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<div><h2>Anne Kelly Retiring After 27 Years</h2><p>Women鈥檚 golf head coach <a href="https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/10/16/womens-golf-anne-kelly-to-retire-following-the-2023-24-season#:~:text=BOULDER%20%E2%80%94%20A%20staple%20of%20women&apos;s,the%20school%20announced%20on%20Monday." rel="nofollow">Anne Kelly will retire</a> after the 2023鈥�24 season. The program鈥檚 second full-time head coach, she has led the Buffaloes since 1997 and is the longest-tenured female head coach in Colorado Athletics history. </p><p>Under Kelly, CU has gone to regionals eight times and NCAAs twice. Golfers鈥� achievements include five entries to regionals, nine All-Americans and 24 All-America Scholars. </p><p>鈥淸I鈥檓] primarily proud of so many of the young women who have played for Colorado and the amazing, successful and caring adults they have become,鈥� Kelly said. </p><p>Kelly received the 2023 Kim Evans Award for lifetime contributions to the sport from the Women鈥檚 Golf Coaches Association. </p><p>CU athletic director Rick George announced that associate head coach Madeleine Sheils will succeed Kelly as head coach starting in 2024鈥�25. </p><p>鈥淸Kelly鈥檚] kindness, patience and humor are the foundations of Colorado women鈥檚 golf, and I have big shoes to fill as I follow a coach who has positively influenced so many lives,鈥� said Sheils. </p>
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<h2>Buffs Bits</h2><p>Colorado football finished 4-8 (1-8 Pac-12) in Deion 鈥淐oach Prime鈥� Sanders鈥� first season as head coach. Sanders was named the <em>Sports Illustrated</em> <a href="https://www.si.com/college/2023/11/30/deion-sanders-sportsperson-of-the-year-colorado" rel="nofollow">Sportsperson of the Year</a> in November 2023. Cornerback and wide receiver <strong>Travis Hunter</strong> (Psych鈥�26) won the Paul Hornig Award as the Nation鈥檚 Most Versatile Player and was a consensus First- Team All-American and Academic All-American. 鈥� Cross-country women and men finished 19th and 25th respectively at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville, Virginia. 鈥� <strong>Lexi Hadrych</strong> (MSOL鈥�23), <strong>Skyy Howard</strong> (MA&S鈥�23) and <strong>Maya Tabron</strong> (Bus Ana, Mktg鈥�24) received All-Pac-12 Volleyball Honorable Mentions. The Buffs finished the 2023 season 16-15 (8-12 Pac-12). 鈥� Women鈥檚 basketball鈥檚 <strong>Jaylyn Sherrod </strong>(Soc鈥�22; MSOL鈥�24) was named Associated Press National Player of the Week on Jan. 2. She had a career-high 34 points in a 76-65 win over No. 12 Utah on Dec. 30. 鈥� On Jan. 10, guard <strong>KJ Simpson</strong> (Comm鈥�25) was named to the midseason watch list for the Wooden Award All America Team and Most Outstanding Player Award. </p><h2>Coach Talk</h2><blockquote><p>鈥淭hey do it, they reconnect, we come back together, refocus and just make sure we鈥檙e all locked in and on the same page.鈥� </p></blockquote><p>鈥� Women鈥檚 basketball head coach JR Payne after the No. 5 Buffs defeated No. 8 Stanford 71-59 on Jan. 14.</p><p> </p><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-none ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-darkgray"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title"> </div><div class="ucb-box-content"><div><h2>Digits</h2></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p class="text-align-center hero"><strong>1st</strong></p><p class="text-align-center">First year alpine skier<strong> Filip Wahlqvist </strong>(Bus鈥�27) won the first two races of his career Jan. 17 and 18 in Park City, Utah. </p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p class="text-align-center hero">1.76</p><p class="text-align-center">Meters cleared by track and field鈥檚 <strong>Allie Routledge</strong> (EnvEngr鈥�24) to win the women鈥檚 high jump at Air Force on Jan.</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p class="text-align-center hero">3rd</p><p class="text-align-center"><strong>Morgan Miller</strong>鈥檚 (StComm鈥�26) finish at the 2023 Miami Hurricane Invitational to close the fall season for women鈥檚 golf. </p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p class="text-align-center hero">7-0</p><p class="text-align-center">Tennis defeated UC Riverside in its spring season opener on Jan. 14 in Riverside, California.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="/coloradan/submit-your-feedback" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents"><i class="fa-solid fa-pencil"> </i> Submit feedback to the editor</span></a></p><hr><p><span>Photo courtesy CU Athletics</span></p><hr></div>
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<div>Women's golf head coach Anne Kelly retiring, Coach Prime as Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year and more. </div>
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