February 27, 2004 Athletics
Story
Cardell Butler
Named USU Athlete of the Week for Fourth Time This Year
Aggie senior basketball
player scored career high 31 in home finale
 For
the fourth time this year, basketball player Cardell
Butler has been named the Utah State Athlete of the Week
it was announced Monday (Feb. 23). Butler previously won the
award three straight times Dec. 15 through Jan. 5, with no honoree
being named Dec. 29.
Butler closed out the home portion of the season
in style as he averaged 22.5 points while shooting 57.1 percent
from the field (16-28) and 57.1 percent from three-point range
(8-14) in two Utah State wins. Against UC Riverside he scored
14 points, including four of Utah State's final five points
in overtime. Against Cal State Fullerton, he had a career-high
31 points while hitting eight of 10 three-pointers, just one
three short of the school record.
The 6-4, senior, guard from San Francisco, Calif.,
is seventh in the Big West Conference in scoring at 14.1 points
per game, while ranking among the top five in all three shooting
categories. He is second in free throw (86.4 percent) and three-point
(44.2 percent) percentages and fifth in field goal percentage
(49.6 percent).
In addition, he leads the team in steals with 26, while starting
all 24 games this season.
Utah State, 22-2 overall and 14-1 in the Big West Conference,
will play at Long Beach State on Thursday (Feb. 26) and at UC
Irvine on Saturday (Feb. 28). The UC Irvine game will be televised
on ESPN 2 at 9:05 p.m. Mountain time.
Nominees From Other Sports Included:
Women's Basketball - Ali Aird...
Continued to be the most consistent Aggie in both women's basketball
losses last week. Aird scored a team-high 17 points and came
up one rebound shy of her team-leading fifth double-double of
the season in Utah State's 66-56 loss at UC Riverside on Thursday
(Feb. 19). Aird then once again led the team in scoring with
15 points in its 71-59 loss at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday
(Feb. 21). Aird leads the team in both points (12.4) and rebounds
(7.4) per game this season.
Gymnastics - Liesel Kohler...
Recorded the second-best floor score in school history with
a 9.950 in Utah State's home meet against Boise State and 10th-ranked
Missouri. She also finished third on the beam with a 9.850.
Earlier in the week at Southern Utah she finished third on the
beam at 9.850 and fifth on the floor at 9.825.
Softball - Jessica Garnett...
The freshman went 5-9 at the plate with two RBI and pitched
in three games, losing two, at the Louisville Slugger Classic
(stats not available for the Iowa game). The Aggies went 0-5
in the tournament, playing three ranked teams.
Women's Tennis - Lindsey Bennion...
Won both her number one singles matches and one of her two doubles
matches as she led the Aggie women's tennis team to a 1-1 record
this week. Bennion defeated Utah's Sheri Esrock 6-4, 7-6 on
Friday (Feb. 20) before defeating Nevada's Bachlan Pham 7-6,
2-6, 6-2. Bennion also joined doubles partner Carolyn Stephens
in a doubles victory over Nevada. After starting the season
0-2, Bennion has now won four straight number one singles matches.
Previous Winners:
Sept. 1 - Zuzana Cernianska, Volleyball
Sept. 8 - Chris Cooley, Football
Sept. 15 - Ally Clegg, Soccer
Sept. 22 - Erin Cartwright-Davis, Volleyball
Sept. 29 - Nicole Feuz, Soccer
Oct. 6 - Amber Tracy, Soccer
Oct. 13 - Charlsie Harris, Soccer
Oct. 20 - Erin Cartwright-Davis, Volleyball
Oct. 27 - Travis Cox, Football
Nov. 3 - Travis Cox, Football
Nov. 10 - Chris Cooley, Football
Nov. 17 - Mike Nielson, Cross Country
Nov. 24 - Zuzana Cernianska, Volleyball
Dec. 1 - Mark Brown, Basketball
Dec. 8 - Ali Aird, Women's Basketball
Dec. 15 - Cardell Butler, Basketball
Dec. 22 - Cardell Butler, Basketball
Dec. 29 - No Award
Jan. 5 - Cardell Butler, Basketball
Jan. 12 - Christina Zdenek, Women's Basketball
Jan. 19 - Ali Aird, Women's Basketball
Jan. 26 - Nate Harris, Basketball
Feb. 2 - Nate Harris, Basketball
Feb. 9 - Alex Martin, Gymnastics
Feb. 16 - Jonah Nelson, Tennis
Feb. 23 - Cardell Butler, Basketball
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