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Former Metro player McKenzie Jessop (Westminster College) selected Frontier Conference Player of the Year

2010-03-10T06:40:00Z

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Former Metro player McKenzie Jessop (Westminster College) was selected Frontier Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year. Congratulations to McKenzie on her selection.

Former Metro player McKenzie Jessop (Westminster College) selected Frontier Conference Defensive Player of the Year

2010-03-10T06:36:00Z

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Former Metro player McKenzie Jessop (Westminster College) was selected Frontier Conference Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year. Congratulations to McKenzie on her selection.

Former Metro player Nicole Yazzie (Westminster College) selected Frontier Conference Freshman of the Year

2010-03-10T06:30:00Z

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Former Metro player Nicole Yazzie (Westminster College) was selected Frontier Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year. Congratulations to Nicole on her selection.

Former Metro player Keisha Catten (Westminster College) selected Frontier Conference All Conference First Team

2010-03-10T06:26:00Z

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Former Metro player Keisha Catten (Westminster College) was selected Frontier Conference Women's Basketball All Conference First Team. Congratulations to Keisha on her selection.

Former Metro player Nicole Yazzie (Westminster College) selected Frontier Conference All Conference First Team

2010-03-10T06:24:00Z

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Former Metro player Nicole Yazzie (Westminster College) was selected Frontier Conference Women's Basketball All Conference First Team. Congratulations to Nicole on her selection.

Former Metro player Allie Eastman (Westminster College) selected Frontier Conference All Conference Second Team

2010-03-10T06:20:00Z

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Former Metro player Allie Eastman (Westminster College) was selected Frontier Conference Women's Basketball All Conference Second Team. Congratulations to Allie on her selection.

Jordan Giles to Western Wyoming

2010-03-09T14:37:00Z

Jordan Giles has verbally commited to Western Wyoming and will play for them next season.

Congratulations to Jordan on her scholarship. Jordan will join former Metro player Lexi Amundsen as a Spartan. This brings the total number of Girls Metro players that have received scholarships in 2010 to 5.

Danika Sharp 2nd leading scorer in Nation

2010-03-09T14:11:00Z

Metro player Danika Sharp finished 2nd in the nation in scoring averaging 35.5 points per game.

Danika also finished 6th in the nation in Free Throw percentage shooting 85%.

Danika has signed with the University of Nevada Wolfpack.

THEMWC.COM: Mountain West Conference Announces 2009-10 Men's Basketball All-Conference Awards

2010-03-09T13:38:00Z

Below is an excerpt from an article reprinted from the Mountain West Conference

Mountain West Conference Announces 2009-10 Men's Basketball All-Conference Awards

2009-10 All-Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Team
(Selected by media and head coaches)

First-Team All-Mountain West

Jimmer Fredette, BYU* Jr. G 6-2 195 Glen Falls, N.Y.

Dairese Gary, New Mexico Jr. G 6-1 205 Elkhart, Ind.

Darington Hobson, New Mexico Jr. G/F 6-7 205 Las Vegas, Nev.

Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State Fr. F 6-6 210 Riverside, Calif.

Tre'Von Willis, UNLV Jr. G 6-4 195 Fresno, Calif.

Second-Team All-Mountain West

Jackson Emery, BYU Jr. G 6-3 185 Alpine, Utah

Andy Ogide, Colorado State Jr. F 6-9 245 Marietta, Ga.

Roman Martinez, New Mexico Sr. F 6-6 185 El Paso, Texas

Malcolm Thomas, San Diego State Jr. F 6-9 220 San Diego, Calif.

Ronnie Moss, TCU So. G 6-2 195 Fort Worth, Texas

Third-Team All-Mountain West

Tyler Haws, BYU Fr. G 6-5 200 Alpine, Utah

Jonathan Tavernari, BYU Sr. G/F 6-6 215 Sao Bernardo, Brazil

Chace Stanback, UNLV So. G/F 6-8 210 Los Angeles, Calif.

Carlon Brown, Utah Jr. G 6-5 205 Riverside, Calif.

Desmar Jackson, Wyoming Fr. G 6-5 190 Warren, Ohio

All-Defensive Team

Jackson Emery, BYU Jr. G 6-3 185 Alpine, Utah**

Dairese Gary, New Mexico Jr. G 6-1 205 Elkhart, Ind.

Chace Stanback, UNLV So. G/F 6-8 210 Los Angeles, Calif.

Tre'Von Willis, UNLV Jr. G 6-4 195 Fresno, Calif.

David Foster, Utah So. C 7-3 255 Lake Forest, Calif.

Former Metro player Chris Medina (Carroll College) selected Frontier Conference All Conference First Team

2010-03-09T13:26:00Z

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Former Metro player Chris Medina (Carroll College) was selected Frontier Conference Men's Basketball All Conference First Team. Congratulations to Chris on his selection.

WACSPORTS.COM: WAC Men's Basketball Postseason Honorees Named

2010-03-08T22:11:00Z

Below is an excerpt from an article reprinted from the Western Athletic Conference

WAC Men's Basketball Postseason Honorees Named

All-Newcomer Team
Daequon Montreal, Boise State, F, 6-8, 220, Jr., Syracuse, N.Y. (College of Southern Idaho)
Greg Smith, Fresno State, C, 6-10, 250, Fr., Fresno, Calif. (Westwind Academy/Edison HS)
DeAndre Brown, Louisiana Tech, G, 5-11, 160, Jr., Fort Worth, Texas (Navarro JC)
Nate Bendall, Utah State, F, 6-9, 245, Jr., Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake CC)
Brian Green, Utah State, G, 6-1, 195, Jr., Kaysville, Utah (Salt Lake CC)

NEWMACSPORTS.COM: NEWMAC Announces 2009-10 Men’s Basketball Post-Season Award Winners

2010-03-08T21:59:00Z

Mar 2, 2010

NEWMAC Announces 2009-10 Men’s Basketball Post-Season Award Winners

BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2009-10 men's basketball award winners on Tuesday and NEWMAC regular season Champion, MIT, had a pair of individual honorees. Sophomore Noel Hollingsworth (Salt Lake City, Utah) was named the NEWMAC Player of the Year while teammate Mitchell Kates (Colts Neck, N.J.) was selected as the Rookie of the Year. Springfield's Charlie Brock was honored as the NEWMAC Coach of the Year for the second time. Coast Guard received the NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award.

Hollingsworth was joined on the All-Conference First Team by Mark Alexander (Providence, R.I.) and Brian Vayda (Sturbridge, Mass.) from the NEWMAC Tournament Champions, Clark University. Springfield's Matt Cavalieri (West Warwick, R.I.) and Jeffrey Robinson (Granby, Conn.) of WPI were also First Team picks.

Pat Crean (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.) of Springfield, Wheaton teammates Anthony Coppola (Watertown, Mass.) and Brendan Degnan (Narragansett, R.I.) and WPI's Kyle Nadeau (Webster, Mass.) were named to the Second Team All-Conference along with MIT's Kates.

2009-10 NEWMAC Men's Basketball Awards

Player of the Year
Noel Hollingsworth, MIT

Rookie of the Year
Mitchell Kates, MIT

Coach of the Year
Charlie Brock, Springfield

Sportsmanship Award
Coast Guard Academy

First Team All-Conference
Noel Hollingsworth, MIT
Mark Alexander, Clark
Brian Vayda, Clark
Matt Cavalieri, Springfield
Jeffrey Robinson, WPI

Former Metro player Wil Carter (SLCC) selected Scenic West Conference All Region First Team

2010-03-08T21:46:00Z

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Former Metro player Wil Carter (SLCC) was selected Scenic West Conference Men's Basketball All Region First Team. Congratulations to Wil on his selection.

Former Metro player Jordan Wood (Snow College) selected Scenic West Conference All Region Second Team

2010-03-08T21:43:00Z

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Former Metro player Jordan Wood (Snow College) was selected Scenic West Conference Men's Basketball All Region Second Team. Congratulations to Jordan on his selection.

Former Metro player Dayna Burgess (Salt Lake CC) selected Scenic West Conference All Region Second Team

2010-03-08T21:41:00Z

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Former Metro player Dayna Burgess (Salt Lake CC) was selected Scenic West Conference Women's Basketball All Region Second Team. Congratulations to Dayna on her selection.

Former Metro player Sammie Jensen (Snow College) selected Scenic West Conference All Region Second Team

2010-03-08T21:40:00Z

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Former Metro player Sammie Jensen (Snow College) was selected Scenic West Conference Women's Basketball All Region Second Team. Congratulations to Sammie on her selection.

Former Metro player Sheila Adams (Salt Lake CC) selected Scenic West Conference All Region Honorable Mention

2010-03-08T21:39:00Z

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Former Metro player Sheila Adams (Salt Lake CC) was selected Scenic West Conference Women's Basketball All Region Honorable Mention. Congratulations to Sheila on her selection.

Metro Coach Ron Stubbs honored by CEU

2010-03-07T00:50:00Z

February 23, 2010

FORMER COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH HEAD BASKETBALL COACH RONNIE STUBBS WILL BE HONORED DURING THE SCENIC WEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

Former College of Eastern Utah head basketball coach Ronnie Stubbs will be honored during the Scenic West Athletic Conference Tournament in the Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center March 4-6.

Just shy of his 29th birthday in 1985, a young Ronnie Stubbs took over the helm of the College of Eastern Utah’s fledgling basketball program and turned it into a national powerhouse in the nine years he coached the Golden Eagles. His appointment garnered an article about him in USA Today.

Stubbs was appointed to the head coaching position mid-year after Coach Curt Jensen stepped down. He was Jensen’s assistant. His first game as head coach was a road trip to College of Southern Idaho.

This was my worst memory about coaching at Eastern Utah. We lost to Southern Idaho by 40 points. Joey Johnson was at CSI and had a 44-inch vertical leap. I knew then I had to work harder at recruiting better players."

On the other side of the coin, his best memory was beating Southern Idaho by one point at home a few years later. The best season his team had was posting a 26-5 record. "That was exciting," he smiled.

"I didn’t have an assistant for the first couple of years so Bob Potts helped me coach. Then Athletic Director Bill Peterson found some funding for me to hire a coach and I selected Guy Beach from Weber State," he said.

With Stubbs in the driver’s seat and Beach in the passenger seat, Eastern Utah basketball continued to get better every year with continuous 20-plus wins each season.

"I remember the fire marshal threatened to close down the BDAC because we had too many people in the gymnasium. Every seat in the house was used and there was standing room only for Southern Idaho games," he smiled. "We had 10,000 people in Orem watching us play Utah Valley and 5,000 in St. George watching us play Dixie. It was an incredible run while I was coaching here."

He remembers a lot of four-year college and university coaches in the stands at the games looking at recruiting his players. Milwaukee Buck’s Calvin Sampson was at Washington State, Chicago’s Tim Floyd was at Iowa State as well as Villanova’s Rollie Massimino who was at University of Nevada at Las Vegas, all sat in the BDAC watching Stubbs’ players.

"There was a lot of support from the community because I graduated from CEU and Southern Utah University. I had come back to Price to teach and coach at Notre Dame Jr. High. He remembers when "little" NDJH won the Carbon and Emery championship with Tim Peczuh, Frank Campagni, Frank Kraync, Mark Badovinac, Donavon Dunbar and Mike Beacco on the team. He spent four years there and said he taught a lot of the community’s children during that time.

Still remaining in close contact with Richard and Marsha Lee, Stubbs admitted that Richard was the father figure he never had. Marsha was like my mother. Together they always took care of me and my players. Richard even went on recruiting trips with me. If I needed something, the Lees were always there for me. He also remembers Jerry Carlson always in the background assisting him on numerous fronts.

He says he has a special place in his heart for all of his players throughout the years, but when putting his all-time favorite team together he would bring in Kris Hill at center with Eric Talley and Junsie Cotton as shooting guards. His big guard would be William Allen. Antoine Davidson and Johnny Selvie would be his forwards. On his bench would be Jermaine Haliburton, Jason Martin and Kelvin Lee, all guards.

"Coaching at CEU was the most fun I have ever had in my life. I loved the challenge and especially going against Dixie, Snow and Salt Lake Community College in recruiting players," he said. "It really was a good time in my life."

After leaving CEU, Stubbs coached at Midland Community College, a powerhouse in JC basketball; Loyola Marymount, a D-I school and in Ecuador, a junior national basketball league. He resides in Salt Lake City where he coaches at West High School.

In 10 years Stubbs says he will be coaching his daughter and granddaughters from the sideline. "That is what I am looking forward to."

Boys 5A Academic All State Honors

2010-03-07T00:24:00Z

Congratulations are in order for the following Metro players who earned academic all state honors:

CLASS 5A: (Team GPA 3.99)

Xan Ricketts, Brighton

NEWMACSPORTS.COM: NEWMAC Announces 2009-10 Men’s Basketball Academic All-Conference Team

2010-03-07T00:12:00Z

Mar 3, 2010

NEWMAC Announces 2009-10 Men’s Basketball Academic All-Conference Team

Babson Park, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference announced its 2009-10 Men's Basketball Academic All-Conference Team on Wednesday.

Honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2009 fall semester, achieved second year academic status at his institution, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.

The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference consists of 10 highly selective institutions committed to academic excellence: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

The 2009-10 NEWMAC Men's Basketball Academic All-Conference Team

David Opp	2011	Clark
Billy Bender	2012	MIT
Noel Hollingsworth	2012	MIT
Jamie Karraker	2012	MIT
Patrick Sissman	2010	MIT
Conner Flynn	2012	Springfield
Matt Carr	2012	WPI
Ben Etten	2011	WPI

2009-10 All-Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Team (Selected by media and head coaches)
First-Team All-Mountain West
Jimmer Fredette, BYU*	Jr.	G	6-2	195	Glen Falls, N.Y.
Dairese Gary, New Mexico	Jr.	G	6-1	205	Elkhart, Ind.
Darington Hobson, New Mexico	Jr.	G/F	6-7	205	Las Vegas, Nev.
Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State	Fr.	F	6-6	210	Riverside, Calif.
Tre'Von Willis, UNLV	Jr.	G	6-4	195	Fresno, Calif.
Second-Team All-Mountain West
Jackson Emery, BYU	Jr.	G	6-3	185	Alpine, Utah
Andy Ogide, Colorado State	Jr.	F	6-9	245	Marietta, Ga.
Roman Martinez, New Mexico	Sr.	F	6-6	185	El Paso, Texas
Malcolm Thomas, San Diego State	Jr.	F	6-9	220	San Diego, Calif.
Ronnie Moss, TCU	So.	G	6-2	195	Fort Worth, Texas
Third-Team All-Mountain West
Tyler Haws, BYU	Fr.	G	6-5	200	Alpine, Utah
Jonathan Tavernari, BYU**	Sr.	G/F	6-6	215	Sao Bernardo, Brazil
Chace Stanback, UNLV	So.	G/F	6-8	210	Los Angeles, Calif.
Carlon Brown, Utah	Jr.	G	6-5	205	Riverside, Calif.
Desmar Jackson, Wyoming	Fr.	G	6-5	190	Warren, Ohio
All-Defensive Team
Jackson Emery, BYU	Jr.	G	6-3	185	Alpine, Utah
Dairese Gary, New Mexico	Jr.	G	6-1	205	Elkhart, Ind.
Chace Stanback, UNLV	So.	G/F	6-8	210	Los Angeles, Calif.
Tre'Von Willis, UNLV	Jr.	G	6-4	195	Fresno, Calif.
David Foster, Utah	So.	C	7-3	255	Lake Forest, Calif.