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The Great One
A look back at the impact Wayne Estes had on Utah State University 50 years after his death 4By Kalen Taylor sports editor
“Wayne Estes is dead, and
Utah State will never be the same because of it.” — The Utah Statesman, Feb. 10, 1965
On Feb. 8, 1965, Utah State’s AllAmerican basketball player Wayne Estes tragically died 19 games into his senior season. Estes was electrocuted in Logan while exploring the scene of a car crash on the same night he scored 48 points in a game against Denver — four points below his career-
high of 52 set earlier that season. A downed power line grazed the top of the 6-foot-6-inch Estes’s head, sending electricity jolting through his body. “This generation of Aggies will never forget Wayne Estes,” said Dr. Daryl Chase after his death. Chase was the 10th president of Utah State University and held the position from 1954 through 1969. “He was the handsome youth in our midst who taught us all dedication to our sciences, arts and our crafts. He taught us lessons in humility in times of victory,” he said. While that fateful night 50 years
ago ended Estes’ life, his legacy and impact at the university continues to be felt to this day. As a basketball player, they simply didn’t come any better. Originally recruited from Anaconda, Montana to be a track and field athlete, Estes asked the coaches if he would be allowed to try out for the basketball team. When the coaches saw him play, he received a scholarship offer for basketball and never looked back. The switch from track and field proved to be a great decision for Estes. “He was outstanding from the beginning,” said Alan Parrish, a
347 student social security numbers shared by accident 4By Jeffrey Dahdah news editor
A list of 347 students names and social security numbers were accidentally sent out via email to 1,033 people Friday. The list was sent accidentally by a Utah State University employee to the wrong listserve. Instead of the intended destination, the email was received by student veterans, whose emails were on the list-serve. The students whose social security numbers were disclosed were also veterans. “The short of it is it just hit the wrong listserve,” said Tim Vitale, executive director for public relations and marketing at USU. “It
was just an unfortunate mistake that should not have happened and that we are trying to resolve as quickly as possible and mitigate any problems that might arise.” The university emailed the affected students notifying them of the mishap and apologizing. USU also offered to enroll the students in a credit-monitoring program for the next year for free. The mistake was described as “human error.” “It was a personnel incident, meaning one person disclosed wrong information inappropriately or accidentally,” Vitale said. “No
center on the 1965 team and the first player to meet Estes in Logan. “He was a great talent. As a player he was never selfish. He was always as interested in your success as he was his own. He was the ideal teammate. He was a leader by nature. If he had a good game, you usually won, and he didn’t have many bad ones.” After playing on the freshman squad his first season, as was required at the time, he averaged 20 points per game as a sophomore while shooting 47 percent from the floor and 84 percent from the free throw line. He also grabbed nine rebounds per game.
Estes’ junior season in 1963-64 brought more of the same — only better. He shot the same percentage, upped his rebounds to 13 per game and averaged 28 points. “Wayne was a superstar,” said LeRoy Walker, a senior small forward on the 1965 team. “Everyone loved him. He was never a selfish guy. He didn’t have an ego, and he didn’t have an agenda when he played.” Saving the best for last, in the 19 games he played as a senior Estes scored nearly 34 points per game — a record for points per game in
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‘Traveling Shoes’ aims to educate
4By Mandy Morgan senior writer
Eight stories, eight pairs of shoes lining the edge of the stage, eight costumes. One woman, one
show. This show was not a performance merely meant to entertain. It was meant for education. It was storytelling. Janice Brooks, a former
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Due to a clerical error, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences was excluded from the chart in “If USU was a village of 100” on Thursday. Here is an updated chart of the breakdown of colleges if USU’s student body was condensed into 100 people.
Annie Hall photo JANICE BROOKS PERFORMS as part of her ‘Traveling Shoes’ exhibit, which showcases eight stories of influential African American women throughout history.
CEO and currently a professional storyteller, took on the role of eight different historical African American women in her show “Traveling Shoes,” which she performed Thursday at Utah State University. The show was part of the Provost’s Series on Instructional Excellence in celebration of Black History Month. The show was sponsored by Utah Public Radio and the Center for Women and Gender. Sojourner Truth, Barbara Jordan, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Shirley Chisholm, the Buffalo Soldier Cathay Williams and Utah pioneers Biddy Mason and Jane Manning came to life as Brooks shared their memories, history and choices — as them. “The show — it’s educational. It’s also a shared history, not a white history or a black history but shared for us to remember,” said Brooks. This is one thing audience-member Clara von Dohlen enjoyed about the show.
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