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Snelgro Named WAC and America First Credit Union Utah State Athlete of the Week
Feb. 9, 2009
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State guard Danyelle Snelgro has been named the Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week as well as American First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week for Feb. 2-8. This is the first WAC Player of the Week honor for Snelgro. The senior from Altadena, Calif., finished with a career-high 29 points on 9-of-19 shooting to go along with four assists and three steals in the Aggies' 63-52 win over first-place Nevada. The win was Utah State's first ever in Reno and knocked the Wolf Pack out of the top spot in the WAC. The Aggies improved to 11-12 overall and 5-5 in the WAC with the win. Snelgro is the third women's basketball player to earn America First Credit Union USU Athlete of the Week honors this season. Senior guard Ana Pares has been honored twice, while junior forward Lydia Whitehead earned the award once. Utah State men's basketball player Gary Wilkinson also earned WAC Player of the Week this week. This is first time since Feb. 12, 2007 that two Utah State basketball players have earned WAC Player of the Week in the same week. The last time this happened men's basketball player Jaycee Carroll and women's basketball player Jenny Gross were both honored by the conference. Gross was the last WAC Player of the Week for the women's basketball team. Snelgro is the fourth overall WAC Player of the Week with Taylor Richards and Brittany (Tresslar) Phillips joining Snelgro and Gross. Other USU Athlete of the Week Nominees Include: MEN'S BASKETBALL - Senior forward Gary Wilkinson (South Jordan, Utah) helped Utah State win a pair of Western Athletic Conference games last week with a 78-59 win against New Mexico State and a 60-52 win against Louisiana Tech. Against NMSU, Wilkinson recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds as he was a perfect 5-of-5 from the field and 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Against LTU, he scored 16 points and added five rebounds as he was 4-of-8 shooting, including 8-of-9 at the free throw line. For the week, Wilkinson averaged 17.0 points and 8.0 rebounds, while shooting 69.2 percent from the field (9-13) and 94.1 percent from the free throw line (16-17).
GYMNASTICS - Junior Heather Heinrich (Littleton, Colo.) won a career-best two events and was second in the all-around Friday night in Utah State's 192.575-192.225 loss to Cal State Fullerton. Heinrich won the floor with a career-best tying 9.850 and tied for the event win on vault with a 9.825. She also finished second in the all-around with a 37.950. WOMEN'S TENNIS - Sophomore Hailey Swenson (North Salt Lake City, Utah) was the only Aggie to score a point last week as Utah State lost to No. 38 Boise State, 7-0, and to Colorado State, 6-1. Against CSU, Swenson defeated the Rams Laura Neal, 7-5, 3-6, 10-5, at No. 1 singles. Against BSU, she lost at No. 1 singles in straight sets. MEN'S TRACK - Freshman Bryce Hall (Kaysville, Utah) won the men's shot put with a personal-best distance of 55-07.75 (16.96m) last weekend at the Boise State United Heritage Invitational. Hall's distance broke his old PR of 55-03.00 (16.84m), improving on his top mark in the WAC so far this season. Hall also was fourth in the men's weight throw with a toss of 56-01.25 (17.10m). WOMEN'S TRACK - Junior Elaine Connolly (Bountiful, Utah) won the women's 800m in 2:12.55 at the Boise State United Heritage Invitational last weekend. Connolly's time is the fastest in the WAC thus far this season. She also anchored the Utah State's women's 4x400 relay team who finished second clocking in at 3:49.43, placing them second in WAC standings and a new PR for the team this year. SOFTBALL - Junior catcher Simone Hubbard (Medford, Ore.) helped Utah State to a 2-3 record at the Red Desert Classic in St. George, Utah over the weekend. Hubbard hit three home runs during the week, including a three-run blast in USU's 11-3 loss to No. 12 Tennessee, and a solo home run in the Aggies' 3-2 loss to Loyola Marymount. Hubbard was also 2-for-3 with her third home run of the weekend in USU's 6-2 win against Idaho State. USU also defeated Northern Colorado, 8-2, and lost to Utah, 10-0, during the tournament. For the week, Hubbard hit .400 (4-10). 2008-09 Utah State Athlete of the Week Winners
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