Numbers Game

Wildcat Athletics’ fall/winter sports by the numbers

Basketball

8–0: The men’s basketball team started the season 8–0 for only the second time in school history. The 1985–86 squad opened 10–0.

300: Head coach Randy Rahe won his 300th game by defeating Green Bay 68–58. Rahe is the winningest coach in Weber State and Big Sky Conference history.

500: Number of wins men’s basketball has had in the Dee Events Center since it opened in 1977. The Wildcats reached the milestone Dec. 11, 2021, with a 82–36 win over Maine-Fort Kent.

Volleyball

27: Consecutive matches the women’s volleyball team won at home in Swenson Gymnasium, the longest streak in the nation.

13–3: The Wildcats’ record in conference play this season, enroute to a share of the Big Sky Regular Season Championship for the second consecutive season. Weber State earned the right to host its first ever Big Sky Conference Tournament and national postseason tournament.

22–10: Volleyball’s final overall record, after advancing to the quarterfinals in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. The Wildcats season ended when they fell to the UTEP Miners in five sets in El Paso.

MVP: Sophomore outside hitter Dani Nay was named Big Sky Conference MVP for the 2021 season and named to the all-conference first team. Teammates Rylin Adams, Ashlyn Power and Sam Schiess were also named to the all-conference first team.

Track & Field

Weber State’s husband and wife duo Christian and Summer Allen both earned All-America honors at the NCAA Cross Country Championships held in Tallahassee, Florida, in November, giving Christian his second All-America honor as a Wildcat and Summer her second All-America honor in 2021. She was seventh at the NCAA Championships in March 2021, the highest finish in Weber State history.

In addition, both set WSU school records at the first indoor track meet of the season in December. Summer posted a time of 15:56.45 in the 5,000 meters to set a new school record, the third fastest time in Big Sky history. Not to be out done, Christian also set a Weber State record in the 5,000 meters as he posted a time of 13:36.50. That time broke the school record set by Seth Pilkington BS ’08, MAcc ’09 in 2006 by 15 seconds.

Football

54: Number of games Jay Hill has won to become Weber State’s winningest football coach in program history. The milestone came in a 38–7 win over Cal Poly this fall, surpassing Dave Arslanian’s previous mark. Hill finished the 2021 season with a lifetime record of 58–36.

59: The number of games defensive tackle Jared Schiess BS ’19, MHA ’21 played for the Wildcats, eclipsing the previous team record of 54 set by Jonah Williams BS ’19.

6–5: The football teams’ final record in 2021, including 5–3 vs. Big Sky opponents, clinching a school record seventh straight winning season.

Soccer

1–0: Final score of the women’s soccer loss to Montana in the Big Sky Championship game.

6–3–0: The Wildcats’ record in conference play this fall, prior to advancing to the championship game in the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

4: Number of Wildcats named to the Big Sky All-Tournament team, including Morgan Furmaniak, Sadie Newson, Taylor Slack and Yira Yoggerst.

Women’s softball, the preseason favorite to win the Big Sky again in 2022, aims to earn another conference title this spring. Find tickets at weberstatesports.com.