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Building Champion Leaders of Tomorrow
Life as a student-athlete at Western State College doesn't end when the final horn sounds or at the finish line. For our Mountaineers, life as a student-athlete includes working in the community and giving back to the Western State and Gunnison communities. Mountaineers also believe in the value of engaging in our campus and communities as well as engaging our campus and communities in our athletic events. Listed below are some of the ways that the Mountaineers accomplish community service/engagement. These endeavors result in positive experiences for everyone, while also developing leadership characteristics among our student-athletes.
Letter from the Athletic Director
Relay For Life
Members of the Western State Athletic Staff formed a team and took part in the 2008 Relay For Life event. Mountaineer Bowl also played host to the event. Staff members raised money for the American Cancer Society.
2008 Relay For Life
Community Clean Up Day
As part of the Gunnison Community Clean Up Day, members of all Western State athletic teams took part in the day by filling sand bags for what is expected to be a high water year in the Gunnison Valley.
Community Clean Up Day
Emergency Deer Feeding
With the unusual heavy snow in the Gunnison Valley this Winter, the State of Colorado has called for Emergency Deer Feeding for the Gunnison Valley. Every Monday in January, February and March - an athletic team from Western State hauls bags of feed 1-3 miles off the road to feed an area that has between 200-400 deer.
Emergency Deer Feeding
Wrestling Community Night
The Western State Wrestling program held their annual Community Night again this past season. The wrestlers go into Gunnison Elementary School and read to the children and invite them to the dual. At the dual the halftime contest is geared to the Elementary children and after the dual, the wrestlers take a picture with the children and also sign autographs.
Wrestling Community Night
Jordan Gage - Champion, Leadership and Responsibility Scholarship
Football player Jordan Gage taught members of the Western State athletic teams about alcohol awareness as part of his duties after winning the Champion, Leadership and Responsibility Scholarship from Miller Brewing and Colorado Beverage. Scholarship Information
Champion, Leadership and Responsibility
Basketball Community Assistants
The Western State Men's and Women's Basketball teams had community ball boys and girls and community honorary coaches during the season.
Basketball Community Assistants
Reading Program
The Western State Track and Field program, as well as the football, wrestling, volleyball and basketball teams, spent a morning reading to Elementary students at Gunnison Elementary School
Track Reading
Toys For Tots
The Western State Women's Basketball team sponsored a Toys For Tots night during their first two home games prior to Christmas.
Toys For Tots
Midnight Madness
For the first time in years, Western State Athletics and SAAC put on a Midnight Madness Night for the Western State men's and women's basketball teams. The evening featured many giveaways for students and community members.
Midnight Madness
W Mountain Race
The Western State Ski Team annual hosts the W Mountain Race, which is open to collegiate teams and community members. The race goes up to the top of Tenderfoot Mountain.
W Mountain Race
Crested Butte Golf and Tennis Club
Members of the Western State Athletic Department staff spent a day in Crested Butte helping members of the Crested Butte Golf and Tennis Club put up their inflatable bubble over their tennis courts for the Winter.
Crested Butte
Adopt-A-Highway
Members of the Western State football team go out every Fall and clean a stretch of Highway 50. The volleyball team, wrestling team and ski team also does this throughout the year.
Adopt-A-Highway
Gunnison Rec Cheerleaders
The Gunnison Gems - a group of young cheerleaders from the City of Gunnison Recreation Department - entertains fans at both indoor and outdoor events.
Gunnison Gems
Volleyball Fan Appreciation Night
Western State Athletics and Pepsi sponsored volleyball fan appreciation night and any student wearing red was entered into a drawing for prizes.
Fan Appreciation Night
MountainAir Marathon
Western State College and the WSC Track and Field team plays host to the MountainAir Marathon every year. The race also features a 10k with the finish line in Mountaineer Bowl. MountainAir Marathon Web Site.
MountainAir Marathon
Good Neighbor Program
The Western State Wrestling team spent an evening going door-to-door as part of the Gunnison Police Department's Good Neighbor program. The program is designed to help residents better understand local ordinances.
Good Neighbor Program
Mariachi Band Performance
The Western State multicultural center joined with Western State athletics and had a mariachi band perform prior to the Homecoming football game.
Mariachi Band
Community Cross Country Races
The Western State Cross Country teams joined forces with Gunnison High School and Middle School for a day of races. The day started with the college's cross country race and was followed by a high school race and a middle school race. The three races brought over a 1,000 people to the Western State campus.
Community Cross Country Races
Cross Country Washing The W
The freshmen members of the Western State Cross Country team helped out the college and the Gunnison community by volunteering to whitewash the W that is on W Mountain.
Whitewashing The W
Track and Field's Pink Ribbon
The Western State Track and Field program helped with Breast Cancer awareness by helping place the World's Largest Pink Ribbon on W Mountain during the 2007 Cattlemen's Day Celebration.
Pink Ribbon
Homecoming Spirit
Members of the Western State women's basketball and track and field teams took part Homecoming Spirit week by fielding teams in the "Westolympics".
Homecoming Spirit
Fall Kickoff Bonfire
Western State Residence Life and Athletics teamed together to host a Fall Kickoff Bonfire before the first football game and cross country race.
Fall Kickoff Bonfire
Take A Kid To A Game
Western State College Athletics hosted Take A Kid To The Game on Sept. 1, 2007 as part of the Fall Kickoff. Families were admitted to Western's home opening football game for discounted prices and face painting and a special halftime contest for kids took place.
Face Painting Photo Gallery
Wrestling
The Western State wrestling team recently helped Tenderfoot Preschool and Daycare get ready move into their new building.
Men's and Women's Basketball
The men's and women's basketball team hosted a "Kids Night Out" for the Gunnison Community.
Wrestling
The Western State wrestling team took an afternoon to go help clean up a stretch of Highway 50.
Track and Field
The Western State track and field team took an afternoon to help Six Points train for the Special Olympics.
Volleyball
Every year members of the Western State volleyball team helps the first-graders at Gunnison Elementary create and decorate crabs for the annual WSC Crab Feed Auction Dinner and Casino Night.
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