Mountain West announces 2019 All-Conference Teams, 10 Utah State Aggies honored

Utah State’s Savon Scarver (11) celebrates as he returns a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown against Nevada during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, in Logan, Utah.   | Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal via AP

Placekicker Dominik Eberle, kick returner Savon Scarver and linebacker David Woodward all garnered first-team honors

LOGAN — The Mountain West announced its 2019 All-Conference teams and individual award winners Wednesday afternoon and 10 Utah State Aggies earned accolades.

Chief among them was a trio of Aggies: placekicker Dominik Eberle, kick returner Savon Scarver and linebacker David Woodward. Each garnered All-Conference first-team honors, with Eberle and Scarver earning a first-team designation for the second time in their Utah State careers.

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@Savon_Scarver takes it yards and @USUFootball ties it up pic.twitter.com/BA9uJwBWzm

— Mountain West (@MountainWest) September 29, 2019

Two Aggies earned second-team all-Mountain West accolades as well: senior defensive end Tipa Galeai and senior graduate transfer wide receiver Siaosi Mariner. Senior running back Gerold Bright, senior graduate transfer tight end Caleb Repp, senior defensive tackle Christopher Unga, junior safety Shaq Bond and junior quarterback Jordan Love all collected honorable mention honors.

In addition to the repeat recognition given to Eberle and Scarver, Galeai and Unga have now been named to the second and honorable mention teams, respectively, in each of the last two seasons, while Love and Woodward were both named to the second team in 2018.

TIPA!#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/kkVhVrHkRC

— USU Football (@USUFootball) September 22, 2019

On an individual award note, the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year was San José State quarterback Josh Love, while Boise State defensive end Curtis Weaver earned Defensive Player of the Year honors.

Special Teams Player of the Year went to Broncos’ running back Avery Williams, Jr., while Freshman of the Year went to another Boise State tailback, George Holani. Finally, the Mountain West Coach of the Year was Hawaii’s Nick Rolovich.

All awards were chosen by the conference’s 12 head coaches and a select media panel and in all, Utah State had four offensive, four defensive and two special team players recognized, the fifth-most in the league.

Utah State finished the regular season 7-5 overall and 6-2 in conference play, good for a third place finish in the Mountain Division. The Aggies are bowl eligible for the eighth time in the past nine seasons and will play in the 14th bowl game in school history this year. The team will learn its postseason destination on Sunday, Dec. 8.

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