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Greenough Named America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week
March 30, 2009
LOGAN, Utah - Junior pitcher Kate Greenough (Portland, Ore.) went 1-0 in one appearance last week as Utah State went 1-2 against San Jose State on the road in Western Athletic Conference action. Greenough pitched a complete game four-hitter in USU's 4-1 win against the Spartans as the junior transfer struck out five and walked one. With the win, the Aggies halted a 13-game Western Athletic Conference losing streak dating back to last season. The junior is the first softball player to earn America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week honors this season. Greenough improved to 4-5 with a 3.36 ERA with the victory. She is second on the team with 49 strikeouts just behind senior Lindsey Benson's 52. The Aggies close out the month on Tuesday, March 31 against Utah Valley in Orem. Utah State will return home for a three-game series against WAC foe New Mexico State beginning with a single game on Friday, April 3 at 3 p.m. Other USU Athlete of the Week Nominees Include: MEN'S GOLF - Sophomore Tyson McFarland (Rexburg, Idaho) led Utah State to a seventh-place team finish at the eighth annual Cal Poly Intercollegiate last week. McFarland finished tied for 16th-overall with a seven-over 223 after carding rounds of 75, 73 and 75. It is the second time in as many tournaments that McFarland has been USU's top finisher. MEN'S TENNIS - Sophomore Jakob Asplund (Stockholm, Sweden) was the only Aggie to win both of his singles matches last week as Utah State defeated Weber State, 4-3, and lost to Montana State, 5-2. Asplund won his number one singles match, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, against WSU's Sascha Kiehne, and then defeated MSU's Jakub Dybala, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6, also at number one singles. In doubles play, Asplund teamed with Bryan Marchant and the duo posted a 1-1 record with an 8-4 win against the Bobcats and an 8-6 loss to the Wildcats.
WOMEN'S TENNIS - Junior Britney Watts (Salt Lake City, Utah) swept her number six singles match, 6-0, 6-0, against Wyoming's Sarah Summerfield in Utah State's 4-3 loss to the Cowgirls. Watts and doubles partner Taylor Perry also competed at number three doubles and lost, 8-4. 2008-09 Utah State Athlete of the Week Winners Sept. 1 - Jessie Chugg, Cross Country Sept. 8 - Shantel Flanary, Soccer Sept. 15 - Melissa Osterloh, Volleyball Sept. 22 - Diondre Borel, Football Sept. 29 - Christine Morrill, Volleyball Oct. 6 - Ben Kessen, Cross Country Oct. 13 - Lauren Hansen, Soccer Oct. 20 - Sydne Porter, Soccer Oct. 27 - Candice Clark, Soccer Nov. 3 - Diondre Borel, Football & Jason Holt, Cross Country Nov. 10 - Lauren Hansen, Soccer Nov. 17 - Gary Wilkinson, Men's Basketball Nov. 24 - Ana Pares, Women's Basketball Dec. 1 - Ben Calderwood, Football Dec. 8 - Lydia Whitehead, Women's Basketball Dec. 15 - Gary Wilkinson, Men's Basketball Dec. 22 - Jared Quayle, Men's Basketball Dec. 29 - Tai Wesley, Men's Basketball Jan. 5 - Jared Quayle, Men's Basketball Jan. 12 - Gary Wilkinson, Men's Basketball Jan. 19 - Sonia Grabowska, Women's Track Jan. 26 - Ana Pares, Women's Basketball Feb. 2 - John Strang, Men's Track Feb. 9 - Danyelle Snelgro, Women's Basketball Feb. 16 - Alex Thatcher, Men's Tennis Feb. 23 - Danyelle Snelgro, Women's Basketball Mar. 2 - John Strang, Men's Track Mar. 9 - Jared Quayle, Men's Basketball Mar. 16 - Gary Wilkinson, Men's Basketball Mar. 23 - Jared Quayle, Men's Basketball Mar. 30 - Kate Greenough, Softball |
