ESPOO, Finland – Former Wyoming Cowgirl basketball player and recent graduate, Tess Barnes, has signed a professional contract to play with Tapiolan Honka of the Naisten Korisliiga League in Finland.

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Barnes led the Cowgirls in 3-pointers in each of her final two seasons in the Brown & Gold. The Gisborne, Australia native ended her career 11th in program history with 154 career 3-pointers and is 20th all-time appearing in 118 career games.

Barnes averaged 9.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game this past season at UW while shooting 36-percent from beyond-the-arc. Barnes was also a two-time CSC Academic All-District Team honoree during her career.

“Honka was a clear choice for me,” said Barnes.

“I’m super excited to start my new journey with basketball in Finland. I am looking forward to getting to know the team, coaches and the entire community, as well as everything Finland has to offer.”

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During the summer of 2021, 7220Sports.com counted down the Top 50 football players in University of Wyoming history, presented by Premier Bone & Joint Centers, Worthy of Wyoming.

The rules are simple: What was the player's impact while in Laramie? That means NFL stats, draft status or any other accolade earned outside of UW is irrelevant when it comes to this list.

This isn't a one-man job. This task called for a panel of experts. Joining 7220's Cody Tucker are Robert GagliardiJared NewlandRyan Thorburn, and Kevin McKinney.

We all compiled our own list of 50 and let computer averages do the work. Think BCS -- only we hope this catalog is fairer.

Don't agree with a selection? Feel free to sound off on our Twitter: @7220sports - #Top50UWFB

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Did you know it would take the populations of Gillette (32,857), Laramie (32,381), Rock Springs (23,319), Sheridan (17,844) and Wright (1,200) to create a sellout inside Michigan's famed 107,601-seat Big House, the largest college football stadium in the nation?

For those of you not familiar with the Cowboy State, those are Wyoming's third through sixth most inhabited cities, along with the small mining town in Campbell County.

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Every state in our nation has chosen things that represent the state in one way or another to be official state things. Like a flower, or animal. Wyoming is no different.

The Equality State, or the Cowboy State, depending on which state slogan you want to go with, has a state flower. But did you know we also have a state tree and a state fish? Yes, we even have a state code.

To be an official thing, a member of the state legislature must write and submit a bill to the legislature declaring that a thing will be the official state thing. Then the legislature votes to pass the bill, or not, if it passes, the governor signs the bill into law and we have a new official state thing.

Here is what we have so far, all of Wyoming's official things. Now you can win big on Wyo Trivia Night if that's a thing that exists.

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There are certain words or phrases that when you hear them it makes your skin crawl. We headed to social media and asked you to share what words or phrases drive you crazy when you hear them. Here's a collection of the top 12 from what you shared with us.

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