Brad Larsen Support Your Alumne Association... GET YOUR SKI HAT! AHA) | tipsule Look at 1981 WSC Football Eric Allen ° “ OO; We ‘epg Mike Price was named Weber Jei@Mtate’s head football coach on December 18, wide receiver San Jose, CA 4), he promised the Wildcat faithful three : : One, he promised his teams would fasting to watch and would pass the Tul Second, he said his teams would givea ni ee rt every Bune, regardless of s score; and third, he said he couldn’t ‘mmmise a Conference title, ain Weber State would but he was have a winning is no secret now that all three of the s promises were kept, and then some. be Wildcats came within a field goal of i tying for the Conference championship. of wey passed the ball and for the first time ai decade, Weber Sate finished with a ming record in football at 7-4-0. ) The season began in an almost “‘fairytale Tashion,” with Weber State knocking off ‘shiidaho, 42-21 in Ogden. Idaho had been cked as one of the pre-season favorites to in the Big Sky Conference title. As it Sumed out, the Vandals didn’t win a single Sponference game ictory all season was certainly a big and blow Weber's to their Road wins at Montana State (28-20) and otana (7-6) were something unheard of W@ntil this season. It was the first time ever 5 Weber State team had beaten both tana schools on the road during the s season. Weber got ‘ ‘revenge”’ against Portland Sate with a 31-16 win. PSU had defeated ae State, 75-0 in 1980. Against the rsity of Puget Sound, the ‘Cats won in ; uring rain storm, 31-10. It was Puget of Sund’s only regular season loss during 7/81. The Loggers ended with a 12-0 record, WJ hsng in the first round of the Division Two Weber State not only did well on the but in the classroom as well. Three deats were selected to the Big Sky Cons t ince All-Academic team, while two others yee honorable mention. On offense, MIKE rab PHENS (6-0, 230) a sophomore from 7 Bulington, North Carolina was selected on y First Team. Stephens is an offensive ‘water and played on the kick specialty ‘ms as well. Stephens carries a 3.60 grade capa: in Business Management. SAM SLA7 PR (6-8, 265) from, Van Nuys, CA, the ) fats starting right offensive tackle, was on 4% Honorable Mention list, with a 3.55 «i nBusiness Management. {fel WSC Basketball Utah State Montana State Montana Boise State Idaho Nevada-Reno Northern Arizona Montana Logan Ogden Ogden Boise Moscow Ogden Ogden Missoula Montana State Bozeman idaho Boise State Northern Arizona Nevada-Reno idaho State Big Sky Conference Ogden Ogden Flagstaff Reno Ogden * Games to be televised Check locally for game times. Pash Rich linebacker Ogden, UT Big Sky Conference first team choices All-Conference first team On Defense, two Weber State players were named to the First Team: DANNY RICH (6-3, 220) from Ogden, with a 3.11 gpa in Business Management, and BRIAN SCHAEFFER (6-0, 182), from Sunnyvale, CA, with a 3.38 in Botany. MIKE NICHTER (6-0, 222), from Anaheim, CA, with a 3.26 in Marketing was an Honorable Mention selection. DANNY RICH also was named to the District Seven All-Academic First Team. District Seven includes schools located in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Getting back to the team, they set or tied 14 school records, mostly in the passing department. As a team, Weber State attempted 481 passes, completed 247 for 2,649 yards and 23 touchdowns - all school records. Individually, CURT MILLER (6-3, 205), from Lake Stevens, Washington, set FIVE SCHOOL RECORDS. They are: 1. TOTAL PASSES CAUGHT FOR CAREER (102) 2. TOUCHDOWN PASSES CAUGHT FOR CAREER (14) 38. MOST PUNTS FOR CAREER (218) 4. PUNTING YARDAGE FOR CAREER (8,400) AND FOR A SEASON (3,018). One “long record’’ was broken in the last game of the season at Idaho State. JUNIOR CROCKETT (5-10, 160), from Chicago Heights, Illinois, broke the school record for the longest kickoff return, with a 100 yard touchdown run (old record was 97). Another first for Weber State was playing and winning the first OVERTIME GAME played in the school or Conference history, defeating Northern Arizona, 24-23 in Ogden. Weber and Idaho State played a triple-overtimer in the last game of the regular season, with ISU winning 33-30 in Pocatello in the most exciting game ever played in the Big Sky Conference. Available in: purple w/white trim white w/purple trim Contact the Weber State College Alumni Association 626-6564 WSC runner All-American by Nan Holyoak Asst. Sports Information Director Distance runner CARMEN GARDUNO earned All-American honors and became Weber State’s first woman ALL-AMERICAN at the recent AIAW National Cross Country Championship in Pocatello, Idaho. Carmen placed fourth in the National Division II run on . , November 21 with a time of 18:26. The top 25 finishers in each division were awarded All-American honors. Mexico, Carmen is a sophomore at Weber State. She came to the ee oe A native of Toluca, OO attention of the Weber State track coaches when she set a Mexican national record of 9: 35 in the 3,000-meter run at the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut Calif., in April 1980. Before coming to Weber State, Carmen was a torch bearer at the Mexican Ol ae Trials’ : and competed for Mexico in the Pan American Games in Puerto Rico in July 1979 In her first quarter of competition for Weber State, Carmen won the 1980 Region 7 Division I Cross Country Championship i in Seattle. In addition to her honors in cross country, Carmen was also the 1981 Region 7 Champion : in the 3,000-meter run (indoor) and 5,000-meter run (outdoor). In special recognition, CARMEN ‘'GARDUNO will be honored at a basketball halftime. when she returns from Mexico after the Christmas Holidays. ee