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Who is Steven Currall?
Dr. Steven Currall was selected as the next system president at a BOT meeting Friday. By Jesse Stokes E D I T O R
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The USF Board of Trustees (BOT) unanimously selected Dr. Steven Currall to serve as the seventh system president after days of in-person interviews and a months-long search. Currall, 60, will take office July 1, after current President Judy Genshaft retires following a 19-year tenure. But who is our next system president? Currall’s most recent position was as the provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Southern Methodist University. His experience in higher education, however, has a global reach. He also had leadership roles at the University of California-Davis, the University College of London, the London Business School and others. However, Currall does not come alone. His wife, Dr. Cheyenne Currall,
is an established professional in her own right. She currently serves as the vice president and executive advisor for Global Advancement at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. “My wife and I are excited to be moving to Tampa later this summer and we are eager to roll up our sleeves and get to work on further advancing the extraordinary success of USF,” Currall said. Currall noted that while he was waiting for the call to hear whether or not he received the position, he was relatively calm and is “looking forward to taking a little bit of a breather.” But, after he received the news that he was the candidate selected, he felt “elation, joy and excitement” about a starting the next chapter in his life. When discussing some of the main points USF deals with as an institution on a day-to-day basis, Currall joked with the BOT members interviewing him Friday,
Dr. Steven Currall will officially take office on July 1. ORACLE PHOTO/ LEDA ALVIM
while also giving them a glimpse into his childhood.
“My mother was a highereducation administrator at a
medical school in Missouri, so I grew up around medical schools,” Currall said. “My father was a social worker, so I actually, as a small child, was running around a mental hospital. I am not going to take that any farther.” He went on to address the importance that medicine plays at USF, as well as some other interesting majors like cybersecurity. “I am very comfortable in an academic biomedical setting and I really believe in the mission of academic biomedicine that marries research innovation and discovery with clinical delivery,” Currall said. “That is such an exciting aspect of USF.” Currall did not study either during his schooling though. He first earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Baylor University in 1982. Then, in 1985 he earned his master’s in social
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Major changes ahead for MSC dining options A full-service Chick-fil-A and a new sushi option will replace Beefs, Panera will replace Einstein’s and a remodel of the food court will take place.
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It has been roughly six years since the dining options in the Marshall Student Center (MSC)
food court have been changed or updated, according to the building’s Food Service Director Sean Hamad. With current plans in the works, a large-scale rebranding will be taking place beginning at the end of
the spring semester and will be fully operational by the fall. Perhaps the largest change has to do with Chick-fil-A. Students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to “eat mor chicken,”
as the dining option will be moving out of the food court and into the current Beef O’ Brady’s space as a full-service location According to Jessica Cicalese, the marketing director for Aramark,
which oversees USF dining, this means that options like milkshakes and salads will be available for purchase at the location.
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A look into a USF president’s contract
President-elect Dr. Steven Currall and his wife, Dr. Cheyenne Currall, are looking forward to their move to the Tampa Bay area. ORACLE PHOTO/LEDA ALVIM psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He then completed his education with a doctoral degree in organizational behavior from Cornell University in 1990. To be officially confirmed, Currall will go before Florida’s Board of Governors (BOG) on Thursday for an interview process of its own. Perhaps the message of his work ethic is something he will convey to the BOG, as he did to the BOT on Friday. “I have no problem with work ethic,” Currall said. “When I wake up in the morning, five minutes after waking up I am working. If I am awake, I will be working for USF.” Again, Currall allowed for some of his personality to come through while answering the BOT’s interview questions, suggesting he may even be working for USF in his dreams. “Maybe even when I am not awake sometimes I’ll be working,”
Currall joked. Giving a glimpse into what his first few months as system president may be like, Currall said he plans to go on a “listening tour.” “One of the things I (will) be doing a lot of is getting out of my office and getting and seeing the academic units and the administrative units, getting to St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee and listening,” Currall said. “I did a listening tour before my current position and that was received very well by the community. It allowed me to get to know them and to make better decisions because I had much more of a tangible-nuanced sense of the units and the locations.” Before concluding his comments Friday, Currall said that not only did he want the role of system president, but that it would likely be his last job. He also added the importance of noting the difference between
being confident and conceited and realizing the importance of having a strong team around him to lead the university. “I strive to be self-confident, but not self-important,” Currall said. “I am inclusive, I focus on building a team... Building a team is very, very important. I am inclusive in my leadership style. I ask a lot of questions and I listen and I strive to listen carefully.” Likewise, Currall said in an interview with The Oracle following the announcement, that a diverse student population is important as well. “We are going to redouble our efforts in terms of diversity and inclusion and make sure that this is an environment that welcomes everyone, regardless of background, into the USF community,” Currall said.
Dr. Steven Currall was unanimously selected as the next system president by the BOT on Friday. ORACLE PHOTO/LEDA ALVIM By Alyssa Stewart N E W S
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Following the appointment of Steven Currall, USF’s next and seventh president, the Board of Trustees (BOT) has some decisions to make about the framework of his contract. In Friday’s BOT meeting, the trustees discussed some of the components in the contract but nothing can be finalized until the Board of Governors approve the appointment of Currall during their March 28 meeting in Tallahassee. The BOT is responsible for determining the logistics of the president’s “compensation
package” before his first day on July 1. The contract is set for five years — July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024 — and will be reviewed on an annual basis. Currall’s contract will be similarly modeled to System President, Judy Genshaft’s. The BOT is responsible for providing housing arrangements for Currall and his family. This compensation will likely be a housing allowance for a 3,500 to 4,500-square-foot home off campus.
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New president, new vision
By Jared Sellick
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This past Friday, the USF Board of Trustees voted on and finalized their choice for the next USF system president. They chose Dr. Steven Currall, a chancellor and provost from Southern Methodist University, whose experience with multicampus schools and fundraising prowess pushed him over the edge to become the new president-elect. Beyond Currall’s resume, students should be excited. Currall’s USF will not be the USF of outgoing President Judy Genshaft. Under Currall, students can hope to see well-rounded growth and an elevation of USF’s reputation. Currall is first and foremost an academic, which is itself a stark change from the Genshaft era. With a background in social psychology and behavior and an extensive publishing background, we can expect his approach to the campus departments will be more balanced President-elect Steven Currall was approved by the BOT on Friday and will bring a new style of leadership to the university. and results-driven. A large public research university ORACLE PHOTO/LEDA ALVIM like USF should not have programs in SMU’s College of Humanities Currall spearheaded efforts that struggling to rank while others shoot and College of Business give him an brought in more than $56 million in up with prestige. edge in making USF more balanced. gifts to the school. In comparison, In recent years, while USF’s While serving as the Dean of the Genshaft brought in $86 million nursing and medical programs have SMU School of Business, Currall in gifts and donations across the quickly risen through the ranks into successfully led the school in entirety of USF for 2018. top 60 programs, other curriculum completing $25 million in research Continuing the legacy of a sets have languished. For instance, expenditures, part of a larger SMU fundraising powerhouse for USF is ranked 123rd for public project to increase research spending president will help USF reach that affairs, 137th in English and 81st in to $1 billion. next level and perhaps offer a cushion, psychology programs. SMU’s Cox School of Business in the event that consolidation harms These areas represent litmus ranks 43rd in the nation for top an academic metric like 4-year tests of a university’s prestige and business schools while USF’s Muma graduation rate. represent 3 of the top 10 majors for College of Business ranks 95th. USF has a lot to be optimistic students in American universities. Currall’s background in about. Our low rankings there point to fundraising is also important to Currall is in many ways everything underdevelopment and a lack of consider. Genshaft was not and for that we can resources, something Currall can and USF gained preeminence by just be excited. To continue on our rising should tackle. barely meeting 11 of the 12 metrics path, we need a bold and new vision The understanding that research necessary for Preeminence. The and Currall has that. occurs in places outside of the failed metric was the one of a $500 sciences is an attitude that Currall million endowment — USF had an Aida Vazquez-Soto is a senior majoring brings to the USF table and one we endowment of $442 million. in political science and economics. desperately need. At SMU’s School of Business, Currall’s previous appointments
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The viral #FloridaMan trend is a reflection of the state’s transparency
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The state of Florida is known for a lot of things, but perhaps our most famous attribute is our large amount of absurd crimes and strange actions that our more bizarre citizens take part in. This Florida stereotype was highlighted this week with the viral advent of #FloridaMan on Twitter and other social media websites, in which people shared the first story that appeared on Google when they searched their birthday followed by the words, “Florida Man.” The result would feature a story about an absurd Floridian committing an odd crime. Some examples are, “Florida man throws bicycle, then other man off bridge” or “‘Florida Man spotted riding on jet ski on Florida road… yes, road.” However, this online phenomenon isn’t necessarily proof that Floridians are more reckless than any other state in the nation. Instead, the reason these stories are so prevalent is because of Florida laws that make police reports, that often feature strange crimes, easier to access and report on in the press. The #FloridaMan craze is actually a testament to our state’s commitment to transparency. It is written into the Florida statutes that, “all state, county, and municipal records are open for personal inspection and copying by any person.” These statutes make the job of a journalist looking for a crime story simpler as opposed to some of the other states. Other states have what are termed “sunshine laws” as well, but these laws often require citizens to wait for a good deal before the records become available. The three states that have the strictest laws in terms of public access to information include Wyoming, Texas and New Hampshire, according to the Center for public integrity (CFPI). Wyoming’s sunshine laws actually
exempt their state legislature and their entire judicial branch, making reporting on those important entities much more difficult. Texas agencies, for example, often respond to citizen requests for public information, by confirming with their Attorney General’s Office which sometimes takes 45 days to reply. Compare that to the state of Florida which “generally receive timely responses to information requests,” according to the CFPI In New Hampshire the disciplinary record of police officers are not currently subject to their “right-toknow” laws, in Florida, those records are public information. There is no reason to believe those odd crimes that so often create salacious headlines don’t occur in other states in the union. The difference is that Florida makes their police reports and government records more readily available to the public. While these laws allow journalists to report on news that makes Florida seem odd to outsiders, they also allow journalists to quickly report on government records that might have been denied to the public had it not been for the Florida statutes. One recent example in which the Florida statutes have helped increase transparency in Florida is when Broward County was compelled to allow a review of the ballots cast in the 2018 Florida Senate election. Florida’s devotion to open records was actually one of the reasons cited by the judge who allowed for the review of those ballots. These statutes that promote transparency should be a point of pride for Floridians. All states in this country should strive for this level of transparency. While these statutes may have lead to the infamous #FloridaMan stories, that doesn’t make Florida more bizarre. It just makes us more honest. Jared Sellick is a junior majoring in political science.
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The Beef O’ Brady’s will be replaced by a full-service Chick-fil-A and new Bento Sushi option. ORACLE FILE PHOTO
She also added that there is a strong potential to have Chickfil-A breakfast options served in the morning, though it is not yet definitive. “We are structuring the layout and equipment for us to be able to produce (Chick-fil-A breakfast),” Cicalese said. Hamad added that Chick-fil-A will not be the only option in the existing Beefs space. Bento Sushi will also be joining the space and will offer options like sushi, ramen and poke. Beefs will be removed from the area, completely. However, these are hardly the only expected changes. Panera will be replacing Einstein Bros. Bagels in the MSC atrium and it will be a full-menu location as well, with items for breakfast, lunch and catering. Papa John’s Pizza is expected to move into the existing Chick-fil-A space in the food court and a new salad-bar concept will be filling its spot. Also, purchasing one’s food will
now be done at each individual location, instead of at the front of the food court. Cicalese said she and her team are looking to bring a “more innovative” experience to the MSC food court by having guest purchase their food at each location individually, instead of all together at the front like it currently is. Tapingo mobile ordering will also be available for locations in the food court. “It gets pretty crowded in there and we want it to be more easy to go get your lunch with the space to do so, so it feels less crowded,” Cicalese said. Hamad added to this by saying the demand for dining options in the MSC has changed over time. “The concepts have changed, but it is a 10-year-old building,” Hamad said. “The foot traffic has grown a lot, the university has grown a lot, the demand and the things the guest have to come to expect has changed. That is why we really want to include Tapingo mobile ordering
and create a better, more efficient experience.” With the construction happening primarily over the summer, Cicalese said that students who are on campus during this time and looking for a place to grab lunch will still have plenty of options. “We are currently working through what is going to be officially open, but if we are going to take something offline, we are going to put something in its place,” Cicalese said. “We are going to make sure there are plenty of options for students over summer.” There is no finalized cost for the project yet, according to Hamad. The intent behind the remodel is to bring the MSC dining options up with the times, which will include digitized-menu boards, according to Cicalese. “The overall idea for the project is to offer some even greater and more exciting options, bring some new concepts that we weren’t offering currently and just expanding on the brands we have,” Cicalese said.
A $100,000 relocation allotment will be provided for moving trucks, a down payment, selling his current house or however Currall chooses to use the compensation. Along with housing, the BOT will provide a $1,000 monthly automobile allowance. Other forms of compensation provided are membership dues or fees and university-related entertainment and travel. Currall will be eligible for a “performance based compensation” which has to be determined by Dec.15 annually. This means that the president could earn a $200,000 to $300,000 bonus. Genshaft earned a $210,000 performance-based stipend during the 2017-18 fiscal year. USF General Counsel Gerard Solis spoke to the BOT about “better articulated” items in the new contract. “There are certain provisions in the contract where a percentage of the base salary will be deposited into an account for profit and loss,” Solis said. “If the president retains the position for a full five years, then he or she will get the benefits of that account.” According to Solis and the contract, Currall could not finish his term due to resignation, illegitimacy, illness or death. The contract also sets specific dates that benchmarks need to be met. On August 15, Currall will be have to provide a list of proposed goals and objectives based upon the “university’s strategic plan.” Currall’s compensation is being determined from data collected from the Chronicle of Higher Education database and the base salaries of presidents
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from six Florida universities — University of Florida, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University. Genshaft’s base salary based on data collected in 2016-17 was $493,500. In March of 2017, her compensation package totaled $924,547.
President Judy Genshaft. ORACLE PHOTO/LEDA ALVIM
Solis said $200,000 of state funding is eligible to go toward the president’s salary under Florida law. Since USF is a public university with research accreditation and a medical schools on campus, Currall could earn approximately $671,000. Along with performanced based assessments, retention rates and outside benefits, he has the opportunity to earn $1 million to $1.1 million. In 2017, Genshaft was named in the nation’s top-10 highestpaid presidents at public universities by the Chronicle of Higher Education for her $1.2 million salary. Although there has not been a new president in 19 years, BOT Chair Brian Lamb said the contract still stands. “This is a consistent framework that we have seen for a number of years with our existing president,” Lamb said in Friday’s BOT meeting.
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Guard Laquincy Rideau and the Bulls battle back from a 25-point deficit in last week’s game against Stony Brook. ORACLE PHOTO/BRIAN HATTAB
Northridge. The Wolverines’ veteran squad could prove to be a challenge for the Bulls’ relatively young team, with three of USF’s starters being underclassmen. “The biggest challenge for us is where we were able, to be honest, play at times a little wilder on defense in our last game,” Gregory said. “You’re not going to be able to do that in this game because of their experience and because of the way they play.” Gregory said the Bulls will need to place the emphasis on efficiency in their defensive strategy to accommodate for Utah Valley’s experienced
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shooters. “We have to be super aggressive defensively but do it in a much more disciplined manner,” Gregory said. “You can’t leave your feet on shot fakes, you can’t get out of position off the ball … it’s got to be a really disciplined chaos type of defense for us.” With 20 wins behind them and a difficult test ahead, Gregory is confident that the Bulls have the grit and resilience to lift the trophy. “We have a group that does fight and a group that does believe that until the final horn blows we got a chance to win the game,” Gregory said.
Noah Yager threw 4.2 innings in relief on Sunday against Cincinnati. The junior allowed two runs on five hits. ORACLE PHOTO/JOSEE WOBLE giving up five hits and striking out two. Dylan Burns closed the game, pitching 1.2 innings. Cincinnati’s offense rallied Sunday as a result of the lessthan-stellar USF bullpen performance. The Bearcats recorded nine hits, including at least one in seven of the nine innings. Cincinnati first baseman Cole Murphy plated the first run of the game in the second inning. The Bearcats had the bases loaded with no outs and a sacrifice fly to centerfield allowed Murphy to score. Center fielder Kyle Phillips threw to third baseman Dylan Buck, who tagged out the runner from second base who was attempting to tag, which helped get USF out of a potentially worse inning.
“That was huge at the time to prevent that big inning,” Mohl said. “Usually when opponents score four, we should win that game but the offense is struggling right now.” USF recorded four hits on Sunday, all of which were singles. Those hits came from Kyle Phillips, Austin Bodrato and Joe Genord. The Bearcats’ starting pitcher, Garrett Schoenle, pitched 8.1 innings, striking out twelve Bulls. After throwing 126 pitches, his nearcomplete game came to an end. “He was good,” Mohl said. “You look up his stats, he punched twelve, he threw strikes all game, he got tired there in the end in the ninth. He attacked the hitters and we had nothing to show for it
besides Kyle Phillips who had two hits, but we didn’t make good enough adjustments.” USF reached second base in the first inning. The Bulls didn’t reach scoring position again until the ninth. USF loaded the bases with one out and Joe Genord scored thanks to an RBI groundout from Chris Chatfield. What could have been a ninth-inning rally wasn’t enough to secure the weekend win for the Bulls. The Bulls travel to DeLand, where they will face Stetson on Tuesday. The Hatters played in the NCAA Super Regional last season in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where they lost two games, ultimately ending their season.
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Defense uses historically bad end to 2018 as motivation during offseason, spring practice
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2018 was a historic year for USF football. Granted, it was for all the wrong reasons. The Bulls became the first college football team ever to start a season 7-0 and finish 7-6 after losing their last five regular season games and falling to Marshall in the Gasparilla Bowl. Being on the wrong side of history can be tough, but USF is using it as motivation during spring practice, which began last week. “That’s something that we take each and every day,” defensive end Kirk Livingstone said. “That’s something that we took through winter workouts and things like that. That’s
something that the coaches have ingrained in us when we’re watching film. We look at things from last year and just things that we did wrong and just try to fix those things.” Specifically, the Bulls’ defense has spent the offseason mulling over what it needs to do better in 2019. “We know the standard last year wasn’t the standard,” defensive back Mike Hampton said. “So this year, we’re preaching on stopping the run.” Part of what could lead to an improved rush defense will be something coach Charlie Strong desired toward the end of the 2018 season — having a bigger,
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Kelvin Pinkey was one of many USF players to add weight in the offseason. ORACLE PHOTO/BRIAN HATTAB
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Offense, pitching struggle as Bulls drops series to Cincinnati
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After recording just four hits in its rubber match against Cincinnati on Sunday, USF baseball lost its first series of conference play after losing 4-1 in Game 3 to the Bearcats. “I think on a Sunday in
college baseball, you give up four runs, you should win most of those games,” coach Billy Mohl said. “We have to be better on the mound. You can’t have your starter go two and a third or whatever. The problem with us is we gave up 14 free bases today, whether it was stolen bases, hit-by-
pitches or walks. That’s not a recipe for success.” Starting pitcher Ben Koff went 2.2 innings, giving up four hits and striking out two. Noah Yager came in relief after Koff threw his 49th pitch of the day. Yager lasted 4.2 innings,
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Brandon Schrepf takes a lead off first base in the second inning Sunday at the USF Baseball Stadium. ORACLE PHOTO/JOSEE WOBLE
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stronger team. Many players added significant weight during winter conditioning. “Coach Strong made a big emphasis on us to get bigger, stronger and faster,” Hampton said. “So this winter conditioning, that’s what we focused on.” The results are already apparent. Hampton said he gained 15 pounds over the winter and now checks in at 185 pounds. Livingstone has set his sights on adding 15 pounds before the 2019 season kicks off in the fall — he played around 260-265 pounds last season and is at 273 pounds right now. But it’s not just those two who are taking Strong’s message to heart.
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“I know some guys have gained some weight, but to me, it’s always what they’re like at the end of the spring,” defensive coordinator Brian Jean-Mary said. “I’m a perfect example … I can gain weight real quick, I just can’t lose it as fast because I’m not out here with these guys. “A lot of them gained the weight. Now the maturity part shows up. How can they maintain weight? Because we’re out here in the Florida heat and we’re running. We’re an up-tempo offense and a blitzing defense, so they’re burning a lot of calories. Now the main thing is, who’s going to be able to maintain that weight that they’ve gained during the offseason?” As spring practice continues, time will tell whether the offseason gains can be kept, but the winter conditioning which led to the gains was probably one
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“Just guys, especially on the inside, like [Kelvin] Pinkney, [Kevin Kegler] — guys that didn’t play last year like [Devin] Leacock and [Stacy] Kirby — those guys have gained 10-15 pounds,” Livingstone said. “We’ve all made gains.” While the increase in size should be encouraging, the question now is will the players be able to maintain their new playing weights, especially as spring practice heats up — both in a football sense and in terms of the weather.
of the best the team has had in recent years. “It was one of the few winter conditionings going into spring practice where we didn’t have major issues and it felt like the team was aligned,” Jean-Mary said. “When you do winter conditioning, it’s about mental toughness and trying to build some continuity and some togetherness on the team and you really felt that starting to take shape during the spring.”
Men’s Basketball
Bulls take on Utah Valley in second round of CBI
USF will hope to keep its momentum going in the College Basketball Invitational Monday night against Utah Valley. ORACLE PHOTO/BRIAN HATTAB By Nolan Brown C O R R E S P O N D E N T
After its record-breaking 25-point comeback win against Stony Brook on Wednesday, USF men’s basketball (2013) continues its run in the College Basketball Invitational in the second round against Utah Valley (25-9) on Monday night at the Yuengling Center. “Any time we can win in a tournament and advance, it feels good,” coach Brian Gregory said. “Our guys are in very very good spirits.” Utah Valley enters Round 2 with a 92-84 win over Cal
State-Northridge under its belt. Center Baylee Steele, who stands at 6 feet 11 inches, registered a double-double with 19 points and 16 rebounds and is a scoring threat at the post. “They’re probably the best that I’ve seen at utilizing all the options off of ball screens,” Gregory said. “Their guards are very good at hitting the roam men … they got guys spaced out and you get sucked in, they’re gonna hit 3s on you. Very balanced offensively.” The Wolverines also boast an exceptional defense, highlighted by guards
TJ Washington and Ben Nakwaasah. “They have two very, very good point guards … in [Washington] and [Nakwaasah],” Gregory said. “They’re good and they can really get into the ball.” Utah Valley finished second in the Western Athletic Conference and made it to the semifinals of the WAC Tournament. Senior guard Conner Toolson was named to the all-tournament team and was one of four upperclassman starters against Cal State-
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