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Diondre Borel Tabbed America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete Of The Week
Sept. 22, 2008
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State football player Diondre Borel has been tabbed the America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week for the period ending Sunday, Sept. 21. The honor was announced Monday and is voted on by a state-wide media panel. This is Borel's first USU Athlete of the Week honor and the first honor for a football player this season. Borel, a sophomore quarterback from Oakley, Calif. (Freedom HS), made his first career start Saturday in USU's 42-17 win over Idaho in the Western Athletic Conference opener for both teams, vaulting the Aggies to the top of the league standings. He was 12-of-21 passing for 191 yards and a season-best two TD's, as well 93 rushing yards and another score, which was his first career rushing TD. He scored on a career-long 33-yard run for USU's first TD of the day to tie the score at 7-7. Borel then had a 46-yard pass to Stanley Morrison to tie the score at 14-all and then tossed a 15-yard TD pass to Jeremy Mitchell in the third quarter that put USU ahead for good at 21-17. That was the first seven of USU's 28 straight points to pull away for the Aggies' first victory of the season and extend their WAC game win streak to three in a row, the second-longest in the conference. On the season, Borel leads USU with 217 yards rushing (4.4 ypc) with one TD and is 41-of-75 passing for 490 yards with five TD's. Borel is one of two players in the WAC to lead his team in both rushing and passing, joining fellow sophomore QB Colin Kaepernick of Nevada. Borel ranks fifth in the WAC and 63rd in the NCAA in passing efficiency (126.2), as well as sixth in the conference and 83rd in the country in total offense (176.8 ypg). He also is seventh in the WAC in rushing (54.2 ypg) and eighth in the league in passing average per game (122.5 ypg).
Borel and the Aggies are off this week before returning to action on Friday, Oct. 3, hosting in-state rival and 11th-ranked BYU. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. at Romney Stadium, wrapping up USU's three-game homestand. Aggie football tickets are available in person through the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum through Friday at 5 p.m., online 24 hours a day at www.UtahStateAggies.com and clicking on "tickets" in left column, or by phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or (435) 797-0305. Nominees from other sports included: MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY - Senior Ben Kessen (La Crescenta, Calif.) finished second at the 27th annual Montana State Invitational last weekend as he helped Utah State finish second as a team. Kessen, who has been the Aggies' top finisher in all three meets this season, ran the 8K race in 24:36.00 and finished eight seconds behind Wyoming's Mark Korir who earned All-American honors last year with a 19th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY - Freshman Ruth Hilton (St. George, Utah) finished eighth individually at the 27th annual Montana State Invitational last weekend to help Utah State finish second overall. Hilton ran the 5K race in 17:38.00. MEN'S GOLF - Sophomore Benjamin Schilleman (Layton, Utah) tied for 24th with rounds of 72, 75 and 72 to help Utah State finish in 10th-place out of 17 teams at the Ron Moore Invitational hosted by Denver University last week. Schilleman finished the tournament with a three-over par 219. MEN'S TENNIS - Sophomore Jakob Asplund (Stockholm, Sweden) made it to the semifinals round in the Boise State Invitational last weekend as he defeated four opponents, including No. 5 ranked Christian Hodel. In the semifinals, No. 10 ranked Asplund lost, 6-3, 3-6, 10-7, to No. 7 ranked Stas Glukhov. WOMEN'S TENNIS - Sophomore Hailey Swenson (North Salt Lake City, Utah) made it to the consolation quarterfinals in singles play at the BYU Invitational last weekend before losing, 6-4, 6-0, to Utah's Erin Monson. Swenson beat Aggie teammate Monica Abella, 6-4, 6-1, in round two of singles consolation before advancing to the quarterfinals. SOCCER -Sophomore Lauren Hansen (Camano Island, Wash) was very efficient for the Aggies, scoring one goal on one shot last week as Utah State defeated UT-San Antonio, 2-0, and lost to regionally ranked Long Beach State, 3-0. Hansen scored one of the Aggies' two goals in their 2-0 shutout against the Roadrunners and played exactly 52 minutes in both matches. VOLLEYBALL - Sophomore middle blocker Katie Astle (Sandy, Utah) helped Utah State notch a 2-0 record last week with wins against Utah Valley (3-0) and San Jose State (3-2). Against UVU, Astle had seven kills and seven blocks and hit .600 (7-1-10) in the match. Against SJSU, she recorded a career-high 10 kills to go along with three blocks and hit .400 (10-2-20). For the week, Astle hit a robust .467 and averaged 2.12 kills and 1.25 blocks per set. 2008-09 Utah State Athlete of the Week Winners
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