Robert Turbin Tabbed America First Credit Union Student-Athlete of the Week

Sophomore running back has milestone day in leading Aggies to Homecoming win over Southern Utah

 

Utah State [University] football player Robert Turbin has been named the America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week for the period ending Sunday, Sept. 27, it was announced on Monday [Sept. 28]. The award is voted on by a state media panel.

 

Turbin is a sophomore running back from Fremont, Calif. (Irvington HS). In Utah State's 53-34 Homecoming win over Southern Utah on Saturday [Sept. 26], Turbin posted 104 yards rushing and a career-high 116 receiving yards, becoming the first USU running back with 100-yards rushing and receiving since Emmett White did so on Nov. 4, 2000 (White had 322 rushing and 134 receiving, part of his then-NCAA record-setting 578 all-purpose yards). Turbin, who leads the WAC and ranks sixth in the NCAA in all-purpose yards, finished with 220 all-purpose yards Saturday with three TD's (two receiving, one rushing).

 

Saturday was Turbin's third-straight 100-yard rushing outing, the first USU RB to do so since White in 2001. It is just the second time in his career that Turbin had a rushing and receiving TD in the same game. Turbin has now scored a rushing TD in five-straight games and six of the last seven. Turbin has scored a TD in seven-straight games overall, tallying a TD catch in the lone game that he did not score a rushing TD. This is Turbin's first career America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week award. He is the second-straight football player to earn the accolade after junior quarterback Diondre Borel collected the honor last week.

 

Turbin and the Aggies play at No. 20 BYU Friday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m. at Provo, Utah.

 

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MEN'S GOLF — Junior Tyson McFarland (Rexburg, Idaho) defeated Southern Utah's Jeff Evans 2&1 in the final match of the day to give Utah State a 6.5-5.5 win against the Thunderbirds in its annual duel this past weekend. McFarland also teamed with freshman Austin French and posted a 3&2 win in alternate shot play, and the duo scored one-half point in its best-ball match as they finished all square against SUU's team of Tai Reynolds and John Lindsay.

 

SOCCER — Sophomore forward Shantel Flanary (Highland, Utah) helped Utah State go 1-1 during the week as she scored the game-winning goal in the Aggies 2-1 overtime win against instate rival Utah. The win was Utah State's first against the Utes since 1997 and only its second ever. In USU's other match during the week, it lost at No. 18 Brigham Young, 3-0.

 

MEN'S TENNIS — Junior Bryan Marchant (Salt Lake City, Utah) advanced to the finals of singles play at the Utah State Open this past weekend before losing to Weber State's Simn Unger in three sets (6-2, 1-6, 2-6). Marchant also teamed with junior Jakob Asplund and advanced to the finals of the doubles bracket before losing, 8-3.

 

VOLLEYBALL — Sophomore outside hitter Liz McArthur (St. George, Utah) recorded a career-high 24 kills and tied her career-high with 12 digs in Utah State's five set loss to Louisiana Tech. McArthur also had six kills and three digs in USU's three set loss at New Mexico State. For the week, McArthur hit .170 and averaged 3.75 kills, 1.88 digs and 0.50 blocks per set.

 

2009-10 Utah State Athlete of the Week Winners
Aug. 31 - Lauren Hansen, Soccer
Sept. 7 - Liz McArthur, Volleyball
Sept. 14 - Liz McArthur, Volleyball
Sept. 21 - Diondre Borel, Football
Sept. 28 - Robert Turbin, Football