Denver Athletics History Timeline

1867

• Saturday, Oct. 27 - First athletic event. Colorado Seminary loses to Arapahoe Baseball Club 69-30.

1885

• DU plays its first intercollegiate football game, losing to Colorado College 12-0.

1901

• Leland hired as first football coach.

1902

• Ben Griffith takes over as football coach.

1904

• DU defeats the Denver Athletic Club in the school's first men's basketball game.
• Ora Smith Fowler named football coach.

1906

• John Koehler becomes football coach.

1907

• John Koehler becomes first men's basketball coach.

1908

• DU captures first conference football championship.

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1910

• Charles Wingender named men's basketball coach.
• Men's tennis becomes a varsity sport.

1911

• Clem Crowley takes over as men's basketball coach.

1912

• DU defeats Colorado College in baseball; ties Colorado School of Mines for state title.
• Men's varsity track and field team begins participating with regularity.
• Clem Crowley named football coach.

1913

• DU basketball joins Colorado-Wyoming Collegiate League.
• Hiram Wilson becomes men's basketball coach.
• Charles Wingender named football coach.

1914

• Henry Buckingham takes over as football coach.

1915

• DU captures first outright state baseball championship.
• Charles Wingender returns for a second stint as men's basketball coach.
• Pioneers win first Colorado-Wyoming Collegiate League title in basketball.
• John Pike becomes football coach.

1917

• Football team wins second conference title with a perfect 9-0 record.
• John Fike named men's basketball coach.
• Men's tennis team wins its first Rocky Mountain Conference title.

1919

• Charles Wingender comes back to coach basketball team for a third time.
• George Koonsman named football coach.

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1920

• George Koonsman becomes men's basketball coach.
• Fred Murphy accepts football coaching job.

1921

• George Thompson named men's basketball coach.
• Wrestling becomes a varsity sport.
• Wrestlers compile an undefeated record in their first year of competition under coach Granville Johnson.

1922

• Ralph Woods embarks on two-year stint as men's basketball coach.

1923

• Elmer McOevitt takes over as football coach.

1924

• Aubrey DeVine takes over as men's basketball coach.
• DU fields first men's golf team.

1925

• Fred Dawson becomes football coach.

1926

• (First name not known) Middlebrook becomes men's basketball coach.
• Pioneers defeat Regis 15-1; win first Rocky Mountain regional baseball title.
• Oct. -Football team defeats Colorado School of Mines 27- 7 in official dedication game at DU Stadium.

1927

• Burt Potter named men's basketball coach.
• Men's golf team wins first Rocky Mountain Conference title.
• Men's track and field team squeaks past Colorado by one point to win Colorado Relays.

1929

• Jeff Cravath begins three-year stint as football coach.
• Wrestlers capture conference championship.

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1930

• Stuart Clark becomes men's basketball coach.
• Sept. 20-Pioneers rout Regis 40-0 in first night football game at DU Stadium.
• Several DU women participate in Play Day in Greeley, forming a team that competed against other women in different athletic events.

1931

• Men's golf team wins the second of two straight Rocky Mountain Conference championships.
• Two Pioneer baseball players - Roy Byers and Charles Lively - honored as the school's first All-Americans in any sport.

1932

• Clyde "Cac" Hubbard assumes control of men's basketball program.
• Percy Locey named head football coach.

1936

• Bill Saunders becomes football coach.
• Denver football team posts 7-6 Thanksgiving Day victory over Byron "Whizzer" White and Colorado in front of a DU Stadium crowd of 27, 777.
• Guard Alex Drobnitch first DU football player named first-team All-American.

1937

• Jack Hauser honored as DU's first men's basketball All-American.
• DU basketball becomes part of the Mountain States Conference (name later changed to the Skyline Conference.)

1939

• Clyde "Cac" Hubbard named football coach.

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1940

• Ellison Ketchum takes over as men's basketball coach.

1943

• Art Quinlan becomes men's basketball coach.
• Mark Duncan takes reins of football program.

1944

• Cliff Rock named men's basketball coach.
• Adam Esslinger and Clyde "Cac" Hubbard serve as football co-coaches.
• Granville Johnson retires as wrestling coach.

1945

• Ken Loeffler takes over as men's basketball coach.
• Clyde "Cac" Hubbard takes over football coaching duties.
• DU football team makes its first postseason appearance, losing to New Mexico 34-14 in the Sun Bowl in El Paso.

1946

• Ellison Ketchum takes reins of men's basketball program.
• Barbara Kidder captures collegiate individual ski championship, the first national champion in DU history.
• Golfer Charles "Babe" Lind wins medalist honors at NCAA golf tournament.
• Hardin-Simmons hands football team 20-0 loss in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.

1947

• DU posts 16-4 record and earns a berth in the NCAA baseball tournament; Pioneers fall to eventual national Champion California in the first round.
• Football team defeats Colorado 26-20 before 28,063 at DU Stadium in the final meeting between the two teams.
• Men's swimming team participates in its inaugural season.

1948

• John Baker begins five-year run as football coach.
• Men's skiing becomes a varsity sport under head coach Willy Schaeffler.

1949

• Men's swimming and diving team holds first home swimming meet at DU Fieldhouse Pool.
• Men's track and field team captures Skyline Conference championship.
• Hoyt Brawner begins 13-year stint as men's basketball coach.
• Vince Boryla named first-team basketball AII- American.
• Men's golf team wins last of four straight Rocky Mountain Conference titles.
• December 19-DU plays first intercollegiate hockey game under the direction of Vern Turner, losing to Saskatchewan 17 -0.

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1950

• February 17 - Men's basketball team defeats Wyoming 45-33 in front of 7,236 fans in DU Arena, the largest basketball crowd in school history.
• February 18 - Hockey team defeats Wyoming 10-6 for first win in DU Arena.
• Men's gymnastics officially recognized as a varsity sport.
• Paul McClung takes the reins of baseball program.
• Track star and future Olympic gold medalist Jerome Riffle wins broad jump at Kansas Relays, Drake Relays and West Coast Relays.

1951

• Hoyt Brawner named head baseball coach.
• Neil Celley takes over as hockey coach.
• Football team loses to Hawaii 28-27 in the Pineapple Bowl in Honolulu.

1952

• Eddie Miller becomes first hockey player to win All-America honors.
• Two-time Skyline Conference champion Will Howard places second in the 130-pound class at the NCAA tournament.
• Men's tennis team captures Skyline Conference title.

1953

• Bob Blackman named football coach.

1954

• Tom Murphy becomes baseball coach.
• DU football team wins lone Skyline Conference championship with a 9-1 record.
• Thorn Murphy named men's swimming coach.
• Don Brown named DU's first men's swimming AII-American.
• DU men's ski team wins first of 14 NCAA titles.
• Three DU skiers - John L'Orange (slalom), Marvin Crawford (individual cross country and skimeister) and Willis Olson Gumping) - win NCAA individual titles.

1955

• Bill Heiss takes over as baseball coach Men's golf team wins its last Rocky Mountain Conference championship.
• John Roning named football coach.
• Pioneers repeat at NCAA men's skiing champions.
• Skier Willis Olson wins NCAA ski-jumping individual championship.

1956

• Murray Armstrong begins 2l-year run as hockey coach.
• Football player Ernest Pitts first-team All-American selection.
• Men's ski team wins third straight NCAA championship.
• Skier Willis Olson wins his third straight NCAA title in ski jumping while John Cress wins the NCAA skimeister individual title.
• Skiers John Cress, Renning Arstal and Peder Pytte named All-Americans.

1957

• DU wins Skyline Conference Eastern Division baseball championship, loses NCAA District 7 title to Colorado State.
• Pioneers men's ski team captures fourth straight NCAA title.
• Skiers Al Vincelette (jumping) and Harald Riiber (nordic) take NCAA individual titles.
• Three skiers -Henning Arstal, Al Vincelette and Harald Riiber -named to the All-American team.

1958

• DU wins share of Western Intercollegiate Hockey League championship.
• Pioneers defeat North Dakota 6-2 for first NCAA hockey title.
• Ed Zemrau named first-team hockey All-American.
• Doug DeWitt takes over as men's gymnastics coach.
• DU wins last of three straight Colorado Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament titles.
• Men's swimming 43 dual-meet win streak snapped by Long Beach Community College.
• Two skiers - Clarence Servold (nordic, indi- vidual cross country) and Oddvar Ronnestad (jumping) - win NCAA individual championships.
• Skiers Clarence Servold, Oddvar Ronnestad and Harald Riiber named to the All-American squad.

1959

• Men's basketball team accepts a bid to the National Invitational Tournament; Pioneers suffer 90-81 first-round loss to New York University.
• Clarence Servold (individual cross country) and Ted Farwell (nordic) win NCAA individual skiing titles.
• Five skiers - Al Vincelette, Oddvar Ronnestad, Clarence Servold, Mauritz Sonberg and Ted Farwell- receive AII-American honors.

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1960

• Pioneers win WCHA regular-season title.
• DU defeats Colorado College 6-1, captures WCHA playoff crown.
• DU upends Michigan Tech 5-3 for second NCAA hockey championship.
• Murray Armstrong wins WCHA Coach of the Year and Spencer Penrose Award honoring NCAA Division I coach of the year.
• Three hockey players - Bill Masterton, George Konik and Marty Howe - named first-team All-Americans.
• Skiers Mauritz Sonberg and Asbjom Nordheim named to AII-American squad.
• Rusty Fairly named baseball coach.
• DU defeats Colorado State 21-12 in the final football game in school history.

1961

• Jan. 9 - Chancellor Chester Alter announces that Board of Trustees have voted unanimously to discontinue football program.
• Jan. 21 - Men' s gymnastics team begins streak of 34 consecutive dual meet wins.
• Denver wins second straight WCHA regular season championship.
• DU wins second straight WCHA playoff title by Defeating Michigan Tech.
• Pioneers win second straight NCAA championship by handing St. Lawrence a 12-2 loss.
• Five hockey players - Bill Masterton, Jerry Walker, Grant Munro, George Kirkwood and Marty Howe - receive first-team AII-American honors.
• Swimmer Jack Kelso wins the NCAA Division I title in the 200 IM.
• Men's ski team wins first NCAA title since 1957 and fifth overall.
• Skier Christoffer Selbeck wins NCAA ski- jumping individual title.
• Skiers John Koltzow, Asbjorn Nordheim, Jim Shea, Christoffer Selbeck and Charles Ferries named to AII-American team.
• Men's soccer becomes a varsity sport.
• Edgar Laipenieks named first men's soccer coach.

1962

• Troy Bledsoe replaces Hoyt Brawner as men's basketball coach.
• Men's gymnastics team finishes ninth in NCAA team standings-
• Men's ski team repeats as NCAA champions.
• Skiers Mike Barr (downhill) and Oyvind Floystad (jumping) win NCAA individual titles.
• Christoffer Selbeck and Mike Barr named to All-America ski team.
• Jack Rose becomes baseball coach.
• Willy Schaeffler takes over as coach of the men's soccer team.

1963

• Denver captures WCHA regular season title.
• DU wins WCHA playoff title with 5-4 overtime win vs. North Dakota.
• North Dakota upends Pioneers 6-5 in NCAA hockey championship game.
• Bill Staub honored as a hockey first-team All-American.
• Pioneers men's ski team wins third straight NCAA crown.
• Aarne Valkama wins NCAA nordic skiing individual crown.
• Three skiers - Aarne Valkama, Oyvind Floystad and Charles Ferries - capture All-American honors.
• Men's soccer team begins streak of 27 straight wins.

1964

• Pioneers win WCHA regular season crown.
• DU wins WCHA playoff title by defeating Michigan 6-2.
• Pioneers finish as NCAA hockey runner-up for the second straight year, losing to Michigan Tech 6-3 in the title game.
• Men's gymnastics team finishes seventh at the NCAA championships.
• John Quintana first DU men's gymnast to receive All-America honors.
• Men's ski team makes it four straight NCAA titles.
• Skier Erik Jansen wins NCAA individual titles in the nordic and jumping categories.
• Skiers Aarne Valkama, Harald Bjerke and Erik Jansen gamer All-American honors.

1965

• First baseman Jerry Causey garners first-team NCAA Division I All-American honors.
• Pioneers lose NCAA District 7 baseball title to Colorado State.
• Hockey player Wayne Smith tabbed as a first- team All-American.
• Ski team captures fifth consecutive NCAA title.
• Rick Chaffee (slalom and alpine) and Erik Jansen (jumping) take NCAA individual skiing titles.
• Skiing All-Americans are Erik Jansen, Rick Chaffee and Jon TeIje Overland.

1966

• DU sneaks past North Dakota 5-4 in overtime to capture WCHA playoff championship.
• Pioneers place third in the NCAA hockey tournament by defeating Boston University 4-3.
• Wayne Smith honored as hockey first-team All-American for second straight year.
• Men's ski team wins NCAAchampionship for the sixth straight time.
• Jon Terje Overland wins NCAA skiing individual title in downhill.
• Skiers Oivind Skauerun, Randall Garretson, Dennis McCoy and Jon Terje Overland receive All-American honors.

1967

• Men's soccer team's win streak snapped at 27 by Michigan State before 4,018 fans at DU stadium.
• Basketball star Harry Hollines named to All-American team.
• Jim Wiste named to hockey All-American team.
• Men's ski team wins seventh straight NCAA crown.
• Jon Terje Overland (alpine), Rick Chaffee (slalom) and Dennis McCoy (downhill) win NCAA individual skiing titles.
• Five skiers - Randall Garretson, Rick Chaffee, Dennis McCoy, Jon Terje Overland and Georg Krog - are named All-Americans.
• DU drops wrestling as a varsity sport.

1968

• Denver Boone, a Walt Disney Studios creation, is unveiled as the new DU mascot.
• Pioneers men's tennis team posts 11-1-1 record; wins Colorado State Collegiate Tennis tournament.
• DU falls to Weber State in NCAA District 7 baseball finals.
• Stan Albeck takes over as men's basketball coach.
• Harry Hollines named to All-American basketball team for the second straight year.
• Denver wins WCHA regular season championship.
• DU defeats Minnesota 4-0 to win WCHA play-off title.
• Pioneers beat North Dakota 4-0; capture fourth NCAA hockey crown.
• Murray Arrnstrong named WCHA Coach of the Year.
• Jim Wiste and Keith Magnuson named to hockey All-American first team.
• Dennis McCoy wins NCAA individual ski titles in the slalom and alpine categories.
• DU skiers Dennis McCoy and Georg Krog are named All-Americans.

1969

• DU wins WCHA playoff championship with 3-1 win over Colorado College.
• DU wins its fifth NCAA hockey title with a 4- 3 win against Cornell.
• Pioneers Keith Magnuson and George Morrison are first-team All-American hockey honorees.
• DU men's gymnastics team finishes seventh at the NCAA championships.
• DU men's ski team wins 12th NCAA title.
• DU skiers Paul Rachetto (slalom and alpine), Odd Hammernes (jumping) and Georg Krog (nordic) capture NCAA individual titles.
• DU skiers named to the All-American team are Jeffy Blann, Paul Rachetto, Georg Krog and Odd Hammernes.

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1970

• George Morrison named hockey first-team All-American.
• Men's ski team once again wins NCAA title.
• Otto Tschudi (downhill) and Ole Ivar Hansen (individual cross country) win NCAA individual ski championships.
• Ole Ivar Hansen and Otto Tschudi named to the All-American ski team.
• Pioneers advance to finals of NCAA district baseball tournament, where they lose to Arizona.
• Jim Karabetsos becomes men's basketball coach.
• Peder Pytte takes over as men's soccer coach.
• Men's soccer team advances to NCAA quarterfinals. The Pioneers defeat San Jose State 2-1 in the second round before falling to UCLA 3-1.

1971

• Cliff Gauthier named men's gymnastics coach.
• Peder Pytte named men's skiing coach.
• Dave Bustion named men's basketball All- American.
• Pioneers dump Minnesota-Duluth 9-3, claim WCHA playoff crown.
• Denver places third at NCAA hockey tournament.
• Two hockey players - Mike Christie and Vic Venasky - named to All-American first team.
• Men's ski team wins its 14th NCAA crown.
• Skier Otto Tschudi wins an unprecedented three NCAA individual championships (slalom, alpine and downhill) while Ole Ivar Hansen wins his second straight individual crown (individual cross country).
• Five skiers - Ole Ivar Hansen, Otto Tschudi, Eric Poulsen, Pat Costello and Odd Hammernes - receive All-American honors.
• DU discontinues golf as a varsity sport.
• DU drops men's tennis as a varsity sport.

1972

• Al Harden takes over as men's basketball coach.
• DU takes WCHA regular season champion- ship.
• DU wins WCHA playoff championship with a 9-3 defeat of Michigan State.
• Pioneers place fourth at NCAA hockey tournament.
• Hockey player Tom Peluso named a first-team All-American.
• Skiers Otto Tschudi (downhill) and Odd Hammernes (jumping) win NCAA individual titles.
• Ski team All-Americans for the year are Otto Tschudi, Terje Gulbrandsen, Gary Nagle and Odd Hammernes.
• Jim Bain named men's swimming coach.

1973

• Denver wins WCHA regular season title.
• Denver blanks Michigan Tech 4-0 to win WCHA playoff championship.
• DU places second at NCAA hockey tourna- ment.
• Hockey players Ron Grahame and Rob Palmer garner first-team All-American honors.
• DU reaches the finals of the NCAA district baseball tourney, where they're ousted by Arizona State.
• Peik Christensen (slalom and alpine) wins two NCAA individual ski titles.
• Men's gymnastics discontinued as a varsity sport.
• John Byrden takes over as men's soccer coach.

1974

• DU sanctions first women's varsity programs - basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, skiing and tennis. Teams compete as members of the AIAW.
• First women's coaches - Heidi Weishaupt (basketball), Kathy Stacey (gymnastics), "Poo" Putsch (field hockey), Roge Holman (skiing) and Carlene Peterson (tennis)
• Peik Christiansen wins an NCAA individual ski title in the alpine category
• Peik Christiansen and Morten Aas named to the All-American ski team.

1975

• Pitcher Dan Schatzeder, who would win a World Series ring with the 1987 Minnesota Twins, sets a school single-season record for strikeouts (118).
• Peik Christiansen wins an NCAA individual ski title in the slalom category.
• Peik Christiansen named to All-American ski team.
• Barbara Breeding named women's basketball coach.

1976

• Men's soccer program switches from NCAA Division I to NCAA Division II/NAIA affiliation.
• Pioneers men's swimming program moves to NCAA Division II/NAIA affiliation.
• Women's tennis team wins Colorado Tennis Conference title.
• Roge Holman named ski coach.

1977

• Murray Armstrong retires as hockey coach after 462 wins and five national championships; Marshall Johnston named new head coach.
• Baseball program moves to NCAA Division II/NAIA status.
• Bill Weimar becomes men's basketball coach.
• Seven swimmers - Brad Busse, Jeff Davies, Mark Evans, Irwin Futemick, Clifton Louis, James Lyle and Frederic Plotkin - receive NAIA All-American honors.
• Women's gymnastics team wins AIAW Region 7 championship.

1978

• DU wins WCHA regular season title.
• Marshall Johnston named WCHA Coach of the Year.
• Ernie Glanville and Doug Berry named to first-team All-American hockey squad.
• Jim Bain named NAJA Swimming Coach of the Year.
• Men's soccer team wins Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League title.
• Ben Jobe takes over as men's basketball coach.
• Bernie Barras named women's basketball coach.
• Max Vercruyssen assumes role as women's gymnastics coach.
• Sue Pringle becomes women's field hockey coach.
• Women's gymnastics team places fourth at AIAW nationals.
• Women's tennis team wins second Colorado Tennis Conference championship.

1979

• Men's basketball program shifts to NCAA Division II/NAIA status.
• Basketball player Matt Teahan sets a school record with 61 points vs. Nebraska Wesleyan.
• DU initiates varsity women's swimming program; Marcia Middel named head coach.
• Men's soccer players Bob Wagenhoffer and Peter Howard become the school's first soccer All-Americans.
• Women's field hockey team wins AIAW Region 7 title.
• Women's gymnastics team places second at AlAW nationals.
• Women's tennis team hosts AIAW Small College nationals and finishes 11th in nation.

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1980

• Floyd Theard named men's basketball coach.
• February 12 - DU men's basketball team records first of 79 straight home victories.
• Linda Raunig graduates as the leading scorer and rebounder in DU women's basketball history.
• Dan Garcia takes over as women's gymnastics coach.
• Jody Martin becomes women's field hockey coach.
• DU reinstates men's tennis as a varsity sport.
• Men's soccer players Mustapha Zidane and Keith Cooper receive All-American honors.
• Sim Thomas named ski coach.
• April Gerard becomes first women's skier to receive All-American honors.
• Women's gymnastics team finishes second at AlAW nationals.

1981

• Ralph Backstrom takes over as hockey coach.
• Jim Reinig named ski coach.
• Men's swimmers Paul Eckenroad (200 butterfly) and Goran Jem (200 breaststroke) capture NAIA individual titles.
• Swimmer Carol Doyas captures AlAW title in the 100 butterfly.
• Women's gymnastics team places second at AIAW nationals.
• Women's field hockey team takes fourth place at AIAW nationals.

1982

• Five DU men's swimmers - Paul Stanford (200 and 400 individual medley), Tom Ullrich (100 butterfly, 400 freestyle relay), Alan Voisard (400 freestyle relay), Mike Richmond (400 freestyle relay) and Mark Collings (400 freestyle relay) - win NAJA championships.
• Women's gymnastics team wins AIAW Division II national title.
• Gymnast Karen Beer captures AIAW all-around national championship.

1983

• DU adds women's soccer and volleyball; Dave Farrar named first women's soccer coach while Ed Allbright becomes first volleyball coach.
• Women's field hockey dropped as a varsity sport.
• Men's soccer team advances to NA1A championships. The Pioneers bow out in the tourney's second round.
• Men's swimmer Dale Barschak (200 butterfly) wins NAJA title.
• Barb Standteiner named to the All-American ski team.
• Men's and women's skiing programs disbanded.
• Women's gymnastics team wins AIAW Division II national title.
• Gymnast Karen Beer captures AIAW all-around national championship.
• Athletics programs join Continental Divide Conference.

1984

• Bruce Casagrande takes over as women's basketball coach.
• Men's basketball team posts 28-4 record, advances to NAJA National Tournament.
• Gymnast Karen Beer named Colorado Sports-woman of the Year.
• Steve Swanson named women's tennis coach.
• Women's tennis team wins Continental Divide Conference championship.
• Swimmers Greg Remmert (200 freestyle and Alain Steenbeeke (400 individual medley) win NAJA championships.
• Men's lacrosse program regains varsity status.

1985

• Renee Bailey-Phoenix named women's basketball coach.
• January 8 - DU men's basketball team loses to Northern Colorado, snapping 79-game home win streak.
• Dick Peth takes over as men's basketball coach replacing Floyd Theard, who died from a heart attack in the off-season.
• DU swimmers Neil Anderson (100 & 200 freestyle and Yoram Kochavy (200 & 400 individual medley and 200 butterfly) capture NAIA titles.
• Jim Bain named NAIA Swimming Coach of the Year.

1986

• DU wins WCHA regular season title.
• Denver defeats Minnesota to capture WCHA playoff title.
• Pioneers place fourth at NCAA hockey tournament.
• Ralph Backstrom named WCHA Coach of the Year and Spencer Penrose Award-
• Dallas Gaume scores a single-season record 99 points for the hockey team and closes his career with a record 266 points. He is named a first-team AII-American for his efforts.
• Swimmers Neil Anderson (100 & 200 freestyle) and Yoram Kochavy (200 individual medley) win NAlA individual titles.
• Leanne Palrnissano takes over as women's tennis coach.
• Men's tennis team advances to NAIA national tournament.
• Women's basketball player Anayansi Rickets named to District VII AII-American team.
• Dean Kitchen named women's soccer coach.
• Chuck Ellis takes over as women's volleyball coach.
• Jim Bain named women's swimming and diving coach.

1987

• Men's tennis team advances to NAIA National Tournament.
• Women's tennis team wins Continental Divide Conference title.
• Women's tennis players Allison Hope and Caryn Honig named to NCAA Division II All-American team.

1988

• DU swimmers Noel Droomer (100 & 200 backstroke) and Jesus Crende (500 and 1650 freestyle) each win two NAJA titles.
• Women's tennis team wins second straight Continental Divide Conference championship.

1989

• Catcher Jim Elliot, DU's career home runs leader, is named to the NAIA All-American first team.
• Men's tennis team advances to NAIA National Tournament.
• Jerrie McGahan named women's volleyball coach.
• Noel Droomer (100 and 200 backstroke) wins two NAJA individual swimming titles for the second straight year.
• Albert Adetoye takes over as men's soccer coach.
• Pioneer men's soccer team posts a school-best 19-1-1 record.
• Tracey Sheehan takes over as women's basketball coach.

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1990

• Frank Serratore named head hockey coach.
• Swimmer Brian Thompson wins an NAJA crown in the 200 backstroke.
• Jerry Cook takes over as women's tennis coach.
• Women's tennis team wins Continental Divide Conference title.
• DU joins Colorado Athletic Conference.

1991

• Dave Clements becomes men's soccer coach.
• Women's tennis player Leslie McCulloh named Division II All-American and Colorado NCAA Woman of the Year.

1992

• Men's basketball team advances to NCAA Division II Tournament.
• DU reinstates men's and women's skiing as varsity sports; Kurt Smitz named head coach.
• Michael Bradac becomes DU's first NCAA Division II swimming All-American.
• Men's tennis team wins second straight Colorado Athletic Conference title.
• Women's lacrosse team participates in its first season of varsity competition.
• Lacrosse player Todd Dickson sets a single- season record for goals (57).
• Men's soccer team finishes the season with a 14-3-1 record and an NCAA Division II rank of 19th.
• Women's tennis team wins Colorado Athletic Conference title.
• Women's volleyball player Lorna Lyles named to AVCA all-region first-team.
• Jeff Hooker takes over as women's soccer coach.
• Women's soccer team wins Colorado Athletic Conference championship.
• Diana Cole becomes volleyball coach on an interim basis.

1993

• Women's volleyball player Lorna Lyles named to AVCA all-region first team.
• Skiers Atle Hovi and Erlend Loedemel capture All-American honors.
• Women's basketball team wins Colorado Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 14-0 league mark.
• Women's basketball team qualifies for the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time ever.
• Todd Dickson graduates as the leading scorer (199 points) and goal scorer (144 goals) in DU men's lacrosse history.
• Women's soccer team wins Colorado Athletic Conference title.
• Annette Wagner becomes first DU women's soccer player to score 100 career points.
• Women's tennis player Angela Mycock named ITA Division II Midwest Region Rookie of the Year.

1994

• February 24-Men's basketball team defeats Metro State 83-78; Dick Peth becomes winningest basketball coach in DU history with l64th career victory.
• Denver men's basketball team qualifies for NCAA Division II Tournament.
• Six swimmers - Michael Bradac, Mark Ramlish, Chace Passanante, Barry Rein, Eric Brushaber - receive Division II All-American honors.
• Erik Roland wins an NCAA giant slalom title.
• Skiers Atle Hovi, Bernie Lafleur, Annie Manshaus, Erik Roland and Narcisa Sehovic receive All-American honors.
• Steve Willoughby named women's tennis coach.
• Deanna Blood named women's lacrosse coach.
• George Gwozdecky named head hockey coach.
• Women's soccer team wins third straight CAC title.
• Women's soccer player Deshaunne Running named to NCAA Division II All-American team.

1995

• Pam Tanner takes over as women's basketball coach.
• DU advances to NCAA hockey tournament for the first time since 1986.
• Hockey coach George Gwozdecky named WCHA Coach of the Year.
• Hockey team defeats then-No. 1 ranked Colorado College 3-2 to win its fourth straight Denver Cup title. The game attracts the largest crowd ever to witness a college hockey game in Colorado - 16,061 at McNichols Sports Arena.
• Swimmers Michael Bradac, Barry Hein and Matt Harveson take home NCAA Division II AII-American honors.
• Women's swimming team takes Intermountain Swimming League title.
• Narcisa Sehovic wins the NCAA slalom championship.
• Skiers Atle Hovi, Bernie Lafleur, Erik Roland and Narcisa Sehovic garner All-American citations.
• Women's basketball team wins Colorado Athletic Conference title and makes second trip to NCAA Tournament.
• Women's tennis team wins CAC title.
• Women's tennis player Jane Farquhar earns NCAA Division II AII-American honors.
• Chad Ashton named men's soccer coach.
• Women's soccer team wins CAC title.
• Women's soccer player Deshaunne Running named to Division II All-American team.

1996

• Rob Oertel takes over as women's tennis coach.
• Men's basketball team makes its third NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in five years.
• Women's basketball player Kelly Cobb named NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Colorado.
• Women's swimming team takes Intermountain Swimming League crown.
• Ryan Bradley wins two NCAA Division II individual swimming championships (100 butterfly and 200 backstroke.)
• Six swimmers - Barry Rein, Ryan Bradley, Mariano Delle Donne, Eddie Lary, Tyler Morgan and Matt Plezia - win Division II All-American honors.
• Skier Geir Skari wins the NCAA individual championship in the classical category.
• Skiers Lisbeth Johnsen (classical and freestyle) and Roberta Pergher (slalom) take NCAA individual championships.
• Skiers taking home All-American honors are Kristina Andersson, Lisbeth Johnsen, Vidar Lofshus, Roberta Pergher, Erik Roland, Narcisa Sehovic and Geir Skari.
• Gymnast Lenee Berumen scores perfect 10.0 on bars and floor in meet vs. Air Force, the first time that has occurred for a DU gymnast at the Division I level.
• Women's gymnastics team qualifies for postseason for first time since being elevated to NCAA Division I status-
• Women's tennis team wins CAC championship.
• Women's tennis player Jane Farquhar named NCAA Division II All-American.
• DU reinstates golf as a varsity sport.
• Jeff Hooker takes over men's soccer coach duties.
• DU announces intention to move entire athletics program to NCAA Division I level.
• DU joins Division II Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
• Beth Kuwata becomes women's volleyball coach.
• Women's soccer star Deshaunne Running named NCAA Division II Player of the Year and first-team All-American.

1997

• March 8 - DU hockey team closes its run at the DU Arena with a sweep of Minnesota-Duluth in the first round of the WCHA playoffs.
• DU advances to NCAA hockey tournament, losing to Boston University in overtime one game short of the Frozen Four.
• Swimming and diving teams complete their last year of competition at the DU Pool.
• Skier Roberta Pergher wins her second straight NCAA individual slalom title.
• Skiers Ivan Benberg, Camilla Brinchmann, Jeanette Lunde, Roberta Pergher and Heiko Zuehlke win All-American honors.
• March 26 - DU Arena razed to make way for construction of the Daniel L. Ritchie Center.
• Gymnastics team qualifies for NCAA Tournament.
• Sue Burke named women's tennis coach.
• Marty Fletcher takes over as men's basketball coach.
• Baseball droped as a varsity sport.
• Baseball coach Jack Rose ends his 35-year coaching career with 785 victories.

1998

• Christian Hutter wins the NCAA individual championship in the slalom category.
• Seven skiers -Kristina Andersson, Andre Bachleda, Carolina Barthelson, Irene Eder, Christian Hutter, Roberta Pergher and Heiko Zuehlke- named to All-American team.
• Women's basketball player Sara Fadenrecht graduates as the program's all-time leader in rebounds.
• Women's golf enters its first season of competition; Catherine "Sammie" Chergo named head coach.
• Men's lacrosse program begins its first season as a member of the Great Western Lacrosse League.
• Lacrosse player Mike Law ties a school record with 10 points (seven goals, three assists) in a win over Colorado College.
• Lacrosse player Geoff Bieging sets a school single-season assists record (28 assists).
• DU announces it will join the Sun Belt Conference starting with the 1999-2000 academic year.
• Men's and women's cross country running reinstated as varsity sports; Knut Nystad assumes coaching duties.
• Chad Ashton reassumes head coaching reins of men's soccer program.
• Dr. M. Dianne Murphy named director of athletics.
• Melissa Kutcher named women's gymnastics coach.
• Men's soccer program joins Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
• Rob Oertel assumes women's tennis coaching duties on an interim basis.

1999

• All DU teams compete at the NCAA Division I level.
• Hockey team knocks off archrival Colorado College and top-ranked North Dakota to capture the WCHA playoff title.
• Hockey team advances to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in five years.
• Jayme Smithers wins the NCAA men's slalom title.
• Britta Wienand captures the NCAA women's 15-kilometer classical crown.
• A record nine skiers - Britta Wienand, Irene Eder, Kristina Andersson, Joern Frohs, Kyrill Kretzschmar, Wolf Wallendorf, Jayme Smithers, Christian Hutter and Julia Delich - earn All- American honors.
• Gymnastics team qualifies for NCAA Tournament; finishes regular season ranked 13th nationally; Pioneers set school record for team total score (196.100).

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2000

• The ski team wins the NCAA Division National Title, its 15th title in history, first since 1971
• The men's nordic ski squad completes 1-2-3 sweeps of both events at the NCAA Championship meet
• Cecelia-Hagen Larsen captured the individual national title in the slalom and Nine of Denver's 12 skiers earned a total of 15 All-America honors.
• Volleyball seniors Amanda Schulze and Jennifer Mainprice were named to the Sun Belt All-Conference team.
• The Pioneers played their first game in their the new Magness Arena with wins over Union and Providence during the Icebreaker Tournament (10/15-16/00).
• Women's basketball defeated Colorado (71-67) to open the season at Magness Arena; Michaela Pavlickova earned first team All-Sun Belt Conference honors, the first such award as Division I members.
• The swim team broke 18 records and Sarah Corcoran won two individual conference titles; Rikki Rikardsson set the school record in the 50-yd free and later represented his native Iceland in the Olympics.
• The Pioneers made history by sending three individuals to compete at the NCAA National Gymnastics Championships in Boise, Idaho. Jenny Ebdon finished in a tie for sixth place on the floor exercise to earn second team All-America honors on the apparatus. Ebdon became Denver's first All-American since 1984.

2001

• Denver scored a school-record 180 points, the most of any Sun Belt Conference School, and placed 87th in the Sears Director's Cup presented by the nation's athletic directors to recognize the best overall collegiate athletics program in the country.
• The ski team captured its second-consecutive national collegiate title, the program's 16th and the most of any school in the nation. Pietro Broggini and Wolf Wollendorf combined to win both men's skiing nordic events at the NCAA Championship and seven Pioneers earned 11 All-America honors.
• The women's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time in history after winning the Sun Belt Conference West Division and earning runner-up honors in the SBC tournament. Pam Tanner was named the conference Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season and senior Michaela Pavlickova was named the Player of the Year. Transfer Nikki Weddle was named the Newcomer of the Year.
• Basketball star Michaela Pavlickova earned All-America honors from the Associated Press (honorable mention), Women's Basketball Journal (fifth team) and was the 24 overall selection in the WNBA draft by the Utah Starzz.
• The women's volleyball team won the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and juniors Clarice Golesh and Kellie Savage were named to first team All-SBC.
• Geoff Young took over as the men's tennis coach after one year coaching the women's team. Dana Young, Geoff's wife, stepped in to coach the women's team.
• Mike Law became Denver's first-ever USILA men's lacrosse All-America honorable mention
• Gymnastics earned its first-ever bid to the NCAA National Championships and became the first small private school to ever qualify.
• Freshman Ashley Shible earned second team All-America honors by placing seventh on the vault at the NCAA Championships.
• Junior men's golfer Erik Billinger won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament individual title in Roanoke, Texas, earning the school's first individual league title since moving to Division I.
• Bjorn Engstrom, Joern Frohs, Pietro Broggini, Jamie Rhoads and Ashley Atkinson earned Verizon Academic All-America recognition as awarded by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

2002

• Women's golfer Sara Silva and men's tennis player Magnus Ramfelt each won the Sun Belt Conference Sportsmanship Award.
• The University of Denver compiled a record-high 241 points and finished in 75th place in the Sears Director's Cup, presented by the nation's athletics directors to recognize the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country.
• Director of athletics and recreation, Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, was named the Division I-AAA Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWA).
• The hockey team won the WCHA regular season (MacNaughton Cup) and playoff (Broadmoor Trophy) championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
• George Gwozdecky was named the WCHA Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award.
• The Denver ski team successfully defended its national title, winning its third straight crown - and NCAA-record 17th in history. Eight Denver skiers earned a total of 13 All-America honors.
• The women's soccer team qualified for its first ever NCAA Tournament after winning the school's first-ever Sun Belt Conference Championship. Head coach Jeff Hooker was named Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year and led the Pioneers to the best record in school history (16-3-2).
• The gymnastics team hosted the NCAA North Central Region Championships, falling .125 short of advancing to the National Championships for the second straight season.
• The men's swim team completed its campaign by capturing its first-ever Pacific Collegiate Swimming and Diving Championship title and established five school records and earned five titles during the week. Head coach Jim Bain was named PCSC Coach of the Year.
• Men's tennis senior player Magnus Ramfelt was named to the Sun Belt All-Conference Team.
• The women's golf team earned its first-ever invitation to the NCAA West Region Tournament.
• Golfer Erik Billinger qualified for the NCAA Regional Tournament for the second consecutive season and was named to the NCAA All-Southwest Region Team.

2003

• The University of Denver athletics department set a school-record with its 73rd-place finish - the second-highest among Front Range programs, and the best in the Sun Belt Conference - to finish with 214.15 points in the 2003 edition of the NACDA Directors' Cup.
• The University of Denver was certified by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, indicating that it is considered to be operating in substantial conformity with operating principles adopted by the Association's Division I membership.
• Hockey senior Aaron MacKenzie earned WCHA Co-Defensive Player of the Year and All-WCHA First-Team honors and was named the University of Denver's Male Athlete of the Year.
• Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, Director of Athletics and Recreation at the University of Denver, was elected chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Issues Committee.
• The women's soccer team qualified for its second consecutive NCAA Tournament behind a school record-tying 15-game winning streak, a second consecutive Sun Belt Conference (SBC) tournament championship and a first-ever regular season SBC championship. Head coach Jeff Hooker was named Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.
• The University of Denver was ranked 73rd among Division I schools in Sports Illustrated Magazine's best sports colleges in America list on Oct. 7, 2002.
• Seven distinguished individuals were inducted to the University of Denver Athletics Hall of Fame's Class of 2002. The inductees included: Frank Moore, Jr., Rusty Fairly, Marshall Johnston, Ronald L. Moore, Barbara "BoBo" Mangan, Dr. Art Mason and William Matsch.
• Jim Bain completed his 32-year career as the head swimming and diving coach as the winningest coach in Pioneer swimming history with a career record of 304-163-1.
• Jim Henry, named men and women's swimming and diving coach on February 21.
• The men's golf team earned its first-ever appearance in NCAA Regionals.
• The women's golf team earned its second-straight appearance in the NCAA West Regional and finished 16th.
• Women's tennis head coach Dana Young named 2003 Sun Belt Conference Women's Tennis Coach of the Year.

2004

• The University of Denver athletics program set a school record with its 58th-place finish (334.75 points) in the 2004 edition of the United States Sports Academy (USSA) Directors' Cup presented by the nation's athletics directors to recognize the best collegiate programs in the country.
• Senior men's basketball player Brett Starkey, senior women's skier Karin Camenisch and senior women's golfer Sara Silva were each awarded NCAA postgraduate scholarships for student-athletes.
• University of Denver senior center Brett Starkey was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America 2003-04 Academic All-America Team for the second-consecutive year.
• Christian Bowers was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America 2003 Academic All-District VII Men's Soccer Team.
• Director of Athletics and Recreation, Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, was named the Athletic Director of the Year for the West Region by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
• Five individuals (Ferd Dreher, Jim Bain, Cliff Koroll, Annette Wagner and Jack Pommrehn) were inducted to the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2003. The seventh annual banquet for the Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony was on held October 16, 2003, in Hamilton Gymnasium of the Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness.
• The women's soccer team (18-4) captured its second-consecutive Sun Belt Conference (SBC) regular-season title as well as the tournament crown for the third-consecutive year. The tournament win gave the team its third-consecutive automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
• The University of Denver hockey team captured its first NCAA national championship since 1969 with a 1-0 win over Maine in the Frozen Four title game at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Senior Adam Berkhoel was named the Frozen Four's Most Outstanding Player, while teammates Ryan Caldwell and Connor James were named to the all-tournament team.
• Head coach George Gwozdecky became the first individual to capture NCAA titles as a player (Wisconsin), assistant coach (Miami of Ohio) and head coach (Denver).
• The women's golf team won the school's first-ever Sun Belt Conference Golf Championship and head women's golf coach Sammie Chergo was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the year for the first time.
• The men's tennis team was ranked 69th, earning it first national ranking in school history as members of NCAA Division I.
• The women's tennis finished its season with a 20-2 overall record and its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.

2005

• The Denver Pioneers landed 62 student-athletes on the 2004-05 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List, including 13 from women's swimming & diving, 12 from men's swimming & diving and 10 from women's soccer. DU also landed 41 students on the SBC Academic Honor Roll, including seven student-athletes from women's soccer.
• The University of Denver concluded the 2004-05 athletic season ranked No. 38 in the National Collegiate Scouting Collegiate Division 1 Power Rankings.
• The University of Denver athletics program placed 68th among 327 NCAA Division I institutions in the 2005 edition of the United States Sports Academy (USSA) Directors' Cup presented by the nation's athletics directors to recognize the best collegiate programs in the country.
• M. Dianne Murphy, Director of Athletics and Recreation at the University of Denver since 1998, was appointed Columbia University Athletic Director effective Nov. 8, 2004.
• The University of Denver inducted four individuals and the 1960-61 hockey team into its Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2004.
• University of Denver Chancellor Daniel L. Ritchie announced that he appointed Margaret (Peg) Bradley-Doppes as director of athletics and recreation.
• Senior Nordic skier Rene Reisshauer was honored as Denver's Male Athlete of the Year after leading the Pioneers to their 18th NCAA title.
• Sophomore alpine skier Florence Roujas was named as the Female Athlete of the Year, also leading the team to the 2005 NCAA Championship.
• The University of Denver men's basketball team (20-11, 12-3) capped off the best Division I season in school history with its first berth in the National Invitation Tournament in 46 years.
• University of Denver junior center Yemi Nicholson and head men's basketball coach Terry Carroll were named the 2005 Sun Belt Conference Player and Coach of the Year.
• The hockey team captured back-to-back NCAA Championships with their 4-1 victory over North Dakota at the Frozen Four in Columbus, Ohio.
• Head coach George Gwozdecky earned WCHA and National Coach of the Year honors after guiding the Pioneers to their fifth 30-win season in school history.
• The University of Denver formally dedicated the Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on April 30, 2005.

2006

• Matt Carle became the first DU Pioneer to earn the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as college hockey's top player. Carle, who was a consensus All-American, also earned USA Hockey's College Player of the Year award. Teammate Paul Stastny earned RBK West All-America honors.
• The men's lacrosse team earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance by capturing its first outright Great Western Lacrosse League title. Geoff Snider was named to the 2006 STX/USILA All-American Third Team.
• Director of Skiing Operations and head alpine coach Kurt Smitz announced his retirement in April, leaving a legacy of four team national championships, 21 individual national titles, and 89 All-America finishes in 14 seasons.
• The ski team fell short of a repeat national championship but did crown its 65th individual national champion when sophomore John Stene won the 10K Classical race in Steamboat Springs.
• The women's golf team captured its third consecutive Sun Belt Conference Championship and made its fifth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. Head women's golf coach Sammie Chergo was named the conference Coach of the Year.
• Head Swimming Coach Jim Henry was named the Sun Belt Conference Male Coach of the Year and head diving coach Jeff Carter was named the SBC Male Diving Coach of the Year, while freshman Aaron Feight took home the SBC Male Diver of the Year award.
• Men's basketball defeated Wyoming, 69-64 in front of a record-breaking crowd of 7,186 in Magness Arena, making the fourth annual PACK THE HOUSE game the first basketball sellout in Magness Arena history.
• Senior men's basketball player Yemi Nicholson was named to the 2006 CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-America Team. He was also named the 2006 Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year. He made history during the 2005-06 season by becoming the first player in the 30-year history of the SBC to earn Player of the Week honor four times in a single season. Nicholson's other postseason awards included SBC All-Tournament Team and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 13 First Team.
• DU inducted six individuals including Chancellor Emeritus Daniel L. Ritchie into its Athletics Hall of Fame Class 2005 this afternoon in a ceremony held at the Daniel L. Ritchie Wellness Center.

2007

• Women's soccer team finished the season with a 19-3-1 overall record and its first ever NCAA Women's College Cup victory and senior goalkeeper Dani Wiley won her 50th game, making her the winningest goalkeeper in program history.
• On March 21, 2007, Joe Scott was named the head coach of men's basketball team.
• Gymnastics earned an automatic berth to the NCAA National Championships with a second place finish at the NCAA North Central Regional Championships on April 14 in front of 3,876 fans at Magness Arena.
• At the National Championships, sophomore Jessica Lopez became the first gymnast three-time All-America in school history, and the Pioneers finished in fifth place of Session II and 10th overall, the best finish in school history.
• Adam Cole became the first DU skier to win both the slalom and giant slalom individual national championships and Rene Reisshauer won his third career individual title by taking the crown in the freestyle.
• Junior Kelsey Totura, won 21 events on the season and became the first swimmer to qualify to the NCAA National Championships since DU went Division I in 1999, doing so in the 200-backstroke.
• Kelsey Totura was named SBC Women's Swimmer of the Year and first-year head coach Brian Schrader was named Men's Swimming Coach of the Year.
• Women's golf qualified for the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA National Championship, where it finished 20th and freshman Stephanie Sherlock was named to the National Golf Coaches Association Second Team All-American.
• Men's tennis first-year head coach Danny Westerman was named Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Coach of the Year.
• Men's tennis junior standout Adam Holmstrom, who led the team with a school-record 32-6 singles record became DU's first men's tennis player to earn All-American in Division I when he earned a top 16 seed at the NCAA National Singles Championships.
• 2006 Hall of fame inductees: HERITAGE ERA INDUCTEES - Clayton Benham, Tennis (1950-53); MODERN ERA INDUCTEES - George Kirkwood, Hockey (1960-61), Jon Terje Overland, Skiing (1965-67); Michaela "Misa" Pavlickova, Women's Basketball (1997-2001); SPECIAL INDUCTEE - Harold Beier, University of Denver Supporter (1949-Present); 1967-68 Hockey Team

2008

• The DU hockey team (26-14-1) qualified for its 19th NCAA Tournament and first since 2005, finishing the season with its seventh consecutive season with 21 or more wins.
• The hockey team claimed its league-leading 15th WCHA playoff championship and junior Chris Butler was named the programs 34th All-American with his RBK Hockey/AHCA Division I Men's All-American West second team selection.
• First-year head soccer coach Bobby Muuss was named MPSF Co-Coach of the Year,
• Women's Soccer finished the 2007 season with a 12-5-5 overall record while recording a 9-2-2 mark in Sun Belt Conference regular season play en route to their second straight SBC Tournament Title and NCAA Women's College Cup appearance.
• The ski team won its 19th NCAA Championship and John Buchar (Ostersund, Sweden) swept the individual men's alpine titles, marking only the second time a Pioneer skier has done so in school history.
• The swimming and diving teams sent three swimmers and a diver to the Division I Championships. Kelsey Totura and Grace Kittle qualified for the women and Blake Worsley and diver Aaron Feight qualified for the men.
• Worsley and Feight became DU's first-ever Division I All-Americans, when Worsley finished 10th in the men's 500-freestyle and Feight won the consolation final to finish ninth in the 3-meter dive. Kittle recorded the highest finish ever for a DU female as she finished 17th in the 100-breaststroke.
• Worsley was named Sun Belt Conference Male Swimmer of the Year, Totura was named Female Swimmer of the Year, head coach Brian Schrader was named SBC Male Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season, and head diving coach Erik Cook was named Diving Coach of the Year.
• The gymnastics team made school history by qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season, where DU finished 12th in the nation.
• The women's golf team qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season and finished tied for sixth, the highest finish in school history. Stephanie Sherlock was named a Duramed NGCA All-America Honorable Mention after she finished tied for fifth at the NCAA Championships, the best finish for an individual in school history.
• The men's golf team won its first-ever Sun Belt Conference Championship and had three players named All-Sun Belt Conference, Daniel Wax, Jeff Koprivetz, and Espen Kofstad.
• Men's Lacrosse finished the season 10-7 and shared the Great Western Lacrosse League regular season title with Ohio State and Notre Dame after all three teams finished league play at 4-1 and made its second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years.
• The men's tennis team advanced to its first NCAA Tournament with an at-large berth after finishing second in the SBC championship for the second straight year and Danny Westerman earned SBC Men's Tennis Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year after leading the Pioneers to a school-best 18-7 record.
• The women's tennis team captured its second SBC championship, advanced to its second NCAA Tournament, won its first NCAA Tournament match and set a school-record with its 23 victories. The Pioneers went 14-0 to start the season, also a school record and Amy Jensen was named SBC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year after leading the Pioneers to a 23-3 mark.

2009

• DU placed No. 54 in the Learfield Directors' Cup, marking its second-best finish since turning NCAA Division I. DU was No. 1 in NCAA Division I-AAA, the Sun Belt Conference and the Front Range.
• Denver captured its ninth consecutive Sun Belt Conference Graduation Rate Award.
• The ski team won its 20th NCAA Championship.
• The women's tennis team advanced to its third NCAA Tournament.
• Andrew Landwerlen and Zimmermann captured the ITA Mountain Regionals Doubles Title and advanced to the ITA National Indoor Championships during the fall season.
• Men's Soccer won its first-ever Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship and earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1970 after going 10-7-2 overall.
• Kyle Christensen became the first DU player ever selected in the MLS SuperDraft, going to Chivas USA with the 35^th pick.
• Sam Garza made the U.S. U-20 National Team, which qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup.
• Women's Soccer won the team's third straight SBC Tournament Title and advanced to the NCAA Women's College Cup .
• Antje Maempel swept the individual women's Nordic titles, marking only the second time a Pioneer skier has done so and the first in 13 years.
• Bill Tierney hired as Men's Lacrosse head coach.
• The DU men's swimming and diving team captured its first-ever SBC swimming championship.
• Gymnasts Jessica Lopez and Kelley Hennigan represented the Pioneers at the NCAA Championships as individual qualifiers, and Lopez earned First Team All-American honors on vault and Second Team All-American on beam.
• Men's Golf advanced to its seventh-consecutive NCAA Regional Tournament appearance, where the Pioneers finished in a tied for ninth place.
• Women's Golf achieved its first-ever NCAA Regional victory and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

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2010

• Denver finished 65th in the final Learfield Sports Directors' Cup and No. 1 among all Division I-AAA, Front Range and Sun Belt Conference Institutions.
• The Pioneers won their 21st NCAA Skiing Championship.
• Hockey won its 12 WCHA regular season title, and the Pioneers made their third-straight and 21st overall NCAA Tournament appearance.
• Hockey players Marc Cheverie and Rhett Rakshani became the first DU teammates to be named Hobey Baker Award top-10 finalists in the same season.
• Antje Maempel became just the second skier in NCAA history to sweep the individual national championship in women's classical and freestyle in consecutive seasons.
• Tyler Ruesegger and Antje Maempel were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American At-Large First Teams.
• All 17 DU sports programs in 2009-10 earned Academic Progress Rate scores of 925 or higher.
• Men's basketball won 15-straight contests at Magness Arena heading into the following season, that streak was at one point the seventh-longest active home winning streak.
• Men's tennis qualified for its second NCAA Tournament in the program's Division I history. The program's No. 25 ranking on March 23 was the best in Division I history.
• Leif Kristian Haugen won the NCAA individual championship in giant slalom and competed for Norway at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
• Diving coach Aaron D'Addario was named Diving Coach of the Year.
• Former Pioneer Jessica Lopez was inducted into the Colorado Sportswomen Hall of Fame.
• Bill Tierney won ECAC Coach of the year, won the ECAC Championship and clinched a spot in the NCAA Tournament in his first year with the Pioneers.

2011

• Following a 19-12 regular season and a second-place finish in the Sun Belt Conference, women's basketball earned a WNIT bid.
• Women's swimming and diving won the Sun Belt Conference Championship and finished 34th at the NCAA National Championships, earning the program's first points at the Division I National Championships.
• Gymnastics hosted the North Central Regional Championship where Brianna Springer advanced to her second NCAA National Championship as an individual qualifier in the all-around. Joining her was teammate Jorie Hall, who won the beam title at Regionals.
• Jason Zucker is named WCHA Rookie of the Year.
• For the first time, men's lacrosse advanced to Championship Weekend of the NCAA Tournament after winning both the ECAC regular season and tournament titles.

2012

• Women's soccer reached the program's first-ever NCAA Sweet 16 where Kristen Hamilton was named to the NSCAA All-American Third Team.
• Jesse Mahoney is hired as head coach for volleyball.
• Men's basketball recorded 22 wins, then the most single-season wins in the program's Division I history (later matched in the 2012-13 season).
• Women's basketball finished the season with 19 wins for the second-straight year.
• Gymnastics won its first WAC Championship. Moriah Martin represented DU at the NCAA National Championship where she finished 12th in the all-around in her semifinal.
• For the second consecutive season, women's swimming and diving won the Sun Belt Championship.
• Joey LaLeggia earned WCHA Rookie of the Year honors, DU's second in as many years. The Pioneers advanced to the WCHA Final Five and the NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight year.
• Second Team All-Americans Mark Matthews and Chase Carraro led the Pioneers back to the NCAA Quarterfinals.

2013

• In the program's first year in the Summit League, men's soccer won the conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
• Women's soccer head coach Jeff Hooker recorded his 300th win. Kristen Hamilton was named a First Team All-American and became the first student-athlete in NCAA Division I history to win conference player of the year honors in three different conferences. Nicholette DiGiacomo was also named a Third Team All-American.
• Brea Muhle and Colleen King were named AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, the volleyball's first-ever Division All-Americans.
• Men's basketball hosted the first round of the NIT Tournament.
• For the second-straight season, Moriah Martin qualified for the NCAA National Championships where she became DU's fifth All-American (first team on vault) and was the fifth Pioneer gymnast to advance to an Event Finals (vault). She finished 17th on vault at Event Finals.
• Jim Montgomery was named hockey's next head coach.
• Men's lacrosse returned to NCAA Championship Weekend where Cameron Flint became the program's first Division I First Team All-American.
• Women's lacrosse advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history and recorded the team's first-ever NCAA Tournament win (14-7 over Jacksonville).

2014

• Men's soccer won its second-straight Summit League Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
• Volleyball qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history after winning the Summit League tournament title and sharing the league's regular season title.
• Men's and women's swimming and diving sweep the Summit League Championships in their first year in the league. Samantha Corea finished 11th in the 100m Fly at the NCAA National Championship to lead the women to a 34th-overall finish. The men finished 40th overall led by a 12th place finish in the 1650 Free.
• Hockey claimed the NCHC title with a 4-3 win over Miami-Ohio and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh-straight season.
• Gymnastics won the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Championship in the Pioneers' first season in the conference. Moriah Martin advanced to the NCAA National Championships for the third time and earned Second Team All-American honors in the all-around.
• In the team's first season in the BIG EAST Conference, men's lacrosse won the regular season and tournament titles. For the second straight season, the team advanced to NCAA Championship Weekend.
• Women's lacrosse won the MPSF Tournament Championship, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year.

2015

• Jamie Franks was named men's soccer's Head Coach. After a 15-0-3 record in the regular season, the team won its third-straight Summit League title and hosted its first-ever NCAA Tournament game, winning and advancing to the second round. Reagan Dunk became Denver's first NSCAA All-American and earned MAC Hermann Semifinalist honors.
• Tom Hogan is hired as volleyball's head coach and for the second-straight season, the team won the Summit League Tournament while also securing the out-right regular season title.
• Men's and women's swimming and diving each win back-to-back Summit League Championships. Samantha Corea became the program's second two-time All-American and led the women's team to a program-best 28th finish at the NCAA National Championship. The men finished 32nd at the NCAA National Championship led by Dylan Bunch's seventh-place finish in the 1650 Free.
• Joey LaLeggia earned First Team All-American honors while teammate Trevor Moore earned Second Team honors. The Pioneers qualified for their eighth-straight NCAA National Championship Tournament.
• Nina McGee became gymnastics' sixth All-American (first team on floor and second team in the all-around) after advancing to the NCAA National Championships. She became DU's sixth gymnast to advance to Event Finals where she finished a program-record second on floor.
• Men's lacrosse won its first-ever NCAA National Championship. Bill Tierney, the 2015 National Coach of the Year, became the first head coach in Division I men's lacrosse to win national titles with two different programs, and Wes Berg was named DU's first-ever Tewaaraton Award Finalist.

2016

• Rodney Billups was hired as the 32nd head coach for men's basketball.
• Men's soccer made a College Cup appearance for the first time in program history. Reagan Dunk was named a MAC Hermann semifinalist for the second-straight season, and Jamie Franks' staff earned National Coaching Staff of the Year honors. The Pioneers became the first program since 1978 to finish back-to-back seasons unbeaten in the regular season.
• Volleyball won the Summit League Tournament for the third-straight season and earned a share of the regular-season title while securing the team's third-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.
• For the third straight season, men's and women's swimming and diving swept the Summit League Championships. The women finished 37th at the NCAA National Championship, led by freshman Bailey Andison's 10th-place finish in the 400 IM and 14th-place finish in the 200 IM.
• For the first time since 2005, the Pioneers advanced to the Frozen Four, led by Second Team All-American Will Butcher. Head coach Jim Montgomery was named a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award.
• Nina McGee became DU's first-ever individual NCAA National Champion, winning the floor title with a 9.950. She also finished 10th-overall in the all-around, a new program record, and finished with three All-American honors. She finished her career as the DU record holder for all-around score (39.775), most perfect 10.0s (3) and most individual titles (101) while also being named a finalist for the AAI Award and Honda Sport Award for Gymnastics.
• Connor Cannizzaro was named a Tewaaraton Award Finalist and joined Trevor Baptiste, Zach Miller and Christian Burgdorf as USILA First Team All-Americans.

2017

• Men's and women's swimming and diving claim their fourth-straight Summit League Championships and finished 30th at the NCAA National Championship, the highest for the men's team since 2009. Bailey Andison becomes the program's third two-time All-American and qualified to represent Canada at the 2017 World University Games.
• After winning the program's first-ever PenroseCup, hockey won its eighth NCAA National Championship after defeating Minnesota-Duluth 3-2. Will Butcher became the program's second Hobey Baker Award winner while head coach Jim Montgomery was named the Spencer Penrose Award winner. Tanner Jaillet won also the Mike Richter Award.
• Gymnastics advanced to the NCAA National Championships for the fourth time in program history, finishing a program-best ninth overall. For the first-time in program history, DU had two postseason All-Americans with freshman Maddie Karr (first team in the all-around and second team on vault and bars) and senior Julia Ross (second team on bars).
• Men's lacrosse advanced to NCAA Championship Weekend for the fifth time in seven years and claimed the program's fourth-straight BIG EAST regular season title. Trevor Baptiste was named a Tewaraaton Award Finalist.
• Jim Turgeon is hired as women's basketball head coach.

2018

• Denver skiing captured its 24th National Championship by 41 points, using balanced scoring from both alpine and nordic to claim the title. Freshman Amelia Smart swept the alpine titles. 
• At an international level, former University of Denver men's skier Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen led the Pioneers' representatives at the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, winning all four of his match-ups to take Team Norway to a spot on the podium with a bronze medal in the debut of the Alpine Skiing Team Event. Earlier in this Olympics, Haugen finished eighth with a time of 2:20.23 in the men's Giant Slalom and 13^th with a combined time of 1:40.31 in the men's Slalom.
• Former Pioneers, Erik Read and Trevor Philp, competed for Canada in Olympic Games. In the men's Giant Slalom, Read finished in 11^th with a 2:20.74 and Philp took 18^th with a 2:21.51. Read also took 29^th in the men's Slalom. Before returning to the opening day of the 2018 RMISA Championships, current Pioneer Andrea Komsic made her second Olympic appearance with a 32^nd-place finish in Giant Slalom (2:28.50) and a 31^st-place finish in the women's Slalom (1:46.26). In addition, former Willy Schaeffler Scholarship winner Jamie Stanton skied for a bronze medal in the 2018 Paralympic Games in March.
• Gymnastics made its 20th-straight NCAA Regional appearance and turned in its second-highest regional score, but 13th-ranked Denver fell just outside a second-straight Nationals berth. 
• Women's basketball finished 16-14 in head coach Jim Turgeon's first season in charge, exceeding the program's win total from the previous two years combined, and earning the most wins in a season since the Pioneers won 19 in 2011-12. 
• Men's swimming and diving took 22nd at the 2018 NCAA Championships, the program's top finish since 1962. The finish was the fifth-best since the program began in 1947. Denver turned in its first All-American relay performance in its Division I history at the Championships. 
• Women's swimming and diving finished 31st at the 2018 NCAA Championships led by All-America performances in the 200 IM and 400 IM from Bailey Andison, the first women's swimmer in program history to earn All-America status in three different seasons. 
• Men's lacrosse knocked Notre Dame out of the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years to earn the Pioneers seventh NCAA Quarterfinal appearance in the last eight years. Faceoff specialist Trevor Baptiste became the sixth place in the history of an award that dates back to 1922 to be named a First Team All-American in all four years of his collegiate career. 
• Women's lacrosse reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the third time in program history after a 19-10 win over High Point.
• Women's golf set a program record for stroke average in a season at 296.06 en-route to the Pioneers best finish at an NCAA Regional since 2010 (12th). 
• Women's tennis won its fifth-straight Summit League Tournament title, riding a 14-match winning streak into the NCAA Tournament. 
• Men's soccer was ranked No. 1 in the country for the first time in program history. Denver earned a national seed for the third time in the last four years and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. 
• Women's soccer reached the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season after winning the Summit League Tournament in Brookings, S.D.
• After capturing its fifth-straight Summit League regular season title, the volleyball program used a 25-match winning streak to earn its first at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament in program history. The 27-3 overall record was the Pioneers best in program history. 
• The fall of 2018 marked the first time that all three fall sport programs made the NCAA Tournament in the same season. 

2019

• Jett Seymour won the 2019 NCAA Slalom National Championship to lead a group of seven All-Americans. 
• Women's basketball won its first NCAA postseason game in its Division I history, taking down top-seeded New Mexico in the first round of the WNIT by a count of 83-75.
• Hockey got back to the Frozen Four in 2019, falling 4-3 to UMass in overtime in the national semifinal. Denver finished the season 24-12-5, the program's 18th-straight 20+ win season. 
• In the first year of a new format, gymnastics won its nine-team regional and finished fourth at the first-ever NCAA Team Final. Denver's coaches' swept the national awards and five Pioneers earned All-America honors. Lynnzee Brown captured the floor national championship. 
• Women's swimmer Josie Valette represented the Pioneers at the women's championship, breaking her own school record in the 200 fly. 
• Men's swimming's Cameron Auchinachie continued his fast swimming all the way into the National Championships, breaking the 50 free school record and earning All-America honors in the 50 free and 100 free to lead Denver to a 36th place finish at the championships. 
• Women's tennis defeated Omaha in the Summit League Final to book its ticket to Kansas for the NCAA Tournament. Bianca Mok qualified for the NCAA Women's Singles Championship. 
• Men's golf punched its ticket to its first NCAA Regional since 2014 after taking home the Summit League title.
• Women's golf went to its 18th-straight NCAA Regional after the Pioneers won their fifth Summit League title. 
• Women's lacrosse made a run to its first ever national quarterfinal, defeating USC and Michigan in Ann Arbor in the opening weekend to advance. Katherine Fischer and Quintin Hoch-Bullen earned All-America honors to lead the way for the Pioneers. 
• Overall, Denver claimed its 11th I-AAA Directors' Cup in 12 years for its performance in 2018-19. 
• Women's soccer won its fourth Summit League regular season crown, taking the title in head coach Jeff Hooker's 600th career match. 
• Volleyball won its fifth Summit League Tournament in the last six years to book its sixth-consecutive ticket into the NCAA Tournament, falling to eventual national champion Stanford in the first round. 

2020

• The remainder of the winter and spring sports championships were canceled by the NCAA on March 12 due to the COVID19 pandemic. Denver's conferences later canceled their championships and the remainder of the regular season. 
• Skiing won the RMISA title before Storm Klomhaus and Tobias Kogler swept the slalom races at the 2020 NCAA Championships. Eveliina Piippo won the women's 5K a day later, giving Denver three of the four individual national champions before the NCAA canceled its remaining championships. 
• Men's swimming put 18 swims in the national top-100, and four Pioneers earned All-America honors. The men's and women's programs swept their seventh-straight Summit League titles. 
• Women's tennis earned three Power 5 victories before the shutdown, and went 7-0 at the Denver Tennis Park. 
• Men's tennis went on a nine-match winning streak, finishing the campaign at 12-1, and reached as high as No. 35 in the national rankings.
• The University of Denver established the William G. Tierney Head Men's Lacrosse Coach endowment, as the Pioneers finished the shortened 2020 season with a win over Notre Dame. 
• Women's lacrosse finished the shortened season 7-1, including 6-0 at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. 
• Hockey celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2019-20, reclaiming the Gold Pan and stretching the Tenzer Streak to 19 (20+ wins). The season was halted right before the NCHC Playoffs. 
• Coming off top-four finish in 2019, gymnastics spent the entire 2020 season in the top-7. The Pios set new records on bars and beam, finished with four perfect 10s and finished with the second highest NQS in program history. Both gymnastics and hockey were set to host NCAA Regionals in 2020. 
• Women's golf's Anna Zanusso tied the NCAA scoring record with an 11-under 61 at the Westbrook Invitational. 
• Men's golf had three student-athletes win individual titles in the 2019-20 season. 
• Women's triathlon was announced as Denver's 18th varsity sport on July 1, thanks mainly in part to an NCAA Emerging Sport Grant. Men's and women's swimming and diving assistant Barbara Perkins was named the programs first head coach.
• Doshia Woods named Denver's new women's basketball coach. 
• Men's and Women's baskeball played the first two games following the pandemic stoppage, opening their 2020-21 seasons on November 25.
• The NCHC played in a pod in Omaha for the first 10 games of the season (December 2-20) following the pandemic. 

2021

• 2020 fall sports were pushed to a spring, 2021 season. 
• Triathlon competes as three individuals in program's first ever competition, the Claremont Challenge on March 6. 
• Amelia Smart wins Slalom National Championship.
• Gymnastics wins its first Big 12 Conference Championship....Lynnzee Brown earns three All-America honors at Nationals.
• Jeff Wulbrun hired as Denver's 33rd head men's basketball coach. 
• Women's swimming and diving claims Summit League Championship, the program's eighth-straight Summit League title. 
• Men's soccer finishes 4-2 to claim Summit League regular season title...Qualifies for NCAA's before being forced to pull out of tournament due to COVID-19 protocols.
• Volleyball won the Summit League regular season crown for the first time since 2018. 
• Women's soccer wins the Summit League regular season and tournament titles before defeating Loyola Chicago in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.  
• Men's lacrosse goes 9-1 in the double round robin BIG EAST regular season to claim the conference regular season title; Pioneers fall in NCAA First Round to Loyola. 
• Women's Lacrosse won its first BIG EAST Tournament title and defeated Stanford in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, before falling to Northwestern in the second round. 
• Men's and women's tennis sweep Summit League Championships and qualify for NCAA Tournament. Anna Riedmiller (women's) and James Davis (men's) qualify for NCAA Singles Championships.  
• Men's and women's golf sweep Summit League Championships and qualify for NCAA Tournament. 
• Women's soccer won the Summit League regular season title with an 8-0-1 mark in league play. 
• Men's soccer won both the Summit League regular season and tournament titles, and reached the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament after a 1-0 victory over Grand Canyon. 
• Volleyball went 23-6, and 14-4 in the Summit League, earning the three seed in the league tournament. 
• In its first full official season as a program, triathlon finished fourth at the 2022 Women's Collegiate Triathlon National Championships. 

2022

• Eight Pioneers represented their countries at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing: Katie Hensien, Andrea Komsic, Amelia Smart, Trevor Philp, Erik Read, Jasmi Joensuu, Nick Shore, Juho Olkinuora 
• Behind nine All-America performances, skiing finished third at the 2022 NCAA Skiing Championships, led by National Women's Alpine Skier of the Year and Women's Slalom National Champion Katie Hensien. 
• Overcoming a myriad of injuries, Denver gymnastics finished second in the Big 12 Championships, its first home conference championship event since joining the Big 12, and advanced to the Auburn Regional Final. 
• Hockey won its ninth NCAA Championship, winning its regional in Loveland, Colorado, before wins over Michigan and Minnesota State at the Frozen Four. 
• The Denver golf and swimming and diving programs swept the 2022 Summit League Championships.
• Denver women's tennis won the 2022 Summit League title and advanced to play Pepperdine in the 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament.
• In their first home BIG EAST Championship, women's lacrosse won its second-straight BIG EAST Tournament title and advanced to its sixth NCAA Tournament.
• Women's soccer captured its fifth-consecutive Summit League regular season title, finishing 8-0-1 in league play. 
• Men's soccer won the Summit League Tournament for the eighth time in nine tries. The Pioneers would go on to win their second NCAA Tournament game in as many years, defeating San Diego 1-0 in extra time at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. 
• In its second appearance, triathlon finished third at the 2022 National Championships. Barbara Perkins went on to be named the national coach of the year. 

2023 (2022-23 Annual Report)

• Denver hockey hosted Colorado College in the first Battle at Ball, nearly selling out Ball Arena in an electric environment and in a 2-0 DU win. The 17,952 fans was the highest-attended indoor college hockey game at the time since Feb. 10, 2018.
• Hockey won the Penrose Cup as NCHC Regular-Season Champions for the second-consecutive season, giving the Pioneers three trophies on the year (Icebreaker Tournament, Gold Pan, Penrose Cup). Mike Benning, Carter Mazur and Massimo Rizzo earned 2022-23 All-America honors. Following the season, Benning (Florida), Mazur (Detroit) and Magnus Chrona (San Jose) signed with NHL clubs, and three Pioneers signed AHL contracts.
• Women's swimming and diving won its 10^th-straight Summit League Championship, while the men made it nine in 10 years with a pair of dominating performances in Minneapolis. Zyad Morsy (men's diving) and Natalie Arky (women's swimming) earned spots at the NCAA Championships.
• Skiing freshman Sara Rask (second/giant slalom), senior Bernhard Flaschberger (third/freestyle) and junior Nora Brand (second/slalom) all earned podium finishes to lead the Pioneers to a third-place finish at the 2023 NCAA Skiing Championships.
• Gymnastics hosted the NCAA Regionals in Magness Arena, defeating No. 3 Michigan, No. 6 LSU and No. 11 Oregon State in the regional final to claim a second regional title since 2019. At Nationals a couple weeks later, Denver finished fourth in the first semifinal, setting school national championship records on floor (49.3625) and vault (49.2250). Lynnzee Brown and Jessica Hutchinson both earned podium finishes in the all-around. Brown and Hutchinson were joined on All-America teams by Rosie Casali and Kiley Rorich.
• Men's tennis completed its fourth-consecutive Summit League regular season title and its eighth in nine attempts since joining the Summit League.
• Long-time men's lacrosse associate head coach Matt Brown was named the next William G. Tierney Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at the University of Denver, after Tierney announced his intention to retire following the 2023 season.
• Women's tennis claimed its ninth-straight Summit League regular season and tournament titles to reach the NCAA Tournament.
• Women's golf claimed its fourth-straight Summit League Championship, and its eighth conference title in the last nine years.
• Following another sweet of the BIG EAST regular season and tournament titles, women's lacrosse made a run in the NCAA Tournament, reaching Championship Weekend for the first time in the program's history. Sam Thacker and Trinity McPherson helped lead the top scoring defense in the country, while junior Abby Jenkins controlled the draw circle. Thacker would go on to be named the IWLCA National Defender of the Year. Denver hosted its first two NCAA Tournament games in program history, earning the No. 5 national seed. During their path to Cary, Denver knocked out USC, UAlbany and North Carolina.
• Lynnzee Brown qualified for the 2023 Gymnastics World Championships and eventually qualified for the Olympic Games in France through the universality (tripartite) spot. 
• Triathlon's Maira Carreau won the D-I individual national title, the first in the new program's short history. Carreau became the first triathlete and the 128^th Denver student-athlete to win an individual national championship. As a team, triathlon finished fourth at nationals.
• Denver men's soccer got to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the third-consecutive year, after winning its ninth Summit League regular season title. The Pioneers were ranked as high as 14^th in the country throughout the season and Sam Bassett became the third USC All-American in the program's history, earning second team honors.
• Under first year head coach Julianne Sitch, women's soccer started 4-0-4, including a pair of Power-5 wins against N.C. State (4-2) and Oregon (2-0). Denver went on to win its sixth-straight Summit League regular season title, its eighth Summit League title overall and its 14^th Division I conference regular season title.
• Late-arriving first-year head coach Megan Pendergast guided the Pioneers to a 12-4 record in Summit League play on the program's way to its 11^th conference regular season title, and its first since the 2020 campaign (spring 2021). Denver was a perfect 9-0 on its home court.

• Denver hockey won the race to 10 National Championships, breaking its tie at nine with Michigan with wins over Boston and Boston College in St. Paul, Minnesota to life the national championship trophy. Goaltender Matt Davis was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament, allowing just three goals in the four-game NCAA Tournament run, including a shutout victory in the national title game.
• The hockey national championship brought Denver's total number of titles up to 35, ranking 14^th in the country through the 2023-24 athletic seasons. DU hockey has won five since 2004, two more than any other program in that span.
• For its record-setting national championship in 2024, Denver hockey and Denver athletics were awarded a City of Denver Tourism Star in March for having a signifcant impact on Denver's tourism industry during the 2024 calendar year.
• Gymnastics completed its 50^th season as a program with another top-10 ranking in the country for the fifth time in six years and the sixth time in the last eight. Denver spent the entire season in the top-12 nationally and got back to the regional final for the fifth-straight year. For the fourth time in program history, the Pioneers didn't count a fall in the entire season.
• Skiing finished third at the NCAA Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Christian Soevik and Nora Brand earned podium spots in the men's giant slalom and the women's slalom, respectively.
• Men's and women's swimming and diving once again dominated the Summit League Championships. The Denver women won their 11^th-straight Summit League Championship, while the Pioneer men won their 10^th title in 11 years. Zyad Morsy was named the Summit League Men's Diver of the Championship, Jessica Maeda was named the Women's Swimmer of the Championship and Olivia Gordon was named the Women's Diver of the Championship.
• Men's swimming and diving won the prestigious Gold Vest Award, while Tommy Bruner and Maira Carreau were named the athletic department's Male and Female Athletes of the Year.
• Men's basketball redshirt senior guard Tommy Bruner finished second in the country in scoring to lead the Pioneers to their first Summit League Tournament Championship game in the program's history, and its first conference final since 2005. The Pios averaged 81 points per game, ranking 27^th nationally. Bruner reached 1000 career points in just 52 games, 15 games faster than the next closest Pio.
• Men's lacrosse reached the national semifinals for the first time since 2017 under first year William G. Tierney Head Men's Lacrosse Coach Matt Brown. The appearance in the sport's final weekend marked the sixth in the program's history. Denver's top-10 defense held Syracuse to a season-low eight goals in a 10-8 win in the national quarterfinals to advance to Philadelphia.
• Women's lacrosse got back to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the sixth-consecutive season and the eighth time in its Division I history. The Pios won their 11^th conference regular season title, including its fifth-straight in the BIG EAST. Denver secured the automatic bid in the conference as well, finishing a perfect weekend at Xavier for its fourth-straight BIG EAST Tournament title. Defender Sam Thacker was named to the USA Lacrosse All-America First Team while graduate student attackers Julia Gilbert and Olivia Penoyer, defender Trinity McPherson and defender Anna Palmisano all received honorable mentions.
• Men's tennis became the first Division I men's team to enter the NCAA Tournament with an undefeated record since Virginia did so in 2013. Denver's first 20 win season included Power-5 wins at Purdue (4-3), Utah (4-0), at Wisconsin (6-1) and against Oregon (4-1). DU was ranked as high as 28^th in the country. The Pios won their fifth-straight Summit League regular season title and its sixth Summit League Tournament title.
• Women's tennis won the program's 10^th-straight Summit League regular season title and its 10^th-straight Summit League Tournament title in a 15-6 campaign that came to an end with a 4-1 loss against No. 25 Texas Tech. Denver was ranked as high as 27^th in the country, its highest ranking since 2008. The Pios earned Power-5 dubs against Kansas State (4-2), Iowa (4-1), Oregon (4-3), Utah (4-0) and Minnesota (4-3).
• Women's golf won the Summit League Championship by 42 strokes, its fifth-straight league title and its 19^th conference tournament title overall. All five Pioneers finished in the top-10 at the championships led by a tournament win for Clara Gestsdottir. At the NCAA Regionals in East Lansing, Mich., Denver finished one spot out of qualifying for its fourth NCAA Championship appearance in its program history, taking sixth at the regional with a score of 3-over par. Graduate student Anna Zanusso cracked the top 10 at the regional with a three-round score of 4-under par, good for seventh and just one spot out of qualifying as an individual for the NCAA Championships.
• Denver finished as the top I-AAA athletic department in the country for the 15^th time in the last 16 years, finishing 46^th in the country overall. The Directors' Cup finish was the highest national ranking for the athletic department since the 2016-17 season. Denver finished third among schools without FBS football, trailing only Harvard and Princeton, and finished ahead of 25 Power-5 schools.
• Denver replaced every seat in Magness Arena ahead of the 2024-25 athletic season, providing a more comfortable experience for DU hockey and gymnastics fans in additional to the myriad of outside events hosted in the arena. DU partnered with Musco to rebuild the lighting fixtures in Magness Arena before the 2024-25 hockey season, providing a 10-percent brighter game day viewing experience.
• Defending individual national triathlon champion and sophomore Maira Carreau fought her way from 40th after the swim and through the field to earn a seventh-place finish to lead the Pioneers at the 2024 national championships. As a result of her performance at the championships, Carreau became Denver's fourth multi-year All-American and a back-to-back first-team member.
• DU women's soccer defeated No. 24 Texas A&M in the non-conference portion of its season, the Pios first road win over a top-25 team since September 26, 2013 and their first-ever road win at an SEC opponent. Ella Frost was named the Summit League Midfielder of the Year, one of four All-Summit League selections. 
• Denver men's soccer reached the College Cup for the second time in program history (2016) after earning the No. 3 overall seed and earning NCAA Tournament home wins over Gardner-Webb, No. 14 Indiana and UMass. In the NCAA Men's Soccer Quarterfinals at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium, the Pioneers drew a standing-room only stadium-record crowd of 2,361. Senior Sam Bassett was named a MAC Hermann Finalist, the second in the program's history. Bassett later signed a homegrown contract with the Colorado Rapids. Ian Smith was drafted No. 14 overall by Portland and Ronan Wynne was selected 53rd by Atlanta in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft.​​​​
• Men's soccer's AJ Francois was named the winner of the 2024 NCAA Men's Soccer Elite 90 Award. ​​​​​​
• DU volleyball was led by graduate student Cassie Davis, who was named to the All-Summit League First Team, leading the Pios to the Summit League Semifinals. 
• In the men's tennis program's individual season, Daniel Sancho Arbizu and Raffaello Papajcik qualified for the 2024 NCAA National Singles Championships in November. Papajcik became the first Pioneer men's player to win an NCAA singles match in program history.
• Denver earned an A- rating from the Tucker Center, which represents the department having a significantly higher proportion of women in head coaching roles compared to its peers. The Pios have eight women in head coaching positions to lead its 18 varsity programs.
• Denver's hockey season ticket packages were sold out before the 2024-25 season began at 3,921 full-season equivalents (FSE), more than 60% of Magness Arena's capacity. The Crimson and Gold broke its single-game hockey attendance record in Magness Arena again this season, when 7,051 showed up for Championship Banner Raising Night on October 19 against Northeastern. Denver hockey opened the 2024-25 season on a 12-game winning streak. 
• The Pioneers achieved a 96% graduation success rate, matching the 2013 output. Denver had 11 perfect programs in GSR: men's basketball (10th perfect score), men's golf (11), men's skiing (7), men's soccer (3), men's tennis (13), women's golf (12), women's gymnastics (16), women's lacrosse (5), women's skiing (20), women's swimming and diving (16), and women's tennis (9). The Pioneers' 96% GSR ranks 41st in the country, first among schools in the state of Colorado by three percentage points and first in the Summit League by two percentage points.
• The Crimson and Gold launched the Gold Standard Giving Society in October, the department's first leadership philanthropic giving society.
• Zeev Buium won consecutive gold medals with the David Carle-coached Team USA squad at the 2025 World Juniors and also represented the United States after the season in May at the IIHF World Championship in Denmark and Sweden.

• Daniel L. Ritchie, the University of Denver's much-admired and much-loved 16th chancellor, died at the age of 93 in January. Ritchie is most celebrated on the DU campus for rescuing the University from insolvency and for spearheading a campus renaissance with his steady and visionary leadership, but also his deep commitment to the people and institutions he held dear. Known as DU's "cowboy chancellor," Ritchie led the University from 1989 to 2005, assuming the job after six years on the Board of Trustees and at a critical juncture in DU's history. Ritchie's tireless advocacy for DU is now the stuff of legend. He presided over a fundraising campaign that allowed DU to make more than $400 million in investments in new facilities and infrastructure. One of the key donations was his own.
• In their national title defense, the Pioneers hockey program made its 20th trip to the Frozen Four in April, including its sixth trip to the national semifinal in the last nine seasons. On their path back to the national semifinals, the Pioneers defeated No. 2 seed Providence (5-1) and No. 1-overall seed Boston College (3-1) to punch their ticket to St. Louis. When hockey reached the Frozen Four, the athletic department played in its fourth national semifinal in 12 months (hockey men's lacrosse, men's soccer, hockey), tied for the fourth most in the country during that span (UCLA, Stanford, Ohio State). Including the women's lacrosse Championship Weekend appearance in 2023, Denver is eighth in the country in the most different programs to make the national semifinal since January 1, 2023, with four. Jack Devine and Zeev Buium were named Hobey Baker Award top-10 finalists before Buium went on to be recognized as a Hobey Baker Hat Trick Finalist. Following the season, five Pioneers signed NHL contracts in Aidan Thompson (Chicago), Devine (Florida), Buium (Minnesota), Carter King (Calgary) and Jared Wright (Los Angeles Kings). Goaltender Matt Davis signed an AHL deal with the San Jose Barracuda. Richard and Kitzia Goodman Head Hockey Coach David Carle signed a multi-year contract extension in May to remain behind the Pioneers bench. 
• As part of the athletic department's celebration of the 50th Anniversary of women's athletics at DU, Denver publicly announced a Pioneer Women's Athletics Endowment in February to honor every female student-athlete that has halped achieve incredible success in our history while also ensuring sustaine excellence for women student-athletes both now and in the future.
• Men's basketball's Sebastain Akins was named the 2024-25 Summit League Freshman of the Year, the first major award winner for the program since Chris Udofia was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Year in 2013-14. Akins was the third-different DU student-athlete to earn a specialty award at the conference level. In April, Denver hired former Minnesota State Moorhead head coach Tim Bergstraser to take over the reigns of the men's basketball program as the program's 34th head coach after Denver Athletics and Jeff Wulbrun mutually parted ways on March 20.
• For her work on the court and in the classroom, Denver women's basketball's Jordan Jones was named to the DI-AAA Scholar-Athlete Team. Jones set the program's single-season scoring record, pouring in 597 points in her junior season, and went on to be named to the All-Summit League Second Team, her second all-league award in as many seasons. 
• Following an up-and-down regular season, the Pioneers gymnastics program shined brightest when it mattered most, recording their third-highest postseason score of all time in the NCAA Second Round, a 197.650 to tie for first with No. 4-ranked Utah – the first-ever non-loss in 22 meetings with the storied Utes – and punching punch their ticket to their sixth-straight regional final. With their performances at NCAA Regionals, Rosie Casali (vault), Rylie Mundell (bars) and Madison Ulrich (all-around) qualified for the NCAA National Championships as individual event specialists. Ulrich went on to collect WGCA Second Team All-America honors in the all-around, on bars and on beam for her performance in the first national semifinal session, making her just the third DU gymnast to earn three All-America nods in a single season as an individual qualifier (joining NCAA national champions Lynnzee Brown and Nina McGee). Denver finished the season with 17-8-1 record, including a perfect 10-0 inside Magness Arena and featuring wins over "Four on the Floor" qualifier Missouri, and top 20-ranked opponents Minnesota, Stanford, Oregon State, Georgia and Michigan.
• Senior skier Sara Rask closed out her collegiate career in style, sweeping the women's alpine national championship races with wins in slalom and giant slalom in Lyme Center, New Hampshire. Rask became the first Pioneer to earn the NCAA Championship double since Amelia Smart did it in her 2018 freshman campaign. Rask became the 19th Pioneer to sweep the NCAA title events with the 97th and 98th individual national championships in the program's history. Rask was one of six Denver skiers to earn All-America honors after the 2025 National Championships. Junior Mia Hunt picked up the first All-America accolades of her career, taking home second-team honors for her work in the alpine races. Nordic grad student Lea Wenaas earned First Team All-America honors in the women's 20-kilometer freestyle, taking fourth in the race in what was also the highest placement by a DU women's Nordic skier in five years at the national championships. On the men's side, Andreas Kirkeng earned Nordic All-America honors for the fourth-straight year, taking seventh in the men's 20K. In men's alpine, Thomas Hoffman earned his second career All-America award and freshman Pietro Motterlini earned Second Team All-America honors. Both men's alpine skiers shined in Alaska in the end of February with Hoffman winning slalom at the conference championships/NCAA Regionals and Motterlini placing third in GS in the UAA Invite, securing his spot to nationals.
• Denver men's swimming and diving claimed its 11th Summit League Championships in its 12 seasons in the league, finishing more than 275 points ahead of the next closest program. Zyad Morsy was named the Summit League Diver of the Championship for the second-straight year, sweeping both diving events. Diving head coach Aaron D'Addario earned his fourth-straight Summit League Men's Diving Coach of the Year honor. Brandon Chapman was named the Summit Leaue Swimming Championship MVP after being responsible for 57 points at this year's championship. Head coach Alicia Hicken-Franklin earned her third-straight Summit League Men's Diving Coach of the Year honor, and her ninth coach of the year honor overall. Hamish McLellan accounted for 50 points to earn the Summit League's Newcomer of the Championship Award.
• Denver's women's swimming and diving program made it 12-straight championships, after they bested the rest of the field by more than 350 points. Savanna Berry swept the Summit League diving events to earn her first Summit League Women's Swimmer of the Championship award. Aaron D'Addario was named the Summit League Diving Coach of the Year for the sixth-straight year. Jessica Maeda rung up a total of 60 points to earn her second-straight Summit League Women's Swimmer of the Championship honor. Maeda became the first women's swimmer in Summit League history to win all four league championships in a career in three different individual events, doing so in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM. In total, Maeda earned 20 gold medals in her four-year career at the Summit League Championships. Head coach Alicia Hicken-Frankin was named the Summit League Women's Swimming Coach of the Year for the sixth-straight time.
• The Pioneers men's tennis program finished 18-7 and a perfect 5-0 in the Summit League slate, winning the final home-site Summit League Men's Tennis Championship and making a return to the NCAA Tournament. The regular season conference title was the program's sixth-straight and its 11th overall. DU's conference tournament title at the Denver Tennis Park was its second-straight and its eighth overall. Denver earned Power-4 wins over Louisville and BYU. Senior Daniel Sancho Arbizu was named the Summit League Player of the Year after going a perfect 5-0 in league play at the No. 1 spot in Denver's lineup, part of a 2025 campaign that saw him finish 21-2 in dual singles matches and 30-5 overall in 2024-25. Drew Eberly was named the Summit League Coach of the Year for the third year in a row after guiding the Pioneers to its 11th regular season title.
• DU women's tennis finished the 2025 spring season 12-10 and a perfect 6-0 in the Summit League slate, winning the final home-site Summit League Women's Tennis Championship to make their 11th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament. DU's regular-season title for the program was its 11th-straight Summit League title and continued the Pioneers' unbeaten streak against Summit League opponents since joining the conference in 2013-14. Denver's Summit League tournament title at the Denver Tennis Park was the program's 11th-straight and its 13th conference tournament championship since turning Division I in 1999. DU put six all six of its active student-athletes on the All-Summit League awards list, while Marley Lambert took home Summit League Newcomer of the Year honors and head coach Paul Wardlaw won his fourth-straight Summit League Women's Tennis Coach of the Year honor.
• Denver women's golf won its sixth-consecutive Summit League Championship to earn a spot in the NCAA Norman Regional. The conference championship was their 20th since the program turned Division I in 1998-99, and the NCAA Tournament appearance was the program's 23rd. Clara Gestsdottir earned individual medalist honors for the second straight season at the Summit League Championship with an even-par 209. Head coach Martha Richards was named the Summit League Coach of the Year for the fourth time in four years. 
• Men's golf's Willis Panzarello tied for first place at the Summit League Championships, shooting 7-under at the final tournament of the season. Panzarello went on to earn a spot on the all-tournament team.
• Denver women's lacrosse made its seventh-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament after bringing its fifth-consecutive BIG EAST Women's Lacrosse Tournament Championship back to the Mile High City. The Pioneers finished the year at 14-6, including 5-1 in BIG EAST play to claim the program's sixth-straight BIG EAST regular season title and its 12th conference regular season title in its program history. DU's non-conference slate was highlighted by a home win over No. 5 Michigan on March 5 and a road victory at No. 9 Stanford on April 13. Olivia Ripple had a record-breaking afternoon in a 23-10 win at Marquette on April 2, scoring 10 goals to set the program's single-game record and tie for the fourth-most goals in a game in NCAA DI Women's Lacrosse history. In the 2025 BIG EAST regular season awards, Lauren Black was named the BIG EAST Attacker of the Year, Emelia Bohi was voted the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year and Liza Kelly and her staff were tabbed the co-BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year.
• In a season that included wins over No. 7 Duke and No. 13 Georgetown, men's lacrosse finished 7-7 in 2025. Senior close defenseman Jimmy Freehill was named one of 25 nominees for the men's Tewaaraton Award, given to the national player of the year. The Pioneers put a conference-high four student-athletes on the 2025 All-BIG EAST First Team in Freehill, Mic Kelly, Casey Wilson and Noah Manning. Wilson (second), Freehill and Kelly were all named to the 2025 USA Lacrosse All-America teams in May.
• Denver Athletics finished with 104 home wins in 2024-25 (104-39-4), the department's third-consecutive 100-win season in the Mile High City. Prior to 2022-23, Denver had just three 100-win home seasons total since turning Division I in 1998-99. The Pioneers recorded 32 wins against Power-4 programs in the 2024-25 season, led by 13 from gymnastics, and five from hockey and women's lacrosse.
• Following 12 sellouts in 2023-24, Denver hockey sold out all 18 of its regular season home games, and two of its NCHC Quarterfinal dates with Colorado College. Denver gymnastics finished 14th in the country in attendance, drawing 4,781 fans per home meet. The Pios were 12th in total attendance with 28,684 fans making their way to Magness Arena this season. The Pioneers gymnastics program received record support this season with a sixth home meet that welcomed a crowd of over 5,000 for a nationally televised competition versus Michigan. The Pioneers men's lacrosse program finished ninth in the country in average attendance at 1,780, selling out two of their regular season games.