Dec. 31, 2012

LOGAN, Utah - Utah State junior guard Jennifer Schlott was named America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending Dec. 30.

This was Schlott's first USU Student-Athlete of the Week honor.

Schlott (Mesa, Ariz.) scored a season-high 24 points, including 10 in overtime, in leading Utah State to a 79-66 home win against UTSA in its WAC opener. Schlott added five rebounds, a game-high five assists and two steals in 35 minutes as she shot 5-of-12 (.417) from the field, 2-of-5 (.400) from three-point range and 12-for-13 (.923) at the free throw line as she helped USU set a single-game school record for free throw percentage at 96.0 percent (24-of-25).

Utah State (4-8) is back in action on Monday, Dec. 31 against Texas State (6-5) at the Dee Glen Spectrum at 7 p.m. The New Year's Eve battle features the top two scorers in the WAC the Bobcats' Diamond Ford and the Aggies' Devyn Christensen. Ford averages 22.2 points per game, while Christensen scores 22.0 ppg.

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Nominees from other sports for USU Student-Athlete of the Week included: MEN'S BASKETBALL - Junior guard Preston Medlin (Carrollton, Texas) scored a season-high 24 points in leading Utah State to a 71-67 road win at UTSA in the Aggies' WAC opener. Medlin added two rebounds, two assists and one steal in 37 minutes to go along with his 24 points as he was 9-of-15 (.600) shooting from the field, 3-of-7 (.429) from three-point range and 3-for-4 (.750) at the free throw line.

2012-13 Utah State Athlete of the Week Winners
Aug. 27 - Josselyn White, Volleyball
Sept. 3 - Chuckie Keeton, Football
Sept. 10 - Chuckie Keeton, Football
Sept. 17 - Tanner Higham, Golf
Sept. 24 - Kerwynn Williams, Football
Oct. 1 - Josselyn White, Volleyball
Oct. 8 - Jennifer Flynn, Soccer
Oct. 15 - Kyler Fackrell, Football
Oct. 22 - Chuckie Keeton, Football
Oct. 29 - Jade Tarver, Soccer
Nov. 5 - Natalie Norris, Soccer
Nov. 12 - Preston Medlin, Men's Basketball
Nov. 19 - Chuckie Keeton, Football
Nov. 26 - Devyn Christensen, Women's Basketball
Dec. 3 - Preston Medlin, Men's Basketball
Dec. 10 - Marcel Davis, Men's Basketball
Dec. 17 - Kerwynn Williams, Football
Dec. 24 - Kyisean Reed, Men's Basketball
Dec. 31 - Jennifer Schlott, Women's Basketball