Jim and Carol Laub Athletics-Academic Complex

Steve Mothersell Aggie Hall of Honor
Room 100A

A native to Modesto, California, Steve C. Mothersell, Sr., is a 1975 graduate of Utah State University. He won an athletic scholarship and played tight end for the Aggies in 1973 and 1974.

After graduation and a brief employment with the World Football League, Steve returned to Modesto and began his professional career in the real estate industry. He formed his own home building and land development company in 1984, and has since grown it into one of the largest privately-owned home builder’s business in California’s Central Valley.

Mothersell has served as a board member for the Utah State University Foundation, and as a member of the USU Athletic Department National Advisory Board.

Dale Mildenberger Sports Medicine Complex and Dr. John Worley (1925-2016) Sports Medicine Research Center
Room 103

Dale Mildenberger spent 39 years as the head athletic trainer at Utah State University. As senior associate athletics director and an adjunct associate professor in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department, he was responsible for the health of all USU student athletes, while also overseeing various athletic training programs. Dale received numerous awards during his time at USU, including induction into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 1994, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 1998 and named to the inaugural Utah Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 2003.

Dr. John “Doc” Worley attended Utah State University for a short time before enlisting in the United States Navy, where he served in World War II. Upon completion of his naval service, he returned to Utah State, excelling in both academics and athletics as a member of the Aggie football and track teams. Worley attended Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, completing his medical degree in 1952, and returned to Utah to complete his intern and residency training. In 1958, the family moved home to Logan and “Doc” began his medical practice in general surgery. As a partner at the Budge Clinic, he was part of the most successful medical group practice in Cache Valley. He also worked at Utah State University as the Aggie team physician for the majority of his 40-year career.

J. Kenneth “Kenny” Seamons Equipment Room (1925-2010)
Room 119

James Kenneth “Ken” Seamons was born Jan. 14, 1925, in Cornish, Utah, to James Seamons and Vella Saunders, the first of six children. He attended elementary school in Cornish, where his dad was both a teacher and principal. The family moved to North Logan and Ken graduated from South Cache High School. Soon after graduation, he was drafted into the Navy and spent three years in the South Pacific.

Upon returning from duty Ken married Joyce Beutler on June 7, 1946. In their early married life, he and Joyce resided in Logan, where Ken was employed by Firestone, Crystal Furniture and ended his career with Utah State University Men’s Athletics as equipment manager. He never missed a game and continued into retirement anticipating and looking forward to meeting all his friends and associates. “Kenny, The Boss of the Wash,” as he was affectionately referred to, enjoyed a good game of golf, a well-manicured yard, a shiny car, a flashy sport coat with an eye-catching tie and a loving wife on his arm.

Gary Andersen Family Locker Room
Room 126

Gary Andersen is the first of 27 coaches in Utah State University history to serve as head coach multiple times. In 2012, Gary led Utah State to the Western Athletic Conference Championship, and has coached 17 NFL Draft picks, including seven at USU.

Initially hired on Dec. 4, 2008, Gary inherited a football program that had suffered through 11 straight losing seasons, just two winning campaigns in 28 years and just four total bowl games. In just his third year at Utah State, Gary’s 2011 club became the first Aggie team to win seven games since 1993 and the first USU team to play in a bowl game in 14 years. The following season, Andersen led USU to a school-record 11 wins, going undefeated in the WAC and capturing its first outright league title since 1936. USU also won its second-ever bowl game that season with a 41-15 victory against Toledo in the Potato Bowl. USU finished the 2012 campaign with an 11-2 record, and was one of just two teams in school history at the time to finish the season nationally ranked. Andersen came back to Utah State after spending the 2018 season as the associate head coach and defensive line coach at the University of Utah, managing the team from 2018-2020.

Randy and Becky Spetman Auditorium
Room 201

Randy Spteman began working as an assistant football coach at Air Force in 1977. In 1996, he assumed his duties as athletics director, overseeing the school’s 27-sport intercollegiate program. He was a member of the Mountain West Conference Championship Committee, Handbook Committee and Television Committee. Randy was the third vice president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. He was the athletics director for Florida State.

Randy and his wife, Becky, were honored by having the auditorium on the second floor of the USU’s North End Zone complex named after them for their help in ensuring the completion of the project on October 18, 2007.

Hunsaker Family Defensive Team Room
Room 202

Brothers Brian and Jeff Hunsaker come from a long line of Hunsaker Aggies who have left their mark, both academically and athletically, on Utah State University. Their grandfather Elmer “Bear” Ward, father Fred, mother Sharon, and sister have established a proud Aggie legacy.

Elmer H. “Bear” Ward was the first All-American at USU and in the state of Utah, leading the Aggie football team through four seasons in the 1930s. After graduating with full honors and as a commissioned officer in the Army ROTC, the Box Elder County native was later drafted by the Detroit Lions and won a world championship in 1935. When a knee injury ended his football career, he opted to go back to the Army just before World War II.

Bear’s daughter, Sharon, came to Utah State in the ‘60s to pursue her degree in elementary education with a minor in political science. She married her long-time high school friend Fred Hunsaker in the spring of ‘63. After raising three children, she received a master’s in education and was asked to come back to USU to be on staff as an advisor to elementary education student teachers. Fred was later hired to be Utah State University’s business administrator, where he served for 12 years and later served as a temporary athletic director until former director Randy Spetman took his place. Fred was the first in his family to attend college.

Continuing the Hunsaker legacy, Fred and Sharon’s sons, Brian and Jeff, played football together in the late 1980s under their grandfather Bear’s retired jersey number. The brothers started on the defensive line all three years and both graduated with degrees in finance. Brian was a team captain and earned all-conference honors his junior and senior year. Jeff was also a team captain and an all-conference player his senior year. He was chosen as Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) and Big West male scholar-athlete for two consecutive years.

John Ralston Head Coach’s Office (1927-2019)
Room 221

Born in Oakland, California, John Ralston first became a college head coach at Utah State University in 1959, before spending much of his lengthy coaching career in the Bay Area.

The former Cal player was hired to coach rival Stanford in 1963. Ralston’s Stanford teams won consecutive Pac-8 championships and the Rose Bowl following the 1970 and 1971 regular seasons. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992, Ralston coached 1970 Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett at Stanford and Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman Merlin Olsen at Utah State.

Ralston left college for the NFL in 1972 where he earned a 34-33-3 record with the Denver Broncos. He later coached the Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League from 1983-84 and at San Jose State from 1993-96.

Ralston served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific in World War II, achieving the rank of corporal before attending the University of California.

He was a linebacker at Cal, playing in two Rose Bowls under coach Pappy Waldorf. After coaching high school football in the Bay Area, he returned to Cal as an assistant under Waldorf and was part of the Golden Bears’ last Rose Bowl team after the 1958 season.

Cal (1924-2018) and Ann (1925-2016) Watts Defensive Staff Conference Room
Room 222

Calvin “Cal” Richard Watts was born Sept. 13, 1924, in Rexburg, Idaho as the youngest son of eight children. His family moved to Logan in 1932.

An athlete, Cal ran track and played basketball for Logan High School and Utah State University. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He was a talented pilot and flight instructor, flew the B-29 Bomber and achieved the rank of second lieutenant.

Cal married his high school sweetheart, Ann Adams, on July 22, 1945. Their happy marriage lasted nearly 71 years.

Cal co-founded Cache Valley Builders Supply with his brothers in 1946. Over time, he bought out each of his siblings, passing the business along to his sons. The lumber, truss and pre-hung door business thrived for 54 years until it was sold.

Dr. Randall & Julianne Stockham Student-Athlete Hall of Honor
Room 300

Dr. Randall “Randy” and Julianne (Yuhasz) Stockham were high school sweethearts in Highland, Indiana. Randy accepted a football scholarship to Utah State University, and after a year apart, Julie joined him in Logan where they wed after their sophomore years.

Randy played football at USU from 1972-1975 and was a football letterman in both 1974 and 1975. He was a National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award Winner in 1975, and is USU’s only two-time football CoSIDA Academic All-American. Randy was USU’s Whitesides award winner and graduated with honors in 1976. He was awarded an NCAA Post-Graduate Fellowship that assisted with his medical school costs.

While attending the University of Utah Medical School from 1976-1980, Randy was president of his class in 1978-79. He graduated in 1980 as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He finished an anesthesia residency in 1983 and was honored with the Robert D. Dripps M.D. outstanding resident award.

Following medical school, the Stockhams settled in Salt Lake City where they raised their three children. Julie has been an active community volunteer, especially in the fine arts, and in the Stockham’s shared passion of golf. Randy has been active professionally, serving in numerous leadership and board positions locally and statewide.

Randy and Julie partnered in the creation of the Stockham-Hill Foundation to assist with community charitable organizations. Besides their annual support of the Big Blue Scholarship Fund, and their gift to build the Academic Hall of Honor, Randy and Julie have also created the Dr. Randall & Julianne Stockham Academic Honors and Leadership Endowment.

David Moore & Suzanne Pierce-Moore Academic Resource Center
Room 302

David Moore graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor’s in speech and business administration and was affiliated with the Sigma Chi fraternity. Suzanne Pierce-Moore received a bachelor’s from USU in 1980 and a master’s in human resource economics in 1981 from the University of Utah.

David and Suzanne have been affiliated with a number of USU boards, serving on the Utah State Alumni Association Executive Board, Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter Advisory and Advancement Board, Women and Gender Development Board, NEHMA Advisory Board,
Board of Trustees and Foundation Board.

In 1993, David and Suzanne were inducted into the Old Main Society, and were later inducted into the Utah State University Hall of Honor in 2002. The couple was given the Spirit of Old Main Award in 2015.

Scott and Nan Clark Classroom
Room 303

Scott Clark is known for serving as president and chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors at Impact Payment Systems, LLC, running the day-to-day operations of the company as well as strategic oversight for all of Impact’s product lines and serving as. Prior to joining Impact, Clark served as executive director of a national equine association that held a membership of over 2,000. In this role, Clark was responsible for all promotion and financial aspects of the organization including: record keeping, membership growth, publishing and financial planning.

Clark founded his own funding company in 1992, that focused on buying and selling loans secured by real estate. Clark formerly served as the comptroller and chief financial officer for Hansen Ranches, a large California Agri-Business, from 1981-1992. In this position he was responsible for all of the financial affairs of the company and managed most of the real estate for the company. Clark earned an MBA at the University of Arkansas as well as a bachelor’s in finance and accounting from Utah State University. Nan earned a bachelor’s in human development and family studies from Utah State University.

Plaza

In recognition of generous support to Utah State University Athletics:

Al and Kathie Faccinto
Bill and Carol Dutro
Blain and Brandon Allen
Cartwright Engineers
Charlie and Trina Denson
Chuck and Rosalind Wood
David L. and Lynda Jeppesen
Don and Edna Felt
Ron and Talee Meacham
Spectrum Engineers
Van Boerum and Frank
VCBO Architecture
Vern and Carol Clark