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WSU stands atop the Big Sky

Brandon May July 15, 2019

After an impressive athletic and academic year for the Weber State University athletic department, WSU claimed the 2018-19 Big Sky Conference Presidents’ Cup. Each year, the Presidents’ Cup...

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Drake signs with Spain’s tier 2 league

Brandon May July 3, 2019

After competing for four years at Weber State University, Emily Drake will continue her basketball career with the Ausarta Barakaldo in Barakaldo, Spain. “I answered the text that a team was interested...

(Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Great Wall no match for WSU Great

Brandon May July 1, 2019

Three months after the Weber State University men’s basketball season came to an end, alumni Zach Braxton took his talents to China and competed in three different International Tournaments. The...

No. 23 Brekkott Chapman shoots against BYU in the first period. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

NCAA changes 3-point line to spread defense

Brandon May June 17, 2019

For the first time in 11 years, the NCAA altered the 3-point line for men’s college basketball for the upcoming year. The 3-point line is moving back nearly a foot and a half, after playing the...

Weber State football team, circa 1919. (Weber State Athletics)

100 years of football at WSU

Brandon May June 4, 2019

In the year 1919, the Wildcats, formally known as Weber Normal College, played their first game football game ever, losing 20–0 to Box Elder High School. Later that October, the team earned its first...

2019 Big Sky softball Championship winners post for a group photo. (Weber State Athletics)

Softball gives no mercy

Brandon May June 4, 2019

On March 20, the Weber State University softball team was 7 and 17 going into conference play. Then, the Wildcats went 14 and 2 in conference, won the Big Sky tournament and became the first WSU softball...

Tim Crompton, who has long served as Weber States women's soccer head coach, takes his place as interim Director of Athletics. (Weber State Athletics)

Crompton named Interim AD, Thunell takes on coaching

Brandon May June 4, 2019

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 9.0px; font: 12.0px 'Avenir Next Condensed'} With the departure of Jerry Bovee to Utah State, the Weber State University...

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Guarantees mean guaranteed money for WSU athletics

Brandon May April 18, 2019

Each year, Weber State University athletics spends $14,901,150 on all their 16 NCAA teams on campus, with 27 percent of that spending going to the football team. Of the 11 universities that compete in...

Signpost sweeps for the three-peat

Signpost sweeps for the three-peat

Tori Waltz April 18, 2019

At this year’s Utah Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, The Signpost brought home 19 awards for original reporting and media works completed in 2018. Among those awards was the achievement...

Jimmy Jimenez sliding into 3rd base. (Marissa Wolford / The Signpost)

‘Cats bats can’t buck the Broncos

Christian Johnson April 11, 2019

Lindquist Field was home to the Weber State Wildcats club baseball team as they hosted a three-game series against the Boise State Broncos on April 6 and 7. The 'Cats split a doubleheader on Saturday before...

Senior Brekkot Chapman inbounds the ball against the University of Montana (Josh Wineholt/The Signpost)

Wildcats experience madness in Boise

Joe Traub March 17, 2019

The month of March brings out madness like none other in college basketball. This was the case for the Weber State University teams, who participated in the Big Sky Tournament in Boise, Idaho last week....

Braxton is blocked by two defenders, though the block resulted in a foul by the Griz. Photo credit: Joshua Wineholt

’Cats fall to ’Griz in Semifinals

Brandon May March 16, 2019

After being swept in the season series against Montana, the Weber State University men’s basketball team took the court for a chance to play for the Big Sky Championship and a ticket to the NCAA...

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