Pokes Insider: Gregg Sawyer’s Remarkable Dual-Sport Legacy
LARAMIE – Gregg Sawyer is on the exclusive list of greatest dual-threat athletes in Wyoming history. Jay Novacek (football/track & field, 1982-84), Jesseca Cross (basketball/track & field, 1993-98) and Erin Kirby (volleyball/track & field, 2011-2015) are already on the Mount Rushmore of dominant two-sport Cowboys and Cowgirls. Sawyer, an all-Western Athletic Conference basketball player and record-setting track & field champion for the Pokes from 1994-99, will join them in the UW Collegiate Athletics Hall of Fame when the 2026 class is inducted on Sept. 11. Amazingly, the three-sport high school star from Burns might have played football at UW if…
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