Hometowns for BYU Cagers
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B Y U BASKETBALL 2001 Hometowns for BYU Cagers Here is a listing of BYU men’s basketball lettermen by state and hometown. There are 28 states represented in this list, and all but 10 counties in Utah are represented. Utah Valley is represented by eight communities. We are listing the Utah communities first, followed by an alphabetical listing of lettermen by state, followed by a listing of the 14 BYU lettermen from four foreign countries. If you missed this list or a similar list, check them out on our website at www.byu- cougars.com. Salt Lake City (34) and Provo (42) lead the list in terms of quantity of cagers who have lettered at BYU, while Cache Valley is unrepresented.Among the closest towns on this list to Cache Valley is Randolph, near Bear Lake, who is represented by World War II hero Dale Rex, for whom BYU’s Dale Rex Award is named. Can you plot on a map where Aurora, Axtell, Fayette, Fielding, Monroe and Rockville are in Utah? Aurora, Axtell and Monroe are near Richfield, Fayette is near Gunnison, Fielding is near Tremonton, and Rockville is just west of Zion’s National Park. Mesa, Ariz., is among the most prolific for BYU basketball lettermen out of state with seven players. There are 67 Californians on the list, compared to 193 Utahns on this list. Several brother combinations are represented: Ainge, Archibald, Astle, Cheesman, Christensen, Dixon, Durrant, Gourley, Hill, Jepsen, Knight, Law, Pollard, Reid, Roberts, Ruffner, Santiago and Steinke. There are even some father-son Cougar combina- tions, in-state: Christensen, Handy, Howard, Nielsen and Roberts ; and out-of-state/in-state: Craigs and Ruffners. Among the grandfather-grandson combinations: the Coopers. There are a couple of General Authorities represented on this list: Elders Dean Larsen (Mesa, Ariz.), Loren C. Dunn (Tooele, Utah) and Andy Kimball, who played in Safford, Ariz., and Salt Lake City is the son of the late President Spencer W. Kimball. AMERICAN FORK Junior Child 1943,46-47 Earl Giles 1934-37 Mike Gardner 1963-65 Roy Thacker 1957-59 Van Burgess 1953-55 Russell Larson 1992-95 Kent Durrant 1949 KAYSVILLE Rags Ingersoll 1924-25,28-29 COALVILLE Gary Batchelor 1961-63 Chick Little 1946 Dean Gardner Lloyd Brink 1939-41 AURORA 1940-42 Hugh Cannon 1934-36 Morris Gardner Dan Howard 1999-current Mel Wilkes 1957-58 1947 Brian Taylor 1983-84,87-88 AXTELL Joe Winters 1943 DELTA Hal Jensen 1957 DeRay Fullmer LEHI BINGHAM 1947-49 Roberts, Charles 1936-38 Jay Whitman 1932-35 Jim Jimas 1965-67 FARMINGTON George Rekoutis 1964 Scott Moon MANTI Randy Schouten 1966-68 1990-91 Meade Squire 1946 BOUNTIFUL FAYETTE MIDVALE Bruce Hill 1959-60 Chad Beckstead 1937-38 Jared Peterson 1998 Gary Hill 1965-67 Jack Christensen 1937-39 BLANDING Todd Crow 1990 FIELDING Marty Haws 1987-90 Gus Black 1935-37 Jared Miller 1991-93 Robert Cochran 1985-86 MILFORD CASTLE DALE GRANTSVILLE Paul Wyatt 1962-64 Harry Anderson 1955-57 Shawn Bradley 1991 MONROE CEDAR CITY GREEN RIVER Dale Hunt 1941 Byron Toone 1950 Lynn Parsons 1967-69 Neil Roberts 1965-67 Lloyd Rasmussen 1955 HEBER CITY CLEARFIELD Continued on next page w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m 1 B Y U BASKETBALL 2001 MORONI Stan Collins 1953 Joe Weight 1946-49 Nathan Cooper 1995-96,98-01 Ken Weight 1920-22 Dave Bailey 1971-72 Dick Dabling 1946 Mekeli Wesley 1998-01 MURRAY Buck Dixon 1923-26 Vern Whatcott 1949 Sanky Dixon 1926-29 Jack Whipple 1948-50 Stan Watts 1937-38 Devin Durrant 1979-80, 83-84 NEPHI Mark Durrant 1990,93-95 RANDOLPH Bud Eggertsen 1940 Dale Rex 1941-43 Bryce Bailey 1945-46 Alan Frampton 1990 Clark Greenhalgh 1945-46, 49 Floyd Giles 1941-43, 46 RICHFIELD Jim Kelson 1961-63 Lynn Gleave 1958 Stan Ashby 1962 OGDEN Don Hanson 1943 Ryan Cuff 1993 Russ Jones 1957 Clyde Baker 1970-71 Paul Kitchen 1956 RIVERTON Frank Berrett 1959-60 LaVar Kump 1936-38 Bob Howard 1923-26 Wayne Cottle 1950 Ron Kump 1954-56 Fred Roberts 1979-82 Mark Handy 1974-77 Vance Law 1975-77 Glen Roberts 1977-79 Mark Heslop 1989-92 Veryl Law 1974-77 Kenneth Roberts 1991, 94-96 Gene Kunz 1961-62 Dave Lewis 1954-56 Rolfe Peterson 1943, 46 Matt Lohner 1995-96 ROCKVILLE OREM Gifford Nielsen 1974-75 Willard Hirschi 1954-56 Kevin Nielsen 1978-82-84 Duard Millett 1943 Jay Cheesman 1974-77 Ralph Olsen 1951 Larry Cheesman 1977-78 Don Overly 1940-41 SALINA Todd Gentry 1990 Ed Pinegar 1954-56 Stan Nielsen 1940-41 Travis Hansen 2000-current Marc Roberts 1999-current Jacob Hawkins 1998-99 Bryon Ruffner 1995-96 SALT LAKE CITY Alan Pollard 1985-86 Kevin Santiago 1989-90 Belmont Anderson 1972-74 Carl Pollard 1984 Mark Santiago 1991-92 Greg Anderson 1977-78 PANGUITCH Don Snow 1940 Jack Anderson 1956-57 Lou Andrus 1963 George Cooper 1928-31 Bill Blumenthal 1962-64 Jim Spencer 1959 Craig Christensen 1976,79,81-82 PAROWAN Kurt Christensen 1992-94 Todd Christensen 1995-96,98-00 John Benson 1955-57 Grig Clawson 1973-75 PAYSON Dave Crowton 1936 Ralph Crowton 1935-36, 39 Russ Hillman 1949-51 Derek Dawes 2000-current PLEASANT GROVE Paul Drecksel 1983-84 Talmadge Eyre 1998 Doug Beck 1957 Ed Hale 1947 George Gourley 1933 Chris Handy 1998 Lee Gourley 1935 Leon Heaps 1952 Bryan Hofheins 1994-96 Doug Howard 1968-70 Paul Millar 1963-64 Greg Humphreys 1986-87 PROVO Gee Jackson 1942 Lloyd Johnson 1961-62 Glen Allen 1938-40 Andy Kimball 1945 Steve Andrus 1989-90 Mike Maxwell 1980-82 Greg Ballif 1978, 80-82 Mark Michaelis 1998-99 Lowell Biddulph 1925 Dick Nemelka 1964-66 Harold Christensen 1951-53 David Nielsen 1999-00 Jake Chrisman 2000-current Utahns Doug Howard,#25, and his father Bob are Hall of Famers. Randy Clark 1947-49 Continued on next page 2 w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m B Y U BASKETBALL 2001 Herschel Pederson 1954-56 VERNAL Doug Richards 1972-74 Ron Abegglen 1958-60 CALIFORNIA Jerry Romney 1950-52 Valoy Eaton 1958-60 Arcadia--Mel Hutchins 1948-51 Scott Runia 1977-80 Bakersfield--Paul Loveday 1965-66 Steve Schreiner 1989-91 WEST JORDAN Steve Merta 1962 Greg Snow 1973-75 Ron Steinke 1961-63 Beverly Hills--Steve Craig 1979-81 Tom Steinke 1955-57 Burbank--Reed Noble 1976 Brent Stephenson 1986-87 Canoga Park--Mike May 1977-78 Gary Trost 1988, 91-93 Concord--Dave Barber 1960 Del Mar--Bobby Capener 1982-83,86-87 SANDY Downey--Bill Crow 1962 Blaine Anderson 1954-56 Bill Ruffner 1964-66 Sherm Crump 1953-54 Paul Ruffner 1969-70 Nate Knight 2000-01 Encinitas--John Fairchild 1964-65 Steve Kramer 1964-66 Jon Stanley 1964-65 Shawn Lindquist 1993-94 Escondido--Jay Bunker 1971-73 Jack Mannion 1961 Fremont--Eric Nielson 1996-current LeRoy Maughan 1969 Fresno--John Alstrom 1962-63 Garner Meads 2000-current Terrell Lyday 1999-01 Mark Miller 1960, 63 Fullerton--Chad Fister 1995-96 Morris Peterson 1953-55 Scott Sinek 1982-85 Brent Wade 1986-87 Garden Grove--Jeff Congdon 1964-66 Scott Warner 1968-70 Granada Hills--Alan Taylor 1977-80 Robbie Yates 1997-98 Hacienda Heights--Michael Smith 1984, 87-89 SPANISH FORK Huntington Beach--Brian Ambrozich Dick Jones 1949-51 1972-73 Joe Nelson 1947-50 Jim Usevitch 1983-84, 87-88 Randy Reid 1993-96 Irvine--Vince Bryan 1988-89 Robbie Reid 1994-95 LaCanada--Bruce Barron 1968-69 Lynn Rowe 1955-57 LaCrescenta--Troy Jones 1974-76 Owen Rowe 1927-29 Lomita--Bruce Burton 1961-63 John Taylor 1953 Long Beach--Bob Davis 1968-70 Jeff Chatman was a unique ‘find’ while BYU played in Alabama. Los Angeles--Clarence Osterhues1949 SPRINGVILLE Bill Treu 1958 Frank Fullmer 1940-42 ALABAMA Mission Viejo--Nathan Call 1987-88, 91-92 John Gustin 1957-58 Athens--Jeff Campbell 1991,95-97 Mike Herring 1988-89 Talladega--Jeff Chatman 1985-88 Modesto--Anthony Matthews 1985 ST. GEORGE Walter Brooks 1935-36 ALASKA Newbury Park--Daniel Bobik 2000-current Duane Esplin 1941-42, 47 Juneau--Jim House 1968 Oakland--Ron Selleaze 1998 Elwood Romney 1930-33 Ted Thiel 1948 ARIZONA Ontario--Don Volpi 1958 TAYLORSVILLE Mesa--Dean Larsen 1952-54 Orroville--Bert Myers 1959 Michael Vranes 1998-01 Floyd Millett 1933 Pasadena--Nick Sanderson 1992-93 Justin Weidauer 1992, 95-98 Wayne Millett 1935 Pomona--Ralph Bonham 1953 John Nicoll 1958-59 Dee Denzer 1964 TOOELE Joe Richey 1951-53 David Wolfe 1988-89 Brett Applegate 1983-84 Silester Rivers 1998-00 Rancho Palos Verdes--Steve Anderson Loren Dunn 1953 Bob Skousen 1959, 62-63 1978-80 Danny Frazier 1978 Phoenix--Paul Briggs 1989-90 Redding--Bryan Fink 1985-86 St. Johns--Joe Richey 1951-53 Redlands--Nick Mateljan 1952-54 UNION Rickey Shumway 1959 Sherrell Berrett 1959 Yuma--Joe Ellsworth 1999-00 Continued on next page w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m 3 B Y U BASKETBALL 2001 Riverside--Larry Crowley 1960 MISSISSIPPI John Lewis 1963 ILLINOIS Batesville--Roland Bevell 1960-61 Sacramento--Alan Astle 1987-89 Antioch--Jerry Dahlman 1963 David Astle 1990-93 Chicago--Robert Jones 1991-92 NEBRASKA Jon Dresser 1967-69 Warrenville--Scott Sonnenberg 1996-97 Franklin--Russ Peterson 1957-59 Jim Eakins 1966-68 Brian Hamilton 1998 INDIANA NEVADA San Diego--Jack Cravens 1957-58 Carmel--Bob Wilson 1961-62 Las Vegas--Von Alleman 1982-83 Shane Knight 1992-95 Ft.