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Sports Briefs and Stats
Hunter Drafted No. 2Ìý
Defensive and offensive football starÌýTravis Hunter (Psych’25)Ìý by the Jacksonville Jaguars on April 24 at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Jacksonville traded four picks, including two first-rounders, to the Cleveland Browns to move up three spots and select the 2024 Heisman winner.Ìý
Sporting a hot pink suit and spotted dancing onto the stage after his name was announced, Hunter became the highest drafted cornerback and second-highest drafted wide receiver in NFL history.Ìý
Hunter had 153 receptions, 21 touchdowns, 67 tackles and seven interceptions in two seasons at Colorado. He was named Academic All-American of the Year in 2024.Ìý
Three Buffaloes were drafted on day three: quarterback Shedeur Sanders (Soc’25) to Cleveland in the fifth round, and receiversÌýLaJohntay Wester (EthnSt’25) to the Baltimore Ravens andÌýJimmy Horn Jr.Ìý(Comm’25) to the Carolina Panthers in the sixth round.
Buffs BitsÌý
The CU ski team finished second at the 2025 NCAA Ski Championships in March. CU finished with five first-team All-Americans and 12 total All-America honors. … Women’s basketball (21-13, 9-9 Big 12) reached the second round of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament before being eliminated 64-55 by Gonzaga. Guard Frida Formann (EnvSt’24, MBus’25) and forwardÌýJade Masogayo (IntPhys’26) earned All-Big 12 honorable mentions. …ÌýJulian Hammond IIIÌý(Comm’25) of men’s basketball (14-21, 3-17 Big 12) earned honorable mention to the 2024–25 All-Big 12 Team. ... Men’s golf advanced to the NCAA Championship Finals in May. … Tennis reached the second round of the Big 12 Champion-ship before losing 4-1 to Arizona State.ÌýMila Stanojevic (BioChem’25) had 133 total wins, the four-teenth most in Colorado history. …ÌýIsaiah Givens (EnvSt’26) ran the 1500 meters in 3:37.52, a CU record for men’s outdoor track in April.Ìý
Coach TalkÌý
“Every single person, every staff member, everyone that touched our program did more than they needed to at different times.â€
– JR Payne, women’s basketball head coach, on the Buffs’ season-long resiliency after their postseason defeat on March 23. They endured team-altering player injuries for much of the season.
Photo courtesy of CU Athletics
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Women’s golf’sÌýFrancesca Sumcad’s (IntPhys’27) andÌýEllen O’Shaughnessy’s (Acct’28) finishing ranks at the 2025 Southern Colorado Open in March.
3:38.81
Women’s track’s season-best 4x400-meter relay time was set in April at the Mt. SAC Relays.Ìý
28
Years Kris Livingston, who retired in May, served Colorado Athletics, with the last 18 as director of academic student support services.
7,655
Total points in the decathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational by track’sÌýNick Bianco (EPO-Bio’23; MEdu’25), breaking a 51-year-old CU record.
99,499
Pounds of material diverted from landfills during 2024 football games, earning CU 2024 GameDay Football Zero Waste Touchdown Challenge honors.Ìý