Laramie, Wyo. – Two outstanding student-athletes and a dedicated student worker are the winners of the 2018 Admiral Land Award and Trophy, a great Wyoming homecoming tradition. This year's Award co-winners are wrestler Bryce Meredith and basketball player Liv Roberts, and the Trophy winner is Kayla Cryer, a student assistant in Game Management. The presentations were made at Saturday's Wyoming-Utah State Homecoming football game.
The Admiral Land
Award is presented to the
student-athlete(s) who has completed his or her Wyoming competition during the preceding academic year and demonstrated outstanding achievement in intercollegiate competition, exemplary personal conduct on and off the field, and maintained academic standing with satisfactory progress toward a degree. The Admiral Land
Trophy is awarded to the
student (non-collegiate athlete) who has done the most to promote Intercollegiate Athletics at the University during the previous school year.
A native of Cheyenne, Wyo., Meredith was a three-time All American wrestler at Wyoming, twice placing as the national runner-up at 141 pounds. He is just the fourth grappler in program history to accumulate three or more All American honors in his career. He won the 2018 Big 12 championship at 141 pounds and was named outstanding wrestler of the tournament. He also excelled in the classroom, twice earning First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors, as well as being a two-time NWCA All-Academic honoree. Meredith is the son of Lori and Robert Meredith.
A stellar all-around basketball player, Roberts was the 2018 Mountain West Conference player of the year. She also earned Mountain West All-Conference honors twice, and earned All-Defensive Team recognition as a junior. She led the Cowgirls in nine categories during the 2017-18 season, and scored over 1200 points during her career, while corralling 597 rebounds. A native of Missoula, Mont., she was a three-time Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and a four-time Academic All-Mountain West honoree. She is the daughter of Raphael and Cheri Roberts.
Kayla Cryer is a student assistant in the UW Athletics Game Management Office. A Communications major and former Cowgirl Soccer player, Cryer has been with Athletics since August of 2016 and is always willing to help with whatever is needed. A reliable worker, she has been trusted to handle events single-handedly and manages every task with professionalism and grace. Kayla hails from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is the daughter of David and Shelley Cryer.
The Admiral Land awards have been a special part of Homecoming since 1953. They were established as a tribute to distinguished UW alumnus Admiral Emory S. Land, class of 1898. Land was a World War II Shipping Administrator and head of the U.S. Maritime Service. At UW, he was a member of the first football team and four of the first five teams in school history.
Following are the previous Admiral Land Award & Trophy Winners:
| Year |
Admiral Land Award |
Admiral Land Trophy |
| 1953 |
Paul Carlin, Track |
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| 1954 |
George Galuska, Football |
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| 1955 |
Bob Jingling, Baseball |
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| 1956 |
Joe Capua, Basketball |
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| 1957 |
Jim Crawford, Football |
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| 1958 |
C.T. "Wimp" Hewgley |
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| 1959 |
Harold Farmer, Football & Track |
Janice Elmer |
| 1960 |
Dick Ballinger, Wrestling |
Mary Jones |
| 1961 |
Jerry Hill, Football |
Dave Bonner |
| 1962 |
Chuck Lamson, Football |
Gene Bryan |
| 1963 |
Bob Hanson, Basketball |
Judy King |
| 1964 |
Mack Balls, Football |
Joan Selmer |
| 1965 |
Flynn Robinson, Basketball |
John Hursh |
| 1966 |
Bob Dinges, Football |
Babette Numon; Harold Blumenthal |
| 1967 |
Mike Gregorio, Cross Country |
Phil White Jr. |
| 1968 |
Mike Eberle, Basketball |
Carl Hanson; Jim York |
| 1969 |
Bruce Jennings, Skiing |
Bill Hill |
| 1970 |
Stan Dodds, Basketball |
Debbie Hardy |
| 1971 |
Roy Wilson, Basketball |
Mary Ann Gorman; Don Bogdan |
| 1972 |
Gary Fox, Football |
Kathy Hunt; Larry Bresso |
| 1973 |
Staale Engen, Skiing |
The UW Marching Band |
| 1974 |
Steve Cockreham, Football |
Michelle Green; Bill Yost |
| 1975 |
Jody Sloan, Wrestling |
The UW Pep Band |
| 1976 |
Bill Ewing, Baseball |
Steve Prosinski |
| 1977 |
Christine Brown, Women's Athletics |
Sally Shurmur |
| 1978 |
Kathy Merklin, Women's Athletics |
Randall Luthi |
| 1979 |
Ross Houston, Skiing |
Pete Kuhn |
| 1980 |
Geir Kvernmo, Track/Skiing |
Cynthia Fester |
| 1981 |
Charles Bradley, Basketball |
Bob Ihle |
| 1982 |
Phil Davis, Football; Bill Garnett, Basketball |
Mike Larson; Mark Netzel |
| 1983 |
Lynn Stetson, Swimming; Stacy Ward, Skiing |
Scott Roberts |
| 1984 |
Wes Gasner, Wrestling; Mary Shea, Volleyball |
Bill Lamberty |
| 1985 |
Joe Ramunno, Football; Kathy Romsa, Track; Becky Simning, Skiing |
Annie Easterbrook |
| 1986 |
Mike Hamel, Wrestling; Shari Ahola, Skiing |
Aubrey Waldock |
| 1987 |
Jim Walter, Baseball |
Mike Chisholm |
| 1988 |
Mark Miller, Swimming; Ronda Munger,Volleyball |
Patrick Stolz |
| 1989 |
Randy Welniak, Football |
Amy Dimond; Ron Loghry |
| 1990 |
Darcy Cudaback, Volleyball; John Wodny, Cross Country |
Kevin Rochlitz |
| 1991 |
Shelly Thacker, Track & Field; Rob Clayton, Swimming |
Jeff Ketron |
| 1992 |
David McCleave, Golf; Dave Myers, Wrestling; Reginald Slater, Basketball |
The UW Marching Band |
| 1993 |
Scarlett Gustin, Basketball; Mike Abbey, Track & Field |
Wildfire Dance Team |
| 1994 |
Kiesa Fornstrom, Swimming |
Noah Buckley; John Carr; Brian Madden |
| 1995 |
Amy Burnett, Basketball; Ryan Christopherson, Football |
Karen Schatz |
| 1996 |
Joe Cummings, Football; Tom Hickenlooper, Wrestling |
Doug Hoffman |
| 1997 |
Shilo Mathill, Wrestling |
Kevin Koerwitz |
| 1998 |
Brian Lee, Football |
Dusty Clements |
| 1999 |
Mark Winninger, Wrestling |
Mark Gibbs |
| 2000 |
Corey Hamrick, Wrestling |
Baend Buus |
| 2001 |
Joe Hall, Track & Field |
Abi Gerhard |
| 2002 |
Oscar Delgado, Diving |
Will LeDoux; Shalee McCue |
| 2003 |
Josh Rollins, Football |
Mark Krug |
| 2004 |
Casey Bramlet, Football |
Keven Gibbs |
| 2005 |
Shauna Smith, Track; Scott Usher, Swimming |
Jason Wasserburger |
| 2006 |
Bryce Leonhardt, Wrestling |
David Primus |
| 2007 |
Kevin Bretting, Diving |
Mark Bock |
| 2008 |
Hanna Zavecz, Basketball |
Eric Whiting; Shelley Heward |
| 2009 |
Ward Dobbs, Football; Amanda Lathrop, Soccer |
Sean Valentine |
| 2010 |
Emily Huth, Diving |
Kellen Little |
| 2011 |
Aubrey Vandiver, Basketball; Chris Prosinski, Football |
Andy Chapman; Nick Kinney |
| 2012 |
Joe Leblanc, Wrestling |
Ali Galey; Ryan Freeman |
| 2013 |
Alfonso Hernandez, Wrestling; Chaundra Sewell, Basketball |
Katie Stout; Steven Sundberg |
| 2014 |
Megan Hartigan-Calhoon, Swimming & Diving |
Jami Baker |
| 2015 |
Erin Kirby, Volleyball/Track & Field; Larry Nance Jr., Basketball; Shane Woods, Wrestling |
Cory Fields |
| 2016 |
Tanner Harms, Wrestling |
Cassandra Craddock; Patrick Hall |
| 2017 |
Ryan Wallen, Golf |
Mary Ginsbach; Zach Wisniewski |
| 2018 |
Bryce Meredith, Wrestling; Liv Roberts, Basketball |
Kayla Cryer |
