LOGAN, Utah – Utah State sophomore quarterback Jordan Love was named the America First Credit Union USU Student-Athlete of the Week for the period ending on Sunday, Oct. 14, it was announced Monday. The award is voted on by a state-wide media panel.
 
It is the fourth time this year and fifth time in his career that Love has been named USU's student-athlete of the week. With their sponsorship of the Student-Athlete of the Week, America First Credit Union donates funds directly to support student-athlete scholarships.
 
Additionally, Love was tabbed the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week, the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Honorable Mention National Performer of the Week and the College Sports Madness MW Offensive Player of the Week. He was also named to the Davey O'Brien Award's "Great 8" quarterbacks list and a Manning Award Star of the Week after leading the Aggies to a 59-28 Homecoming win over UNLV last Saturday afternoon.
 
Against UNLV, Love was 17-of-23 passing (.739) for 322 yards – the second-most in his career – and a school-record-tying five touchdowns in less than three quarters of play. Love also carried the ball four times for 39 yards, including a career-long rush of 21 yards on the very first play of the game.
 
Love has now thrown for 300 yards three times this season and four times in his career. He has thrown at least four touchdown passes in his last two games and at least two touchdown passes in each of his last four games. Overall, it is the sixth time in his career he has thrown multiple touchdown passes.
 
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Love is the fifth quarterback in school history to throw five touchdowns passes in a game, joining Chuckie Keeton (2011-15), who did it three times, Anthony Calvillo (1992-93), who did it twice, Tony Adams (1970-72), who did it twice, and Brent Snyder (1987-88), who did it once.
 
In Utah State's last four games alone, Love is 82-of-115 (.713) passing for 1,079 yards (269.8 ypg), 13 touchdowns and no interceptions. The native of Bakersfield, Calif., has thrown 132 straight passes without an interception.
 
Love currently ranks third in the MW and 20th in the nation in passing touchdowns with 14 (2.3 pg), third in the MW and 23rd in the nation in completion percentage (.672), fourth in the MW and 22nd in the nation in passing efficiency (159.1), sixth in the MW and 29th in the nation in passing (259.5 ypg), and sixth in the MW and 39th in the nation in total offense (265.5 ypg).
 
Through the Aggies' first six games of the season, Love has engineered a Utah State offense that is first in the Mountain West and second in the nation in scoring with an average of 51.7 points per game, trailing only Alabama (53.6 ppg).
 
Utah State is back in action on Saturday, Oct. 20, when it hits the road to take on Wyoming at War Memorial Stadium in the two teams' annual Bridger's Battle contest. The game is slated to kick off at 12:30 p.m., and will be televised live on AT&T Sports.
 
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Nominees from other sports for USU Student-Athlete of the Week included:
 
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY – Junior Luke Beattie (Woodstock, Ill.) placed 52nd individually in the men's 8K race with a time of 24:38.4 to help Utah State to a 12th-place team finish at the Pre-Nationals race held last weekend in Madison, Wis.
 
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY – Senior Alyssa Snyder (Coalville, Utah) placed 39th individually in the 6K race with a time of 21:04.6 to help Utah State to a 12th-place team finish at the Pre-Nationals race held last weekend in Madison, Wis.
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS – Sophomore Alexandra Pisareva (Kyiv, Ukraine) finished with a combined 6-2 record at the ITA Regionals held last weekend in Las Vegas, Nev. In singles, Pisareva posted a 4-1 record and advanced to the quarterfinals. In doubles, she partnered with freshman Sidnee Lavatai, where the duo advanced to the round of 16.
 
SOCCER – Sophomore defender Imelda Williams (Lindon, Utah) led Utah State to an 0-2 Mountain West road record last week with a 1-0 overtime defeat at Colorado College and a 1-0 loss at Air Force. Against the Tigers, Williams took six shots with one on goal. Against the Falcons, Williams saw 73 minutes of action.
 
VOLLEYBALL – Senior libero Tasia Taylor (Taylorsville, Utah) led Utah State in digs last week as the Aggies posted an 0-2 Mountain West record with losses at Wyoming (3-0) and at Colorado State (3-0). Against the Cowgirls, Taylor recorded a team-best 11 digs and added one assist. Against the Rams, Taylor again recorded a team-best 11 digs and also added one assist. For the week, Taylor totaled 22 digs (3.67 per set) and two assists.
 
2018-19 Utah State Athlete of the Week Winners
Sept. 3 – Jordan Love, Football
Sept. 10 – Dominik Eberle, Football
Sept. 17 – Isaac Arturo Arevalo, Men's Tennis
Sept. 24 – Jordan Love, Football
Oct. 1 – Adam Hendrickson, Men's Cross Country
Oct. 8 – Jordan Love, Football
Oct. 15 – Jordan Love, Football