Weber State University offers many opportunities to cheer on for athletics. There are 14 different sports between men’s and women’s athletics and a variety of club sports to enjoy as well.
During the fall semester, students can attend games for the Weber State football team. Football started at Weber in 1919 when it was called Weber Normal College. In 1963, Weber became a four-year institution and joined the Big Sky conference. Since then, Weber has won eight Big Sky titles, with the most recent coming in 2020. Weber State has produced the likes of Rashid Shaheed and Taron Johnson in the NFL.
Another sport to enjoy in the fall is women’s soccer. The team has been on a rebuild for the past few seasons and has a new head coach in Kyle Christensen, who previously was an assistant coach for Utah Valley University.
Men’s and women’s cross country, golf and tennis along with women’s volleyball also play during the fall.
A popular club sport is the Weber State men’s hockey team, one of the most attended sporting events on campus.
WSU has multiple sports that play during the spring as well. Men’s and women’s track and field begins, and golf and tennis continue in the spring semester. Men’s and women’s basketball starts toward the end of the fall semester, and the majority of games take place during the spring.
The men’s basketball team has become regular Big Sky season champions 22 times and conference tournament champions 10 times. Men’s basketball has helped produce top NBA talent with the likes of Damian Lillard and Dillon Jones. The women’s team has won the regular season six times, along with four conference tournament wins.
Lastly for the spring sports is women’s softball. Its most recent Big Sky Conference Championship took place in 2022. Softball moved on from previous head coach Mary Kay Amicone who held the record for most wins by a Big Sky coach with 297. The reins were handed to assistant coach Kristin Delahoussaye. Coach “House” played her collegiate ball at Brigham Young University and as a player was placed in the top 10 in almost every stat.
