LARAMIE, Wyo. (July 30, 2026) – Wyoming Volleyball opened Fall Camp for the 2026 season Thursday afternoon. The Cowgirls are entering year four under the tutelage of Head Coach, Kaylee Prigge.
The Cowgirls are coming off a 17-13 2025 campaign and went 13-5 in Mountain West play. The 13 conference wins are the most for UW since 2019, when it went 16-2. Wyoming also qualified for the Mountain West Volleyball Championships last November, for the first time since the league re-introduced the tournament in 2021.
UW is led by two-time All-Mountain West Team performer, Paige Lauterwasser, who enters her senior campaign with the Brown & Gold. Lauterwasser was one of four Cowgirls a season ago to appear in all 117 sets while leading Wyoming with 314 kills (2.68 per set). Lauterwasser was also second on the squad in 2025, averaging 3.15 digs per set. She tallied 10-or-more kills in 16 matches and had 14 double-doubles on the season. Joining Lauterwasser as returnees from last season are Rya Fingerlin, Abi Milby, Sara Quigley, Reagan Sharp, Maddy Stucky, Addy Thorington, Evelyn Udezue, Anna Williams and Emma Winter.
Wyoming also welcomes seven newcomers this season, including four freshmen and three transfer student-athletes. Freshmen Kristina Bozovic (Podgorica, Montenegro), Rylee Heinz (Rocklin, Calif.), Ruby Jensen (Prescott, Ariz.) and Emerson Macias (Murrieta, Calif.) will be in their first seasons of collegiate volleyball. Transfers Petyon Carruth (Casper College), Ann Melgren (Houston Christian) and Senna Roberts-Navarro (Seton Hall) will provide UW with more experience.
The Cowgirls will host their annual Brown & Gold Scrimmage August 15 at 1:30 p.m. Wyoming will face Northern Colorado in a pair of exhibitions Aug. 21 and 22, in Greeley. The exhibition on the 21st is at 6 p.m., and open to the public. Wyoming officially opens play in 2026 with the first of two home tournaments this season. The Cowgirls will host Texas Tech at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 28 and St. Thomas at 1:30 p.m., Aug. 30. Both matches, as part of the Rumble in the Rockies, will be played in the Arena-Auditorium.
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