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Poke Profile: Ryan Dermody

March 2nd, 2010

Get to know Wyoming senior forward Ryan Dermody, who plays his last home game Tuesday when the Cowboys host Air Force:

Height/weight: 6-9, 195

Hometown: Loveland, Colo.

2009-10 season averages: 5.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg

Favorite TV show: Family Guy

Favorite movie: The Hangover

Favorite food: Qdoba

Top songs in his IPod: Lil Wayne

Favorite professional team: Denver Nuggets

Toughest player he’s ever had to guard: Lee Cummard of BYU

Most memorable moment playing basketball at Wyoming: “The first time I stepped on the court in a college game.”

Most embarrassing moment playing basketball: “As a freshman in high school in my first game I air-balled my first shot.”

Favorite place to play in the MWC other than at home: “Moby Arena at Colorado State because the fans are right there and I usually have a lot of friends and family at the game.”

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Poke Profile: Adam Waddell

January 19th, 2010

Position: Center

Height/weight: 6-10, 225

Class: Sophomore

Major: Communications

Favorite class: Psychology

Favortie TV show: Dexter

Favorite movie: The Shining

Favorite food: “My mom’s shredded beef enchiladas.”

Dream date: “My girlfriend, but if I had to chose someone else it would be Megan Fox.”

Favorite sports team: Chicago Bears

Most Memorable basketball moment: “I have two. The first is last year’s win over New Mexico at the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas. The atmosphere down there for that event is awesome, and that game was a lot of fun to play in. The second was the come-from-behind win over San Diego State (Jan. 9). We were down double-digits with five minutes to play, but we rallied, made some huge shots and the crowd was loud and crazy.”

Most embarrassing basketball moment: “Even though it made me kind of famous, I would have to say the flip.” Waddell did a flip after a dunk in UW’s College Basketball Invitational game against Northeastern last season that made national news and even landed him on the set of the Today Show in New York.

Something about myself not a lot of people know: a“I like to read a lot but not about school stuff. I like the Da Vinci Code and things like that. I read a lot of Stephen King books.”

If you weren’t playing basketball what would you be doing?: “Probably just being a regular college student. Maybe I would be playing another sport.”

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Poke Profile: JayDee Luster

January 11th, 2010

Position: Point guard

Height/weight: 5-9, 160

Hometown: San Diego

Major at UW: Social Science

Favorite class: Theater

Favorite TV show: First 48

Favorite movie: The Hangover

Favorite food: Mexican

Top songs in your IPod: “I’ve been listening to a lot of Gospel music lately.”

A player you model your game after: “I don’t really have one. I try to watch a lot of good point guards and try to learn from them.”

Favorite sports team: Los Angeles Lakers

Dream date: Lauren London

If you were not playing basketball right now you would be: “Definitely in school just trying to get my degree.”

Most memorable moment playing basketball: “Senior night in high school. My best friend passed away last year, but that night me and him were honored as our school retired my jersey for basketball and his for football.”

Most embarrassing moment playing basketball: “You get a lot of them playing basketball. I remember my freshman year in my first high school game I air-balled a free throw that didn’t come close to the rim.”

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Posted in Basketball, Player Profiles, UW men's basketball

Poke Profile: Afam Muojeke

December 31st, 2009

afam-muojeke As conference play nears for both the Wyoming men’s and women’s teams, I will post player profiles on the blog similar to what I did during the New Mexico Bowl. I start with UW forward Afam Muojeke:

Afam Muojeke

Position: Forward

Height/weight: 6-8, 210

Hometown: Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.

Major: Social sciences

Favorite class: Psychology

Favorite TV show: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Favorite movie: Home Alone

Top songs in your IPod: Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane

Favorite food: Fried chicken

Dream date: Kim Kardashian

Player you model your game after: Joe Johnson of the Atlanta Hawks

Most memorable moment playing basketball: “Winning the first round of the Mountain West Tournament last year.”

Most embarrassing moment playing basketball: “In junior high I was playing in a championship game in an AAU tournament in California and I shot an air ball at the free-throw line with 20 seconds left and the game was tied. We still won the game.”

Role model: “A guy from my neighborhood named J.R.”

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Posted in Basketball, Player Profiles, UW men's basketball

Poke Profile: Russ Arnold

December 19th, 2009

russ-arnold Get to know UW senior Russ Arnold

Position: Center

Height/weight: 6-4, 297

Hometown: Westminster, Colo.

Major: Business administration

Top songs in your IPod: “Love Gun by Kiss, Stiff Upper Lip by AC-DC. I keep it on shuffle and I have almost 1,300 songs on there.”

Favorite TV show: The Office

Favorite movie: Gladiator

Favorite food: “For as much as my body is disagreeing with it today, Mexican food is my favorite.”

Favorite NFL team: Denver Broncos

Dream date: Jessica Simpson

Most memorable football moment: “The Virginia game in 2007 was a lot of fun. That, and also when we played out there in 2006. That was first real reps I got and it was in front of 60,000 people.”

Most embarrassing football moment: “When I punched that dude at Syracuse in 2006. It was 30 yards behind the play. I didn’t hide that from anybody.”

If you weren’t playing football you would be doing: “Probably still going to school. I would have graduated by now so probably working some where.”

Something about yourself few people know: “Baseball is my favorite sport.”

Toughest player you’ve had to block: “Paul Solai of Utah. He was about 340 pounds. I didn’t play a lot in that game (in 2006). He was just too big.”

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Poke Profile: Chris Prosinski

December 19th, 2009

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Get to know UW junior Chris Prosinski

Position: Free safety

Height/weight: 6-1, 208

Hometown: Buffalo

Major: Business administration

Top songs/music groups in your IPod: Lil Wayne, Eminem, Gucci Mane, Jay-Z, Juvenile

Favorite food: Steak and potatoes

Favorite TV show: SportsCenter

Favorite movie: Blind Side

Dream date: Beyonce

Favorite Web sites: Facebook, ESPN

Favorite NFL team: Denver Broncos

Most memorable football moment: “Most recently the win over CSU this season, but winning at Tennessee last season also was pretty memorable.”

Most embarrassing football moment: “In high school I played quarterback and we were in a hurry-up offense and I lined up under a guard.”

Toughest player you’ve had to cover: BYU tight end Dennis Pitta

Toughest player to tackle: BYU running back Harvey Unga

Player you model your game after: John Lynch, Steve Atwater

Something about yourself not many people know: “I’m pretty quiet around people but when I get around friends I like to have a good time.”

If you were not playing football now you would be doing: “Just going to school, and it probably would make school a lot easier.”

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Poke Profile: David Leonard

December 18th, 2009

david-leonard Get to know junior David Leonard

Position: Wide receiver/punt returner

Height/weight: 6-4, 197

Hometown: Overland Park, Kan.

Major: Communications

Favorite TV show: Entourage

Favorite movie: Braveheart

Top songs in your IPod: Fire and Rain, I’m a King Ti, Lil Wayne

Favorite Web sites: Facebook, wyomingathletics.com

Dream date: (Teammate) Russ Arnold’s girl friend.

Player you model your game after: Jordy Nelson

Most memorable football moment: “This year either the San Diego State game or the Colorado State game.”

Most embarrassing football moment: “My true freshman year I went to block a safety and he just blew me up. I was laying on my back for a while. I don’t think I got the end of that for the whole year.”

Hardest you’ve ever been hit: At BYU last year

Best cornerback you’ve gone against: “Chykie Brown for Texas, and also Marcel Gipson on our team.”

If you weren’t playing football you would be doing: “Probably testing my luck playing basketball, or probably would have moved to Hawaii and see where that would have taken me.”

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Poke Profile: Austyn Carta-Samuels

December 18th, 2009

austyn-carta-samuels Get to know Wyoming true freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels:

Position: Quarterback

Height/weight: 6-2, 210

Hometown: San Jose, Calif.

Major: Psychology

Favorite Music: “Mostly R&B thanks to some roommates that like music I got into the R&B world, so I will go with Joe, Mario and Genuwine.”

Favorite TV show: SportsCenter

Favorite Movie: Shooter

Favorite Food:“Arepas, they’re tortilla cakes my grandma makes.”

Dream Date: Jessica Biel

Most Memorable Football Moment: “The win at Colorado State. Nothing I’ve done in particular, more just seeing our seniors sprint across the field and grab that (Bronze Boot) trophy and run back with it was pretty special.”

Most Embarrassing Football Moment: “I’ve got to go back to high school for that one. I lined up under my guard rather than under center.”

Player you model your game after: “Tom Brady because he has worked with me plenty of times and is from my area. I model the way I am after Tim Tebow and try to be like him.”

Role Model: “I don’t really have one, but if I turn out to be half the man my dad is I will be OK.”

Favorite Class: Psychology

Something few people know about me: “I’m insecure and I have a big sensitive side, rather than the big front I put on.”

If you were not playing college football right now you would be: “Getting my psychology degree, working towards a doctorate and probably having a bunch of internships. Just working and trying to make some money because the economy is going to be terrible when I get out of college.”

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Poke Profile: Alvester Alexander

December 17th, 2009

alvester-alexander Get to know Wyoming true freshman Alvester Alexander:

Position: Running back

Height/weight: 5-11, 200

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Major: Sociology

Favorite Music: Rap and R&B

Favorite TV show: Family Guy

Favorite Movie: The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Favorite Food: Seafood

Dream Date: Lauren London

Most Memorable Football Moment: “My first game and first carry in my college career when I scored a touchdown (on a 44-yard run) and the crowd went crazy.”

Most Embarrassing Football Moment: “The fumble at the goal line at San Diego State.”

Player you model your game after: Walter Payton

Role Model: My dad

Something few people know about me: “I play the piano and I sing.”

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Poke Profile: John Fletcher

December 16th, 2009

john-fletcher As Wyoming prepares for its New Mexico Bowl game with Fresno State I will profile a different Cowboys player each day leading up to Saturday’s game. This one features John Fletcher

John Fletcher

Position: Defensive lineman

Height/weight: 6-6, 265

Hometown: Erie, Colo.

Major: Communications with a minor in Criminal Justice (graduated this month)

Favorite Class: Graphic Design

Top 5 music/songs in your IPod: Journey, Kansas, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, The Doors

Favorite TV Show: The Office

Favorite Movie: Braveheart

Favorite Food: Steak

Dream Date: “I’d have to say my fiance Abby, that way I don’t get in trouble.”

If you werent’ playing football, you would you be doing …: “I really don’t know. Football has been my life since I was 7 years old. Hopefully I will get a shot at football at the next level. That’s the one thing I can always see myself doing is playing football.”

Something about yourself not many people know: “I’ve been engaged for five years now. My fiance went to Columbine High School (in the Denver area) and she’s been up here with me for four of my five years. I probably wouldn’t have made it through without her.”

How many tattoos do you have?: If you group them just three main ones. They’re on my shoulders and back, but there are a bunch of them. A lot of hours.”

Most memorable football moment: “I would have to say San Diego State this year. Getting the blocked field goal (in the fourth quarter) and changing that game and giving us a chance to win. I think that was one of the first comeback games I’ve been a part of here at Wyoming.” (UW won 30-27)

Most embarrassing football moment: “Probably Utah (in 2007) in the famous flip-off game. Us as a team didn’t really know that happened. Just getting our butts spanked that bad (50-0) is really embarrassing.”

Hardest you’ve ever hit a player: “Probably the Florida Atlantic quarterback this year (senior Rusty Smith). I came around the edge and beat a cut block and he was just sitting there holding the ball with his back to me. I got about a 10-yard sprint at him and got him pretty good.”

Who do you model your game after?: “Jared Allen of the Minnesota Vikings. He’s not the fastest guy in the world, but he’s a technician and he’s always doing the right thing at the right time. His work ethic makes up for the lack of speed. I can kind of see that in myself.”