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Mesa’s Mort retiring from coaching after season

Kris Mort is ready for the next stage in her life. The longtime Colorado Mesa University softball coach has announced her retirement, effective at the end of the season, to become a full-time athletic administrator at Mesa. She will be an associate athletic director and continue her duties as senior woman administrator and the faculty advisor of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). “It’s an exciting time,” Mort said. “I’m helping more than just my ...

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CMU softball picked to finish fourth in RMAC

The Colorado Mesa University softball team received one first-place vote and is picked to finish fourth in the RMAC in the preseason poll released Tuesday. Colorado Mines received seven first-place votes and is the favorite to win the RMAC. Regis is picked second and Metro State is picked fourth. Colorado Mesa senior outfielder Danni Vallie made the preseason All-RMAC team. The Mavericks finished 20-18 in the RMAC last season.  ...

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A ‘Western’ battle

The name fight at the higher-ed corral is heating up again because Western State College in Gunnison seems intent on choosing a new name over the objections of Colorado Mesa University. Western State President Jay Helman largely dismissed the concerns of CMU, which changed its name from Mesa State College last year, by saying, “We need to do what’s best for our college, just as they did what’s best for theirs.” But there is a major fallacy in that statement: ...

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CMU’s Petersen delays church mission to pursue degree, national title

Junior college student-athlete transfers often have a difficult time deciding where to go. Colorado Mesa University junior Nick Petersen had a tough decision to make, but it had nothing to do with school. It was whether to go on his two-year Latter-Day Saints Church mission or continue his education and wrestling. “I was going to go on a mission, but it changed at the last minute,” Petersen said. “I wasn’t sure what to do. “It was really tough. I figured to ...

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Nationals the goal for Mesa grapplers

Colorado Mesa University wrestler Tyler Nelson got a taste of the NCAA national championships last year. “That lit a fire under my butt,” the 133-pound junior said. “The taste of success made me want more.” Sophomore Dylan Granard saw what nationals was like as well and left short of his goal of being an All-American. “My freshman year was pretty exciting,” the 165-pounder said. “I felt like I came out of nowhere and made a name for myself. I ...

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Colorado Mesa men, women picked fourth in RMAC

The Colorado Mesa University men’s and women’s basketball teams are each picked to place fourth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in a coaches preseason poll released Tuesday. The men finished tied for sixth place last year and were 18-10 (14-8 RMAC). Junior forward Colton Burgon is a preseason All-RMAC selection by the coaches. The Mesa women finished fifth last season at 17-10 (14-8 RMAC). Juniors Kelsey Sigl and Katrina Selsor are preseason All-RMAC selections by ...

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Mountain Bike Festival a big hit at Colorado Mesa

A home race is a rarity for the Colorado Mesa University cycling team, so this weekend provided a nice change of pace. Rather than heading out to unfamiliar territory, the team hosted the CMU Mountain Bike Festival, which finished Sunday at the Little Park Trail head south of Grand Junction. It was the first home mountain bike race the team has hosted since 2009. “That’s why we really wanted to put on this race again this year, because we missed out on it last year,” ...

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Mesa Hall of Honor inductees heap praise on players

Bob Cortese has never been afraid to speak his mind, and he made it clear Friday night as a full house stood and applauded during the Colorado Mesa University Awards Banquet that the night was most certainly not about him. It was about the nearly 50 players who traveled from all over to be the first team inducted into the Hall of Honor, and the teammates who couldn’t be there to celebrate. The 1982 football team, the first team to reach the NAIA national championship game, was ...

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High expectations: Colorado Mesa golf teams aiming for more success

The Colorado Mesa University men’s golf team made history last season and is looking for more. The Mavericks took sixth place in the RMAC and qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in only the program’s second year. Mesa is picked to finish sixth again this year. The Mavs’ top two players are back, Brandon Bingaman, a Fruita Monument High School graduate, and Eric Farmer, a Delta High School graduate. “We have a lot more depth this year,” ...

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Colorado Mesa embraces past, brings back Mav Walk for 2011

The Mavericks stopped traffic Thursday evening. Colorado Mesa University’s football team brought back the “Mav Walk” from the Maverick Center, through campus and across North Avenue into Stocker Stadium. Teams in Mesa’s glory years in the 1980s walked to the stadium from campus, and former coach Jay Hood, who worked for Bob Cortese during the ‘80s, had his teams walk to the stadium. It hadn’t happened since, though, but with the school’s new name ...

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