LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field sophomore Shay Jones has been named the America First Credit Union USU Student-Athlete of the Week for the period ending on Sunday, May 3. The award is voted on by a state-wide media panel.
 
With their sponsorship of the student-athlete of the week, America First Credit Union donates funds directly to support student-athlete scholarships.
 
Jones ran the second leg of the women's 4x400-meter relay, breaking the Utah State record, and took second place in the 200 meters at the BYU Robison Invitational last week. Jones and her relay teammates clocked in at 3:36.87, besting the standard of 3:38.66 set by the 2025 squad of Jones, then-junior Alison Richter and then-seniors Adi Nielson and Emma Reeves. The team finished first in the race and now ranks second in the Mountain West. In the 200 meters, the Plano, Texas, native finished in second place in the invite section, crossing the line in a time of 23.57 that sits 0.01 seconds shy of her personal best that ranks third in Utah State history in the event.
  
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Nominees from other sports for USU Student-Athlete of the Week included:
SOFTBALL – Junior outfielder Keely Goushá (San Diego, California) led Utah State during an 0-4 showing last week with games versus Weber State (L, 7-11) and at New Mexico (L, 6-12; L, 3-11 (5); L, 1-3). Goushá began the week by going 1-for-3 with a run scored against the Wildcats. In game one against the Lobos, she went 0-for-1 with a run scored. In the second game, she went 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored. She finished the week by going 2-for-3. In total, Goushá hit .556 (5-for-9) on the week with an RBI and four runs scored. She had a .636 on base percentage and a .556 slugging percentage. In the field, she recorded six putouts.
 
MEN'S TENNIS – Sophomore Roman Venger (Lviv, Ukraine) posted Utah State's lone set victory in the team's 4-0 loss at No. 9 Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship. Venger registered a 7-6 (5) first-set victory over the 68th-ranked player in the nation before having his match left unfinished before the start of the second. In doubles play alongside sophomore Eliot Nobel, Venger held a 5-4 lead at the time the doubles point was clinched.
 
MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD – Senior Javin Richards (Perry, Ohio) broke his own personal record in the decathlon, accumulating 7,322 points to take first place at the BYU Robison Invitational last week. Richards set personal-best marks in the shot put, 400 meters, discus and javelin while also clearing a meet-best 5.10 meters (16-8.75) en route to setting the best overall score of his career, and the second-best in Aggie history, by 119 points. The five-time All-Mountain West honoree leads the conference by 674 points and ranks 30th in the nation in the decathlon.
 
2025-26 America First Credit Union USU Student-Athlete of the Week Winners
Sept. 1 – Miles Davis, Football
Sept. 8 – John Miller, Football
Sept. 15 – Bryson Barnes, Football
Sept. 22 – Bryson Barnes, Football
Sept. 29 – Loryn Helgesen, Volleyball
Oct. 6 – Kaylie Kofe, Volleyball
Oct. 13 – Tess Werts, Soccer
Oct. 20 – Loryn Helgesen, Volleyball
Oct. 27 – Loryn Helgesen, Volleyball
Nov. 3 – Mara Štiglic, Volleyball
Nov. 10 – Rine Yonaha, Soccer
Nov. 17 – Garry Clark, Men's Basketball
Nov. 24 – MJ Collins Jr., Men's Basketball
Dec. 1 – Andrea Simovski, Volleyball
Dec. 8 – Loryn Helgesen, Volleyball
Dec. 15 – Javin Richards, Track and Field
Dec. 22 – Mason Falslev, Men's Basketball
Jan. 5 – MJ Collins Jr., Men's Basketball
Jan. 12 – MJ Collins Jr., Men's Basketball
Jan. 19 – Ayodele Ojo, Jr., Track and Field
Jan. 26 – Sydney Jelen, Gymnastics
Feb. 2 – Landon Bott, Track and Field
Feb. 9 – Mason Falslev, Men's Basketball
Feb. 16 – Jayden Holdsworth, Track and Field
Feb. 23 – Olivia Orengo, Gymnastics
March 2 – Logan Hammer, Track and Field
March 9 – Nyla Morabito, Gymnastics
March 16 – Logan Hammer, Track and Field
March 23 – Mya Witte, Gymnastics
March 30 – Ayodele Ojo, Jr., Track and Field
April 6 – Jean-Baptiste Badon, Men's Tennis
April 13 – Roman Venger, Men's Tennis
April 20 – Logan Garnica, Track and Field
April 27 – Jean-Baptiste Badon, Men's Tennis
May 4 – Shay Jones, Track and Field

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