Utah State issues a summer prospectus

Utah State's staff in the sports info office has been at it already, producing a summer prospectus on the Aggies:

As for the positional breakdown:

POINT GUARDS

Deremy Geiger, 5-10, 165, Fr., HS
Skyler Halford, 6-1, 170, Fr., HS
Jaxon Myaer, 5-9, 150, Fr., RS
Jared Quayle, 6-1, 180, Jr., JC

For the first time in three seasons, Utah State will look to someone new to run the point after the graduation of two-year starter Kris Clark, who averaged 5.6 points and a Western Athletic Conference best 6.4 assists per game during his senior season. USU does return one player with experience in the program in freshman Jaxon Myaer who redshirted last season after being named the 3A Most Valuable Player as a prep senior at Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City as he averaged 18.6 points and 6.5 assists per game.

Two other players who could see plenty of action at this position include junior college transfer Jared Quayle and incoming freshman Deremy Geiger. Quayle earned second-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honors as a sophomore at Western Wyoming Community College as he finished fifth in the nation in scoring with 24.4 points per game. He also averaged 7.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.4 steals per game and shot 51.2 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from three-point range and 76.7 percent from the free throw line. Geiger was named the Most Valuable
Player of his region as a prep senior in Las Vegas as he averaged 25.0 points, 6.1 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game and shot 49.3 percent from the field, 36.7 percent from three-point range and 88.2 percent from the free throw line. USU’s fourth point guard going into the fall will be freshman walk-on Skyler Halford who
earned second-team all-state honors as a prep senior after averaging
23.6 points per game at Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah.

SHOOTING GUARDS

Richard Sirju, 6-2, 200, Jr., JC
Stavon Williams, 6-3, 180, Jr., JC

Utah State’s biggest question mark heading into the 2008-09 season is without a doubt who will start in place of the school’s all-time leading scorer and two-time All-American Jaycee Carroll, who averaged 22.4 points and 6.0 rebounds as a senior and shot an unbelievable 52.6 percent from the field, 49.8 percent from threepoint
range and 91.9 percent from the free throw line. Coach Morrill is realistic in that no one player will have the same production as Carroll, but he is hoping that Richard Sirju and Stavon Williams, a pair of junior college transfers, can combine to solidify that position. Sirju, who could also see time at the point for the Aggies, earned second-team all-conference honors as both a freshman and sophomore at Daytona Beach Community College in Florida. During his sophomore season, he averaged 19.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game and shot 39.4 percent from the field, 39.8 percent from three-point range and 77.3 percent from the free throw line. Williams earned all-region honors as a sophomore at San Jacinto Junior College in Texas as he averaged 15.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game and shot 49.4 percent from the field, 43.5 percent from three-point range and 72.2 percent from the free
throw line. Other players who could see time at this position include Quayle and Halford, along with sophomore Tyler Newbold who started 25 games at small forward as a freshman last season.

SMALL FORWARDS

Brady Jardine, 6-7, 220, Fr., HS
*Tyler Newbold, 6-4, 200, So., 1L
Pooh Williams, 6-3, 200, So., 1L
* - returning starter last season.

Utah State welcomes back one of its three returning starters at the small forward position in Newbold who averaged 5.4 points and 2.5 rebounds last year and shot 54.7 percent from the field, 51.5 percent from three-point range and 83.9 percent from the free throw line. Newbold, who scored in double-figures six times during the season, averaged 7.1 points and 3.0 rebounds as a starter. USU also has another letterwinner returning at this position in sophomore Pooh Williams who started three games and averaged 2.4 points and 0.8 rebounds during the season. Williams, who played 12.1
minutes per game in his first year at USU, seemed to hit his stride late. in the year as he averaged 5.5 points during his last four games and shot 60.0 percent from the field. Joining Newbold and Williams at the small forward position will be incoming freshman Brady Jardine who has spent the past two years on an LDS Church Mission in San Antonio, Texas. As a prep senior in 2006, Jardine was named the Idaho Gatorade and 5A Player of the Year at Twin Falls High School as he averaged 17.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.8 blocks per game.

POWER FORWARDS

Matt Formisano, 6-8, 235, So., 1L
*Tai Wesley, 6-7, 240, So., 1L
* - returning starter

Another position where Utah State returns a starter is at power forward in sophomore Tai Wesley who averaged 9.9 points and 4.5 rebounds and finished the year ranked third in the WAC in field goal shooting at 63.5 percent. Wesley, who started 24 games during the season and averaged 11.6 points and 5.4 rebounds in that role, also
led the team with 33 blocks (0.9) to rank eighth in the WAC. Wesley finished the season by scoring in double-figures 18 times and also posted two double-doubles during the season. Also returning for USU here is sophomore Matt Formisano who played in 22 games as a redshirt freshman and averaged 1.3 points and 1.2 rebounds per
game. Another player who could see time on the block for Utah State this fall is Jardine who has matured physically since signing with the Aggies following the 2006 season.

CENTERS

Modou Niang, 6-9, 220, So., 1L
*Gary Wilkinson, 6-9, 240, Sr., 1L
* - returning starter

After earning second-team all-WAC and all-newcomer team honors during his first season at Utah State, senior Gary Wilkinson is the most productive starter returning for USU this fall. As a junior, Wilkinson had an outstanding rookie season as he started all 35 games at center and finished second on the team and 13th in the
WAC in scoring with 13.3 points, and first on the team and eighth in the conference in rebounding with 7.0 boards per game. Wilkinson also ranked fourth in the WAC in field goal shooting at 58.4 percent and was fifth in free throw shooting at 81.5 percent. Wilkinson finished the year by scoring in double-figures in 18 of his final 19 games (28 overall) and posted seven double-doubles during the year. Also
back in the middle for Utah State is sophomore Modou Niang who played in 18 games as a true freshman and averaged 0.6 points, 0.6 blocks and 1.2 rebounds per game.

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