2020-21 Year in Review PDF

Athletic Accomplishments

•  Men's basketball posted a 20-9 overall record  and a 15-4 mark in conference play to earn its third-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament, just the third time in program history that the team has earned back-to-back-to-back tournament bids. 

• Junior center Neemias Queta was named an honorable-mention All-American, and earned Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year honors. Queta set the program's single-game (9), single-season (97) and career blocks records (219), while leading the nation in total blocks (97). Queta also ranked fourth in the nation in total rebounds with 294. 

• Gymnastics enjoyed one of its finest seasons in program history as the Aggies competed in their 26th NCAA Regional Championship, including their first since 2017, tying for third. USU ended the year ranked No. 25 in the nation, its best finish since finishing 15th in 1999.

• Men's cross country earned its best finish in program history, placing 11th as a team at the NCAA Championships. The Aggies, who entered the championship meet ranked No. 21, scored 351 points to surpass their previous best championship finish of 16th in 2019. Senior Katie Haviland also competed at Nationals after earning an at-large bid.

• Cross country junior Caleb Garnica became the second-straight Aggie runner to win the individual Mountain West Championships, finishing first at the conference meet with a time of 23:38.4. He also earned All-American honors, placing 28th at the NCAA Championships.

• Women's soccer finished the season with three-straight wins to post a 5-4-1 overall record, placing second in the Mountain West's Mountain Division.

• Men's basketball player Neemias Queta and gymnast Autumn DeHarde were named USU's men's and women's Student-Athletes of the Year. 

Academic Accomplishments

• Utah State had 283 student-athletes recognized with academic all-Mountain West honors, 177 student-athletes recognized as Mountain West Scholar-Athletes, while 260 student-athletes where honored at the Joe E. and Elma Whitesides luncheon with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or better. 

• Utah State had 26 student-athletes earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average, while 48 student-athletes carried a 3.95 GPA or better.

• Women's volleyball earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Honor Roll Award.

• The men's and women's tennis teams were each recognized as all-academic teams by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.