Four Colorado State players and Wyoming’s special-teams ace were selected Thursday to the preseason all-Mountain West Conference team, while voters at CollegeFootballNews.com did not tab any Air Force players as conference favorites.
Receiving the nod for CSU were: running back Kyle Bell, wide receiver Johnny Walker, cornerback Robert Herbert and punter Jimmie Kaylor. The Cowboys’ Hoost Marsh was selected as both kickoff and punt returner.
Fazekas receives WAC honor
Nevada junior Nick Fazekas, a former Ralston Valley High School standout, was named as the Western Athletic Conference’s outstanding male athlete for 2005-06.
Fazekas is a two-time WAC basketball player of the year and has helped the Wolf Pack to three straight conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2004. He was a third-team AP All-American this past season.
MLL all-stars lose to national team
Denver Outlaws midfielder Josh Sims scored a two-point goal midway through the fourth quarter to bring the Major League Lacrosse all-stars to within 12-10, but the U.S. national team held on for an 18-10 win in the MLL All-Star Game in Boston on Thursday night.
The Outlaws’ Trevor Tierney played the second half for the national team and allowed five goals while making five saves. Jay Jalbert of the Colorado Mammoth also played for the U.S. squad and had a goal.
