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12 Conference Championships • 5 Consecutive Bowl Games • 10 NFL Draft Picks Since 2011 • 42 All-Mountain West Selections

/// 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS ///

DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT S 1 WEBER STATE MWN W, 45-6 S 10 at USC Pac-12 L, 7-45 S 16 ARKANSAS STATE CBSSN W, 34-20 S 24 AIR FORCE* ESPNU L, 20-27 O 1 at #24 Boise State* ESPN2 L, 10-21 O 8 at Colorado State* CBSSN L, 24-31 O 22 FRESNO STATE* CBSSN W, 38-20 O 28 SAN DIEGO STATE* CBSSN L, 13-40 N 5 at Wyoming* ESPN2 L, 28-52 N 12 NEW MEXICO* ESPN2 8:15 pm N 19 at Nevada ESPN3 2 pm N 26 at BYU ESPN Net. TBA MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP D 3 TBA ESPN/2 5:30 pm * Mountain West Game All times Mountain. Home games in BOLD CAPS. /// GAME 10 INFORMATION ///

TV: ESPN2 • Play-by-Play ................................................... Mark Neely • Analyst . ........................................................ Ray Bentley • Reporter ..................................................... Alex Corddry • Comcast (Utah) ...................................... Ch. 36/669HD • DISH .................................................................. Ch. 143 • DirecTV............................................................... Ch. 209 RADIO: AGGIE SPORTS NETWORK • Play-by-Play ........................................................ Al Lewis • Analyst . ....................................................... Craig Hislop • Local: KVNU 610 AM • Online: 610kvnu.com / Tunein.com 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. Al Lewis serves as the play-by-play announcer, while Craig Hislop will provide color analysis. Games can also be heard on the Internet (www.UtahStateAggies.com) by clicking on the ‘Listen Live’ link.

• Logan KVNU (610 AM/102.1 FM) • Logan/Tremonton KLZX (95.9 FM) • Salt Lake City KZNS (1280 AM) • Vernal KVEL (920 AM) • Price KRPX (95.3 FM) • Montpelier, ID KLZX (105.3 FM)

AGGIES HOST NEW MEXICO IN MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY SATURDAY NIGHT

Game will be televised live on ESPN2 at 8:15 p.m.

Junior QB Damion Hobbs (11) rushed for a career-high three touchdowns last weekend at Wyoming. Hobbs carried the ball six times for 24 yards and was 7-of-16 passing for 68 yards against the Cowboys. His three rushing touchdowns tied the modern day single-game school record for a quarterback. /// THE MATCHUP ///

NEW MEXICO (6-3, 4-1 MW) VS. UTAH STATE (3-6, 1-5 MW) SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 2016 • 8:15 P.M. (MT) • LOGAN, UTAH • MAVERIK STADIUM (25,100)

NEW MEXICO LOBOS

UTAH STATE AGGIES

2016 Record: 6-3, 4-1 Mountain West Last Game: Nov. 5, 2016 • W, 35-26 vs. Nevada

2016 Record: 3-6, 1-5 Mountain West Last Game: Nov. 5, 2016 • L, 52-28 at Wyoming

Head Coach: Bob Davie • School Record: 24-35 (5th year) • Career Record: 59-60 (10th year) • Mountain West Record: 13-24 (5th year) • vs. Utah State: 1-2

Head Coach: Matt Wells • School Record: 28-22 (4th year) • Career Record: 28-22 (4th year) • Mountain West Record: 19-11 (4th year) • vs. New Mexico: 2-1

Statistical Leaders • Rush: Tyrone Owens (112-890, 6 TD) • Pass: Austin Apodaca (43-72, 494, 4 TD, 2 INT) • Rec.: Dameon Gamblin (16-140, 1 TD) • Def.: Dakota Cox (52 TKL, 4.5 TFL)

Statistical Leaders • Rush: Tonny Lindsey, Jr. (107-522, 3 TD) • Pass: Kent Myers (168-293, 1,896, 9 TD, 5 INT) • Rec.: Rayshad Lewis (36-455, 2 TD) • Def.: Anthony Williams (60 TKL, 3.5 TFL)

/// KICKOFF COVERAGE ///

• Utah State (3-6, 1-5 MW) hosts New Mexico (6-3, 4-1 MW) in Mountain West action on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8:15 p.m., in a nationally televised game on ESPN2. USU is 10-12 all-time against the Lobos, including a 6-3 home record.

Overall, USU has won two of its three Mountain West games against UNM and three of the last five overall in the series.

• Utah State is 13-7 under head coach Matt Wells following a loss, and has lost back-to-back games just seven times in the last five seasons, a span of 70 games. USU has also lost three games in a row just once since the 2010 season.

• Utah State is 19-11 (.633) all-time in the Mountain West and has won 30 of its last 41 (.732) league games dating back to 2011.

• Utah State has won 26 of its last 31 home games (.839), including 17 of its last 20 conference home games (.850). Under head coach Matt Wells, USU is 18-5 (.783) at home, including a 12-3 (.800) Mountain West record.

All-time, USU is 138-101 (.577) at Maverik Stadium.

• Junior QB Kent Myers, who is 13-10 as Utah State’s starter, has 30 career touchdown passes to rank tied for ninth all-time in school history. Myers also ranks fourth all-time in school history in completion percentage (.602), ninth all-time in total offense (5,065 yards), and 10th all-time in both career passing yards (4,355) and completions (368).

• Utah State has won 16 of its last 21 games played during the month of November, including 10 of its last 11 at home. USU has also won 10 straight conference home games during the month of November with its last loss coming during the 2010 season.

• New Mexico leads the nation in rushing offense (358.8 ypg), while Utah State ranks 85th nationally in rushing defense (192.0 ypg). For Utah State, this is the third-straight game it is facing a formidable rushing attack as San Diego State ranked 14th in the nation in rushing (252.7 ypg) and Wyoming ranked 28th (223.9 ypg) when facing the Aggies.

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GAME NOTES /// MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS ///

MOUNTAIN Wyoming Boise State New Mexico Colorado State Air Force Utah State

MW Overall 5-0 7-2 4-1 8-1 4-1 6-3 3-2 5-4 2-3 6-3 1-5 3-6

WEST San Diego State Hawai’i UNLV San José State Nevada Fresno State

MW Overall 5-0 8-1 3-3 4-6 2-3 3-6 2-4 3-7 1-4 3-6 0-6 1-9

THIS WEEK’S GAMES (ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN) Saturday, Nov. 12 • Wyoming at UNLV (ROOT) 1:30 pm • Boise State at Hawai’i (CBSSN)

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• San Diego State at Nevada (CBSSN)

8:30 pm

• Colorado State at Air Foce (ESPNU)

8:15 pm

• New Mexico at Utah State (ESPN2)

8:15 pm

/// MOUNTAIN WEST POLLS ///

• Utah State was picked third in the Mountain Division of the 2016 Mountain West Conference preseason polls, while senior DE Ricky Ali’ifua, senior NG Travis Seefeldt, senior OT Jake Simonich and senior OC Austin Stephens were all named to the league’s 26-player preseason first-team.

Mountain Division Team (First-Place Votes) Points 1. Boise State (27) 172 2. Air Force (2) 126 3. UTAH STATE 111 4. Colorado State 95 5. New Mexico 74 6. Wyoming 31 West Division Team (First-Place Votes) Points 1. San Diego State (29) 174 2. Nevada 129 3. San José State 122 4. Fresno State 76 5. UNLV 73 6. Hawai’i 35 /// AGGIES vs. MOUNTAIN WEST ///

• Utah State is 146-173-8 (.459) all-time against current members of the Mountain West with a 38-25-4 record vs.

Wyoming, a 33-38-2 record vs. Colorado State, a 15-7 record vs. UNLV, a 16-20-1 record vs. San José State, a 12-17-1 record vs. Fresno State, a 10-12 record vs.

New Mexico, an 8-6 record vs. Hawai`i, a 6-17 record vs.

Nevada, a 5-16 record vs. Boise State, a 2-3 record vs. Air Force, and a 1-12 record vs. San Diego State.

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UTAH STATE HOSTS NEW MEXICO IN FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON • Utah State (3-6, 1-5 MW) continues Mountain West play this weekend against New Mexico (6-3, 4-1 MW) in its final home game of the season on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8:15 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 (Comcast Ch. 36/669HD, Dish Network Ch. 143, DirecTV Ch. 209) with Mark Neely (play-by-play), Ray Bentley (analyst) and Alex Corddry (reporter) on the call. Live audio of the game is available on-line at www.UtahStateAggies.com.

UTAH STATE ON SENIOR DAY • Prior to its home finale against New Mexico, Utah State will honor its 25 seniors (OL Austin Albrecht, DE Ricky Ali’ifua, LB Brock Carmen, FS Devin Centers, CB Austin Cheney, FS Marquan Ellison, DE Edmund Faimalo, OL Dalton Forsythe, CB Daniel Gray, OL Jude Hockel, TE Landon Horne, TE Wyatt Houston, RB Devante Mays, CB Jentz Painter, TE Joe Palange, WR Andrew Rodriguez, NG Travis Seefeldt, OL Jake Simonich, OC Austin Stephens, DE Siua Taufa, K Jake Thompson, LB Leki Uasike, PK Brock Warren, LB Anthony Williams and WR Kennedy Williams) in a pre-game ceremony. USU is 68-38-3 (.638) all-time on Senior Day and has won four of its last five games on Senior Day. AGGIES FINISHING REGULAR SEASON WITH BACK-TO-BACK ROAD GAMES • Utah State’s home finale against New Mexico on Nov. 12 is its earliest home finale since playing Boise State on Nov. 10, 2007, in Maverik Stadium. Following its home game this weekend, USU will finish the regular season with back-to-back road games for the first time since 2007.

A LOOK AT UTAH STATE • Utah State is 3-6 on the season and 1-5 in Mountain West play following its 52-28 road loss at Wyoming last weekend. Offensively, USU is led by junior QB Kent Myers, who is 168-of-293 (.573) passing for 1,896 yards (210.7 ypg) with nine touchdowns and five interceptions. Junior RB Tonny Lindsey, Jr. leads the team in rushing with 522 yards on 107 carries (4.9 ypc / 58.0 ypg) with three touchdowns, while sophomore WR Ron’quavion Tarver and freshman WR Rayshad Lewis both have a team-best 36 receptions for 455 yards (13.8 ypr) with two touchdowns. Defensively, redshirt senior LB Anthony Williams leads the team with 60 tackles, which includes 1.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss, while junior LB Alex Huerta has 45 tackles, which includes 2.0 tackles for loss. As a team, Utah State is averaging 24.3 points and 377.9 yards of total offense (219.6 passing, 158.3 rushing), and allowing 29.1 points and 384.3 yards of total offense (192.3 passing, 192.0 rushing).

HOBBS TIES MODERN DAY SCHOOL RECORD IN WYOMING GAME • Junior QB Damion Hobbs rushed for a career-high three touchdowns from one, two and 10 yards last weekend at Wyoming to tie the modern day school record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a single game, a record that was set by fellow junior QB Kent Myers as a freshman in 2014 against San José State. Hobbs now has a teambest five rushing touchdowns this season on just 16 carries, which ranks sixth on the team. For his career, he has six rushing touchdowns.

DID YOU KNOW? • In Utah State’s nine games this season, the team that scores first is 8-1 with the lone exception being USU’s home loss to San Diego State as the Aggies scored a touchdown on its first possession.

• Junior CB Jalen Davis needs eight tackles to reach 150 for his career. Senior DE Ricky Ali’ifua needs eight tackles to reach 100 for his career. Redshirt senior NG Travis Seefeldt needs 15 tackles to reach 100 for his career. Junior RB LaJuan Hunt needs 42 yards to become the 29th player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a career.

• Senior FS Devin Centers is the team leader in career tackles with 168, while senior DE Ricky Ali’ifua is the team leader in career sacks (7.0) and career tackles for loss (15.5).

• Junior QB Kent Myers has thrown six touchdowns and three interceptions at home this year, and three touchdowns and two interceptions on the road. For his career, Myers has 15 touchdowns and five interceptions at home, and 15 touchdowns and six interceptions on the road.

• Utah State has won 18 of its last 20 games, including a 1-1 record this year, when it has a 100-yard rusher, and has won 22 of its last 23 contests, including a 3-0 record this year, when rushing at least 40 times in a game. /// AGGIE TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON /// #23 | GAJE FERGUSON | BS | 6-0 | 205 | R-SO | MENDON, UTAH | SNOW JC | MOUNTAIN CREST HS

• Made his first career start last weekend at Wyoming and had a career-high 10 tackles, which included his first career tackle for loss. He also recorded his first career pass breakup against the Cowboys.

• Recorded five tackles two games ago against San Diego State and has averaged 7.5 tackles per game in his last two outings.

• Ranks 17th on the team with his 18 tackles this season.

• Is one of 12 Cache Valley natives on this year’s roster.

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A QUICK LOOK AT NEW MEXICO • New Mexico is 6-3 on the season and 4-1 in Mountain West play following its 35-26 home win against Nevada last weekend. The Lobos are led by senior QB Austin Apodoca, who is 43-of-72 passing for 494 yards (70.6 ypg) with four touchdowns and two interceptions. Redshirt freshman RB Tyrone Owens leads the team in rushing with 890 yards on 112 carries (7.9 ypc/98.9 ypg) with six touchdowns, and senior WR Dameon Gamblin has caught 16 passes for 140 yards (8.8 ypr/15.6 ypg) with one touchdown. Defensively, senior LB Dakota Cox has a teambest 52 tackles, which includes 2.0 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss, while senior DE Nik D’Avanzo has 46 tackles, which includes 4.0 sacks and 6.0 tackles for loss. As a team, New Mexico is averaging 38.1 points and 464.9 yards of total offense per game (358.8 rushing, 106.1 passing) and allowing 31.6 points and 372.4 yards of total offense (233.0 passing, 139.4 rushing). New Mexico returns 15 starters (O-5, D-10) and 44 lettermen (O-19, D-22, S-3) from last year’s team that went 7-6 overall and 5-3 in Mountain West play to finish tied for second in the Mountain Division. UNM finished its season with a 45-37 loss to Arizona in the New Mexico Bowl. Bob Davie is 24-35 in five seasons at New Mexico and 59-60 in 10 seasons as a collegiate head coach.

AGGIES AND LOBOS SERIES HISTORY • Utah State trails in the all-time series against New Mexico, 12-10, but holds a 6-3 advantage at home. The first game played in the series was on Dec. 1, 1951, in Albuquerque with UNM winning 17-13. USU has won two of the last three meetings between the two teams with a 28-21 home win in 2014 and a 45-10 road win in 2013.

New Mexico posted a 14-13 home win last year. USU has also won each of the last two home meetings with New Mexico and the last time the Lobos won in Logan was during the 1997 season, 25-22.

UTAH STATE AND NEW MEXICO AS CONFERENCE FOES • Utah State and New Mexico have spent 15 years as league foes as both schools were members of the Skyline Conference from 1951 to 1961 along with its current membership in the Mountain West. The Lobos have been a member of the Mountain West since its inception in 1999, while USU joined the league prior to the 2013 season.

UTAH STATE VS. NEW MEXICO SERIES 14TH-MOST PLAYED IN SCHOOL HISTORY • Utah State and New Mexico will be meeting for the 23rd time this weekend in what is the 14th-most played series in school history.

WELLS VERSUS NEW MEXICO • Matt Wells is 2-1 all-time against New Mexico as Utah State’s head coach and never faced the Lobos as an assistant.

UTAH STATE VERSUS THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO • Utah State is 40-19 (.678) all-time against Division I teams from the state of New Mexico, including a 30-7 record against New Mexico State and a 10-12 record versus New Mexico.

UTAH STATE CONNECTIONS WITH NEW MEXICO • Utah State head coach Matt Wells spent three years (2007, 2008, 2010) as an assistant coach at New Mexico as he was the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator in 2007 and 2008, and the wide receivers and kickoff return coach in 2010. During the 2007 season, Wells helped guide the Lobos to a 9-4 record, including tying for third place in the Mountain West with a 5-3 mark, followed by a 23-0 win against Nevada in the New Mexico Bowl. In 2010, Wells coordinated a UNM kickoff return unit that finished 27th in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with a 23.5 yards per return average. The kickoff return unit established six new school records, while tying one. Under Wells’ tutelage, his kickoff return units broke or tied 16 school records, as well as breaking or tying four NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) records. In his first coaching stint at New Mexico, Wells coached a pair of first-team all-Mountain West receivers in Travis Brown and Marcus Smith in 2007. Smith led the MW in receiving, setting a school record with 91 receptions for 1,125 yards and four touchdowns, while Brown tallied 76 catches for 1,031 yards with six scores. It was the first time in New Mexico history that two different receivers had 1,000 receiving yards in the same season. Smith was a fourth-round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2008.

MORE UTAH STATE CONNECTIONS WITH NEW MEXICO • New Mexico passing game coordinator/safeties coach Charles McMillian is a 1995 graduate of Utah State and played cornerback for the Aggies in 1993 and 1994, helping USU to a Big West co-Championship and its first-ever bowl win in the Las Vegas Bowl II in 1993. New Mexico defensive line coach Stan Eggen was the inside linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Utah State from 1986-90. New Mexico’s Director of Recruiting, Vince Natali, spent the 2012 season at Utah State as an offensive graduate assistant.

DID YOU KNOW? • Former Utah State PK Brad Bohn set a school record for points scored by a kicker with 18 against New Mexico in 1998 as USU lost to UNM, 39-36, in triple overtime. In the game, Bohn was 5-of-5 on field goals (37, 23, 23, 41, 33) and 3-for-3 on extra points. Bohn also tied the school record for field goals made and attempted in that game against the Lobos.

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GAME NOTES /// NEW MEXICO at UTAH STATE ///

/// SERIES HISTORY ///

Overall ....................................................... USU trails, 12-10-0 In Logan......................................................... USU leads, 6-3-0 In Albuquerque ............................................... USU trails, 9-4-0 Longest USU Win Streak ........................................ 3, 1953-55 Longest UNM Win Streak ................................... 4, 1956-1959 Largest USU Margin of Victory ............... (39) 46-7 -- 10/15/60 Largest UNM Margin of Victory ................ (28) 28-0 -- 12/6/52 /// GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS ///

12-01-51 L 13-17 A 12-06-52 L 0-28 A 09-26-53 W 6-0 H 10-02-54 W 6-0 A 10-08-55 W 18-0 H 09-29-56 L 19-27 A 10-12-57 L 10-14 H 10-11-58 L 14-34 A 10-10-59 L 6-28 H 10-15-60 W 46-7 A 10-14-61 W 41-7 H 10-13-62 L 13-14 A 10-12-63 W 47-14 H 10-17-64 W 14-3 A 09-17-66 L 8-17 A 09-20-97 L 22-25 H 09-12-98 L 36-39*** A 10-19-02 W 45-44* H 10-04-03 L 7-34 A 10-19-13 W 45-10 A 11-15-14 W 28-21 H 11-07-15 L 13-14 A * = overtimes /// TOP AGGIES vs. NEW MEXICO ///

Rushing .................................... Joey DeMartino (2013) ................................................ 144 yards on 12 carries Passing ........................................ Jose Fuentes (2002) ..................................... 340 yards on 16-of-34 passing Receiving ....................................... Kevin Curtis (2002) ........................................... 180 yards on six receptions /// DID YOU KNOW? ///

• Utah State’s 39-36 loss at New Mexico in 1998 is its only triple-overtime game in school history and the Aggies have never played in an overtime game that went longer than three periods. In fact, USU has played just 11 overtime games in school history and two have been against New Mexico as the Aggies posted a 45-44 overtime home win against UNM in 2002.

• New Mexico is USU’s only opponent that it has played multiple overtime games against.

• New Mexico has scored 18 more touchdowns (46-28) and given up five more touchdowns (37-32) than Utah State has this season.

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2016-17 USU MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON OUTLOOK

Front Row (L-R): Kyle Taylor (director of player development), Spencer Nelson (assistant), Tarvish Felton (associate head coach), Tim Duryea (head coach), Louis Wilson (assistant), Jesse Parker (director of operations), Alan Bishop (strength & conditioning coach), Brandon Wells (trainer). Middle Row (L-R): Shane Rector, Connor Garner, Sam Merrill, Diogo Brito, Koby McEwen, Julion Pearre, Abel Porter. Back Row (L-R): Quinn Taylor, Alexis Dargenton, Klay Stall, Ngor Barnaba, Norbert Janicek, Trevin Dorius, Jalen Moore, Daron Henson.

Utah State’s 2016-17 season will feature a roster brimming with new talent as the Aggies welcome in 10 newcomers to a roster with one returning redshirt and four returning letterwinners.

Headlining the group of returners is senior wing Jalen Moore, who has led the team in scoring and rebounding each of the past two seasons. Moore became the 37th in school history to eclipse 1,000 career points, ending the 2015-16 campaign with 1,119 after averaging 15.2 points per game.

In addition to his scoring, Moore earned the Chairman of the Boards award after leading the Aggies with 6.0 rebounds per game.

Moore is slated to play the three throughout the year for Utah State, a move that second-year head coach Tim Duryea said will only help the senior in the future.

“Our goal this year is to play Jalen at his natural position, which is the three,” Duryea said. “I expect him to excel in all phases of the game, from rebounding the ball, to scoring and his shooting percentages. I see him improving in all of those things, playing at a position where his future is as a basketball player.”

Senior guard Shane Rector returns and will direct the Aggies at the point, having excelled in a pair of starts at the Mountain West Tournament at the end of the last season, averaging 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists over the two-game stretch.

“Shane is coming into this year as the incumbent at the point and played very well in the tournament against Wyoming and San Diego State,” Duryea said. “Shane has a clear mind going forward, in terms of what he needs to do at this level and what I would like him to do at this level to run our team.”

Julion Pearre is another guard with a wealth of experience, having played in every game with the Aggies since his arrival in Logan. Pearre finished the 2015-16 season with four straight double-digit scoring outings and finished the year averaging 8.0 points per game.

“Julion is a battle-tested, two-year guy that has played as many minutes as anyone else in the program over the last two years,” Duryea said. “He is an extremely tough, aggressive kid and I love his mentality on the floor. He never backs down and he never takes his foot off of the pedal.”

The final returner for the Aggies is sophomore forward Quinn Taylor, who played in all but one game for the Aggies last season after completing a two-year LDS Church Mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Taylor entered the year as a walk-on, but earned a scholarship following his determined play on the court, averaging 4.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.

“Quinn has done a good job for us,” Duryea said. “Things just turn out well when he’s on the floor. He is a great execution guy.”

In addition to the four returners, the Aggies bring in 10 newcomers and a group that is being regarded as one of the top recruiting classes at Utah State.

Headlining the group is four-star guard Koby McEwen,

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a 6-3 guard from Wasatch Academy (Utah), who led the Tigers to 29-4 record as a senior, averaging 18.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game.

“Koby’s versatility allows him to play the one or two,” Duryea said. “He has the size and shooting ability to play the two and has tremendous instincts in passing the ball that allows him to play the one.”

Joining him on the guard line is Sam Merrill, returning from and LDS Church Mission in Nicaragua. Merrill, a 6-4 guard, led Bountiful (Utah) High School to a state championship as a senior, scoring 23 points in the championship game. Over the course of his prep career, Merrill was named first-team all-state as a junior and senior as well as the Region 6 MVP as a junior.

“Sam is a kid that will make up a lot of ground in a hurry,” Duryea said. “He is a very efficient basketball player because he figures out his strengths and plays to them and figures out his weaknesses and stays away from them. He has a thorough grasp on who he is as a player and that will really allow him to advance.”

Portuguese international Diogo Brito will join the team fresh off an appearance with Portugal in the U-20 FIBA World Championships, leading the team with 10.8 points per game.

“Diogo has an extremely high offensive intellect,” Duryea said. “European kids are very high level offensive players because they are trained at an early age about the intricacies of the pick-and-roll game. They practice with professional teams and older players and are exposed to a lot of experience in practice and those they play against. Diogo’s adjustment will be how fast he can adjust on the defensive end of the floor.”

The last addition to the guards is Abel Porter, also returning from an LDS Church Mission, who was an all-state performer at Davis (Utah) High School.

“Abel was a very productive player at Davis High School,” Duryea said. “He is a point guard that takes a lot of pride in running and organizing a team. His strength is making the players around him better.”

Along with a talented group of guards, Utah State added four post players that are all 6-foot-8 or taller.

Tallest among the group is Snow College transfer Norbert Janicek, measuring in at 6-11. Janicek will have three years to play for the Aggies after earning first-team all-Scenic West Athletic Conference honors and leading the Badgers with 15.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.

“Norbie is a very gifted low post scorer with both hands around the basket and an extremely hard worker,” Duryea said. “With three years to play, all of his best basketball is in front of him. He’s really just getting started in figuring out how good he can be.”

Another transfer, Ngor Barnaba from Missouri State West Plains, will bolster the bigs, standing at 6-foot-8. Barnaba led the Grizzlies in scoring and rebounding last season, turning in 14.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

“Ngor has the ability to stretch the floor from the four or five spot,” Duryea said. “When you want to play small, you can play Ngor at the five and he’ll give you a more 5-out look on the floor. It will give the defense some problems with five shooters on the floor.”

Klay Stall will be the youngest of the post players in both age and development, after missing his senior year at Basha (Ariz.)

High School because of a knee injury. As a junior, Stall averaged a double-double of 11.8 points and 11.4 rebounds per game en route to being named honorable mention all-Arizona Division I. “Klay is our most athletic big,” Duryea said. “He is extremely bouncy, but he needs to develop his body as he missed his whole senior year in his development. Physically, he is younger than most of the group and he is younger in terms of basketball because of the missed year, but has a tremendous upside because of his athletic ability.”

Rounding out the bigs is freshman walk-on Trevin Dorius, a 6-10 post out Wasatch (Utah) High School, where he averaged 9.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.

“Trevin is a five-man that we’re looking to develop,” Duryea said. “We’ll let him go at his own pace to begin with to develop the skill and strength to be successful at this level.”

On the wings, Utah State returns redshirt Alexis Dargenton and adds freshman Daron Henson. In addition, fifth-year senior Connor Garner will walk on after serving as a team manager and member of the scout team over the past three years.

Dargenton sat out the 2015-16 season after transferring from Laramie County Community College, where he averaged 12.4 points and a team-best 7.7 rebounds per game.

“Alex is a kid who has spent a year in our program and his best attribute is his activity level and motor as a player,” Duryea said. “He can block a shot on one end and then get an offensive rebound tip-in on the other end. He is a very active player and his activity level is his biggest strength at the moment.”

Henson played his final year of high school at Cathedral (Calif.) High School after a three-year career at Alemany (Calif.) High School, scoring in double digits as both a junior and sophomore.

“Daron may be the best pure shooter in our program,” Duryea said. “He is a long athletic wing, who is developing as a ball handler and passer to be more of a total offensive player. He is exceptionally gifted at shooting the basketball.”

Garner earned a walk-on spot after working with the scout team as a manager over the past three seasons.

Utah State will host its Prime Time Madness event on Friday, Oct. 14, giving fans their first look at the team in a scrimmage and skills competition. The Aggies will host an exhibition game against Southern Virginia on Nov. 4, before opening the 2016-17 campaign on the road at UC Irvine on Friday, Nov. 11. USU will open at home in the first of 16 home contests on Monday, Nov. 14, against NJIT.

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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 four-story premium seating and press box structure. It includes a state-of-the-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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Founded: March 8, 1888

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS

President (15th): Stan L. Albrecht (Feb. 1, 2005-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 Campus Size: 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

Enrollment : Total Headcount Enrollment (Fall 2015): 28,662* *Includes USU Regional Campuses and Distance Education: 14,403 and USU Eastern: 2,017 Gender: Male: 13,288 Female: 15,334 Student Representation: All 29 counties in Utah All 50 states 81 countries Ages: Average undergraduate age: 22.3 Average graduate age: 33.8 Academics: Undergraduate degrees: 168 Undergraduate minors: 94 Graduate degrees: 143 Student/faculty ratio: 21.4 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: 350 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 Majors: General Studies; Economics; Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education; Mechanical Engineering; Psychology; and Elementary Education

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HEAD COACH MATT WELLS

MATT WELLS HEAD COACH UTAH STATE, 1996

2013 Mountain West Coach of the Year

Fourth Season as Utah State Head Coach (25-16 Overall,18-6 Mountain West) Sixth Season Overall at Utah State

Matt Wells has wasted little time putting his stamp on the Aggie football program as its head coach as Utah State is 25-16 during his three years at the helm, including an 18-6 Mountain West record. Those 25 wins are a school record by a USU coach in his first three seasons and he already ranks as the seventhwinningest coach in school history, while his 61.0 winning percentage ranks sixth all-time.

Utah State has also recorded three wins against top-25 opponents during Wells’ first three years as head coach, one more than the program won in its previous 115 seasons.

During his five years at Utah State, which includes two years as an assistant, Wells has been part of a program that has played in a school-record fivestraight bowl games, while posting a 43-24 record.

USU has also won at least six games and five conference games in each of the past five seasons, both of which are school records.

In all, 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.

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 has 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 fourth-straight bowl game in 2014 and won its third-straight 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 AllAmerican, while Davis was named a true freshman All-American by 247Sports. Along with earning AllAmerican honors, 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. The Aggies 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 allMountain 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 thirdteam All-American by College Sports Madness, and Fackrell was named an honorable mention Sophomore All-American by College Football News.

Wells also coached a school-record four players who were invited and participated in the 2014 NFL WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MATT WELLS...

Zach Vigil, Linebacker, Miami Dolphins: “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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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 during the 2012 campaign. In 2011, Wells coached USU’s quarterbacks and was the team’s recruiting coordinator.

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 during the 2012 campaign 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 each of its final seven games, bettering the previous school record of 38-plus points in three-straight games accomplished six times and most recently in 2000.

In 2012, Wells coached former Aggie quarterback 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 emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in the nation and 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., received his bachelor’s degree in business marketing from Utah State in 1996, graduating cum laude. He and his wife Jen have two daughters, Jadyn (13) and Ella (10), and one son, Wyatt (7). His brother, Luke, is Utah State’s co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator.

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MATT WELLS’ FILE

• Hired December 20, 2012 COACHING EXPERIENCE 2013- Utah State - Head Coach 2012 Utah State - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 2011 Utah State - Quarterbacks/Recruiting Coordinator 2010 New Mexico - Wide Receivers 2009 Louisville - Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator 2007-08 New Mexico - Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator 2002-06 Tulsa - Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator 1997-01 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 (13), Ella (10); Son - Wyatt (7)

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MIKE CANALES

FRANK MAILE

JOVON BOUKNIGHT

HEAD COACH Utah State, 1996 Fourth Season

ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/ RUNNING BACKS/TIGHT ENDS Utah State, 1984 First Season

ASSISTANT HEAD COACH /CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/DEFENSIVE LINE Utah State, 2007 First Season

CO-OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ WIDE RECEIVERS Wyoming, 2006 Eighth Season

STACY COLLINS

KENDRICK SHAVER

LUKE WELLS

JULIUS BROWN

SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR Western Oregon, 1998 First Season

CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ SAFETIES Missouri State, 2002 Sixth Season

CO-OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/QUARTERBACKS/RECRUITING COORDINATOR Oklahoma, 2002 Fourth Season

ASSISTANT COACH/CORNERBACKS Boise State, 2006 First Season

STEVE FARMER

DAVID KOTULSKI

ASSISTANT COACH/OFFENSIVE LINE Illinois State, 1999 First Season

ASSISTANT COACH/LINEBACKERS New Mexico State, 1974 First Season

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USU COACHING/SUPPORT STAFF WAQA DAMUNI

JARED RUSSELL

DAVE KRAGTHORPE

BRAD KRAGTHORPE

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR FOOTBALL OPERATIONS Utah State, 1998 Fourth Season

DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL Arizona State, 2013 First Season

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH Utah State, 1954 Fourth Season

OFFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT LSU, 2015 First Season

NAUFAHU TAHI

MATT AH YOU

MANOA LATU

MICHAEL CROSS

OFFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT Utah State, 2015 First Season

DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT BYU, 2010 First Season

DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT Portland State, 2011 Third Season

OFFENSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Illinois State, 2011 First Season

KALEO TERIIPAIA

DAVE SCHOLZ

BILL GARREN

MIKE BAIR

DEFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Southern Utah, 2001 First Season

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2004 Fourth Season

ASSISTANT AD/DIRECTOR OF VIDEO OPERATIONS Idaho State, 2002 12th Season

ASSISTANT AD/DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS Utah State, 1995 21th Season

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AGGIE TEAM QUARTERBACKS

RUNNING BACKS/ TIGHT ENDS

(L-R): Cade Smith, DJ Nelson, Kent Myers, Jordan Love, Damion Hobbs, Luke Wells (co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/recruiting coordinator).

Front Row (L-R): Morian Walker, Jr., Justen Hervey, Tonny Lindsey, Jr., LaJuan Hunt, Dionte Simon, Devante Mays.

Back Row (L-R): Mike Canales (assistant head coach/running backs/tight ends), Derek Hastings, Matt Nelson, Wyatt Houston, Joe Palange, Dax Raymond, Landon Horne, Naufahu Tahi (offensive graduate assistant).

WIDE RECEIVERS

SPECIALISTS

Front Row (L-R): Tyler Fox, Jordan Nathan, Alex Byers, Zach Van Leeuwen, Hudson Conrad, Kennedy Williams, Andrew Rodriguez.

Back Row (L-R): Brad Kragthorpe (offensive graduate assistant), Gerold Bright, Chad Artist, Ethan Cortazzo, Jovon Bouknight (co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers), Ron’Quavion Tarver, Braelon Roberts, Jaren Colston-Green, Rayshad Lewis.

Front Row (L-R): DJ Nelson, Emmett Odegard, Brandon Pada, Jake Templeton, Daniel Anderson.

Back Row (L-R): Stacy Collins (special teams coordinator), Aaron Dalton, Brock Warren, Jake Thompson, Dominik Eberle, Aman Anand (special teams volunteer assistant).

OFFENSIVE LINE

Front Row (L-R): Sean Taylor, Cody Boyer, Roderick Smith, Viliamu McMoore, Demytrick Ali’ifua, Andrew Chen, Colby Kerns, Ty Shaw, Brandon Taukeiaho.

Back Row (L-R): Steve Farmer (assistant coach/offensive line), Preston Brooksby, Jude Hockel, Jarom Ioane, Jake Simonich, Austin Stephens, Austin Albrecht, Dalton Forsythe, KJ Uluave, Michael Cross (offensive administrative assistant).

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Front Row (L-R): Naufahu Tahi (offensive graduate assistant), Aman Anand (special teams volunteer assistant), Brandon Howard (assistant strength and conditioning coach), Brad Kragthorpe (offensive graduate assistant), Kaleo Teriipaia (defensive/special teams administrative assistant), Mike Canales (assistant head coach/ running backs/tight ends), Manoa Latu (defensive graduate assistant), Kendrick Shaver (co-defensive coordinator/safeties), Stacy Collins (special teams coordinator), Jovon Bouknight (co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers), Matt Ah You (defensive graduate assistant), Jared Russell (director of player personnel).

Back Row (L-R): Dave Scholz (head strength coach), Luke Wells (co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/recruiting coordinator), Steve Farmer (offensive line), Frank Maile (assistant head coach/co-defensive coordinator/defensive line), Michael Cross (offensive administrative assistant), Dave Kragthorpe (special assistant to the head coach), Matt Wells (head coach), Waqa Damuni (assistant AD for football operations), Julius Brown (cornerbacks), David Kotulski (linebackers), Derek Owings (strength and conditioning graduate assistant), Joey Bergles (assistant strength coach).

AGGIE TEAM DEFENSIVE LINE

LINEBACKERS

Front Row (L-R): Jake Pitcher, Caden Andersen, Jacoby Wildman, Jake Templeton, Mohelika Uasike, Adewale Adeoye, Ritisoni Fata.

Back Row (L-R): Frank Maile (assistant head coach/co-defensive coordinator/defensive line), Ian Togiai, Christopher ‘Unga, Gasetoto Schuster, Ricky Ali’ifua, Travis Seefeldt, Edmund Faimalo, Siua Taufa, Manoa Latu (defensive graduate assistant).

Front Row (L-R): Chase Christiansen, David Woodward, Brock Carmen, Kevin Meitzenheimer, Justus Te’i, Leki Uasike, Dustin Mathews, Chasen Andersen, Patrick Lee Miranda.

Back Row (L-R): Kaleo Teriipaia (defensive/special teams administrative assistant), Alex Huerta, Mason Tobeck, Derek Larsen, Anthony Williams, Logan Lee, Dalton Baker, Troy Murray, Braden Harris, David Kotulski (assistant coach/linebackers), Matt Ah You (defensive graduate assistant).

CORNERBACKS

SAFETIES

Front Row (L-R): Cameron Haney, Jentz Painter, Austin Cheney, Jay Brown, Kevin Ogwu.

Back Row (L-R): Wesley Bailey, Makiah Gilmer, Daniel Gray, Jalen Davis, Julius Brown (assistant coach/cornerbacks).

Front Row (L-R): Zach Swenson, Braxton Gunther, Dallin Leavitt, Baron Gajkowski.

Back Row (L-R): Kendrick Shaver (co-defensive coordinator/safeties), Devin Centers, Gaje Ferguson, Marquan Ellison, Jontrell Rocquemore.

CAPTAINS

Front Row (L-R): Ian Togiai, Alex Huerta, Kent Myers, Dallin Leavitt, Jalen Davis, DJ Nelson, Derek Larsen.

Back Row (L-R): Austin Stephens, Austin Albrecht, Jake Simonich, Dax Raymond, Matt Wells (head coach), Wyatt Houston, Ricky Ali’ifua, Travis Seefeldt, Jontrell Rocquemore.

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USU SUPPORT STAFF SPORTS MEDICINE

EQUIPMENT MANAGERS

Front: Amy Bresley, Katie DeLost, Becka Owens, Sonia DelBusso, Emily Teson, Carley Bishop Back: Conner Andrews, Mike Williams, Alex Kern, Curtis Cazier, Jessica Achatz Not pictured: Laura Parry

Front: Jamison Jones, Brady Mikkelsen, Hayley Sharkey, Ryan Corbett, Brandon Burger Back: Mike Bair, Kyle Kirby, LA Norton, Spencer Hohman, Adam Woodmansee, James Bell, Steve Wiley

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

VIDEO

Front Row (L-R): Dave Scholz, Brandon Howard, Joey Bergles, Derek Owings

Front: Jacob Boxx, Breylen Stallings, Zeb Burdick, Trevor Naumann, Jordan Campbell Back: Derick Lott, Landon Droubay, Bill Garren, Jordan Steele, Taylor Ford, Daniel Magalogo

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ADMINISTRATION STAN ALBRECHT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Stan L. Albrecht was named Utah State University’s 15th president and assumed his new position on Feb. 1, 2005.

At the time of the announcement, Albrecht was serving as executive vice president and provost at Utah State, a position he held since 2001. He previously served as its dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences from 1998-2001.

Albrecht celebrated ten years of education, innovation and growth at the university during the 2015-16 school year. Since taking the helm, he has seen the university through many changes and successes.

Madelyn Fife, a Utah State honors student and Huntsman Scholar double-majoring in economics and political science, was one of only 54 students nationwide to win a 2016 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Fife is only the fourth USU student to receive this prestigious scholarship in the last 36 years.

Utah State students succeed because of dedicated faculty and researchers who work hard to carry out USU’s mission. The faculty is involved in innovative research projects that often include opportunities for undergraduate students to be involved. A total of more than $220 million of new sponsored awards funding was granted in fiscal year 2014 — the highest level of external support ever recorded. And the excellence continues across our campus. For example, the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services was ranked 33rd in the nation overall against all graduate college of education by U.S. News and World Report in the 2016 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”

Utah State’s Year of Water was in 2015, a year in which the university highlighted its water expertise and leadership across disciplines. USU’s water specialists today, in fact, are among the nation’s and the world’s leading experts on many water-related issues, particularly in the areas of management, ecosystems, climate, water education and society’s understanding of this precious resource.

There are also many physical changes on the campus as well. The Huntsman Hall, the state-of-the-art addition that wraps around the George S. Eccles Business Building, was opened in the spring of 2016. Students were also excited that the USU Student Recreation & Wellness Center building opened in the fall of 2015. Those attending Aggie football games will be able to observe first-hand the major renovation the newly named Maverik Stadium. Across the state new classroom buildings were opened at our campuses in Price, Tooele and Brigham City.

Prior to his arrival at Utah State, Albrecht served as an administrator and professor at the University of Florida from 1993-98. He also served for 18 years at Brigham Young University (1974-92), including three years as academic vice president and associate provost. He began his career as an assistant professor of sociology at Utah State University in 1970 through 1974.

A sociologist, Albrecht has written extensively, including as a co-author of the textbooks Social Psychology and Social Science Research Methods, both published by Prentice-Hall. He has authored numerous scholarly papers on a wide range of topics, including the environment, energy development and rural health.

Albrecht received his doctorate from Washington State University in 1970, a master’s degree from Washington State University in 1968 and bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in 1966. All three degrees were in sociology.

He is a member of the Science Committee for the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of Interior. He has served as a council member of the Society for Human Ecology and as vice president of the Rural Sociological Society.

Albrecht is married to Joyce Albrecht, Utah State’s Director of Stewardship Programs.

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JOHN HARTWELL VICE PRESIDENT AND ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

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 socially, academically and athletically 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 to both 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.

Additionally, Hartwell has overseen the completion of the $36 million, 85,000 square feet 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 will also be used to host a student-athlete 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 saw unparalleled athletic success during the 2015-16 academic year as its men’s tennis program won the school’s first-ever Mountain West Championship, the men’s indoor and men’s outdoor track & field programs both finished second at its conference championships, and its football program played in its school-record fifth-straight bowl game.

Furthermore, Utah State’s softball program concluded its best season in 20 years, posting a 26-25 overall record while going 12-12 in Mountain West action, as its 26 wins and 20 league wins are its most since 1996. The Aggies finished the 2016 campaign in a three-way tie for third place in the league standings, their highest conference finish since the 1993 squad claimed a share of the Big West title.

Even more impressive was Utah State’s continued successes by its student-athletes in the classroom as they have an 87 percent graduation success rate and a cumulative 3.15 grade-point average. During the 2015-16 academic year, USU had 171 student-athletes earn academic all-Mountain West honors, while 102 were named Mountain West Scholar Athlete. Additionally, USU recognized 202 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, where he laid the groundwork for the future of Trojan Athletics by spearheading several significant upgrades to its athletic facilities, including the addition of a new $2 million practice facility for the golf teams, a $3 million renovation and expansion of the softball facility and a $2.1 million improvement to Veterans Memorial Stadium, while also securing funding for lights to be installed at the soccer and track complex. Hartwell also unveiled the North End Zone Project for Veterans Memorial Stadium, a $20 million project that will be the new home for Trojan football.

Athletics has always been a big part of Hartwell’s life, starting in high school where he was an all-state basketball selection at UMS-Wright in Mobile, Ala. The 6-foot-7 forward played alongside current North Carolina State head coach Mark Gottfried in high school. Hartwell went on to play collegiately at The Citadel, where he was a three-year starter, a four-year letterman and captain of the team as a senior in 1987.

Hartwell, a 1987 graduate of The Citadel, is married to Dr. Heather Seale Hartwell, and they have two daughters, Lauren (7) and Madison (4). Hartwell also has a 24-year old son, Hunter, a Vanderbilt graduate who works for Deloitte Consulting.

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POS NO PLAYER HT WT X-WR 82 Andrew Rodriguez 5-9 185

19 Ron’Quavion Tarver 6-3 210 T-WR 9 Rayshad Lewis 5-10 165

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78 Cody Boyer 6-5 285 LG 65 Austin Albrecht 6-5 300

74 Jude Hockel 6-4 290 C 59 Austin Stephens 6-3 315

58 Demytrick Ali’ifua 6-3 305 RG 66 KJ Uluave 6-4 300

67 Brandon Taukeiaho 6-2 305

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POS NO PLAYER HT WT DE 98 Edmund Faimalo 6-2 280

19 Ian Togiai 6-2 285 -or- 55 Adewale Adeoye 6-3 260 NG 70 Travis Seefeldt 6-1 305

96 Christopher ‘Unga 6-0 295 -or- 56 Gasetoto Schuster 6-0 290 DE 95 Ricky Ali’ifua 6-2 280

91 Siua Taufa 6-0 280 OLB 20 Brock Carmen 6-3 235

47 Logan Lee 6-3 245 ILB 16 Anthony Williams 6-1 245

57 Leki Uasike 5-9 230 -or- 22 Patrick Miranda 5-10 220 ILB 12 Alex Huerta 6-3 240

48 Chase Christiansen 6-1 235 OLB 49 Derek Larsen 6-3 240

51 Justus Te’i 6-3 230 CB 13 Jalen Davis 5-10 185

8 Wesley Bailey 6-1 195 BS 2 Dallin Leavitt 5-10 205

3 Marquan Ellison 5-10 200 FS 23 Gaje Ferguson 6-0 205

37 Devin Centers 5-9 200 -or- 3 Marquan Ellison 5-10 200

YR EXP Sr. 1L Jr. 2L So. SQ R-Sr. 3L Fr. RS So. 1L Sr. 3L Sr. 2L Sr. 1L Fr. HS R-Sr. 1L Sr. SQ Jr. JC Jr. 1L So. SQ So. 1L Fr. HS Jr. 2L Jr. RS Jr. RS Sr. 2L So. RS Sr. 3L Sr. 2L

CB 7 Daniel Gray 5-10 185 Sr. 2L

6 Cameron Haney 5-11 180 Fr. RS

31 Jentz Painter 5-8 175 Sr. 2L

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36 Jake Thompson 6-0 220 PK/K 63 Brock Warren 6-2 175 -or- 36 Jake Thompson 6-0 220 -or- 62 Dominik Eberle 6-1 170 LS 50 Emmett Odegard 6-1 220

79 Brandon Pada 5-11 220 HLD 12 DJ Nelson 5-9 195

89 Aaron Dalton 6-4 220 PR 82 Andrew Rodriguez 5-9 185

13 Jalen Davis 5-10 185 KOR 25 Gerold Bright 5-9 180

34 Justen Hervey 5-10 210

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87 Anu Somoye LT 75 Reno Henderson

61 Darian Allen LG 77 Charlie Grammel

50 Chris Lewis C 59 Blaise Fountain

69 Beau Hott RG 55 Aaron Jenkins

66 Tevita Fonua RT 72 Avery Jordan

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HT WT YR 6-2 191 So. 6-2 192 Fr. 6-4 271 Sr. 6-3 304 Sr. 6-2 304 Fr. 6-3 311 Sr. 6-0 284 Jr. 6-2 269 Fr. 6-1 311 So. 6-2 295 Sr. 6-4 286 Jr. 6-3 304 Sr.

TE 8

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9 QB 13

10 RB 25

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6-4 252 6-3 232 5-10 176 5-6 173 6-1 195 6-1 185 5-10 178 6-3 212 5-9 187 5-11 218 5-9 188 5-8 182 5-8 186

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99 RE 91

98 RUSH 54

58 MLB 49

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47 LCB 11

4 SS 12

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HT WT 6-2 262 6-3 271 6-0 301 6-2 292 6-0 298 6-3 292 6-3 285 6-2 227 6-4 224 6-0 231 6-2 234 6-2 235 6-1 213 6-1 223 5-10 173 5-11 184 5-10 194 6-0 203 6-2 190 6-1 195 6-1 188 6-0 199

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NICK 28

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POS NO FGs 95

96 KOs 95

96 P 30

94 DS 97

34 Hold 94

30 KOR 19

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7 PR 18

PLAYER Jason Sanders Vincent Alerding Jason Sanders Vincent Alerding Corey Bojorquez Sam Gentry Steven Romero Jared EnRico Sam Gentry Corey Bojorquez Elijah Lilly Daryl Chestnut Teriyon Gipson Chris Davis, Jr.

5-8 189 5-11 188 5-10 182 5-9 174

SPECIAL TEAMS

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UTAH STATE FOOTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name

Pos. Ht. Wt.

1 Alex Byers

WR 6-2 185 Jr. JC

Cl. Exp.

Riverview, Fla. (Spoto HS/Antelope Valley JC)

Hometown (High School/Last School)

2 Dallin Leavitt

BS 5-10 200 Jr. RS

Portland Ore. (Central Catholic HS/BYU)

2 Kent Myers

QB 6-0 200 Jr. 2L

Rowlett, Texas (Sachse HS)

3 Marquan Ellison

FS 5-10 195 Sr. 2L

Milwaukee, Wis. (Bradley Tech HS)

4 Tonny Lindsey, Jr.

RB 5-9 195 Jr. 1L

Long Beach, Calif. (Woodrow Wilson HS/Cerritos JC)

5 Jaren Colston-Green WR 6-1 175 Jr. 1L

Tallahassee, Fla. (Leon HS/Arizona Western JC) Los Angeles, Calif. (Cathedral HS)

No. Name

Pos. Ht. Wt.

47 Logan Lee

LB 6-3 245 Fr. HS

Cl. Exp.

Hometown (High School/Last School) Rexburg, Idaho (Madison HS)

48 Chase Christiansen LB 6-1 235 So. SQ

Stansbury, Utah (Stansbury HS)

49 Derek Larsen

LB 6-3 240 So. 1L

Logan, Utah (Logan HS)

50 Emmett Odegard

LS 6-1 220 Jr. JC

Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich HS/Nassau CC)

51 Justus Te’i

LB 6-2 225 Fr. HS

San Marcos, Calif. (Mission Hills HS)

52 Sean Taylor

OL 6-5 310 Jr. JC

Valley, Calif. (Valley HS/Laney College)

6 Cameron Haney

CB 5-11 180 Fr. RS

53 Braden Harris

LB 6-3 235 Fr. RS

Gunnison, Utah (Gunnison Valley HS)

7 Daniel Gray

CB 5-10 185 Sr. 2L Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Boyd Anderson HS/Tennessee)

54 Dustin Mathews

LB 6-1 215 Fr. HS

Bountiful, Utah (Viewmont HS)

8 Wesley Bailey

CB 6-1 195 Jr. RS Huntsville, Ala. (J.O. Johnson HS/Eastern Arizona CC)

55 Adewale Adeoye

DE 6-3 260 So. SQ

St. Louis, Mo. (Ritenour HS)

8 Cade Smith

QB 6-0 200 Fr. RS

55 Andrew Chen

OL 6-4 285 Jr. SQ

Calabasas, Calif. (Chaminade College Prep)

9 Rayshad Lewis

WR 5-10 160 Fr. HS

Orlando, Fla. (Bishop Moore HS)

56 Gasetoto Schuster NG 6-0 290 So. 1L

Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS)

10 Chasen Andersen LB 5-11 220 So. 1L

Logan, Utah (Logan HS/Wisconsin)

Salem, Ore. (West Salem HS)

57 Leki Uasike

LB 5-9 230 Sr. SQ

Hurst, Texas (L.D. Bell HS/Cisco JC)

58 Demytrick Ali’ifua

OL 6-3 305 Fr. HS

San Leandro, Calif. (San Leandro HS)

59 Austin Stephens

OC 6-3 315 Sr. 2L

West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley HS/Iowa Western CC)

60 Colby Kerns

OL 6-2 290 R-Fr. TR

Paso Robles, Calif. (Paso Robles HS/Cal Poly)

62 Dominik Eberle

PK 6-1 170 Fr. RS

Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS)

10 Jordan Love

QB 6-3 200 Fr. HS

Bakersfield, Calif. (Liberty HS)

11 Damion Hobbs

QB 6-1 225 Jr. 1L

Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill HS/Oregon)

11 David Woodward

LB 6-3 210 Fr. HS

Olympia, Wash. (Olympia HS)

12 Alex Huerta

LB 6-3 240 Jr. 1L

Wellsville, Utah (Mountain Crest HS)

12 DJ Nelson

QB 5-9 195 So. 1L

Logan, Utah (Logan HS)

63 Brock Warren

PK 6-2 175 Sr. 1L

Hyde Park, Utah (Sky View HS)

13 Jalen Davis

CB 5-10 185 Jr. 2L

La Mesa, Calif. (Helix HS)

64 Jarom Ioane

OL 6-6 350 Jr. 1L

Bountiful, Utah (Bountiful HS)

14 Chad Artist

WR 6-2 190 Fr. RS

Logan, Utah (Logan HS)

65 Austin Albrecht

OL 6-5 300 Sr. 2L

Sandy, Utah (Alta HS)

15 Hudson Conrad

WR 5-9 175 Fr. RS

Tooele, Utah (Stansbury HS)

66 KJ Uluave

OL 6-4 300 So. SQ

Laie, Hawaii (Kahuku HS)

15 Baron Gajkowski

S 6-1 190 Fr. HS

Alpine, Utah (Lone Peak HS)

67 Brandon Taukeiaho OL 6-2 305 Jr. SQ

16 Anthony Williams

LB 6-1 245 R-Sr. 1L

Philadelphia, Pa. (Upper Dublin HS/L.A. Pierce JC)

68 Dalton Forsythe

OL 6-3 300 Sr. SQ

Grapevine, Texas (Grapevine HS/Southern Utah) DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto HS)

17 Zach Van Leeuwen WR 6-0 185 So. 1L

South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS)

Provo, Utah (Timpview HS)

69 Roderick Smith

OL 6-1 280 Fr. RS

CB 6-1 180 Fr. HS

Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS)

70 Travis Seefeldt

NG 6-1 305 R-Sr. 3L

Peoria, Ariz. (Liberty HS)

19 Ron’Quavion Tarver WR 6-3 210 So. JC

Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central HS/Fort Scott CC)

73 Preston Brooksby

OL 6-5 295 Jr. RS

Peoria, Ariz. (Sunrise Mountain HS/Glendale CC)

74 Jude Hockel

OL 6-4 290 Sr. SQ Walnut Creek, Calif. (Northgate HS/Diablo Valley CC)

75 Ty Shaw

OL 6-4 285 Fr. HS

South Jordan, Utah (Herriman HS)

76 Jake Simonich

OL 6-5 305 Sr. 3L

Danville, Calif. (San Ramon Valley HS)

18 Makiah Gilmer 19 Ian Togiai

DE 6-2 280 Jr. 2L

West Valley City, Utah (Hunter HS)

20 Brock Carmen

LB 6-3 230 Sr. 1L

Clovis, Calilf. (Clovis North HS/Riverside CC)

21 LaJuan Hunt

RB 5-8 205 Jr. 2L

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (University HS)

22 Patrick Lee Miranda LB 5-10 220 Jr. JC

Pawtucket, R.I. (St. Raphael Academy/Chabot JC)

77 Viliamu McMoore

OL 6-5 295 Fr. HS

Kapolei, Hawaii (Kapolei HS)

23 Gaje Ferguson

BS 6-0 200 So. RS

Mendon, Utah (Mountain Crest HS/Snow College)

78 Cody Boyer

OL 6-5 285 So. SQ

St. George, Utah (Pineview HS)

24 Dalton Baker

LB 6-4 240 Fr. RS

Payson, Utah (Payson HS)

79 Brandon Pada

LS 5-11 220 Fr. HS

Glendale, Ariz. (Mountain Ridge HS)

25 Gerold Bright

WR 5-9 180 Fr. RS

Pensacola, Fla. (Escambia HS)

80 Tyler Fox

WR 5-11 180 So. 1L

Layton, Utah (Layton HS)

26 Kevin Ogwu

CB 5-9 170 Jr. SQ

Katy, Texas (Katy HS/Houston Baptist)

81 Jordan Nathan

WR 5-10 175 R-Fr. JC

Monrovia, Calif. (Monrovia HS/Mt. San Jacinto CC)

26 Kennedy Williams WR 5-6 160 Sr. 3L

Las Vegas, Nev. (Valley HS)

27 Jontrell Rocquemore FS 6-1 210 So. 1L

McKinney, Texas (McKinney HS)

82 Andrew Rodriguez WR 5-9 185 Sr. 1L 83 Wyatt Houston

TE 6-4 255 Sr. 3L

Tualatin, Ore. (Horizon Christian HS)

Allen, Texas (Allen HS/Houston)

28 Aaron Wade

BS 6-1 200 So. 1L

Lithia, Fla. (Newsome HS)

84 Ethan Cortazzo

WR 6-0 195 Jr. SQ

Mesa, Ariz. (Red Mountain HS/Mesa CC)

29 Morian Walker, Jr.

RB 6-1 215 Fr. HS

San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian HS)

85 Derek Hastings

TE 6-2 245 Fr. HS

Lehi, Utah (Lehi HS)

31 Jentz Painter

CB 5-8 175 Sr. 2L

Riverton, Utah (Riverton HS)

86 Matt Nelson

TE 6-4 230 So. JC Mission Viejo, Calif. (Los Alamitos HS/Orange Coast CC)

32 Braxton Gunther

S 5-11 170 Fr. HS

Woods Cross, Utah (Woods Cross HS)

87 Dax Raymond

TE 6-5 245 So. 1L

Provo, Utah (Timpview HS)

32 Devante Mays

RB 5-11 230 Sr. 1L

Livingston, Texas (Livingston HS/Blinn JC)

88 Braelon Roberts

WR 6-3 205 Jr. 2L

Dallas, Texas (Bishop Dunne HS)

33 Kevin Meitzenheimer LB 5-11 235 Fr. HS

Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS)

Moreno Valley, Calif. (Moreno Valley HS)

89 Travis Boman

TE 6-5 220 Fr. HS

34 Justen Hervey

RB 5-10 205 So. 1L

Beaumont, Texas (Westbrook HS)

89 Aaron Dalton

P 6-4 220 So. 1L

Bountiful, Utah (Viewmont HS)

34 Chance Parker

S 6-1 200 Fr. RS

Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS)

90 Ritisoni Fata

DE 6-2 240 Fr. HS

Redlands, Calif. (East Valley HS)

36 Jake Thompson

K 6-0 220 Sr. 3L

Logan, Utah (Logan HS)

91 Siua Taufa

DE 6-0 280 Sr. 2L

Concord, Calif. (Ygnacio Valley HS/Diablo Valley CC)

37 Devin Centers

FS 5-9 200 Sr. 3L

Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS)

92 Zach Lee

P 5-10 195 Fr. RS

Cleveland, Tenn. (Cleveland HS)

38 Mason Gajkowski

LB 6-1 225 Fr. RS

Sandy, Utah (Jordan HS)

92 Jake Templeton

DE 6-2 285 So. TR

Boise, Idaho (Timberline HS/Boise State)

39 Jay Brown

CB 5-8 165 Fr. HS

Chino Hills, Calif. (Chino Hills HS)

93 Jacoby Wildman

DE 6-2 270 Fr. RS

Logan, Utah (Logan HS)

39 Connor McGuire

WR 5-11 185 Jr. JC

Roy, Utah (Roy HS/Snow College)

94 Caden Andersen

DE 6-2 265 Fr. HS

Logan, Utah (Logan HS)

40 Austin Cheney

CB 5-9 185 Sr. 1L

Boise, Idaho (Borah HS/Southern Virginia)

95 Ricky Ali’ifua

DE 6-2 280 Sr. 3L

San Leandro, Calif. (San Leandro HS)

96 Christopher ‘Unga NG 6-0 295 Fr. RS

Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS)

40 Dionte Simon

RB 6-0 190 Fr. HS

Tacoma, Wash. (Lincoln HS)

LB/DE 6-4 225 Fr. HS

Logan, Utah (Logan HS)

42 Zach Swenson

BS 6-0 195 Fr. HS

44 Landon Horne 45 Joe Palange 46 Mason Tobeck

41 Troy Murray

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97 Jake Pitcher

DE 6-3 220 Fr. HS

Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS)

Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS)

98 Edmund Faimalo

DE 6-2 280 Sr. 1L

Riverside, Calif. (East Valley HS/Riverside CC)

TE 6-2 245 Sr. 1L

Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS/Snow College)

99 Mohelika Uasike

NG 6-2 300 Fr. HS

North Richland Hills, Texas (L.D. Bell HS)

TE 6-1 245 Sr. SQ

Cleveland, Ohio (St. Edward HS/Oklahoma)

LB 6-2 240 Fr. RS

Puyallup, Wash. (Cascade Christian HS)

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Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Yr

Hometown

2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 31 32 33 33 34 35 36 39 41 45 46 47 48 49

WR LB RB CB RB CB WR S RB RB CB TE WR S QB S WR CB QB S QB WR S WR S QB S QB WR LB WR DB RB RB CB WR RB RB RB CB S WR S LB P WR S S RB LB LS S CB S LB LB TE LB LB LB

176 213 218 182 185 184 191 188 188 182 190 252 185 190 212 178 210 173 172 194 178 182 195 202 189 182 189 203 173 216 195 160 186 180 171 160 197 187 178 174 188 190 189 221 227 182 192 190 178 234 224 199 166 188 229 235 208 223 227 231

Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr.

Mesquite, TX Tulsa, OK Meridian, MS Baltimore, MD Rio Rancho, NM San Antonio, TX Silsbee, TX Baltimore, MD Altus, OK Dallas, TX Albuquerque, NM Rio Rancho, NM El Paso, TX Opa-Locka, FL Longmont, CO Albuquerque, NM Philadelphia, PA Liberty Hill, TX Albuquerque, NM Klein, TX Frisco, TX Bellflower, CA San Diego, CA Dallas, TX Las Cruces, NM La Mirada, CA Rancho Cucamonga, CA Petaluma, CA Westlake Village, CA Berkeley, IL St. Louis, MO San Bernardino, CA Miami, FL Downey, CA Huntsville, TX Huntsville, TX O’Fallon, IL Manor, TX Albuquerque, NM Gulfport, FL Los Angeles, CA Katy, TX Westlake Village, CA Collierville, TN Bellflower, CA Albuquerque, NM Rio Rancho, NM Westlake Village, CA Albuquerque, NM Prior Lake, MN La Mirada, CA Center Hill, FL Albuquerque, NM Rio Rancho, NM El Dorado Hills, CA Phoenix, AZ Albuquerque, NM Babylon, NY Santa Fe, NM Draper, UT

Dameon Gamblin Kimmie Carson Richard McQuarley Nias Martin Romell Jordan Isaiah “I.B.” Brown Patrick Reed Lee Crosby Diquon Woodhouse Teriyon Gipson Blair Manly Cole Gautsche Q’ Drennan Stanley Barnwell, Jr. Austin Apodaca John Russo Delane Hart-Johnson Jadon Boatright Derek Martinez Ryan Santos Lamar Jordan Anselem Umeh Daniel Henry Emmanuel Harris Kameron Miller Tevaka Tuioti Jacob Girgle JaJuan Lawson Chris Davis, Jr. Rhashaun Epting Matt Quarells Elijah Lilly Daryl Chestnut Daevon Vigilant Corey Hightower Jay Griffin IV Kentrail Moran Tyrone Owens Jacob Smith Marquez Mackey Bijon Parker Cameron Thomas Jake Rothschiller Kenya Donaldson Corey Bojorquez Thomas Vieira Steven Steele Kyle Rothschiller Javohn Jones Alex Hart Jared EnRico Kenneth Maxwell Dorsett Valdez Gabe Ortega James Portilla Evahelotu Tohi Michael Walsh Austin Ocasio Isaiah Taylor Dakota Cox

5-10 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-8 5-11 6-2 5-11 5-9 5-8 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-4 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-11 6-1 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-6 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-8 5-7 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-10 5-9 6-1 6-2 5-8 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-8 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-0

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Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Yr

Hometown

50 50 53 54 55 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 64 65 65 66 69 70 71 72 74 75 77 79 82 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 90 91 92 93 94 94 95 95 96 96 97 98 99

Chris Lewis Teton Saltes Cody Baker Donnie White Aaron Jenkins Emmanuel Joseph Taylor Lindsey Everett Powell Maurice Daniels Blaise Fountain Darian Allen Garrett Adcock Jack Lamm Nick Iacovangelo Jack Ziltz Tevita Fonua Beau Hott Jonathan Brys Kameron Smith Avery Jordan Izrael Castellanos Reno Henderson Charlie Grammel Ray Baylor III James McNeeley Jacob Willcox Erik Beilman Aaron Overacker Anu Somoye Nick Lehman Dyson Chmura Matt Naranjo Ewing Simmons Nik D’Avanzo William Udeh Nahje Flowers Sam Gentry David Brown Jason Sanders Garrett Hughes Johnny Williams Vincent Alerding Steven Romero Kene Okonkwo Taylor Timmons

OL DL DL LB OL DL OL DL LB OL OL OL OL OL DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR WR TE LB WR TE TE P DL DL DL DL P LB K DL DL K DS DL DL

311 255 271 227 311 260 271 230 224 284 304 288 273 339 295 295 269 229 325 286 292 271 304 308 184 189 242 218 192 232 230 185 262 292 301 259 229 215 185 262 292 160 204 285 298

Sr. Fr. So. Sr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr.

Compton, CA Albuquerque, NM Issaquah, WA St. Louis, MO Dallas, TX Los Angeles, CA Corona, CA Livermore, CA Coalinga, CA Wichita, KS Dallas, TX Dallas, TX Albuquerque, NM Rochester, NY Crete, IL Oakland, CA Plano, TX Jackson, MI Tacoma, WA Pearland, TX Mission Viejo, CA Ocala, FL Frisco, TX Houston, TX Albuquerque, NM Grants, NM San Antonio, TX Albuquerque, NM Houston, TX Bellflower, CA Waukesha, WI Skokie, IL Stockton, CA Baltimore, MD Coppell, TX Los Angeles, CA Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, NM Orange, CA Corona, CA Hemet, CA Indianapolis, IN Albuquerque, NM Mesquite, TX Tampa, FL

6-3 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-8 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-6 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-2 5-8 6-1 6-3 6-0

Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Bob Davie (Youngstown State, 1976); Offensive Coordinator/WRs: Bob DeBesse (Southwest Texas State, 1982); Defensive Coordinator/LBs: Kevin Cosgrove (WisconsinOshkosh, 1980); Special Teams Coordinator/QBs: Apollo Wright (Cheyney [PA], 1996); Passing Game Coordinator/Safeties: Charles McMillian (Utah State, 1995); Run Game Coordinator/ Offensive Line: Saga Tuitele (Portland State, 2002); Running Backs: Scott Baumgartner (Pacific, 1989); Tight Ends: Clay Davie (Arizona State, 2010); Cornerbacks: Al Simmons (Cal State Hayward, 1987); Defensive Line: Stan Eggen (Moorhead State, 1977); Offensive Graduate Assistants: Jacob Bronowski, Mitchell Kleinschrodt; Defensive Graduate Assistants: Trajuan Briggs, Ivan Cordova; Assistant A.D. for Football: Brian DeSpain; Director of Athletic Performance: Aurmon Satchell; Assistant Director of Athletic Performance: Andy Grubb; Athletic Performance Graduate Assistant: John McWilliams; Assistant Director of Football Operations: Evan Barker; Director of Recruiting: Vince Natali; Assistant Athletic Director for Communications (Football Contact): Frank Mercogliano

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2016 AGGIE SENIORS LOOKING TO TURN SEASON AROUND AND END CAREERS ON POSITIVE NOTE

Sitting (L-R): Marquan Ellison, Brock Carmen, Siua Taufa, Austin Cheney, Jentz Painter, Kennedy Williams, Andrew Rodriguez, Daniel Gray. Kneeling (L-R): Devante Mays, Brock Warren, Anthony Williams, Landon Horne, Devin Centers, Leki Uasike, Edmund Faimalo, Joe Palange, Jake Thompson. Standing (L-R): Austin Stephens, Austin Albrecht, Ricky Ali’ifua, Jake Simonich, Matt Wells (head coach), Wyatt Houston, Jude Hockel, Dalton Forsythe, Travis Seefeldt.

by Wade Denniston, USU Athletic Media Relations Utah State’s 2016 senior class has certainly had its fair share of ups and downs, joys and sorrows, and trials and tribulations.

For example, redshirt senior nose guard Travis Seefeldt missed the entire 2015 campaign following injuries sustained in a car crash. He was eventually granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA. Seefeldt, along with a few other teammates and friends, was returning to Logan from an outing at Newton Reservoir, a popular recreational area in Cache Valley, when the Chevy Tahoe he was driving was struck on the driver’s side by a semi-truck loaded with 52,000 pounds of milk. The truck pushed the Tahoe more than 75 yards before the two vehicles finally came to rest.

Seefeldt was told by doctors that he would never play the sport he so dearly loves ever again. The 6-foot-1, 305-pound native of Peoria, Ariz., proved all his doubters wrong.

“That was the motivation I needed and having enough support behind me that I knew I could pull through it,” Seefeldt said.

And then there are players like tight end Joe Palange and linebacker Leki Uasike. Neither one of those seniors had ever played a down in college until this year with the Aggies.

Palange, who excels when it comes to blocking, has played in all nine games for Utah State this season, including making his first career start against Arkansas State.

“It’s definitely been a real long journey, but I’m glad to be here and glad to finally be playing,” said Palange, who began his collegiate career at William & Mary, then transferred to Oklahoma, then transferred again to Utah State.

For Uasike, he was not even put on scholarship until just before the start of this season. Since then, he has done everything in his power to make sure the coaches didn’t regret that decision.

In his first career game against Weber State, Uasike recorded nine tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss. Against Fresno State, the 5-9, 230-pound native of Hurst, Texas, racked up a career-best 10 tackles. Uasike currently ranks fifth on the team with 43 tackles in seven games played.

“Every time I’m able to get on the field and play, it’s a good memory,” said Uasike, who has also enjoyed the opportunity to play this season with his little brother, freshman nose guard Mohelika Uasike.

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® “He was being recruited by other schools, but this was the only school we could play at together,” said the older Uasike sibling, who at 25 is the second-oldest player on the team behind only junior offensive lineman Jarom Ioane.

“That was our plan and it has been our parents’ dream for us to play on the same team. It is a blessing to be able to play with each other because we’re five years apart.”

Seefeldt, Palange and Uasike are just three examples of the 2016 senior class overcoming adversity to make an impact on the team.

Senior defensive lineman Edmund Faimalo was also injured in the car crash, as was sophomore defensive lineman Adewale Adeoye, former defensive lineman John Taylor and former softball player Sarah Vasquez.

“I look at Travis and that makes you appreciate life a

little bit more,” said fourth-year Utah State head coach Matt Wells. “It has allowed all of us to appreciate life, love a little harder, because with all four of those guys, it is a miracle that they are all alive. He is the last of the four to play. He is appreciative of the opportunity he has been given, just not to walk again, but to play again. He’ll finish with his master’s degree here, so there are a lot of silver linings for him. I’m happy to see that and it motivates guys a little bit to see where he has come from to get where he is.”

The 2016 senior class consists of 25 Aggies: Faimalo, Palange, Seefeldt, Uasike, FS Marquan Ellison, CB Daniel Gray, LB Anthony Williams, LB Brock Carmen, WR Kennedy Williams, CB Jentz Painter, RB Devante Mays, K Jake Thompson, FS Devin Centers, CB Austin Cheney, TE Landon Horne, OC Austin Stephens, PK Brock Warren, OL Austin Albrecht, OL Dalton Forsythe, OL Jude Hockel, OL Jake Simonich, WR Andrew Rodriguez, TE Wyatt Houston, DE Siua Taufa and DE Ricky Ali’ifua.

“There are a lot of young men that have great stories,” Wells said. “There are guys that have been around a lot of wins and they have been around this program in the resurgence and the bowl games. They’ve been in bowl

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games every year that they’ve been here and a lot of them, whether they’ve come in as junior college players with three years to go or two years to go, they’ve been a part of that. We need to send these guys out the right way. That will certainly be important, the way we send these seniors out. It’s also equally important how they play on their way out this last month of the season, and how they play and the legacy they leave not only as a senior class, but as an individual, too. There are motivating factors on both ends for this senior class.”

That is certainly true.

Sitting at 3-6 overall and 1-5 in the Mountain West, the Aggies are in jeopardy of not reaching a bowl game for a school-record sixth consecutive season. Utah State needs to win its final three games to become bowl eligible.

“The most important thing is to just focus on one game at a time and try to rally everyone else,” Rodriguez said. “Ultimately, a lot of the seniors are the guys that are in leadership roles. It’s just getting everyone on board and trying to get the other losses out of everyone’s head and focus on what’s important, which is the next game.”

Added Uasike: “Coming down to the end of the season, we have two more conference games and then BYU in the finale. The game plan we have, the teammates that we have and the leadership we have, we should get the job done.”

The seniors that make up the ’16 class have every intention of righting the ship and ending the season on a positive note.

“This senior class, they are like my best friends,” Rodriguez said.

“I have close relationships with some of the guys and I’m always going to have those relationships for the rest of my life. They’re like brothers to me.

Right now, in the stage we’re in where we’ve lost a few games, we just have to stick together and turn things around.”

Wells wants nothing more than

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to see this group go out riding high.

“When you think of a senior class all by itself, it’s usually how they finish,” the coach said. “Right now, the winningest senior class in Utah State football history is 2014 and I can name over half of those seniors right now, just spitting them out. You remember how they finished in 2014. They had a big win in Provo against BYU and then the winning streak at the end of the year during November. They had a disappointing loss at Boise State, but then had a bounce-back win in the bowl game. You remember how you finish and that’s usually how senior classes are remembered.”

Stephens is grateful for the chance he’s had to play for the Aggies. He has not missed a game during his Utah State career and has started in 36 straight.

“Utah State gave me the opportunity to come out here and play, so to be here and have success and do the things I’ve done has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Stephens said. “You don’t get this very often. To play Division I football, it’s not an easy thing to do at times.

But, I’ve been able to do that and I’ve been able to get an education, so that’s the biggest thing. I’ve graduated in the time I needed to, I have a diploma from here and we’ll see what happens going forward.”

Stephens will miss the time he’s shared on the offensive line with fellow seniors Albrecht and Simonich.

“We were all here around the same time, granted those guys have been here a year longer than me because I’m a JUCO guy,” he said. “But, we all grew together and that’s what makes this journey so special is just growing together and growing into the guys we’ve become and the players we’ve become. It’s been a great experience for all of us and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else out there.”

What will Stephens remember most about his time with the Aggies?

“The friendships,” he was quick to point out. “I’ll carry the friendships forever. They say these are your best friends for life, so I don’t think that will ever change, especially with me and the crew that I have been living with: Jude (Hockel), (Andrew) Chen, Jake (Simonich), (Viliamu McMoore) and those guys. We’re all a closeknit bunch and we do a lot of things together off the field. So, carrying those memories between being on the field and off, we’ll be able to go forward.”

Albrecht agreed.

“I’ve been with most of these guys for five straight years now,” Albrecht said. “They’ve become everything to me and they’re more like family. It’s hard to explain really.”

Prior to tonight’s game against New Mexico, these 25 seniors will be honored in a special pre-game ceremony.

“It’s bittersweet,” Rodriguez said. “I love football.

I’m not sure what I’ll be doing after this semester, but it’s bittersweet. I’m going to miss this field, I’m going to miss the Aggie family and I’m going to miss having the opportunity to strap on the jersey, pads and helmet and play the game I love.”

Uasike couldn’t agree more.

“It’s going to be really emotional,” he said. “I’ve made a lot of good friends and have a lot of best friends on the team. It’s a pleasure to be able to be here and be around them.”

Albrecht is looking forward to taking Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium one final time, especially with his wife and son on hand to cheer him on.

“My emotions are going to be through the roof,” Albrecht said. “Sharing this experience not only by myself, but with my wife. We’ve been married for three years now, so she’s gone through this with me. She’ll be out there with my son. It will be hard not to be emotional.”

What will Rodriguez miss the most when his time at Utah State is over?

“All the little things, whether it’s being a Tuesday or Wednesday practice, or dancing during practice when a certain song comes on with my receivers,” he said. “Most of all, I’m just going to miss the relationships I’ve had with my friends and I’m going to cherish those relationships for the rest of my life.”

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2016-17 USU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON OUTLOOK

Front Row (L-R): Alan Bishop (strength coach), James Vaterlaus (team manager), Kelsie Kruger (assistant), JC Carter (assistant), Jerry Finkbeiner (head coach), Ben Finkbeiner (assistant), Brooke Jackson (director of operations), Andi Decker (manager), Curtis Cazier (trainer). Back Row (L-R): Eliza West, Olivia West, Rachel Brewster, Angelica de Paulo, Hailey Bassett, Shannon Dufficy, Dee Moore, Deja Mason, Antoina Robinson, Lizzy Klinker, Taylor Enders, Katie Toole, Lindsey Jensen, Jessie Geer, Victoria Price.

With the continued improvement found during its 2015-16 campaign, Utah State women’s basketball is in full preparation mode to keep advancing and developing the program through the coming season.

As head coach Jerry Finkbeiner enters his fifth season at the helm of the Aggie program, he and his staff will look to continue to build on the foundation that has been established the last few seasons.

With two new hires on the coaching staff, along with returning players and the incoming freshman class, Utah State is looking forward to the upcoming season.

Last season, Utah State finished the year with a 14-17 overall record, going 8-10 in Mountain West action. The Aggies finished the year in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Championships, falling to Fresno State, 55-47, after defeating Nevada, 59-35, in the first round of competition.

The team’s record was a step in the right direction, improving from an 8-23 overall and 5-13 league performance the previous year. With those numbers, USU had the second-best overall win improvement among teams in the Mountain West, while its conference improvement was the third-highest, just edged by league champion Colorado State.

Over the 2015-16 season, Utah State saw several statistical improvements from the year before. The Aggies shot better in all three categories, improving to 40.4 percent (746-of-1846) from the field, 28.5 percent (141-of-494) from the 3-point line and 75.7 percent (448-of-592) from the free throw line. USU averaged 41.2 rebounds per game last year, up from 40.3 per game in 2014-15. The Aggies also decreased their turnovers last season, averaging 15.4 per game after committing 17.9 per game last year.

The Aggies’ success in 2015-16 was anchored by a young lineup, as the 10 of the 15 players on the roster were freshmen or sophomores. While the team lost six players to graduation or off-season transfers, the USU coaching staff looks to a strong returning group who will pick up where last season ended. The Aggies return five players with starting experience, led by sophomore guards Rachel Brewster and Katie Toole who combined to play 1,637 minutes last year. Overall, the lineup returns 54.9 percent of the minutes played last season.

Brewster was selected to the 2015-16 Mountain West all-Freshman Team, becoming the third-ever Aggie to receive all-freshman team accolades, joining Danyelle Snelgro and Taylor Richards. Starting all but one game, Brewster averaged 9.7 points and a team-best 5.7 rebounds in Mountain West competition. The defensive captain averaged 31.6 minutes per game in conference play, anchoring the Aggies.

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With four underclassmen seeing significant starting time, those five players gave Utah State the youngest season starting lineup in the Mountain West and one of the youngest in the country. Brewster and Toole were two of just seven freshmen in the conference to start more than half of their team’s games last season. While the Aggie starting five was the youngest in the league, season and tournament champion Colorado State used the oldest group, starting three seniors and two juniors.

Along with those returning, Utah State will welcome six newcomers to the roster this season. With five of the group already on campus, final paperwork and NCAA approval is underway for a sixth.

A native of Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia, Eliza West is in her final year at the Peninsula School. The 5-foot-5 point guard plays at the club level for the South Peninsula Sharks. Last season, the Sharks finished third in the Big V Women’s State Champion League and is undefeated to start the 2016 campaign. West led the 2015 squad with 9.4 points, 3.5 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game. Off the basketball court, West is also a prolific touch rugby player, helping her team to the 2016 National Touch League championship last month.

Hailey Bassett led her Layton (Utah) High School team to a perfect 25-0 record last season, concluding the year winning the Utah 5A state title. A 6-foot-1 forward/guard combination player, Bassett averaged 19.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.5 blocked shots and 1.8 steals per game as a senior. She was named the Utah 5A MVP for the season, was recognized as Player of the Year by the Salt Lake Tribune and was named to the allUSA Utah First Team by USA Today.

Jessie Geer comes to Utah State from Campbell County High School in Gillette, Wyo. The 5-foot-6 guard helped her team to its second consecutive 4A state title, as Campbell County finished the year with a 16-2 record. As a senior, Geer averaged 15.4 points and 4.7 assists per game, earning all-state honors and was named to the all-USA Wyoming First Team by USA Today.

Dee Moore is a native of Allen, Texas, where she played at Allen High School. The 6-foot-4 forward helped the Lady Eagles to the team’s first playoff berth since 2009, finishing the season with a 21-12 record. As a senior, Moore averaged 9.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game.

Another Australian player, Shannon Dufficy is a 6-foot1 forward from Preston, Victoria, Australia, just outside of Melbourne. She played for Diamond Valley at the club level and played on an all-star team who recently won the U20 national championship. She is set to graduate from Our Lady of Mercy College in Heidelberg, Australia.

“This is going to be another good roster for us, dominated by freshmen and sophomores. We are just as happy with this class as we were with the 2015-16 signees,” Finkbeiner said. “I’m proud of this group’s background, their draw to Utah State and the potential they offer us on the court. They are a well-rounded, skilled group that will be fun for our fans to watch. I feel really good about this group.”

While the team added six players to the roster this season, the Aggies look to fill the spots of several members of the team. After the 2015-16 season, Utah State lost three seniors to graduation in Julianne Anchling, Tijana Djukic and Mariah Miles. Additionally, the Aggies had three players transfer with Hannah Hutchins, Funda Nakkasoglu and Baylee Peck all moving on at the conclusion of their sophomore season.

Utah State women’s basketball was picked ninth in the Mountain West women’s basketball preseason poll as voted on by a panel of the league’s 11 head coaches and media representatives.

Colorado State, the 2015-16 regular-season and tournament champion, was picked to finish first in the conference with 283 points, including 17 first-place votes. Boise State was tabbed second with 271 total points and 11 first-place votes, while Fresno State, came in third with 225 points.

UNLV was selected fourth with 201 points, followed

by San José State (197 points) and New Mexico (176 points). San Diego State was slated seventh (126 points), with Wyoming coming in eighth (123 points). The Aggies held the ninth-place spot with 97 points. Nevada (66 points) and Air Force (28 points) rounded out the poll in 10th and 11th, respectively.

Utah State is set to play seven of its 11 nonconference games in the friendly confines of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum this season. This is the most home games the Aggies have had in the preseason schedule in Finkbeiner’s tenure. It also marks the most home games in non-conference play since the 2011-12 season, when USU also had seven home contests during the preseason.

Including last Sunday’s exhibition action, the Aggies open the season with a five-game homestand. The team will not play a road game until the Lady Griz Classic on Friday, Nov. 25 and Sunday, Nov. 27.

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