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Regis Rangers

intercollegiate sports teams of Regis University

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ16821987 ↗
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The Regis Rangers are the athletic teams that represent Regis University, located in Denver, Colorado, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Rangers compete as members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for all 14 varsity programs.

Athletic director

In January 2023 Tommy Gilhooly was announced as athletic director. He assumed the role from interim athletic director, Kate Whalen, who helped guide the Rangers into a smooth transition.

David Spafford was the interim athletic director in 2016 and took over the role permanently for seven years from 2016-2022.

Ann Martin was promoted to the position of athletic director in 2010, succeeding Barb Schroeder who retired after being director for nearly fifteen years.

Varsity sports

Teams

In the 2024 academic school year, the Regis athletics program saw great success. The Rangers earned RMAC Championships in volleyball, Women's lacrosse, softball, Women's basketball, and Women's Golf. The Women's lacrosse team made the NCAA Final 4 for the third time in program history while the Women's basketball team completed a back-to-back conference championship run which resulted in a berth in the NCAA tournament where they won their first-round match-up. The baseball program also earned an NCAA tournament bid after a historic season.

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“Regis Rangers” enters the record as intercollegiate sports teams of Regis University. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Regis, Rangers and intercollegiate can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16821987. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2023, 2016, 2022 and 2010.

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