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UTAH STATE FOOTBALL 12 Conference Championships • 11 Bowl Games • 11 NFL Draft Picks Since 2011 • 48 All-Mountain West Selections (2013-16)
/// 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS /// DATE OPPONENT S 1 at #9 Wisconsin S 7 IDAHO STATE S 16 at Wake Forest S 23 at San José State* S 29 BYU O 7 COLORADO STATE* O 14 WYOMING* O 21 at UNLV* O 28 BOISE STATE* N 4 at New Mexico*
TV TIME/RESULT ESPN L, 10-59 Facebook 6 pm ACC Net. 1 pm Facebook 5:30 pm CBSSN 6 pm AT&T Sports 2:30 pm Facebook 2:30 pm AT&T Sports 4 pm CBSSN 8 pm AT&T Sports 3:30 pm
N 18 HAWAI’I* N 25 at Air Force*
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* Mountain West Game All times Mountain. Home games in BOLD CAPS. /// GAME 2 INFORMATION /// STREAMING: FACEBOOK (Stadium) • Play-by-Play ................................. Chris Hassel • Analyst ...................................... Darius Walker • Reporter ................................ Francisco Rivera • Sidelines (Social) ....................... Paige Zamora • Internet .......... Facebook.com/StadiumCollegeFootball RADIO: AGGIE SPORTS NETWORK • Play-by-Play ................................ Scott Garrard • Analyst .................................... Kevin Whimpey • Online: 1280thezone.com / Tunein.com • National: Sirius 84 / XM 84 SOCIAL MEDIA: #AGGIESALLTHEWAY • Twitter/Instagram ..................... @USUFootball • Facebook ..................................... USUFootball • YouTube ............................... UtahStateFootball • Live Stats ........... UtahState.Statbroadcast.com /// AGGIE RADIO NETWORKS /// • Every Utah State football game can be heard live on the Aggie Radio Network. Scott Garrard serves as the play-by-play announcer, while former USU all-conference offensive lineman Kevin Whimpey (2012-14) will provide color analysis. Games can also be heard on the Internet (www.UtahStateAggies. com) by clicking on the ‘Listen Live’ link, as well as on the TuneIn App. • Salt Lake City KZNS (1280 AM/97.5 FM) • Logan KBLU-LP (92.3 FM) • Preston, ID KACH (1340 AM/105.5 FM) • Price KRPX (95.3 FM) • Green River KRPX (102.7 FM) • Moab KRPX (100.3 FM) • Orangeville KRPX (95.9 FM) ®
AGGIES HOST IDAHO STATE IN 2017 HOME OPENER THURSDAY NIGHT Game will be first of three Utah State contests aired exclusively on Facebook.
Utah State had 12 first-time starters and 24 players appear in their first Aggie game last weekend at No. 9 Wisconsin. USU also had just seven of its 18 seniors start the game, while only 14 of those seniors played. Of USU’s 14 returning starters from last season, only five started last weekend against the Badgers, which is the fewest number in the FBS.
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IDAHO STATE (1-0) vs. UTAH STATE (0-1) Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 • 6:06 p.m. (MT) • Logan, Utah • Maverik Stadium (25,100)
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UTAH STATE AGGIES
2017 Record: 1-0, 0-0 Big Sky Last Game: Aug. 31, 2017 • W, 37-6 vs. Western Oregon
2017 Record: 0-1, 0-0 Mountain West Last Game: Sept. 1, 2017 • L, 59-10 at #9 Wisconsin
Head Coach: Rob Phenicie • School Record: 1-0 (1st year) • Career Record: 1-0 (1st year) • Non-Conference Record: 1-0 (1st year) • vs. Utah State: 0-0
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Head Coach: Matt Wells • School Record: 28-26 (5th year) • Career Record: 28-26 (5th year) • Non-Conference Record: 9-13 (5th year) • vs. Idaho State: 1-0
Statistical Leaders • Rush: Ty Flanagan (14-100, TD) • Pass: Tanner Gueller (20-33, 289, 3 TD, 2 INT) • Rec.: Michael Dean (5-66, 1 TD) • Def.: Anthony Ricks (10 TKL, 2 PBU)
Statistical Leaders • Rush: Tonny Lindsey Jr. (6-28) • Pass: Kent Myers (25-41, 219, 0 TD, 3 INT) • Rec.: LaJuan Hunt (4-14) • Def.: Suli Tamaivena (7 TKL, 1 FR)
/// KICKOFF COVERAGE /// • Utah State hosts Idaho State in its home opener on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 6 p.m. USU is 15-2 all-time against the Bengals, including a 12-1 home record, which includes a 40-20 win in the last meeting between the two teams on Sept. 6, 2014, in Logan. Overall, USU is 80-17-6 (.806) all-time against current members of the Big Sky Conference. • Utah State went 3-3 at home inside Maverik Stadium during the 2016 season and is 26-6 in its last 32 home games, which includes an 18-6 record under head coach Matt Wells. USU is also 14-3 in its last 17 non-conference home games, including a 6-2 record under Wells. All-time, Utah State is 138-102 (.575) in Maverik Stadium. • Utah State has won each of its last 10 games against Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) schools dating back to the 2000 season, when it lost at home to Idaho State, 27-24. All 10 of those wins have been against Big Sky Conference opponents. • Utah State is 13-10 under Wells following a loss and has not started a season 0-2 since 2009. Furthermore, USU has lost back-to-back games just six times in five seasons under Wells. • Utah State has won 11 of its last 19 games played during the month of September, including nine straight at home, and is 4-2 all-time in games played on Sept. 7. USU is also 17-32-4 all-time in games played on Thursday, including a 6-3 home record. • Utah State has four players on its current roster who played against Idaho State in 2014 in senior CB Jalen Davis, senior RB LaJuan Hunt, senior WR Braelon Roberts and senior DE Ian Togiai. Davis, who started that game, set a freshman school record with two interceptions, returning one 44 yards for a touchdown, while Hunt rushed for 28 yards on seven carries and had one reception for 19 yards. Roberts and Togiai did not record any stats. • Utah State has 38 players in its program from the Beehive State, while Idaho State has 37 players on its roster from the Gem State.
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GAME NOTES /// MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS /// MOUNTAIN Air Force Boise State New Mexico Colorado State Utah State Wyoming WEST Hawai’i Fresno State San Diego State San José State Nevada UNLV
MW Overall 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 MW Overall 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1
THIS WEEK’S GAMES (ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN)
Thursday, Sept. 7 • Idaho State at Utah State (Facebook)
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Saturday, Sept. 9 • Abilene Christian at Colorado St. (MWN) • Fresno State at Alabama (ESPN2) • San José State at Texas (Longhorn Net.) • Gardner-Webb at Wyoming (AT&T) • Hawai’i at UCLA (Pac-12) • Toledo at Nevada (ESPN3) • UNLV at Idaho (ESPN3) • New Mexico St. at New Mexico (Facebook) • Boise State at Washington State (ESPN) • San Diego State at Arizona State (Pac-12)
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/// MOUNTAIN WEST POLLS /// • Utah State was picked sixth in the Mountain Division of the 2017 Mountain West Conference preseason polls. MOUNTAIN DIVISION Team (First-Place Votes) Points 1. Boise State (21) 161 2. Colorado State (6) 135 3. Wyoming (1) 114 4. Air Force 82 5. New Mexico 68 6. UTAH STATE 28 WEST DIVISION Team (First-Place Votes) Points 1. San Diego State (28) 168 2. Hawai’i 135 3. UNLV 105 4. Nevada 79 5. San José State 54 6. Fresno State 47 DID YOU KNOW? • Wyoming was picked to finish last in the 2016 Mountain West preseason polls with just 31 votes, but went 6-2 in league play to win the Mountain Division.
UTAH STATE ATHLETICS TO INDUCT 15TH HALL OF FAME CLASS • Utah State Athletics will induct its 15th Hall of Fame Class this weekend, which includes Kent Baer, a former football great and assistant football coach; Gordon “Dutch” Belnap, the third-winningest basketball coach in school history; Shane Bingham, a two-time track & field All-American; Chris Cooley, an All-American football player and school-record holding tight end; Christy Denson-Pettiette, a two-time gymnast of the year; Jayme Gordy, a record-setting soccer player; Nate Harris, the only three-time first-team all-conference basketball player in school history; and Stew Morrill, the most successful and winningest basketball coach in school history. This year’s class will be introduced at halftime of the Idaho State game. FIRST-TIME STARTERS • Utah State had 12 players make their first career start last weekend at No. 9 Wisconsin in senior TE Damion Hobbs, junior OL Roman Andrus, junior OL Rob Castaneda, junior OL Quin Ficklin, redshirt junior OL Sean Taylor, junior LB Suli Tamaivena, junior NG Gasetoto Schuster, junior BS Aaron Wade, sophomore OL Moroni Iniguez, sophomore DE Jacoby Wildman, redshirt freshman DE Ritisoni Fata and redshirt freshman WR Jordan Nathan. UTAH STATE’S STARTING O-LINE ALSO PLAYED FIRST CAREER GAME • All five of Utah State’s starting offensive linemen – OC Quin Ficklin, RT Sean Taylor, LG Moroni Iniguez, RG Rob Castaneda, LT Roman Andrus – also played in their first career games at Utah State last weekend. In fact, Taylor is the only member of this group who was on the team last year, as he redshirted. This is the first time in school history that it has started five offensive linemen who had never played a game at USU, minus the Aggies’ first-ever team in 1892. Furthermore, Andrus and Ficklin did not even play offensive line at their previous schools last season, as Andrus was a defensive end at Snow (Utah) JC and Ficklin was a fullback at BYU. UTAH STATE ONLY STARTS FIVE RETURNING STARTERS FROM LAST SEASON • Utah State entered the 2017 season with 14 returning starters from last year with six on offense and eight on defense. Despite those high numbers, USU only started five of those 14 players in its season opener at No. 9 Wisconsin last weekend, which is the lowest number in the nation at the FBS level. Those five returning starters from last season who started the season-opener this year were senior CB Jalen Davis, senior BS Dallin Leavitt, senior QB Kent Myers, junior BS Gaje Ferguson and junior WR Ron’quavion Tarver.
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ONLY SEVEN SENIORS START GAME ONE FOR UTAH STATE • Utah State entered the 2017 season with 18 seniors on its roster, but only seven of those 18 players started the season opener at No. 9 Wisconsin in WR Jaren Colston-Green, CB Jalen Davis, TE Damion Hobbs, RB LaJuan Hunt, BS Dallin Leavitt, QB Kent Myers and DE Ian Togiai. In fact, only 14 of the 18 seniors on USU’s 2017 roster played in its game against the Badgers as those other seven players were CB Wesley Bailey, WR Alex Byers, LB Alex Huerta, OL Jarom Ioane, RB Tonny Lindsey Jr., LS Emmett Odegard and WR Braelon Roberts. TWENTY-FOUR AGGIES PLAY FIRST GAME WITH UTAH STATE LAST WEEKEND • Utah State had 24 players play in their first-ever Aggie game last weekend at No. 9 Wisconsin in redshirt junior OL Sean Taylor, junior RB Eltoro Allen, junior OL Roman Andrus, junior OL Rob Castaneda, junior LB Louy Compton, junior OL Quin Ficklin, junior CB Deante Fortenberry, junior LB Ofa Latu, junior LB Suli Tamaivena, sophomore DE Devon Anderson, sophomore OL Moroni Iniguez, sophomore S Chance Parker, redshirt freshman OL Demytrick Ali’ifua, redshirt freshman DE Ritisoni Fata, redshirt freshman S Baron Gajkowski, redshirt freshman CB Braxton Gunther, redshirt freshman CB Ja’Marcus Ingram, redshirt freshman LB Kevin Meitzenheimer, redshirt freshman WR Jordan Nathan, redshirt freshman LB David Woodward, freshman LB Maika Magalei, freshman WR Savon Scarver, freshman TE Carson Terrell and freshman DE Nami Tuitu’u. /// BY THE NUMBERS ///
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Utah State has four wins against Associated Press top-25 teams in the past five seasons with victories at No. 19 Louisiana Tech in 2012, versus No. 24 Northern Illinois in 2013, at No. 18 BYU in 2014, and versus No. 21 Boise Satate in 2015. In its previous 114 seasons of football, USU had just one win against an AP top-25 team, defeating No. 25 Fresno State at home in 1991.
Utah State’s 2017 team returns 15 starters from the previous season with six on offense (Preston Brooksby-OL, Tonny Lindsey Jr.-RB, Kent Myers-QB, Ron’quavion Tarver-WR, KJ UluaveOL, Zach Van Leeuwen-WR), eight on defense(Wesley Bailey-CB, Jalen DavisCB, Gaje Ferguson-BS, Alex Huerta-LB, Derek Larsen-LB, Dallin Leavitt-BS, Jontrell Rocquemore-FS, Ian Togiai-DE), and one specialist (Aaron Dalton-P).
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Utah State is one of 28 FBS programs that has at least nine bowl teams from the 2016 season on its 2017 schedule. Notre Dame and Syracuse have a nation’s best 11 bowl teams on this year’s schedule, while Duke, Ole Miss and South Carolina have 10. Alabama, Central Florida, Clemson, Colorado State, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Kentucky, LSU, Massachusetts, Michigan State, Miami, Mississippi State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Tulsa, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Virginia and Virginia Tech all have nine bowl teams on its schedule from 2016.
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GAME NOTES SCOUTING IDAHO STATE • Idaho State is 1-0 on the season following its 37-6 season-opening home win against Western Oregon last Thursday. The Bengals were led by junior QB Tanner Gueller, who was 20-of-33 passing for 289 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Sophomore RB Ty Flanagan rushed for 100 yards on 14 carries and one touchdown, while sophomore WR Michael Dean caught five passes for 66 yards and one touchdown. Defensively, junior DB Anthony Ricks had a team-high 10 tackles, and senior LB Mario Jenkins had nine tackles, which included 0.5 sacks and 2.0 tackles for loss. As a team, ISU had 431 yards of total offense against the Wolves (289-passing, 142-rushing) and gave up 299 yards (302-passing, -3-rushing). Idaho State returns 16 starters (O-8, D-8, S-1) and 36 lettermen (O-18, D-18) from last year’s team that went 2-9 and finished last in the Big Sky Conference with a 1-7 mark. The Bengals are coached by Rob Phenicie, who is in his first season as a collegiate head coach. AGGIES AND BENGALS SERIES HISTORY • Utah State and Idaho State will be meeting for the 18th time in series history on Thursday, with USU holding a 15-2 all-time advantage. Overall, Utah State has won each of the last four games in the series and Idaho State’s last win against the Aggies was on Nov. 18, 2000, in Logan by a final score of 27-24. All-time, USU is 12-1 at home against the Bengals as ISU’s only other win in the series was on Nov. 14, 1981, in Pocatello, 50-24. UTAH STATE CONNECTIONS WITH IDAHO STATE • Idaho State defensive coordinator/safeties coach Spencer Toone spent the 2012 season at Utah State as a defensive graduate assistant working with the linebackers. ISU assistant head coach, running backs coach and special teams coordinator David Fiefia spent three years at USU (2012-14) as an offensive graduate assistant. Fiefia graduated from Utah State in 2003 and was a four-year letterwinner at running back (2000-03), earning first-team all-Sun Belt Conference honors as an all-purpose player in 2003, while also earning second-team all-Sun Belt accolades as both a running back and kick returner that same season. He was named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 15, 2003, after recording 159 yards from scrimmage as he rushed 19 times for 77 yards and caught six passes for 82 more yards. As a senior, Fiefia rushed for 967 yards with seven touchdowns, finishing his career with 1,193 yards, which ranks 23rd all-time in school history, and nine scores. He also caught 80 passes for 707 yards with two touchdowns and had 37 career punt returns for 366 yards, as well as 37 kick returns for 791 yards during his career.
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/// STATISTICAL COMPARISON /// 2017 UTAH STATE STATS (0-1/0-0 MW) TEAM STATISTICS USU OPP Points/Game .............................. 10.0 ........ 59.0 First Downs ................................ 16.0 ........ 25.0 Rushing/Game ............................. 85.0 ...... 234.0 Passing/Game .......................... 219.0 ...... 244.0 Total Offense/Game .................. 304.0 ...... 478.0 Fumbles-Lost ................................. 2-1 ........... 2-2 Pen.Yds/Game .........................9/93.0 ..... 9/73.0 Time of Possession ................... 26:41 ...... 33:19 2017 IDAHO STATE STATS (1-0/0-0 Big Sky) TEAM STATISTICS ISU OPP Points/Game .............................. 37.0 .......... 9.0 First Downs ................................ 21.0 ........ 21.0 Rushing/Game ........................... 142.0 .......... -3.0 Passing/Game .......................... 289.0 ...... 302.0 Total Offense/Game .................. 431.0 ...... 299.0 Fumbles-Lost ................................. 0-0 ........... 0-0 Pen.Yds/Game ........................ 9/82.0 ..... 7/65.0 Time of Possession ................... 25:30 ...... 34:30
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• Utah State senior BS Dallin Leavitt, junior OL Roman Andrus and junior OL Quin Ficklin all spent time at BYU, along with ISU senior DL JonRhyeem Peoples. USU senior CB Jalen Davis and ISU sophomore LB Christian Holland both attended Helix (Calif.) HS. USU sophomore LB Justus Te’i and ISU redshirt freshman RB Nehamiah McFarlin both attended Mission Hills (Calif.) HS. USU freshman LB Maika Magalei and ISU freshman WR Tracey Reynolds both attended Lakes (Wash.) HS. ISU redshirt junior DL Clark Jeppesen spent two seasons at Utah State, redshirting in 2013 before not seeing any action during the 2014 campaign. AGGIES FROM THE GEM STATE • Utah State has three players on its roster from the state of Idaho in junior OL Jake Templeton (Boise/Timberline HS/Boise State), redshirt freshman DE Logan Lee (Rexburg/Madison HS) and freshman CB Stegan Garner (Declo/Declo HS).
UTAH STATE AGAINST THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE • Utah State is 80-17-6 (.806) all-time against current members of the Big Sky Conference with a 25-7 record against Montana, a 22-6-6 record against Montana State, a 15-2 record against Idaho State, a 14-1 record against Weber State, a 4-0 record against Southern Utah and an 0-1 record against Eastern Washington. The last time USU faced a Big Sky school was on Sept. 1, 2016, when it defeated Weber State at home, 45-6. • Utah State’s Matt Wells is 4-0 all-time against the Big Sky Conference as a head coach following USU’s 45-6 home win against Weber State last season. USU also recorded a 12-9 home win against Southern Utah in 2015, a 40-20 home win against Idaho State in 2014 and a 70-6 home win against Weber State in 2013. FROM THE AGGIE RECORD BOOKS • Utah State defeated Idaho State, 136-0, during the 1919 season, which is USU’s largest-ever margin of victory. In 1997, USU limited ISU to just 111 yards of total offense, which ranks 10th alltime at USU and just 16 passing yards, which ranks sixth all-time in school history. In 1982, USU limited ISU to just 10 rushing yards, which ranks 18th all-time in school history. • Marvin Ellis’ 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Idaho State in 1981 ranks tied for the sixth-longest kickoff return in school history. Guy McClure’s 74-yard punt against ISU in 1980 ranks as the eighth-longest in school history. Willie Beecher’s 52-yard field goal against ISU in 1982 is tied for the 10th-longest in school history. DID YOU KNOW? • Utah State special assistant to the head coach Dave Kragthorpe was the head coach at Idaho State from 1980-82, leading the Bengals to the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship, along with the Big Sky title, with a 12-1 record.
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Overall ................................................... USU leads, 15-2 In Logan................................................. USU leads, 12-1 In Pocatello ............................................. USU leads, 2-1 Neutral Site ............................................. USU leads, 1-0 Longest USU Win Streak ............................ 9, 1904-1980 Longest ISU Win Streak ............................ 1, 1981; 2000 Largest USU Margin of Victory ..... 136 (136-0) -- 10/11/19 Largest ISU Margin of Victory ........ 26 (50-24) -- 11/14/81 /// GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS /// 1904 1904 10-11-19 09-24-32 11-11-44 09-28-46 11-19-77 09-03-78 09-13-80 11-14-81 10-09-82 09-06-97 11-18-00 10-20-01
W 10-0 A W 22-0 H W 136-0 H W 32-0 H W 8-7 H W 47-0 H W 35-7 A W 10-0 N+ W 14-7 H L 24-50 A W 30-3 H W 41-7 H L 24-27 H W 28-27 H
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/// TOP AGGIES vs. IDAHO STATE /// Rushing .............................. Emmett White (2001) ........................................ 151 yards on 25 carries Passing ............................... Jose Fuentes (2002) .............................. 330 yards on 26-of-41 passing Receiving ........................... Nakia Jenkins (1997) ........................................ 153 yards on 9 catches
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UTAH STATE QUARTERBACK KENT MYERS HAS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR SENIOR SEASON by Wade Denniston, USU Athletic Media Relations
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MYERS Kent Myers has accomplished quite a bit during his first three years at Utah State. After all, the native of Rowlett, Texas, was tabbed the Gildan New Mexico Bowl Offensive MVP in 2014 as a true freshman and garnered honorable mention all-Mountain West honors in 2015 as a sophomore. His name is scattered all over the school record books, including ranking third all-time with a 0.024 career interception percentage and owning both the USU and Mountain West single-game record with a completion percentage of 93.3 as he completed 14-of-15 passes at Hawai’i on Nov. 1, 2014. You could go on and on about Myers’ feats with the Aggies, but there is one thing missing that the 6-foot, 205-pound senior quarterback desperately craves. “I want to win the Mountain West championship,” Myers said. “I haven’t done that since I’ve been here, but we were close my freshman year.” Considering the Aggies finished the 2016 campaign with a 3-9 overall mark (1-7 in the Mountain West) and were picked to finish dead last in the conference this season, Utah State chances of reaching the top this season don’t seem very high. However, Myers insists the Aggies have what it takes to climb to the top of the mountain. “This is my fourth and final year here and I feel like we have the team to do that this year, so it is going to be an amazing season,” Myers said. “Besides winning the Mountain West, I really just want to feed the ball around because we have a lot of great athletes surrounding me, and I want to go to a good bowl game.” That kind of leadership and drive is exactly what you want from your starting quarterback. “He has been tremendous in the classroom as far as learning everything and asking questions, just taking all the coaching he can get to try and improve his craft and his skills, and make himself a better quarterback for us,” said first-year Utah State offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach David Yost. “He did a tremendous job of orchestrating the offense throughout the spring and it continued through fall camp.” Following a standout prep career at Sachse High School in Rowlett, one in which he passed for 3,522 yards and 42 touchdowns, to go along with 559 yards rushing and 10 more scores as a senior, Myers headed west to continue his career. The son of Greg and Stephanie Myers, who was named the Texas Class 5A District 11 MVP as a senior, turned down offers from Air Force, New Mexico and Navy to become an Aggie. “This was the best option for me,” Myers said. “Air Force, New Mexico and Navy all run the triple option and I didn’t want to be a running back or quarterback that gets hit 30 times a game, rather than being able to throw on the run when I have to like I do here at Utah State.”
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With the likes of Chuckie Keeton, among others, ahead of him on the depth chart, Myers was likely going to redshirt during his first season with the Aggies in 2014. However, due to injuries to three different quarterbacks, Myers found himself thrust into the spotlight. As a true freshman, he played in his first career game against UNLV on Oct. 25, passing for 32 yards and rushing for 28 more to help the Aggies beat the Rebels 34-20. The very next week, Myers made his first career start at Hawai’i. But by the way he played and managed the game, you would have thought he was a seasoned veteran. In setting both the school and conference single-game completion percentage record, Myers completed his first 12 pass attempts against the Rainbow Warriors, which is also a program record. He finished the game with 186 yards passing and three touchdowns as the Aggies rolled to a 35-14 victory on the rock. “I was just getting the ball to my athletes,” Myers recalled of the game. “Coaches always talk about it, to just do your job and that’s what I did as a freshman – I did my job. The defense was telling me to put the ball in play, give it to the playmakers and they will do the rest. I was smart with the ball, I got it to the athletes around me and I went 14-for-15.” Myers ended up playing in seven games during his freshman campaign and was 5-1 as the starting quarterback. He completed 79-of-119 passes (.664) for 866 yards and five touchdowns, to go along with 310 yards rushing and a team-leading five touchdowns on 56 carries. Since taking over the reins as the starting quarterback, Myers has not looked back. Entering tonight’s game against Idaho State, he has appeared in 29 total games with 27 starts. For his career, he has completed 436-of720 passes for 5,067 yards and 31 touchdowns, to go along with 1,123 yards rushing and 14 more scores.
Yost expects his starting quarterback to enjoy a great senior season. “He has a chance to have a really efficient, attackingtype season and then it’s just a matter of the more time we give him, the more plays we can make around him,” Yost said. “With any quarterback, it is as much about the 10 guys around him as it is about him, but I think he’s going to be really on top of it this season – attacking and getting the ball in our playmakers’ hands. “He is a distributor in our offense and then he does have that bonus feature of making plays with his feet. We want to continue to have him making plays with his head and his arm as much as we can. I think he can have a really explosive year for us and put us in positions to be a successful football team.” One thing is certain, Myers does not want to have a repeat of last year. He wants nothing more than to help the Aggies right the ship and return to prominence, which means becoming a better leader for the team. “It starts with that, and that is the main thing,” Myers said. “You can have the most talented team in the world, but if you don’t have leaders to motivate your guys and keep everything up to par, then your team can break down. Last year I was a leader, as well, and we had some good leaders, but you can always improve on something. We went 3-9. If we would have said something sooner – there are always those what-ifs – our season could have turned around, especially with the number of close games we had. Hopefully, we can change that this year.” Myers was a two-sport star at Sachse HS as he also played shortstop and outfield on the Mustangs’ baseball team. He garnered Texas Class 5A all-District 11 first-team honors as a junior, second-team honors as a sophomore and honorable mention honors as a freshman. Choosing which sport he wanted to play at the next level was not easy for Myers. “My true love before football was baseball, so it was a hard decision, whether I was going to play football or baseball in college,” he said. “I really started falling in love with football during my junior year of high school and in the long run, this is what I wanted to play. Nothing beats playing quarterback at the Division I level, and being able to come and get my degree.” Myers is a sociology major with a marketing minor. He is on track to graduate in the spring of 2018. After college, he would like to continue playing football on a professional level. “God willing,” Myers said. “If not, I want to be a medical sales rep for a medical device company. My mom is a clinical specialist, so I have been around that all my life and that is something I look forward to doing.” No matter what career path Myers takes, you can be certain it will be full of plenty of accomplishments.
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WEST STADIUM CENTER
Completed in August, 2016, and located inside Maverik Stadium, Utah State’s new $36 million, 85,000 square-foot West Stadium Center is a five-story premium seating and press box structure. It includes a state-ofthe-art media and game operations area, 24 luxury suites, 20 loge boxes, over 700 covered club seats and a premium club area that will also be used to host a studentathlete training table. In addition to the new structure, major concourse work included significantly increased restrooms, upgraded concessions and an enlarged concourse for better pedestrian traffic flow. Renovations also included new video boards on both the north and south ends of the stadium, along with a new public address system.
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AGGIE FIGHT SONGS HAIL THE UTAH AGGIES Hail the Utah Aggies, we’ll play the game with all our might See the colors flying, the Aggie blue and fighting white How they stir us onward; we’ll win the victory alright Hail the Utah Aggies; we’re out to win, so fight, fight, fight! Utah State, Hey! Aggies all the way! Go Aggies! Go Aggies! Hey! Hey! Hey!
THE SCOTSMAN Show me the Scotsman who doesn’t love the thistle Show me the Englishman who doesn’t love the rose Show me the true-blooded Aggie from Utah Who doesn’t love the spot (stomp, stomp) where the sagebrush grows.
ALMA MATER HYMN Across the Quad at eventide, as shadows softly fall, The tower of Old Main appears and peace rests over all. The lighted “A” upon the hill stands out against the blue; Oh, Alma Mater, Utah State, my heart sings out to you. And through the years as time rolls on, and student friendships grow, We’ll ne’er forget the joys we had, those days we used to know. Thy mem’ries ever will be new, thy friends be ever true; Oh, Alma Mater, Utah State, my heart sings out to you.
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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS Founded: March 8, 1888
President (16th): Noelle E. Cockett (Jan. 1, 2017-present)
Type: Land-grant, public research university
Mission Statement: The mission of Utah State University is to be one of the nation’s premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities by fostering the principle that academics come first, by cultivating diversity of thought and culture and by serving the public through learning, discovery and engagement.
Location/Profile: Logan, Utah Population: Logan - 48,565 Cache County - 114,181 Elevation: 4,778 feet (Logan Campus) Average summer highs: 85 degrees Average winter highs: 34 degrees Free public transportation for Logan campus, Logan City, Cache Valley 81 miles northeast of Salt Lake City 5 hours south of Yellowstone National Park 1-hour drive to four ski resorts 2-minute drive to Logan Canyon Number of steps to the top of Old Main Hill: 124
Enrollment :
Campus Size:
Average undergraduate age: 22.3 Average graduate age: 33.8
Main campus: 400 acres Statewide: 7,000 (does not include USU Eastern)
Regional Campuses, Distance Education and Extension: Regional Campuses: 3 (Brigham City, Tooele, Uintah Basin) Comprehensive Community College: 1 (USU Eastern with campuses in Price and Blanding) Extension Offices: In 28 of 29 Utah counties and at the Ogden Botanical Center, Thanksgiving Point, and Utah Botanical Center
Workforce: Faculty members:788 Full-time support staff: 1,569
Total Headcount Enrollment (Fall 2016): 28,118* *Includes USU Regional Campuses and Distance Education: 14,187 and USU Eastern: 1,968
Gender: Male: 13,086 Female: 15,032
Student Representation: All 29 counties in Utah All 50 states 83 countries
Ages:
Academics: Undergraduate degrees: 159 Undergraduate minors: 105 Graduate degrees: 155 Student/faculty ratio: 22.1 to 1 Average undergraduate class size: 20-29 students Faculty who teach undergraduates: 49.7% Faculty holding doctorate or terminal degrees: 76% Faculty who worked with undergraduates on a research project in the past two years: 63.5% Study abroad opportunities: 150 in 40 countries Students who study abroad each year: 76%
Colleges: College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Caine College of the Arts Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services College of Engineering College of Humanities and Social Sciences S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources College of Science
Most Popular Declared Majors: Economics; Psychology; Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education; Mechanical Engineering; Elementary Education; Human Movement Science; Biology; Business Administration
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HEAD COACH MATT WELLS
MATT WELLS HEAD COACH UTAH STATE, 1996
2013 MOUNTAIN WEST COACH OF THE YEAR
FIFTH SEASON AS UTAH STATE HEAD COACH (28-25 OVERALL,19-13 MOUNTAIN WEST) SEVENTH SEASON OVERALL AT UTAH STATE Entering his fifth season as Utah State’s head coach, Matt Wells is determined to lead the Aggies back into a bowl game and into the upper echelon of the Mountain West after a disappointing 2016 season. Wells, who is the sixth-longest tenured coach in 120 seasons of Aggie football, holds a 28-25 record in his first four seasons at USU, including a 19-13 Mountain West record. Those 28 wins are the second-most by a USU coach in his first four seasons and the fifth-most in school history, while his 52.8 winning percentage ranks seventh alltime. Utah State has also recorded three wins against top-25 opponents during Wells’ first four years as head coach, one more than the program won in its previous 115 seasons. During his six years at Utah State, which includes two years as an assistant, Wells has been part of a program that played in a schoolrecord five-straight bowl games. In fact, Wells is the first head coach in program history to lead the Aggies to three bowl games and the only head coach with multiple bowl wins. During the 2016 season, Utah State had six players earn various all-Mountain West honors as it lost five conference games by a combined 29 points (5.8 ppg). USU also had two players invited to postseason All-Star games, while one player was selected in the 2017 NFL Draft in Devante Mays. Furthermore, USU had eight other Aggies who signed free agent contracts. In 2015, Wells led Utah State to six wins and
its fifth-straight bowl game as the Aggies had 12 players earn various all-Mountain West honors, which were the third-most in the conference. Furthermore, senior linebacker Kyler Fackrell was named a fourth-team All-American by Phil Steele’s Magazine. Utah State also had five players invited to postseason All-Star games/camps, while three Aggies participated in the NFL Combine in Fackrell, Hunter Sharp and Nick Vigil. Furthermore, USU had two players selected in the 2016 NFL Draft in Vigil and Fackrell, both in the third round, while six other Aggies signed free agent contracts and two more were invited to rookie mini-camps. During the 2014 season, Wells led Utah State to 10 wins to rank as the second-most in school history behind the 2012 team that finished with an 11-2 record. USU also played in its fourthstraight bowl game in 2014 and won its thirdstraight bowl. In his second year as Utah State’s head coach, Wells mentored 15 players who earned 16 allMountain West honors, which were the most in the league and tied for the third-most in school history. Wells also mentored two All-Americans in 2014 in Zach Vigil and Jalen Davis.Vigil was named an AllAmerican by four different publications, including being named a USA Today Sports second-team All-American, while Davis was named a true freshman All-American by 247Sports. Vigil was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year.
In his first season as head coach, Wells led Utah State to the inaugural Mountain West Championship game after winning the Mountain Division of the conference with a 7-1 record in 2013. Wells also led Utah State to just its third-ever bowl victory as it posted a 21-14 win against No. 24 Northern Illinois in the 2013 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. For his efforts, Wells was named the 2013 Mountain West Coach of the Year as he set the school record for wins by a first-year head coach. USU finished the season with a 9-5 record, tying the 1960 and 1961 teams for the second-most wins in school history at the time. Overall, Wells is the fifth USU coach in school history to garner conference coach of the year honors along with Bruce Snyder (1978), Chuck Shelton (1991), John L. Smith (1997) and Gary Andersen (2012). Wells is also the fourth individual to earn MW Coach of the Year honors in his first season along with BYU’s Gary Crowton (2001), Utah’s Urban Meyer (2003) and Air Force’s Troy Calhoun (2007). During his first year as Utah State’s head coach, Wells mentored 14 Aggies who earned various all-Mountain West honors, including three All-Americans as Tyler Larsen was named a second-team All-American by USA Today Sports, Nevin Lawson was named a third-team All-American by College Sports Madness, and Fackrell was named an honorable mention Sophomore All-American by College Football News.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MATT WELLS... Zach Vigil, Linebacker, Washington Redskins: “Coach Wells is a true family man. You can see that in the way he treats his immediate family, coaches and his players.” Ken Niumatalolo, Navy Head Football Coach: “It doesn’t surprise me at all how well Matt is doing as a head coach. I knew Matt when he first started coaching almost 20 years ago, and I knew then that he had a very bright future in this profession. Sustained success in any profession or business is hard, especially in the ultra competitive world of DI college football. Not only has Utah State continued their success under Matt’s leadership, they have gotten better and are a legit MWC title contender every year now under Matt.”
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Wells also coached a school-record four players who were invited and participated in the 2014 NFL Combine in Larsen, Lawson, Maurice Alexander and D.J. Tialavea, while a total of 16 players from the 2013 and 2014 rosters were invited to NFL/CFL camps, including Alexander (St. Louis Rams) and Lawson (Detroit Lions), who were both selected in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Wells, who is one of 18 coaches to lead his alma mater, is just the second Utah State graduate to be appointed its head football coach joining Chris Pella, who graduated from USU in 1965 and coached the Aggies from 1983-85. Prior to being named the head coach at his alma mater, Wells spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Utah State, including serving as the team’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2012 and quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator in 2011. As offensive coordinator in 2012, Utah State concluded its most successful season in school history as it went 11-2 and set school records for wins (11) and home wins (6), while being nationally ranked in The Associated Press poll for three-straight weeks for the first time in school history. USU also won its first outright conference championship since 1936 and just its third in school history joining the 1921 and 1936 teams that both won Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles. All-time, Utah State has won or shared 11 league championships. As offensive coordinator in 2012, Wells directed an Aggie offense that set single-season school records for total points (454), total offense (6,108 yards), completions (285) and total yards per game (469.8), while ranking second in points per game (34.9) and total passing yards (3,445). Nationally, Utah State’s 2012 offense ranked second in the Western Athletic Conference and 23rd in the country in total offense (469.8 ypg), second in the WAC and 18th in the nation in passing efficiency (153.21), second in the WAC and 25th in the nation in rushing offense (204.8 ypg), third in the WAC and 31st in the nation in sacks allowed (1.38 pg), third in the WAC and 33rd in the nation in scoring offense (34.9 ppg), and third in the WAC and 39th in the nation in passing offense (265.0 ypg). Under Wells, Utah State finished the 2012 season scoring 38 or more points in its final seven games, which is a school record. In 2012, Wells coached former Aggie Chuckie Keeton, who earned first-team all-WAC honors after setting single-season school records for touchdown passes (27), passing yards (3,373), completion percentage (.676), completions (275) and total offense (3,992 yards). Keeton also earned WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors four times in 2012, which is a single-season school record. Under Wells’ tutelage, Keeton ranks first all-time in school history in career touchdown passes (62), first in career total offense (8,808 yards), second in career completions (672), second in career passing yardage (8,695), second in career passing attempts (1,068), tied for second in career completion percentage (.629) and 14th in career rushing yards (1,415). As the quarterbacks coach in 2011, Wells helped Utah State’s offense establish then-school records for total offense (5,945 yards), rushing yards (3,675), total points (437) and total touchdowns (60). Wells, a former Aggie quarterback and three-year letterwinner from 1994-96, was a member of two conference championship teams as a student-athlete as he was a redshirt freshman in 1993 when Utah State tied for first in the Big West Conference and defeated Ball State, 42-33, in the Las Vegas Bowl II for its first-ever bowl win. As a senior in 1996, Wells helped USU to another share of the Big West Conference title. Wells, who has been a part of nine bowl teams and two conference championships during his coaching career, came to Utah State after two coaching stints at New Mexico, serving as the Lobos’ wide receivers and kickoff return unit coach in 2010 and wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator from 2007 to 2008. In 2009, Wells served as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Louisville. Prior to his first stint at New Mexico, Wells spent five years (2002-06) as the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at Tulsa and five years at the U.S. Naval Academy (1997-2001) as its quarterbacks coach, fullbacks coach and wide receivers coach, while also serving as the junior varsity head coach and offensive coordinator for three years. Wells, a native of Sallisaw, Okla., earned his bachelor’s degree in business marketing from Utah State in 1996, graduating cum laude. He and his wife Jen have two daughters, Jadyn (14) and Ella (11), and one son, Wyatt (8). His brother, Luke, is USU’s tight ends and inside receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.
MATT WELLS’ FILE | Hired December 20, 2012 COACHING EXPERIENCE 2013-Pres. 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007-08 2002-06 1997-01
Utah State - Head Coach Utah State - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Utah State - Quarterbacks/Recruiting Coordinator New Mexico - Wide Receivers Louisville - Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator New Mexico - Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator Tulsa - Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Navy - Quarterbacks/Fullbacks/Wide Receivers/J.V. Head Coach
BOWL GAMES AS A COACH (9) Utah State - Famous Idaho Potato, 2015; New Mexico, 2014; Poinsettia, 2013; Famous Idaho Potato, 2012; Famous Idaho Potato, 2011 New Mexico - New Mexico, 2007 Tulsa - Armed Forces, 2006; Liberty, 2005; Humanitarian, 2003
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (2) Utah State - WAC: 2012 Tulsa - Conference USA: 2005
PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1993-96
Utah State - Quarterback
BOWL GAMES AS A PLAYER (1) 1993
Las Vegas
EDUCATION 1996
Utah State - Business Marketing (Cum Laude)
PERSONAL Married to the former Jen Dirks Daughters - Jadyn (14), Ella (11); Son - Wyatt (8)
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Utah State, 1996 Fifth Season
MARK TOMMERDAHL
FRANK MAILE
KENDRICK SHAVER
DAVID YOST
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR DEFENSIVE LINE
CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR QUARTERBACKS
Utah State, 2007 Seventh Season
Missouri State, 2002 Seventh Season
JOVON BOUKNIGHT
JULIUS BROWN
Kent State, 1992 First Season
STACY COLLINS
SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR RUNNING BACKS
ASSISTANT COACH OUTSIDE RECEIVERS
ASSISTANT COACH DEFENSIVE BACKS
ASSISTANT COACH INSIDE LINEBACKERS
Concordia, 1982 First Season
Wyoming, 2006 Ninth Season
Boise State, 2006 Second Season
Western Oregon, 1998 Second Season
STEVE FARMER
ASSISTANT COACH OFFENSIVE LINE
Illinois State, 1999 Second Season
LUKE WELLS
ASSISTANT COACH TIGHT ENDS/INSIDE RECEIVERS RECRUITING COORDINATOR
Oklahoma, 2002 Fifth Season
WAQA DAMUNI
DAVE KRAGTHORPE
ASSISTANT ATHETICS DIRECTOR FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH
Utah State, 1998 Fifth Season
Utah State, 1954 Fifth Season
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USU COACHING/SUPPORT STAFF JARED RUSSELL
BRAD KRAGTHORPE
NAUFAHU TAHI
JOHN CANNOVA
DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL
OFFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT
OFFENSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
OFFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT
Arizona State, 2013 Second Season
LSU, 2015 Second Season
Utah State, 2015 Fourth Season
North Central College, 2014 First Season
AMAN ANAND
GUSTAVO MANZANARES
UANI ‘UNGA
DAVE SCHOLZ
DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT
DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT
DEFENSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
HEAD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 2015 First Season
San José State, 2009 First Season
BYU, 2015 First Season
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2004 Fifth Season
BILL GARREN
MIKE BAIR
MIKE WILLIAMS
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ASSISTANT AD/VIDEO COORDINATOR
ASSISTANT AD/EQUIPMENT COORDINATOR
ASSOCIATE AD/HEAD ATHLETICS TRAINER
Idaho State, 2002 12th Season
Utah State, 1995 21st Season
Utah State, 1996 19th Season
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AGGIE TEAM QUARTERBACKS
RUNNING BACKS
(L-R): Jamison Jones (offensive volunteer coach), DJ Nelson, Kent Myers, Henry Colombi, Jordan Love, Zach Larson, David Yost (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks).
Front Row (L-R): LaJuan Hunt, Tonny Lindsey Jr., Tywayne Adams. Back Row (L-R): Mark Tommerdahl (special teams coordinator/running backs), Eltoro Allen, Justen Hervey, Tre Miller, Naufahu Tahi (offensive administrative assistant).
INSIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS
OUTSIDE RECEIVERS
Front Row (L-R): Aaren Vaughns, Taylor Compton, Gerold Bright, Preston Curtis, Jordan Nathan. Back Row (L-R): Luke Wells (tight ends/inside receivers/recruiting coordinator), Tyler Thornock, Dax Raymond, Carson Terrell, Travis Boman, Emerson Woods, Damion Hobbs, Brad Kragthorpe (offensive graduate assistant).
Front Row (L-R): Ron’quavion Tarver, Zach Van Leeuwen, Connor McGuire, Jared Schmidt, Savon Scarver. Back Row (L-R): Alex Byers, Dylan Spradling, Jovon Bouknight (outside receivers), Jaren Colston-Green, Chad Artist, Braelon Roberts.
SPECIALISTS
COACHING STAFF
Front Row (L-R): Zach Lee, Brandon Pada, Connor Coles, Michael Smith. Back Row (L-R): Mark Tommerdahl (special teams coordinator/running backs), Dominik Eberle, Emmett Odegard, Aaron Dalton, Derek Epperson (special teams volunteer assistant).
Front Row (L-R): Uani ‘Unga (defensive administrative assistant), Brandon Howard (assistant strength and conditioning coach), Gustavo Manzanares (defensive graduate assistant), Aman Anand (defensive graduate assistant), Kendrick Shaver (co-defensive coordinator/outside linebackers), Derek Epperson (special teams volunteer assistant), Joey Bergles (assistant strength and conditioning coach), Naufahu Tahi (offensive administrative assistant), Jamison Jones (offensive volunteer coach), Brad Kragthorpe (offensive graduate assistant), John Cannova (offensive graduate assistant), Stacy Collins (inside linebackers). Back Row (L-R): James Blackburn (strength and conditioning graduate assistant), Dave Scholz (head strength coach), Luke Wells (tight ends/inside receivers/recruiting coordinator), Julius Brown (defensive backs), Mark Tommerdahl (special teams coordinator/running backs), Jovon Bouknight (outside recievers), Matt Wells (head coach), David Yost (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks), Waqa Damuni (assistant AD for football operations), Jared Russell (director of player personnel), Frank Maile (assistant head coach/co-defensive coordinator/defensive line), Steve Farmer (offensive line), Derek Owings (strength and conditioning graduate assistant).
AGGIE TEAM INSIDE LINEBACKERS
OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
Front Row (L-R): Patrick Lee Miranda, Chasen Andersen, Mason Gajkowski, Alex Huerta, Ofa Latu. Back Row (L-R): Uani ‘Unga (defensive administrative assistant), Kevin Meitzenheimer, Chase Christiansen, Mason Tobeck, Sialao Mobley, Suli Tamaivena, Stacy Collins (inside linebackers).
(L-R): Justus Te’i, David Woodward, Dalton Baker, Derek Larsen, Kendrick Shaver (codefensive coordinator/outside linebackers), Braden Harris, Louy Compton, Jamaal Evans, Maika Magalei.
DEFENSIVE LINE
DEFENSIVE BACKS
Front Row (L-R): Jake Pitcher, Jacoby Wildman, Ritisoni Fata, Mohelika Uasike, Nami Tuitu’u, Ian Togiai, Gasetoto Schuster. Back Row (L-R): Frank Maile (assistant head coach/co-defensive coordinator/defensive line), Devon Anderson, Caden Andersen, Logan Lee, Connor Meyers, Jake Templeton, Adewale Adeoye, Christopher ‘Unga, Aman Anand (defensive graduate assistant).
Front Row (L-R): Cameron Haney, Chase Nelson, Deante Fortenberry, Jarrod Green, Braxton Gunther, Gaje Ferguson, Dallin Leavitt, Andre Grayson, Stegan Garner, Zahodri Jackson. Back Row (L-R): Gustavo Manzanares (defensive graduate assistant), Baron Gajkowski, Chance Parker, Ja’Marcus Ingram, Wesley Bailey, Aaron Wade, Jontrell Rocquemore, Jalen Davis, Julius Brown (defensive backs).
OFFENSIVE LINE
CAPTAINS
Front Row (L-R): Quin Ficklin, Demytrick Ali’ifua, Moroni Iniguez, Rob Castaneda, Wyatt O’Banion, McCord Meyers, Chandler Dolphin, Cody Boyer. Back Row (L-R): Steve Farmer (offensive line), Andrew Chen, Preston Brooksby, KJ Uluave, Jarom Ioane, Alfred Edwards, Sean Taylor, Roman Andrus, Ty Shaw, Viliamu McMoore, John Cannova (offensive graduate assistant).
Front Row (L-R): Gasetoto Schuster, Baron Gajkowski, Jacoby Wildman, DJ Nelson, Dallin Leavitt, Jalen Davis, Tonny Lindsey Jr., LaJuan Hunt, Gaje Ferguson, Christopher ‘Unga. Back Row (L-R): Chase Christiansen, Justus Te’i, Dax Raymond, Derek Larsen, Matt Wells (head coach), Quin Ficklin, Kent Myers, Jontrell Rocquemore, Damion Hobbs, Demytrick Ali’ifua. Not Pictured: Ian Togiai
USU SUPPORT STAFF SPORTS MEDICINE
EQUIPMENT MANAGERS
Front Row (L-R): Leah Dunagan, Becka Owens, Sonia DelBusso, Emily Teson, Megan Bigler, Carley Bishop, Laura McLane. Back Row (L-R): Caleigh Goode, Stephan Lowry, Alex Kearn, Mike Williams, Dr. Tye Harrison, Garrison Chan, Brandon Wells.
Front Row (L-R): Nick Chronister, Brandon Burger, Ryan Corbett, Payton Price, Brady Mikkelsen. Back Row (L-R): Mike Bair, LA Norton, Adam Woodmansee, Spencer Hohman, Hayley Sharkey, Steve Wiley. Not Pictured: James Bell.
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
(L-R): Derek Owings, Joey Bergles, Dave Scholz, Brandon Howard, James Blackburn.
VIDEO
Front Row (L-R): Tanner Droubay, Jordan Campbell, Jacob Boxx, Sadie Andreasen, Kylee Horsley, Zeb Burdick, Trevor Naumann. Back Row(L-R): Dillon Hutchins, Ben Steele, Landon Droubay, Bill Garren, Taylor Ford, Adam Moore, Daniel Magalogo.
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ADMINISTRATION NOELLE E. COCKETT
JOHN HARTWELL
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT/ATHLETICS DIRECTOR
Noelle E. Cockett was appointed as Utah State University’s 16th President in October 2016, beginning her official tenure in January 2017. She is USU’s first female president and the only female president with Utah’s higher education system. Since becoming president, Cockett has worked to improve the mission and vision of the university. The dedicated and award-winning faculty at USU are scholar-educators who have shared a commitment to teaching excellence and rigorous research to help students succeed. In March 2017, Jake Christensen and Thomas Hill were named 2017 Goldwater Scholars, and fellow undergraduate A. J. Walters, received an honorable mention, in the prestigious national competition that recognizes outstanding achievements in science and mathematics. Cockett has also been working to improve the facilities students enjoy as part of their education. In April, she was proud to be a part of the ground-breaking for the new Life Sciences building on the Logan campus that will benefit students in more than 30 majors taking foundational biology classroom and lab courses housed in the new facility. As always, friends, alumni and donors of the university contribute to the livelihood of USU. In early May 2017, the university announced a major expansion of the highly selective Huntsman Scholar Program and the launch of the Center of Growth and Opportunity thanks to a joint $50 million gift to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business from the Huntsman Foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation. The joint gift is the largest in the school’s history and enables the university to continue fostering innovative research and teaching to improve lives and communities. Prior to being named Utah State’s President, Cockett was serving as Executive Vice President and Provost at USU and has held that position since 2013. Prior to that, she served USU as Vice President for Extension from 2006 to 2013; Dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences from 2002 to 2013; and Director of the Utah Agriculture Experiment Station from 2009 to 2013. Cockett has built a distinguished career in sheep genomics research, maintaining an active research program even while serving in various leadership positions at Utah State University. Her research program has centered on the identification of genetic markers associated with economically important traits in sheep, as well as the development of resources that advance research on the sheep genome. Cockett and her colleagues published an article describing the sheep genome sequence in Science in 2014. Her current project focuses on the identification of genetic regions associated with entropion in newborn lambs. Cockett has served as the United States coordinator for sheep genome mapping since 1993 and is an active member of the International Sheep Genomics Consortium. As an active researcher, Cockett has received many awards and accolades throughout her career including a Young Scientist Award from the Western Section of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS), the Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology (2004 and 2015) and one of USU’s top honors, the D. Wynne Thorne Research Award. After receiving her master’s and doctorate in animal breeding and genetics from Oregon State University in 1983 and 1985, respectively, Cockett spent five years as a research geneticist at the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska. She joined Utah State University in 1990 as a researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. Cockett, who earned her bachelor’s degree from Montana State in animal science in 1980, grew up on a beef cattle ranch in eastern Montana and is married to John Cockett, Director of Technology in USU’s Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Noelle and John have two children, Dylan and Chantelle.
Since being named Vice President and Director of Athletics at Utah State on June 2, 2015, John Hartwell has cast his vision for Aggie Athletics, which embodies maximum effort academically, athletically and socially to ensure success in both the classroom and on the fields of competition. Hartwell has also focused on maximizing and increasing the department’s revenue streams, along with planning for future facility renovations, which includes Maverik Stadium and the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. In his brief time at Utah State, Hartwell has already rebranded the fundraising arm of Utah State Athletics with the creation of Aggies Unlimited, which puts all giving under one umbrella. Utah State also entered into a new partnership with the Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment Group to be its flagship radio station for Aggie Athletics, which gives USU additional advertising opportunities throughout Cache Valley and the Wasatch Front, in addition to more control over each broadcast. Additionally, Hartwell has overseen the completion of the $36 million, 85,000-square foot West Stadium Center on the west side of Maverik Stadium, which includes 24 luxury suites, 20 loge boxes, over 700 covered club seats and a premium club area that is also used to host a studentathlete training table. Renovations also included new video boards on both the north and south ends of the stadium, along with a new public address system, while major concourse work significantly increased restrooms and upgraded concessions. Under Hartwell’s leadership, Utah State has seen unparalleled athletic success during the past two academic years, highlighted by its men’s tennis program winning the school’s first Mountain West regular season and tournament championships since joining the Conference in 2013. In fact, men’s tennis has won back-to-back regular season championships the past two years, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament as a team in 2017 for the first time in program history as it finished the season with a schoolrecord 23 wins and a final national ranking of No. 45. Aggie softball has also seen increased success over the past two seasons as they finished the 2017 campaign with a 33-18 record, including a 14-9 Mountain West mark, and advanced to the National Softball Invitational, marking the program’s first postseason appearance since 1993. In fact, those 33 overall wins and 14 league victories are its most since 1996, as USU finished the 2017 season tied for third place in the league. Other Utah State sports that have excelled the past two seasons in the Mountain West include its men’s track & field programs, as they finished second at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships in 2016, and third at both championships during the 2017 academic year. Additionally, USU’s football program played in a school-record fifth-straight bowl game in 2016. Even more impressive is Utah State’s continued successes by its studentathletes in the classroom as they have an 89 percent graduation success rate, which is the highest in the Mountain West, and a cumulative 3.196 grade-point average. During the 2016-17 academic year, USU had 148 student-athletes earn academic all-Mountain West honors, while 105 were named Mountain West Scholar-Athletes. Additionally, USU recognized 195 student-athletes at its annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Luncheon for earning a 3.2 or better GPA. Hartwell came to Utah State after spending three years as the Athletics Director at Troy and nine years as the Senior Executive Associate Athletics Director at the University of Mississippi, along with athletic administration stints at Georgia State and at his alma mater, The Citadel. Hartwell, a 1987 graduate of The Citadel, is married to Dr. Heather Seale Hartwell, and they have two daughters, Lauren (8) and Madison (5). Hartwell also has a 25-year old son, Hunter, a Vanderbilt graduate who works for Deloitte Consulting.
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® OFFENSE POS NO PLAYER HT WT YR EXP X-WR 1 Ron’quavion Tarver 6-3 215 Jr. 1L 17 Zach Van Leeuwen 6-0 185 Jr. 2L -or- 88 Braelon Roberts 6-3 200 Sr. 3L H-WR 16 Jordan Nathan 5-9 175 R-Fr. RS -or- 25 Gerold Bright 5-9 190 So. 1L 83 Aaren Vaughns 5-8 185 Jr. JC LT 76 Roman Andrus 6-4 300 Jr. JC 77 Viliamu McMoore 6-5 305 R-Fr. RS LG 68 Moroni Iniguez 6-2 330 So. JC 75 Ty Shaw 6-4 300 R-Fr. RS C 51 Quin Ficklin 6-2 290 Jr. TR 69 Jake Templeton 6-2 280 Jr. SQ RG 70 Rob Castaneda 6-4 300 Jr. JC
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58 Demytrick Ali’ifua 6-3 310 R-Fr. RS RT 52 Sean Taylor 6-5 305 R-Jr. JC 73 Preston Brooksby 6-5 290 Sr. 1L Y-TE 87 Dax Raymond 6-5 245 R-So.1L 11 Damion Hobbs 6-2 245 Sr. 2L 86 Carson Terrell 6-4 235 Fr. HS Z-WR 5 Jaren Colston-Green 6-1 185 Sr. 2L 7 Alex Byers 6-2 185 Sr. 1L -or- 81 Savon Scarver 6-0 190 Fr. HS -or- 14 Chad Artist 6-2 190 So. 1L RB 21 LaJuan Hunt 5-8 195 Sr. 3L 4 Tonny Lindsey Jr. 5-9 195 Sr. 2L 34 Justen Hervey 5-10 215 Jr. 2L 22 Eltoro Allen 5-9 180 Jr. JC QB 2 Kent Myers 6-0 205 Sr. 3L 10 Jordan Love 6-3 215 R-Fr. RS 18 DJ Nelson 5-9 200 Jr. 2L
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NO PLAYER HT WT YR EXP 19 Ian Togiai 6-2 280 Sr. 3L 55 Adewale Adeoye 6-3 270 Jr. 1L 91 Devon Anderson 6-1 285 So. JC 56 Gasetoto Schuster 6-0 295 Jr. 2L 96 Christopher ‘Unga 6-0 300 So. 1L 90 Ritisoni Fata 6-1 280 R-Fr. RS 93 Jacoby Wildman 6-2 265 So. 1L 99 Mohelika Uasike 6-1 300 So. 1L 54 Nami Tuitu’u 6-2 290 Fr. HS 44 Louy Compton 6-3 230 Jr. JC 49 Derek Larsen 6-3 240 Jr. 2L 9 David Woodward 6-2 220 Fr. RS 42 Suli Tamaivena 6-0 230 Jr. JC 33 Kevin Meitzenheimer 5-11 225 R-Fr. RS 48 Chase Christiansen 6-1 230 Jr. 1L 40 Ofa Latu 6-1 220 Jr. JC 46 Mason Tobeck 6-2 225 So. 1L 51 Justus Te’i 6-3 240 So. 1L 24 Dalton Baker 6-4 255 So. 1L 39 Maika Magalei 6-2 220 Fr. HS 13 Jalen Davis 5-10 185 Sr. 3L 6 Cameron Haney 5-11 180 So. 1L
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IDAHO STATE OFFENSE POS NO PLAYER HT WR 2 Mitch Gueller 6-3 80 Tanner Conner 6-3 WR 20 Michael Dean 5-6 11 Trey Bell 5-9 T 66 Brian Fineanganofo 6-6 53 Jack Tufuno 6-4 G 75 Jacob Molenaar 6-4 74 Carson Sutherland 6-3 C 58 Dallen Collins 6-2 79 Dakota Wilson 6-6 RG 71 Skyler Phillips 6-2 68 Chris Miedema 6-4 T 77 Chase Collins 6-5
WT 200 180 155 165 295 275 335 305 285 295 315 305 295
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IDAHO STATE DEFENSE Pos. No. Player HT WT YR DE 85 Rasheed Williams 6-1 275 R-So. 52 Micah Breland 6-1 245 R-Sr. T 96 Trevon Aloi 6-1 330 Jr. 95 TJ Togiai 6-0 315 R-So. T 94 JonRhyeem Peoples 6-5 320 R-Sr. 93 Daniel Heck 6-2 295 R-So. DE 87 Chance Salutregui 6-5 245 R-So. 37 Tate Razor 6-4 227 R-Jr. LB 25 Joe Martin 6-0 210 R-Jr. 45 Oshea Trujillo 5-11 210 R-Fr. LB 44 Christian Holland 6-0 225 R-Jr. 38 Kody Graves 6-1 225 R-So. LB 47 Mario Jenkins 6-1 245 R-Sr. 31 Kennon Smith 6-1 208 So. S 12 Adkin Aquirre 5-10 180 R-So. 17 Tucker Louie-McGee 5-11 180 R-Jr. S 22 Nikko Hayes 5-11 200 R-Jr. 9 Atoa Fox 6-1 208 R-Fr. CB 21 Brandon Monroe 6-0 170 So. 15 Koby Lowe 6-0 193 R-Jr. CB 1 Anthony Ricks 5-8 170 Jr. 5 Caleb Brown 5-10 175 So.
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IDAHO STATE SPECIAL TEAMS Pos. No. Player HT K 18 Parker Johnson 5-9 18 Sean Cheney 6-2 P 18 Sean Cheney 6-2 18 Parker Johnson 5-9 LS 50 Andrew Burtenshaw 6-2 57 Ryan Gray 6-1
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ADAMS, TYWAYNE
32 | RB
ADEOYE, ADEWALE ALI’IFUA, DEMYTRICK
ALLEN, ELTORO
ANDERSEN, CADEN
ANDERSEN, CHASEN
ARTIST, CHAD
BAILEY, WESLEY
BAKER, DALTON
BOMAN, TRAVIS
BROOKSBY, PRESTON
BYERS, ALEX
CASTANEDA, ROB
CHEN, ANDREW
55 | DE
58 | OL
ANDERSON, DEVON
ANDRUS, ROMAN
BOYER, CODY
BRIGHT, GEROLD
CHRISTIANSEN, CHASE
COLES, CONNOR
91 | DE
78 | OL
48 | LB
76 | OL
25 | WR
59 | PK
14 | WR
73 | OL
22 | RB
8 | CB
7 | WR
94 | DE
24 | LB
70 | OL
COLOMBI, HENRY COLSTON-GREEN, JAREN COMPTON, LOUY
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5 | WR
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44 | LB
10 | LB
89 | TE
55 | OL
COMPTON, TAYLOR
84 | WR
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DALTON, AARON
DAVIS, JALEN
EVANS, JAMAAL
FATA, RITISONI
FERGUSON, GAJE
FICKLIN, QUIN
GAJKOWSKI, MASON
GARNER, STEGAN
GRAYSON, ANDRE
GREEN, JARROD
HARRIS, BRADEN
HERVEY, JUSTEN
HOBBS, DAMION
HUERTA, ALEX
82 | WR
18 | LB
38 | LB
53 | LB
89 | P
90 | NG
41 | CB
34 | RB
13 | CB
DOLPHIN, CHANDLER EBERLE, DOMINIK
74 | OL
23 | BS
30 | CB
11 | TE
51 | OL
37 | CB
12 | LB
62 | PK
EDWARDS, ALFRED
72 | OL
FORTENBERRY, DEANTE GAJKOWSKI, BARON
27 | CB
15 | S
GUNTHER, BRAXTON
HANEY, CAMERON
32 | S
HUNT, LAJUAN
21 | RB
6 | CB
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36 | CB
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INIGUEZ, MORONI
IOANE, JAROM
JACKSON, ZAHODRI
LARSEN, DEREK
LARSON, ZACH
LATU, OFA
LEAVITT, DALLIN
LEE, LOGAN
LEE, ZACH
LINDSEY, JR., TONNY
LOVE, JORDAN
MAGALEI, MAIKA
MEYERS, McCORD
MILLER, TRE
NELSON, CHASE
NELSON, DJ
68 | OL
2 | BS
McGUIRE, CONNOR
39 | WR
64 | OL
47 | DE
98 | P
49 | LB
4 | RB
McMOORE, VILIAMU MEITZENHEIMER, KEVIN MEYERS, CONNOR
77 | OL
MIRANDA, PATRICK LEE MOBLEY, SIALAO
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31 | CB
43 | LB
33 | LB
98 | DL
MYERS, KENT
NATHAN, JORDAN
2 | QB
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10 | QB
79 | OL
26 | S
40 | LB
39 | LB
20 | RB
12 | QB
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O’BANION, WYATT
PARKER, CHANCE
PTICHER, JAKE
RAYMOND, DAX
ROBERTS, BRAELON ROCQUEMORE, JONTRELL SCARVER, SAVON
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SHAW, TY
SMITH, MICHAEL
SPRADLING, DYLAN
SWENSON, ZACH
TAMAIVENA, SULI
TARVER, RON’QUAVION
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TE’I, JUSTUS
TEMPLETON, JAKE
TERRELL, CARSON
THORNOCK, TYLER
TOBECK, MASON
TOGIAI, IAN
TUITU’U, NAMI
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88 | WR
80 | WR
69 | OL
ODEGARD, EMMETT
50 | LS
3 | FS
29 | BS
86 | TE
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57 | LS
81 | WR
42 | LB
95 | TE
34 | S
56 | NG
1 | WR
46 | LB
97 | DE
75 | OL
52 | OL
19 | DE
87 | TE
60 | PK
51 | LB
54 | DL
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UASIKE, MOHELIKA
ULUAVE, KJ
WALKER, JR., MORIAN
WILDMAN, JACOBY
99 | NG
29 | RB
66 | OL
93 | DE
‘UNGA, CHRISTOPHER VAN LEEUWEN, ZACH
96 | NG
17 | WR
WOODS, EMERSON
WOODWARD, DAVID
85 | TE
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VAUGHNS, AAREN
83 | WR
WADE, AARON
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UTAH STATE FOOTBALL No. Name
Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp.
Hometown (High School/Last School)
1 Ron’quavion Tarver
WR 6-3 215 Jr. 1L
Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central HS/Fort Scott CC)
2 Dallin Leavitt
BS 5-10 205 Sr. 1L
Portland Ore. (Central Catholic HS/BYU)
2 Kent Myers
QB 6-0 205 Sr. 3L
Rowlett, Texas (Sachse HS)
3 Henry Colombi
QB 6-2 195 Fr. HS
Hollywood, Fla. (Chamindae Madonna College Prep)
3 Jontrell Rocquemore
FS 6-1 210 Jr. 2L
McKinney, Texas (McKinney HS)
4 Tonny Lindsey Jr.
RB 5-9 195 Sr. 2L
Long Beach, Calif. (Woodrow Wilson HS/Cerritos JC)
5 Jaren Colston-Green WR 6-1 185 Sr. 2L
Tallahassee, Fla. (Leon HS/Arizona Western JC)
6 Cameron Haney
CB 5-11 180 So. 1L
Los Angeles, Calif. (Cathedral HS)
7 Alex Byers
WR 6-2 185 Sr. 1L
Riverview, Fla. (Spoto HS/Antelope Valley JC)
8 Wesley Bailey
CB 6-1 200 Sr. 1L
Huntsville, Ala. (J.O. Johnson HS/Eastern Arizona CC)
9 David Woodward
LB 6-2 220 Fr. RS
Olympia, Wash. (Olympia HS)
10 Chasen Andersen
LB 5-11 225 Jr. 1L
Logan, Utah (Logan HS/Wisconsin)
10 Jordan Love
QB 6-3 215 Fr. RS
Bakersfield, Calif. (Liberty HS) Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill HS/Oregon) Wellsville, Utah (Mountain Crest HS)
No. Name
Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp.
Hometown (High School/Last School)
46 Mason Tobeck
LB 6-2 225 So. 1L
Puyallup, Wash. (Cascade Christian HS)
47 Logan Lee
DE 6-3 260 Fr. RS
Rexburg, Idaho (Madison HS)
48 Chase Christiansen
LB 6-1 230 Jr. 1L
Stansbury, Utah (Stansbury HS)
49 Derek Larsen
LB 6-3 240 Jr. 2L
Logan, Utah (Logan HS)
50 Emmett Odegard
LS 6-1 220 Sr. 1L
Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich HS/Nassau CC)
51 Quin Ficklin
OL 6-2 290 Jr. TR
Mesa, Ariz. (Red Mountain HS/BYU)
51 Justus Te’i
LB 6-3 240 So. 1L
Oceanside, Calif. (Mission Hills HS)
52 Sean Taylor
OL 6-5 305 Jr. RS
Vallejo, Calif. (Valley HS/Laney College)
53 Braden Harris
LB 6-3 235 So. SQ
Gunnison, Utah (Gunnison Valley HS)
54 Nami Tuitu’u
DL 6-2 290 Fr. HS
Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa HS)
55 Adewale Adeoye
DE 6-3 270 Jr. 1L
St. Louis, Mo. (Ritenour HS)
55 Andrew Chen
OL 6-4 290 Sr. SQ
Calabasas, Calif. (Chaminade College Prep)
56 Gasetoto Schuster
NG 6-0 295 Jr. 2L
Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS)
57 Brandon Pada
LS 5-10 205 Fr. RS
Glendale, Ariz. (Mountain Ridge HS
58 Demytrick Ali’ifua
OL 6-3 310 Fr. RS
San Leandro, Calif. (San Leandro HS) Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS)
11 Damion Hobbs 12 Alex Huerta
TE 6-2 245 Sr. 2L LB 6-3 235 Sr. 2L
12 DJ Nelson
QB 5-9 200 Jr. 2L
Logan, Utah (Logan HS)
59 Connor Coles
PK 6-1 185 Fr. HS
13 Jalen Davis
CB 5-10 185 Sr. 3L
La Mesa, Calif. (Helix HS)
60 Michael Smith
PK 5-10 190 So. HS
Highland, Utah (Lone Peak HS)
14 Chad Artist
WR 6-2 190 So. 1L
Logan, Utah (Logan HS)
61 Wyatt O’Banion
OL 6-1 275 Fr. HS
Dos Palos, Calif. (Dos Palos HS)
62 Dominik Eberle
PK 6-2 180 So. SQ
Nuremberg, Germany (Redondo Union (CA) HS)
64 Jarom Ioane
OL 6-6 360 Sr. 1L
Bountiful, Utah (Bountiful HS)
66 KJ Uluave
OL 6-4 305 Jr. 1L
Laie, Hawaii (Kahuku HS) Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS/Snow JC)
15 Baron Gajkowski
S 6-1 205 Fr. RS
Alpine, Utah (Lone Peak HS)
15 Zach Larson
QB 5-9 185 So. JC
Orem, Utah (Timpanogas HS/Snow JC)
16 Jordan Nathan
WR 5-9 175 Fr. RS
Monrovia, Calif. (Monrovia HS)
17 Zach Van Leeuwen
WR 6-0 185 Jr. 2L
Provo, Utah (Timpview HS)
68 Moroni Iniguez
OL 6-2 330 So. JC
18 Jamaal Evans
LB 6-3 225 Fr. HS
Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial HS)
69 Jake Templeton
OL 6-2 280 Jr. SQ
Boise, Idaho (Timberline HS/Boise State)
19 Ian Togiai
DE 6-2 280 Sr. 3L
West Valley City, Utah (Hunter HS)
70 Rob Castaneda
OL 6-4 300 Jr. JC
Round Rock, Texas (Round Rock HS/Ellsworth CC)
20 Tre Miller
RB 6-1 215 Fr. HS
St. George, Utah (Dixie HS)
72 Alfred Edwards
OL 6-7 310 Fr. HS
Redlands, Calif. (Redlands Senior HS
20 Patrick Lee Miranda 21 LaJuan Hunt
LB 5-10 220 Sr. 1L RB 5-8 195 Sr. 3L
Pawtucket, R.I. (St. Raphael Academy/Chabot JC) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (University HS)
73 Preston Brooksby 74 Chandler Dolphin
OL 6-5 290 Sr. 1L OL 6-3 295 Fr. HS
Peoria, Ariz. (Sunrise Mountain HS/Glendale CC) Sandy, Utah (Alta HS)
75 Ty Shaw
OL 6-4 300 Fr. RS
South Jordan, Utah (Herriman HS)
76 Roman Andrus
OL 6-4 300 Jr. JC
El Dorado Hills, Calif. (Oakridge HS/Snow College)
77 Viliamu McMoore
OL 6-5 305 Fr. RS
Kapolei, Hawaii (Kapolei HS)
78 Cody Boyer
OL 6-5 285 Jr. 1L
St. George, Utah (Pineview HS)
22 Eltoro Allen
RB 5-9 180 Jr. JC
Elk Grove, Calif. (Elk Grove HS/Riverside CC)
23 Gaje Ferguson
BS 6-0 210 Jr. 1L
Mendon, Utah (Mountain Crest HS/Snow College)
24 Dalton Baker
LB 6-4 255 So. 1L
Payson, Utah (Payson HS)
25 Gerold Bright
WR 5-9 190 So. 1L
Pensacola, Fla. (Escambia HS)
26 Chase Nelson
S 5-9 195 Fr. HS
Logan, Utah (Logan HS)
79 McCord Meyers
OL 6-4 300 Fr. HS
McLean, Va. (McLean HS)
27 Deante Fortenberry
CB 5-11 195 Jr. JC
Oakland, Calif. (Pittsburg HS/CC of San Francisco)
80 Dylan Spradling
WR 5-11 185 So. JC
Parker, Colo. (Ponderosa HS/Grossmont JC)
28 Aaron Wade
BS 6-1 210 Jr. 2L
Lithia, Fla. (Newsome HS)
81 Savon Scarver
WR 6-0 190 Fr. HS
Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial HS)
29 Zach Swenson
BS 5-11 190 Fr. RS
Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS)
82 Preston Curtis
WR 5-10 180 Fr. HS
Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS)
29 Morian Walker Jr.
RB 6-1 205 Fr. RS
San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian HS)
83 Aaren Vaughns
WR 5-8 185 Jr. JC
Altadena, Calif. (Charter Oak HS/Mt. San Antonio JC)
30 Andre Grayson
CB 5-8 150 Fr. HS
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Etiwanda HS)
84 Taylor Compton
WR 5-8 175 Fr. RS
Logan, Utah (Logan HS)
31 Zahodri Jackson
CB 5-10 165 Fr. HS
Sarasota, Fla. (Riverview HS)
85 Emerson Woods
TE 6-5 255 Jr. JC
Sandy, Utah (Brighton HS/Snow College)
32 Tywayne Adams
RB 5-8 180 Jr. JC
Patterson, Calif. (Patterson HS/San Joaquin Delta JC)
86 Carson Terrell
TE 6-4 235 Fr. HS
Lehi, Utah (Lehi HS)
32 Braxton Gunther S 5-10 185 Fr. RS 33 Kevin Meitzenheimer LB 5-11 225 Fr. RS
Woods Cross, Utah (Woods Cross HS) Moreno Valley, Calif. (Moreno Valley HS)
87 Dax Raymond
TE 6-5 245 R-So.1L
Provo, Utah (Timpview HS)
88 Braelon Roberts
WR 6-3 200 Sr. 3L
Dallas, Texas (Bishop Dunne HS)
34 Justen Hervey
RB 5-10 215 Jr. 2L
Beaumont, Texas (Westbrook HS)
89 Travis Boman
TE 6-4 240 Fr. RS
Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS)
34 Chance Parker
S 6-1 200 So. SQ
Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS)
89 Aaron Dalton
P 6-4 225 Jr. 2L
Bountiful, Utah (Viewmont HS)
36 Ja’Marcus Ingram
CB 6-1 185 Fr. RS
Dallas, Texas (South Oak Cliff HS)
37 Jarrod Green
CB 5-11 175 Fr. HS
Elk Grove, Calif. (Cosumnes Oaks HS)
90 Ritisoni Fata 91 Devon Anderson
NG 6-1 280 Fr. RS DE 6-1 285 So. JC
Redlands, Calif. (East Valley HS) Baltimore, Md. (Overlea HS/Dodge City CC)
38 Mason Gajkowski
LB 6-1 225 So. SQ
Sandy, Utah (Jordan HS)
93 Jacoby Wildman
DE 6-2 265 So. 1L
Logan, Utah (Logan HS)
39 Maika Magalei
LB 6-2 220 Fr. HS
Lakewood, Wash. (Lakes HS)
39 Connor McGuire 40 Ofa Latu
WR 5-11 185 Sr. SQ LB 6-1 220 Jr. JC
Roy, Utah (Roy HS/Snow College) Provo, Utah (Timpview HS/Snow College)
94 Caden Andersen 95 Tyler Thornock
DE 6-2 280 Fr. RS TE 6-6 245 So. RS
Logan, Utah (Logan HS) Missoula, Mont. (Big Sky HS)
96 Christopher ‘Unga
NG 6-0 300 So. 1L
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS)
41 Stegan Garner
CB 5-11 190 So. HS
Declo, Idaho (Declo HS)
97 Jake Pitcher
DE 6-3 250 Fr. RS
Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS)
42 Suli Tamaivena
LB 6-0 230 Jr. JC
Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS/Mt. San Antonio JC)
98 Zach Lee
P 5-11 195 So. SQ
Cleveland, Tenn. (Cleveland HS)
43 Sialao Mobley
LB 6-2 220 So. TR
Herriman, Utah (Herriman HS/BYU)
98 Connor Meyers
DL 6-5 260 R-Fr. TR
McLean, Va. (McLean HS/Southern Utah)
44 Louy Compton
LB 6-3 230 Jr. JC
Waterford, Mich. (Waterford Mott HS/Ellsworth CC)
99 Mohelika Uasike
NG 6-1 300 So. 1L
Euless, Texas (L.D. Bell HS)
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Chris Reynolds Jr. Anthony Ricks Mitch Gueller Tanner Gueller Jayson Miller Caleb Brown Hagen Graves Matt Peterson Justin Dorsey Atoa Fox Isaiah Walter Trey Bell Adkin Aguirre Gunnar Amos Tristan Beard Mike Goggin Kory Garcia Drew Cash Koby Lowe Robert Kvinsland Jrue Perkins Tucker Louie-McGee Sean Cheney Parker Johnson Michael Dean Brandon Monroe Nikko Hayes James Madison Ty Flanagan Joe Martin Alex Espinoza Kieran Yancey Andy Whittier Brock Davis Nehamiah McFarlin Trey Green Kennon Smith Bryson Toles Lonell Woodhouse Alvin Delve Zak Johnson Tate Razor Kody Graves Mason Farnsworth Aren Manu Luke Holloway Christian Holland Oshea Trujillo Austin Campbell Mario Jenkins Zach Wright Colton Belnap Andrew Burtenshaw Paea Moala
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IDAHO STATE FOOTBALL
Hometown (High School/Last School)
Lakewood, Wash./Foss HS San Marcos, Calif./Valley Center HS Rochester, Wash./WF West Rochester, Wash./WF West HS San Dimas, Calif./Baldwin Park HS Ravensdale, Wash./Tahoma HS Nampa, Idaho/Skyview HS Blackfoot, Idaho/Blackfoot HS Cathedral City, Calif./Santa Ana College Chula Vista, Calif./Bonita Vista HS Yakima, Wash./Davis HS Meridian, Idaho/Mountain View HS Brawley, Calif./Brawley HS Coeur d’Alene, Idaho/Idaho University Place, Wash./Curtis HS Couer d’Alene, Idaho/Ventura College Anaheim, Calif./Golden West Murray, Utah/Murray HS Bellflower, Calif./Mater Dei HS Gig Harbor, Wash./Peninsula HS Layton, Utah/Northridge HS Coeur d’Alene, Idaho/Lake City HS Jonesboro, Georgia/Jonesboro HS Meridian, Idaho/Nampa Christian HS Chaffey, Calif./Upland, Calif. San Mateo, Calif./Junipero Serra HS Lompoc, Calif./Lompoc HS Banning, Calif./Banning HS Las Vegas, Nev./Mojave HS Spanaway, Wash./Spanaway HS Salt Lake City, Utah/West HS Pacoima, Calif./Oregon State Pocatello, Idaho/Century HS Idaho Falls, Idaho/Skyline HS Mission Hills, Calif./Mission Hills HS Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Ranch HS Fruitland, Idaho/Fruitland HS Reno, Nev./Damonte Ranch HS Cerritos, Calif./Nevada Naples, Florida/Gulf Coast HS Meridian, Idaho/Nampa Christian HS Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue Christian HS Nampa, Idaho/Skyview HS Emmett, Idaho/Emmett HS Pocatello, Idaho/Highland HS El Cajon, Calif./Helix HS Bellflower, Calif./Colorado Mesa Seattle, Wash./Bishop Balanchet HS Blackfoot, Idaho/Blackfoot HS Nampa, Idaho/Columbia HS Kimberly, Idaho/Kimberley Pocatello, Idaho/Pocatello HS Pocatello, Idaho/Pocatello HS Reno, Nev./Butte College
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Micah Breland Jack Tufono Mason Jackson Tristan Cano DJ Hagler Ryan Gray Dallen Collins Dane Kordopatis Jake Wilkerson Garrett Smith Brian Fineanganofo Chris Miedema Skyler Phillips Kelton Simons Carson Sutherland Jacob Molenaar Chase Collins Caleb Eldred Dakota Wilson Tanner Conner Isaiah Brimmer Tracey Reynolds Jake Johnson Rasheed Williams Taylor Pearson Chance Salutregui Nate Page Nate Shubert Chase Downs Clark Jeppesen Daniel Heck JonRhyeem Peoples TJ Togiai Treven Aloi Raemo Trevino Hunter Eborn Anthony Posada
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R-Sr. 6-1 Fr. 6-4 R-So. 6-1 R-So. 6-2 Fr. 6-0 Jr. 6-1 So. 6-2 R.FR 6-2 Fr. 6-2 R. So. 6-7 R-Jr. 6-6 R-Jr. 6-4 R. Sr. 6-2 R. So. 6-2 R. Fr. 6-3 So. 6-4 R-Sr. 6-5 Fr. 6-5 R-So. 6-6 R. Fr. 6-3 Fr. 6-5 Fr. 6-4 R. Fr. 6-6 R. So. 6-1 Fr. 6-1 R-So. 6-5 So. 6-3 R. Fr. 6-3 Fr. 6-2 R-Jr. 6-4 R-So. 6-2 R-Sr. 6-5 R-So. 6-0 Jr. 6-1 R. Fr. 6-0 Fr. 6-3 Fr. 6-0
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Hometown (High School/Last School)
Tuwila, Wash./Foster HS Aiea, Hawaii/Punahou HS Pasco, Wash./Richland HS Rigby, Idaho/Rigby HS Middleton, Idaho/Middleton HS Auburn, Calif./Sierra College Caldwell, Idaho/Valley View HS Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly Meridian, Idaho/Rocky Mountain HS Shelley, Idaho/Shelley HS Los Angeles, Calif./Paramount HS Everett, Wash./Everett HS Eugene, Ore./Churchill HS Pocatello, Idaho/Pocatello HS LaCosta, Calif./LaCosta Canyon HS Boise, Idaho/Capital HS Mead, Wash./Mead HS Washougal, Wash./Camas HS St. Anthony, Idaho /South Fremont HS Kent, Wash./Kentridge HS Kennewick, Wash./Kamiakin HS Lakewood, Wash./Lakes HS Kuna, Idaho/Kuna HS Buena Park, Calif./Mater Dei HS Blackfoot, Idaho/Blackfoot HS Nampa, Idaho/Skyview HS Pocatello, Idaho/Highland HS Mulkiteo, Wash./Kamiak HS Caldwell, Idaho/Middleton HS Garland, Utah/Utah State Emmett, Idaho/Emmett HS Rigby, Idaho/BYU Blackfoot, Idaho/Carroll College Murray, Utah/Murray HS Seattle, Wash./Ballard HS Pocatello, Idaho/Highland HS Chula Vista, Calif./Bonita Vista HS
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2017 UTAH STATE VOLLEYBALL SEASON OUTLOOK
(L-R): Tasia Taylor, Gabbi Shumway, Bailey Downing, Rachel Gale-Hammond, Carly Lenzen, Kayla DeCoursey, Ashley Wesenberg, Lauren O’Brien, Ashlee Thornock, Lauren Anderson, Jaysa Funk, Ally Packard, Kassidy Johnson. When it comes to the 2017 Utah State volleyball season, 12th-year head coach Grayson DuBose has a common theme with his players: match experience. The match experience begins with the backline with returning defensive specialist Tasia Taylor, who will take on the role of libero this coming fall, following the graduation of two-year starter Hannah Gleason. Taylor has appeared in every match for the Aggies during her first two years and has not missed a set, playing in all 62 matches and 226 sets. She has been among the top five on the team in digs each season, totaling more than 400 in her career. “Tasia probably steps into that role (libero), having had experience and having been trained and learning from a great libero in Hannah Gleason,” DuBose said. “It was the same with Hannah before that. We’ve been able to stagger out liberos and have them get opportunities to learn and grow from each other.” Joining Taylor on the back row will be redshirt freshman Madi Olson, who spent all of the 2016 season as a redshirt, but saw significant time on the court during the spring. Olson was a three-year starter at Lone Peak High School in Alpine, Utah, leading the Knights in digs during her junior and senior seasons. “I’m looking forward to what those two will bring to the table,” DuBose said. “Tasia will step into that teaching role and Madi will be able to learn from her.” Utah State will replace another graduated senior at setter in Erica Moscoso, but already have a matchtested setter in junior Kassidy Johnson. Johnson has appeared in 37 matches and close to 100 sets during her career, already totaling four doubledoubles. She gained most of her experience during her freshman year, starting for the Aggies in 12 matches and highlighting the year with a career-high 54 assists against Utah Valley. “Kassidy has great experience,” DuBose said. “And not just practice experience, but actual match experience the last two years. She’s been able to build upon that this past spring and we anticipate her being able to continue to build on that while she’s here.” Redshir t freshman Jaysa Funk will provide depth after spending all of last season as a redshir t. Much like high school teammate Olson, Funk saw time during the spring directing the USU attack. “Jaysa was able to redshirt last year, which was great for her as far as learning the system and learning how to be a collegiate athlete,” DuBose said. “She’s really embraced the opportunity to go and learn how to be a better setter and teammate. All those things have been very positive for us.” Match experience also carries over into the middle,
® where Utah State has a pair of returning starters in senior Carly Lenzen and junior Lauren O’Brien. The duo has led the Aggies in blocking each of the past two seasons and has also been among the top five each year in kills. “Carly has done a fabulous job,” DuBose said. “There’s been very few people that I’ve coached over the years that understand our blocking system as well as she does. She knows where people need to be, she understands scouting reports, she understands how to teach and guide and be a mentor to the younger middles in our program. “She has this thing called match experience, which is fabulous to have,” he continued. “And she has a lot of it. She’s been in a lot of tough situations, so there’s very few things that are going to come across that she’s going to see that will surprise her or catch her off guard. She is just a great leader for us in that front row.” “Lauren O’Brien has also been able to gain experience in the last couple of years, which has been very fortuitous for us because she works hard and is a really good example of what we want our middles to be,” DuBose said. “She puts out great effort and communicates very well.” Joining them in the middle is sophomore Ashley Wesenberg, who saw action in three matches last season, and incoming freshman Bailey Downing, an honorable mention high school All-American from Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas. “Ashley Wesenberg learned some valuable traits last year, and if she can continue to develop, we’ll see what kind of role she’ll continue to play for our team,” DuBose said. “Bailey Downing comes in as a big recruit, having been well trained in the Texas Advantage Volleyball club system. She has a neat opportunity to help our program get to another level as far as experience and her work ethic goes.” On the outside, Utah State returns two of its top three attackers in senior outside Lauren Anderson and senior opposite Kayla DeCoursey. Anderson was an all-Mountain West selection in 2016 after leading the Aggies with 377 kills and was a member of the MW All-Star team that finished second in the Global Volleyball Challenge this past July. DeCoursey is coming of f her best year in an Aggie uniform, after finishing third on the team with 255 kills and leading all outsides with a .266 hitting percentage (255-83-646).
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“Lauren Anderson is coming off of a nice season and we anticipate that she’ll be able to build on that and grow from there,” DuBose said. “Kayla DeCoursey, arguably, was the best opposite in the league the last two years. She can hit with range and savvy.” Fellow senior Rachel Gale also returns after leading the team in kills two years ago, recording the sixth-most attempts in school history (1,186) during the 2015 season. Gale turned those chances into a team-best 355 kills that year. “Rachel Gale put together a really nice spring as far as developing where we needed her to,” DuBose said. “She worked on her ball control enough that I think she’s going to be a really consistent outside hitter for us.” A trio of newcomers will provide depth on the outside in redshir t freshman Ashlee Thornock, junior college transfer Ally Packard and freshman Gabbi Shumway. Thornock spent all of the 2016 season as a redshir t, but had plenty of reps during the spring. Packard was a two-year star ter at Snow College and finished her career with the Badgers with more than 300 kills and 350 digs. Shumway helped Lone Peak to a Utah state championship in 2016. “Ashlee Thornock was able to gain some experience during practice situations last year,” DuBose said. “Ally Packard adds to that mix as far as having some experience at Snow College and will come in and adapt to the game pretty quickly and she’ll be able to help us in our gym and our culture. “Gabbi Shumway comes in as a player who fans will enjoy watching,” he continued. “She’s a dynamic kid and has a good arm and can do some fun stuff. Really, we have a lot of experience and we’re fortunate to have that experience in those outside hitter and opposite positions. I think that’s going to help us as the season goes on.”
Grayson DuBose is in his 12th season as head coach of Utah State.
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2017 USU WOMEN’S SOCCER SEASON OUTLOOK
Front Row (L-R): Kami Warner, Ashley Cardozo, Kaitlin Ja, Jenny De Boer, Danielle Nowers, Kelsey Andersen, Karstyn Peterson, Wesley Hamblin, Mikayla Howes, Kacey Erickson, Ashley Hughes. Middle Row (L-R): Jayne Merrill (undergraduate assistant coach), Alecia Robinson, Erin Rickenbach, Rachelle Parrish, Kanyan Ward, Taylor Garza, Jordyn Chung-Hoon, Bailee Hammond, Megan Bolding, Mealii Enos, Amber Marshall. Back Row (L-R): Trevor Wachsman (associate head coach), Sadie Mertlich, Emma Clark, Brinley Adams, Grace McGuire, Kaitlyn Stratton, Samantha Aguilar, Maggie Richey, Sara Cobb, Jaylen Hinckley, Olivia Burnett, Heather Cairns (head coach), Molli Sorenson (assistant coach). OVERVIEW For the 2017 soccer season, Utah State is looking to continue its successful ways by utilizing the experience of the veterans and strengths of the fresh faces. On the field and off, head coach Heather Cairns knows she can count on her squad to represent the program, Utah State and the Mountain West in a way they can all be proud of. THE ATTACK Coming off the second-highest scoring season in program history, the Aggies look to continue their fast-paced offense. Though the team loses its leading scorer from the last two seasons, several strong players return to the attack, ready to fill the hole. “There’s obviously a big hole left by Jessica Brooksby, as she was a leader for our team both on and off the field and was our leading scorer,” Cairns said. “At the same time, we have Wesley Hamblin back, who was an all-conference player last year. Alecia Robinson and Bailee Hammond are coming off really strong seasons and great springs.” Along with the returning experience, the team welcomes several offensive players who are ready to contribute. “We’ll look to bolster the offense with some freshmen,” Cairns said. “Sadie Mertlich will play a central offensive role, and Kartsyn Peterson will play on the wing. Ashley Cardozo is going to be an interesting player, and will be a fan favorite. She’s creative and predictable on the ball.” THE MIDFIELD Throughout the midfield, Cairns and her staff also have several spots to fill, due to graduating experience. “The midfield line is where we’ll see the most new faces. We graduated a lot of playing time last year, along with Danielle Nowers’ injury,” Cairns said. “We’ll have a new group of faces there, and things are wide open. We need to hash out some pieces and figure out how to get on the field. There are some returners that we’ll look to in Erin Rickenbach, Jordyn Chung-Hoon and Kanyan Ward, along with the incoming freshmen. Kami Warner and Amber Marshall are some names that will vie for playing time.” THE BACK LINE Always a staunch defense, Utah State looks to
® continue that trend through the 2017 season. “We really have a strong back five. Kelsey Andersen and Mealii Enos anchor us as center backs, and both of them were recognized as all-conference players last year,” Cairns said. “We graduated both our outside backs, but return Mikayla Howes and Jaylen Hinckley, who both played some significant minutes last fall. We also get Olivia Burnett back from an ACL injury, and she’ll play an outside back role. We have Taylor Garza in the back, who can play back and get forward to be a nice addition to the defense.” Joining the defensive backs is a solid group of goalkeepers. “We have a strong goalkeeping corps, where Grace McGuire and Maggie Richey both played minutes last year, and Sara Cobb is back from injury,” Cairns said. “We add a newcomer in Samantha Aguilar to bolster our goalkeeping group.”
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THE VETERANS In all, the Aggies welcome back five starters and 14 total letterwinners from last season’s roster. The team returns more than 50 percent of its offensive production (21 goals and 17 assists), along with 92 percent of its goalkeeper minutes from 2016. Returning players combined for 188 total starts a year ago, while 17 members of this season’s roster have seen time on the pitch in an Aggie uniform. The veteran players bring their years of expertise and leadership to the team, providing a solid group that the coaching staff can count on. “We did not name captains this year, but elected leadership representatives as a team. Sara, Kelsey and Maggie will be the heart and soul of the group. They’ll take us in a positive direction and pull everyone along to get the best out of their teammates,” Cairns said. “On the field, Bailee, Alecia and Wesley have all chipped in a lot of points, and get better as their careers progress. Mealii and Kelsey in the back played almost every minute of every game last year, so they have a great chemistry. That’s a pretty great corps to lead us on the field.” THE NEWCOMERS Along with the solid returning corps, Utah State welcomes nine newcomers to the roster. The coaching
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staff added eight freshmen and one transfer player in the offseason. Of the nine additions, eight hail from the state of Utah, keeping the team’s historically local ties strong. The new Aggies bring great experience to the roster, with several all-state accolades, state playoff appearances and club soccer tournament titles between them. Additionally, three players who missed the 2016 season with injuries will return to action for 2017. “I think this freshman group is pretty exciting,” Cairns said. “They have all embraced their summer preparation and will start off on a great foot. They’ll inject our team with some needed energy and fill in some holes.” THE GOALS Under the guidance of the veteran coaching staff, the new and returning players will work together to create a strong bond that will translate to success on the field. “We always want to get to the conference championship and give ourselves a shot at the NCAA Tournament,” Cairns said. “Sometimes that is too big of a goal though. You have to look at what you’re doing day-in and day-out to get better each day and each game. That’s our focus. We want to have continual progress.” THE COMPETITION The Aggies opened the year with back-to-back home victories over South Dakota State (1-0 in double overtime) and Montana (2-0), respectively. Utah State then lost at Utah (2-0) on Aug. 24, before bouncing back with a 1-1 double-overtime draw against Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 27. September will find the Aggies on the road for the majority of the month, as the team will play six-straight away matches. Utah State will take on border-foe Idaho State on Friday, Sept. 1, before heading east. The Aggies will play at Minnesota on Friday, Sept. 8, at Eastern Michigan on Friday, Sept. 15, and at Oakland on Sunday, Sept. 17. USU will open Mountain West action on the road as it plays at San José State on Friday, Sept. 22, and at Fresno State on Sunday, Sept. 24. The team then returns home for a four-match homestand. The Aggies host San Diego State on Friday, Sept. 29, followed by New Mexico on Sunday, Oct. 1. Colorado College will come to Logan for a match on Friday, Oct. 6, while Air Force will make the trip for a match on Sunday, Oct. 8.
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UTAH STATE ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Kent Baer Football
Gordon “Dutch” Belnap
Shane Bingham
Chris Cooley
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Utah State’s 15th Athletics Hall of Fame Class will be introduced at halftime of tonight’s game. The 2017 class includes Kent Baer, a former football great and assistant football coach; Gordon “Dutch” Belnap, the third-winningest basketball coach in school history; Shane Bingham, a two-time track & field AllAmerican; Chris Cooley, an All-American football player and school-record holding tight end; Christy DensonPettiette, a two-time gymnast of the year; Jayme Gordy, a record-setting soccer player; Nate Harris, the only three-time first-team all-conference basketball player in school history; and Stew Morrill, the most successful and winningest basketball coach in school history. A total of 103 individuals and three teams have now been inducted into the Utah State Athletics Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was founded in 1993 with 12 initial members, followed by eight members in 1994 and seven in 1995. The addition of any inductees was stopped until 2006 when five more individuals were added, followed by six recipients in 2007 and five in 2008, to go along with the first-ever team inducted. Seven more inductees were added in 2009, followed by six in 2010, five in 2011, plus two more national championship teams, eight in 2012, six inductees in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and eight inductees in 2016 and 2017. Baer was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter at linebacker for Utah State. As a senior in 1972, Baer set the then-school record for tackles in a singleseason with 116, a mark that stood for 10 years, as he earned the team’s Hustle Award. During his junior and senior seasons, Baer helped the Aggies post back-toback 8-3 records, which included a 5-0 mark against instate schools, as USU notched consecutive wins against both BYU and Utah to win the Beehive Boot (the state’s collegiate football championship trophy) in each of its first two years in existence. Following his playing career, Baer immediately began coaching and became a graduate assistant for the Aggies in the spring of 1973. Baer then spent the next four years at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, where he eventually became athletic director and head football coach. He returned to Utah State in 1977 and spent two years as a graduate assistant and seven years as a full-time assistant, as he coached the linebackers for four seasons (1979-82) and then spent three seasons as USU’s defensive coordinator and secondary coach (198385). Baer graduated from Utah State in 1973 with a degree in physical education and recreation, following a fine prep career at Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah. Belnap spent 11 years associated with Utah State basketball, including six seasons as its head coach. Following his graduation from Utah State in 1958, Belnap spent several years coaching at Weber High School in Pleasant View, Utah, and led the Warriors’ baseball team to the state championship in 1961, prior to assuming the head basketball coaching duties in 1966. During that time, Belnap also spent time in professional baseball as the general manager of the Ogden Dodgers, where he was named minor league baseball’s Executive of the Year in 1967. Belnap began his Aggie coaching career during the 1968-69 season as an assistant under then-head coach LaDell Andersen and helped USU to 80 wins and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances as an assistant, including the 1970 NCAA Western Regional Championship game against UCLA. As an Aggie assistant, Belnap spent three years directing the freshman team, which recorded a 4713 record under his tutelage. He later spent two years as the chief assistant coach, before being named Utah State’s 11th head basketball coach prior to the 1973-74 season. During his six seasons (1974-79) in charge of the Aggie
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CLASS OF 2017 cagers, Belnap compiled a then-school record 64.6 winning percentage, a mark that still ranks third all-time in school history, as his teams posted a 106-58 record. As Utah State’s head basketball coach, Belnap led the Aggies to three postseason appearances, playing in the 1975 and 1979 NCAA Tournaments, along with the 1978 National Invitation Tournament. Bingham was a two-time All-American and is one of just 17 track & field athletes in school history to earn multiple All-America honors. As a senior in 1998, Bingham earned All-American honors during the indoor season in the mile, finishing 10th with a time of 4:09.76. Bingham also earned All-American honors during the 1997 outdoor season by finishing ninth in the 1,500 meters and qualified for the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the same event. Along with being a two-time All-American, Bingham was a threetime Big West Conference champion in the 1,500 meters as a sophomore, junior and senior, while earning second-team all-conference honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase twice, and second-team all-league honors in cross country three times. During his collegiate career, Bingham helped Utah State win Big West Conference Outdoor Championships in 1996 and 1998, along with a runner-up finish in 1997, a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championship in 1993, and a Big West Conference Championship in cross country in 1992. As a junior, Bingham set two stadium records, winning the indoor mile at Montana State and winning the 1,500 meters at the Utah Collegiate Meet, hosted by Weber State. Cooley earned honorable mention All-American honors from The Associated Press following his senior season in 2003, as he led all tight ends in the nation with 62 receptions for 732 yards and six touchdowns. Cooley, who also earned first-team all-Sun Belt Conference honors as a senior, led USU in all receiving categories that season as he was named a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award, which is presented annually to the top tight end in the nation. Cooley finished his USU career ranking first all-time in school history among tight ends with 96 receptions, 1,255 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. During his nine-year NFL career (2004-12), Cooley was named to both the 2007 and 2008 Pro Bowl and set the franchise record for most receptions by a tight end as he finished his career with 429 catches for 4,711 yards with 33 touchdowns. Denson-Pettiette was a 10-time all-Big West Conference performer, and five-time Big West champion, capturing two all-around titles in 1999 and 2000, two bars titles in 1998 and 2000, and one beam title in 1999. As a senior in 2000, Denson-Pettiette won the Big West all-around crown with a conference-record score of 39.525. Denson-Pettiette was also tabbed the Big West Gymnast of the Year as a junior in 1999 and again as a senior in 2000, to go along with being voted Utah State’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Denson-Pettiette’s name is all over the school record books as she ranks first in the all-around with a 39.550, first on floor with a 9.975 and tied for first all-time on bars with a 9.975. Her bars average of 9.856 set in 1999 still ranks first all-time, while she also has the sixth- and ninth-best beam averages (9.773 and 9.714, respectively), and 11th- and 12th-best floor averages (9.795 and 9.792, respectively). Gordy was the first soccer player in school history to earn all-conference accolades as she was named honorable mention all-Big West as a freshman in
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1997, earned second-team honors as a sophomore in 1998, and garnered first-team accolades as both a junior and senior in 1999 and 2000, respectively. In her career, Gordy played in all but two games, making 67 appearances on the pitch with 66 career starts and earned Big West Conference Player of the Week honors three times. At the conclusion of her senior season, Gordy held the school record in career goals (35) and total points (76), which now rank second and third, respectively, and still holds the school record for shots on goal with 185 over her four seasons. Harris was a four-year letterwinner for the Aggies from 2003-06, and holds the school record for career field goal percentage, shooting 64.1 percent (588-of918). During his career, Harris helped Utah State to an overall record of 96-30 (.762), including a 55-6 (.902) home record, and four NCAA postseason appearances, including three showings in the NCAA Tournament and one NIT selection. In fact, Harris was the first player in school history to play in three NCAA Tournaments. USU also posted a 53-17 (.757) conference record during Harris’ career in the Big West and Western Athletic Conferences as the Aggies won Big West Tournament titles in 2003 and 2005, and tied for the regular season Big West championship in 2004. Furthermore, USU posted a 10-3 (.769) mark against in-state opponents with Harris from 2003-06, which included a 6-3 record against BYU and Utah. Over the course of his career, Harris scored 1,475 points and collected 722 rebounds, 220 assists, 95 steals and 90 blocks, and is the only player in school history to finish his career with more than 1,300 points, 600 rebounds, 200 assists and 90 blocks. Harris still ranks fifth alltime in school history in career blocks (90), sixth in games played (126), seventh in double-figure scoring games (77), eighth in both total minutes (3,422) and field goals made (588), 10th in career rebounds (722) and 12th all-time in career points (1,475). Morrill, who was hired as Utah State’s 17th head coach on Aug. 7, 1998, guided the Aggie program to 14 straight seasons with at least 21 wins from 2000 to 2013 and 13 straight postseason appearances (NCAA8, NIT-4, CIT-1) from 2000 to 2012, both of which are school records. Prior to Morrill’s run, USU had never posted more than three-straight 20-win seasons and had never participated in more than three-straight postseason appearances. Along the way, Morrill led Utah State to seven conference championships (2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), including four-straight in the Western Athletic Conference from 2008-11, and six conference postseason titles (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011), while posting 12 of the top 13 seasons in school history in terms of wins. For all of his success, Morrill was named conference coach of the year five times during his Utah State tenure, winning the Big West honor in 2000 and 2002, while being named the WAC’s Coach of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Morrill was also nationally recognized during his time at USU as he was named the 2011 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com. Morrill, who is the Aggies’ all-time winningest coach with 402 victories, is also the school record holder in career games coached at 558, and ranks as the second-longest tenured head basketball coach in school history.
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