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2012 UW-Platteville Football News

Season
192 UW-Platteville Student-Athletes Named to the Gabe Miller Academic Honor Roll

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. -- For the 13th consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville student-athletes had a higher grade-point average than the student body as a whole. The Pioneer student-athletes compiled an 2.934 grade-point average for the 2012-13 academic year, above the general student body overall grade-point average of 2.874.

July 23, 2013

McWethy signs a free agent contract with Cleveland Browns

Former University of Wisconsin-Platteville football standout Ryan McWethy agreed to join the Cleveland Browns as a free-agent on Sunday.

April 29, 2013

2013 NFL Draft: Long shot safety McWethy savors day in Wisconsin sun

Twenty-four hours after defensive backs were the main attraction in workouts before hundreds of scouts at the nationally televised NFL Scouting Combine, free safety Ryan McWethy of Wisconsin-Platteville began another day in relative anonymity, ultimately fixed on catching the right scout's eye.

March 07, 2013

UW-Platteville Football Wraps Up Superb Season

Platteville, Wis. —UW-Platteville football team finished the season with national, regional and conference recognition with a record of 8-2 that has not been matched since 1976.

December 14, 2012

McWethy Earns AFCA All-America Honors

WACO, Texas - UW-Platteville senior defensive back Ryan McWethy has been named to the 2012 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III All-America Team, on Tuesday morning. He is one of 11 defensive players and one of 25 players overall to be selected to the AFCA All-America Team. McWethy is the first Pioneer since Mike Hintz in 1986 to earn AFCA All-America accolades.

December 11, 2012

McWethy Named Third Team All-West Region Team

MINNEAPOLIS – UW-Platteville cornerback Ryan McWethy was named third team D3football.com All-West Region Team on Wednesday.

December 05, 2012

Pioneer Football Garners a Program Record 15 All-WIAC Honors

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville football garnered a program record 15 all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors on Wednesday, announced by the league office.

November 14, 2012

Litchfield Named WIAC Special Teams Player of the Week

-- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Zach Litchfield earned his second Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors, announced by the league office on Tuesday.

November 13, 2012

Pioneers run over Pointers.

November 10, 2012