® UNIVERSITY 2020 Utah State Football 2020 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE UTAH STATE 195 AGGIES ALL THE WAY® UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS ® /// UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS /// Founded: March 8, 1888 President (16th): Noelle E. Cockett (Jan. 1, 2017-present) Type: Land-grant, public research university Mission Statement: The mission of Utah State University is to be one of the nation’s pre- mier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities by fos- tering the principle that academics come first, by cultivating diversity of thought and culture and by serving the public through learning, dis- covery and engagement. Location/Profile: Logan, Utah Population: Logan - 48,565 Cache County - 114,181 Elevation: 4,778 feet (Logan Campus) Average summer highs: 85 degrees Average winter highs: 34 degrees Free public transportation for Logan campus, Logan City, Cache Valley 81 miles northeast of Salt Lake City 5 hours south of Yellowstone National Park 1-hour drive to four ski resorts 2-minute drive to Logan Canyon /// UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS /// Number of steps to the top of Old Main Hill: 124 Enrollment: Total Headcount Enrollment (Fall 2019): 27,810* Statewide Campuses and Extension: *Includes USU Statewide Campuses and Online: 10,115 and USU Main Campus: Logan Eastern: 1,528 Statewide Campuses: 8 (Brigham City, Tooele, Salt Lake City, Uintah Basin, Eastern, Moab, Southwest, Blanding) Gender: Statewide Education Centers: 23 Male: 15,308 Extension: Serves all of Utah’s 29 counties and includes the Ogden Female: 12,502 Botanical Center, Thanksgiving Point, and Utah Botanical Center Student Representation: Workforce: All 29 counties in Utah Faculty members (full time): 893 All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and three U.S. territories Full-time support staff: 1,692 More than 70 countries Ages: Average undergraduate student age: 22.0 Average graduate student age: 31.6 Academics: Undergraduate: 24,669 (14,631 Logan Campus; 8,544 Statewide Campuses/USU Online; 1,494 USU Eastern) Graduate: 3,141 (1,536 Logan Campus; 1,571 Statewide Campuses/ USU Online; 34 USU Eastern) Master’s: 1,946 (852 Logan Campus; 1,068 Statewide Campuses/USU Online; 26 USU Eastern) Doctoral: 732 (648 Logan Campus; 84 Statewide Campuses/USU Online) Colleges: College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Caine College of the Arts Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services College of Engineering College of Humanities and Social Sciences S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources College of Science Most Popular Declared Majors: Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education; Economics; Psychol- ogy; Mechanical Engineering; Biology; Elementary Education, Human Movement Science; and Computer Science. 196 UTAH STATE 2020 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE ® UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ® After receiving her master’s and doctorate in animal breeding and NOELLE E. COCKETT genetics from Oregon State University, Cockett spent five years as a Montana State, 1980 research geneticist at the United States Department of Agriculture, January, 2017 - Present (Fourth Year) Agriculture Research Service U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb. She joined USU in 1990 as a researcher and Noelle E. Cockett was appointed as Utah assistant professor in the Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary State University’s 16th President in October Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. 2016, beginning her official tenure in January Cockett grew up on a beef cattle ranch in eastern Montana and 2017. is married to John Cockett, Director of Technology in USU’s Emma At the time of the announcement, Cockett Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Noelle and was serving as Executive Vice President and John have two children, Dylan and Chantelle. Provost at USU and held that position since 2013. Prior to that, she served USU as Vice President for Extension from 2006 to 2013; Dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences from 2002 to 2013; and Director of the Utah Agriculture Experiment Station from 2009 to 2013. As the land-grant institution of Utah, the university is fortunate to have dedicated faculty with diverse areas of expertise in learning, discovery and outreach. The faculty provides excellence in teaching not only on its main campus in Logan, but also at the statewide campuses, and through its many online degree offerings. The university’s dedication to education and learning continues to provide accolades as the university was ranked as the #5 public university in “National Universities Rankings 2018” by Washington Monthly and #15 “Best Online Bachelor’s Program” in the nation by Forbes in 2019. Cockett has built a distinguished career in sheep genomics research, maintaining an active research program even while serving in various leadership positions at USU. Her research program has centered on the identification of genetic markers associated with economically important traits in sheep, as well as the development of resources that advance research on the sheep genome. Cockett and her colleagues published an article describing the sheep genome sequence in Science in 2014. Her current project focuses on the identification of genetic regions associated with entropion in newborn lambs. Cockett has served as the United States coordinator for sheep genome mapping since 1993 and is an active member of the International Sheep Genomics Consortium. As an active researcher, Cockett has received many awards and accolades throughout her career including a Young Scientist Award from the Western Section of the American Society of Animal Science /// UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2020-21) /// (ASAS), the Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology Noelle E. Cockett, President (2004 and 2015) and one of USU’s top honors, the D. Wynne Thorne Francis D. Galey, Executive Vice President and Provost Research Award. Neil N. Abercrombie, Vice President, Government Relations Douglas D. Anderson, Dean, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Janet B. Anderson, Associate Vice President, Academic and Instructional Services, and Vice Provost Jodi Bailey, Chief Audit Executive Patrick Belmont, President, Faculty Senate Lisa Berreau, Interim Vice President for Research, Department of Chemistry Bradford R. Cole, Dean, Libraries David T. Crowley, Vice President for Business and Finance Beth E. Foley, Dean, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services Maura E. Hagan, Dean, College of Science John H. Hartwell, Vice President and Director of Athletics Eric S. Hawley, Chief Information Officer H. Scott Hinton, President, USU Research Foundation Jagath J. Kaluarachchi, Dean, College of Engineering /// UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (2020-21) /// Chris Luecke, Dean, S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources Jody K. Burnett, Chairman Mica A. McKinney, Vice President, Legal Affairs Kent K. Alder, Vice Chairman James D. Morales, Vice President for Student Services Sami I. Ahmed, USUSA President Rachel Nardo, Dean, Caine College of Arts Laurel Cannon Alder, Member William M. Plate, Vice President, Marketing and Communications John Y. Ferry, Member Laurens H. Smith, Interim Vice President for Research Gina Gagon, Member Michael Torrens, Director of Analysis, Assessment & Accreditation David H. Huntsman, Member Robert W. Wagner, Vice President for Academic & Instructional Services Wayne Niederhauser, Member Joseph P. Ward, Dean, College of Humanities & Social Sciences Dave Petersen, Member Kenneth L. White, Vice President for Extension; Dean, College of Agriculture Jacey Skinner, Member and Applied Sciences; Director, Agricultural Experiment Station Terryl Warner, Member Matthew T. White, Vice President for University Advancement 2020 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE UTAH STATE 197 ® VICE PRESIDENT / ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ® the Learfield Director’s Cup Standings, which is by far the best finish for JOHN HARTWELL USU in the Cup’s 25 years, while its 375-plus student-athletes achieved The Citadel, 1987 a school-record 3.25 grade-point average. June, 2015 - Present (Sixth Year) In 2017-18, Utah State’s men’s tennis program won its third-straight Mountain West regular season championship and advanced to the Since being named Vice President and NCAA Tournament for the second time in as many years. In fact, men’s Director of Athletics at Utah State on June 2, tennis won the school’s first Mountain West regular season (2016) and 2015, John Hartwell has cast his vision for Aggie tournament championships (2017) since joining the Conference in 2013 Athletics, which embodies maximum effort and finished the 2017 campaign with a school-record 23 wins and a final academically, athletically and socially to ensure national ranking of No. 45. success in both the classroom and on the fields Additionally, Utah State’s track & field/cross country teams had their of competition. best seasons in school history in 2017-18, highlighted by the men’s Under Hartwell’s leadership, Utah State Athletics has seen programs finishing the year ranked 10th nationally by the U.S. Track unparalleled success, led by a 54-15 record and consecutive Mountain & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. During the 2017-18 West Tournament titles in men’s basketball the last two seasons. In all, seasons, the Aggie men placed 27th in their first-ever appearance in the USU has claimed five Mountain West regular season championships and NCAA Cross Country Championships, followed by a 28th-place finish at four more postseason titles during Hartwell’s tenure, while five coaches the NCAA Indoor Championships and an 18th-place finish at the NCAA have been named its Conference Coach of the Year. Outdoor Championships, as its student-athletes combined to garner 12 All of Utah State’s recent successes has been noticed nationally as All-America honors. On the women’s side, USU’s cross country program well, as Stadium Network listed Hartwell as the 18th-best Athletics finished 14th in its first-ever appearance at the NCAA Championships, Director in the nation, including the fourth-best non-Power 5 AD, in June while its student-athletes combined to garner three All-America honors.