Shelby Jensen Named America First Credit Union USU Student-Athlete of the Week

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Jensen earned first-team All-American honors after placing seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. Her time of 9:36.61 broke her own school record and eclipsed the automatic qualifying standard for the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships. The Westlake HS product secured the Aggies’ best-ever placement in the event and became Utah State’s first women’s All-American since Cierra Simmons-Mecham in 2018. With her seventh-place finish, Jensen earned two team points for the Aggies, clinching USU’s best team performance at the Outdoor Track and Field Championships since 2000. On Thursday, Jensen placed fifth in her semifinal heat and 10th overall with a then-record time of 9:38.01 to advance to Saturday’s final.

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Nominees from other sports for USU Student-Athlete of the Week included:

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD – Junior Logan Hammer (Nampa, Idaho) tied for 13th place in the men’s pole vault with a clearance of 5.33 meters (17-5.75) at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Wednesday, earning second-team All-American honors. He successfully converted his first jump of the afternoon to become the seventh-most decorated men’s track and field athlete in Utah State history. Hammer finished the 2025 outdoor season with the third-best clearance in the nation and four of the nine best performances in Division I.

 

2024-25 America First Credit Union USU Student-Athlete of the Week Winners

Sept. 2 – Tess Werts, Soccer

Sept. 9. – Kate Christian, Soccer  

Sept. 16 – Rahsul Faison, Football  

Sept. 23 – Cora Brendle, Soccer  

Sept. 30 – Sergi Micó Fenollar, Men’s Tennis  

Oct. 7 – Brooklyn Smith, Soccer  

Oct. 14 – Tierney Barlow, Volleyball  

Oct. 21 – Bizzy Arevalo, Soccer  

Oct. 28 – Tanner Cragun, Football  

Nov. 3 – Tierney Barlow, Volleyball  

Nov. 11 – Kaylie Chambers, Soccer  

Nov. 18 – Rahsul Faison, Football  

Nov. 25 – Bryson Barnes, Football  

Dec. 2 – Mason Falslev, Men’s Basketball  

Dec. 9 – Ian Martinez, Men’s Basketball   

Dec. 16 – Daniel Chase, Track and Field   

Dec. 23 – Mason Falslev, Men’s Basketball  

Dec. 30 – Tucker Anderson, Men’s Basketball   

Jan. 6 – Ian Martinez, Men’s Basketball   

Jan. 13 – Logan Hammer, Track and Field   

Jan. 20 – Logan Hammer, Track and Field  

Jan. 27 – Elise Livingston, Women’s Basketball

Feb. 3 – Logan Hammer, Track and Field  

Feb. 10 – Grace Matej, Softball

Feb. 17 – Logan Hammer, Track and Field  

Feb. 24 – Claudia Medina, Softball

Mar. 3 – Cheyenne Stubbs, Women’s Basketball  

Mar. 10 – Nyla Morabito, Gymnastics

Mar. 17 – Logan Hammer, Track and Field

Mar. 24 – Brianna Brooks, Gymnastics  

Mar. 31 – Tatum Silva, Softball

Apr. 7 – Camren Todd, Track and Field

Apr. 14 – Sergi Micó Fenollar, Men’s Tennis

Apr. 21 – Logan Hammer, Track and Field

Apr. 28 – Emma Thornley, Track and Field

May 5 – Diego Aguirre-Stewart, Track and Field

May 12 – Women’s 4×400-Meter Relay Team (Mashaylee Jones, Emma Reeves, Adi Nielson, Alison Richter), Track and Field

May 19 – Enrique Karg, Men’s Golf

June 2 – Shelby Jensen, Track and Field  

June 16 – Shelby Jensen, Track and Field

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