Tuesday, January 6, 2009

WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK!

Jared was named wac player of the week, which is really quite the accomplishment! we are so proud of him! Here is the article from the wac website:


Jared Quayle Named WAC Player of the Week
Utah State’s Quayle Named WAC Men’s Basketball Player of the WeekCourtesy: WAC
DENVER - Utah State’s Jared Quayle has been named the Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for Dec. 29-Jan. 4. The honor marks the first career WAC Player of the Week award for Quayle.
Quayle, a junior guard from Perry, Utah (Box Elder HS), was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Duel in the Desert hosted by Utah State last week as he led the Aggies to the tournament championship with wins against Howard (85-45), Houston Baptist (94-77) and Wyoming (90-85 OT). Quayle posted his first double-double of the year with 17 points and a season-high 11 rebounds against Howard while adding seven assists. Versus Houston Baptist, he scored 15 points to go along with six rebounds, five assists and two steals. In the final game against Wyoming, Quayle had another double-double with a season-high 24 points and 10 rebounds.
On the week, Quayle averaged 18.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He shot 53.8 percent from the field (21-of-39), 41.2 percent from three-point range (7-of-17), and 87.5 percent from the charity stripe (7-of-8).
Other nominees: Boise State senior forward Mark Sanchez; Fresno State freshman guard Paul George; Hawai’i junior guard Roderick Flemings; and New Mexico State sophomore forward Wendell McKines.
- WAC -
It’s too bad that Utah State only has Quayle for2 more years. Keep the honors and wins coming.Big game tonight in the Spectrum versus Idaho.Idaho just beat Nevada in Reno over the weekendand are looking to go 2-0 in the WAC. GO AGGIES!!
-HURRICANE JOHN

5 comments:

Shelayna said...

Thats so awesome! Congrats!! Hey did you ever figure out who that email was from? Ha ha

Chelsee said...

GO JARED QUAYLE!!

Jennica said...

tell him congrats! Somehow the story of peanut butter under your car door handles came up the other day HAHAHA

Chelsea said...

Hey Lindsey cute blog! You two are so cute together!

Anonymous said...

Way to go Jared, Three honors in one week. Keep up the good work.