CU Athletics: Wins, Records and Milestones
Buff Bits
CU Athletics announced Ralphie VI’s retirement in August. Ember ultimately showed “an indifference to running” and retired to ranch life alongside Ralphie V, Blackout. Ralphie VII, Brandy, made her debut at the CU vs. Wyoming game.
In mid-October, the volleyball and soccer teams ranked in the top 25 nationally. Soccer surpassed its 300th win. Soccer’s Hope Leyba (IntPhys’27) was named co-Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week in August.
Cross country’s Isaiah Givens (EnvSt’26) (15:01.99) and Ella Hagen (MCDBio’29) (17:54.34) led the Buffs with the top men’s and women’s 5-kilometer times at the season-opening Wyoming Invite.
Bill Collins (Bus’70), CU’s first full-season Black football captain, died on July 31.
Men’s basketball completed a four-game exhibition tour of Australia in August. The Buffs went 2-2.
Coach Talk
Wins are fantastic, losses happen, but being a part of this program for as long as I have is really special.
— Volleyball head coach Jesse Mahoney (Psych’95; Law’99) after the Buffs defeated University of Denver in September, his 150th win at Colorado.
Photo courtesy CU Athletics
Scores
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Men’s golf three-round third-place score at the Washington State Palouse Collegiate.
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Tackles by the Los Angeles Rams’ Nate Landman (Mktg’21) against the Houston Texans in week 1.
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Straight sets won by volleyball to open the 2025 season.
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CU Boulder student-athletes named to the 2025 Big 12 Conference Spring Academic Team.
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Pounds of CO2 kept out of the air by Folsom Field’s new turf made with pine pellets instead of traditional rubber pellets.