University of Wyoming Athletics

2020-21 (Freshman):  Ethan Cates will redshirt his freshman season at Wyoming. 
 
High School:  Cates was the 2019 Wyoming State Golf Association Boys Player of the Year.  He was a three-time All-State selection by the Wyoming Coaches Association in 2017, ‘18 and ‘19.  Cates placed second at the Wyoming Class 4A State Championship as a senior in the fall of 2019 after placing third as a junior and eighth as a sophomore.  He also helped lead his Central High team to a fourth-place team finish his senior and sophomore seasons and a third-place showing as a junior.  He was a three-time All-Conference selection and captured the conference championship his junior season.  In addition to being a four-year letterman in golf, Cates also is a three-year letterman in basketball at Cheyenne Central.  As of early January 2020, he was part of a Cheyenne Central boys’ basketball team that was ranked No. 1 in the state of Wyoming in Class 4A.  He played for head golf coach Mike Lepore at Central High School.  Cates will join current Cowboy sophomore and former Cheyenne Central golfer Jared Edeen on the Cowboy Golf team. 
 
Personal:  Cates is one of four children of Michelle and Steve Cates.  He is studying finance at Wyoming.