WSU Wildcats

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Weber State men’s track and field team claimed third place at the Big Sky Conference outdoor championships on Saturday in Portland, Ore.

OGDEN -- After four seasons and helping restart the program, Tina Johnson has announced she is stepping down as head coach of the Weber State softball team. Johnson’s resignation is effective immediately. 

“Deciding to leave is a very difficult decision to make, but with recent family events, I feel the timing is now,” Johnson said. “I want to thank the administration at Weber State for giving me the opportunity to restart, build and coach the softball program. It’s been a great experience and starting this program from scratch was one of the biggest challenges of my coaching career. I’ve loved working here and coaching the student-athletes. I believe there are great things in place for the Weber State softball program and players. 

The most remarkable feat of Damian Lillard’s first season of professional basketball is that he made winning the 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year award seem like a foregone conclusion.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Weber State men’s tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference tournament on Friday with a 4-3 win over No. 4 seed Idaho State at the Gold River Racquet Club.

OGDEN -- After completing an historic seaso,n the Weber State men’s basketball team has been honored by the Weber County Commission. 

Weber County Commissioners Kerry Gibson, Jan Zogmaister and Matthew Bell read a proclamation Tuesday at the weekly commission meeting honoring the team for its success this season. WSU coach Randy Rahe along with several Wildcat coaches and players accepted the proclamation at the meeting.

Purple Power is on the rise at Weber State’s Purple Palace.

With the added boost of four extra postseason home contests during the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, more people watched the Wildcats men’s basketball team from the purple seats in the Dee Events Center this year than in nearly three decades.

A total of 125,414 fans filed into the Purple Palace this season, including 10,583 who came to see the Wildcats face East Carolina in the CIT championship game on April 2, marking the highest total attendance at WSU since 130,821 came to watch the Wildcats during the 1983-84 campaign.

While the 2012-13 total was juiced up by the addition of four CIT games (19 is the most home games in school history), the number of fans per game at Weber State has risen in each of the past five seasons.

OGDEN -- The Weber State football team will hold its final scrimmage of the spring season before next week’s Purple and White Game. The Wildcats will scrimmage Saturday morning at Stewart Stadium. 

The team will begin practice at 9 a.m. and will start the 45-play scrimmage at approximately 9:45 a.m.

All scrimmages and practices are free and open to the public.