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After a regular season that recently culminated with an upset victory over 10th-ranked Hawaii, Utah State setter Chelsea Fowles was named Freshmen of the Year in the Western Athletic Conference.
The three-game win (30-28, 31-29, 30-27) over Hawaii marked the first time since 1981 that Utah State had defeated the Rainbow Wahine, and the first time ever a WAC team has defeated Hawaii in Honolulu.
As for Fowles, her year-end award was the first time an Aggie won the accolade since USU joined the WAC in 2005.
Fowles, a former member of the San Benito volleyball team and 2007 graduate, finished second in the WAC with 1,133 assists, averaging 12.45 a game. Only Hawaii sophomore Stephanie Brandt had more assists on the season (1,222, 12.86).
On Thursday, Utah State was a 3-seed in the 2007 WAC Volleyball Tournament, but fell in the quarterfinals to No. 6 San Jose State in five games (24-30, 30-28, 19-30, 30-28, 17-15).
In Thursday’s game, Fowles had 56 assists and nine digs.
Utah State finished their season 11-5 in the WAC, 17-13 overall.
In other news, 2006 San Benito graduate Amanda Boyd will compete for the Northern Arizona cross country team at Monday’s NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terra Haute, Ind.
As a sophomore at Northern Arizona, Boyd clocked 21:49.1 at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships on Nov. 10, and helped earn the Lumberjacks a second-place finish as well as an automatic bid to Monday’s national championships.
Boyd’s time placed her 28th overall out of 118 harriers.
Just this week, the Northern Arizona cross country team jumped to No. 15 in the nation after their second-place showing at the Mountain Regionals.
At the Big Sky Championships on Oct. 27, Boyd had her best 5K time ever when she finished seventh overall in 18:02.9.
Northern Arizona took first place at the Big Sky Championships with 33 points, easily defeating Weber State’s 51-point finish.
Out east, Morgan O’Laughlin and the Bentley College Falcons advanced to the NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Championships.
With a 23-9 record and a 4-seed, Bentley defeated Georgian Court University in five games on Thursday (22-30, 30-14, 31-29, 29-31, 15-12).
However, on Friday, Bentley fell to top-seeded Dowling College in three games (30-25, 31-29, 30-24).
In Texas, offensive tackle Luis Salazar of Hollister landed a spot on the All-Lone Star Conference North Division football team for Texas A&M University – Commerce.
Salazar was one of 29 players selected to the first team. A&M – Commerce finished their season 5-6 overall, 3-2 in the Lone Star Conference.
Former Haybaler Kyle Sharp, a 2005 graduate, scored four points and pulled down eight boards in 18 minutes for Montana last Sunday against Gonzaga.
The Bulldogs, however, took a 77-54 win.
On Wednesday, though, the Grizzlies rebounded with a 72-47 win against Montana State – Northern. Although Sharp scored only one point, he pulled down 10 rebounds for the Grizz in 18 minutes.
Montana (2-1) will play at South Dakota State today.
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