<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Devon Anderson Archives - The Utah Statesman</title> <atom:link href="https://usustatesman.com/tag/devon-anderson/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://usustatesman.com/tag/devon-anderson/</link> <description>USU's Student Newspaper</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:47:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <image> <url>https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-screen-shot-2017-10-19-at-4.33.29-pm-32x32.png</url> <title>Devon Anderson Archives - The Utah Statesman</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/tag/devon-anderson/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Four USU football players earn accolades after Colorado State win</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/four-usu-football-players-earn-accolades-after-colorado-state-win/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Crook]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 02:56:19 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Football]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[colorado state football]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Woodward]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Devon Anderson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dominik Eberle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jordan Love]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Savon Scarver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State Football]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://usustatesman.com/?p=22104915</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Today, the Mountain West Conference named juniors Savon Scarver and David Woodward Special Teams and Defensive players of the week,…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/four-usu-football-players-earn-accolades-after-colorado-state-win/">Four USU football players earn accolades after Colorado State win</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, the Mountain West Conference named <a href="https://themw.com/news/2019/9/29/mountain-west-football-players-of-the-week-sept-30.aspx">juniors Savon Scarver and David Woodward</a> Special Teams and Defensive players of the week, respectively. Additionally, the <a href="https://www.lougrozaaward.com/19SOTW5">Palm Beach County Sports Commission</a> also named senior kicker Dominik Eberle as Lou Groza star of the week and Pro Football Focus acknowledged senior defensive lineman Devon Anderson on its national team of the week.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saturday, the Utah State Aggies faced the Colorado State Rams in what can only be described as a cold and torrential rainstorm. The rain led to a mistake strewn game, but as expected by many, the Aggies won against its conference opponent. However, the team not only recorded another game in the win column this week, it also had three players gained well-deserved recognition across the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scarver received the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week award for his stellar play against Colorado State. He undoubtedly earned this award for his electrifying kick return which came with 7:02 left in the first quarter, in which he received the ball eight yards deep in the endzone, cut to the sideline, and used his speed, a fantastic block, and a hard cut to run untouched into the endzone. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It was recorded as 100 yards, which is tied for the longest kick return in Mountain West history. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eberle received a Lou Groza star of the week nomination, which is presented by the Orange Bowl to the three best college kickers of the week. Eberle scored a total of 10 points on the day, notching 4 extra points and two field goals (42 and 48 yards respectively). His performance added to his already illustrious resume, bringing his extra point totals to 140 of 140, and total points to 290. He is now the all-time scoring kicker for the Aggies and trails only Robert Turbin in points by 18. </span></p> <p>Anderson finished the game against Colorado State with five total QB pressures up the middle on just 23 pass-rushing snaps. Additionally he finished with one of Utah State’s two sacks and four tackles. Saturday was the best game of the season statistically for Anderson, accounting for over half of his tackles on the season.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">David Woodward, whose legend seems to grow with every opposing snap, received the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week award. Woodward had an excellent day on the field, recording 14 tackles. He also recorded two forced fumbles, the most memorable of which coming with 9:42 left in the 4th quarter. Colorado State was on its own 4-yard line and ran its back between their left tackle and left guard. Kinsey soon found himself being tackled by what seemed to be the entirety of the Aggies defense. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Woodward then came in and simply ripped the ball out of Kinsey’s hands and returned it eight yards into the endzone. Woodward had a similar play in the Aggies’ first game of the season against Stony Brook. Then, as now, he stripped the ball from the offensive player and returned it for a touchdown. Unfortunately, the play was called back due to a dubious penalty. On that week he was awarded, paradoxically enough, the <a href="https://www.deseret.com/2019/9/3/20848189/utah-state-linebacker-david-woodward-named-chuck-bednarik-award-player-of-the-week">National Defensive Player of the Week</a> Award, but not the Mountain West Player of the Week award. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mountain West seems to have come to its senses in the intervening weeks.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This was the first occasion Utah State has been honored with Mountain West Player of the Week in 2019, although some of its players have had noteworthy performances in the young season. This past season, the 11-2 Aggies had an athlete honored with Mountain West player of the Week nine times. Junior quarterback Jordan Love received the most of those accolades with five selections.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utah State’s performance on Saturday was short of perfection. The team had a few miscues, and allowed Colorado State far too many chances, but the noteworthy play of Scarver, Eberle, Anderson and Woodward allowed the Aggies to overcome the Rams, and come away with a solid victory despite the wind and rain. </span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/four-usu-football-players-earn-accolades-after-colorado-state-win/">Four USU football players earn accolades after Colorado State win</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Utah State Quidditch team qualifies for national championship</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/utah-state-quidditch-team-qualifies-for-national-championship/</link> <comments>https://usustatesman.com/utah-state-quidditch-team-qualifies-for-national-championship/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Whitney Eversole]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Campus News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aggies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron VomBaur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Devon Anderson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quidditch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[team]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU Quidditch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World Cup]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22006466</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>They may not have had flying broomsticks, but that didn’t stop the Utah State Quidditch Club team from qualifying for…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/utah-state-quidditch-team-qualifies-for-national-championship/">Utah State Quidditch team qualifies for national championship</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They may not have had flying broomsticks, but that didn’t stop the Utah State Quidditch Club team from qualifying for US Quidditch Cup 9, the national Quidditch championship tournament. </p> <p>The team will head to Columbia, South Carolina on April 16-17 to compete against 60 of the country’s top teams.</p> <p>Quidditch is a co-ed, full-contact sport, said Devon Anderson, one of the team’s captains. The game was born on the pages of the Harry Potter novels, and is played in essentially the same way it is in the books, except for the flying issue, as well as some different rules with the “snitch.” Though the sport has been around for 10 years, the Utah State Quidditch Club began just last year, when Anderson was a sophomore. </p> <p>“It’s a lot more legit than I thought it would be,” Anderson said. “I saw a flyer for it last year and just kind of thought it was a joke. It ended up being the most physical activity I have ever done. I have a football and wrestling background, and it’s way more intense than those things.”</p> <p>The team just missed the cut for nationals eligibility last year, but this year they finished second out 27 teams at the regional championships in Los Angeles. The nationals team, comprised of 14 players, nine of whom are freshmen, has already traveled to seven tournaments this year. They qualified for nationals just five weeks ago, and immediately had $10,000 to raise.</p> <p>“It’s been an expensive year for everyone,” Anderson said. Anderson and his co-captain, Cameron VomBaur, have been hard at work organizing fundraising efforts. The team has set up an Indiegogo page, and have been selling t-shirts outside the campus store for $12 each. According to Anderson, the money they raise will go towards travel and hotels, and everything else is coming out of the players’ pockets. </p> <p>Even more important than fundraising, Anderson said the biggest way students could contribute to USU Quidditch is by getting involved. Practices are all open, and are held Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 6-8 p.m. at Legacy Fields. They will soon be moving to the Quad, weather permitting. The team is looking to expand, and is considering adding a junior varsity team to its current roster because of a spike in interest. </p> <p>“Every single person I’ve ever met who has legitimately tried it enjoys it,” Anderson said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone come to just one practice.” </p> <p>He explained that the sport has gotten progressively less “nerdy” over the years. While original players started out wearing capes and riding brooms, it has evolved to a different stage of sophistication, replacing brooms with PVC pipes and capes with coordinated uniforms. Now, Quidditch brings people together, regardless of their background with Harry Potter or any other aspect of life. In fact, the team’s captains last year had never read a Harry Potter book or seen a single movie.</p> <p>“You have people who are there just because they love Harry Potter, but then you have people that just like to hit people and have a good time, and then you have the middle ground,” Anderson said. “That’s one thing I really love about Quidditch is it brings people from a lot of different backgrounds.” </p> <p>The Quidditch community is known for being a very open and close-knit group, he said.</p> <p>“It will become your family, for sure,” Anderson said. “I really do just love my team.”</p> <p><i>— whitneyeversole19@gmail.com</i> </p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/utah-state-quidditch-team-qualifies-for-national-championship/">Utah State Quidditch team qualifies for national championship</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://usustatesman.com/utah-state-quidditch-team-qualifies-for-national-championship/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>