EWC Adds Women’s Basketball Program and Coach

The Eastern Wyoming College Board of Trustees recently voted to add a women’s basketball program and have hired Tom Andersen to Coach the new Lady Lancer program.

Coach Andersen has 20 years of college coaching experience, the last 13 years at Chadron State College in Chadron, NE. During his tenure at CSC, seven of his thirteen teams qualified for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference playoffs, with 3 teams reaching the RMAC Final Four. The 1994-95 team won the conference championship with a record of 22-8. His 1994-1995 team is the only CSC women’s basketball team to reach the NCAA National Playoffs.

Andersen was named RMAC Coach of the Year in 1995. He coached the only two 20 win seasons in CSC women’s basketball history, including a school record 22 wins. Andersen holds the record for the most wins in CSC women’s basketball history.

“We are very excited to have Tom Andersen to revive our women’s basketball program. His experience and ability speaks for itself,” indicates EWC Athletic Director Verl Petsch.

Andersen looks forward to the challenge of putting together a competitive team. “I am very excited to get this program going again. It is an honor and a privilege to have been selected. It will be exciting and challenging to get team on the floor this fall,” said Anderson.

“I could sense the excitement on campus about the women’s basketball program. I am also very impressed with the level of support and commitment from the EWC administration for this program.”

Persons interested in more information about the EWC women’s basketball program should contact EWC Athletic Director Verl Petsch at 307.532.8248.

PHOTO CAPTION: Tom Anderson, EWC women’s basketball coach

EWC Livestock Judging team participates in Cow Palace Competition

The Eastern Wyoming College livestock judging team recently returned from a judging competition in San Francisco, California. The team competed in The Grand National Cow Palace Collegiate Judging Competition.

Team members include Shannon Brophy, Yuma, CO; Justin Bivens, Wellington, CO; Ashlee Anderson, Glenn, MT; and Mike Flores, LaPorte, CO.

The team finished 6th high team in sheep and 8th high team in cattle.

Brophy finished in the top fifteen and Bivens finished in the top twenty-five. Flores dropped 4 points in the sheep competition and finished 9th high individual.

Livestock Judging Coach JD Sexton had the following to say about his team, “I am very proud of the team and the work they have put into this season. We competed at the Iowa Beef Expo in February and the team improved tremendously at San Francisco. The team and I are really looking forward to next fall working hard to excel at future contests.”

For more information about the EWC Livestock Judging program contact Coach JD Sexton at 307.532.8374.

Photo Caption: EWC Livestock Judging Team (l to r) Shannon Brophy, Ashlee Anderson, Justin Bivens, and Mike Flores at the Cow Palace Judging Competition in San Francisco, California.

Lancer Post Wins National Award

The Eastern Wyoming College Lancer Post strives to provide a quality publication for its student body, faculty, and community members. In the spring of 2006, the paper earned a second place award in the American Scholastic Press Association collegiate newspaper competition.
“That was the first time we entered the competition, which is actually a critiquing service,” Angie Babcock, newspaper advisor said. “We noticed that they placed us in the category of schools with enrollments over 2,500, which is probably not where we should have been; nonetheless, we felt good about how we fared. “
The comments and suggestions have paid off for the Lancer Post. Babcock entered issues of the 2006 Lancer Post to the Scholastic Press Association once again to be critiqued for awards issued in Spring, 2007.
“This year, our goal was to win a First Place award,” Babcock said. “However, we surpassed that goal, receiving First Place with Special Merit.”
According to Babcock, Lancer Post staff have won awards in every competition they have entered, most of which have been statewide or regional contests.
“This award carries the most prestige, both because it is a national award and because of the caliber and number of colleges entered,” Babcock said.
First Place with Special Merit is given to a publication that scores over 900 points and, in the opinion of the judge, is an outstanding overall example of a scholastic publication in format, content, and presentation. The Lancer Post received 975 points, achieving perfect scores in the areas of content coverage, editing and creativity, and 170 of 175 possible points in page design.
“You have an excellent school newspaper, which shows the talent of your editors, reporters, writers, photographers, layout designer and advisor,” wrote Dr. Robert Plass, contest director.
The students who can be given credit for this award are Angie Birch, Rosalee Burnitt, Andrew Davis, Tiekola Fortune, Matt Lehmitz, Tammie Lieurance, Tim McFarland, Chelsie Schaefer, Tim Naylor, Crystal Wells, and Contributing Writer Rachelle Aleman.
“These students can be very proud of their achievement,” Babcock said. “They worked hard in this class which carries only one credit hour. They are driven by their own initiative, interest, and enthusiasm. It has been my pleasure to work with them.”

Caption: Eastern Wyoming College journalism students, recipients of the American Scholastic Press Association First Place with Special Merit award for their publication The Lancer Post, were honored at the Board of Trustees meeting. Shown are, l-r, Angie Babcock, advisor, Angie Birch, Journalism Club president, Tim McFarland, Lancer Post editor, and cartoonist Tim Naylor.