LARAMIE, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming has secured the commitments of a swath of recruits out of high school who will now compete for the university starting in the 2025 school year. Across all sports and from all around the world, Wyoming just got a few more Pokes.
These recruits represent only what the University of Wyoming has announced as of Wednesday, Nov. 13. The signing period for NCAA sports is potentially a months-long process, and it is likely that more recruits are to come in the future, at which point this list will be updated.
Men’s Golf Recruits
The University of Wyoming’s men’s golf team is taking on four new Cowboys in 2025. These soon-to-be Pokes won’t have to travel far to get to Laramie, however, as one is from Wyoming and the rest are from Colorado.
Ryker Lind – Evanston High School, Wyoming
Lind, a Wyomingite from Evanston, was Wyoming Golfer of the Year in 2024, according to UW Athletics. The recruit was all-state golf all four years of his high school career and won the state title in 2024. He also holds multiple golf records in the state.
Kellen Ball – Windsor High School, Colorado
From Windsor, Colorado, Ball was runner-up at the high school state tournament in 2022 and was high school regional tournament champion in 2024. Ball was also all-state and all-conference all four years of high school.
Austin Barry – Fossil Ridge High School, Colorado
Barry, hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado, is a two-time first team all-state golfer and was a part of the state champion team in 2022. Barry was a four-time all-state competitor as well.
Connor Scheich – Mountain Vista High School, Colorado
Scheich is from Highlands Ranch, Colorado, where he became a first-team all-state recipient in 2023 and earned a place on the second team twice.
Men’s golf head coach Joe Jensen said that the signees are the culmination of a lot of time and effort to assemble the best possible roster for next season.
“We try to find guys that understand the level of play necessary to compete at a national level while also taking to heart the academic expectations we have for them,” Jensen said. “This group does that. We feel great about this class with not only the level of play they bring but who they are as people.”
Women’s Golf Recruits
On the first day of the 2025 signing period, the university’s women’s golf team has also made two commitments of its own.
Kiley Reisner – Simi Valley High School, California
Coastal Canyon League Champion Kiley Reisner is the first of the two new women’s golf recruits to grace UW in 2025. Reiser is also champion of Future Champions Golf – National Tour Fall Series Championship at Temecula Creek, California and champion of Future Champions Golf – Washington Championship at Chambers Bay.
Reisner is 148th nationally in her recruiting class and, according to the UW Athletics Department, was scouted by a series of other schools from across the western United States. In the end, she chose to compete with her sister, sophomore Kira Reisner, as a Cowgirl.
Ellie Barry – Fossil Ridge High School, Colorado
A two-time all-state first team competitor from Fort Collins, Colorado, Barry is the second new Cowgirl to join the women’s golf ranks. Barry is medalist at the 2023 Colorado PGA Junior Cup Series at Coal Creek and holds a series of other accolades that made her stand out to the Wyoming coaches.
Barry is ranked 550 in her national recruiting class. She’ll be joining her brother, Austin Barry, at UW in 2025.
Josey Stender, the women’s golf head coach, spoke highly of this recruiting class from the amount of time she has spent with them thus far.
“Both Kiley and Ellie will enhance our program culture, not only in the classroom and on the golf course, but they are both fantastic individuals from great families,” Stender said.
Soccer Recruits
The University of Wyoming Soccer Team, which only competes in women’s soccer, has announced six new recruits that will join the team in 2025. All of these athletes will be joining the program from outside of Wyoming.
Listed below is all the information provided by the UW Athletics Department on the new recruits
Jordyn Farrer – Utah
Farrer is a forward hailing from American Fork, Utah. She competed for the Utah Avalanche in the Elite Clubs National League.
Macey Fothergill – Colorado
Fothergill is a midfielder from Falcon, Colorado. Fothergill played for the Colorado Rush ECNL.
Addison Keen – Missouri
Keen is a defender from Wildwood, Missouri. In high school, she competed for Saint Louis Scott Gallagher ECNL.
Haley Robinson – New Mexico
Robinson, from Albuquerque, is a defender who originally competed for Rio Rapids in a Girls Academy league.
Jenna Wanner – Washington
Wanner is from Spokane, Washington, and also competed in a Girls Academy league, this time for the Spokane Sounders. She is a midfielder.
Josh Purdum, the team’s head coach, said that the group is a good bunch of recruits excited to compete for Wyoming.
“This class excites us because of their competitiveness, quality and desire to help move this program forward,” Purdum said.
Women’s Basketball
The women’s basketball program at the University of Wyoming is taking on four future Cowgirls for 2025. While two are from the United States, the university also tapped into the international world of basketball for another two players.
Liv Blomkvist – Lulea Elite Academy
Blomkvist is a 6-foot-4 forward/center from Stockholm, Sweden, where she competed at the Lulea Elite Academy. She assisted her team to repeat Division 1 North Ladies League championships and is her team’s captain currently.
When competing nationally — which she has done multiple times, even becoming MVP of the national team in the 2022 Portugal tournament — she has been team captain twice.
Katie Harrington – Carey Baptist Grammar School
From Victoria, Australia, Harrington is a 6-foot-0 guard ready to take her first steps into the next level. In her prep school career, she was a three-time MVP and two-time captain for two different teams. She also competes in volleyball.
Jane Rumpf – Regis Jesuit High School
As a 6-foot-2 guard from Denver, Colorado, Rumpf was Second Team Continental League member in 2022 and 2023 and led her team to a Colorado 6A Elite 8 appearance. Rumpf also competes in field hockey and soccer.
Peyton Wohlford – Smithville High School
Wohlford comes from Smithville, Missouri, as a 6-foot-2 forward. According to UW Athletics, Wohlford has, over the past two seasons, been an all-conference, all-district and all-state athlete. She’s been a solid part of some district and conference titles and led her team to two fourth-place spots at the Missouri State Basketball Tournament.
Wyoming Girls Basketball Head Coach Heather Ezell emphasized how these recruits would fit well into the Cowgirl family.
“They all bring a variety of skill sets that will translate well to our system,” Ezell said. “They all come from amazing families that will fit into our Wyoming culture perfectly.”
Men’s Basketball
So far, the University of Wyoming Men’s Basketball Team has announced just two new recruits via social media.
Gavin Gores – Cumberland High School
Gores is a 6-foot-10 forward/center from Cumberland, Wisconsin. He also competed for the Wisconsin Playmakers basketball club.
Neil Summers – Laramie High School
Wyoming men’s basketball is getting its own Laramie native starting in 2025 in the form of Neil Summers, a 6-foot-9 forward/center. Summers also competed for the Team Daum basketball club.
Volleyball
The University of Wyoming’s volleyball team’s social media has so far announced just one signee coming to Cowboy Land in 2025.
Lily Laflesch – Perry High School
Laflesch is from Gilbert, Arizona, and is a defensive specialist, which is also called a libero. In Arizona, she also competed for the Arizona Sky Volleyball Academy.
