2012 suu football media guide

2012 MEDIA GUIDE

Southern Utah’s

Preseason Honorees

Pre-Season Honors

Brad Sorensen

The Sports Network (1st Team All-American)College Sports Journal (1st Team All-American)Phil Steel’s Preview (1st Team All-American)College Sports Network (2nd Team All-American)Beyond Sports Network (2nd Team All-American)All-Big SkyBSC Preseason Offensive Player of the YearPayton Award Watch List

Zach Brackus

College Sports Network (1st Team All-American)Beyond Sports Network (1st Team All-American)Sports Network (3rd Team All-American)All-Big Sky

Cody Larsen

Sports Network (2nd Team All-American)College Sports Network (2nd Team All-American)Phil Steele (3rd Team All-American)All-Big Sky

Gavin Farr

Sports Network (1st)College Sports Network (2nd)Phil Steele (3rd)

Sorensen

FarrBrackus

Larsen

2011 Southern utah Football

Why Choose Southern Utah University

and Cedar City?

Dear Prospective Football Recruit,

Congratulations to you for your accomplishments thus far! Your considerable talents and continued effort

will result in

many fine options for you to continue your education and football career. We know that you

will soon make a very important decision that may have long-lasting implications on your lif

e, but remem-

ber to keep in mind that th

is time in your lif

e is also a celebration. Enjoy the next several weeks, as you

compare the advantages of attending Southern Utah University. SUU offers a unique combination of aca-

demic excellence and athletic opportunity, all within a world-class city.

Academic Excellence: Southern Utah University is ranked on the top ten list in Consumers Digest’s “Top 50

Best Values for Public Colleges and Universities.” This is the second time SUU has made the top ten in the

past four years, beating out all other Utah schools – and all other schools in the West –for balancing rising

education costs with academic opportunity and excellence. With over 70 majors to choose from, a major

University like SUU is sure to have what you’re looking for. Some of th

e more popular majors among our

football student-athletes are: Athletic Training, Coaching, Computer Science, Construction Management,

Criminal Ju

stice, Engineering, History, Human Nutrition, Outdoor Recreation, and Physical Education. For

more information about SUU and academic majors offered, go to: www.suu.edu/academics

Athletic Opportunity: The Thunderbirds compete as a full NCAA Division I fo

otball program in the Great

West Conference and beginning in 2012 we will compete in the Big Sky Conference. Recent opponents have

included Utah State, San Diego State and Wyoming, and future schedules include UNLV, USU and Nevada,

with deals in the works to play MWC, WAC and BCS conference schools in the future. You can find more

information on all of our athletics programs by visiting: www.suutbirds.com.

World-Class City: Five National parks (Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion) and

abundant recreation surround Cedar City. Skiing is 40 minutes away at Brian Head. Cedar City Airport is

serviced by Delta/Skywest Airlines. For a wider ra

nge of metropolitan service, the city of Las Vegas is two-

and-a-half hours south. For more information about th

e Cedar City community, visit: www.cedarcity.org/

We are acutely aware of the many options you have in deciding where to continue your academic and ath-

letic careers. We look forward to hearing fro

m you--and welcoming you to the SUU football family!.

Go T-Birds!

Ed Lamb

Head Football Coach

Southern Utah University

2012 Southern Utah Football


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taBLe oF ContentS

2011 Statistics .................................................62-64

2012 Outlook ....................................................7-10

Big Sky Conference..............................................55

Cedar City ............................................................89

Coaches .........................................................11-21

Eccles Coliseum..............................................83-84

Media Information ..................................................6

Opponents.......................................................56-61

Player Bios ......................................................22-51

Pre-Season Depth Chart ......................................54

President Michael Benson & Council ..............79-80

Quick Facts ...........................................................5

Rosters............................................................52-53

Series Standings ..................................................61

SUU Academics ...................................................88

SUU All-Americans...............................................65

SUU Athletic Mission Statement ..........................78

SUU Athletics Success.........................................82

SUU Athletics Administration................................81

SUU’s Four-Year Results ................................66-69

SUU Record Book...........................................70-77

SUU Training Facilities .........................................85

This Is Southern Utah University.....................86-87

SUU SportS InFormatIon

Assistant AD, Media Relations: Neil Gardner

(Football Contact)

Office: (435) 586-7753

Cellular: (435) 559-0275

e-mail: [email protected]

Assistant Media Relations Director: Kyle Cottam

Office: (435) 586-7752


Assistant Media Relations Director: Kyle Newhouse

Office: (435) 586-7758


Sports Information FAX: (435) 586-5444

Press Box: (435) 586-5447

Neil Gardner Kyle Cottam Kyle Newhouse


2012Southern Utah

FootballLocation: Cedar City, Utah 84720

Mailing Address: 351 W. University Ave.Founded: 1897

Enrollment: 8,066President: Dr. Michael T. Benson

Nickname: ThunderbirdsColors: Scarlet & White

Stadium: Eccles Coliseum(Artificial, 8,500)

Affiliation: NCAA Division I(Football Championship Subdivision)

Conference: Big Sky2011 Finish: 1-3 (4th, Great West)

2011 Record: 6-5Four-year Record (Since 1963): 223-253-2All-Time Record (Since 1922): 330-377-19

Director of Athletics: Ken BeazerSWA: Marlene Barth

Asst. AD-Business: Jason NorrisAssoc. AD-Compliance: Todd Brown

Assoc. AD-Sports Medicine:Ricky Mendini, ATC

Operations: Kit Janes

Starters Returning/Lost:O-5/7, D-5/7, S-2/1

Lettermen Returning/Lost: 40/21Redshirts Returning: 14

Other Spring Newcomers/Returnees: 10Fall Newcomers: 27

Head Coach: Ed Lamb (BYU ‘96)

Lamb at SUU: 21-23 (Four Seasons)Lamb Overall: 21-23 (Four Seasons)Football Office Phone: 435-586-5470

Best Time To Reach: Contact SIDOffensive Coordinator:

Steve Clark (Brigham Young ‘92) Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers:

Justin Ena (Brigham Young ‘01)Secondary:

Demario Warren (UC Davis ‘08)Defensive Line:

Ryan Hunt (So. Utah ‘04)Offensive Line:

Teag Whiting (Brigham Young ‘04)Co-Special Teams Coordinator/

Running Backs:Justin Walterscheid (SUU ‘05)

Co-Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends:

Ronnie Pentz (San Diego ‘08)Defensive Assistant:

Aaron Fernandez (SUU ‘09)Receivers:

Fesi Sitake (SUU ‘11)Strength & Conditioning:

Dan Bennion (SUU ‘00)Team Chiropractor:

Dutch Workman

2012 SUU ScheduleDate Opponent Time

8-30 At Utah State 6:009-8 At California9-15 New Mexico Highlands 1:00

9-22 At Portland State*9-29 Montana State* (HC) 1:30

10-6 Sacramento State* 1:00

10-13 At Montana*10-20 Weber State* 1:00

10-27 Eastern Washington* 1:00

11-3 At North Dakota* 1:0011-10 At Northern Arizona*

*Big Sky Conference gameTimes site of game and subject to changeHome games in red

SUU QUICk FaCtS

newspapersTom ZulewskiThe Daily News369 N. 100 W.Cedar City, UT 84720(435) 586-7646FAX: (435) 586-7471

David CorderoThe Daily Spectrum275 E. St. George Blvd.St. George, UT 84770(435) 674-6233FAX: (435) 674-6265

Sports DeskUniversity JournalSouthern Utah UniversityCedar City, UT 84720(435) 586-5488FAX: (435) 586-5487

Sports DeskSalt Lake Tribune90 S. 400 W.Salt Lake City, UT 84111(801) 257-8900FAX: (801) 257-8950

Sports DeskCedar City Review912 Airport RoadCedar City, UT 84720(435) 586-5678FAX: (435) 635-7800

Sports DeskDeseret NewsP.O. Box 1257Salt Lake City, UT 84110(801) 237-2161FAX: (801) 237-2543

Art Challis (play-by-play) KSUB Radio KNNZ RadioPower 91, SUU P.O. Box 819 P.O. Box 858Cedar City, UT 84721 Cedar City, UT 84721 Cedar City, UT 84720PH (435) 586-7975 PH (435) 586-5273 PH (435) 586-5900FAX (435) 865-8352 FAX (435) 586-0437 FAX (435) 586-0437

KSL Radio KFNZ Radio KALL RadioP.O. Box 1160 434 W. Bearcat Drive 515 S. 700 E., Suite 2RSalt Lake City, UT 84180 Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Salt Lake City, Utah 84180PH (801) 575-7676 PH (801) 570-5326 PH (801) 908-1500FAX (801) 575-5560 FAX (801) 487-5369 FAX (801) 908-1389

KNZS Radio, 515 S. 700 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110

801-524-2600 Fax: 801-933-4713

radio Stations

Wire ServiceAssociated Press, 30 East 100 South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110

801-322-3405 Fax: 801-322-0051

television Stations

Each of Southern Utah University’s 2010 football

games will be broadcast live on SUU’s Power 91 (91.1) and

Cedar City’s KSUB AM (590 AM). Power 91’s broadcasts

will also be available on the world wide web at

www.suu.edu/ksuu. Between the two stations fans virtually

around the globe can tune in to Thunderbird action.

Dr. Art Challis, a professor of communication at SUU,

is beginning his 38th season as the voice of the Thunder-

birds.

thunderbird radio network

CredentialsRequests for media credentials for games

held in Cedar City should be made no later

than five days prior to the game. To request

credentials or arrange an interview with an

SUU player or coach, contact the SUU Media

Relations Office at: (435) 586-7753 or at:

[email protected].

press Box ServicesEccles Coliseum provides working space for

properly credentialed print and electronic

media personnel. Quickie stats will be pro-

vided at the end of each quarter while final

statistics and final play-by-play will be dis-

tributed following the game. Collect and

credit card long-distance calls may be made

from the central press box.

Visiting radioRadio stations wishing to broadcast a game

from Eccles Coliseum should alert the SUU

Media Relations Office well in advance of the

broadcast date. Two phone lines are avail-

able for visiting stations, but radio box space

is limited. Visiting stations are advised to

limit broadcast teams to three persons. All

line charges are the responsibility of the vis-

iting station unless other arrangements are

made.

print mediaWireless internet access is available in Ec-

cles Coliseum. Several phone lines are also

available to members of the print media. Col-

lect and credit card calls may be made from

the central press box.

Highlight FeedsThe SUU Media Relations Office produces a

5-10 minute video highlight package for all

home football games. The feeds are available

via SUU’s FTP site. For details on obtaining

access, contact the SUU Media Relations

Office

KMYU Sports

31 East St. George Blvd.

St. George, Utah 84770

PH (435) 773-6323

FAX (435) 773-6324

KCSG Sports

158 W. 1600 S., Suite 200

St. George, Utah 84770

PH (435) 986-9715

FAX (435) 986-9716

KUTV Sports (CBS)

299 S. Main, Suite 150

Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

PH (801) 973-3232

FAX (801) 973-4176

KSTU Sports (FOX)

5020 Amelia Earhart Dr.

Salt Lake City, Utah 84116PH (801) 536-1313FAX (801) 537-5335

KSL TV Sports (NBC)Broadcast Hse, 5 Triad Ctr.Salt Lake City, UT 84180PH (801) 575-5535FAX (801) 575-5560

KTVX - Sports (ABC)1760 Fremont Ave.Salt Lake City, UT 84104PH (801) 975-4427FAX (801) 973-3349

Covering The Thunderbirds



After months – and in some people’s eyes years – of an-ticipation Southern Utah enters its Big Sky era this fall andthe Thunderbirds are excited about the opportunity.

The team is coming off a 6-5 campaign which included it’sfirst win over an NCAA FBS-level school in over a decade(a 41-16 win at UNLV) and is two years removed from aGreat West Conference title. Although the Thunderbirdshave worked to play a strong schedule in the past, includ-ing playing good competition in the GWC, there is no mis-take that going forward things will be different.

“There were no easy games in the Great West and that’sstill the expectation in the Big Sky,” SUU Head Coach EdLamb said. “We’ve tried to go out and schedule aggres-sively and play the best teams that we could play, butwe’ve had to be on the road significantly to do that. Nowwe have the opportunity for some nationally-ranked – forsome marquee teams – to be traveling to SUU. It’s East-ern Washington and Montana State this year that areshowing up in a lot of the [pre-season] top-25 polls [andplaying in Cedar City], and that’s exciting for our guys andhopefully exciting for our fans.”

This year, for the first time in the school’s NCAA Division Ihistory, SUU’s football team will compete for an automaticplayoff berth. It will also compete in a league with morethan six teams for the first time since moving up from Divi-

sion II in 1993. The benefits are many, and the first, ac-cording to Lamb, is in scheduling.

“The real benefit for us is to be able to start out every yearwith four guaranteed Division I home games on ourschedule,” he pointed out. “That’s been something that’sbeen very difficult for us to get.

“It will give us a realistic goal for the season of adding anadditional one or two Division I home games,” he went onto say. “I think we’re in a position where we’re able to buildour fan base with consistent regional competition andmore home games that matter as far as national implica-tions go.”

Membership in the Big Sky also gives the Thunderbirds aclearer path to a potential first-ever playoff appearance.

“It’s probably not something that will be vocalized a lot inthe locker room or in meeting rooms but when we simplystate our goals and objectives at the beginning of the sea-son and lay those out for the team it’s [now] a muchclearer picture of what we need to do to get there,” Lambnoted. “In the past we had a clear goal to win the GreatWest Conference but if we wanted to talk about playoffsthen we had to talk about it in terms of an at-largeprocess, and how many overall wins it would take. I thinkthat’s just convoluted to 19-, 20-year old kids on how we

2012 Southern Utah Football Outlook

Brad Sorensen Cody Larsen


can improve our strength of schedule and national stand-ing and win enough games in order to make the playoffs.Now it’s very clear-cut and very plain and simple, we havean opportunity and an expectation to win a conferencechampionship and earn a playoff spot. As far as at-largebids go, we can leave them until later on in the season aspoints of discussion.”

The Big Sky Conference also gives SUU something ithasn’t had since Westminster College dropped its athleticprograms over 30 years ago: an in-state conference rival,Weber State.

The Thunderbirds return just 12 starters from last season,but all 12 played pivotal roles. In addition to the starters, ahandful of returning players were on the field for signifi-cant minutes last year, even though they might not beconsidered “starters” per se.

Five players who started at least six games return on of-fense, five are back on defense and two specialists fromlast year’s 6-5 squad will be on the field in 2012. Includedin the group are senior quarterback Brad Sorensen, a2012 first-team preseason All-American, a 2011 WalterPayton Award nominee and the Great West Conference’sMost Valuable Player last year.

Sorensen completed 288-of-425 passes for 3,143 yardsand 17 touchdowns last season after completing 261-of-390 passes for a school-record 3,163 passing yards and21 touchdowns in 2010 when he earned consensus first-team all-GWC honors.

Also returning on the offensive side of the ball are startingoffensive linemen Gavin Farr and Zach Brackus, as wellas Dylan Fox, who was the team’s starter at fullback be-fore moving to center for the season-finale last year,where he is anticipated to start this season. The fifthstarter back on offense is junior WR Fatu Moala, who had26 receptions for 370 yards in 2011.

Farr, a junior, and Brackus, a senior, both earned pre-sea-son All-America nods from The Sports Network, with Farrnamed to the first team and Brackus to the third. Farr wasthe GWC’s offensive lineman of the year in 2010 andBrackus has started every game the past three seasons.

Fox is perhaps the best story on the Thunderbird squad.He joined the team in the fall of 2008 as a walk-on line-backer after a stellar career at nearby Cedar High School.During the subsequent four seasons he has played onspecial teams, at linebacker, at tight end, at fullback, andhas had two go-rounds on the offensive line. Last year,after starting all season at fullback, Fox moved to centerfor the season finale’ at Northern Arizona after injuries haddecimated the SUU offensive line. Fox took the move instride, played a basically flawless ball game, and cameout of spring ball as the team’s center, which allows Farrto move to guard. Fox has also put on weight, movingfrom 255 pounds last fall to 285 this summer.

Two all-GWC performers return on defense, senior endCody Larsen and junior linebacker Chad Hansen. Larsenwas second on the team in both sacks and tackles forloss last year, with 6.0 and 7.5, respectively, while Hansen


Zach Brackus Dylan Fox Gavin Farr


led the team with 104 tackles, including a team-high 53solo stops. Larsen earned second-team preseason All-America recognition from The Sports Network.

Joining Larsen and Hansen as returning defensivestarters are senior free safety Brennan Fjord and seniordefensive end Jeff Tukuafu. Fjord had 32 tackles, 19 solo,and broke up a pair of passes last year while Tukuafu had27 tackles, with 4.5 TFLs and 3.0 sacks. In addition tothose players junior Tommy Collet was a part-time starterwho played significant minutes at both safety positions in2011 and finished the season with 40 tackles (23 solo)with a pair of fumble recoveries.

The returning specialists are junior K/P Brock Miller andjunior K Colton Cook. Miller punted 18 times for 727yards, an average of 40.4 ypp, pinning opponents insidethe 20 seven times. He also was 5-of-5 on PATs. Cookhandled most of the team’s place-kicking duties, hitting27-of-27 PATs and 14-of-19 field goals to finish second onthe team in scoring with 69 points.

Among all the returning talent, the key to the Thunder-birds’ success in 2012 will lie in the line play, Lambpointed out.

“That’s where our strength lies,” he said. “We have a sig-nificant number of established players returning on the of-fensive and defensive lines. The lines have got to carryus, they’ve got to carry our inexperience in other places.”

On the O-line, in addition to the three players mentioned

above, senior Russell Petersen has played every positionand has started roughly half the games the past two sea-sons, playing what Lamb calls “starter’s minutes.” GregReid, Daron Griffin and Cody Burgess are also experi-enced reserve linemen ready to step up and the Thunder-birds’ lone junior college signee last winter was anoffensive lineman: Kyle Donaldson, from Orange CoastCollege.

The defensive line returns Larsen and Tukuafu, with juniortackle Brad Meyer another player who started a handful ofgames and played significant minutes during the season.

“Our defensive line returns everyone except (2011 GWCDefensive Player of the Year) Tyler Osborne but betweenAustin Anderson, Kouri Jones and James Cowser we’vegot some really nice players to help fill the void that Tylerleft,” Lamb observed.

Lamb said he also thinks the team has solid replacementsat the other positions vacated by graduation.

“There are guys on this team that I think can be all-confer-ence, all-American players who to this point have notbeen starters,” he noted. “They’ve played behind goodplayers and have developed a lot over the past year andthe season will be a really big proving ground for theseguys.

“When I think of guys like Henna Brown, Myles Crawford-Harris, Fatu Moala, Dylan Fox, Anthony Norris, EastonPedersen, just on offense, … guys who wouldn’t be


Chad Hansen Jeff Tukuafu Tommy Collet


considered returning starters [or who are changing rolesthis year], I wouldn’t trade them for any players that I sawin our league last year or from the opponents. Theseguys, in my mind, are returning starting-caliber playersand all-conference candidates.

“I think we have those same types of players on defenseas well,” Lamb went on to say. “LeShaun Sims played be-hind two very good corners last year and ended up red-shirting as a true freshman but I’ve no question he is oneof the best corners in our conference. Gordon Garrett wasthe [team’s] player of the game last year in his one start,against Weber State, at the other corner position.

“Our linebacker position is young and untested but I reallyexpect that Rickey Clark and Namari Flentroy and RandallNygren, plus some incoming players we have, ZacBrowning, these guys are really good players; as good aswe’ve had here, just short of experience.”

As far as expectations go, Lamb said he thinks the teamhas the talent to compete for a conference championship,and in fact, he thinks all four teams that are joining theconference this fall, including North Dakota as a full mem-ber and football-only members Cal Poly and UC Davis,will have high expectations as well.

“I fully anticipate that the four teams from the Great Westthat are joining the Big Sky are going to all be very com-petitive,” he said.

The Thunderbirds open the season at Utah State on

Thursday, August 30. Following a game at Cal on Sept. 8,the Thunderbirds will host New Mexico Highlands in thehome-opener on Sept. 15.

The official Big Sky opener comes at Portland State onSept. 22 and the Thunderbirds will play their first Big SkyConference home game on Sept. 29 when they host Mon-tana State in the annual homecoming game. SacramentoState visits Eccles Coliseum the following weekend, onOct. 6, before the Thunderbirds travel to Montana for amOct. 13 match-up with the Grizzlies.

SUU’s final two home games of the 2012 season comeOct. 20 and Oct. 27, when the ‘Birds host Weber Stateand Eastern Washington in a pair of Big Sky clashes.

The team then closes out the season with road games atNorth Dakota (Nov. 3) and Northern Arizona (Nov. 10).


Colton Cook Henna Brown Brock Miller

A 2010 Eddie Robinson Award final-ist, Ed Lamb is entering his fifth seasonas head coach of the Thunderbird footballprogram. In his first four years overseeing theprogram, Coach Lamb has guided theteam on a path that has seen it improvefrom the 0-11 squad he inherited to back-to-back winning seasons in 2010 and2011, including the 2010 Great West Con-ference championship team. During his first year at SUU CoachLamb turned around a program which hadbeen mired in a 19-game slide, and whilethe 2008 team finished with just four wins,those were four more than the programhad in any of the previous three seasons.SUU also broke through with its first road-win in four years when it stopped South-land Conference champion and22nd-ranked Texas State, 34-30, in 2008. That same season Lamb oversaw a program which put 11players on the all-Great West Conference squad, includingseven first-team selections as well as its special teams player ofthe year. The Thunderbirds finished the 2008 season rankedamong the nation’s top-20 teams in punting and punt returns,passing offense and tackles-for-loss last year as well. The improvement continued in 2009 when the team finishedwith a 5-6 mark, its best record since 2004. The team rankedamong the nation’s top-20 programs in passing, pass efficiency,total offense, scoring offense and punt returns in addition toleading the nation on net punting. The Thunderbirds had two all-Americans in 2009, placed 12players on the all-conference squad and had 14 academic all-conference selections. SUU had individuals ranked among thenation’s top 10 in pass receptions, receiving yards, total offense,punt returns and scoring as well. In 2010 the team continued its ascent, as the T-Birdsclaimed their first Great West championship with a perfect 4-0mark in conference games, posted an overall 6-5 record, theteam’s first winning record since 2004, and finished the seasonranked among the nation’s top-30 in both the coaches and themedia polls. Among the team’s five losses, only one came bymore than eight points. SUU matched 2010’s 6-5 record in 2011, a season which in-cluded the team’s first win over a FBS-level team in 14 seasonsand only its second ever, a 41-16 win at UNLV. Although the

HEAD COACH

Ed LambBRIGHAM YOUNG, 1996FIFTH SEASON AT SUU

tHe LamB FILe

Coaching Experience

1997 University of Redlands Defensive Line Coach1998-2000 University of Redlands Defensive Coordinator2001 Brigham Young University Defensive Assistant – Linebackers2002-03 University of Idaho Defensive Coordinator2005-2007 University of San Diego Special Teams Coordinator Recruiting Coordinator Defensive Backs Coach2008-present Southern Utah University

Head Coach

Education

1998 Master of Arts, Education Counseling, University of Redlands1996 Bachelor of Arts, English, Brigham Young University

2012 Southern Utah Coaches


team went through a three-game GWC skid midwaythrough the year, SUU closed the season winning three offour games, including a win over UC Davis and victoriesat future Big Sky rivals Weber State and Northern Arizona,with the only setback a loss at then-No. 5 Northern Iowa. SUU dominated the all-GWC teams the last twoyears, with 14 selections in each season. In 2010 SUUhad 10 first-team selections, four on the second-team andthree more earning honorable mention. SUU wide re-ceiver Tysson Poots was the GWC’s offensive player ofthe year in 2010 as well as a consensus first-team All-American. In 2011 SUU swept the GWC’s individual awards, asQB Brad Sorensen was named offensive player of theyear, DE Tyler Osborne earned defensive player of theyear honors, RB/KR Austin Minefee was the specialteams player of the year and WR/PR Brady Measom wasthe newcomer of the year. In addition to those honors,SUU had nine first-team and five second-team all-GWCselections, while Osborne and Minefee both earned all-America honors. Coach Lamb came to SUU from the University of SanDiego, where he served as special teams coordinator, re-cruiting coordinator and defensive backs coach for threeyears. A 1996 graduate of Brigham Young University, Lambhelped guide the University of San Diego to three consec-utive Pioneer League championships as well as back-to-back NCAA Division I-AA Mid-Major NationalChampionships in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 the USD spe-cial teams ranked first or second in the Pioneer League inevery statistical category and the defense finished 2006ranked fourth nationally after the Toreros completed an11-1 season. While at USD Coach Lamb’s responsibilitiesincluded serving as the team’s budget manager and re-cruiting in addition to his on-field responsibilities. Prior to joining the Toreros in 2005, Lamb spent twoseasons as defensive coordinator at the University ofIdaho where his 2003 team finished second in the SunBelt Conference in scoring defense. As part of his dutiesas coordinator, his primary responsibility was with theVandal secondary. Coach Lamb spent the 2001 season on the BYU staffas a defensive assistant working with the linebackers.While with the Cougars he helped the squad to a 10-2record and a Mountain West Conference title. Lamb served as defensive coordinator and lineback-

ers coach at the University of Redlands from 1998through 2000, where his teams went 21-6 overall andboasted the Southern California Intercollegiate AthleticConference’s top scoring defense every year he was withthe program. He also served as the Bulldogs’ recruitingcoordinator. Prior to becoming defensive coordinator at RedlandsLamb spent one season as a graduate assistant workingwith the defensive line. As a student-athlete, Lamb played linebacker and de-fensive end from 1992-96 on Brigham Young Universityand BYU-Idaho teams which combined to win four confer-ence championships. Lamb and his wife, Sarah, are the parents of threedaughters: Anna, Amelia and Summer, and son ClaudeEdward IV.





Offensive Coordinator Steve Clark is in his fifth sea-son on the Thunderbird staff. During his first four seasons at SUU, Clark has over-seen an offense that has made an assault on the SUUpassing record book, particularly its passing records Under his guidance the 2008 Thunderbirds passed fora school-record 23 touchdowns while the team’s 2,742passing yards ranked second on the school’s all-time listbut the 2009 squad went on to better both those marks,passing for 3,103 yards and 33 TDs. SUU also set single-game records for passes and completions, as well as indi-vidual season and single-game passing and receivingrecords in both seasons. In 2011 the Thunderbirds passed for 3,257 yards, an-other record, including four of the top-10 passing-yardgames in SUU history, and although last year the teamdidn’t break the record it still finished with 3,161 yards –the second-highest total in school history – and racked up17 TDs. The last two Great West Conference offensive playersof the year were both coached by Clark, wide receiverTysson Poots, who earned the honor in 2010, and quar-terback Brad Sorensen, who was last year’s selection.Both players were selected both by the coaches and bythe media. As far as individual efforts under Coach Clark go, fourtop single-season passing attempts efforts, the four topsingle-season receiving yards efforts, and four of the topfive completions and passing yards efforts have come inthe past four seasons. Coach Clark came to SUU from BYU, where he spentthree seasons working with the offensive line and specialteams. While on the Cougar staff, Clark helped BYU to apair of Mountain West Conference titles and three straightLas Vegas Bowl appearances. In 2007 he coached theMWC’s top kickoff return squad, which ranked 18th na-tionally. Coach Clark spent the 2004 season on UrbanMeyer’s staff at the University of Utah, where, as a defen-sive assistant, he helped the Utes to a perfect season.That year Utah finished the season ranked fourth in onepoll and fifth in the other after putting together a perfect12-0 record, capped by a 35-7 thrashing of Pittsburgh inthe Fiesta Bowl. Utah had three first-team and one sec-ond-team all-MWC honorees on the defensive side of the

ball that season. Prior to the 2004 season, Coach Clark served twoseasons as the passing game coordinator at St. Mary’sCollege. In 2001 he was director of football operations atUtah when the team represented the MWC in the LasVegas Bowl. During his coaching career, Clark’s teams have gone4-1 in bowl games, 2-0 at Utah and 2-1 at BYU. Prior to joining the collegiate coaching ranks, CoachClark cut his coaching teeth at Provo High School, wherehe was the Bulldogs’ offensive coordinator from 1995 to1998. A 1992 graduate of BYU with a degree in communica-tions, Coach Clark and his wife Suzanne are the parentsof four children, Alex, Emily, Jamison and Maggie.

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Steve ClarkBRIGHAM YOUNG 1992FIFTH SEASON AT SUU


Justin Ena is in his fifth season on the Thunderbirdstaff, his third as defensive coordinator. He also serves asthe team’s linebackers coach and spent two seasons asspecial teams coordinator, in 2008 and 2009. Last year, Coach Ena’s defense ranked 19th in thecountry against the pass and averaged 2.82 sacks pergame, the 13th-best average at the FCS level. Two Thun-derbird defenders, Tyler Osborne and Cody Larsen,ranked among the top-70 in sacks, with Osborne at No.16 with .95 sacks per game and Larsen 68th with .55 perouting. In addition, linebacker Chad Hansen was 42nd inthe nation with 9.45 tackles per game. The Thunderbirds placed seven defenders on the all-GWC team last year, including five first-team selections.Osborne was also named the conference’s defensiveplayer of the year to become SUU’s first defender to earnsuch recognition. In his first season as the Thunderbirds’ defensive co-ordinator, Coach Ena headed up a unit which had some ofthe top single-game efforts in school history. In the sea-son-opener at Wyoming, the T-Birds held the Cowboys tojust 36 rushing yards, and at San Jose State, the ‘Birdslimited the Spartans to 57 yards on the ground and 250total yards. San Diego managed just 34 passing and 153total yards; the Torero’s passing total is the sixth lowest byan SUU opponent. At the end of the 2010 season the SUU defense hadgiven up just 3,407 total yards, the third-lowest total in an11-game season in the school’s history, including 1,279rushing yards, the fifth-lowest total in an 11-game season. The 2010 defense ranked 21st in the nation againstthe run, 21st in total defense and 17th in scoring defenseafter allowing just 19.18 points per game. SUU alsoranked 24th nationally with 2.45 sacks per game and 25thin tackles for loss with 7.09 per game. The coaches voted five Thunderbird defenders to theall-Great West Conference first team in 2010, with twomore earning second-team recognition and another re-ceiving honorable mention. In 2008 and 2009 Coach Ena’s special teams wereamong the finest in the country. Punter Trevor Wardearned multiple all-America honors after leading the na-tion in yards per punt in 2009 while Fesi Sitake was sev-enth in the nation in punt return average. As a team, SUUled the nation in net punting and was ninth in punt return

average. In 2008 return specialist Nick Miller led the na-tion in all-purpose yards and ranked fifth in punt returnyards. Ward earned honorable mention all-America hon-ors in 2008 after ranking sixth in the country in net puntingyards and eighth overall. SUU’s punt return team rankedthird in the country in net yardage while the punt coverteam was sixth. Coach Ena played his collegiate ball at BrighamYoung University, where he was a four-year starter and athree-time all-Mountain West Conference performer atlinebacker. Following his collegiate days, Ena moved on to theNational Football League, where he played four seasons– including three for the Philadelphia Eagles and one forthe Tennessee Titans – before retiring. The job at Southern Utah represents Coach Ena’sfirst collegiate coaching position. His first coaching experi-ence came in his hometown of Shelton, Wash., where hewas an assistant on the staff at Shelton High School whilehe rehabilitated a knee injury prior to attending BYU. Coach Ena and his wife, Dana, are the parents of twochildren, a son, Justice, and a daughter, Olivia.

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Justin EnaBRIGHAM YOUNG, 2001FIFTH SEASON AT SUU


Ryan Hunt is in his ninth year on the Thunderbird staffand his eighth as a full-time member after serving the2004 season as a student-assistant. Coach Hunt hasworked with the offensive and defensive lines, with thelast four spent on the defensive side of the ball. Last year Coach Hunt directed a unit which finished13th in the FCS in sacks with 2.82 per game. Those sacksand the pressure applied by the SUU line were definitefactors in the Thunderbirds ranking 19th against the passlast season, allowing just 178.2 yards per game throughthe air. Hunt was also the position coach for Tyler Osborne,the Great West Conference Defensive Player of the Yearin 2011, as well as Cody Larsen, a 2011 all-GWC per-former and preseason All-American this year. In 2010 SUU’s run defense was one of the best in theschool’s history, as the Thunderbirds held opponents tojust 1,279 yards on the ground, the program’s fifth-best ef-fort in an 11-game season. The 2010 defense also rankedthird in SUU’s 11-game history in total yards allowed, giv-ing up just 3,407 yards. In addition to its success against the run, the 2010unit ranked 21st nationally in total defense and 17th inscoring defense after allowing just 19.18 points per game.SUU also ranked 24th in the FCS with 2.45 sacks pergame and 25th in tackles for loss with 7.09 per game. Osborne and Larsen earned all-GWC honors in 2010as well. In 2008 Coach Hunt’s unit ranked 18th in the countryin tackles-for-losses and he saw two of his players, defen-sive tackles Austin Curtis and Aaron Fernandez, earn first-team all-GWC recognition. Curtis was also an honorablemention all-American in ‘08 after ranking among the na-tion’s leaders in both sacks and tackles-for-loss. In 2009defensive tackle Chad Westwood earned all-conferencehonors. Coach Hunt spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons as of-fensive line coach before moving back to the defensiveside, where he began his coaching career. As offensiveline coach, Hunt helped mold a unit which improved theThunderbird offense in almost every statistical category.SUU’s rushing offense improved by nearly 71 yards pergame, moving it up 51 spots in the national rankings from2005 to 2006, and in 2007, despite playing one of thetoughest schedules in the country, the SUU offense con-

tinued to improve. In 2004, Coach Hunt helped coach a Thunderbird de-fense that ranked sixth in 1-AA total defense, including aNo. 7 ranking against the run. In 2005 as a full-time mem-ber of the coaching staff Coach Hunt coached three all-Great-West honorable mention defensive linemen. A 2003 graduate of SUU, Coach Hunt was a three-year starter at offensive tackle for the Thunderbirds beforejoining the staff. While playing for the Thunderbirds CoachHunt started 33 straight games from his sophomore tosenior seasons, never missing a game during his career. Hunt has coached 10 all-GWC performers while atSUU: Osborne, Larsen, Curtis, Fernandez, Westwood, OLMike Knight, OL Matt Roan (three times) and DL Levi Er-ickson, Derek Hood and Jason Ripley. A native of Erda, Utah, he is a graduate of TooeleHigh School, where he was an all-state and all-region per-former. Coach Hunt and his wife Sami are the parents of adaughter, Hadli.

DEFENSIVE LINE

Ryan HuntSOUTHERN UTAH, 2004NINTH SEASON AT SUU




Demario Warren is in his fifth season as the Thunder-birds’ secondary coach. After joining the Thunderbirds initially as a runningbacks coach, Warren made the shift to the defensive sideduring 2007 spring ball. Last year SUU’s secondary was particularly effectiveagainst the pass, as the Thunderbirds allowed just 178.18yards per game through the air – the 19th best mark inthe country – and SUU ranked 28th in pass efficiency de-fense with a 115.67 rating. Warren saw two members of his secondary, corner-back Dion Turner and safety Erron Vonner, earn first-teamall-Great West Conference honors and Turner went on tosign a free agent deal with the Green Bay Packers. SUU’s defense was among the nation’s best overall in2010, ranking 21st against the run and 22nd overall at theend of the regular season. It was one of the most im-proved defenses in the nation last year. Coach Warren headed up a secondary last seasonwhich featured three first-team all-Great West Conferenceperformers, cornerbacks Colin Pretlow and Dion turnerand safety Erron Vonner. It was Pretlow’s fourth straightfirst-team honor, Vonner’s first, following an honorablemention appearance in 2009, and Turner’s first. In 2009, under coach Warren’s tutelage, Pretlow andsafety Akeem Anifowoshe were both named first-team all-GWC for the second straight season, but Anifowoshemoved to linebacker in 2010, where he earned his thirdconsecutive all-conference honor. In 2008, along with Pretlow and Aniofowoshe earningall-GWC honors, another SUU defensive back, DeWayneLewis, signed a free agent NFL contract with the Jack-sonville Jaguars and he is currently playing with TeamUSA. Coach Warren came to SUU from UC Davis, wherehe was a three-year letterman at running back before in-juries cut short his career during his senior season. CoachWarren earned a starting spot with the Aggies in 2005 asa redshirt freshman when he finished second on the teamin rushing. A native of Fairfield, Calif., Warren prepped at Fair-field High School, where he was a four-sport letterman. Coach Warren earned his bachelor’s degree inAfrican-American studies from UC Davis and has gone onto earn his Master’s of Business Administration degree.

Coach Warren and his wife, Amanda, are the parentsof two children, Demario, Jr., and Jazelle.


SECONDARY

Demario WarrenUC DAVIS, 2008FIFTH SEASON AT SUU


Teag Whiting is in his fourth season as a member ofthe Thunderbird staff, his third in a full-time capacity. Afterserving as a graduate assistant with the Thunderbird of-fensive line in 2009, Coach Whiting took over as O-linecoach in the spring of 2010.

In Whiting/s two years as SUU’s offensive line coachthe Thunderbirds have had the two best passing seasonsin the school’s history.

In 2010 year the Thunderbird offense passed for aschool-record 3,257 yards, the fifth-best mark in the na-tion, and the Thunderbirds finished 10th in the nation intotal yards behind Coach Whiting’s offensive line. SUUhad three linemen named the All-Great West Conferenceteam, first-teamer Trevor Schauerhamer and second-team selections Gavin Farr and Brandon Beddes, while afourth, Brock Christensen, earned honorable mention.Farr was named Most Valuable Lineman on the mediateam, with Zach Brackus earning first-team honors whileSchauerhamer and Beddes were honorable mention picksin 2010.

Last year the team was just short of the 2010 passingtotal, finishing with 3,161 yards through the air, whichranked 12th in the FCS. Brackus earned first-team all-GWC honors from the coaches while Farr was a second-team selection despite missing several games because ofinjury. On the media team both Brackus and Farr earnedfirst-team recognition and Beddes earned a second-teamnod.

In 2009, in his first season with the team and in thecoaching ranks, Whiting worked with an offensive line thatboasted a pair of first-team all-Great West Conference se-lections, tackles Levi Mack and Aarron Po'uha, as well asa second-teamer, center Stephen Boyer. SUU's offensewas prolific in Whiting's first season with the team, as theThunderbirds ranked among the nation's leaders in pass-ing yardage, total offense and scoring.

Coach Whiting was a two-year starter at BrighamYoung University, where he earned honorable mention all-Mountain West Conference honors as an offensive line-man before going on to spend two seasons in the NFL,primarily with the Arizona Cardinals. Prior to his time atBYU, Coach Whiting was an all-region, all-conference andall-America performer at BYU-Idaho (then Ricks College).

A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Coach Whitingprepped at Salt Lake City’s Brighton High School, where

he was a two-time all-region and all-state performer infootball as well as a state champion wrestler.

Coach Whiting and his wife Ashley are the parents ofa son, Dallas.

OFFENSIVE LINE

Teag WhitingBRIGHAM YOUNG, 2002FOURTH SEASON AT SUU


Justin Walterscheid is entering his third season on theSUU staff. A 2005 SUU graduate, Coach Walterscheid returnedto join the Thunderbird staff in 2010, taking over as theprogram's running backs and receivers coach. He lateradded co-special teams coordinator to his resume, as hetook on kickoff and punt return teams duties. Last year, under Walterscheid, SUU led the nationwith a kickoff return average of 26.33 yards per attemptand was 18th in punt return average at 12 yards per re-turn. Austin Minefee earned all-America honors and wasnamed the Great West Conference’s special teams playerof the year in 2011 after averaging 29.24 yards per return.Minefee returned two kickoffs for scores and had a thirdcalled back because of a penalty last season. Minefeealso rushed for 625 yards and nine touchdowns as theThunderbirds pounded out 1,030 yards on the ground, theteam’s second-most during the Ed Lamb era. In addition to Minefee’s success last year, Brady Mea-som was named the GWC Newcomer of the Year after av-eraging 12.33 yards per punt return (seventh-best in thenation) and catching a team-high 48 passes for 547 yardsand two touchdowns. Both Measom and Minefee werealso first-team all-GWC selections. In 2010 Coach Walterscheid’s running backs rushedfor 1,485 yards, the team’s most in four seasons andMinefee earned first-team all-GWC honors after leadingthe team with 764 rushing yards as well as picking up 257receiving yards. His return specialists also fared well, withFesi Sitake averaging 10.8 yards on punt returns and 22.6on kickoff returns to earn all-GWC recognition whileHenna Brown averaged 24.6 yards per kickoff return. A former receiver and return specialist for the Thun-derbirds, Walterscheid led the Thunderbirds in all-purposeyards in 2003 and was second on the squad in 2004when he was sidelined for three games by injury. He ledthe squad in punt and kickoff return yards in both '03 and'04 and his '03 effort of 291 yards ranks fourth on the SUUsingle-season list, just behind his dad Leonard’s 319yards in 1975. He is also sixth on SUU's career punt re-turn yardage list with 450 yards and eighth on its kickoffreturn yardage list with 836, while his career kickoff returnaverage, 23.9 yards per return, ranks fifth. Coach Walterscheid earned his bachelor's degree in

physical education from SUU in the spring of 2005. Hethen went on to earn an additional BA in kinesiology fromMesa State College in 2008. Upon graduation from MSC,Walterscheid embarked on pursuit of his master's degreein sports management at the University of Utah, where heserved as a graduate assistant on the No. 18 Utes' 2009Poinsettia Bowl championship squad. While at Utah Walterscheid worked with the receiversand return specialists as well as holding in-game respon-sibilities for defensive reads. Prior to working at Utah,Coach Walterscheid spent a season at Weber State as adefensive assistant, working with the team's stud line-backers and helping the Wildcats to a Big Sky Conferencechampionship and a final FCS ranking of No. 7. CoachWalterscheid participated in the Denver Broncos' presea-son camp following his collegiate career and he also wasa member of the Arizona Rattlers of the indoor league. Hehas also worked in the high school ranks as an assistantat Grand Junction HS, as well as a personal trainer. Coach Walterscheid and his wife Shawna are the par-ents of one son, Kingzton.

CO-SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR/RBS & WRS

JUSTINWALTERSCHEIDSOUTHERN UTAH, 2005THIRD SEASON AT SUU



Aaron Fernandez is in his fourth season as a memberof the Thunderbird staff. He works with the defensive lineand also serves as assistant recruiting coordinator. Coach Fernandez joined the staff as an undergradu-ate assistant in 2009 following a stellar career as a Thun-derbird player. Last year Coach Fernandez worked with a unit whichwas one of the best pass defenses in the FCS, ranking19th in the nation against the pass after allowing just178.2 yards per game through the air. SUU also was out-standing getting to the quarterback in 2011, as the Thun-derbirds finished 13th in the FCS in sacks with 2.82 pergame. Coach Fernandez also worked with 2011 Great WestConference Defensive Player of the Year Tyler Osborne,as well as Cody Larsen, a 2011 all-GWC performer andpreseason All-American this year. In 2010 Coach Fernandez worked with a defensiveline that was part of the nation’s top run defenses. SUUheld opponents to just 1,279 yards on the ground in 2010,the fifth best effort at SUU in an 11-game season as wellas the 21st-best mark in the nation. SUU’s overall defensealso ranked 21st last year after allowing just 3,407 yards.SUU also ranked 24th in the FCS ranks in sacks last sea-son, when it averaged 2.45 per game, and the Thunder-birds’ 7.09 tackles for loss in 2010 ranked 25th in thenation. A first-team all-Great West Conference performer atdefensive tackle for the Thunderbirds in 2008, Coach Fer-nandez was three-year letterman for the Thunderbirds. Hewas among the team’s leaders in tackles-for-loss andsacks his last two seasons as well as one of the top twotacklers among defensive linemen both seasons. Coach Fernandez came to SUU after one season atMesa Community College, where, in 2005, he earnedfirst-team all-NJCAA Region I recognition. He was also ahigh school all-American at Red Mountain HS in hishometown of Mesa, Ariz.

DEFENSIVE LINE/ASST. RECRUITING COORDINATOR

AARONFERNANDEZSOUTHERN UTAH, 2010FOURTH SEASON AT SUU



Fesi Sitake is entering his second season on the SUU staffafter spending last season as a student-assistant. After handlingthe receivers last year in his student capacity Coach Sitaketakes over as full-time receivers this fall. Last year Coach Sitake was instrumental in developing ayoung Thunderbird receiving corps into a productive unit, includ-ing overseeing the maturation of true freshman Brady Measom,who wound up leading the team in receptions and earning GreatWest Conference Rookie of the Year honors from both thecoaches and the media. Coach Sitake completed an outstanding career as an SUUreceiver and return specialist in 2010. A two-time all-Great WestConference selection, Sitake had two of the top-10 receivingseasons in the school’s history, catching 82 passes in 2010,SUU’s fourth-highest single-season total, and 79 in 2009, thesixth-highest. His 877 receiving yards last year are the ninth-most in a season, and his 848 in ‘09 rank 11th. In 2009 heranked 10th in the nation in receptions per game an in 2010 heranked sixth. He capped his career with 14 receptions at EasternWashington in his final game, marking the third-highest single-game receptions total in SUU history. Coach Sitake also excelled as a return specialist during hisplaying days. He averaged 14.8 yards per punt return in 2009,the seventh-best average in the country, and in 2010 he was25th at 10.8 yards per punt return. A native of Sandy, Utah, Coach Sitake and his wife Hollyare the parents of a son, Sefesi.

RECEIVERS

FESI SITAKESOUTHERN UTAH, 2012SECOND SEASON AT SUU



A former Thunderbird defensive back, Dan Bennion re-turned to Southern Utah as the school’s strength and condition-ing coach in 2003 and his efforts have been appreciatedthroughout the entire athletic department. A two-year letterman at safety for the Thunderbirds, CoachBennion graduated from SUU in 2000. His first strength & condi-tioning position was as a graduate assistant at Northern Iowa,where he spent two years while working on his Masters of exer-cise science. Bennion then moved on to UNLV in January of 2002 wherehe was an assistant strength coach until returning to SUU in thefall of 2003. A native of Provo, Utah, Coach Bennion and his wife, Erin,are the parents of three children: Wolfgang, Browning andSunny.

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

Dan BennionSOUTHERN UTAH, 2000TENTH SEASON AT SUU

Brittni BarkhuffASST. EQUIPMENT MANAGER

DutchWorkmanTEAM CHIROPRACTOR

2012 Southern Utah Staff


Chris Booth is in his second year on the Thunderbird staff.Last season Coach Booth took care of the Thunderbirds’ filmduties and this year he adds offensive assistant to his respon-sibilities.

Prior to joining the Thunderbird staff Coach Booth spent14 years coaching at the high school level.

He got his start in coaching at Lugoff-Elgin High School inLugoff, S.C., and spent 10 seasons there, coaching along bothlines and with the wide receivers and serving as the team’s de-fensive coordinator.

He then moved to Utah where he spent three seasons atOlympus High and another at West Jordan High.

During his collegiate days Coach Booth played baseball atCoker College.

A native of Lugoff, S.C., Coach Booth is currently workingon a degree in history.

He and his wife Chelsea are the parents of five daughters,Genna, Suzie, Ruby, Patti and Millie.

OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT/FILM COORDINATOR

ChrisBooth

EQUIPMENT MANAGER

Jared BurkeSOUTHERN UTAH, 2012THIRD SEASON AT SUU

2012 Southern Utah Players


#4 Brad Sorensen6-5, 230, Sr, QBGrand terrace, California

At SUU, 2011: Was named the Great West Conference’s Offen-sive Player of the Year. Earned first-team all-GWC honors fromboth the coaches and media for the second straight season andalso was a Payton Award Watch finalist. Completed 288-of-425passes for 3,143 yards and 17 touchdowns. He set an SUUrecord with his 425 attempts, while his 288 completions werefourth-most in a season at SUU, the 3,143 yards were second(behind his own record 3,163 set in 2010) and the 17 TD passestied the sixth-highest total in school history. He also finished theseason with the second-highest total plays in a season at SUU,495, and 3,094 yards of total offense, which ranks third, behindCasey Rehrer’s 3,439 yards in 2004 and Sorensen’s own 3,170yards in 2010. Career-wise, Sorensen moved into first place onthe SUU career completions list last year, with 549, and he is insecond place in three more categories: his 37 TD passes aretwo shy of Rick Robins’ SUU record, his 6,306 passing yards are1,135 behind Robins and his 815 career pass attempts are 208fewer than Robins had from 1992-95. He also broke the SUUsingle-game record for completions in a game with 38, againstNorth Dakota, and he had several additional marks that rankamong the school’s top-10 single-game efforts during the 2011season. He threw a touchdown pass in all but three games.Earned four College Football Performance Awards honor rollrecognitions during the season, including the games vs UT-SanAntonio, vs. North Dakota, at South Dakota and at Northern Ari-zona. Against UTSA he completed 20-of-28 passes for 287yards and three touchdowns, and four of the incompletions weredrops. Against UND he completed 38-of-54 passes for 353 yardsand three touchdowns. The 54 attempts tied his personal-highand the second-most in school history. The 353 yards are theseventh-most by an SUU quarterback and Sorensen’s third-high-est total in a single game. At South Dakota he completed 32-of-44 passes for 303 yards and two touchdowns, and at NorthernArizona he completed 29-of-41 passes for a season-high 389yards and two touchdowns. The 389 passing yards at NAU arethe fifth-most in a game at SUU. At SUU, 2010: Earned first-team all-Great West Conference honors from both the coachesand the media and was the only unanimous choice by themedia. Completed 261-of-390 passes for a school-record 3,163passing yards and 21 touchdowns. His 261 completions werethe second-most in school history, his 390 attempts were thirdmost and the 21 scoring strikes are tied as the third-most in aseason at SUU. Was named National Player of the Week byCollege Football Performance Awards as well as the Great WestPlayer of the Week following the UC Davis game in which he

completed 30-of-36 passes for 397 yards and five touchdownsand ran for another score. The five TD passes tied the SUU sin-gle-game record, as did the six TDs he was responsible for. Healso earned honorable mention honors from CFPA following theCal Poly, North Dakota and Dixie State games. Against Cal Poly,when he was also named GWC Player of the Week, Sorensenaveraged 14 yards per completion, completing 18-of-22 passesfor 253 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions. He fin-ished the Cal Poly game with a career-best efficiency rating of193.42. At North Dakota he completed 35-of-46 passes for 413yards and two TDs, while against Dixie State he completed 19-of-23 passes for 245 yards and three touchdowns before exitingthe game with 6:13 to play in the first half. Sorensen had threegames in 2010 worthy of the SUU record books, and all threecame on the road. At North Dakota the 35 completions tied theexisting SUU single-game record, while the 413 yards rankedthird in the SUU record books. His 46 attempts at UND tied theninth-highest total on the list. He also notched his name into theSUU record books in five single-game categories at Texas State:49 pass attempts (fourth), 352 passing yards (seventh), 29 com-pletions (10th, seventh at the time), 399 total yards (seventh,fifth at the time), 57 plays (tied for ninth, seventh at the time). AtUC Davis, in addition to his five touchdowns tying the single-game record, the yards are the fourth-best total in SUU single-game history, and the 30 completions and 400 total yards ranksixth. In the team category, the 35, and 30 completions rank tiedfor seventh and are 10th, respectively. Prior to SUU: Spent the 2009 season as a redshirt at BrighamYoung University. Played one season at San Bernardino ValleyCollege, where he earned first-team all-Foothill Conference hon-ors after completeing 177-of-296 passes for 2,280 yards and 17touchdowns with just four interceptions. Earned conference’s of-fensive player of the week an astounding seven times during theone season as a Wolverine, playing for coaches Pat Meech andJason Brown.Personal: Prepped at Colton (Calif.) High School where heearned first-team all-league and all-county honors following bothhis junior and senior seasons. Completed 73 percent of hispasses his senior year when he threw for 2,119 yards and 27touchdowns as well as rushing for 109 yards and three TDs withseven 2-point conversions. Threw for 1,275 yards and ninescores as a junior when he helped Coach Harold Strauss’ Yel-lowjackets to a Citrus Belt League championship. Served as ateam captain and was MVP of the offense his senior year aswell. Also lettered in basketball, earning first-team all-leaguehonors. Wife is Nikki, parents are Roxann and Kory Sorensen.Served an LDS church mission to Malaja, Spain.

GP Att-Comp Pct. Yds TD Avg. Gm.

2010 11 390-261 66.9 3,163 21 287.52011 11 425-288 67.8 3,143 17 285.7Totals 22 815-549 67.4 6,306 38 286.6

preseason all-americanpayton award Candidate



preseason all-american58 Cody Larsen6-4, 300, Sr, DeDraper, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Consensus first-team all-Great West Conference honoree. Started all 11 games for the Thun-derbirds. Played virtually every position on the defensiveline on a down-by-down basis, lining up at end, tackle,and nose guard depending upon the situation. Tallied 26tackles, 13 solo, including 7.5 TFLs and 6.0 sacks, alsohad an interception, three QB hurries, forced a fumble, re-covered a fumble and blocked a kick. Earned GWC defen-sive Player of the Week honors after Northern Arizonagame when he had 1.5 sacks among his five tackles andblocked a field goal attempt at the end of the first half.Had a season-high six tackles (including a season-bestfour solo stops) at UNLV, where he had two solo sacks; onone of those sacks he forced and recovered a fumble atthe SUU 20 yard line. Earned academic all-Great Westhonors for the second consecutive year. At SUU, 2010:

Started every game. Earned first-team all-GWC honorsfrom the media and second-team recognition from thecoaches after tallying 29 tackles, 25 solo, with 6.5 TFLsand four sacks from his nose guard spot. Also co-led theteam with six QB hurries and earned academic all-GWC

honors. At SUU, 2009: Started all 11 games at defensivetackle, finished the season third among defensive linemenwith 27 tackles, including 11 solo tackles. Had 2.5 tacklesfor loss (for 18 yards), two sacks (for 17 yards) and twoquarterback hurries. At SUU, 2007: Spent the season asa redshirt prior to serving an LDS church mission.Personal: Prepped at Utah’s Jordan High School, wherehe earned all-state honors his junior and senior seasons,helped Coach Alex Jacobsen’s Beet Diggers to a regiontitle his senior year. Also lettered in basketball. Wife isAmber, parents are Barbara and LeRoy Larsen. Servedan LDS Church mission to New York state. Major is busi-ness management. Is involved with a program whichhelps underprivileged children to receive educational re-sources in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

GP UT TT TFL Sacks QBH

2009: 11 11 27 2.5-18 2-17 02010: 11 15 29 6.5-32 4-26 62011: 11 13 26 7.5-30 6.0-27 3



22 Jacob allie6-1, 230, Jr, terenton, Washington

At SUU, 2011: Played on return teams and as team’sback-up holder but didn’t record a tackle or a return. AtSUU, 2010: Moved from quarterback to fullback, ap-peared in five games but did not get an offensive touch.At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Threw for nearly 2,700 yards and 32 touch-downs his senior year at Seattle-area Charles A. Lind-bergh High School, completing 63 percent of his passattempts. Served as a team captain and led Coach Do-minic Yarrington’s Eagles to a city championship, alsoearned first-team all-league honors and was namedteam’s offensive back of the year. Participated in the2009 East-West all-state game. His best game came in aplayoff game vs. Columbia River when he completed 16-of-28 passes for 369 yards and five touchdowns. Also let-tered in basketball and track, serving as a basketballcaptain as well. Parents are Dora Allie and Terry Allie.Majoring in physical education.

18 austin anderson6-5, 245, So, LBLas Vegas, nevada

At SUU, 2011: A member of the travel squad, playedagainst Sacramento State and at UNLV but did notrecord a tackle. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season as aredshirt.Personal: Graduate of Las Vegas' Arbor View HighSchool, where he was a two-year letterman for CoachDan Barnson's Aggies. Earned first-team all-NorthwestDivision honors as a linebacker last season after tallying31 tackles and two sacks. Also played quarterback in adouble-wing system, passing for 537 yards and four TDs.Also lettered in basketball. Parents are Tori and Chris An-derson. Majoring in criminal justice.



7 Henna Brown6-0, 233, Sr, rBmagna, Utah

ried 15 times for 51 yards and caught one pass for three,also returned nine kickoffs 221 yards for a team-leading24.6 yards per return average. Had a long return of 54yards at UC Davis. At SUU, 2009: Squad member afterreturning from LDS church mission to the Philippines. AtSUU, 2006: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Rushed for over 2,100 yards during his highschool career, including over 1,000 his senior season atCyprus HS. Also tallied 160 tackles, 70 as a senior whenhe earned first-team all-state honors as both a defensiveback and a special teams player and all-region honors.Also earned second-team all-state and first-team all-re-gion honors his junior year and was a two-year team cap-tain for former SUU standout Sonny Sudbury’s Pirates.Was named team’s MVP his senior season. Best gamewas against West High when he rushed for 311 yardsand had an interception. Lettered in basketball and track,was region champ in the 110-hurdles. Also served as stu-dent-body president, junior class president and was amember of the National Honor Society. Born in Laie,Hawaii. Parents are Olevia and Henna Brown. Is major-ing in biology/zoology.

38 Henna Brown’s SUU statisticsGP Rush Yds Rec Yds Tot TD

2010 11 4 29 10 157 12011 9 27 118 8 48 3

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in nine game with two starts atrunning back, finished the season with 27 carries for 118yards and three touchdowns, tops among returning Thun-derbirds. Also caught eight passes for 48 yards and re-turned two kickoffs 32 yards. At SUU, 2010: Is thirdamong returning players with 275 all-purpose yards. Car-

preseason all-american73 Zach Brackus6-5, 10, Sr, oLSalt Lake City, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Started all 11 games at left guard, earnedfirst-team all-Great West Conference honors from boththe coaches and the media. At SUU, 2010: Started all 11games at left guard, earned all-conference honors fromthe GWC media. At SUU, 2009: Started all 11 games atoffensive guard. At SUU, 2008: Spent the season as aredshirt.Personal: Three-year letterman for coach Dan Aragon atMurray HS. Earned all-region and all-state honorablemention recognition as an O-lineman in Utah’s 4A classi-fication. Also played defensive line for the Spartans, tal-lied 33 tackles with four sacks his senior season. Parentsare Lisa and Brent Brackus. Is majoring in history.



77 Cody Burgess6-6, 317, Jr, oLpanaca, nevada

At SUU, 2011: Played in all 11 games as a reserve offen-sive lineman. At SUU, 2010: Sat out fall semester but re-turned to school and participated in spring ball. At SUU,

2009: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Was named Nevada’s lineman of the year lastseason, earned first-team all-state honors as both an of-fensive and defensive lineman for Coach Richard Ottleyat Lincoln County High. Helped the Lynx to a state cham-pionship as a sophomore. Also lettered in basketball,helping LCHS to a state champion his junior season. Alsoserved as student body president, was a member of thehonors society and earned the Shawn Davis LeadershipAward. Parents are Kristi and Bruce Burgess. Plans tomajor in biology.

80 kaden Carli5-10, 198, Sr, WrSandy, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in all 11 games on specialteams, also played wide receiver. Had one reception forseven yards, returned a punt four yards, also tallied fivetackles, two solo, and recovered one fumble playing onspecial teams. At SUU, 2010: Sat out much of the yearwith an injury. At SUU, 2009: Appeared on specialteams, tallied one tackle at San Diego. At SUU, 2008:

Spent the season as a redshirt. Caught three passes for23 yards and a touchdown in the 2009 spring game. Personal: Prepped at Alta High School, where he earnedfirst-team all-region and honorable mention all-staterecognition following his senior season when he tallied 75tackles, three interceptions and a pair of sacks for CoachLes Hamilton’s Hawks. Also lettered in wrestling, base-ball, track and soccer at AHS. Was a three-time regionwrestling champion, best finish at state meet was sixth.Student-body officer and member of Peer Leadershipteam. Parents are Julie and Tim Carli; sister Kayleen wasa four-year letter-winner and two-time all-conference per-former on the SUU softball squad, she also spent oneseason as an assistant coach for the Thunderbirds. Plansto go into physical therapy.

GP UT TT FF/FR Rec PR

2009 7 1 0 0/0 0 02010 2 0 0 0/0 0 02011 11 2 5 0/1 1-7 1-14



10 rickey Clark6-2, 224, Sr, LBHayward, California

At SUU, 2011: Played in 10 games as a reserve line-backer and on special teams, tallied 15 tackles, eightsolo, and forced a fumble. At SUU, 2010: Appeared infive games, tallied seven tackles, two solo. At SUU,

2009: Appeared in all 11 games as a reserve linebackerand on special teams, tallied five tackles, three solo, alsorecovered a fumble at Utah State. At SUU, 2008: Spentthe season as a redshirt.Tallied five tackles in the springgame, including four solo stops.Personal: Three year letter-winner for Coach Terry Smithat Tennyson HS. Tallied 65 tackles with six sacks andthree interceptions, also broke up a pair of passes hissenior season, when, on the offensive side of the ball herushed for over 500 yards, totaled over 180 receivingyards and scored eight touchdowns as a running back.Was named his team’s MVP and earned a first-team all-league honors his senior year as well. Father is Rickey

Clark. Is majoring in physical education and human per-formance.

GP UT TT TFL Sacks FF/FR

2009 11 3 5 0-0 0-0 0/12010 11 2 7 0-0 0-0 0/02011 10 8 15 0-0 0-0 1/0

20 tommy Collet, Jr.6-1, 194, Jr, FSmoorpark, California

At SUU, 2011: Played in all 11 games, earned startingfree safety position midway through the season, woundup eighth on the team (and third among returning play-ers) with 40 tackles, including 23 solo stops. Also had twotackles for loss and recovered a pair of fumbles. Had aseason-high nine tackles, three solo, at Cal Poly, then tal-lied eight, including five solo stops, the next week atWeber State. At SUU, 2010: Walked on an earned a spoton the traveling roster. Appeared in nine games as a re-serve defensive back and on special teams. Tallied 10tackles, four solo. Personal: Earned first-team all-county and team's mostvaluable DB honors for coach Tim Lins' Musketeers. Tal-lied 97 tackles with two sacks, four interceptions andthree PBUs, helping the team to a pair of league titlesand back-to-back appearances in the CIF finals. Aver-aged 26 yards per return. Parents are Cecilia and TomCollet, Tom was an all-conference safety for the Thunder-birds back in the 1980s. Major is criminal justice.


2010 9 4 9 0-0 0-0 0/02011 11 23 40 2-5 0-0 0/2



95 Colton Cook5-10, 177, Jr, kBountiful, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Handled the Thunderbirds’ field goal andkickoff duties, also booted most of the PATs. Finished theseason second on the team in scoring after hitting 14-of-19 field goals and all 27 of his PAT attempts. Long fieldgoal was 45 yards. His 36-yard field goal with just oversix minutes to play at Northern Arizona proved to be thegame-winner in the 27-24 battle.Personal: Graduate of Viewmont High School where heearned Utah’s Mr. Soccer honors following the 2007 sea-son. Earned four letters in soccer but did not participatein football. Attended Salt Lake Community College butdid not participate in athletics. Parents are MariLynn andBob Cook. Majoring in business management.

GP FG FGA Long PAT Pts2011 11 14 19 45 27-27 69

74 tony Cossairt6-4, 302, Jr, oLmoab, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Earned a spot on the travel squad, playedin the UC Davis game. At SUU, 2010: Squad member.At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Notched 14 pancakes and didn’t allow a sackhis senior year when he earned first-team all-state andall-region honors at Grand County HS for former SUUstandout Dennis Wells’ Red Devils. Earned first-team all-region recognition as a junior. A two-time region wrestlingchampion, took second place in his weight division at the2008 Utah 2A wrestling state meet. Also lettered in track& field, had a pair of second-place finishes in the shot putat the state meet. Was named Grand County’s Athlete ofthe Year for 2009. Was born in Germany. Parents areKathy and Terry Cossairt. Majoring in athletic training.



26 myles Crawford-Harris6-0, 197, Sr, rBoakland, California

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt. Moved torunning back in spring ball, 2012. At SUU, 2010: Ap-peared in all 11 games as a reserve defensive back andon special teams, tallied 15 tackles, 11 solo, also brokeup three passes. At SUU, 2009: Started nine games atcornerback, finished with 29 tackles, 22 solo. Was tied forsecond on the team with three passes broken up, alsoforced a fumble and recovered another. Had four tacklesin four games and three solo stops in five. At SUU, 2008:

Appeared in all 11 games as a reserve defensive back,tallied eight tackles, six solo, with a tackle for loss. Hadone solo tackle in the spring game.Personal: Earned two letters playing for Coach DeltonEdwards at Oakland Tech, also played two seasons atDeer Valley HS in Antioch, Calif. Was named team’s de-fensive MVP his senior season when he tallied 87 tackleswith two sacks and nine interceptions, also broke up 14passes. Earned first-team all-league and Bay Area“Cream-of-the-Crop” honors. Helped team to secondround of the city sectional playoffs. Parents are DeniseCrawford and Anthony Harris. Is majoring in physical ed-ucation and human performance.


2008 11 6 8 1-1 0-0 0/02009 9 22 29 0-0 0-0 1/12010 11 11 15 0-0 0-0 0/0

12 anthony Fagans6-2, 207, Jr, DBoakland, California

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in seven games on specialteams and as a reserve linebacker, tallied seven tackles,four solo. At SUU, 2010: Sat out recovering from surgery.At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Earned second-team Oakland Athletic Leaguehonors in 2008 at Oakland Technical High School, wherehe played both defensive back and wide receiver. Tallied45 tackles and averaged 19 yards per catch, scored apair of touchdowns in 2008. Also competed in basketballand track at OTHS. Parents are LaCondra and AnthonyFagans. Major is athletic training.


2011 7 4 7 0-0 0-0 0/0



preseason all-american68 Gavin Farr6-3, 287, Jr, oLSouth ogden, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Earned first-team all-Great West honorsfrom the coaches despite missing six games with an in-jury. Started the first four games at center but was side-lined in practice following the UNLV game, came back toplay at Northern Iowa but didn’t participate in the season-finale at Northern Arizona. At SUU, 2010: Was named of-fensive lineman of the year by the media and earnedsecond-team all-conference honors from the coachesafter starting all 11 games at center and anchoring theSUU offensive line. At SUU, 2009: Spent the season asa redshirt.Personal: Earned the Black Knight Award for excellenceon and off the field three years at Northridge High wherehe was a three-year starter, a two-year captain and anall-region performer his junior and senior seasons. Was asecond-team all-stater as a senior as well as his team’smost valuable lineman. Tallied 58 tackles, including 35solo stops and had seven sacks with an interception andfive passes broken up his senior year. Earned second-team all-state and all-area honors in basketball his juniorseason, also earned second-team all-region honors aswell as his team’s player of the year award in baseball hissenior season. Parents are Joni Snedaker and Dale Farr.Majoring in athletic training with a minor in broadcasting.

23 Brennan Fjord6-0 202, Jr, DBSugarland, texas

At SUU, 2011: Joined the team in January and partici-pated in spring drills. Appeared in all 11 games with ninestarts playing primarily at free safety. Finished the seasonninth on the squad, and fourth among returning players,with 32 tackles, including 19 solo stops. Also broke up apair of passes and recovered a fumble. Best game wasat South Dakota where he had a season-high 10 tackles,including five solo stops. Personal: Personal: Came to SUU from Snow Collegewhere he played safety and helped Coach SteveCoburn's Badgers to a pair of conference championships.Tallied 52 tackles, with three sacks, eight pass break-upsand an interception his sophomore season. Was nameddefensive player of the game twice and was a Dean’s ListStudent. Prepped at Clements HS in Sugar Land, Texas,where he quarterbacked Coach Jeff Hulme's Rangers tothe state playoffs. Threw for 2,029 yards and rushed for750 his senior season, earning second-team all-districthonors. Served an LDS church mission to Salta, Ar-gentina. Parents are Carolyn and Johnny Fjord. Has cho-sen business as his major course of study.


2011 11 19 32 0-0 0-0 0/1



52 Dylan Fox6-2, 286, Sr, oLCedar City, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Moved to fullback from offensive line inspring, appeared in the first 10 games at fullback, withfour starts, then started the season finale at center afterinjuries along the Thunderbird line forced the move. Goesinto spring 2012 as the team’s starting center. At SUU,

2010: Played in the first three games but suffered in in-jury at Texas State and sat out the rest of the year inrehab. At SUU, 2009: Made the switch from linebacker totight end, appeared in all 11 games, primarily on specialteams. At SUU, 2008: Played in five games as a truefreshman, tallied two tackles as a reserve linebacker andspecial teams player. Tallied one solo tackle in the 2009spring game.Personal: Prepped at Cedar High School, where he wasa consensus all-state and all-region selection his seniorseason after leading the Redmen in tackles and helpingthe team to the region’s 3A championship. Also lettered inwrestling, finishing fifth in the state his junior year andthird as a senior. Parents are Grace and Dave Fox.Majorcourse of study is economics.

2 Gordon Garrett6-2, 193, So, CBmoab, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Played in five games with one start, talliedeight tackles, six solo. Had three solo tackles at UNLVand three tackles, two solo, in his start at Weber State. AtSUU, 2008: Spent the season as a redshirt prior to serv-ing an LDS church mission to Kennewick, Wash. Personal: Graduate of Grand County High School,where he was a two-time first-team all-state selection aswell as a second-teamer as a sophomore. Played quar-terback and defensive back for former SUU standoutDennis Wells at GCHS, rushing for over 2,500 yards andpassing for another 3,000 during his career. Tallied 112tackles, three sacks, 13 interceptions and 27 pass break-ups as a prep. Helped the Red Devils to a state champi-onship his sophomore season. Also lettered in track &field and basketball, claimed state championships in the100- and 200-meters as well as in the long jump his sen-ior season when he set the state 2A state record for the200-m. Also won a state championship in the 200-m andthe 4x100 as a junior when he finished second in the longjump for the second straight season. Was a second-teamall-stater in hoops as well. Parents are Stacey and Dou-glas Garrett.


2011 5 6 8 0-0 0-0 0-0



63 Daron Griffin6-4, 335, Jr, oLSan Bernardino, California

At SUU, 2011: A member of the travel squad, he ap-peared in four games as a reserve offensive lineman. AtSUU, 2010: Appeared in eight games as a reserve offen-sive lineman. At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a red-shirt.Personal: Earned first-team all-Inland Empire, all-countyand all-area honors his senior season playing center forCoach Kim Battin’s Cajon High School Cowboys. Alsolettered in track at CHS. Mother is Betty Jackson. Is ma-joring in architecture.

51 Chad Hansen6-3, 238, Jr, LBmurrieta, California

At SUU, 2011: Was a consensus first-team all GreatWest Conference performer. Started all 11 games andled the Thunderbirds with 104 tackles, including a team-high 53 solo stops. Had seven tackles for loss, threesacks, intercepted a pass, broke up three more, forcedtwo fumbles and recovered another, also was creditedwith a quarterback hurry. Had double-figure tackles ineight games, including a season-high 14 at Weber State,where he also notched his interception. Led team in tack-les six times and was co-leader twice. At SUU, 2010:

Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Earned all-conference honors as a freshmanafter tallying 99 tackles - the fifth-best total in SouthernCalifornia - with three sacks and three forced fumbles atMt. San Antonio College. Prepped at Murrieta Valley HighSchool where he lettered in both football and baseball.Earned first-team all-CIF honors and was a two-time all-league, all-valley and all-county performer as well as thedefensive MVP of each his senior season when he wasan all-Inland Empire and a PrepStar all-region performer.Served an LDS church mission to Tucson, Ariz. Parentsare Linda Judd and Thom Hansen. Is undecided upon amajor course of study.


2011 11 53 104 7-29 3-23 2/1



49 Lavell Ika5-7, 240, Jr, FBSalt Lake City, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in 10 games with a start at full-back and one at nose tackle at Cal Poly but didn’t get atouch. Tallied one tackle. At SUU, 2010: Appeared inseven games, primarily at fullback but also played nosetackle against Cal Poly’s option attack. Carried just oncebut made the most of his opportunity, going one yard fora TD against Dixie State. At SUU, 2009: Spent the sea-son as a redshirt.Personal: Graduate of Bountiful High School where heplayed fullback and middle linebacker for coach LarryWall’s Braves. Earned first-team all-region, second-teamall-county and honorable mention all-state honors hissenior season when he rushed for 1,200 yards and made30 tackles. Was also a starting inside center on the High-land Rugby team, which finished as national runner-up in2006. Parents are Sione Talia’uli and Mele TupoutaaneaIka. Is majoring in communication.

13 mitch Jessop6-4, 206, So, Wrprovidence, Utah

At SUU, 2009: After missing the season-opener heplayed in the remaining 10 games and finished the yearthird on the team in receptions (29) and receiving yards(398) and second in yards per catch (13.7). Had at leastone reception in all but one of the games in which he ap-peared and had at least three in seven contests. Postedcareer-highs with five catches for 97 yards vs. NorthDakota, his 50-yard reception in the game was theteam’s second-longest of the season. Had four recep-tions at NAU and Utah State.Personal: Earned all-state honors as a wide receiver andall-region recognition at both receiver and defensive backhis senior season at Mountain Crest High after catching60 passes for 900 yards and five touchdowns. HelpedCoach Mark Wooton’s Mustangs to a 10-2 record and aregion title, caught eight passes for 165 yards and twoscores in the state semi-finals. Best game came againstTimpview when he totaled 189 receiving yards. Also com-peted in basketball, baseball and track & field at MCHS.A member of the National Honor Society. Earned honorroll status every year in high school; had a cumulative 3.9GPA. Parents are Karen and Mitch Jessop. Is undecidedupon a major course of study.

GP Rec. Yards YPC YPG TD

2009 10 29 398 13.7 39.8 0



11 J.J. mayer6-2, 217, Jr, QBFoothill ranch, California

At SUU, 2011: Came off the bench against Texas-SanAntonio and UC Davis, completed 4-of-8 passes for 18 yards and carried once for two yards. At SUU, 2010: Played in three games and completed 7-of-11 passes for 86 yards with one touchdown and oneinterception, finished season with a quarterback rating of141.13. Best game was against Dixie State when hecompleted 5-of-6 passes for 61 yards and a touchdown.At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Was named his team’s MVP for both footballand baseball at Trabucco Hills High in 2007-08. Was alsoschool’s Athlete of the Year following his junior year atTHHS. Completed 141-of-223 passes (63.2 percent) ofhis passes last year for 2,240 yards and 18 touchdowns.Tossed a “perfect game” against arch-rival HuntingtonBeach HS when he completed 11-of-11 passes. Missedtwo games because of a broken wrist. Helped leadCoach Jason Negro’s Mustangs to the Southwest Divi-sion CIF southern section finals in 2007 and semi-finalsin 2008. An Honor Roll student, he also competed inbaseball at THHS. Parents are Trisha and Glenn Mayer.Major course of study is psychology.

GP Att Comp Pct. TD Avg.

2010 3 11 7 63.6 1 28.72011 2 8 4 50.0 0 9.0

94 kouri Jones6-4, 249, So, DeConverse, texas

At SUU, 2011: Played in five games, tallied four tackles,three solo, including a solo TFL, also forced a fumble. AtSUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Earned third-team all-state and first-team all-area honors last year playing for Coach Jim Rackley'sJudson Rockets. Named his district's defensive MostValuable Player last year after totaling 85 tackles with 10sacks and an interception. Also forced four fumbles andrecovered three. Was also a track letterman. Parents areBerdette and Anthony Jones. Plans to major in physicaleducation and human performance.


2011 5 3 4 1-6 0-0 1/0



13 Brock miller5-11, 182, Jr, p/kSolana Beach, California

At SUU, 2011: Handled some place-kicking, some kickoffand some punting duties for the Thunderbirds, hitting 5-of-5 PATs and averaging 40.4 yards on 18 punts, pinningthe opponents inside the 20 seven times with five faircatches and one touchback. At SUU, 2010: Earned hon-orable mention all-GWC honors from the coaches aftertaking over the SUU placekicking duties midway throughthe season and connecting on 12-of-17 field goals and27-of-28 extra points, Had a long field goal of 50 yards.At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Earned second-team all-state honors as apunter and hit 8-of-11 field goals for Coach Brian Sipe’sSanta Fe Christian Eagles. Best game was homecoming2008 when he was 3-for-3 on field goals with a long of 47yards, averaged 63 yards on punts and had five kickoffsgo for touchbacks. Also lettered in ice hockey. Parentsare Cammie and Doug Miller. Plans to major in educa-tion.

GP FG FGA Long PAT Pts

2010 9 12 17 50 27-28 632011 8 0 0 - 5-5 5

75 Brad meyer6-3, 292, Jr, DLBoise, Idaho

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in nine games with three startsat defensive tackle, tallied three tackles, two lolo, includ-ing a sack for seven yards. Earned academic all-GWChonors after posting a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA, thebest by any football player in the conference for the sec-ond straight season. At SUU, 2010: Earned academicall-GWC honors after posting a 4.0 GPA, the only perfectgrade point average by a football player in the confer-ence. Appeared in seven games, tallied six tackles, threesolo with a sack. Personal: Signed with the Thunderbirds in 2007 prior toserving an LDS Church Mission to Baton Rouge, La. Wasan all-conference selection for coach Todd Simmis' Ea-gles at Capital High School, where he also lettered inwrestling and track and field. Parents are Laurie and PaulMeyer. Plans to major in chemistry.

GP UT TT TFL Int FF/FR

2010 7 3 6 1-8 0 0/02011 9 2 3 1-7 0 0/0



8 Fatu moala6-2, 183, Jr, Wrkearns, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Played in 10 games with seven starts.Caught 26 passes for 370 yards, tops among returningThunderbirds. Best games were at UNLV and at NorthernArizona, where he caught five balls for 71 yards and fourfor 69, respectively. Prior to SUU: Walked on at Utah in the fall of 2009 andearned a spot on the travel squad last year after a red-shirt season. Caught five passes for 44 yards for the Utesin 2010.Personal: Four-year starter and all-region performer atwide receiver at Kearns HS, where he served as a teamcaptain and was squad's MVP his senior season. Alsolettered in basketball, soccer and track, earning honor-able mention all-state honors in soccer. Parents areTevita and Kalotia Moala. Is majoring in graphic design.

GP Rec. Yds TD Long

2011 10 26 370 0 28

6 tyree mills6-2, 178, So, DBpasadena, California

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in 10 games as a reserve cor-nerback, tallied 19 tackles, 11 solo, with a TFL and fourPBUs. At SUU, 2010: Squad member. Joined team inspring as a walk-on, participated in spring drills.Personal: Spent fall 2009 on the track team at UC Davisbut did not play football. Graduate of John Muir HS inPasadena, Calif., where he lettered in football, basketballand track. Played receiver, defensive back and quarter-back for Coach Ken Howard at JMHS. Totalled over1,100 yards as a senior when he also had 43 tackles andpicked off six passes, recovered three fumbles and brokeup two more passes. Earned all-CIF Southern Sectionhonors as a defensive back, also earned scholar-athletehonors in all three sports. Member of the chess club. Par-ents are Miautra Dias and Tyree L. Mills, Sr. Plans tomajor in biology.

GP UT TT TFL Int PBU

2011 10 11 19 1-5 0 4



92 nick nissen6-2, 279, So, DLDelta, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Earned a spot on the travel squad, ap-peared in one game, vs. Texas-San Antonio, but didn’trecord a tackle. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season as aredshirt.Personal: Prepped at Delta High School where he was aconsensus first-team all-state selection last year when hefinished with 70 tackles, including 12 sacks, and servedas a team captain. A three-year starter for coach RussHenrie's Rabbits, he was named team's MVP in 2009,also earned second-team all-region and honorable men-tion all-state honors as a junior. Also lettered in basketballat DHS. Parents are Holly and Aaron Nissen. Plans tomajor in sports medicine.

1 Cameron morgan6-3, 188, Sr, WrUvalde, texas At SUU, 2011: Moved to wide receiver from cornerback

in fall camp, caught two passes for 15 yards. At SUU,

2010: Appeared in nine games with a start in the season-opener at Wyoming. Tallied nine tackles, four solo andbroke up four passes. At SUU, 2009: Started one gameand appeared in eight at cornerback, finished the seasonwith nine tackles (five solo), and a half tackle-for-loss.Best game was against Dixie State when he had fourtackles, three solo.Personal: Was a unanimous all-district selection atUvalde HS after catching 50 passes for 1,100 yards and14 touchdowns for Coach Tony Trovino’s Coyotes lastyear. Also competed in basketball and track & field aswell as water polo and was a member of both 4-H andthe ping pong clubs. Parents are Lizette and Mark Mor-gan. Plans to major in business.


2009 8 5 9 0.5-1 0 02010 9 4 9 0-0 0 4

GP Rec. Yds TD Long

2011 10 2 15 0 9



88 easton pedersen6-3, 210, So, WrHighland, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Played in all 11 games at wide receiver,caught 23 passes for 304 yards, which is second amongreturning receivers. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season asa redshirt. Personal: Signed with the Thunderbirds in 2007 prior toserving an LDS church mission to Houston, Texas.Earned second-team all-state honors in 2006 after help-ing Coach Monte Morgan's Lone Peak Knights to a re-gion championship and a runner-up finish in the stateplayoffs. Caught 48 passes for 925 yards his senior year.Also lettered in basketball. Parents are Karen and DanPedersen, his brother Tannon signed with SUU lastspring but will serve an LDS mission prior to joining thesquad. Is undecided upon a major course of study.

GP Rec. Yds TD Long

2011 11 23 304 0 32

47 randall nygren6-2, 235, Jr, LBLaHabra, California

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in six games as a reserve line-backer and on special teams, tallied six tackles, all solo.At SUU, 2010: Squad member. At SUU, 2009: Spent theseason as a redshirt.Personal: Earned first-team all-league, all-area and all-CIF honors after passing for 1,805 yards and 25 touch-downs and rushing for another 600 yards and 12 scores.Helped lead Coach Frank Mazzota’s LaHabra High-landers to league and CIF championships in 2008. Alsoearned first-team all-league basketball honors. Parentsare Jeri and Russ Nygren. Is majoring in physical educa-tion & human performance.


2011 6 6 6 0-0 0 0



52 k.C. rawlinson5-11, 221, Jr, FBDelta, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Was a special teams standout for theThunderbirds, playing in all 11 games and tallying 13tackles, eight solo. At SUU, 2010: Walked on and earneda roster spot, participated on special teams but didn’trecord a tackle. Personal: Graduate of Utah's Delta High School, wherehe helped Coach Dean Fowles Rabbits to a pair of regionchampionships playing linebacker and running back.Earned all-region and all-state honors as a linebackerand was tabbed Region 8 defensive MVP following hissenior season when he had 80 tackles with 12 sacks anda pair of interceptions. He also broke up five passes andon the offensive side of the ball he rushed for over 1,000yards. Lettered in wrestling and track & field as well, win-ning a pair of region wrestling titles and placing third atstate three times, also placed sixth in the discus at thestate championships. Parents are Gordon and MickieRawlinson. Served an LDS church mission ot Rapid City,S.D. Is majoring in biology. Is also on active duty as amember of the Utah National Guard.


2011 11 8 13 0-0 0-0 0/0

78 russell petersen6-4, 301, Sr, oLmanti, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Played in all 11 games, started the lastseven. Started five games at center and two at guard. AtSUU, 2010: Played in all 11 games as a reserve offen-sive lineman, appearing at both guard and center. Earnedacademic all-Great West Conference honors. At SUU,

2009: Started the season as a reserve, became a starterafter an injury to another player against Texas State andwound up starting five games at right guard.Personal: Graduate of Manti HS, where he was an all-state and all-region performer for Coach Cole Meacham.Played on both the offensive and defensive lines andhelped team to a state championship as a junior. Also let-tered in wrestling, track and tennis and was an academicall-stater in wrestling. Member of the National Honor So-ciety, carried a cumulative 3.90 GPA through high school.Parents are Janice and Jim Petersen. Is majoring inphysical education & human performance.



72 Greg reid6-4, 292, Jr, oLCovina, California

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in three games as a reserve of-fensive lineman. At SUU, 2010: Appeared in eight gamesas a reserve offensive lineman. At SUU, 2009: Spent theseason as a redshirt.Personal: Earned first-team all-Valle Vista, second-teamall-area and team’s Lineman of the Year honors his sen-ior season for Coach Darryl Thomas at Covina High. Didnot allow a sack his senior season and led the Colts with59 pancake blocks. Also recovered a fumble while play-ing on the defensive side of the ball. Competed in theshot put and the discus on the CHHS track & field team.Mother is Holly Reid.Is majoring in physical education &human performance.

70 Zac russell6-5, 301, So, oLtrabucco Hills, California

At SUU, 2011: Was a reserve offensive lineman. At

SUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Earned second-team all-state as well as first-team all-CIF, all-county and all-league honors last yearwhen he helped Coach Jason Negro's Trabuco Hills HSMustangs to a league championship and a berth in theCIF finals. Earned his school's Academic Scholar Awardas well as the Distinguished Mustang award last year.Parents are Jennifer Patstone and Tim Russell. Plans tomajor in biology.



41 mike tagliaferri5-11, 240, Jr, rBLas Vegas, nevada

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in all 11 games, was a specialteams standout, tallying nine tackles, including five solostops. Also had nine carries at running back, finished with42 rushing yards. At SUU, 2010: Played in nine games,primarily on special teams but also at running back. Tal-lied 11 tackles, six solo, on special teams, also carriedthree times for four yards. At SUU, 2007: Spent the sea-son as a redshirt prior to serving an LDS church missionto Costa Rica. Personal: Earned first-team all-region, team's MVPaward and was named MVP of the Las Vegas all-Stargame playing for Coach Joel Bertsch at Centennial High.Also lettered in volleyball, earning all-region honors inthat sport as well. Parents are Donna and Ray Tagliaferri.Is majoring in communication.

GP UT TT Rush Rec TD

2011 11 5 9 9-42 0-0 0

56 alex topete6-5, 294, So, oLSouth Gate, California

At SUU, 2011: Was a reserve offensive lineman. At

SUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: An all-league selection his senior seasonwhen he played on both sides of the ball, tallying 25 solotackles and four sacks as well as forcing six fumbles forCoach Roger Satti's South East HS Jaguars. Was con-sidered the best 10th grade defensive lineman but willconcentrate on offensive line at SUU. Had perfect atten-dance three consecutive years. Parents are GabrielaTopete and Rafael Topete. Plans to major in marketing.



99 Jeff tukuafu6-4, 251, Sr, DLHeber City, Utah

bull end. Tallied 19 tackles, 11 solo, with 2.5 sacks, threetackles-for loss and a quarterback hurry. Also forced onefumble and recovered two more. Forced and recovered afumble vs. NAU, high tackle game was at UC Daviswhere he tallied five stops, two solo, including a solosack. At SUU, 2009: Appeared in seven games at defen-sive tackle, finished with nine stops, three solo, with apass break-up and a quarterback hurry. Had a season-high five tackles vs. North Dakota. At SUU, 2008: Spentthe season as a redshirt. Tallied three tackles and a quar-terback hurry in the 2009 spring game.Personal: A first-team all-state performer as a tight endhis senior season for Coach Steve North at WasatchHigh School. Caught 50 passes for 614 yards as a sen-ior, also played defensive end where he totaled 53 tack-les with five sacks his final season. Was named team’smost inspirational player and helped his team to a regionchampionship his senior year when the Wasps made it tothe state semi-finals. Was also an all-region performer inbasketball, helping team to a runner-up finish in the statetourney. Parents are Jennifer Williams and Fua Tukuafu.Plans to major in business.

GP UT TT TFL Sacks PBU

2009 7 3 9 0-0 0 12010 11 11 19 3-16 2.5-14 02011 11 13 27 4.5-20 3.0-15 0

At SUU, 2011: Played in all 11 games with nine starts atdefensive end, finished season second among defensivelinemen with 27 tackles, 13 solo, including 4.5 tackles forloss and three sacks. Was also credited with two quarter-back hurries. Had 1.5 sacks in the season-finale at North-ern Arizona. Tallied a season-high five tackles at UNLV,including four solo stops, and five total tackles vs. UTSA.At SUU, 2010: Played in all 11 games with eight starts at

40 Brian Wilson6-0, 206, Jr, rBSan Diego, California

At SUU, 2011: Appeared in five games at running backand on special teams. Carried three times for 16 yards ina season hampered by nagging injuries. At SUU, 2010:

Played in 10 games at running back, finished fourth onthe team with 20 carries for 66 yards and a touchdown.TD came against South Dakota on a four-yard run. Alsocaught four passes for 34 yards. At SUU, 2009: Squadmember. At SUU, 2008: Spent the season as a redshirt.Carried four times for seven yards in the 2009 springgame, also caught a pair of passes for 19 yards.Personal: Helped Coach Chris Hauser’s Mission HillsHS Grizzlies to a spot in the CIF Sectional finals as asenior when he rushed for 1,277 yards. Tallied 242 yardsin the Sectional Semi-Finals against Helix HS. Had fourinterceptions, three pass break-ups and 62 tackles on thedefensive side of the ball, was named his team’s MVP aswell as defensive player of the year. Parents are Mau-reen and Chris Wilson. Is majoring in engineering tech-nology.

GP Rush Yds Rec Yds Tot TD

2010 10 20 66 4 34 12011 5 3 16 0 0 0



17 myles Carelock5-11, 185, Fr, WrFairfield, California

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Graduate of Rodriguez High in Fairfield, Calif.,but also attended Fairfield's Vanden HS. Earned all-league honors as a receiver and return specialist follow-ing his junior and senior years for Coach John Bent’sRHS Mustangs. Was named the league’s rookie of theyear as a sophomore when he caught 28 passes for 368yards and five TDs at VHS. Tallied over 600 yards as asenior and racked up 23 tackles from his cornerback po-sition. Was also a highly-touted baseball prospect,earned all-CIF honors as an outfielder after batting .390his junior season when he tied the school’s single-seasonsteals record. Father is Jerome Carelock. Plans to majorin exercise science.

85 michael Clore5-11, 195, Sr, Wrmesa, arizona

At SUU, 2011: Joined the team at mid-year and partici-pating in spring drills. Appeared in three games but didn’thave a catch.Personal: Came to SUU from Mesa CC where he was atwo-year captain and a 2010 honorable mention all-con-ference performer after tallying 734 receiving yards forcoach Denver Latimore’s Thunderbirds. Played in the JCAll-American game, finished in the national top-20 foryards per catch and was a top-five AJCAA receiver.Prepped at Mesa High, where he tallied 611 receivingand 143 return yards his senior season for coach KelleyMoore’s Jackrabbits. Was a team-captain and an all-EastValley honoree after helping his team to the state play-offs. Has the longest TD reception in school history. Par-ents are Cindy and Rick Clore. Major course of study ispolitical science.

21 malik Brown6-1, 193, Fr, rBLas Vegas, nevada

At SUU: Participated in 2012 spring ball.Personal: Graduate of Las Vegas’ Canyon Springs HighSchool where he rushed for over 1,100 yards his seniorseason for Coach Hunkie Cooper’s Pioneers. Earnedsecond-team all-state and team’s running back of theyear honors, also lined up at cornerback on the defensiveside of the ball. A three-year letter-winner in football, alsolettered four years in track & field. Parents are Karen andJohnny Brown. Is undecided upon a major course ofstudy.

86 Chandler allphin6-4, 210, Fr, tealpine, Utah

At SUU: Redshirted in 2009 prior to serving an LDSchurch mission.Personal: Earned first-team all-region and second-teamall-state honors his senior year at Lone Peak High aftercatching 40 passes for 736 yards and 12 touchdowns forCoach Tony Maguire’s Knights. Also earned academicall-state recognition and competed in track at LPHS. Par-ents are Elycse and Ryan Allphin. Plans to major inchemistry with a pre-med emphasis.



50 kolton Donovan6-3, 234, Fr, LSSt. George, Utah

At SUU: Joined the team in spring semester 2012 andparticipated in spring drills.Personal: Ranked No. 4 in the nation among long-snap-pers by Kohl’s Kicking and as the No. 11 overall recruit inthe state of Utah by ESPN. Winner of the Kohl’s NationalScholarship Camp for long-snappers, was invited to theUnderclassmen’s Best of the Best Challenge and to playin the GIU Prep Stars Classic.

14 mike evans6-3, 198, Fr, DBGuinda, California

At SUU: Participated in 2012 spring ball.Personal: Prepped at Esparto High in Esparto, Calif.,where he earned all-league and all-division honors forCoach Rod Totton’s Spartans. Played defensive backand receiver. Earned three football letters, also lettered inbaseball and golf at EHS. Parents are LeDawn and MikeEvans. Plans to major in Agri-Business.

83 rodain Delus5-9, 180, So, Wrnaples, Florida

At SUU: Participated in 2012 spring ball.Personal: Spent a season at Edison State College butdid not play football, also redshirted at Ellsworth Commu-nity College prior to joining the Thunderbirds last spring.Prepped at Lely High School in Naples, Fla., where hehad 312 receiving and 20 rushing yards his senior sea-son for Coach Dave Miller’s Trojans. Earned a spot onthe region’s all-star squad. Also lettered in track & field.Parents are Ange and Fritz Delus. Plans to major in exer-cise science.

53 James Cowser6-4, 244, Fr, DLFruit Heights, Utah

At SUU: Spent the 2009 season as a redshirt prior toserving an LDS church mission. Participated in 2012spring ball.Personal: A consensus Utah 5A first-team all-state hon-oree and Region One Defensive Player of the Year hissenior season when he helped former T-Bird RyanBishop’s Davis Darts to an appearance in the Utah 5Aquarterfinals. Davis County Clipper’s Mr. Football. Fin-ished season with 94 tackles, including 15 sacks, 32tackles for loss, with 14 passes knocked down, and re-covered three fumbles. Also earned three basketball atDHS; earned academic all-region honors in both footballand basketball, was a second-team all-stater in basket-ball. Also participated in debate and was a member of theNational Honor Society. Parents are Kelly and SteveCowser. Is undecided upon a major course of study.



5 namari Flentroy6-0, 230, Sr, LBrichmond, California

At SUU: Joined the Thunderbirds in the fall of 2011, satout due to NCAA transfer rules. Participated in 2012spring ball.Prior to SUU: Spent a season at Ft. Hays State prior tojoining the Thunderbirds. Played two seasons at Califor-nia’s Citrus College, where he tallied over 150 tackles,with four sacks and two interceptions for Coach KevinEmerson’s Owls.Personal: Prepped at DeAnza (three years) and PinoleValley (one year) High Schools, where he was a three-time all-league selection. Helped Pinole Valley to a regiontitle. High school totals included over 2,000 yards rushingand 1,000 receiving with 768 return yards, also talliedover 300 tackles with 15 sacks and 10 interceptions dur-ing his prep career. Parents are Lawania and CharlesMoore. Is the father of Na’riyah. Is majoring in criminaljustice.

55 Sione Fukofuka6-3, 246, Fr, LBHa’akame, tonga

At SUU: Participated in 2012 spring ball.Personal: Graduate of Liahona High School inNuku’alofu, Tonga, where he was an all-star rugby player.Wife is Melissa, has a son, Sam. Parents are Peni andManu Fukofuka. Plans to major in accounting.

24 Wade Heston6-1, 187, Fr, DBtooele, Utah

At SUU: Walked on in the fall of 2011 and spent the sea-son as a redshirt.Personal: Graduate of Tooele High School where heearned first-team all-region and honorable mention all-state honors his senior season for Coach Ray Groth’sBuffaloes. Lined up on both sides of the ball, playing re-ceiver and defensive back. Won three football letters,also lettered in basketball. Parents are Paula Putnamand Ron Heston. Is undecided upon a major course ofstudy.

54 trevor everett6-1, 251, So, oLCedar Hills, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Sat out recovering from surgery. At SUU,

2010: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: An all-state, all-region and Utah Elite II hon-oree as well as his team's defensive MVP for coachMonte Morgan at Lone Peak High. Tallied 120 tackleswith 12 sacks and over 20 tackles for loss during his ca-reer. Parents are Lisa and Troy Everett. Major course ofstudy is psychology.



89 matt putnam6-2, 193, Jr, WrFarmington, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt.Prior to SUU: Earned two letters at Snow College.Caught 26 passes for 438 yards and two touchdowns in2010, and also excelled on special teams, blocking threekicks and a punt, during his career he blocked four fieldgoals and a punt. Played on both sides of the ball, tally-ing 27 tackles, two sacks, two interceptions and breakingup seven passes from his free safety position during hiscareer. Blocked a field goal in double-overtime of the2008 junior college national championship game. Personal: Prepped at Layton HS, where he was a three-year letter-winner in football, basketball and track. HelpedCoach Jim Batchelor's Lancers to a playoff appearancehis junior year and a state title as a senior when heearned all-state honors and was named MVP of the statechampionship game. Won region championships in the100- and 200-m, as well as on the 4x100 relay team andin the long jump. Parents are Amy Putnam and Paul Put-nam. Majoring in physical education/kinesiology.

28 miles killebrew6-3, 201, Fr, DBHenderson, nevada

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Earned all-state and all-city honors and wasnamed defensive MVP last season as a defensive backwhen he tallied 77 tackles with three sacks and six inter-ceptions. Also played running back and wide receiver forCoach Marty Redmond's Falcons, carrying 86 times for392 yards and five touchdowns and scoring three TDs onthe receiving end of the ball. A two-time first-team all-league and academic all-state honoree he is also anAfrican-American student union Top-One Percenter in thestate of Nevada. Parents are Lisa and David Killebrew.Majoring in integrated engineering.

91 trever mcFalls6-5, 263, So, DLSalt Lake City, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Squad member. At SUU, 2010: Spent theseason as a redshirt. Personal: Earned all-state and all-region honors lastyear when he helped Coach John Colosimo's SoaringEagles to a 13-1 record and region and state champi-onships. Was also named region's defensive MVP in2009 when he had 85 tackles, five sacks and an intercep-tion. Tallied 68 tackles with four sacks on the defensiveside of the ball, averaged 16 yards per catch and hadthree scores on the offensive side. Team won four regiontitles and two state titles during his high school career, in-cluding back-to-back championships his junior and senioryears. Parents are Lori McFalls Palmer and Mike Mc-Falls. Has chosen physical education & human perform-ance as a major course of study.

71 Fernando Huerta6-6, 300, Fr, oLHyrum, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: A consensus first-team all-state selection andfirst-team all-region honoree as well as an honor roll stu-dent for coach Mark Wooton at Mountain Crest HS.Helped the football squad to four straight region titles,also lettered in wrestling and track & field at MCHS. Par-ents are Amanda and Anibal Huerta. Is undecided upon amajor course of study.



82 Josh Smith5-11, 178, Fr, WrSouth Jordan, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Prepped at Bingham High School where hehelped SUU alumnus Dave Peck's Miners to a pair ofstate titles as well as two region championships. Earnedall-state honors as well as his region's special teamsMVP honor his senior season when he had 937 receivingyards. Also lettered in track & field and basketball. Motheris Collette Marr.

81 Cody Smith6-0, 197, Jr. Wrredlands, California

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt.Prior to SUU: Played two seasons for Coach KevinEmerson at San Bernardino Valley College, where heearned all-conference honors in 2010 after catching 31passes fo 522 yards and seven touchdowns.Personal: Graduate of Redlands (Calif.) HS, where hewas named the Terriers' MVP while garnering first-teamall CBL and all-county honors his senior season when hehad five touchdowns. Tallied over 750 reciving yards aswell as 500 return yards during his high school career;also had 35 tackles with a sack and four interceptions,broke up 10 passes. Parents are Pam and Joseph Smith.Plans to major in communications.

98 toi taufa6-1, 297, Fr, DLSalt Lake City, Utah

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: A 2009 first-team all-state selection at runningback when he carried 177 times for 1,291 yards and 10touchdowns, a 7.3 yards-per-carry average playing forCoach Brody Benson’s Rams. Was again productive in2010 when he rushed for over 600 yards and six TDs andcaught five passes for another 112 yards. Was namedRegion Six’s MVP and was an honor roll student. Parentsare Karla and Robert Keller. Is undecided upon a majorcourse of study.

36 LeShaun Sims6-0, 181, Fr, DBLas Vegas, nevada

At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt.Personal: Earned second-team all-state honors at both awide receiver and a defensive back his senior season atAgassi Prep for Coach Colt Goodman's Stars. Tallied 52tackles and a team-leading six interceptions, also rackedup over 400 receiving yards and had five touchdownswhile rushing for 170 yards and another score as a sen-ior. Parents are Levell Sims and Vonda Simms. Is unde-cided upon a major course of study.

2012 Southern Utah Fall Newcomers


39 kole afu6-2, 252, Fr, DLDraper, UtahPersonal: Earned first-team all-region andhonorable mention all-state honors as a de-fensive lineman at Alta High School in 2011when he was named the region's defensivelineman of the year. Earned four football let-

ters and helped the Hawks to four consecutive region champi-onships and was a member of the AHS state championshipsquad in 2008. Tallied 13 sacks among his 45 total tackles hissenior season. Also lettered in wrestling. Parents are Susetteand Kava Afu. Has selected engineering as a major course ofstudy.

31 J.t. anderson6-2, 174, Fr, DBLayton, UtahPersonal: A two-time first-team all-regionperformer at Layton High School, earnedsecond-team all-state honors in 2011 playingdefensive back for Coach Jim Batchelor. Tal-lied over 80 tackles with 13 interceptions in

his final two years of high school, returning three picks for touch-downs. Also lined up at wide receiver where he totalled nearly500 yards and racked up 120 return yards during his high schoolcareer. Also lettered and earned all-region honors in basketball.Parents are Holley and Jeff Anderson. Plans to major in finance.

41 Daniel Bird5-11, 216, Jr, DBCarson, CaliforniaAt Harbor College: Lettered two years forCoach Brent Peabody's Seahawks. Tallied70 tackles last year, second on the squad,including 10 tackles for loss and five sacks.Also picked off two passes, broke up two

more and was credited with five quarterback hurries in 2011when he returned an interception for a touchdown. Tallied 24tackles, 18 solo, as a freshman when he also had five TFLs, aninterception, a quarterback hurry and a fumble recovery, whichhe returned 30 yards for a touchdown.Personal: Prepped at Banning High School in Wilmington,Calif., where he played on both sides of the ball for Coach ChrisFerrigams, tallying 87 tackles with three sacks and three inter-ceptions and carrying for 987 yards his senior season when hewas named his team's MVP and the Marine League defensiveMVP. Also lettered in volleyball at BHS. Mother is Christina Bird.Is undecided upon a major course of study.

35 Zak Browning6-0, 215, Fr, LBVancouver, Wash.Personal: Was named first-team all state onboth sides of the ball as well as the GreaterSt. Helens League Player of the Year as arunning back and linebacker following hissenior season at Union HS in Camas,

Wash., after rushing for 1,175 yards and 19 touchdowns andserving as the linchpin for the Titan defense that gave up just10.6 points per game. Averaged 8.7 yards per carry as a seniorin 2010, rushed for a school-record 285 yards and four touch-downs in one game as well. Also holds the school's sacksrecord. Lettered in track & field for the Titans as well. Parentsare Suzanne and Bruce Browning. Is undecided upon a majorcourse of study.

29 mike Byrd6-1, 192, Fr, DBHuntsville, texasPersonal: Earned second-team all-state andfirst-team all-city honors and was namedmost outstanding defensive back followinghis senior season at Laredo (Texas) UnitedHigh School. Tallied 88 tackles with nine in-

terceptions from his free safety position his senior season forCoach Sanchez. Also lettered in track and field for the Long-horns.

78 kyle Donaldson6-4, 323, Jr, oLpacifica, CaliforniaPersonal: A transfer from Orange CoastCollege where he earned all-conferencehonors last year after opening holes for thenation’s leading JuCo rusher, Dominic Betts.

97 kahi eldredge5-10, 274, Fr, DLCedar City, UtahPersonal: Prepped at Cedar High Schoolwhere he was a first-team all-state selectionby both the Salt Lake Tribune and the De-seret News. Also earned all-region honors infootball and wrestling, where he finished

fourth in the state at the heavyweight level, and lettered in base-ball. Also played for the Pine View rugby team that advanced tothe Utah state finals. Parents are Valerie and David Eldredge. Isundecided upon a major course of study.



62 Shad ennis6-4, 283, Fr, DLDraper, UtahPersonal: Prepped at Alta High. Earnedfirst-team all-region honors for Coach RobertStephens' Alta Hawks as a senior when hetallied 75 tackles with 8.5 sacks and an inter-ception. Also lettered three years in

wrestling, claiming a pair of region titles and finishing second atthe 2012 state championships. Helped the Hawks to region titleshis final three seasons. A member of the National Honors Soci-ety, he was named Male National Academic Athlete of the Yearafter posting a composite 3.92 GPA and earning honor roll hon-ors every year in high school. Parents are Kaylynn and Steve

Ennis. Is undecided upon a major course of study.

43 austin Gumucio6-3, 220, Fr, LBGrantsville, UtahPersonal: Graduate of Grantsville HS wherehe earned first team all-state and all-regionhonors at middle linebacker and fullback.Led Utah's 3A classification with 157 tackles(10 for loss), tallied three sacks and 13 hur-

ries, forced eight fumbles, recovered four, had five pass deflec-tions and one blocked kick his senior season. On the offensiveside of the ball he averaged over 5.0 yards per carry. A four-yearfootball letterman, he also served two seasons as a team cap-tain and was the Cowboy's MVP and Old Spice Red Zone Playerof the Year his senior season when he was also selected asGHS' Most Inspirational Athlete. Earned two basketball lettersand four in track, where he was an all-state long jumper. A mem-ber of the National Honors Society and four-year academic let-terman and honor roll student. Also lettered in jazz band, dramaand show choir and performed with the school/community ball-room dance team. Served an LDS church mission to BuenosAires, Argentina. Parents are David and Kimberly Gumucio. Isundecided on a major course of study.

33 Jarom Healey5-11, 216, Fr, rBHurricane, UtahPersonal: Earned first-team all-state and all-region honors as a senior in 2010 when hehelped lead Hurricane High to an appear-ance in the Utah 3A state championshipgame. Tallied 25 total touchdowns, including

22 rushing, one receiving, one on a kickoff return and one on aninterception return. Finished the season with 2,097 all-purposeyards, including 1,260 rushing, 333 receiving, 416 on kickoff re-turns, 20 on punt returns and 68 on interception returns. Had 56tackles from his safety position as well. Also earned all-statehonors in track & field and was a three-time state champion.Parents are Toni and Steve Healey. Plans to major in exercisescience.

3 Griff mcnabb5-7, 165, Jr, Wrpocatello, IdahoPrior to SUU: Played in 12 games at Utahlast year, led the Utes with 22 punt returnsfor 166 yards and a 7.5 yards per return av-erage. Caught two passes for 13 yards. Hislong return was a 31-yarder to set the Utes

up for a short TD drive in the fourth quarter of Utah’s Sun Bowlwin over Georgia Tech. In 2010 he played in eight games, hadtwo catches for eight yards and a touchdown (vs. ColoradoState). Returned three punts for 22 yards. Also returned twokickoffs for 36 yards. spent the 2009 season as a redshirt.Personal: Earned first-team all-state honors as a wide receiverat Pocatello’s Highland High School, helping the team to a run-ner-up finish in the state in 2005. Was named his region’s Offen-sive Player of the Year as a senior when he had 104 receptionsto also earn first-team all-region and all-conference recognition.Was also a first-team all-conference basketball player, leadingHighland to a state runner-up finish in 2006. Wife is the formerWhitney Jackson , Parents are Lisa and Bill McNabb.

19 C.J. morgan5-11, 178, So, Wraurora, ColoradoPrior to SUU: Spent the 2010 and 2011 sea-sons at Wyoming. Redshirted in 2010.Personal: Prepped at Eaglecrest High in theDenver suburb of Aurora, Colo., where hewas a two-time first-team all-city performer

who earned 5A all-state honorable mention honors from theDenver Post in 2009. Caught 24 passes for 486 yards andseven TDs his senior year when he had one 89-yard TD grab.Also rushed for 597 yards on 63 carries with seven more TDs onthe ground that year. Helped lead Eaglecrest to the secondround of the state playoffs in 2009. Caught 26 passes for 385yards and four TDs his junior year when he also carried 54 timesfor 482 yards and five scores. Also recorded 21 tackles, inter-cepted a pass and forced two fumbles his junior year. Was atwo-year team captain. Parents are Aimee and James Lyday.Plans to major in communications.



44 mike needham6-3, 200, Fr, LBSt. George, UtahPersonal: Earned all-region and consensusfirst-team all-state honors as a senior run-ning back when he rushed for 1,293 yardsand tallied 14 touchdowns at Desert HillsHigh School. Also played linebacker for

Coach Jake Nelson's Thunder, racking up over 100 tackles witha pair of sacks his senior season when he led the squad to a re-gion title and a state runner-up finish and was named the regionMVP. Lettered in basketball as well. Parents are Christina andGrant Needham. Plans to major in Biology.

51 taylor pili6-4, 232, Fr, LBSalt Lake City, UtahPersonal: Earned first-team all-region andconsensus honorable mention all-state hon-ors his senior season at Salt Lake City'sGranger HS after tallying over 1,000 receiv-ing yards on offense and racking up 65 tack-

les with two sacks, five interceptions and 15 pass break-ups.Also earned all-region honors in basketball and all-state recogni-tion in track & field as a hurdler. Mother is Julia Pili. Is undecidedupon a major course of study.

66 evan ross6-6, 283, Fr, oLplain City, UtahPersonal: Earned honorable mention all-re-gion honors playing for Coach KoryBosgeiter at Fremont HS his senior season.Helped the Silverwolves to a pair of regionchampionships and two runner-up finishes in

the state championships. Finished high school with a stellar 3.8GPA. Parents are Kelli and Norm Ross. Plans to major in inte-grated engineering.

76 Spencer rudolph6-7, 312, Fr, oLkaysville, UtahPersonal: An honor roll student at Davis HS,earned honorable mention all-region honorsfollowing his senior season. Earned threevarsity letters playing for former ThunderbirdRyan Bishop. Parents are Kristine and David

Rudolph. Plans to major in criminal justice.

65 tony Sarrocco6-4, 262, Fr, oLmoorpark, Calif.Personal: Earned second-team all-Mar-monte League honors following his seniorseason playing for Coach Tim Lins' MoorparkHS Musketeers. Mother is Elaine Sarrocco.Is undecided upon a major course of study.

30 anthony Sattiewhite6-0, 181, Fr, DBogden, UtahPersonal: Prepped at Ogden HS where heearned first-team all-region honors and washis team’s MVP as a senior for Coach TroyKolan. Earned the Larry H. Miller Pick thePrep player of the week award. Also lettered

in baseball, basketball and track & field for the Tigers.

90 Lloyd Stephens6-3 216, Fr, DLWest Weber, UtahPersonal: Prepped at Fremont High Schoolwhere he helped the Silverwolves to a pair ofregion titles and runner-up finishes in thestate. Tallied nearly 100 tackles with 10sacks and 10 passes broken up. Also let-

tered in both basketball and baseball and earned academic all-state honors in all three sports. Parents are Julie and DougStephens. Plans to major in integrated engineering.

p.J. taeao-tauanu’u6-3, 319, Fr, oLLas Vegas, nevadaPersonal: A four-year starter on the offen-sive and defensive lines at Las Vegas LibertyHS, earned all-Nevada 4A first-team honors,all-Sunrise Region, all-Southern Nevada, 4AAll-Nevada Prep/Rivals and all-Southeast

honors in 2011 when he tallie d43 tackles with 7.5 sacks andblocked a field goal. Helped Coach Rich Muraco's Patriots toback-to-back division and region championships. Earned the Pa-triot Pride and Line Pride awards. Was selected to participate inthe Polynesian All-American Classic in southern California. Par-ents are Cindy and J.T. Tauanu'u. Plans to major in businesswith a marketing emphasis.



34 Christian taele6-1, 212, Fr, rBSpanish Fork, UtahPersonal: Earned Elite Eleven, consensusfirst-team all-state and all-region honors atSpanish Fork High in 2011 after racking up1,895 yards of total offense, including 1,506rushing yards. Tallied 23 total touchdowns

and added 33 tackles from his linebacker spot. During his careerhe tallied over 2,200 rush and 1,500 receiving yards. Also let-tered in basketball, track and tennis at SFHS. Parents are Jes-sica and James Taele. Plans to major in mathematics.

56 Jeremiah tauala6-1, 205, Fr, DBLas Vegas, nevadaPersonal: Tallied 25 tackles and broke upfour passes his senior season for CoachRich Muraco at Las Vegas Liberty HS.Helped the Patriots to back-to-back regionand division championships. Parents are

Deanne and Sam Ameperosa. Plans to major in criminal justice.

48 Yabitse Wells 5-11, 155, Fr, DBSmithfield, UtahPersonal: Tallied 60 tackles with three inter-ceptions his senior season at Sky View HighSchool. Also had over 400 return yards hissenior season for Coach Craig Arthur's Bob-cats. Is undecided upon a major course of

study.

75 Hayden White6-4, 261, Fr, LBCenterville, UtahAt SUU: Joined the Thunderbirds in time toparticipate in 2012 spring drills.Personal: Prepped at Viewmont High wherehe earned two letters playing for formerThunderbird Robbie Gunter’s Vikings. Also

lettered in wrestling and track & field at VHS. Parents are Verleeand Randy White. Served an LDS church mission to Fort Worth,Texas. Is undecided upon a major course of study.

15 Derek Whitmore6-3, 244, Jr, teorlando, FloridaPersonal: Helped Coach Tom Craft's River-side Community College Tigers to a 21-1record over the past two seasons, includinga perfect 11-0 mark in 2011 when he tallied74 receiving yards. Prepped at Northland HS

in Columbus, Ohio. Has a son, Jeremiah, mother is LejetterBrown. Plans to major in communication.

16 austin Young6-5, 215, Fr, QBColfax, CaliforniaPersonal: : A two-time first-team all-leagueselection for Coach Tony Martello's Falcons.Was the 2011 league offensive MVP afterthrowing for over 5,000 yards and 58 touch-downs during his junior and senior seasons,

including a 2011 campaign in which he completed 124-of-201passes for 2,752 yards and 33 TDs. Also earned three baseballletters at CHS. Parents are Nikki and Glenn Young. Is undecidedupon a major course of study.

pronunciation GuideName Say

5 Namari Flentroy .............................nuh-MA-ree Flent-roy8 Fatu Moala.........................................fah-TOO mo-AH-la22 Jacob Allie ..............................................................Alley34 Christian Taele .................................................ta-AY-lay39 Kole Afu............................................................. AH-foo43 Austin Gumucio..................................goo-MOO-see-oh48 Yabitse Wells....................................................YAH-bits49 Lavell Ika ...........................................................EEK-uh51 Taylor Pili ..........................................................PEE-lee55 Sione Fukofuka .............see-OH-nee foo-koh-FOO-kuh56 Jeremiah Tauala .........................................t-OW-ah-lah59 P.J. Taeao-Tauanu’u............tah-AY-oh t-OW-uh-new-oo67 Alex Topete....................................................to-PAY-tay71 Fernando Huerta ........................................WHERE-tuh74 Tony Cossairt.....................................................CO-zart83 Rodain Delus ...............................RO-dayne DAY-loose86 Chandler Allphin .................................................ALL-fin87 Chris Haning ...................................................HAY-ning97 Kahi Eldredge .................................................KAW-hee98 Toi Taufa....................................................Toy t-OW-fuh99 Jeff Tukuafu ...........................................too-koo-AH-foo

2012 Southern Utah Roster


No NAME HT WT YR POS HOMETOWN EXPERIENCE39 Kole Afu 6-2 252 FR DL Draper, UT HS/Alta HS22 Jacob Allie 6-1 230 JR FB Renton, WA 1VL/Lindbergh HS86 Chandler Alphin 6-4 210 FR TE Alpine, UT RS/Lone Peak HS18 Austin Anderson 6-5 245 SO LB Las Vegas, NV SQ/Arbor View HS31 J.T Anderson 6-2 174 FR DB Layton, UT HS/Layton HS41 Daniel Bird 6-0 235 JR LB Carson, CA JC/Harbor College73 Zach Brackus 6-5 310 SR OL Salt Lake City, UT 3VL/Murray HS7 Henna Brown 6-0 233 SR RB Magna, UT 3VL/Cyprus HS21 Malik Brown 6-1 193 FR RB North Las Vegas, NV HS/Canyon Springs HS35 Zak Browning 5-11 215 FR LB Camas, WA HS/Union HS77 Cody Burgess 6-6 317 JR OL Panaca, NV 1VL/Lincoln County HS29 Michael Byrd 6-2 192 FR DB Laredo, TX HS/United HS17 Myles Carelock 5-11 185 FR WR Fairfield, CA RS/Rodriguez HS80 Kaden Carli 5-10 198 SR WR Sandy, UT 3VL/Alta HS10 Rickey Clark 6-2 224 SR LB Hayward, CA 3VL/Tennyson HS85 Michael Clore 6-0 195 JR WR Mesa, AZ RS/Mesa CC, AZ20 Tommy Collet 6-0 194 JR DB Moorpark, CA 2VL/Moorpark HS46 Mckay Condie 6-0 202 SR LS Lehi, UT 1VL/Snow College95 Colton Cook 5-8 177 JR K Bountiful, UT 1VL/Viewmont HS74 Tony Cossairt 6-4 302 JR OL Moab, UT 2VL/Grand County HS53 James Cowser 6-4 244 FR LB Fruit Heights, UT RS/Davis HS26 Myles Crawford-Harris 6-0 197 SR RB Oakland, CA 3VL/Oakland Tech HS5 Mitch Dahlen 6-4 202 FR QB Redmond, OR TR/Utah83 Rodain Delus 5-9 180 FR WR Lely, FL HS/Lely HS78 Kyle Donaldson 6-4 323 JR OL Pacifica, CA JC/Orange Coast College50 Kolton Donovan 6-3 234 FR LS St. George, UT HS/Pine View HS97 Kahi Eldredge 6-0 274 FR DL Cedar City, UT HS/Cedar City HS62 Shad Ennis 6-3 283 FR DL Draper, UT HS/Alta HS14 Mike Evans 6-3 198 FR DB Esparto, CA HS/Esparto HS12 Anthony Fagans 6-2 207 SO DB Oakland, CA 1VL/Oakland Tech HS68 Gavin Farr 6-3 287 JR OL South Ogden, UT 2VL/Northridge HS23 Brennan Fjord 6-0 202 SR FS Sugarland, TX 1VL/Snow College5 Namari Flentroy 5-11 230 SR LB Richmond, CA RS/Citrus JC52 Dylan Fox 6-2 286 SR OL Cedar City, UT 3VL/Cedar City HS55 Sione Fukofuka 6-5 246 FR LB Ha’akame, Tonga HS/Liahona HS43 Austin Gumucio 6-3 220 FR LB Grantsville, UT HS/Grantsville HS2 Gordon Garrett 6-2 193 SO DB Moab, UT 1VL/Grand County HS63 Daron Griffin 6-4 335 JR OL San Bernardino, CA 2VL/Cajon HS87 Chris Haning 6-4 239 SR TE Woods Cross, UT 1VL/Woods Cross HS11 Chad Hansen 6-3 238 JR LB Murrieta, CA 1VL/Mt. San Jacinto33 Jarom Healey 5-11 216 FR RB Hurricane, UT HS/Hurricane HS24 Wade Heston 6-1 187 FR DB Tooele, UT HS/Tooele HS71 Fernando Huerta 6-6 300 FR OL Wellsville, UT RS/Mountain Crest HS49 Lavell Ika 5-7 240 SR FB Salt Lake City, UT 2VL/Bountiful HS13 Mitch Jessop 6-4 206 SO WR Providence, UT 1VL/Mountain Crest HS94 Kouri Jones 6-4 249 SO DL Converse, TX 1VL/Judson HS28 Miles Killebrew 6-3 201 FR DB Henderson, NV RS/Foothill HS58 Cody Larsen 6-4 300 SR DL Draper, Utah 3VL/Jordan HS11 J.J. Mayer 6-2 217 JR QB Foothill Ranch, CA 2VL/Trabucco Hills HS91 Trever McFalls 6-5 263 SO DE Salt Lake City, UT SQ/Juan Diego HS3 Griff McNabb 5-7 165 JR WR Pocatello, ID TR/Utah96 Brad Meyer 6-3 292 JR DT Boise, ID 2VL/Capital HS13 Brock Miller 5-8 182 JR K Encinas, CA 2VL/Santa Fe Christian HS6 Tyree Mills 6-2 178 JR DB Pasadena, CA 2VL/John Muir HS8 Fatu Moala 6-2 183 JR WR Kearns, UT 1VL/Utah1 Cameron Morgan 6-3 188 SR WR Uvalde, TX 3VL/Uvalde HS19 C.J. Morgan 5-11 178 SO WR Aurora, CO TR/Wyoming44 Mike Needham 6-3 200 FR LB St. George, UT HS/Desert Hills HS92 Nick Nissen 6-2 279 SO DL Delta, UT 1VL/Delta HS84 Anthony Norris 6-5 240 FR TE Las Vegas, NV RS/Liberty HS47 Randall Nygren 6-3 235 JR LB La Habra, CA 2VL/La Habra HS88 Easton Pedersen 6-3 210 SO WR Highland, UT 1VL/Lone Peak HS72 Russell Petersen 6-4 301 SR OL Manti, UT 3VL/Manti HS

2012 Southern Utah Roster


No NAME HT WT YR POS HOMETOWN EXPERIENCE89 Matt Putnam 6-2 193 JR WR Farmington, UT RS/Snow College51 Taylor Pili 6-4 232 FR LB Salt Lake City, UT HS/Granger HS42 KC Rawlinson 5-11 221 JR LB Oak City, UT 2VL/Delta HS64 Greg Reid 6-4 292 JR OL Covina, CA 2VL/Chino Hills HS66 Evan Ross 6-6 283 FR OL Plain City, UT HS/Fremont HS76 Spencer Rudolph 6-6 312 FR OL Kaysville, UT HS/Davis HS70 Zac Russell 6-5 301 SO OL Trabucco Hills, CA SQ/Trabucco Hills HS65 Tony Sarrocco 6-4 262 FR OL Moorpark, CA HS/Moorpark HS30 Anthony Sattiewhite 6-1 181 FR DB Ogden, UT HS/Ogden HS38 Julio Segura 6-4 230 JR P South Gate, CA JC/East LA College36 LeShaun Sims 6-0 181 FR DB Las Vegas, NV RS/Andre Agassi Prep81 Cody Smith 6-0 197 JR WR Redlands, CA RS/San Bernardino Valley JC82 Josh Smith 5-11 178 FR WR South Jordan, UT RS/Bingham HS4 Brad Sorensen 6-5 230 SR QB Grand Terrace, CA 2VL/Brigham Young90 Lloyd Stephens 6-3 216 FR DL Plain City, UT HS/Fremont HS59 P.J. Taeao-Tauanu’u 6-3 319 FR DL Las Vegas, NV HS/Liberty HS34 Christian Taele 6-1 212 FR RB Spanish Fork, UT HS/Spanish Fork HS25 Mike Tagliaferri 5-11 240 JR RB Las Vegas, NV 2VL/Centennial HS98 Toi Taufa 6-1 297 FR DL Salt Lake City, UT RS/Highland HS56 Jeremiah Tauala 6-1 205 FR LB Las Vegas, NV HS/Liberty HS67 Alex Topete 6-5 305 SO OL South Gate, CA SQ/South East HS99 Jeff Tukuafu 6-4 251 SR DL Heber City, UT 3VL/Wasatch HS48 Yabitse Wells 5-11 155 FR DB Logan, UT HS/Sky View HS75 Hayden White 6-3 261 FR LB Bountiful, UT HS/Viewmont HS15 Derek Whitmore 6-3 244 JR TE Orlando, FL JC/Riverside CC40 Brian Wilson 6-0 206 SR RB San Diego, CA 3VL/Mission Hills HS16 Austin Young 6-5 215 FR QB Colfax, CA HS/Colfax HS

Head Coach: Ed Lamb (BYU, 1996)Offensive Coordinator: Steve Clark (BYU, 1992)Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Justin Ena (BYU, 2001)Defensive Line: Ryan Hunt (SUU, 2004)Secondary: Demario Warren (UC Davis, 2008)Offensive Line: Teag Whiting (BYU, 2004)

Defensive Line: Aaron Fernandez (SUU, 2009)Special Teams: Ronnie Pentz (San Diego, 2007)Running Backs/Tight Ends: Justin Walterscheid (SUU, 2005)Wide Receivers: Fesi Sitake (SUU, 2011)Film Coordinator/Offensive Assistant: Chris BoothStrength & Conditioning: Dan Bennion (SUU, 2000)

1 Cameron Morgan

2 Gordon Garrett

3 Griff McNabb

4 Brad Sorensen

5 Namari Flentroy

5 Mitch Dahlen

6 Tyree Mills

7 Henna Brown

8 Fatu Moala

10 Rickey Clark

11 Chad Hansen

11 J.J. Mayer

12 Anthony Fagans

13 Brock Miller

13 Mitch Jessop

14 Mike Evans

15 Derrick Whitmore

16 Austin Young

17 Myles Carelock

18 Austin Anderson

19 C.J. Morgan

20 Tommy Collet, Jr.

21 Malik Brown

22 Jacob Allie

23 Brennan Fjord

24 Wade Heston

25 Mike Tagliaferri

26 Myles Crawford-Harris

28 Miles Killebrew

29 Michael Byrd

30 Anthony Sattiewhite

31 J.T Anderson

33 Jarom Healey

34 Christian Taele

35 Zak Browning

36 LeShaun Sims

38 Julio Segura

39 Kole Afu

40 Brian Wilson

41 Daniel Bird

42 KC Rawlinson

43 Austin Gamuccio

44 Mike Needham

46 Mckay Condie

47 Randall Nygren

48 Yabitse Wells

49 Lavell Ika

50 Kolton Donovan

51 Taylor Pili

52 Dylan Fox

53 James Cowser

54 Trevor Everett

55 Sione Fukofuka

56 Jeremiah Tauala

58 Cody Larsen

59 P.J. Taeao

62 Shad Ennis

63 Daron Griffin

64 Greg Reid

65 Tony Sarrocco

66 Evan Ross

67 Alex Topete

68 Gavin Farr

70 Zac Russell

71 Fernando Huerta

72 Russell Petersen

73 Zach Brackus

74 Tony Cossairt

75 Hayden White

76 Spencer Rudolph

77 Cody Burgess

78 Kyle Donaldson

80 Kaden Carli

81 Cody Smith

82 Josh Smith

83 Rodain Delus

84 Anthony Norris

85 Michael Clore

86 Chandler Allphin

87 Chris Haning

88 Easton Pedersen

89 Matt Putnam

90 Lloyd Stephens

91 Trever McFalls

92 Nick Nissen

94 Kouri Jones

95 Colton Cook

96 Brad Meyer

97 Kahi Eldredge

98 Toi Taufa

99 Jeff Tukuafu

2012 SUU Numerical Roster

2012 Southern Utah Preseason Depth Chart


Offense

Quarterback

4 Brad Sorensen, 6-5, 235, Sr, Grand Terrace, Calif.; BYU

11 J.J. Mayer, 6-2, 217, Jr, Foothill Ranch, Calif.; Trabucco Hills HS

Fullback

49 Lavell Ika, 5-7, 240, Jr, Salt Lake City, Utah; Bountiful HS

25 Mike Tagliaferri, 5-11, 240, Jr, Las Vegas, Nev.; Centennial HS

Running Back

7 Henna Brown, 6-0, 233, Sr, Magna, Utah; Cyprus HS

21 Malik Brown, 6-1, 193, Fr, North Las Vegas, Nev.; Canyon Springs HS

40 Brian Wilson, 6-0, 2106, Sr, San Diego, Calif.; Mission Hills HS

X Receiver

8 Fatu Moala, 6-2, 183, Jr, Kearns, Utah; Utah

1 Cameron Morgan, 6-3, 188, Sr, Uvalde, Texas; Judson HS

Z Receiver

88 Easton Pedersen, 6-3, 210, So, Highland, Utah; Lone Peak HS

13 Mitch Jessop, 6-4, 206, So, Providence, Utah; Mountain Crest HS

H Receiver

3 Griff McNabb, 5-7, 165, Jr, Pocatello, Idaho; Utah

82 Josh Smith, 5-11, 178, RSFr, South Jordan, Utah; Bingham HS

Left Tackle

77 Cody Burgess, 6-6, 317, So, Panaca, Nev.; Lincoln County HS

64 Greg Reid, 6-4, 292, So, Covina, Calif.; Chino HS

Left Guard

68 Gavin Farr, 6-3, 287, So, South Ogden, Utah; Northridge HS

63 Daron Griffin, 6-4, 335, So, San Bernardino, Calif.; Cajon HS

Center

52 Dylan Fox, 6-2, 286, Sr, Cedar City, Utah; Cedar HS

70 Zac Russell, 6-5, 301, So, Trabucco Hills, Calif.; Trabucco Hills HS

Right Guard

73 Zach Brackus, 6-5, 310, Jr, Salt Lake City, Utah; Murray HS

74 Tony Cossairt, 6-4, 302, Jr, Moab, Utah; Grand County HS

Right Tackle

72 Russell Petersen, 6-4, 301, Jr, Manti, Utah; Manti HS

71 Fernando Huerta, 6-6, 300, RSFr, Wellsville, Utah; Mountain Crest HS

Tight End

22 Jacob Allie, 6-2, 230, Jr, Renton, Wash.; Lindbergh HS

15 Derek Whitmore, 6-3, 244, Jr, Orlando, Fla.; Riverside CC

Defense

Rush End

53 James Cowser, 6-4, 244, Fr, Fruit Heights, Utah; Davis HS

94 Kouri Jones, 6-4, 249, So, Converse, Texas; Judson HS

Tackle

58 Cody Larsen, 6-4, 300, Sr, Draper, Utah; Jordan HS

91 Trever McFalls, 6-5, 263, So, Salt Lake City, Utah; Juan Diego HS

Nose Tackle

96 Brad Meyer, 6-3, 292, Jr, Boise, Idaho; Capital HS

92 Nick Nissen, 6-2, 279, So, Delta, Utah; Delta HS

Bull End

99 Jeff Tukuafu, 6-4, 251, Sr, Heber City, Utah; Wasatch HS – OR –

18 Austin Anderson, 6-5, 245, So, Las Vegas, Nev.; Arbor View HS

Sam Linebacker

5 Namari Flentroy, 5-11, 230, Sr, Richmond, Calif.; Citrus JC

47 Randall Nygren, 6-2, 235, Jr, La Habra, Calif.; La Habra HS

Mike Linebacker

35 Zak Browning, 5-11, 215, Fr, Camas, Wash.; Union HS

11 Chad Hansen, 6-3, 238, Jr, Murietta, Calif.; Mt. San Jacinto

41 Daniel Bird, 6-0, 235, Jr, Carson, Calif.; Harbor College

Will Linebacker

10 Rickey Clark, 6-2, 225, Sr, Hayward, Calif.; Tennyson HS

44 Mike Needham, 6-3, 200, Fr, St. George, Utah; Desert Hills HS

Strong Safety

28 Miles Killebrew, 6-3, 201, RSFr, Henderson, Nev.; Foothill HS

24 Wade Heston, 6-1, 187, Fr, Tooele, Utah; Tooele HS

Free Safety

20 Tommy Collett, 6-0, 194, Jr, Moorpark, Calif.; Moorpark HS

23 Brennan Fjord, 6-0, 202, Sr, Sugarland, Texas; Snow JC

Cornerback

36 LeShaun Sims, 6-0, 181, RSFr, Las Vegas, Nev.; Agassi Prep

31 J.T. Anderson, 6-2, 174, Fr, Layton, Utah; Layton HS

Cornerback

35 Tyree Mills, 6-2, 178, Jr, Pasadena, Calif.; John Muir HS

2 Gordon Garrett, 6-2, 193, So, Moab, Utah; Grand HS

Special Teams

Place Kicker

95 Colton Cook, 5-8, 177, Jr, Bountiful, Utah; Viewmont HS – OR –

13 Brock Miller, 5-11, 182, Jr, Encinitas, Calif.; Santa Fe Christian HS

Kickoffs

95 Colton Cook, 5-8, 177, Jr, Bountiful, Utah; Viewmont HS


Punter


8 Fatu Moala, 6-2, 183, Jr, Kearns, Utah; Utah

Long Snapper

50 Kolton Donovan, 6-3, 234, Fr, St. George, Utah; Pine View HS

46 Mckay Condie, 6-0, 202, Sr, Lehi, Utah; Snow JC

Holder

22 Jacob Allie, 6-0, 230, Jr, Renton, Wash.; Lindbergh HS

25 Mike Tagliaferri, 5-11, 240, Jr, Las Vegas, Nev.; Centennial HS

Punt Returns

3 Griff McNabb, 5-7, 165, Jr, Pocatello, Idaho; Utah


Kickoff Returns

16 C.J. Morgan5-11, 178, So, Aurora, Colorado; Wyoming


The Big Sky Conference

A new era in the Big Sky Conference begins in 2012-13 as the league enters its 50th year of athletic competi-

tion, and its 25th sponsoring women’s collegiate athletics.

The Division I Big Sky Conference welcomes the University of North Dakota and Southern Utah University

into the fold as full members. Cal Poly and UC Davis join the league as affiliate members in football, where the

league competes at the Championship Subdivision level (formerly I-AA).

The additions of North Dakota and Southern Utah give the stable Big Sky 11 full institutions and 13 football

members. The current lineup includes four of the six charter members: Idaho State University, The University of

Montana, Montana State University and Weber State. Northern Arizona enters its 43rd season in the Big Sky, giv-

ing the conference five members with at least 40 years of continuous membership.

Eastern Washington University joined the Big Sky Conference in 1987, followed by Portland State University

and Sacramento State in 1996. The Big Sky became a nine-team league in 2006 with the addition of the Univer-

sity of Northern Colorado.

The league has become one of the strongest Division I conferences in the West and is a national leader in the

Football Championship Subdivision. Six times, Big Sky teams have won the Division I National Championship, in-

cluding Eastern Washington in 2010. A Big Sky team has played for the national championship in three of the

past four seasons.

The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members – Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga,

Montana, Montana State and Weber State. Those six schools formed the foundation of the Big Sky before the

league expanded in 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Arizona. Gonzaga left the Sky in 1979 and was re-

placed by Nevada, which gave the league eight members. The conference grew to nine schools in 1987 with the

addition of Eastern Washington.

The 1990s saw change in the makeup of the league, beginning in 1992 when Nevada departed and put the

Big Sky back at eight teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho left and at the same time the conference added Port-

land State, Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams for five years before

Cal State Northridge departed in the spring of 2001.

The Big Sky now includes nine states spanning from the Pacific Ocean to the Red River Valley of North

Dakota. The league is represented along the entire west coast with institutions in Washington, Oregon and Cali-

fornia. League schools also range up and down the Rocky Mountains with institutions in Montana, Idaho, Utah,

Arizona and Colorado.

On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adopted by the six presidents of the charter members as the name

of the new conference. The name Big Sky originated in a novel written by the late A.B. (Bud) Guthrie of Great

Falls, Mont., in 1947 entitled “The Big Sky.” Jack Hollowell, a former Montana advertising director, promoted the

Big Sky theme for the Treasure State. While on a track and field trip from Pocatello, Idaho, to Missoula, Mont.,

legendary Dubby Holt of Idaho State saw a “Welcome to Big Sky Country” sign as his team entered Montana.

Holt, and his athletes thought “Big Sky” would be a perfect name for the new conference. Harry Missildine of the

Spokane Spokesman-Review called for the newly formed league to be named the Big Sky Conference in his col-

umn dated Feb. 20, 1963.

The Big Sky sponsors championships in 15 sports, including men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and

outdoor track and field, basketball and tennis. In addition, there are also championships in football, and women’s

volleyball, golf and soccer. This

upcoming spring, the Big Sky will

sponsor a softball championship

for the first time.

In 1988-89, the Big Sky Con-

ference first began sponsoring

women’s sports. The former

Mountain West Conference ex-

isted from 1982-88, sponsoring championships for

women’s sports at the same institutions the Big Sky

had men’s programs. The Big Sky merged with the

Mountain West in 1988, forming one league for both

men and women.

Doug Fullerton, the fifth commissioner of the Big

Sky Conference, is in his 18th year at the helm.

Fullerton took over the Big Sky on July 1, 1995, re-

placing longtime commissioner Ron Stephenson,

who passed away in 2011. Stephenson served the

league for 14 years. Steve Belko was the commis-

sioner from 1977-81, while John Roning held the

post from 1971-77. The first league commissioner

was Jack Friel, who served from 1963-71.

Doug Fullerton

Commissioner

Ron Loghry

AssistantCommissioner

Jaynee

Nadolsky


Jon Kasper



2012 Southern Utah Opponents

UTAH STATEGAME ONE, AUG. 30, 6:00 P.M.ROMNEY STADIUMLOGAN, UTAH

uSu QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Logan, Utah

Enrollment: 28,994

Nickname: Aggies

Colors: Navy, White, Pewter Grey

President: Dr. Stan Albrecht

AD: Scott Barnes

Head Coach: Gary Andersen

(Utah, 1986)

Record At USU: 15-22 (Three Years)

Overall Record: 19-29 (Four Years)

Phone: Contact SID Office

Best Time To Reach: Contact SID

Assistant Coaches: Dave Aranda, Matt Wells, Bill

Busch, Mike Sanford, Javon Bouknight, Kevin Clune,

T.J. Woods, Frake Malle, Kendrick Shaver

Conference: Western Athletic

2011 Finish: 5-2 (T-2nd)

2011 Overall: 7-6

Starters Returning: 8/6/5

Stadium: Romney Stadium

AstroTurf (25,513)

Series W/SUU: USU leads, 2-0

SID: Doug Hoffman

E-Mail: [email protected]

Phone: 435-797-3714

Press Box Phone: 435-797-1686

Website: www.utahstateaggies.com

2012 Schedule

8-30 Southern Utah 6:00

9-7 Utah 6:00

9-15 at Wisconsin 7:00

9-22 at Colorado St. 5:00

9-29 UNLV 6:00

10-5 at BYU 8:15

10-13 at San Jose St. 1:00

10-20 New Mexico St. 1:00

10-27 at UTSA 1:00

11-3 Texas State 1:00

11-17 at Louisiana Tech 6:00

11-24 Idaho 1:00

2011 Results

At Auburn L 38-42

Weber State W 54-17

Colorado State (2OT) L 34-35

at BYU L 24-27

Wyoming W 63-19

at Fresno State L 21-31

Louisiana Tech L 17-24

at Hawai’i W 35-31

San Jose State W 34-33

at Idaho (2OT) W 49-42

Nevada W 21-17

at New Mexico St. W 24-21

vs. Ohio L 23-24

Gary

Andersen

Head Coach

Kerwynn

Williams

Running Back

CaliFornia

Game two, Sept. 8, noon

memorial Stadium

berkeley, CaliFornia

Cal QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Berkeley, California

Enrollment: 36,142

Nickname: Golden Bears

Colors: Blue & Gold

Chancellor: Dr. Robert J. Birgeneau

AD: Sandy Barbour

Head Coach: Jeff Tedford

(Fresno State, 1983)

Record At Cal: 79-48 (10 Years)

Overall Record: 79-48 (10 Years)

Phone: 510-642-3851


Assistant Coaches: Jim Michalczic, Clancy Pendergast,

Ashley Ambrose, Marcus Arroyo, Wes Chandler, Jeff

Genyk, Ron Gould, Todd Howard, Kenwick Thompson

Conference: Pacific-12

2011 Finish: 4-5 (4th, North Division)

2011 Overall: 7-6


Stadium: Memorial Stadium

63,000 (Artificial)

Series W/SUU: First meeting

SID: Kyle McRae


Phone: 510-219-9340


Website: www.calbears.com

2012 Schedule

9-1 Nevada Noon

9-8 Southern Utah Noon

9-15 at Ohio State Noon

9-22 at USC TBA

9-29 Arizona State TBA

10-6 UCLA TBA

10-13 at Washington St. TBA

10-20 Stanford TBA

10-27 at Utah TBA

11-2 Washington 6:00

11-10 Oregon TBA

11-17 at Oregon State TBA

2011 Results

vs. Fresno State W 36-21

at Colorado (OT) W 36-33

Presbyterian W 63-12

at Washington L 23-31

at Oregon L 15-43

USC L 9-30

Utah W 34-10

at UCLA L 14-31

Washington State W 30-7

Oregon State W 23-6

at Stanford L 28-31

at Arizona State W 47-38

vs. Texas L 10-21

Jeff

Tedford

Head Coach

Josh

Hill

Wide Receiver



N.M. HIGHLANDSGAME THREE, SEPT. 15, 6:00 P.M.ECCLES COLISEUMCEDAR CITY, UTAH

nmhu QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico

Enrollment: 3,500

Nickname: Cowboys

Colors: Purple & White

President: Dr. Jim Fries

AD: Ed Manzanares

Head Coach: Eric Young

(Western Oregon)

Record At NMHU: 4-7 (One Year)

Overall Record: 4-7 (One Year)

Phone: Contact SID


Assistant Coaches: Tony Pavlic, Stephen Parker, Ivan

Cordova, Kenny Jackson, Alex Mortensen, Mike Rigell,

Chris Ferragamo, Art Abreu, Jr., Aaron Whinfrey, Chaz

Thompson

Conference: Rocky Mountain

2011 Finish: 2-7 (T-Eighth)

2011 Overall: 4-7

Starters Returning: NA

Stadium: Perkins Stadium

5,000 (NA)

Series W/SUU: SUU leads, 10-5-1

SID: Gavino Archuleta


Phone: 405-426-2017

Press Box Phone: NA

Website: www.nmhucowboys.com

2012 Schedule

9-1 E. New Mexico 6:00

9-8 at Ft. Lewis 1:00

9-15 at Southern Utah 6:00

9-22 Colorado Mines 1:00

9-29 at Colorado-Mesa 1:00

10-6 Western State 2:00

10-13 at Adams State 1:00

10-20 Chadron State 1:00

10-27 at Black Hills St. 1:00

11-3 at CSU-Pueblo 2:00

11-10 W. New Mexico 1:00

2011 Results

at E. New Mexico W 43-36

Panhandle State W 60-14

at Colorado Mines W 40-34

Colorado-Mesa W 41-38

at Western State L 14-15

Adams State (OT) L 24-30

at Chadron State L 14-42

Nebraska-Kearney L 14-38

CSU-Pueble L 0-37

at W. New Mexico L 18-25

Ft. Lewis L 3-6

Eric

Young

Head Coach

Jordan

Campbell

Linebacker

portland State

Game Four, Sept. 22, 5:00 p.m.

Jeld-wen Field

portland, oreGon

pSu QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Portland, Oregon

Enrollment: 29,703

Nickname: Vikings

Colors: Green, White & Silver

President: Dr. Wim Wiewel

AD: Torre Chisholm

Head Coach: Nigel Burton

(Washington, 1999)

Record At PSU: 9-13 (Two Years)

Overall Record: 9-13 (Two Years)

Phone: 503-725-5625


Assistant Coaches: Eric Jackson, Bruce Barnum, Brad

Davis, Ikaika Mallow, John Ely, Lester Towns, Mike

Scheper, Steve Cooter, Matt Leunen, Michael Casco

Conference: Big Sky

2011 Finish: 5-3 (T-Third)

2011 Overall: 7-4


Stadium: JELD-WEN Field

18,627 (Artificial)

Series W/SUU: PSU leads, 8-1

SID: Mike Lund


Phone: 503-725-5602


Website: www.GoViks.com

2012 Schedule

9-1 Carroll College 5:05

9-8 at North Dakota 2:00

9-15 at Washington 1:00


9-29 at No. Arizona 4:00

10-6 Idaho State 5:05

10-20 at Cal Poly 6:05

10-27 At UC Davis 2:00

11-3 No. Colorado 1:05

11-10 at Montana State 1:30

11-17 E. Washington 1:05

2011 Results

Southern Oregon W 52-0

Northern Arizona W 31-29

at TCU L 13-55

at Idaho State W 42-35

Montana State L 36-38

at Montana L 24-30

Willamette W 36-10

at Eastern Washington W 43-26

Sacramento State W 29-20

at Northern ColoradoW 23-17

Weber State W 33-48

Nigel

Burton

Head Coach

Zach

Brown

Kicker



MONTANA STATEGAME FIVE, SEPT. 29, 1:30 P.M.ECCLES COLISEUMCEDAR CITY, UTAH

mSu QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Bozeman, Montana

Enrollment: 13,350

Nickname: Bobcats

Colors: Blue & Gold

President: Dr. Waded Cruzado

AD: Peter Fields

Head Coach: Rob Ash

(Cornell College, 1973)

Record At MSU: 39-20 (Five Years)

Overall Record: 215-119-5 (32 Years)

Phone: 406-994-5694

Best Time To Reach: Wednesday mornings

Assistant Coaches: Jamie Marshall, Kevin McGiven,

Jason McEndoo, BrianVon Bergen, Bo Beck, Erik Link,

Brandon North, Kane Ioane, Demo Odems, Toby Neinas

Conference: Big Sky

2011 Finish: 7-1 (T-First)

2011 Overall: 10-3


Stadium: Bobcat Stadium

FieldTurf (17,777)

Series W/SUU: MSU leads, 2-0

SID: Bill Lamberty


Phone: 406-994-5133

Press Box Phone: 406-994-3099/3100

Website: www.msubobcats.com

2012 Schedule

8-30 Chadron State 7:05

9-8 at Drake 6:00

9-15 Stephen F. Austin 1:35



10-6 at UC Davis 4:05


10-27 North Dakota 2:05

11-3 at Sacramento St. 4:05

11-10 Portland State 1:35

11-17 at Montana 1:35

2011 Results

At Utah L 10-27

UC Davis W 38-14

Minot State W 43-7

at E. Washington W 36-21


at Portland State W 38-36


at No. Colorado W 31-21

Idaho State W 54-13

at Weber State W 44-24

Montana L 10-36

New Hampshire W 26-25

Sam Houston State L 13-49

Rob

Ash

Head Coach

Zach

Minter

DefensiveTackle

SaCramento St.Game Six, oCt. 6, 1:00 p.m.

eCCleS ColiSeum

Cedar City, utah

CSuS QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Sacramento, California

Enrollment: 29,241

Nickname: Hornets

Colors: Green & Gold

President: Dr. Alexander Gonzalez

AD: Dr. Terry Wanless

Head Coach: Marshall Sperbeck

(Nevada, 1984)

Record At CSUS: 24-32 (Five Years)


Phone: Contact SID


Assistant Coaches: Paul Peterson, Anthony Parker,

Daniel DaPrato, Jordan Gigli, Aaron Ingram, Connor

Riley, Steve Roberson, Kyle Leitzke, Tyler Almond

Conference: Big Sky

2011 Finish: 3-5 (T-Sixth)

2011 Overall: 4-7


Stadium: Hornet Stadium

21,195 (Field Turf)

Series W/SUU: Tied, 6-6

SID: Brian Berger


Phone: (916) 278-4313

Press Box Phone: (916) 278-5995

Website: www.hornetsports.com

2012 Schedule

8-30 at New Mexico St. 5:00

9-8 at Colorado TBA



9-29 at Idaho State 12:30


10-13 Weber State 6:00

10-20 at E. Washington 4:00

10-27 Cal Poly 6:00

11-3 Montana State 4:00

11-17 at UC Davis TBA

2011 Results

at Oregon State (OT)W 29-28

at Southern Utah L 14-35

at Weber State L 17-49

Montana W 42-28

at Montana State L 21-31


E. Washington (OT) L 35-42

Northern Arizona L 26-27

at Portland State L 20-29

Idaho State W 24-9

UC Davis L 19-23

Marshall

Sperbeck

Head Coach

Jeff

Badger

Linebacker



MONTANAGAME SEVEN, OCT. 13, 1:30 P.M.WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY STADIUMMISSOULA, MONTANA

um QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Missoula, Montana

Enrollment: 15,642

Nickname: Grizzlies

Colors: Maroon & Silver

President: Dr. Royce Engstrom

AD: Jean Gee (Interim)

Head Coach: Mick Delaney

(Western Montana, 1964)

Record At UM: 0-0 (First Year)

Overall Record: 7-9-1 (Two Years)

Phone: 406-243-2969


Assistant Coaches: Timm Rosenbach, Ty Gregorak,

Dick Arbuckle, Shalon Baker, Legi Suiaunoa, Scott

Gragg, Aric Williams, Justin Green, Leon Burtnett

Conference: BIg Sky

2011 Finish: 7-1 T-First)

2011 Overall: 11-3


Stadium: Washington-Grizzly Stadium

25,217 (SprinTurf)

Series W/SUU: UM leads, 5-1

SID: Dave Guffey


Phone: 406-243-5402


Website: www.gogriz.com

2012 Schedule

9-1 South Dakota 1:00

9-8 at Appalachian St. TBA

9-15 Liberty 1:30

9-22 No. Arizona 1:30


10-6 at No. Colorado 1:30



10-27 Idaho State 1:30

11-3 at Weber State 1:30

11-17 Montana State 1:30

2011 Resultsat Tennessee L 16-42

at Cal Poly W 37-23

Eastern Washington W 17-14

at Sacramento State W 42-28

Northern Colorado W 55-28


Portland State W 30-24

at Northern Arizona W 28-24

Weber State W 45-10

Western Oregon W 32-7

at Montana State W 36-10

Central Arkansas W 41-14

Northern Iowa W 48-10

at Sam Houston St. L 28-31

Mick

Delaney

Head Coach

Greg

Hardy

Tight End

weber State

Game eiGht, nov. 20, 1:00 p.m.

eCCleS ColiSeum

Cedar City, utah

wSu QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Ogden, Utah

Enrollment: 25,300

Nickname: Wildcats

Colors: Royal Purple & White

President: Dr. Ann Milner

AD: Jerry Bovee

Head Coach: Jody Sears

(Washington State, 1991)

Record At WSU: 0-0 (First Year)

Overall Record: 0-0 (First Year)

Phone: (801) 626-6493

Best Time To Reach: Mornings

Assistant Coaches: Matt Hammer, Jason Belford, Eric

Lewis, Justin Rascati, Ted Stanley, Chraig Stutzmann,

Colton Swan, Cecil Thomas

Conference: Big Sky


2011 Overall: 5-6


Stadium: Stewart Stadium

17,500 (Synthetic)

Series W/SUU: WSU leads, 14-4

SID: Paul Grua


Phone: (801) 626-7414


Website: www.WeberStateSports.com

2012 Schedule

9-1 at Fresno State 7:00

9-8 at BYU 1:00

9-15 McNeese State 6:00


9-29 at UC Davis 6:00

10-5 Cal Poly 6:00



11-3 Montana 1:30



2011 Results

at Wyoming L 32-35

at Utah State L 17-54



at E. Washington L 21-27

Idaho State W 39-12

Southern Utah L 28-35

at Montana L 10-45



at Portland State W 48-33

Jody

Sears

Head Coach

Mike

Hoke

Quarterback



EASTERNWASHINGTONGAME NINE, OCT. 27, 1:00 P.M.eCCleS ColiSeum

Cedar City, utah

ewu QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Cheney, Washington

Enrollment: 12,130

Nickname: Eagles

Colors: Red & White

President: Dr. Rodolfo Arevalo

AD: Bill Chaves

Head Coach: Beau Baldwin

(Central Washington, 1996)

Record At EWU: 33-16 (Four Years)

Overall Record: 43-19 (Five Years)

Phone: 509-359-2456

Best Time To Reach: Mornings

Assistant Coaches: John Graham, Aaron Best, Jeff

Schmedding, Ryan Sawyer, Junior Adams, Zak Hill, Kiel

McDonald, Cherokee Valeria, Josh Fetter, Brian Strandley

Conference: Big Sky


2011 Overall: 6-5

Starters Returning:8/7/1

Stadium: Roos Field

8,600 (Sprinturf)

Series W/SUU: EWU leads, 4-1

SID: Dave Cook

E-Mail:[email protected]

Phone: (509) 359-6334


Website: www.goeags.com

2012 Schedule

8-30 at Idaho 6:05

9-8 at Washington St.12:05

9-22 at Weber State 6:05

9-29 Montana 4:05


10-13 at Montana St. 1:35

10-20 Sacramento St. 4:05


11-3 Cal Poly 1:35

11-10 UC Davis 1:35

11-17 at Portland State 1:05

2011 Results

at Washington L 27-30

at South Dakota L 17-30

at Montana L 14-17


Weber State W 27-21

at Northern Arizona W 36-28


at Sacramento St. (OT)W 42-35

Portland State L 26-43

at Cal Poly (3OT) W 53-51


Beau

Baldwin

Head Coach

Nicholas

Edwards

Wide Receiver

north dakota

Game eiGht, nov. 20, 1:00 p.m.

eCCleS ColiSeum

Cedar City, utah

und QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota

Enrollment: 14,095

Colors: Kelly Green & White

President: Dr. Robert Kelley

AD: Brian Faison

Head Coach: Chris Mussman

(Iowa State, 1990)

Record At UND: 23-20 (Four Years)

Overall Record: 23-20 (Four Years)

Phone: 701-777-2234


Assistant Coaches: Mike Mannausau, Greg Breitbach,

Josh Kotelnicki, Luke Schleusner, Benny Boyd, Danny

Freund, Jeff Richter, Wes Nurse, Kyle Meyer

Conference: Great West

2011 Finish: 3-1 (T-First)

2011 Overall: 8-3


Stadium: Alerus Center

12,283 (AstroTurf)

Series W/SUU: SUU leads, 3-2

SID: Ryan Powell


Phone: (701) 777-2986


Website: www.undsports.com

2012 Schedule

8-30 So. Dakota Mines 7:05


9-15 at San Diego St. TBA


9-29 Cal Poly 6:05


10-13 Northern Arizona 3:05

10-20 Montana 2:35

10-27 at Montana St. 2:05



2011 Results

Drake W 16-0

at Idaho L 14-44

at Fresno State L 22-27

Black Hills State W 53-19

at Southern Utah W 26-20

Montana-Western W 42-9

Cal Poly L 19-23


Sioux Falls W 15-13

at UC Davis W 14-7

South Dakota W 38-37

Chris

Mussman

Head Coach

Ross

Brenneman

Defensive End



northern arizona

Game eleven, nov. 10, 4:00 p.m.

walkup Skydome

FlaGStaFF, arizona

nau QuiCk FaCtS

Location: Flagstaff, Arizona

Enrollment: 25,205

Nickname: Lumberjacks

Colors: Blue, Gold & Sage

President: Dr. John Haeger

AD: Lisa Campos

Head Coach: Jerome Souers

(Oregon, 1983)

Record At NAU: 76-82 (14 Years)


Phone: (928) 523-6787


Assistant Coaches: Brian Lindgren, Andy Thompson,

Eric Reid, Francis St. Paul, David Reeves, Travis Baker,

Jimmy Beal, Charles Huff, Craig Knoth

Conference: Big Sky

2010 Finish: 3-5 (T-Sixth)

2010 Overall: 4-7


Stadium: J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome

15,000 (Real Grass Field Turf)

Series W/SUU: NAU leads, 11-4

SID: Steve Shaff


Phone: (928) 523-6792

Press Box Phone: (928) 523-7729/7730

Website: www.nauathletics.com

2012 Schedule

8-30 at Arizona State 7:35

9-8 at UNLV 7:05

9-15 Fort Lewis 4:05

9-22 at Montana 1:35



10-20 UC Davis 4:05




11-17 Cal Poly 4:05

2011 Results

at Arizona L 10-41

Fort Lewis W 58-13

at Portland State L 20-31

Idaho State W 20-3

E. Washington L 28-36

at Montana State L 24-41

Montana L 24-28

at Sacramento St. W 27-26

No. Colorado W 34-14

at Weber State L 31-34

Southern Utah L 24-27

Jerome

Souers

Head Coach

Zach

Bauman

Running Back

Series StandingsOpponent W L T Last MeetingAdams State . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. . . . 16 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 38-10 in ‘08Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . USAFA, 41-7 in ‘08Angelo State . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 4 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . ASU, 14-7 in ‘95Arkansas State. . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . ASU 38-16 in ‘02Azuza Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 43-7 in ‘71Boise State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . BSU, 35-27 in ’99Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 49-24 in ‘01California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . First meetingUC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. . . . 10 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 34-3 in ‘11UC Riverside . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 36-6 in ‘64Cal Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 34-20 in ‘89Cal State Chico . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . CSC, 24-19 in ‘74Cal State Fullerton . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . CSF, 42-13 in ‘71Cal State L.A.. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 27-12 in ‘77Cal State Northridge . . . . . . . 5 . . . . 6 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . CSN, 44-17 in ‘98Cal State Sacramento . . . . . 6 . . . . 6 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 35-14 in ‘11Cal Poly-Pomona . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 5 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . CPP, 21-7 in ‘81Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . 18 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . CP, 31-27 in ‘11Central Oklahoma . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . UCO, 21-20 in ‘93Dixie State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 52-0 in ‘09Colorado Mines. . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . 3 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Tie, 16-16 in ‘85Eastern New Mexico . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 24-10 in ‘94Eastern Oregon . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 50-19 in ‘65Eastern Washington . . . . . 1 . . . . 4 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . EWU, 31-24 in ‘10Florida Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . FAU, 32-7 in ‘06Fort Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 10 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 54-46 in ‘00Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . HU, 42-34* in ‘00Hiram Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . HSC, 55-25 in ‘68College of Idaho. . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 14-7 in ‘64Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . UI, 43-10 in ‘94Idaho State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . 9 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . ISU, 38-13 in ‘05Illinois State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . ISU, 42-14 in ‘98Loyola-Marymount . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 21-14 in ‘68McNeese State . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 4 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . MSU, 41-20 in ‘07Mesa State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . 6 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . SUU, 7-0 in ‘02Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 5 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . UM, 46-10 in ‘08Montana State . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . MSU, 7-3 in ‘07Montana Tech . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 34-0 in ‘06Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 35-21 in ‘00Nebraska-Kearney . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 28-21 in ‘95Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . UN, 24-23 in ‘03Nevada-Las Vegas. . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 41-16 in ‘11N.M. Highlands . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . 5 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . NMH, 44-15 in ‘85New Mexico State . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . NMSU, 52-21 in ‘96Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . 5. . . . 11 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . NAU, 26-23 in ‘10Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 20-17* in ‘05North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . UND, 26-20 in ‘11North Dakota State . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 4 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . NDSU, 52-17 in ‘07Northern Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 5 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . UNI, 34-21 in ‘11Occidental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 56-0 in ‘79Oregon Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . SUU, 29-7 in ‘65Portland State. . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 8 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . PSU, 48-46 in ‘94Puget Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . PSC, 28-13 in ‘79Redlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . UR, 13-12 in ‘65Rocky Mountain . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 48-20 in ‘00Saint Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . 5 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . SUU, 40-7 in ‘03San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 32-3 in ‘10San Diego State. . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SDSU, 35-19 in ‘09San Francisco State. . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 42-23 in ‘91San Jose State. . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SJS, 16-11 in ‘10Santa Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . 4 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SCU, 28-25 in ‘92Sonoma State . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 38-17 in ‘82South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . USD, 24-19 in ‘11South Dakota State . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SDSU, 29-28 in ‘11Southern Colorado. . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 3 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 17-13 in ‘84Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SIU, 44-10 in ‘07South Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . USF, 42-12 in ‘01Stephen F. Austin . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SFA, 40-17 in ‘05UT San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 45-22 in ‘11Texas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . 4 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . TSU, 42-28 in ‘10Troy State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . TSU, 40-15 in ‘02U.S. International . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . USIU, 9-6 in ‘73Utah State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . USU, 53-34 in ‘09Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . 14 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 35-28 in ‘11Western Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 4 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . WIU, 38-28 in ‘02Western Montana. . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 34-0 in’04Western New Mexico . . . . . 16. . . . 6 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 27-14 in ‘85Western Oregon. . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 17-10 in ‘03Western State . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 16 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 55-3 in ‘06Westminster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . 5 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 37-15 in ‘78Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . UW, 28-20 in ‘10Youngstown State . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . SUU, 14-7 in ‘08

Four-Year Record. . . . . . . 215 . . 228 . . . 6 * - Overtime


2011 Southern Utah Statistics


RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G

MINEFEE, Austin 11 154 668 43 625 4.1 9 77 56.8ALEXANDER, Deckar 8 72 336 16 320 4.4 3 50 40.0BROWN, Henna 9 27 122 4 118 4.4 3 26 13.1

TAGLIAFERRI, Mike 11 9 43 1 42 4.7 0 28 3.8

WILSON, Brian 5 3 16 0 16 5.3 0 8 3.2

MILLER, Brock 8 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 0.9

MAYER, J.J. 2 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 1.0

BROWN, Daryl 10 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2LEWIS, Tate 10 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.2TEAM 8 11 7 29 -22 -2.0 0 7 -2.8COOK, Colton 11 1 0 29 -29 -29.0 0 0 -2.6

SORENSEN, Brad 11 70 171 220 -49 -0.7 2 17 -4.5

Total.......... 11 351 1374 344 1030 2.9 17 77 93.6Opponents...... 11 426 2197 293 1904 4.5 22 64 173.1

PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G

SORENSEN, Brad 11 137.91 288-425-11 67.8 3143 17 60 285.7

MAYER, J.J. 2 68.90 4-8-0 50.0 18 0 7 9.0

TEAM 8 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total.......... 11 136.01 292-435-11 67.1 3161 17 60 287.4Opponents...... 11 115.66 187-317-9 59.0 1960 10 51 178.2

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G

MEASOM, Brady 11 48 547 11.4 2 56 49.7URSUA, Jared 11 47 606 12.9 5 41 55.1MINEFEE, Austin 11 46 395 8.6 2 37 35.9BROWN, Daryl 10 33 357 10.8 3 25 35.7AIONO, Abbel 11 28 308 11.0 3 60 28.0ALEXANDER, Deckar 8 27 200 7.4 2 26 25.0MOALA, Fatu 10 26 370 14.2 0 28 37.0

PEDERSEN, East 11 23 304 13.2 0 32 27.6

BROWN, Henna 9 8 48 6.0 0 14 5.3

FOX, Dylan 11 3 4 1.3 0 2 0.4

MORGAN, Cameron 10 2 15 7.5 0 9 1.5

CARLI, Kaden 11 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.6

Total.......... 11 292 3161 10.8 17 60 287.4Opponents...... 11 187 1960 10.5 10 51 178.2

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G

SORENSEN, Brad 11 495 -49 3143 3094 281.3

MINEFEE, Austin 11 154 625 0 625 56.8ALEXANDER, Deckar 8 72 320 0 320 40.0BROWN, Henna 9 27 118 0 118 13.1

TAGLIAFERRI, Mike 11 9 42 0 42 3.8

MAYER, J.J. 2 9 2 18 20 10.0

WILSON, Brian 5 3 16 0 16 3.2

MILLER, Brock 8 1 7 0 7 0.9

BROWN, Daryl 10 1 2 0 2 0.2LEWIS, Tate 10 1 -2 0 -2 -0.2TEAM 8 13 -22 0 -22 -2.8COOK, Colton 11 1 -29 0 -29 -2.6

Total.......... 11 786 1030 3161 4191 381.0Opponents...... 11 743 1904 1960 3864 351.3

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd

LEWIS, Tate 31 1380 44.5 62 1 5 9 1MILLER, Brock 18 727 40.4 51 1 5 7 0

TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Total.......... 50 2107 42.1 62 2 10 16 1Opponents...... 55 2243 40.8 66 6 15 14 1

Returning Players In BOLD

TEAM STATISTICS SUU OPP

SCORING 332 251

Points Per Game 30.2 22.8

FIRST DOWNS 234 216

Rushing 67 111

Passing 148 88

Penalty 19 17

RUSHING YARDAGE 1030 1904

Yards gained rushing 1374 2197

Yards lost rushing 344 293

Rushing Attempts 351 426

Average Per Rush 2.9 4.5

Average Per Game 93.6 173.1

TDs Rushing 17 22

PASSING YARDAGE 3161 1960

Comp-Att-Int 292-435-11 187-317-9

Average Per Pass 7.3 6.2

Average Per Catch 10.8 10.5


TDs Passing 17 10

TOTAL OFFENSE 4191 3864

Total Plays 786 743

Average Per Play 5.3 5.2


KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 33-869 56-1147

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-216 18-113

INT RETURNS: #-Yards 9-195 11-78

KICK RETURN AVERAGE 26.3 20.5

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.0 6.3

INT RETURN AVERAGE 21.7 7.1

FUMBLES-LOST 11-4 25-13

PENALTIES-Yards 78-709 63-544


PUNTS-Yards 50-2107 55-2243

Average Per Punt 42.1 40.8

Net punt average 39.1 34.7

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:27 29:32

3RD-DOWN Conversions 67/155 58/153

3rd-Down Pct 43% 38%

4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/17 11/19

4th-Down Pct 35% 58%

SACKS BY-Yards 30-187 31-212

MISC YARDS 0 0

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 41 32

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 14-19 9-14

ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0

RED-ZONE SCORES (40-48) 83% (34-40) 85%

RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (30-48) 63% (28-40) 70%

PAT-ATTEMPTS (32-32) 100% (28-29) 97%

ATTENDANCE 26510 72151

Games/Avg Per Game 4/6628 7/10307

Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total

Southern Utah 56 93 75 108 332

Opponents 68 60 58 65 251



|——— PATs ———|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points

MINEFEE, Austin 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 78COOK, Colton 0 14-19 27-27 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 69

ALEXANDER, Deckar 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 32URSUA, Jared 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30AIONO, Abbel 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 20BROWN, Daryl 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18BROWN, Henna 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18

SORENSEN, Brad 2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 4-7 0 0 14

MEASOM, Brady 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 14VONNER, Erron 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12WITZMANN, Nick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6TURNER, Dion 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6FENN, Blake 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6MILLER, Brock 0 0-0 5-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 5

TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2PEDERSEN, East 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 2

Total.......... 41 14-19 32-32 1-1 4 4-7 0 1 332Opponents...... 32 9-14 28-29 0-1 1 1-2 0 1 251

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G

MINEFEE, Austin 11 625 395 0 731 0 1751 159.2MEASOM, Brady 11 0 547 185 31 0 763 69.4URSUA, Jared 11 0 606 0 0 0 606 55.1ALEXANDER, Deckar 8 320 200 1 44 0 565 70.6MOALA, Fatu 10 0 370 0 0 0 370 37.0

BROWN, Daryl 10 2 357 0 0 0 359 35.9AIONO, Abbel 11 0 308 0 0 0 308 28.0PEDERSEN, East 11 0 304 0 0 0 304 27.6

BROWN, Henna 9 118 48 0 32 0 198 22.0

VONNER, Erron 11 0 0 0 31 105 136 12.4TAGLIAFERRI, Mike 11 42 0 18 0 0 60 5.5

WITZMANN, Nick 11 0 0 0 0 35 35 3.2TURNER, Dion 11 0 0 0 0 33 33 3.0FENN, Blake 11 0 0 0 0 22 22 2.0CARLI, Kaden 11 0 7 14 0 0 21 1.9

WILSON, Brian 5 16 0 0 0 0 16 3.2

MORGAN, Cameron 10 0 15 0 0 0 15 1.5

MILLER, Brock 8 7 0 0 0 0 7 0.9

FOX, Dylan 11 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.4

MAYER, J.J. 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0

LEWIS, Tate 10 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2TEAM 8 -22 0 -2 0 0 -24 -3.0COOK, Colton 11 -29 0 0 0 0 -29 -2.6

SORENSEN, Brad 11 -49 0 0 0 0 -49 -4.5

Total.......... 11 1030 3161 216 869 195 5471 497.4Opponents...... 11 1904 1960 113 1147 78 5202 472.9

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk

COOK, Colton 14-19 73.7 0-0 4-6 7-7 3-3 0-3 45 0

FG SEQUENCE SOUTHERN UTAH OPPONENTS

South Dakota St. - (31),49Sacramento State (27),(36),25 -UTSA (36) -UNLV (35),(40) (45)North Dakota - (45)South Dakota (27),(44) 28,(25)Cal Poly (33),(34) (33),46Weber State (39) -UC Davis 51,54,(45),(24) (54)UNI 22 (41),(43)Northern Arizona 52,(23),(32) (23),52,30

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.


PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

MEASOM, Brady 15 185 12.3 0 62CARLI, Kaden 1 14 14.0 0 0

ALEXANDER, Deckar 1 1 1.0 0 1TEAM 1 -2 -2.0 0 0TAGLIAFERRI, Mike 0 18 0.0 0 18

Total.......... 18 216 12.0 0 62Opponents...... 18 113 6.3 0 26

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long

VONNER, Erron 2 105 52.5 2 74WITZMANN, Nick 2 35 17.5 1 35HOGAINS, Marlon 1 0 0.0 0 0LARSEN, Cody 1 0 0.0 0 0

FENN, Blake 1 22 22.0 1 22HANSEN, Chad 1 0 0.0 0 0

TURNER, Dion 1 33 33.0 1 33Total.......... 9 195 21.7 5 74Opponents...... 11 78 7.1 0 39

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

MINEFEE, Austin 25 731 29.2 2 99VONNER, Erron 2 31 15.5 0 31ALEXANDER, Deckar 2 44 22.0 0 30BROWN, Henna 2 32 16.0 0 27

IKA, Lavell 1 0 0.0 0 0

MEASOM, Brady 1 31 31.0 0 31Total.......... 33 869 26.3 2 99Opponents...... 56 1147 20.5 0 42

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

OSBORNE, Tyler 1 16 16.0 0 16Total.......... 1 16 16.0 0 16Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0



2011 DEFENSIVE LEADERS

|———-Tackles———-| |-Sacks-| |—-Pass Def—-| |-Fumbles-| Blkd

Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf

11 HANSEN, Chad 53 51 104 7.0-29 3.0-23 1-0 3 1 1-0 2 . .

34 FENN, Blake 45 41 86 4.5-17 1.0-8 1-22 1 1 1-0 . . .39 SWORD, Herman 35 38 73 6.5-27 0.5-4 . 1 2 . 4 . .21 TURNER, Dion 48 21 69 4.0-7 . 1-33 4 . . . . .32 OSBORNE, Tyler 34 27 61 14.5-89 10.5-76 . 3 4 3-16 5 . .22 VONNER, Erron 39 19 58 4.0-12 . 2-105 . . . 1 . .17 HOGAINS, Marlon 40 8 48 0.5-2 . 1-0 3 . 1-0 . . .20 COLLETT, Tommy 23 17 40 2.0-5 . . . . 2-0 . . .

23 FJORD, Brennan 19 13 32 . . . 2 . 1-0 . . .

99 TUKUAFU, Jeff 13 14 27 4.5-20 3.0-15 . . 2 . . . .

58 LARSEN, Cody 13 13 26 7.5-30 6.0-27 1-0 . 3 1-0 1 1 .

98 WITZMANN, Nick 13 10 23 3.0-10 2.0-9 2-35 . . 1-0 . . .35 MILLS, Tyree 11 8 19 1.0-5 . . 4 . . . . .

18 HEINREICH, Cody 10 6 16 2.0-15 2.0-15 . . 1 1-0 1 . .10 CLARK, Rickey 8 7 15 . . . . . . 1 . .

52 RAWLINSON, KC 8 5 13 . . . . . . . . .

44 WILLARD, Drew 9 1 10 1.0-2 1.0-2 . . . . . . .25 TAGLIAFERRI, Mike 5 4 9 . . . . . . . . .

41 GARRETT, Gordon 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .

3 TURLEY, Tyson 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . .12 FAGANS, Anthony 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .

47 NYGREN, Randall 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . .

33 MAILOTO, Eddie 3 2 5 2.0-6 1.0-5 . . . . . . .80 CARLI, Kaden 3 2 5 . . . . . 1-0 . 1 .

94 JONES, Kouri 3 1 4 1.0-6 . . . . . 1 . .

2 MINEFEE, Austin 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .96 MEYER, Brad 2 1 3 1.0-7 1.0-7 . . . . . . .

24 BROWN, Daryl 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .57 ARNOLD, Brady 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .15 AIONO, Abbel 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .50 BEDDES, Brandon 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .46 CONDIE, Mckay 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

84 MEASOM, Brady 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .16 OLSEN, Zack 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .49 IKA, Lavell . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .

5 URSUA, Jared 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .TM TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Total.......... 467 320 787 66-289 30-187 9-195 21 14 13-16 16 2 1 Opponents...... 449 345 794 64.0-295 31-212 11-78 41 14 4-0 6 1 1


Southern Utah’s All-Americans

Lane Martino

1st Team DL, 1977-79

Jeff McComb

1st Team P, 1987Dave Mollica

QB, 1980

Buck Paopao

QB, 1970

John Smith

DL, 1982-83

Doug Snell

DL, 1982

John Uriarte

1st Team OL, 1999

Brook Madsen

RB, 1999

Jeff Keel

TE, 1973

Gary Reed

DL, 1997

Tysson Poots

WR, 2009, 2010 (1st)

Rick Traasdahl

OL, 1965

Josh Roberts

1st Team DB, 1998-99

Zed Robinson

RB, 1991

Jerry Spackman

WR, 1968

Brett Williams

1st Team OL, 1998

Craig VanWoerkom

P, 1995

Randy Bostic

1st Team OL, 1989-90

Lenny Walterschied

DB, 1975-76

Trevor Ward

1st Team P, 2009

Micah Deckart

1st Team TE, 1994

Bob Dyer

RB, 1985

Jerry Dyer

QB, 1974

Juan Henderson

RB, 1984

Mark Holland

WR, 1980

Jerry Pitts

DB, 1967

Jimmy Brimmer

LB, 1997

Tom Fell

OL, 1996

Jeff Galyean

1st Team DE, 1996

Aaron Hall

OL, 2000

Kit Janes

TE, 1978

Doug Berry

WR, 1970

Austin Minefee

KR, 2011

Marques Harris

LB, 2004

Nick DiPadova

LB, 2003-2004

Blake Bingham

DE, 1999

Adam Black

OL 1997

Matt Cannon

1st Team QB, 2000

Dave Castro

DL, 1978

Randy Clark

OL, 2000

Jerry Cowan

DB, 2001

SUU’s first-,second- andthird-team All-Americansfrom the University’s 4-year era


Southern Utah Football History


2011 (6-5, 1-3 Great West Conference)

Head Coach: Ed Lamb

South Dakota State A L 28-29Sacramento State H W 35-14UT San Antonio H W 45-22UNLV A W 41-16North Dakota* H L20-26South Dakota* A L 19-24Cal Poly* A L 27-31Weber State A W 35-28UC Davis* H W 34-3Northern Iowa A L 21-34Northern Arizona A W 27-24

2010 (6-5, 4-0 GWC)

Head Coach: Ed Lamb

Wyoming A L 20-28San Diego H W 32-3San Jose State A L 11-16Texas State A L 28-42Northern Arizona H L 23-26North Dakota* A W 31-21Cal Poly* H W 20-7South Dakota* H W 31-13UC Davis* A W 55-24Dixie State H W 52-0Eastern Washington A L 24-31

2009 (5-6, 2-2 GWC)

Head Coach: Ed Lamb

Dixie State H W 36-7San Diego State A L 19-35Northern Arizona A L 39-42Utah State A L 34-53Texas State H W 38-16Cal Poly* A L 23-24North Dakota* H W 35-10UC Davis* H W 56-35South Dakota* A L 21-45Eastern Washington H L 28-41San Diego A W 37-32

2008 (4-7, 1-3 GWC)

Head Coach: Ed Lamb

Air Force A L 7-41Adams State H W 38-10Montana A L 10-46Northern Arizona H L 14-19Texas State A W 34-20Youngstown State H W 14-7UC Davis* A L 26-49Cal Poly* A L 41-69North Dakota* A W 15-14South Dakota* H L 20-42Northern Iowa H L 24-34

2007 (0-11, 0-4 GWC)

Head Coach: Wes Meier

Montana A L 17-37North Dakota H L 10-37Southern Illinois H L 10-44McNeese State H L 20-41Montana State A L 3-7Youngstown State A L 22-23UC Davis* H L 21-41North Dakota State* A L 17-52Cal Poly* H L 21-28South Dakota State* A L 27-52Northern Iowa A L 10-48

2006 (3-8, 0-4 GWC)


Montana Tech H W 34-0Western State H W 55-3Weber State A L 13-24Texas State H W 30-21Cal Poly* A L 14-18McNeese State A L 27-30Florida Atlantic A L 7-32UC Davis* A L 7-27North Dakota State* H L 7-31South Dakota State* H L 21-31Southern Illinois A L 0-59

2005 (1-9, 1-4 GWC)


Idaho State A L 13-38Texas State A L 0-34Northern Arizona A L 7-27Stephen F. Austin H L 17-40UC Davis* A L 21-33Northern Colorado* H W (OT) 20-17North Dakota State* H L 21-37South Dakota State* A L 7-55Cal Poly* A L 10-20Weber State H L 10-27

2004 (6-5, 2-3 GWC)


Weber State A W 34-31Sacramento State A L 17-23Stephen F. Austin A L 21-24McNeese State A W 56-14Cal Poly* H L 17-24North Dakota State* A L 21-27UC Davis* H W 19-15Western Montana H W 34-0Northern Colorado* A L 7-42South Dakota State* H W (2OT) 23-17Idaho State H W 45-31

2003 (4-7 - Independent)

Head Coach: Gary Andersen

Nevada A L 23-24Weber State A L 3-13Stephen F. Austin H W 22-21Eastern Washington A L 21-49Western Oregon H W 17-10Texas State H W 31-28McNeese State H L 20-33Cal Poly A L 21-33Northern Colorado H L 25-29St. Mary’s A W 40-7Idaho State A L 17-36


Head Coach: C. Ray Gregory

Mesa State H W 7-0At Troy State A L 15-40Eastern Washington H L 14-49Southwest Texas State A L 19-49Stephen F. Austin A L 6-52Cal Poly H L 21-27Montana A L 45-68St. Mary’s H L 14-24Arkansas State A L 16-38Western Illinois H L 28-38Idaho State H L 17-42



Weber State H W 28-21Mesa State H L 10-13Northern Arizona H L 12-41Western Oregon H L 3-16Western Illinois A L 20-27Cal Poly A L 24-34South Florida A L 12-42Troy State A L 17-20St. Mary’s A L 21-28Butler H W 49-24Idaho State A L 23-30

Ed Lamb

2008-2011

(4 Years)

21-23 (.477)

Wes Meier

2004-07

(4 Years)

10-33 (.233)

Gary Andersen

2003

(1 Year)

4-7 (.364)

C. Ray Gregory

1997-2002

(6 Years)

28-38 (.424)





Ft. Lewis H W 54-16Utah State A L 14-30San Jose State A L 7-47Hampton A L 34-42 (OT)Cal Poly H W 42-13UC Davis A L 20-56Idaho State A W 62-24St. Mary’s H W 43-14Rocky Mountain H W 48-20Morehead State H W 35-21Northern Arizona A W 27-23



Ft. Lewis H W 50-7Boise State A L 27-35McNeese State A W 31-24Montana Tech H W 30-12Cal Poly A L 10-38UC Davis H L 9-24Weber State A W 39-7Idaho State H W 63-47St. Mary’s A W 57-22Southwest Texas State A W 32-28Morehead State A W 51-33



Montana A W 45-35McNeese State H L 17-66Western Illinois A L 3-31CS Northridge A L 17-44St. Mary’s H W 49-0Ft. Lewis H W 37-6Idaho State A L 33-50Illinois State A L 14-42Cal Poly H W 27-17UC Davis A L 28-35Eastern Washington H W 43-21



Illinois State H W 44-13Fort Lewis H W 27-14Weber State A L 32-33Arkansas State A W 34-24Montana Tech H W 34-21Western Illinois H L 6-45Idaho State A L 31-46Southwest Texas State A L 7-21UC Davis H W 37-27Northern Iowa A L 33-53St. Mary’s A L 27-31


Head Coach: Rich Ellerson

Northern Iowa H L 21-31Rocky Mountain H W 35-7Northern Arizona A L 13-43Western State H W 27-24Montana Tech H W 42-17Montana A L 13-44Southwest Texas State H W 41-27Cal Poly A L 34-45New Mexico State A L 21-52St. Mary’s H L 20-38UC Davis A L 19-26

1995 (2-9; 0-3 American West Conf.)

Head Coach: Jack Bishop

Angelo State H L 7-14Montana Tech H W 26-25Western State A L 8-36Idaho State A L 14-48SW Texas State A L 15-65Cal Poly* H L 20-35Nebraska-Kearney H W 28-21St. Mary’s A L 24-26CS Northridge* A L 28-34UC Davis H L 21-37Sacramento State* A L 29-53

1994 (4-7; 1-2 AWC)


Idaho H L 10-43Northern Arizona A L 21-59Western State H W 41-26E. New Mexico H W 24-10UC Davis A L 16-41Weber State H L 14-20St. Mary’s H W 28-13Sacramento State* H L 16-27CS Northridge* H W 45-20Portland State A L 16-48Cal Poly* A L 21-35

1993 (3-7-1; 3-1 AWC)


Northern Arizona H L 27-31Angelo State A L 16-18Central Oklahoma A L 20-21

UC Davis* H W 28-27Montana State A L 31-32Cal Poly* H L 6-38St. Mary’s A T 35-35Weber State A L 39-43Portland State H L 14-24CS Northridge* A W 20-17Sacramento State* A W 23-17

1992 (6-5; 2-2 Western Football Conf.)


Northern Arizona A W 20-17Weber State A L 24-35Central Oklahoma H L 20-21Angelo State H W 17-10Portland State A L 18-35Santa Clara A L 25-28St. Mary’s H W 26-0Sacramento State H W 17-14CS Northridge H W 49-20Cal Poly A L 14-17Idaho State A W 29-28

1991 (7-3-1; 4-1 WFC)


Weber State A L 14-33Central Oklahoma A L 21-24Mesa State H W 49-14San Francisco St. A W 42-23Portland State* H L 30-33Santa Clara* H W 37-31St. Mary’s A W 33-18Sacramento State* A W 22-19CS Northridge* A W 56-28Cal Poly* H W 33-21Idaho State H T 35-35

1990 (6-5; 2-3- WFC)


Weber State H L 21-37Idaho State A L 12-27Central Oklahoma H W 35-0Mesa State A W 31-27Santa Clara* A W 24-20Sacramento State* H W 38-31CS Northridge* H L 24-34St. Mary’s H W 38-17Cal Poly* A L 21-42Cal Lutheran H W 35-10Portland State* A L 19-35

1989 (5-5; 3-2 WFC)


St. Mary’s A W 24-23Angelo State H L 34-23Idaho State A L 34-37Sacramento State* A L 19-31Santa Clara* H W 28-21Weber State A L 7-42Portland State* H W 36-26Cal Lutheran* A W 34-20Cal Poly* H W 38-24CS Northridge* A L 30-41

Rich Ellerson

1996

(1 Year)

4-7 (.364)

Jack Bishop

1978-82, 1986-95

(15 Years)

80-73-4 (.523)



1988 (4-7; 2-4 WFC)


Northern Arizona A L 13-55Angelo State A L 7-30Mesa State H W 42-28Weber State A L 30-49Sacramento State* H W 21-17Santa Clara* A L 32-34N.M. Highlands H W 55-25Portland State* A L 24-52Cal Lutheran* H W 24-21Cal Poly* A L 10-23CS Northridge* H L 33-35

1987 (5-5; 2-4 WFC)


Fort Lewis H W 38-20Western State H W 41-10Weber State A L 26-36Portland State* H L 6-38Cal Lutheran* A W 23-18Santa Clara* H L 10-13Fort Lewis A W 42-41CS Northridge* A L 36-56Sacramento State* A L 7-19Cal Poly* H W 10-7

1986 (8-3; 3-3 WFC)


Northern Arizona A W 27-17Fort Lewis H W 39-24Santa Clara* A L 18-31Western Montana H W 50-7Western State A W 55-22CS Northridge* H W 49-20Portland State* A L 17-41Mesa State H W 26-25Sacramento State* H L 31-48Cal Lutheran* H W 34-31Cal Poly* A W 43-33

1985 (3-5-1; 2-4-1 Rocky Mountain

Athletic Conference)

Head Coach: Don Conrad

Weber State A L 20-62W. New Mexico* H W 27-14Adams State* A L 10-34N.M. Highlands* H L 15-44Mesa State* A L 0-38Fort Lewis* H W 29-19Western Montana H W 36-30Western State* A L 23-28Colorado Mines* A T 16-16

1984 (6-4; 5-3 RMAC)Head Coach: Don ConradWestern Montana A W 24-7Adams State* H L 20-30N.M. Highlands* A W 17-9Mesa State* H# W 7-28Fort Lewis* A L 6-28So. Colorado* A W 17-13Weber State A L 10-29Western State* H W 18-8Colorado Mines* H W 22-10W. New Mexico* A L 6-39

1983 (5-5; 4-4 RMAC)Head Coach: Don ConradWestern Montana H W 42-10Northern Arizona A L 3-53Adams State* A L 14-17N.M. Highlands* H W 25-3Mesa State* A L 3-33Fort Lewis* H L 14-24So. Colorado* H W 32-21Western State* A L 13-21Colorado Mines* A W 21-26W. New Mexico* H W 21-13

1982 (6-2-2; 5-1-2 RMAC)Head Coach: Jack BishopNorthern Arizona A L 15-36N.M. Highlands* A T 3-3Mesa State* H T 10-10Fort Lewis* A W 17-12So. Colorado* A L 22-36Sonoma State A W 38-17Western State* H W 36-14Colorado Mines* H W 27-6W. New Mexico* A W 21-13Adams State* H W 52-20

1981 (7-3; 6-2 RMAC)Head Coach: Jack BishopCal Poly-Pomona A L 7-21Sonoma State H W 35-20N.M. Highlands* H W 27-15Mesa State* A L 19-24Fort Lewis* H W 17-13So. Colorado* H W 27-12Western State* A W 35-34Colorado Mines* A L 0-7W. New Mexico* H W 68-10Adams State* A W 35-17

1980 (6-3; 6-2 RMAC)Head Coach: Jack BishopN.M. Highlands* A W 25-20Colorado Mines* H W 20-17Mesa State* H W 44-3Adams State* A L 14-28Cal Poly-Pomona H L 37-38Fort Lewis* H W 41-3W. New Mexico* A W 22-0So. Colorado* H W 49-15Western State* A L 20-21

1979 (4-6; 3-5 RMAC)


Occidental H W 56-0Colorado Mines* A L 7-17Mesa State* A W 24-10Adams State* H L 6-32Puget Sound A L 13-28Fort Lewis* A L 6-7N.M. Highlands* H W 35-10W. New Mexico* H W 37-6So. Colorado* A L 13-30Western State* H L 14-56

1978 (7-3; 5-3 RMAC)


W. Montana A W 29-20Mesa State* H W 19-13Adams State* A L 9-17Westminster* A W 37-15Fort Lewis* H W 35-3N.M. Highlands* A W 17-14W. New Mexico* A L 10-14So. Colorado* H W 22-21Western State* A L 14-35Colorado Mines* H W 25-12

1977 (8-2; 7-2 RMAC)

Head Coach: Tom Kingsford

Cal State LA H W 27-12Mesa State* A L 21-30Adams State* H W 5-3Westminster* H W 44-27Fort Lewis* A L 7-17N.M. Highlands* H W 40-19W. New Mexico* H W 41-10So. Colorado* A W* 0-24Western State* H W 28-16Colorado Mines* A W 34-26

1976 (5-5; 4-5 RMAC)


W. New Mexico* A W 24-18Adams State* H L 0-44Westminster* A L 7-10Fort Lewis* H L 17-20N.M. Highlands* A W 3-0So. Colorado* H L 3-32Western State* A L 7-56Mesa State* A W 29-14Colorado Mines* H W 20-17Cal State LA H W 14-7

Don Conrad

1983-85

(3 Years)

14-14-1 (.500)

Tom Kingsford

1967-77

(11 Years)

51-51 (.500)



1974 (3-6; 3-3 RMAC)


Cal Poly-Pomona A L 27-37Cal State LA A L 12-28W. New Mexico* A L 12-20Fort Lewis* H W 10-8Western State* A L 14-34Colorado Mines* H W 27-20Chico State H L 19-24Adams State* H W 19-14Westminster* A L 3-7

1973 (5-4; 4-2 RMAC)


Chico State A L 3-10Cal Poly Pomona H W 35-18US International A L 6-9Fort Lewis* A W 14-12Western State* H L 6-34Colorado Mines* A W 46-10Adams State* A L 16-42Westminster* H W 23-6W. New Mexico* H W 30-14

1972 (6-3; 4-2 RMAC)


Montana Tech H W 26-0Cal Poly-Pomona A L 6-22Fort Lewis* H W 42-20Western State* A L 14-37Colorado Mines* H W 21-10US International H W 14-7Adams State* H L 17-20Westminster* A W 23-6W. New Mexico* A W 24-14

1971 (5-5; 3-3 RMAC)


Montana Tech A W* 14-29Cal Poly-Pomona H L 7-9CS Fullerton A L 13-42Western State* H L 6-30Colorado Mines* A W 48-14Azuza Pacific H W 43-7Adams State* A L 16-28Westminster* H W 13-7W. New Mexico* H L 20-35Fort Lewis* A W 30-6

1970 (6-3; 5-1 RMAC)


UNLV A L 6-28CS Fullerton H L 7-17Western State* A W 24-14Colorado Mines* H W 45-10Azusa Pacific* A W 27-0Adams State* H W 36-10Westminster* A W 24-12W. New Mexico* A L 28-31Fort Lewis* H W 61-14

1969 (4-5; 2-4 RMAC)


Fort Lewis* A W 51-6Adams State* A L 19-24UNLV H L 12-30Western State* A L 3-7Westminster* A L 10-14Azusa Pacific H W 35-19Oregon Tech A W 29-7N.M. Highlands* H L 0-59W. New Mexico* H L 27-9

1968 (3-6; 1-4 RMAC)


N.M. Highlands* A L 0-85Adams State* H L 17-33Azusa Pacific A W 27-18Hiram Scott A L 25-55Westminster* H L 7-14Fort Lewis* H W 35-28UNLV A L 17-26Loyola (Calif.) H W 21-14W. New Mexico* A L 32-53

1967 (3-6; 2-3 RMAC)


Western State* A L 6-27Fort Lewis* A L 14-30Adams State* H L 7-45Azusa Pacific H W 54-6Hiram Scott H L 14-33Westminster* A W 16-11W. New Mexico* H W 14-7Loyola (Calif.) A L 26-31Cal Western A L 8-47


Head Coach: Bill Reeske

Western State H W 28-22Fort Lewis H L 21-29Adams State A L 16-40Westminster H W 39-24Eastern Oregon A W 19-14College of Idaho A W 14-7W. New Mexico A W 7-3Cal Western H H 9-19


Head Coach: Bill Reeske

Redlands H L 12-14Westminster A W 33-25Adams State H L 0-28Fort Lewis A L 12-13Eastern Oregon H W 50-19W. New Mexico H W 35-21

Western State A L 0-59N.M. Highlands A L 2-33

1964 (4-3-1 - Independent)

Head Coach: Bruce Osborne

Redlands A L 13-35Fort Lewis H W 16-13Cal Lutheran A W 26-0UC Riverside H W 36-6N.M. Highlands H L 7-27W. New Mexico A W 22-13Oregon Tech A T 7-7Western State H L 3-7

1963 (4-2-0 - Independent)

Head Coach: Bruce Osborne

College of Idaho A L 7-20Fort Lewis H W 21-20No. Arizona H W 7-25*Cal Lutheran A W 23-16Fort Lewis A L 0-27Oregon Tech H W 31-7

*Conference game#SUU won by forfeit

SUU’s Top-10 Home Football Crowds

10,028 Dixie State 9/3/099,227 San Diego 9/11/109,028 Cal Poly 10/9/049,014 Weber State 9/1/018,683 UT San Antonio 9/17/118,614 McNeese State 9/19/988,556 Texas State 10/11/38,412 Cal Poly 9/30/008,219 Cal Poly 10/16/108,018 Northern Arizona 9/20/08

SUU’s Top-10 Road Football Crowds

42,137 San Diego State 9/12/0939,180 Air Force 8/30/0826,715 Utah State 9/9/0026,624 South Florida 10/20/0125,256 Nevada 8/30/0325,060 Boise State 9/11/9925,056 Montana 9/13/0823,599 Montana 9/1/0720,043 Wyoming 9/4/1119,681 Montana 10/19/02

Bill Reeske

1965-66

(2 Years)

8-8 (.500)

Bruce Osborne

1963-64

(2 Years)

8-5-1 (.615)

Southern Utah Record Book


Single Game Records

Total Offense

Total Plays

66- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 200861- Brad Sorensen vs. North Dakota, 201161- Casey Rehrer vs. Cal Poly, 200461- Casey Rehrer at Stephen F. Austin, 200460- Casey Rehrer at CS Sacramento, 200460- Jerry Dyer vs. Western New Mexico, 197459- Cade Cooper vs. Eastern Washington, 200958- Casey Rehrer at North Dakota St, 200457- Brad Sorensen at Texas State, 201057- Ryan Zimmerman vs. McNeese St., 2003

Total Yards474- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 2008423- Jerry Dyer vs. W. New Mexico, 1974417- Cade Cooper at Northern Ariz., 2009409- Brad Sorensen at North Dakota, 2010408- Brad Matthews vs. St. Mary’s, 1990400- Brad Sorensen at UC Davis, 2010399- Brad Sorensen at Texas State, 2010397- Casey Rehrer vs. Idaho State, 2004393- Brad Sorensen at Northern Arizona, 2011369- Buck Paopao vs. Ft. Lewis, 1970

Rushing

Most Carries

44- Steve Clodfelter vs. W. New Mexico, 197237- Joe Dupaix vs. Northern Iowa, 199635- Brook Madsen vs. Cal Poly-SLO, 199634- Matt Cannon at Montana, 199834- Brook Madsen vs. St. Mary’s, 199734- Zed Robinson vs. Sacramento State, 199132- Zed Robinson vs. Santa Clara, 199131- Matt Cannon at Boise State, 199931- Kelvin Minefee vs. St. Mary’s, 198931- Dustin Randolph at Western Illinois, 2001

Most Net Rushing Yards

343- Zed Robinson vs. Santa Clara, 1991278- Zed Robinson vs. St. Mary’s, 1991270- Bob Dyer vs. Western Montana, 1985262- Matt Cannon at Idaho State, 2000255- Matt Cannon vs. Rocky Mountain, 2000253- Kelvin Minefee vs. Mesa State, 1988242- Matt Cannon vs. Cal Poly, 1998234- Rod Madsen vs. Eastern Washington, 1998226- Brook Madsen at Montana, 1996222- Curry Ancar vs. Sonoma State, 1982

Most Rushing TD’s

4- Major Gray vs. UC Davis, 20094- Matt Cannon vs. Fort Lewis, 20004- Brook Madsen at Morehead State, 19994- Matt Cannon vs. Idaho State, 19994- Matt Cannon at Weber State, 19994- Brook Madsen at Montana, 19984- Brook Madsen vs. Cal Poly-SLO, 19964- Kelvin Minefee vs. Santa Clara, 19894- Thane Marshall vs. Ft. Lewis, 19874- Steve Clodfelter vs. Colorado Mines, 1971

Passing

Most Attempts

58- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 200854- Brad Sorensen vs. North Dakota, 201154- Jerry Dyer vs. Western New Mexico, 197453- Brad Sorensen at Eastern Washington, 201049- Brad Sorensen at Texas State, 201048- Cade Cooper at Utah State, 200948- Cade Cooper at Northern Ariz., 200948- Ryan Zimmerman vs. McNeese St., 200348- Rick Robins vs. St. Mary’s, 199547- Cade Cooper vs. Eastern Wash., 2009

Most Completions38- Brad Sorensen vs. North Dakota, 201135- Brad Sorensen at North Dakota, 201035- Cade Cooper vs. Eastern Washington, 200934- Brad Sorensen at Eastern Washington, 201034- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 200833- Cade Cooper at Northern Arizona, 200932- Brad Sorensen at South Dakota, 201131- Brad Sorensen at South Dakota St., 201131- Cade Cooper vs. North Dakota, 200930- Brad Sorensen vs. Sacramento St., 2011*

Most Yards Passing469- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 2008434- Brad Sorensen at Eastern Washington, 2010425- Cade Cooper at Northern Arizona, 2009413- Brad Sorensen at North Dakota, 2010397- Brad Sorensen at UC Davis, 2010389- Brad Sorensen at Northern Arizona, 2011384- Jerry Dyer vs. W. New Mexico, 1974363- Brad Mathews vs. St. Mary’s, 1990353- Brad Sorensen vs. North Dakota, 2011352- Brad Sorensen at Texas State, 2010

Most TD Passes5- Brad Sorensen at UC Davis, 20105- James Armendariz at San Francisco St., 19914- Cade Cooper vs. North Dakota, 2009*

Pass Receiving

Most Catches16- Tysson Poots at UC Davis, 200815- Tysson Poots vs. Eastern Wash., 200914- Fesi Sitake at Eastern Washington, 201013- Tysson Poots at North Dakota, 201013- Stan Jones vs. Chico State, 197413- Stan Jones vs. Westminster, 197413- Doug Berry vs. Westminster, 197413- Doug Berry vs. W. New Mexico, 197412- Tysson Poots at UC Davis, 201012- Fesi Sitake at North Dakota, 201012- Tysson Poots at Cal Poly, 200912- Jerry Spackman, 1966

Cody Stone

Brook Madsen

Tysson Poots



Most Yards Receiving255- Willard Urie vs. Western State, 1974252- Doug Berry vs. Ft. Lewis, 1970246- Tysson Poots at Cal Poly, 2008240- Doug Berry vs. Colorado Mines, 1970210- Tysson Poots at North Dakota, 2010195- Mike Key vs. Cal State-Northridge, 1992191- Tysson Poots at UC Davis, 2010185- Leonard Walterscheid vs. Western State, 1975174- Fesi Sitake at Eastern Washington, 2010174- Stan Jones vs. Western New Mexico, 1974

Most TD Catches4- Tysson Poots at Cal Poly, 20084- Ryan Moynier vs. San Francisco St., 19913- Tysson Poots at UC Davis, 20103- Tysson Poots vs. Eastern Wash., 20093- Austin Minefee at Northern Ariz., 20093- Jerome Eason at Stephen F. Austin, 20043- Charles Henderson vs. Texas State, 20033- Lenny Walterscheid vs. Western St., 19753- Bill Lamb vs. Western State, 19662- Jared Ursua vs. UT-San Antonio, 2011*

Punting Average (5+ Attempts)54.4- Jeff McComb vs. Santa Clara, 198753.2- Trevor Ward at Air Force, 200850.0- Trevor Ward vs. North Dakota, 200950.0- Trevor Ward vs. Eastern Wash., 200949.7- Steve McDowell vs. Cal Lutheran, 198949.4- Brandon Perkins vs. No. Colorado, 200649.0- Trevor Ward vs. Cal Poly, 200449.0- Steve McDowell vs. St. Mary’s, 199148.9- Trevor Ward vs. Western Montana, 200448.3- Jeff Rowberry vs. Adams State, 1978

Punt Returns-Most Yards194- Nick Susnjar vs. Western Montana, 1986 161- Mike Key vs. St. Mary’s, 1992147- Mike Key vs. Central Oklahoma, 1992138- Fesi Sitake vs. Dixie State, 2010117- NIck Miller vs. Adams State, 2008113- Dave Faddis vs. W. New Mexico, 1981106- Fesi Sitake vs. UC Davis, 2009103- Brady Measom vs. UT-San Antonio, 2011100- Mike Key vs. Santa Clara, 199299- Roy Ferguson vs. UNLV 1969

Most Yards, KO Returns

208- Nick Miller at North Dakota State, 2007203- Austin Minefee at Northern Iowa, 2011184- Nick Miller at Montana, 2008183- Dennis Wells vs. CS Northridge, 1987165- Nick Miller at UC Davis, 2008164- Nick Miller at Cal Poly, 2008160- Travis Armitstead at Montana, 2002152- Dennis Wells vs. Mesa State, 1987151- Kyle Wilson vs. N. M. Highlands, 1985145- Kyle Coop at South Dakota St., 2006

Scoring

Most Points

28- Steve Coldfelter vs. Colorado Mines, 197126- Kelvin Minefee vs. Santa Clara, 198924- Major Gray vs. UC Davis, 200924- Tysson Poots at Cal Poly, 200824- Matt Cannon vs. Ft. Lewis, 200024- Brook Madsen at Morehead State, 199924- Matt Cannon vs. Idaho State, 199924- Matt Cannon at Weber State, 199924- Brook Madsen at Montana, 199824- Brook Madsen vs. Cal Poly-SLO, 1996

24- Ryan Moynier vs. San Francisco St., 199124- Thane Marshall vs. Ft. Lewis, 1987

Most Field Goals5- Ryan Griffith vs. Dixie State, 20093- Ryan Griffith at San Diego, 20093- Dave Pretzer at Idaho State, 20013- Dave Pretzer vs. St. Mary’s, 20003- Herkey Marxen vs. Angelo State, 19893- Herkey Marxen vs. Mesa State, 19872- Colton Cook at Northern Arizona, 2011*

Most Kick PAT’s9- Dave Pretzer vs. Idaho State, 19998- Ryan Griffith vs. UC Davis, 20098- Jordan Ortiz vs. Western State, 20068- Steve Pulver at McNeese State, 20048- Dave Pretzer at Idaho State, 20007- Brock Miller at UC Davis, 20107- Dave Pretzer vs. Butler, 20017- Dave Pretzer at St. Mary’s, 19997- Matt Gordon vs. Cal State-Northrige, 19926- Steve Pulver vs. Idaho State, 2004*

Defense

Most Tackles

31- Scott Stapely vs. Adams State, 197524- John Lundstrom vs. Adams State, 197924- John Lundstrom vs. Mesa State, 197723- Doug Bills vs. Western State, 197922- Dave Castro vs. Fort Lewis, 197822- Dave Castro vs. W. New Mexico, 197721- Steve Smith at Arkansas State, 200221- John Lundstrom vs. Westminster, 197620- Dave Smith vs. W. New Mexico, 198320- John Lundstrom vs. Fort Lewis, 197820- Dave Castro vs. Mesa State, 197820- Dave Cullimore vs. Western State, 1975

Most Sacks

6- Jeff Galyean vs. Rocky Mountain, 19965- Lane Martino vs. Western State, 19775- Lane Martino vs. Colorado State, 19764- John Lundstrom vs. Ft. Lewis, 19784- Dave Castro vs. Mesa State, 19773- Joe Young at Troy State, 20013- Jimmy Brimmer vs. St. Mary’s, 19973- Jimmy Brimmer vs. Idaho State, 19973- Gary Reed vs. Sacramento State, 19973- Jeff Galyean vs. Sacramento State, 19933- Dave Porter vs. Cal State-Northridge, 19913- Tyler Osborne at Cal Poly, 2011

Most Interceptions

2- Nick DiPadova at St. Mary’s, 2003 *

* Mark reached multiple times. Last instance islisted.

Single Season Records

Total Offense

Total Plays

543- Casey Rehrer, 2004495- Brad Sorensen, 2011464- Cody Stone, 2008454- Brad Sorensen, 2010442- Wes Marshall, 2006414- Chad Richard, 1986406- Rick Robins, 1995374- Joe Dupaix, 1996362- Rick Robins, 1993360- Chad Richard, 1987

Ryan Griffith

Casey Rehrer



Most Yards

3,439- Casey Rehrer, 20043,170- Brad Sorensen, 20103,094- Brad Sorensen, 20112,693- Matt Cannon, 19992,688- Cody Stone, 20082,580- Chad Richard, 19862,437- Matt Cannon, 20002,376- Matt Cannon, 19982,308- Wes Marshall, 20062,185- Rick Robins, 1995

Rushing

Most Carries

271- Joe Dupaix, 1996254- Zed Robinson, 1991244- Daniel Harris, 1993234- Brook Madsen, 1997234- Brook Madsen, 1996228- Kelvin Minefee, 1988223- Steve Clodfelter, 1972219- Kelvin Minefee, 1989218- Charles Henderson, 2002218- Matt Cannon, 2000

Most Net Rushing Yards1,828- Zed Robinson, 19911,602- Matt Cannon, 20001,553- Matt Cannon, 19981,405- Brook Madsen, 19961,310- Matt Cannon, 19991,246- Joe Dupaix, 19961,214- Brook Madsen, 19971,202- Daniel Harris, 19931,190- Kelvin Minefee, 19881,130- Curry Ancar, 1982

Most Rushing TD’s23- Matt Cannon, 199922- Matt Cannon, 200019- Kelvin Minefee, 198918- Zed Robinson, 199114- Matt Cannon, 199813- Brook Madsen, 199912- Brook Madsen, 199612- Joe Dupaix, 199612- Kelvin Minefee, 198811- Rod Madsen, 1998

PassingMost Attempts425- Brad Sorensen, 2011423- Cade Cooper, 2009406- Cody Stone, 2008390- Brad Sorensen, 2010376- Casey Rehrer, 2004323- Wes Marshall, 2006311- Rick Robins, 1995300- Jerry Dyer, 1974256- Rick Carter, 1989256- Rick Robins, 1994

Most Completions288- Brad Sorensen, 2011276- Cade Cooper, 2009261- Brad Sorensen, 2010247- Casey Rehrer, 2004199- Cody Stone, 2008183- Wes Marshall, 2006162- Rick Robins, 1995149- Jerry Dyer, 1974124- Rick Robins, 1993124- Rick Carter, 1989124- Buck Paopao, 1970

Most Yards Passing3,163- Brad Sorensen, 20103,143- Brad Sorensen, 20112,988- Cade Cooper, 20092,846- Casey Rehrer, 20042,669- Cody Stone, 20082,229- Rick Robins, 19952,096- Jerry Dyer, 19741,942- Wes Marshall, 20061,900- Rick Carter, 19891,859- Rick Robins, 1993

Most TD Passes31- Cade Cooper, 200924- Cody Stone, 200821- Brad Sorensen, 201021- Casey Rehrer, 200418- Chad Richard, 198617- Brad Sorensen, 201117- James Armendariz, 199117- Dave Mollica, 198016- Wes Marshall, 200614- Scott Burns, 1977

Pass ReceivingMost Catches85- Tysson Poots, 201085- Tysson Poots, 200983- Tysson Poots, 200882- Fesi Sitake, 201080- A.J. Smith, 200479- Fesi Sitake, 200974- Doug Berry, 197067- Mike Key, 199266- Stan Jones, 197463- A.J. Smith, 2003

Most Yards Receiving1,236- Tysson Poots, 20081,230- Tysson Poots, 20101,201- Doug Berry, 19701,081- Tysson Poots, 20091,061- Bob Stookey, 1990955- Mike Key, 1992888- Stan Jones, 1974882- Ben Dodson, 1977877- Fesi Sitake, 2010868- Mark Holland, 1980

Zed Robinson

Cade Cooper

Fesi Sitake



Most TD Catches15- Tysson Poots, 200914- Tysson Poots, 200811- Tysson Poots, 20109- Fesi Sitake, 20099- Bob Stookey, 19908- Joey Hew Len, 20068- Ryan Moynier, 19918- Mark Holland, 1980 7- Jerome Eason, 2004*

PuntingHighest Punting Average (20+ Attempts)48.0- Trevor Ward, 2009 (35-1,680)44.5- Tate Lewis, 2011 (31-1,380)44.4- Jeff McComb, 1987 (42-1,863)42.8- Trevor Ward, 2008 (63-2,695)42.4- Steve McDowell, 1989 (44-1,864)42.0- Steve McDowell, 1991 (39-1,637)41.8- Matt Gordon, 1992 (61-2,552)41.3- Trevor Ward, 2004 (44-1,819)41.3- Ron Lindburg, 1994 (51-2,106)41.2- Brandon Perkins, 2005 (69-2,842)

Punt ReturnsMost Yards Returned555- Mike Key, 1992 (45 Returns)384- Nick Miller, 2008 (24)319- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975 (19)291- Justin Walterschied, 2003 (25)269- Fesi Sitake, 2010 (25)244- Clint Brown, 2000 (22)242- Larue Burley, 2006 (24)235- Tom Martin, 1973 (21)215- Fesi Sitake, 2009 (15)214- Kevin Cuthbertson, 1995 (22)

Highest Punt Return Average (10+ Returns)18.8- Buck Paopao, 1968 (10)17.5- Ryan Felipe, 2004 (10)16.8- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975 (19)16.1- Clint Brown, 1998 (12)16.0- Nick Miller, 2008 (63)14.3- Fesi Sitake, 2009 (15)13.7- Jerry Pitts, 1967 (11)12.3- Brady Measom, 2011 (15)12.3- Mike Key, 1992 (45)12.2- Curtis Borum, 1999 (13)

Kickoff ReturnsMost Yards, KO Returns993- Nick Miller, 2008 (49 returns)914- Nick Miller, 2007 (41)753- Dennis Wells, 1987 (32)742- Andre White, 1990 (32)731- Austin Minefee, 2011 (25)666- Kyle Wilson, 1985 (24)635- Travis Armitstead, 2002 (33)602- Sam Paterson, 1995 (28)580- Larue Burley, 2006 (24)573- Jerry Pitts, 1967 (20)

Kickoff Return Average (10+ Returns)30.1- Kelvin Minefee, 1988 (17- 512)29.7- Anthony Brown, 1994 (19-565)29.4- Daniel Harris, 1992 (11- 323)29.4- Dennis Wells, 1986 (19-558)29.4- Austin Minefee, 2911 (25-731)29.1- Lenny Walterscheid, 1976 (18- 524)28.7- Jerry Pitts, 1967 (20-573)27.8- Kyle Wilson, 1985 (24-666)27.2- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975 (17- 462)26.9- Tom Martin, 1973 (19- 512)26.5- Sam Elliott, 1997 (13- 344)

Most Field Goals15- Ryan Griffith, 200914- Colton Cook, 201113- Dave Pretzer, 200113- Herkey Marxen, 198912- Brock Miller, 201010- Steve Pulver, 20039- Matt Rhea, 19979- Herkey Marxen, 19878- Steve Pulver, 2008*

Most Kick PAT43- Ryan Griffith, 200943- Dave Pretzer, 200040- Dave Pretzer, 199936- Steve Pulver, 200434- Jason Haslam, 199133- Jerry Holstrom, 199832- Eric Hall, 199631- Herkey Marxen, 198830- Joe Wells, 198029- Rick Cadwallader, 1990

ScoringMost Points138- Matt Cannon, 1999132- Matt Cannon, 2000114- Kelvin Minefee, 1989112- Zed Robinson, 199198- Brook Madsen, 199690- Tysson Poots, 200988- Ryan Griffith, 200984- Tysson Poots, 200884- Brook Madsen, 199984- Matt Cannon, 199884- Kelvin Minefee, 1988

DefenseMost Tackles186- Dave Castro, 1978174- Clint Christiansen, 1990156- John Lundstrom, 1977151- John Lundstrom, 1978145- Clint Christiansen, 1991133- Nick DiPadova, 2003132- Todd Olsen, 1987126- John Alcorn, 1990124- Scott Robins, 1984122- Chris Garza, 1995

JustinWalterscheid

Nick Miller

Matt Cannon



Most Sacks

18- Jeff Galyean, 199618- Lane Martino, 197713.5- Jimmy Brimmer, 199713.5- Jeff Galyean, 199513- Lane Martino, 197812- Lane Martino, 197611- Tyler Osborne, 201111- Marques Harris, 200411- Dave Porter, 199211- Jason Thornburg, 199011- Richard Kingsland, 198011- Gil Rodriguez, 1977

Most Interceptions

8- John Borla, 19776- Dennis Wells, 19876- Rick Martin, 19846- Sam Gallegos, 19826- Trace Burningham, 19806- Ed Page, 19706- Scott Ackerman, 19695- By Many

Career Records

Total Offense

Total Plays

1,429- Rick Robins, 1992-951,197- Matt Cannon, 1997-20001,046- Wes Marshall, 2003-20071,004- Chad Richard, 1984-87949- Brad Sorensen, 2010-11858- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04769- Scott Burns, 1976-79706- Brook Madsen, 1995-99676- Cody Stone, 2007-08610- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97

Total Yards

8,930- Matt Cannon, 1997-20007,468- Rick Robins, 1992-956,313- Brad Sorensen, 2010-115,223- Chad Richard, 1984-87

4,922- Casey Rehrer, 2003-044,874- Wes Marshall, 2004-073,887- Cody Stone, 2007-083,748- Brook Madsen, 1995-19993,647- Scott Burns, 1976-793,231- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97

Rushing

Carries

757- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000706- Brook Madsen, 1995-99469- Zed Robinson, 1991-92465- Rod Madsen, 1998-2001449- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97447- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89406- Chad Richard, 1984-87396- Rick Robins, 1992-95387- Charles Henderson, 2000-03371- Winfred Anderson, 1977-79

Net Rushing Yards

5,489- Matt Cannon, 1997-20003,919- Brook Madsen, 1995-992,746- Zed Robinson, 1991-922,687 - Rod Madsen, 1998-20012,239- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-891,956- Joe Dupaix, 1996-971,933- Austin Minefee, 2008-111,884- Curry Ancar, 1980-831,815- Daniel Harris, 1992-931,770- Winfred Anderson, 1977-79

Rushing TDs

69- Matt Cannon, 1997-200043- Brook Madsen, 1995-9931- Rod Madsen, 1998-200131- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-8926- Zed Robinson, 1991-9220- Austin Minefee, 2008-1120- Joe Dupaix, 1996-9716- Scott Firestone, 1988-91

16- Thane Marshall, 1986-8915- Charles Henderson, 2000-0315- Winfred Anderson, 1977-79

Passing

Attempts

1,023- Rick Robins, 1992-95815- Brad Sorensen, 2010-11724- Wes Marshall, 2004-07598- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04598- Chad Richard, 1984-87595- Scott Burns, 1976-79584- Cody Stone, 2007-08463- Jerry Dyer, 1974-75441- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000423- Cade Cooper, 2009

Completions

549- Brad Sorensen, 2010-11518- Rick Robins, 1992-95368- Wes Marshall, 2004-07352- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04304- Cody Stone, 2007-08276- Cade Cooper, 2009267- Chad Richard, 1984-87261- Brad Sorensen, 2010261- Scott Burns, 1976-79217- Jerry Dyer, 1974-75

Yards

7,441- Rick Robins, 1992-956,306- Brad Sorensen, 2010-114,128- Chad Richard, 1984-874,018- Wes Marshall, 2004-073,993- Casey Rehrer, 2003-043,531- Matt Cannon, 1997-20003,470- Scott Burns, 1976-793,163- Brad Sorensen, 20103,125- Buck Paopao, 1969-703,026- Jerry Dyer, 1974-75

Marques Harris

Kelvin Minefee and Rick Carter

Rick Robins



TD Passes

41- Rick Robins, 1992-9538- Brad Sorensen, 2010-1132- Chad Richard, 1984-8731- Cade Cooper, 200930- Casey Rehrer, 2003-0429- Cody Stone, 2007-0829- Wes Marshall, 2004-0729- Scott Burns, 1976-7918- James Armendariz, 1990-9118- Jerry Dyer, 1974-75

Receptions

282- Tysson Poots, 2007-10194- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-10155- Doug Berry, 1967-70143- A.J. Smith, 2003-04111- Jared Ursua, 2008-11110- Jerry Spackman, 1966-67104- Jerome Eason, 2004-05104- Bob Stookey, 1988-91102- Don Gross, 1971-7294- Stan Jones, 1973-74

Receiving Yards

3,970- Tysson Poots, 2007-102,393- Doug Berry, 1967-702,081- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-102,076- Bob Stookey, 1988-911,388- Jerry Spackman, 1966-671,383- Tex Anthony, 1969-711,358- A.J. Smith, 2003-041,276- Jerome Eason, 2004-051,259- Jared Ursua, 2008-111,220- Rob Edwards, 1983-86

TD Receptions

28- Tysson Poots, 2007-1017- Bob Stookey, 1988-9116- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-1014- Doug Berry, 1967-7013- Jared Ursua, 2008-1112- Joey Hew Len, 2005-0612- Jerome Eason, 2004-0512- Ryan Moynier, 1990-9211- Thane Marshall, 1986-8911- Rob Edwards, 1983-86

Punting Average (50+ Punts)

42.3- Trevor Ward, 2004, 2007-09 (202-8,542)41.8- Steve McDowell, 1989-91 (121-5,063)41.8- Matt Gordon, 1992 (61-2,552)41.4- Jeff McComb, 1985-87 (145-5,996)41.3- Ron Lindburg, 1994 (51-2,106)41.2- Brandon Perkins, 2002-05 (69-2,842)39.3- Craig VanWoerkom, 1994-95 (95-3,735)39.1- Dave Pretzer, 1999-2002 (72-2,813)38.9- Bill McKane, 1968-70 (119-4,632)38.7- Jeff Rowberry, 1978-79 (93-3,603)

Punt Returns

748- Clint Brown, 1997-2000 (67 returns)559- Nick Miller, 2007-08 (43)555- Mike Key, 1992, (45)506- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975-76 (39)464- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-10 (38)456- Kevin Cuthbertson, 1991-95 (56)450- Justin Walterschied, 2003-04 (40)380- Larue Burley, 2005-06 (38)346- Tom Martin, 1974-75 (35)331- Curry Ancar, 1981-83 (32)

Average (20+ Returns)

13.2- Jerry Pitts, 1965-67 (21-278)13.0- Nick Miller, 2007-08 (43-559)12.9- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975-76 (39-506)12.3- Mike Key, 1992 (45-555)12.2- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-10 (38-464)11.3- Justin Walterschied, 2003-04 (40-450)11.1- Clint Brown, 1997-2000 (67-748)10.3- Curry Ancar, 1981-83 (32-331)10.0- Larue Burley, 2005-06 (38-380)9.8- Tom Martin, 1974-75 (35-346)

Kickoff Return Yards

1,907- Nick Miller, 2007-08 (90 returns)1,680- Dennis Wells, 1985-88 (65)1,026- Kyle Wilson, 1985-86 (41)986- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975-76 (35)917- Jerry Pitts, 1965-67 (35)891- Nate Sundloff, 1998-2001 (43)878- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89 (39)

836- Justin Walterscheid, 2003-04 (35)816- Daniel Harris, 1992-93 (35)813- Austin Minefee, 2008-11 (29)

Average (25+ Returns)

28.2- Lenny Walterschied, 1975-76 (35-986)28.0- Austin Minefee, 2008-11 (25-731)26.3- Dennis Wells, 1985-87 (64-1,680)26.2- Jerry Pitts, 1965-66 (35-917)25.0- Kyle Wilson, 1985-86 (41-1,026)23.9- Justin Walterscheid, 2003-04 (35-836)23.3- Daniel Harris, 1992-93 (35-816)23.2- Andre White, 1990 (32-742)22.7- Larue Burley, 2005-06 (33-749)22.5- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89 (39-878)

Scoring

Points

416- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000282- Brook Madsen, 1995-99258- Tysson Poots, 2007-10225- Herkey Marxen, 1986-89222- Rod Madsen, 1998-2001205- Dave Pretzer, 1999-2002198- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89160- Zed Robinson, 1991-92146- Thane Marshall, 1986-1989132- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97

Field Goals

38- Herkey Marxen, 1986-8933- Steve Pulver, 2003-0828- Dave Pretzer, 1999-200216- Joe Wells, 1978-8015- Ryan Griffith, 2006-0914- Colton Cook, 201112- Brock Miller, 2010-1110- Rick Harrison, 1982-8310- Bill McKane, 1967-709- Matt Rhea, 19979- Jason Haslam, 1991, 19959- Andy Parry, 1983-85

Chad Richard

Trevor Ward

Kyle Wilson



Kick PATs

121- Dave Pretzer, 1999-2002111- Herkey Marxen, 1986-89106- Steve Pulver, 2003-0768- Joe Wells, 1978-8049- Jason Haslam, 1991, 199543- Ryan Griffith, 2006-0942- Bill McKane, 1967-7033- Jerry Holstrom, 199832- Eric Hall, 199631- Rick Harrison, 1982-83

Defense

Tackles

554- John Lundstrom, 1976-79342- Robert Takeno, 2006-09334- Dave Castro, 1977-78322- Tim Nicolodemous, 1988-91319- Clint Christiansen, 1990-91314- Steve Smith, 2002-05257- Gil Rodriguez, 1974-77256- Jerry Cowan, 1998-2001253- Nick DiPadova, 2003-04254- John Alcorn, 1989-90

Sacks

50- Lane Martino, 1976-7941- Jeff Galyean, 1993-9618.5- Mike Shepard, 1996-9918.5- Dave Porter, 1991-9217.5- Tyler Osborne, 2010-1115.5- Dave McMullin, 1989-9215- Jason Thornburg, 1989-9015- Gil Rodriguez, 1974-7713.5- Jimmy Brimmer, 1995-9812- Richard Kingsland, 1979-80

Interceptions

12- Tom Martin, 1972-7412- John Borla, 1977-7811- Tim Nicolodemous, 1988-9111- Trace Burningham, 1980-8111- Don Conrad, 1968-7110- Dennis Wells, 1986-879- Darren DeGracie, 1991-928- Josh Roberts, 1998-998- Chad Huntsman, 1996-998- Colin Pretlow, 2007-10

Longest Plays

Longest Rushing Play

99- Kelvin Minefee vs. Mesa State, 198897- Michon Johnson at Idaho State, 198993- Matt Cannon vs. Rocky Mountain, 200093- Matt Cannon vs. McNeese State, 199889- Matt Cannon vs. St. Mary’s, 200088- Gary Mason vs. Western State, 198185- Sidney Holmes, vs. St. Mary’s, 199085- Amos James vs. Cal State LA, 197782- Winifred Anderson, at W. New Mexico,197881- Matt Cannon vs. Rocky Mountain, 200081- Shawn Jones vs. Western State, 1994

Longest Pass Play

96- Joe Dupaix to Matt Cannon vs. IllinoisState, 199794- Tom Kingsford to Lenny Walterscheid vs.Western State, 197584- Rick Robins to Shawn Jones vs. UC Davis199384- Dave Mollica to Mark Holland vs. N.M.Highlands, 198083- Chad Richard to Troy Moynier vs. WesternState, 198681- Jeff Hookano to Craig Hilton, 198380- Rick Robins to Melvin Lowe vs. St. Mary’s,199379- Cody Stone to Jeremy Edards at NorthDakota State, 200779- Kirk Hafen to Gordon Rawlinson, 1982

Longest Punt

91- Trevor Ward at Air Force, 200880- Dave Elkins vs. Western State, 198476- Rick Harrison vs. Ft. Lewis, 198374- Jeff Rowberry vs. Adams St., 197871- Trevor Ward at UC Davis, 200871- Dave Pretzer vs. UC Davis, 199970- Trevor Ward vs. Northern Iowa, 200869- Trevor Ward at Air Force, 200869- Bill McKane, 196568- Dave Pretzer at Troy State, 200168- Rod Madsen vs. McNeese State, 199868- Jerry Spackman vs. Ft. Lewis, 1967

Longest Punt Return

95- Roy Ferguson at UNLV, 196994- Michon Johnson at Mesa St., 198892- Wade Bender vs. Western St., 196678- Larue Burley at Weber St., 200676- Mike Key at St. Mary’s, 199272- Mike Key vs. Central Oklahoma, 199269- Mike Key at Northern Arizona, 199267- Buck Paopao vs. Ft. Lewis, 196965- Ryan Felipe at McNeese State, 200465- Clint Brown vs. Eastern Washington, 1998

Longest Kickoff Return

100- Anthony Brown at Northern Arizona, 1994100- Anthony Brown vs. Sacramento St., 199499- Austin Minefee at Northern Iowa, 201198- Kelvin Minefee vs. N.M. Highlands, 198898- Dennis Wells vs. Western Montana, 198595- Dennis Wells vs CS Northridge, 198695- L. Walterscheid vs. W. New Mexico, 197693- Adrian Waddy vs. Weber State, 200193- Jerry Pitts vs. Ft. Lewis, 196692- Austin Minefee vs. Sacramento St., 201192- Jerry Pitts vs. Azusa Pacific

Longest Field Goal

60- Roy Ferguson vs. Western St., 196960- Bill McKane vs. Hiram Scott, 196852- Steve Pulver vs. Southern Illinois, 200752- Andy Parry vs. Western N.M., 198551- Steve Pulver at Texas State, 200851- Dave Pretzer at Western Illinois, 200151- Jason Haslam at Idaho State, 199550- Brock Miller vs. Dixie State, 201049- Ryan Griffith at San Diego State, 200949- Benji Nelson vs. Idaho, 1994

Longest Interception Return

91- Babe Malafau vs. Colo. Mines, 198390- Tom Martin vs. Colo. Mines, 197385- Scott Henderson vs. Ft. Lewis, 198384- Ryan Smith vs. Morehead State, 200079- Tim Nicolodemous vs. Mesa State, 199074- Erron Vonner at UNLV, 201173- Blake Fenn at UC Davis, 201069- Brandon Perkins at McNeese State, 200462- Brandon Perkins vs. Northern Colo., 200360- Trace Burningham, vs. NM Highlands, 1981

Clint Christiansen

Winifred Anderson

Steve Pulver



Longest Fumble Return

99- Akeem Anifowoshe vs. Texas State, 200968- Marcus Burgess vs. Rocky Mountain, 199667- Levi Erickson at North Dakota St., 200454- Aaron Fernandez vs. Youngstown State, 200848- Robert Takeno at Cal Poly, 200646- Nick DiPadova at Cal Poly, 200346- Clint Brown at Morehead State, 199935- Spencer Woolston at Boise State, 199929- Marques Harris vs. UC Davis, 200429- Kurt Elliott at St. Mary’s, 2003

Team Records

Single Game

Total Plays

106 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 197899 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 198898 vs. Westminster, 197795 at Idaho State, 199892 vs. Montana Tech, 199789 at Montana, 199888 at Idaho State, 200088 at Northern Iowa, 199787 vs. North Dakota, 201187 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2003

Total Yards

736 at Idaho State, 2000734 at St. Mary’s, 1999734 vs. Idaho State, 1999667 vs. St. Mary’s, 1990634 vs. Ft. Lewis, 2000614 vs. Montana-Western, 2004613 vs. Ft. Lewis, 1998600 vs. Rocky Mountain, 2000588 at Montana, 1998579 at Idaho State, 1998

Rushing Plays

78 vs. Cal Poly, 200077 at Montana, 199876 vs. Southern Colorado, 197875 at Idaho State, 2000

72 vs. Idaho State, 199971 at Idaho State, 199871 at Illinois State, 199870 at Weber State, 199770 vs. Idaho State, 200269 vs. Western Illinois, 2002

Rushing Yards

679 at Idaho State, 2000546 vs. Idaho State, 1999541 vs. Butler, 2001535 vs. Eastern Washington, 1998523 at St. Mary’s, 1999497 vs. Montana Tech, 1996493 at Montana, 1998472 vs. Cal Poly, 2000463 vs. Rocky Mountain, 2000461 vs. St. Mary’s, 2000

Passes Attempted

59 at Cal Poly, 200855 at UC Davis, 200655 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 200354 vs. North Dakota, 201154 vs. Western New Mexico, 197453 at Eastern Washington, 201053 at Utah State, 200949 at Texas State, 201049 vs. Northern Arizona, 200849 at Nevada, 2003

Passes Completed

38 vs. North Dakota, 201135 at North Dakota, 201035 vs. Eastern Washington, 200934 at Eastern Washington, 201034 at Cal Poly, 200832 at South Dakota, 201132 vs. North Dakota, 200931 at South Dakota State, 201130 vs. Sacramento State, 201130 at UC Davis, 2010

Touchdown Passes

5 at UC Davis, 20105 vs. San Francisco State, 19914 vs. Dixie State, 20104 at San Diego, 20094 at Northern Arizona, 20094 vs. North Dakota, 20094 at Cal Poly, 20084 vs. Western State, 20064 at McNeese State, 20044 at Weber State, 20044 vs. Texas State, 20034 vs. Montana Tech, 19954 vs. Western State, 19864 vs. Western New Mexico, 19774 vs. Mesa State, 1976

Passing Yards

469- at Cal Poly, 2008434- at Eastern Washington, 2010431- at Northern Arizona, 2009413- at North Dakota, 2010397- at UC Davis, 2010389 at Northern Arizona, 2011384 vs. Western New Mexico, 1974370 vs. South Dakota, 2008369 vs. Ft. Lewis, 1970363 vs. Saint Mary’s, 1990

Points

68 vs. Western New Mexico, 198163 vs. Idaho State, 199962 at Idaho State, 200061 vs. Ft. Lewis, 197057 at St. Mary’s, 199956 at McNeese State, 200456 at Cal State Northridge, 199156 vs. Occidental, 197955 at UC Davis, 2010 55 vs. Western State, 200655 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 198855 at Western State, 1986

Fewest Yards Allowed

33 vs. Fort Lewis, 199953 vs. College of Idaho, 196680 vs. Western Montana, 1986103 vs. Western State, 2006114 vs. Montana Tech, 2006151 vs. Ft. Lewis, 1998153 vs. San Diego, 2010156 vs. Western Oregon, 2001159 at Troy State, 2001173 at North Dakota, 2010

Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed

-35 vs. Azusa Pacific, 1971-29 vs. St. Mary’s, 1998-26 vs. Fort Lewis, 19992 vs. Oregon Tech, 19696 vs. Western State, 200610 at Idaho State, 200012 vs. Idaho State, 199918 vs. St. Mary’s, 199424 at Troy State, 200125 at Montana, 1998

Fewest Passing Yards Allowed

0 vs. Montana Tech, 19726 vs. College of Idaho, 196622 at Cal Poly, 200930 vs. Westminster, 197730 vs. Western State, 197134 vs. San Diego, 2010 35 at Central Oklahoma, 199146 vs. Ft. Lewis, 199849 vs. Eastern New Mexico, 199457 at Idaho State, 1992

Season

Total Plays: 841 in 1986Total Yards: 5,291 in 2000Rushing Attempts: 695 in 1998Rushing Yards: 4,336 in 2000TDs Rushing: 49 in 2000Passes Attempted: 457 in 2003Passes Completed: 292 in 2011Passing Yards: 3,257 in 2010TD Passes: 33 in 2009Most Points Scored: 399 in 1999Fewest Points: 126 in 2005Most Points Allowed: 427 in 2002Fewest Points Allowed: 96 in 1963Fewest Total Yards Allowed: 2,107 in 1978Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed:

1,089 in 1969 (Nine Games)1,116 in 2004 (11 Games)

Fewest Passing Yds Allowed: 956 in 1970

Akeem Anifowoshe



Southern Utah University athleticsmission Statement

Southern Utah University’s Athletic Department is dedicated to providing quality programs that assist in complimenting and ful-

filling the University’s educational objectives and mission. The athletic program adheres to the policies and procedures of the NCAA and the rules of any conference, league or associa-tion of which it is a member. The Athletic Department is committed to excellence in academics as well as athletics and focuses on fielding competitive teamsat the Division I level. Participation in intercollegiate athletics is an integral part of the student’s overall educational experience. The University strives to reach the highest possible graduation rate for all of its student-athletes while focusing on their social,cultural and intellectual development. The Athletic Department recognizes the importance of equity in all of its programs and promotes diversity in both student-ath-letes and staff. Student-athletes, coaches and all others associated with intercollegiate athletics are expected to embrace the princi-ples of sportsmanship and ethical conduct.

Southern Utah Administration


Dr. michael t. Benson SUU presidentMichael T. Benson is entering his sixth year as president of Southern Utah University He was appointed the

15th president of SUU on November 10, 2006, by the Utah State Board of Regents. Dr. Benson came to SUU from Snow College where he served as president for five years. Prior to his tenure in

Ephraim, Dr. Benson was special assistant to the president and secretaryto the University of Utah, a cabinet-level position on that campus. Duringhis presidency at Snow, athletic teams excelled, winning several confer-ence championships and finishing near the top of national rankings. Hewas instrumental in establishing America’s premier junior college footballbowl game, the Zions Bank Top of the Mountains Bowl, played each De-

cember in Salt Lake City. Dr. Benson currently serves as Chair of the Presidents’ Council for the SummitLeague. President Benson is the father of four children, Emma, Samuel, Truman Taft, and Tatum Anne. He andhis wife Debi, along with the kids, are regularly seen around campus and at all types of sporting events. An accomplished athlete, Dr. Benson was captain of the East High School basketball team and one offour sophomores on the team that won the 1981 Utah State championship. He turned down track scholar-ships as a senior at East to enroll at Brigham Young University on a leadership scholarship, eventually earn-ing a bachelor’s degree in political science, English, and history while playing on the junior varsity basketballteam. He has also competed in the worlds oldest rivalry, serving as a player/coach in leading Oxford Univer-sity over Cambridge in the 1994 Varsity Basketball Match. President Benson has completed several marathons with his best time (2:41) winning his age divisionat the St. George Marathon. In 1984, Michael was one of only 19 teenagers to compete in the BostonMarathon, with his finishing time of 2:52 placing him in the top 15% of all registered runners. While Presidentof Snow College, he ran the St. George Marathon again, this time raising over $50,000 for the athletic de-partment. He currently maintains a seven handicap in his favorite sport, golf. Dr. Benson holds a doctorate in modern Middle Eastern History from Oxford University. His critically-ac-claimed book, Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel has led to many lecturing and consulting opportu-nities. Michael regularly leads tour groups to the Middle East where he is eager to share his love for andknowledge of the region. This past summer he completed coursework and was awarded a master’s degreein non-profit administration at the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame. The Bensons are delighted to be at Southern Utah University and look forward to supporting Thunder-bird student-athletes for many years to come.

Southern Utah Administration


The President’s Council:

Front, from left: Donna Eddleman, VP of Student Services; Bradley Cook, Provost; President Michael T. Benson; Ken

Beazer, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Back, from left: Dorian Page, VP for Finance and Facilities; Michael Carter, Assistant Attorney General; Dean O’Driscoll, VP

for University Relations; Dialea Adams, President’s Administrative Assistant; Stuart C. Jones, VP for Institutional Advance-

ment.

Dear Thunderbird Fans and Supporters:

One of America’s great coaches once said, “The will to winis not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.” All of usat Southern Utah University are committed to helping our stu-dent-athletes as they prepare to win on their respective fieldsand courts of competition. But more importantly, we are commit-ted to helping them acquire those tools, experiences, and skillsthat will help them succeed in life and their life’s work. I thankyou for your continued commitment to SUU and its many out-standing athletic programs which now number 17 – the secondhighest number of Division I sports programs offered in the en-tire State of Utah. For all those who enjoy a football Saturday on a beautifulfall day in the shadow of Cedar Mountain, the benefits of Divi-sion I athletics in our community are innumerable. From the dol-lars spent by visiting teams and fans in our local places ofbusiness to the positive media coverage generated by our stu-dent-athletes, the University is the beneficiary of these and otherpositive by-products of the substantial investment in our athleticprogram. Donors and alumni are even more proud of their asso-ciation with the University when they see a return on their do-nated dollars in the form of success on the field and in theclassroom.

Excellence in athletics will continue to be an investment weare willing to make at Southern Utah University. In addition tothose student-athletes who learn invaluable lessons in both the“thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,” athletics provide excel-lent participation opportunities for students in bands, cheersquads, dance teams, trainers, marketing interns, and manymore. Our student athletes also represent a large percentage ofthe geographic, socioeconomic, ethnic, and religious diversity oncampus which, I believe, enhances and enriches the academicand social experience of ALL our students. I heartily commend our athletic director, Ken Beazer, andhis able and committed staff for their superb stewardship of thefunds directed toward athletics. I also wish to thank all the aca-demic and support staff who regularly monitor the progress ofour student-athletes to ensure their commitment to “prepare towin” while at SUU and well beyond. Thank you for your support of Southern Utah University andthe proud Thunderbird tradition.

Yours sincerely,

SUU President Michael Benson

Southern Utah Athletic Administration

Ken Beazer was named Southern Utah’s

Athletic Director on Dec. 21, 2005 and took the

reins of the program Jan. 2, 2006.

Beazer came to Southern Utah from Utah

State University, where he had served as direc-

tor of athletic development for the past four-plus years. While at USU,

Beazer developed and initiated the largest capital campaign in the his-

tory of the school’s athletic department, including fund-raising for a

planned $25 million renovation of Romney Stadium.

Prior to his time at Utah State, Beazer spent nine years at Snow Col-

lege, the first three as defensive coordinator on the football coaching

staff and the final six – from 1995 to 2001 – as the school’s director of

athletics. As a coach his teams ranked among the NJCAA’s top five de-

fenses two of his three seasons, while as AD at Snow he implemented

the college’s first Athletic Foundation Board as well as an annual giving

program. He also spent two seasons as a graduate assistant football

coach at Washington State University.

Beazer is a 1989 graduate of Weber State University with a degree in

broadcast communication. He also holds a master of arts degree in com-

munication from Washington State, as well as an associate of arts in the

same field from Snow College.

Beazer and his wife, Cidnee, are the parents of four children: Rhett,

Adrienne, Jadon and Harrison.

ken BeazerSUU Director of athletics

Nick BartlettMarketing & Promoitons

Scott BaumanHead Gymnastics Coach

Kyle CottamMedia Relations

Dr. Deborah HillFaculty Athletic Rep.

Richard ChurchHead Golf Coach

Neil GardnerAsst. AD/Media Relations

Becky HoganHead Soccer Coach

Deborah BakerHead Volleyball Coach

Kyle MagnussonHead Softball Coach

Kyle NewhouseMedia Relations

Eric HouleHead Track Coach

Kit JanesOperations

Lenny LeeHead Tennis Coach

Marlene BarthSWA/Academic Coordinator

Todd BrownAssoc. AD/Compliance

ken Beazer on SUU athletics:

Southern Utah University is truly a place where academ-ics come first. The strong academic commitment of the staffand coaches is manifest in the overall academic accomplish-ments our teams achieve on an annual basis. The Univer-sity’s strong academic emphasis, coupled with the dedicatedefforts of the student athletes, allows the Athletics Depart-ment to continually post high marks in the classroom. The academic climate offered at SUU enables the insti-tution to attract and retain high quality student athletes withsound character and a clear understanding of personal re-sponsibility. Thunderbird Athletics was recently rewarded byits fellow institutions with an unprecedented, fourth consecu-tive Mid-Continent Conference Sportsmanship Award, settinga new standard by which all institutions are now measured. Southern Utah is fortunate to have a great relationshipwith the community, bringing new meaning to the term, “cam-pus community.” Cedar City residents are hospitable, friendlyand eager to serve, creating an ideal setting for personalgrowth. Thunderbird student athletes readily accept their re-sponsibility of role models and spent countless hours in thelocal schools mentoring children. Southern Utah University’s commitment to athletics ismanifest in its first class athletic facilities, providing the nec-essary amenities for a student athlete to achieve his/her ath-letic goals and compete at higher levels. Southern Utah University is an ideal place to achieve ac-ademic and athletic excellence and reach the high expecta-tions we all have. Southern Utah University is one of the bestlocations to experience a true college atmosphere.

Jason NorrisAsst.. AD/Business

Ricky MendiniAssoc. AD/Sports Medicine

JR PayneHead Basketball Coach (W)

Nick RobinsonHead Basketball Coach (M)

Shon SpevakTicket Manager

Teshia WilliamsAdministrative Assistant


Nick Freitas, two-time all-SummitLeague performer and 2009 draft

pick of the Minnesota Twins

Challis Pascucci, a 2010

all-Summit League honoree

Cam Levins, NCAA champion in

the 5,000 and 10,000 meters

Kristin Fronk, a two-time all-

Summit League performer

Two-time Summit League

Player of the Year

Marci Pratt

SUU alumnus David Palmer

was named the Japan

Baskeball League’s MVP

Nate Page competed at

the 2009 NCAA Golf

Championships

Three-time all-Summit

League honoree

Ana Pelaez-Mailoto

Three-time first-team all-Summit

League performer Ksusha Nazarova

Elise Wheeler, an All-American,

as well as the 2009 NCAA

Regional and WAC

Gymnast of the Year

Kristy Koplin competed at the 2010

NCAA Outdoor Track & Field

Championships in the hammer

Tysson Poots, 2010 GWC

Offensive Player of the Year

and a first-team all-American,

now with the Utah Blaze

Southern Utah Athletic Success

Fred House, Mid-Continent

Conference MVP


The athletics weight room is

located in the East Wing of

the Harris Center, ovelooking

Eccles Coliseum

Southern Utah’s football facilities are undergoing a constant

upgrade. This summer the University installed Hellas Matrix

turf, while last year the locker room was remodeled. The

coaches offices, lounge and weight room all have under-

gone renovations in recent years as well. The Coliseum

training area has also undergone a thorough renovation,

more than quadrupling in size.

Eccles Coliseum


Southern Utah University’s Eccles Coliseum is home to SUU football as well as to the SUU track &

field teams and the Utah Summer Games.

Fans enjoy SUU football in comfort, surrounded by spectacular scenery as the stadium provides

chair-backed seats as well as luxury suites on the press box level. Eccles Coliseum’s visual backdrop

ranks among the most beautiful in the country, with the surrounding mountains providing a striking

setting for college football.

The stadium follows the Grecian architectural scheme of the Harris Center located at the south end

of the Coliseum. Seating capacity is 8,500, including sky-box suites, box seats and 1,000 chair-back re-

served seats in addition to bleacher seating.

The coliseum also boasts a comfortable, first-class press box as well as a scoreboard, new for the

2010 season, which incorporates a video wall and message center.

The football offices are housed in the lower level of the press box, while locker rooms, a recently

renovated training room, storage areas and concession stands are located beneath the west grand-

stands.

In addition to the football amenities, the Coliseum also boasts a recently rebuilt and resurfaced

track and field facility.

The stadium is named in honor of the late George S. and Dolores Dore’ Eccles, whose foundation

made a major contribution to the reconstruction project.

Eccles Coliseum


Head Trainer Ricky Mendini

Southern Utah’s training facilities include a recently expanded train-

ing room in Eccles Coliseum as well as three fully-equipped medical

and training facilities located elsewhere on campus. SUU’s training

facilities also include an Olympic-sized pool. With a fully-certified

staff as well as a student training program SUU is prepared to handle

all the training needs of its 17 sports’ student-athletes.

Southern Utah Training Facilities


This Is Southern Utah University


Southern Utah University is a comprehensive institution of-

fering programs for students with many interests and goals.

The University provides undergraduate liberal education in

the arts, humanities and sciences; authorized professional

work in teacher education, business and technology; and

specialized training in vocational teacher education.

SUU has been accorded a host of

outstanding academic honors in re-

cent years. Consumers Digest

named the University among the

Top Ten in its list of quality and

value in colleges and universities in

America for the second time in

three years. The Princeton Review

has tabbed SUU as a Best Value In-

stitution, while U.S. News and World

Report has listed the University as

one of America’s Best Colleges. The

Princeton Review has also named

SUU as one of its “Best In The

West” for the past eight years.

SUU students select their courses

from departments and programs in

the School of Business; the College of Computing, Inte-

grated Engineering & Technology; the School of Continuing

& Professional Studies; the College of Education & Human

Development; the College of Humanities & Social Sciences;

the College of Performing & Visual Arts; and the College of

Science. More than 600 faculty and staff members serve

SUU’s 7,516 undergraduate and graduate students.

Academic programs in

business, teacher educa-

tion, industrial education,

broadcasting and theatre

arts have received wide ac-

claim for their excellence.

Affiliated with the univer-

sity are a number of cul-

tural arts and performing

groups, which support the

mission of SUU.

SUU is also home to the

Tony Award-winning Utah

Shakespearean Festival

with its Adams Memorial

Theatre, based upon the original Globe Theatre, and the Ran-

dall Jones Theatre, one of the finest indoor theatres in the

West.

Campus facili-

ties range

from the tradi-

tional ivy-cov-

ered Old Main

and Braith-

waite Liberal

Arts Center –

built in 1898

and 1899 – to

the multi-use

Sharwan

Smith Center,

a facility which houses the Centrum Arena – SUU’s basket-

ball and gymnastics venue – as well as classrooms, a ball-

room, the University’s student union, its bookstore and

various offices.

State-of-the-Art campus fa-

cilities that have opened re-

cently include the Emma

Eccles Jones Education

Building and a new phase of

apartment-style on-campus

housing; while the Carter

Carillon Tower has become,

almost overnight, a charac-

teristic landmark of the

campus.

Another exciting develop-

ment on campus was the

ground-breaking for con-

struction of the University’s

new Science Center.

The University also owns

and operates a 1,000-acre

farm in western Cedar Val-

ley and a 3,700-acre ranch

in Cedar Canyon.

SUU is host to the Tony Award-

winning Utah Shakespearean

Festival.

Because of their proximity and grandeur, Zion

National Park and Cedar Breaks National Mon-

ument are claimed by SUU’ students as part of

their campus. Geology and life science field

trips take advantage of these national treas-

ures, in addition to Bryce Canyon, Grand

Canyon, Capitol Reef and Great Basin Na-

tional Parks, which are also close by.

The University’s skiing classroom is at

the 11,300-foot Brian Head Ski Resort, less

than an hour away, while the recreational op-

portunities offered by Lake Powell are less than

two hours away.

SUU has a history unique in the annals of American

higher education. In 1897, the entire population of Cedar

City, then a small pioneer town, engaged in the building of

Old Main, the first building of the University. Beginning the

project in mid-winter because of a harsh deadline imposed

by the legislature, the men and women of the community

donated materials, money and labor to complete the build-

ing on time.

Today the university campus has grown to comprise

133 acres, landscaped with fountains, tall spruce and pine

trees, plazas, statuary, latticed walkways and expansive

lawns, offering the kind of education you’d expect to re-

ceive at a small, private school at the

low price of a public institution.

Former US Secretary of

Health and Human Services

and Utah Governor Mike

Leavitt, a Cedar City native

and an SUU alumnus.

This Is Southern Utah University



Athletics is an important part of your life right now but what’s next whenyour playing days are over? Southern Utah University can help you pre-pare for a successful career in a variety of fields. SUU offers eight master’sprograms and over 120 bachelor’s programs in its five schools and col-leges, as well as a range of certificates, associate and pre-professional de-grees in a wide variety of disciplines.

School of Business

In addition to master’s degrees in accountancy and business administra-tion, the SUU School of Business offers bachelor’s degrees in seven ma-jors, with eleven additional areas of specialization. In the 2010-11academic year, SUU’s graduating seniors scored at the 85th percentile onthe ETS Major Field Exam in Business, placing them in the top 15 percentof the nation’s graduates. Business students at SUU have had many greatopportunities to hone their skills in the real world by working with localbusinesses to provide services, coordinate special events and participatein strategic assessment and planning activities. In addition to businessstudies, SUU offers a military science program through Army ROTC.

College of Education and Human Development

The SUU College of Education offers two master’s degrees as well asseven primary majors and five areas of licensure. The SUU physical edu-cation department – known as ‘The Coaching Factory’ because of the suc-cess of its graduates – is housed in one of the finest facilities of its kind inthe West. The Sorenson Physical Education Building houses an Olympic-sized swimming pool, three basketball courts, five racquetball courts,state-of-the-art kinesiology and exercise laboratories and technology-equipped classrooms. The college offers its students many opportunitiesfor hands-on learning, including field experience and study abroad pro-grams.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

SUU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers two master’s de-grees and 21 undergraduate degrees with an expanse of study in 25 differ-ent areas. SUU’s campus newspaper, The University Journal, has wonmore awards over the past 12 years than any university newspaper in 14Western states. Students of humanities and social sciences are offered avariety of internship opportunities in most disciplines of the college. In-terns are able to gain valuable practical educational experience, academiccredit and often financial compensation. The Michael O. Leavitt Center forPolitics and Public Service places numerous interns each semester at thelocal, state and federal level.

College of Performing and Visual Arts

The College of Performing and Visual Arts at SUU offers a Master of FineArts in arts administration as well as bachelor’s degrees in the areas of artand design, music, and theatre arts & dance. The MFA program is the onlyone of its kind in the western USA. Professional affiliations include theTony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, the American Folk Balletand the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery.

College of Science & Engineeringz

SUU’s College of Science is home to studies in agriculture, biology, chem-istry, geography, geology, nursing and nutrition. The college has seen 90percent of its graduates applying to professional pharmacy schools and 87percent of applicants to medical schools accepted. In 2011, the Center forHealth and Molecular Sciences building opened, offering students updatedlab facilities, a five-room rooftop greenhouse and expanded facilities forSUU’s emerging nursing program. Also housed in the college are studiesin computing, integrated engineering and technology. The college of CIETat SUU prepares students to compete on a global level in careers relatedto computer science, information systems, mathematics, technology andengineering. The college offers 14 bachelor’s degrees and associates de-grees in eight different areas of study.

Southern Utah is justifiably proud of its academic record.

This past year over 100 SUU student-athletes carried cumula-

tive GPAs above 3.20 and during fall semester 51 SUU athletes

earned Dean’s List recognition. Last year the athletics depart-

ment as a whole carried a 3.07 GPA.

SUU’s women’s gymnastics team has claimed seven aca-

demic national championships, including a run of six straight

from 2001 trough 2006, and the team has not finished out of the

top-three since 1991! In addition, the men’s track & field and

women’s softball teams have each won a pair of academic na-

tional championships in recent years and the 2002 women’s

cross country team was second-best in the nation.

This past season SUU’s football team was honored by the

NFCA for showing the best APR improvement in the Great West

Conference, while the men’s basketball team received a similar

award from The Summit League.

SUU’s athletes have access to an academic center which

houses individual and group study areas, a computer lab and a

full-time academic coordinator.


Located in the heart of southern Utah’s Color Country, Cedar

City has received numerous “Best Places To Live In The USA”

awards over the years. A vital, growing mountain community with

four distinct seasons, Cedar City boasts 310 clear days a year.

Cedar City has a population of 22,000 while surrounding Iron

County has 35,000 residents.

The home of Southern Utah University, Cedar City is also

home to the American Folk Ballet and the Utah

Shakespearean Festival (both affiliated with the Uni-

versity), as well as the Iron Mission State Park,

Cedar Ridge Golf Course and a variety of recre-

ational facilities including four city parks, two base-

ball/softball complexes and a bicycle/walking path,

all within minutes of the SUU campus.

Within an easy day’s drive are five national parks – Zion,

Bryce, Grand Canyon, Great Basin and Capitol Reef – several state

parks and recreation areas and a host of hunting, fishing and other

outdoor recreational opportunities, including Brian Head Ski Re-

sort, just a 45-minute drive from campus.

Cedar City is also one of the safest places in the country, as

Utah is consistently rated as one of the nation’s safest states and

Iron County is perennially one of the state’s

safest counties.

Cedar City and Iron County


2012 SUU Football ScheduleDate Opponent Location Time

8-30 At Utah State Logan, Utah 6:00 pm

9-8 At California Berkeley, California Noon

9-15 New Mexico Highlands Cedar City, Utah 6:00 pm

9-22 At Portland State* Portland Oregon 5:00 pm

9-29 Montana State* (HC) Cedar City, Utah 1:30 pm

10-6 Sacramento State* Cedar City, Utah 1:00 pm

10-13 At Montana* Missoula, Montana 1:30 pm

10-20 Weber State* Cedar City, Utah 1:00 pm

10-27 Eastern Washington* Cedar City, Utah 1:00 pm

11-3 At North Dakota* Grand Forks, North Dakota 1:00 pm

11-10 At Northern Arizona* Flagstaff, Arizona 4:00 pm

* Big Sky Conference Game

All times site of game and subject to change

2012 suu football media guide

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