The College of Idaho has embarked on a fundraising campaign to establish the Ernie Meissner Ski Scholarship, to be used to support student-athletes in the men’s and women’s ski program.
The College of Idaho’s award-winning thrice-yearly alumni magazine Quest is hot off the press with its Summer 2018 issue, now available to read for free online on the College’s website.
Following a year of new school records and another individual national championship, the C of I cross country and track and field programs are coming together to celebrate with the 2018 Coyote Bolo Ball, set to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 4 in the Basque Center in Boise, Idaho.
College of Idaho Trustee Tricia Baur walked through the entryway of Wolfe Field, crossing over to the newly completed courtyard named for her late husband, Dr. Gerald M. Baur ‘66, a C of I alumnus and former chair of the Board of Trustees. She looked down at the smiling face of her partner, forever immortalized in the stone in the very center of the courtyard — and smiled back.
“Gerry would have been so honored and humbled to know this place was in his name,” Baur said. “I’m thrilled at how we’ve been able to make this design turn out so beautifully.”
At this year’s Indoor National Championships on March 3, sophomore Molly-Vitale Sullivan achieved a career milestone by becoming the College’s second individual indoor national champion in program history. Vitale-Sullivan blasted away the competition in the 5,000-meters, taking home the title in 17:21.75 — a full 17 seconds ahead of the nearest finisher. And even after all the hard work she put in to make it to that point, Vitale-Sullivan couldn’t quite believe it as she crossed the finish line.
What’s next on the list for our nationally ranked No. 4 Yotes? Capturing the Cascade Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship. The Yotes will tip off against the No. 13 Warner Pacific University Knights at 8:05 p.m. this Tuesday, Feb. 27 in the J.A. Albertsons Activities Center for a shot at their third CCC Championship in five years — a home game that will be aired on the regional broadcast stage for the first time in the program’s history.
Today, as the lacrosse program enters its first season as a varsity sport —one of only four varsity level men’s lacrosse programs for small colleges west of the Rockies — the Yotes are underdogs no more. Since Gier took over as head coach in 2010, the Yotes have made four postseason appearances in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association, three of which have come in the last three seasons. Last year, the Yotes posted a program record 12-1 season, and this year’s squad has been nationally ranked at No. 15 in the MCLA and tabbed to win the 2018 Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League Championship.
