  The team was captained by Josh Koschke, the current Pack coach.
162. May 5, 2004. CSU Pueblo’s men’s golf Travis Morton shot a three-under par 69 to finish second in the NCAA Division II Northwest Regional in Bellingham, Wash.  The 69 was the best round of the tournament as Morton finished two-strokes behind medalist Brett Swedbert of St. Cloud State.  Ten days later, Morton placed tied for 27th at the national finals in DeLand, Fla.
163. July 2004. Four-time national finalists and three-time champion Chuck Pipher (1985-1989) was inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.
164. February 26, 2005. In his final game as the CSU Pueblo men’s basketball coach, Joe Folda saw his team drop a 67-49 decision to rival Fort Lewis in Durango.  In moving full-time into the Athletics Director’s position, Folda posted a 314-196 record (61.6% winning percentage) in 18 seasons at the school, the most wins by any men’s coach in the 4-year history.
165. July 8, 2006. Harry Simmons was inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs at the Silverwood Hotel and Conference Center.
166. March 5, 2006. Laura Westerman (18 points), Mary Rehfeld (20) and Karin Hansen (16) combined for 54 points to lead CSU Pueblo to a 65-54 win over Colorado Mines in the women’s championship game at the RMAC basketball post-season at the Colorado State Fairgrounds Events Center.  It was the first of six RMAC post-season titles for the Pack.
167. March 10, 2006. Playing in their first of 11 NCAA Division II basketball playoffs, the CSU Pueblo dropped a 92-69 decision to undefeated and host North Dakota in Grand Forks.
168. February 6, 2007. Colorado State Pueblo guard Brett Cloepfil set the school record of 41 consecutive free throws made, making 3-of-3 at Adams State; the streak had started late in the prior season. The streak ended when he missed his first try in the ThunderWolves’ next game against Western State.
169. May 9, 2007. The CSU System Board of Governors unanimously approved the expansion of athletics at CSU Pueblo as the school will reintroduce football, wrestling, and women’s track and field for the 2008-2009 season
170. July 3, 2007. Southern Colorado, as it was known at the time, dropped intercollegiate football after the 1984 season due to a campus reorganization. When resurrected ahead of the 2008 season, it called on one of its own, former quarterback John Wristen, to lead the program.  The former assistant coach at CU and Northwestern revived the program and then some, guiding what was now known as CSU Pueblo to a 133-37 record (.782 winning percentage), eight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles and the 2014 NCAA Division II championship (with seven other playoff appearances).
171. March 5, 2008. CSU Pueblo captured its second RMAC post-season women’s basketball title in three seasons with a 70-52 win over Nebraska Kearney at the Colorado State Fairgrounds Events Center.  It was the second of six RMAC post-season titles for the Pack.
172. March 14, 2008. CSU Pueblo dropped a 66-55 decision in the opening round of the NCAA Division II women’s playoffs to host South Dakota in Vermillion.  South Dakota eventually advanced to the national title game.
173. September 6, 2008. After being dormant since 1984, the Southern Colorado football program (renamed CSU Pueblo) won its first game, a 24-13 victory over Panhandle State. A crowd of 9.897 packed USC’s ThunderBowl to witness history; alumnus John Wristen was the team’s head coach, and he resurrected the program, which just six years later won the NCAA Division II title.
174. October 30, 2008. Robin Hayes (2004-2007) from CSU Pueblo was named to the RMAC women’s all-century soccer team.  She was the league’s player of the year in 2007.
175. November 28, 2008. Cal Tatum, SCSC all-time scorer and four-time all-league performer, was named to the RMAC’s men’s all-century basketball team.
176. December 5, 2008. The basketball floor at Massari Arena was named the “Coach Harry H. Simmons Court” at a halftime ceremony of a men’s basketball game.
177. January 28, 2009. Chuck Pipher and Chris Currier from CSU Pueblo were named to the RMAC All-Time Men’s Wrestling Team, selected by representatives from the conference’s wrestling-participating schools. Pipher was named the most outstanding wrestler.
178. March 7, 2009. For the third time in four seasons, CSU Pueblo’s women’s basketball team won the RMAC post-season tournament by defeating Colorado Mines 62-42 at the Colorado State Fairgrounds Events Center.
179. March 13, 2009. Turnovers doomed the CSU Pueblo women in the opening rounds of the NCAA Division II basketball playoffs as the Pack dropped a 78-55 decision to Winona State in Mankato, Minn.
180. March 25, 2009. Sam Christensen (2001-2002) and Tony Wittmus (2002, 2004) were named to the RMAC’s all-century baseball team. A first baseman, Christensen was a two-time RMAC player of the year and an all-American.  As an outfielder, Wittmus was an all-American and set the league record for the longest hitting streak (33 games).
181. April 11, 2009. The CSU Pueblo baseball team set the RMAC record for most home runs in a game with 11 in a 32-23 win over Colorado Christian. Also, setting the record for the most total bases (70), it was the first game of a doubleheader.
182. April 27, 2009. Kerri Chase (1999-2001) and Niki Toussaint (1998-2001) were named to the RMAC’s softball all-century team.  Chase was the league’s top pitcher in 2001, and Toussaint was an all-American outfielder.
183. May 10, 2009. CSU Pueblo’s magical run in the NCAA Division II Central Region Softball Tournament ended as the Pack fell 10-6 to Colorado Mesa in the championship game at MSU Denver. The ThunderWolves ended their 2009 campaign with a 30-20 record as the Pack claimed their two wins ever in the national tournament.
184. June 10, 2009. Jason Allen from CSU Pueblo was named to the RMAC’s men’s all-century team.  The 1996 RMAC champion, Allen also won three Colorado Athletic Conference titles and qualified twice for the U. S. Open (1998 and 2007).
185. June 17, 2009. Student-athletes Carey Brading, Thomas Calhoun, and Daniela Ivana, and coach Bob Scott were named to the RMAC’s all-century tennis team for men and women.  Ivana was named as the best women’s player as she played (1998-2001) for Scott on teams has won three of four RMAC titles.  Brading was a three-time men’s singles and doubles champion in the late 1970s before Calhoun earned RMAC player of the year honors in 1996 as he was an NCAA regional champion.
186. June 25, 2009. Herman Heard and Dan Derose, who played on USC’s 1982 NAIA playoff team, were named to the RMAC’s all-century football team.
187. October 30, 2009. The inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame banquet at CSU Pueblo was held at the Union Depot with eight student-athletes, two coaches, a contributor, and a team joining charter members Harry Simmons and Jessie Banks. The first full class featured student-athletes Pat Bekeza (baseball & basketball), Nadia Fercha (basketball & soccer), Frank Grant (football & track & field), Freda Hancock (track & field), Daniela Ivana (tennis), John Martinez (cross country & track & field), Chuck Pipher (wrestling), and Cal Tatum (basketball).  Coaches inducted were Jim “Spank” Blasing (AD, track & field, cross country & football) and Dale Rea (AD, football & basketball), along with contributor Robert H. Rawlings and the 1961 national championship basketball team.
188. December 13, 2009. In his third appearance at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, CSU Pueblo graduate Josh Peek claimed the all-around title with $113,000 in winnings at the 10-day event at the Thomas & Mack Arena. He was runner-up in the final world standings to Trevor Brazile as Peek’s winnings in steer wrestling and tie-down roping totaled $245,067.
189. October 29, 2010. The second CSUP Athletics Hall of Fame banquet was held at the Occhiato Student Center Ballroom with Jason Allen (golf), Connie Bond (gymnastics), Kerri Chase (softball), Bill Gower (football), Curtis Jimerson (basketball), and Andy Pipher (wrestling).  Coach Don McIntosh (tennis and basketball) was also inducted along with contributors Art and Lorraine Gonzales, and the 1996 College Division World Series baseball
190. March 6, 2010. Led by freshman Katrina Selsor’s 28-point effort, CSU Pueblo won its fourth RMAC women’s post-season basketball tournament in five seasons with a 61-60 win over top-seeded Fort Lewis at the Colorado State Fairgrounds Events Center.  It was the first of six RMAC post-season titles for the Pack.
191. March 12, 2010. CSU Pueblo won its first-ever women’s playoff game in the NCAA Division II Basketball Championships as the Pack posted a 59-48 win over Wayne (Neb.) State at Durango.  Concordia-St. Paul of Minnesota eliminated the ThunderWolves from the playoffs the next evening, 83-56.
192. April 19, 2011. Led by Chad Novak’s 6-under par 66 at the Wigwam Resort in Phoenix, CSU Pueblo captured the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men’s golf title.  It was the first title in seven seasons for the Pack as Novak’s three-round total of 204 tied Fort Lewis’s Gavin Lyons for medalist honors.  CSU Pueblo advanced to the NCAA tournament and placed 14th in Florence, Ala.
193. November 11, 2011. The third CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame class was inducted at ceremonies at the Occhiato Student Center, with Friends of Football headlining the evening’s honorees.  Student-athletes being inducted were Carey Brading (tennis), Dan Derose (football and track & field), Niki Toussaint (softball), Sherry Vallejos (basketball), Angie Wintz (volleyball), and Dennis Jones (baseball).  The 1982 women’s gymnastics team that placed second in the NAIA Championships was also inducted.
194. November 12, 2011. CSU Pueblo’s football team posted its first-ever 11-0 regular-season finish and just the fourth 11-0 season in league history as the Pack claimed its second championship in school history, its first since 1980, with a 48-7 win over Western New Mexico at the ThunderBowl.
195. November 26, 2011. In its fourth season after restarting the football program, CSU Pueblo played its first NCAA Division II playoff game, dropping a 24-21 home decision to Minnesota Duluth before 9,117 fans.  It was the first of nine NCAA appearances for the Pack under Coach John Wristen.
196. March 9-10, 2012. CSU Pueblo hosts the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships for the third time at Massari Arena.
197. March 9, 2012. After being upset in the RMAC quarterfinals by UCCS 61-58 at Massari Arena on February 28, CSU Pueblo’s season ended in the opening round of the NCAA Division II women’s championships with an 82-76 setback to Augustana in Wayne, Neb.
198. April 17, 2012. Three years after taking over the CSU Pueblo women’s golf program that was languishing in last place since the program began in 2005, Greg Dillon coached the Pack to their first-ever RMAC title in Litchfield Park, Ariz.
199. May 8, 2012. Appearing in their first-ever NCAA Division II women’s golf championships, the CSU Pueblo team placed seventh in the super regional at Elephant Butt, N. M.
200. May 24-27, 2012. The first NCAA Outdoor Track Championships were held in Colorado when CSU Pueblo hosted the Division II four-day event at its Thunder Bowl. Adams State won the men’s title (77 points) and finished third with 59 points in the women’s standings behind Lincoln, Mo. (90). The second-highest in elevation to host an outdoor meet (4,682 feet) behind Albuquerque in 1963 (5,312’), CSU Pueblo would also host in 2013, 2024, and 2025.
201. July 13, 2012. Dan DeRose was inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs at the Marriott.
202. November 2, 2012. Coach Tom Muhic (baseball), faculty rep Jack Seilheimer, and three national basketball tournament teams from 1956, 1957, and 1960 were inducted into the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame at the Occhiato Student Center.  Also inducted were Sam Batey (basketball), Chris Currier (wrestling), Jeff Martinez (track & field), Mick McCall (football and basketball), Yvonne Taylor (cross country and track & field), and Mike Zaremba (golf).
203. November 10, 2012. CSU-Pueblo shut down Western State’s offense in decisive fashion as the Pack won their RMAC title in school history, as well as posting their second straight 11-0 regular season.  It was also the ThunderWolves’ 22nd straight regular-season win, which set a new RMAC record.
204. November 24, 2012. Riding a dominating performance from its defense, CSU-Pueblo accomplished one of its final program goals Saturday – winning playoff games – as it rolled to a 28-7 win over the University of Indianapolis at the ThunderBowl to claim the first national playoff win (NAIA or NCAA) in program history.
205. January 8, 2013. CSU Pueblo quarterback Ross Dausin was named the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame’s 2012 collegiate male athlete of the year.  He was recognized on April 18 at the annual banquet at the Denver Marriott City Center Hotel.
206. March 9, 2013. Jesse Hillhouse of CSU Pueblo won the NCAA Division II wrestling 125-pound title in Birmingham, Ala.
207. November 16, 2013. Pioneering women’s coach Kay Aguilar (Field Hockey, Tennis), legendary sportswriter David Socier, and the 1985 NAIA wrestling runnerups joined student-athletes Suzanne Gonzales (basketball and volleyball), Herman Heard (football), Jerry Hummitszch (basketball and baseball) and Bob Warlick (basketball) as inductees into the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame at the Occhiato Student Center.
208. November 16, 2013. CSU Pueblo secured its third straight RMAC football title by posting a 38-13 win over Western State for its 31st straight league win.
209. March 14, 2014. Playing in the sixth NCAA Division II women’s basketball championships, CSU Pueblo dropped a 63-57 decision to St. Mary’s (Texas) in the south central regional quarterfinals in Canyon, Texas.
210. 22, 2014. Placing three players amongst the top 10, including individual co-champion Julie Sanchez, the CSU Pueblo women’s golf team won its second RMAC title in the last three years by a 15-shot margin at The WigWam Golf Resort in Litchfield, Ariz.
211. October 11, 2014. The No. 2 CSU Pueblo football team’s 42-game regular-season winning streak (34 straight in RMAC play), which started October 23, 2010, came to an end in a 23-22 upset loss at Fort Lewis College.  The streak ranks second-longest in NCAA Division II history, behind the 48-game win streak by Grand Valley State University from 2004-2009.
212. November 15, 2014. CSU Pueblo gained a share of the RMAC football title by posting a 44-21 win over New Mexico Highlands at the ThunderBowl.  In sharing the crown with Colorado Mines, the Pack has now won or shared the last four RMAC grid titles.
213. December 13, 201 Zach Boyd’s go-ahead 38-yard touchdown reception with 9:47 remaining in the fourth quarter propelled the CSU Pueblo football team to a 10-7 victory over West Georgia at the ThunderBowl to advance to the NCAA Division II Championship game.
214. December 20, 2014. Just six years after coach John Wristen and devout donors resurrected the program, the CSU-Pueblo ThunderWolves won the school’s first football championship, claiming the NCAA Division II title with a 13-0 win over No. 1 Minnesota State in Kansas City. The T-Wolves (14-1) held the Mavericks to just 265 yards, nearly 200 under their season average.  Chris Bonner threw for 191 yards and a touchdown, and Cameron McDondle ran for 113 yards to lead the offensive attack.  CSU Pueblo reached the title game with three home wins in the playoffs, defeating Angelo State (52-14), Ohio Dominican (31-28), and West Georgia (10-7).
215. December 20, 2014. CSU Pueblo running back Cameron McDondle became the second player in Colorado collegiate history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season. His 113 yards on 28 carries in the Pack’s 13-0 win over Minnesota State in the NCAA Division II Championship game gave McDondle 2,014 yards for 333 carries and 16 TDs for the season.  CU’s Rashaan Salaam was the first as he rushed for 2,055 yards during the 1994 season, as he had 298 attempts with 24 TDs.
216. December 20, 2014. Greg O’Donnell bounced back from an early miss to connect on field goals of 27 and 24 yards to finish with seven points in the season, earning him a Colorado collegiate record for most kick scoring points in a season with 124.  The record was set in CSU Pueblo’s 13-0 win over Minnesota State in the NCAA Division football championship game in Kansas City.
217. January 13, 2015. CSU-Pueblo coach John Wristen was named the AFCA’s National Coach of the Year for Division II, as he led the ThunderWolves to their first national championship and a 14-1 record in 2014.
218. January 23, 2015. A Celebration of Champions was held for the NCAA Division II National Football Champion CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves in downtown Pueblo, featuring three distinct components – a parade, a pep rally/ceremony, and a Fan Zone/block party.
219. March 6, 2015. The Colorado Mesa women had won 52 straight home games, one shy of the state record (53 by Colorado), but lost in the RMAC semifinals to CSU Pueblo, 61-51, snapping the streak as the 10th-longest of all time.
220. March 13, 2015. As the RMAC tournament runners-up, CSU Pueblo advanced to the NCAA Division II women’s South Central Regionals, where the seventh-seeded Pack dropped a 73-63 decision to No. 2 seed UCCS in Canyon, Texas.
221. April 2, 2015. CSU Pueblo’s NCAA Division II national football champions were awarded the “King of the Hill” award at the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame banquet in Denver at the Marriott City Center Hotel.
222. July 24, 2015. Jessie Banks was inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference at the Marriott in Colorado Springs.  She served as a coach, administrator, and educator at Southern Colorado State College and the University of Southern Colorado.
223. October 10, 2015. Featuring the highest-ranked men’s basketball team in the school’s 4-year history from the 1971-1972 season, eight individuals were inducted into the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame at the Occhiato Student Center.  Individuals inducted were coaches Chuck Haering (football, cross country and track & field) and Richard Krinsky (team handball), and student athletes Dax Charles (wrestling), Richard LeDoux (cross country and track & field), Rick Pobst (golf), Glen Printers (football), Kim Villers Schneider (gymnastics) and Sue Northrup Trahern (volleyball and basketball).
224. November 14, 2015. CSU Pueblo secured its fifth consecutive RMAC football title by finishing the perfect 9-0 conference season with a 33-7 victory at New Mexico Highlands.  The ThunderWolves went 10-1 during the regular season.
225. December 5, 2015. Grand Valley State snapped CSU Pueblo’s six-game NCAA Division II football playoff winning streak by posting a 31-7 win over the Pack at the ThunderBowl.   CSU Pueblo opened the postseason with a 27-14 win over Indianapolis at the ThunderBowl and a 26-17 win at Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas.
226. December 5, 2015. In his last game for CSU Pueblo, Cameron McDondle rushed for 106 yards on 19 carries for his final collegiate contests as the Pack dropped a 31-7 decision to Grand Valley State in the NCAA quarterfinals.  It was the 31st time in his career that he topped 100 or more yards rushing in a game.  McDondle finished his career with a Colorado collegiate record of 5,956 yards rushing (897 attempts and a record 56 TDs).  For the 2015 season, he rushed for 2,235 yards (13 games, 303 attempts, 24 TDs) to become the state of Colorado’s all-time single-season rushing leader.  He eclipsed the 2,000-yard mark on November 28 at Midwestern State to post back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.
227. December 5, 2015. Cameron and Bernard McDondle set an NCAA Division II football single-season record for most yards (3,674) by two players on the same team.  In the final game of the season against Grand Valley State, the brothers combined for 114 yards on 21 carries.  For the season, Cameron McDondle had 2,235 yards and Bernard McDondle 1,439 yards.
228. March 5, 2016. For the fifth time in school history, CSU Pueblo’s women’s basketball team cut down the nets as the 2016 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament champions. The Pack defeated Fort Lewis 72-61, as Dee Arrieta claimed tournament Most Valuable Player honors.
229. March 10, 2017. After winning the RMAC regular-season title with a 20-2 record, CSU Pueblo’s women’s basketball team picked up its second NCAA Division II Tournament win by defeating Tarleton State 68- 59 in the South Central quarterfinals at Massari Arena.  The next night, the Pack, as the top-seeded team in the region, dropped a 70-67 decision to West Texas A&M in overtime.
230. October 15, 2016. CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at the Occhiato Student Center featured a pair of nationally ranked men’s golf teams (1971-1973) along with coach Joe Prater (football) and student-athletes Thomas Calhoun (tennis), Monica Hashiguchi (softball), Cindy Pool (track & field), Tommie Robinson (basketball) and Don Schmidli (baseball, basketball, football, and track & field).
231. November 11, 2017. The No. 23 CSU Pueblo football team claimed its sixth (four outright and two shared) RMAC Championship in the past seven seasons with a 28-6 win at Chadron State.  The ThunderWolves (9-2, 9-1 RMAC) shared the title with Colorado Mesa, which the Pack defeated 30-24 on September 30 at the ThunderBowl.
232. October 7, 2017. With the Occhiato Student Center not available, the morning induction ceremony for the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame was held at the General Classroom Building.  Inductees included the 1991 NAIA national runner-up wrestling team and public address announcer Dave Miller, along with student-athletes Bob Busia (football), Mike Duran (cross country and track & field), Steve Herzberg (baseball), Lisa Knafelc Osleson (basketball), and Guy Taylor (basketball).
233. March 3, 2018. CSU Pueblo won all three of its games in the RMAC women’s basketball playoffs, highlighted by an 84-69 win over Black Hills State in the championship contest at Massari Arena.
234. March 9, 2018. CSU Pueblo’s season ended with a 78-70 setback to MSU Denver in the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championships at Lubbock, Texas.  The Pack had won the RMAC’s regular-season title with a 20-2 record, but one of the two setbacks was an 85-82 loss to MSU Denver on January 12 on the Roadrunners’ court.
235. April 18, 2018. Sam Pagano, a Pueblo Central High and Pueblo Junior College graduate and athlete, was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in Denver.
236. May 26, 2018. Thomas Staines captured the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Charlotte with a clocking of 1:46.56.  It was the first gold medal at the NCAA outdoor event since 1967.
237. July 13, 2018. Doug Moses, who established the University of Southern Colorado as a national wrestling power (1982-2001), was inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame at the Marriott in Colorado Springs.  Also being inducted was Richard Drangmeister, who coached men’s basketball at the University of Southern Colorado (1984-1987).
238. September 28, 2019. Returning to the Occhiato Student Center, coach and retiring Joe Folda (basketball) headlined the inductees for the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame.  With four RMA women’s basketball championship teams (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010) also being inducted, student-athletes entering the HOF were Mannie Garcia (wrestling), Robert Kinsey (soccer), Pepper Mahon Whittlef (volleyball), Eugene Poston (basketball) and Danita Wyatt (cross-country and track & field).
239. November 10, 2018. The No. 10 CSU Pueblo football team defeated Western Colorado 41-3 to finish the RMAC season with a 9-1 record and share the league championship with Colorado Mines, the program’s eighth in school history and seventh in the last eight seasons.  The ThunderWolves posted a 10-1 record overall for the program’s sixth 10-win season, all of which have occurred in the last eight seasons.
240. November 17, 2018. 9 CSU Pueblo posted a 37-17 win over No. 14 Colorado Mines in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Football Championships at Golden.
241. November 23, 2019. In a defensive battle in round one of the 2019 NCAA Division II football playoffs, CSU Pueblo posted a 17-0 win over Augustana at the ThunderBowl.  The Pack improved to 5-3 in postseason home games and has now won nine straight games.
242. December 1, 2018. Marcelo Laguera captured Colorado State Pueblo’s first cross-country title at the NCAA Division II Championships as he posted a time of 31:46.4 to win the men’s 10-kilometer race by 7.2 seconds over Zach Panning of Grand Valley State in Pittsburgh, Pa.
243. May 25, 2019. Thomas Staines repeated as the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field 800-meter run champion with a time of 1:50.03 at the championships in Kingsville, Texas.
244. October 19, 2019. The 1991 men’s basketball NAIA qualifying team and coach/contributor Don Stutters joined six student-athletes being inducted into the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame at the Occhiato Student Center. Student-athletes featured were Lauren Dunsmoor Leomiti (cross country), Maurice Blanding (basketball), Kirk Brynjulson (football), Sam Clay (football), Myron Jefferson (track & field), and Tony Wittmus (baseball).
245. November 16, 2019. 10 CSU Pueblo football team defeated Western Colorado 34-7 at the ThunderBowl. The ThunderWolves finished the regular season 10-1 overall and 9-1 in the RMAC to claim the ninth league title in school history and eighth in the last nine seasons.
246. January 14, 2020. CSU Pueblo men’s track and field senior Thomas Staines was recognized as the 2019 Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Male Collegiate Athlete of the Year and will be among those honored at the 56th Induction & Awards Banquet on April 23 at the Hilton Denver City Center.  Due to COVID, the banquet was canceled.
247. October 23, 2020. With a banquet not held due to COVID, the Class of 2020 for the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame was recognized at the homecoming game against Adams State.  The class featured student-athletes Justine Bosio (softball), Ann DeBoe (basketball), Joe Martinez (football), Trent Monlux (wrestling), and Chase Vaughn (football), along with Mike Roumph (basketball, coach & contributor) and the 2001 RMAC championship softball team.
248. April 20, 2021. Ten years since their last RMAC Championship, the CSU Pueblo men’s golf team is again the league’s best, as the ThunderWolves were crowned the 2021 champions Tuesday at Wigwam Golf Resort in Litchfield Park, Ariz. The Pack claimed their 16th conference title in program history and were guided by the program’s 14th conference champion, as Andrew Ni was crowned the 2021 RMAC Individual Champion after finishing the tournament three-under.
249. May 19, 2021. USC golfers placed 14th at the NCAA Division II Championships at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
250. October 22-23, 2021. Due to COVID, the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame ceremonies were staged over two days, starting with the induction of the 2014 national championship on October 22.  The next morning at the Occhiato Student Center, the 2020 class was formally inducted, featuring student-athletes Justine Bosio (softball), Ann DeBoe (basketball), Joe Martinez (football), Trent Monlux (wrestling), and Chase Vaughn (football), along with Mike Roumph (basketball, coach & contributor) and the 2001 RMAC championship softball team.
251. March 11, 2022. In the school’s 11th appearance in the NCAA Division II women’s basketball playoffs, CSU Pueblo dropped a 65-57 decision to Lubbock Christian in Canyon, Texas.  It was the women’s first appearance in the championships since 2018.
252. April 19, 2022. The CSU Pueblo men’s golf squad claimed its second straight RMAC Championship after dominating the field by ten strokes while placing three ThunderWolves in the top 10 at Chandler, Ariz.
253. May 19, 2022. In its 10th NCAA Division II appearance, the CSU Pueblo golfers placed fifth at Dearborn, Mich.  The Pack tied for second in stroke play with a final score of 893 (+29) before being eliminated in match play 4-1 by Georgia Southwestern.
254. May 28, 2022. Yasmine Hernandez ended her career with the Pack with a new program record in the 1,500-meter run and a first-place finish in the event with a time of 4:15.72 at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Allendale, Mich.
255. June 9, 2022. Daniela Ivana was named to the RMAC Hall of Fame.  A two-time All-American, Ivana led the Pack to RMAC titles in three of her four seasons (1998-2001). She was named to the RMAC All-Century Team as the league’s All-Time Women’s Tennis Player.
256. September 30, 2022. After two years of COVID staging issues, the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame returned to normal at the Occhiato Student Center as the Class of 2022 featured the 1996 and 1997 RMAC championship volleyball teams along with Darius Allen (football), Jesse Hillhouse (wrestling), Kelly Nogare (gymnastics), Regina Pollard (basketball) and Jim von Loh (basketball).
257. November 19, 2022. John Wristen’s 14-season football coaching career at CSU Pueblo came to an end as the ThunderWolves dropped a 45-24 NCAA Division II playoff decision at Colorado Mines. Wristen, who helped guide the school to the 1982 NAIA playoffs, posted a 133-37 record at CSU Pueblo.  His teams won or shared eight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles with a 102-19 record.  The Pack qualified for eight NCAA playoffs under Wristen and were ranked among the nation’s top 25 teams eight times.
258. December 2, 2022. To start a remarkable run of three straight “final four” appearances in the NCAA Division II men’s soccer championships, CSU Pueblo dropped a 2-0 decision to Franklin Pierce at Seattle in the Pack’s first of two consecutive appearances in the national championship match. On December 9, 2023, CSU Pueblo was defeated 4-0 by Franklin Pierce in the title game in Matthews, N. C.  The “final four” run ended on December 12 in Matthews with the ThunderWolves losing 3-2 to Charleston in the semifinals.  During the three-season run, Oliver Twelvetrees Pack posted a 54-13-8 record.
259. January 18, 2023. CSU Pueblo women’s cross country and track & field All-American Yasmine Hernandez was selected as Colorado’s 2022 Collegiate Women’s Athlete of the Year by the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. She was presented with an award at the 58th Induction & Awards Banquet on April 26 at the Hilton Denver City Center.
260. April 25, 2023. Colorado State University Pueblo women’s golf swept both the team and individual titles at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships at the Boulder Creek Golf Club, as the ThunderWolves’ Kylie Severin and sophomore Zoey Rodriguez tied for medalist honors.
261. October 6, 2023. Six student-athletes were inducted into the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame at the Occhiato Hall of Fame, including Bobby Graham (basketball), Bailey Hughes (cross country and track & field), Deborah Hunter (basketball and volleyball), Ryan Jensen (football), Shelly Watts Pearcey (basketball) and Derrick Williams (cross country and track & field).  Also inducted were the Trahern Family (Jim, Bob, Sue, Jake, and Ty) and the 2016-17 CSU Pueblo Women’s Basketball Team.
262. April 23, 2024. For the second straight season, the CSU Pueblo women’s golf team has won the RMAC title.  The Pack is now the all-time leader in conference championships with five, surpassing former RMAC member Western New Mexico (now Lone Star Conference), which previously had four titles. The ThunderWolves have won in the years 2012, 2014, 2019, 2023, and now 2024.
263. October 1 & 3, 2024. Beau Brieske (CSU Pueblo ‘19) saved game one for the Detroit Tigers in their 3-1 win over the Houston Astros (and earned five outs in game two of the two-game sweep).
264. October 4, 2024. The CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame banquet at the Occhiato Student Center was disrupted by a prank fire alarm as the school recognized the Women’s Recreation Association, which sponsored athletic activities prior to Title IX, along with pioneers from 1967-69: Francis P. Price (basketball, volleyball and softball) and Ruth Shelton (basketball and volleyball).  Student-athletes inducted were Tuileisu Anderson (basketball), Leina Kim (golf), Cameron McDondle (football), Thomas Staines (track & field), and Damon Williams (basketball).  Coach Stan Sanchez and baseball contributor Max Salas were also inducted, along with the football NAIA playoff squad (1982) and the women’s golf teams (2011-12 and 2013-14).
265. November 16, 2024. CSU Pueblo outscored host Chadron State 31-0 in the second half to post a 38-14 win over the Eagles to claim the Pack’s 10th RMAC title in school history and ninth since 2011.  The Thunderwolves have won 16-straight league games since losing back-to-back contests to Western Colorado and Colorado Mines in coach Phil Vigil’s first season as coach in 2023.
266. November 23, 2024. The CSU Pueblo women’s cross country program concluded its historic season at Sacramento, Calif., with a third-place finish, the highest placement in program history.  Helen Braybrook led the women with a 13th-place time of 20:54.5 in the 6k event.
267. January 16, 2025. CSU Pueblo women’s basketball player Alisha Little was selected as Colorado’s 2024 Collegiate Women’s Athlete of the Year by the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.  Little was honored at the 60th Induction and Awards Banquet on April 9 at the Hilton Denver City Center.
268. March 4, 2025. In her final collegiate game, Alisha Davis Little scored eight points with five rebounds in CSU Pueblo’s 82-56 loss at Black Hills State. She finished as the state’s all-time rebounder with 1,382 and in blocked shots (424), as well as the second-highest single-season scoring average per game (24.9); she finished second in career scoring (2,621 points).
269. March 20, 2025. Alisha Davis Little became just the fourth RMAC women’s basketball player (the third from Colorado), the first from CSU Pueblo, to be named a first-team Division II All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.  The 6-1 forward led the league in scoring (24.9 points per game), rebounds (11.4), and steals (2.9).
270. April 22, 2025. The Colorado State University Pueblo women’s golf team cemented its place in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference history by becoming the first program ever to complete a league championship three-peat at Boulder City, Nev.
271. May 24, 2025. Katherine Higgins topped the podium at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the ThunderBowl.  After Higgins won the shot put (16.38 meters, 53-9), Reece Sharman-Newell captured the 1,500-meter run (3:48.44).  With five top-8 finishes, CSU Pueblo placed ninth for its best finish ever in the women’s competition.
272. July 10, 2025. CSU Pueblo’s 2014 NCAA Division II national championship football team joined Pack All-American Ryan Jensen as inductees into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame at the Colorado Springs Marriott.
273. October 10, 2025. The CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame banquet at the Occhiato Student Center featured the induction of contributor Jim Brooks along with student-athletes Reco Burt (basketball), Rachel Espinoza (basketball), Bryan Hawkins (wrestling), Marcelo Lagüera (cross country and track & field), Molly Rohrer (basketball) and Andrea Tuck (cross country and track & field).
274. November 1, 2025. In a meeting of the top 10 teams in-season, No. 7-ranked CSU Pueblo fell behind 21-0 at No. 6 Western Colorado midway through the second quarter but would rally for a 24-21 win. Kiahn Martinez’s two-short touchdown runs sandwiched an 88-yard TD pass from Roman Fuller to Marcellus Honeycutt, Jr., enabling the ThunderWolves to tie the game with 1:22 left in the third quarter.  Jackson Smith then won it with a 32-yard field goal as time expired.
275. November 8, 2025. CSU Pueblo had a dramatic comeback for the second time in a week, this time rallying from being down 31-13 in the third quarter to upend Colorado Mines in overtime, 41-34. Roman Fuller and Marcellus Honeycutt, Jr., connected on a 32-yard TD pass with 56 seconds left in regulation, with Jackson Smith’s PAT kick tying the game.  Fuller hit Reggie Retzlaff with a 12-yard pass for a score to open overtime, with Peyton Shaw cinching the win with an interception to end Mines’ attempt to tie.  With the win, CSU Pueblo claimed its 11th league title in school history and 10th since 2011.  The Pack has now won 25-straight RMAC games.
276. January 6, 2026. CSU Pueblo women’s track & field All-American Katherine Higgins was selected as Colorado’s 2025 Collegiate Women’s Athlete of the Year by the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, as announced by the organization on Tuesday afternoon.  She received the award at the 61st. Induction and Award banquet on April 16 at the Hilton Denver City Center.
277. February 5, 2026. CSU Pueblo posted a 71-53 win over 13th-ranked Black Hills State for the Pack’s first men’s basketball program against a nationally-ranked opponent since an 80-71 win on Jan. 17, 2015, against then fifth-ranked Colorado Mines, a span of 10 years and 19 days, or 3,672 days.
278. March 13, 2026. The women’s distance medley relay team successfully defended its national championship, breaking the NCAA Division II record with a time of 11:08.20 at the Virginia Beach (Va.) Sports Center.  The Pack quartet winning the event were Jadyn Herron (1,200), Gabrielle Dunich (400), Charlotte Young (800), and Helen Braybrook (1,600)
279. March 14, 2026. Febe Wessels, who entered the fifth round sitting in seventh place, delivered a throw of 16.25 meters to surge into the lead. Holding her position through the sixth and final round, Wessels secured the NCAA Division II shot put title and etched her name alongside Pack legend Katherine Higgins in CSU Pueblo history. The CSU Pueblo women delivered a remarkable performance, finishing fourth overall with 33 points to secure a Top-5 national finish and solidify themselves as the No. 4 team in the country in the final standings. The finish also marked the highest indoor national finish in program history for the ThunderWolves, surpassing the program’s previous best of sixth place, which the Pack had accomplished twice before at the national meet.
280. April 21, 2026. CSU Pueblo Women’s golf captured its fourth consecutive RMAC Championship with a three-day total of 25-over par 745.  The Pack posted scores of 287 and 296 at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Nevada.  Freshman Thale Victoria Estensen led the Pack with rounds of 70 (-2), 77 (+5), and 38 (+2) in the shortened event on the final day.
281. May 9, 2026. Behind another dominant performance from tournament most valuable player, McKenna James, and a six-run fourth-inning explosion, the CSU Pueblo captured its first RMAC tournament championship since 2001 with an 8-2 victory over top-seeded Colorado Christian Saturday afternoon at All Star Park.  With the win, the Pack advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs in Canyon, Texas, as CSUP dropped decisions to Lone Star Conference schools West Texas A&M (9-0) and Texas A&M Kingsville (4-3) on May 15 and 16.
282. May 14, 2026. The CSU Pueblo Women’s Golf team wrapped up its historic 2025-2026 campaign at the NCAA Division II National Championships at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., as the ThunderWolves placed 16th.  The Pack carded a final-round team score of 34-over-par 322 to close out the three-day event after scoring 318 and 316 in battling the demanding South Florida course conditions.
283. May 23, 2026. Caleb McLeod made sure the 1,500-meter run gold medal remained in Colorado as he won the event with a time of 3:49.25 at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Emporia, Kan.