KEARNEY – Two-time defending national champion wrestler Romero Cotton has been granted an extension by the NCAA to continue his collegiate eligibility to an 11th semester, University of Nebraska at Kearney Athletics announced today. With the extension, Cotton, a three-time All-American, will wrestle for the Lopers in the spring 2016 semester, with an eye to defending his back-to-back Division II national championships (2014 and 2015), UNK Athletics Director Paul Plinske … [Read more...] about NCAA: Lopers’ Romero Cotton eligible for 11th semester
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Lopers give footballs to newborns, hospital patients
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Running back Romero Cotton is used to taking handoffs in the University of Nebraska at Kearney backfield. On Monday, he took a handoff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at CHI Health Good Samaritan – in the form of newborn twin Avienda Breeden, whose mom Stacy handed her and baby brother, Dylan, off to Cotton and UNK teammate Tyke Kozeal. “This puts things in perspective,” said Cotton. “It’s not always about football … [Read more...] about Lopers give footballs to newborns, hospital patients
