FARMINGTON, Utah – The Large Sky Convention topped Montana State its 2021-22 Males’s All-Sports activities Trophy winner on Wednesday to cap the Bobcats’ historic yr.
Montana State turned solely the third Large Sky Convention program this century to complete within the high three in every of its males’s sports activities in 2021-22, touchdown its sixth all-time males’s all-sports trophy and its first since 2012-13.
“It was an impressive yr for your complete Bobcat athletic division and this award signifies how particular it was for our males’s applications,” stated MSU Director of Athletics Leon Costello. “We delight ourselves in competing for championships in all our sports activities and ending no decrease than third is an amazing accomplishment.”
The Bobcats gained this system’s first males’s basketball common season title since 2002, and the primary event championship since 1996. MSU shared the lads’s tennis common season title, completed second in soccer and out of doors observe and subject, and third in cross nation and indoor observe and subject.
Along with the program-wide staff highlights, Bobcat people starred in 2021-22. Troy Andersen gained the FCS Soccer Nationwide Defensive Participant of the 12 months honor by the FCS/ADA, in addition to reeling in Large Sky Defensive Participant of the 12 months and unanimous All-America honors. He was a CoSIDA First Staff Tutorial All-America, FCS/ADA All-Scholar, and was the one FCS honoree as considered one of 13 Nationwide Soccer Basis All-Scholar alternatives.
The league honored Bobcats with each common season and event MVPs. Junior heart Jubrile Belo earned the Large Sky Participant of the 12 months award, whereas the league feted Xavier Bishop because the Most Precious Participant of the league event. Drake Schneider earned Large Sky Out of doors Observe and Area Males’s Most Excellent Performer, whereas the lads’s tennis doubles staff of Matej Panik and Jamieson Nathan turned the second Bobcat duo ever to qualify for the NCAA Particular person Doubles Event.
Montana State ran away from the league within the closing all-sports standings, averaging 10.30 factors over its 5 convention sports activities. Northern Arizona, whose seven-season reign in males’s all-sports standings ended with MSU’s title this yr, completed second with 7.80 factors, whereas Weber State was third (7.33), Montana fourth (6.60) and Idaho fifth (6.16). Southern Utah, Japanese Washington, Sacramento State, Northern Colorado, Portland State and Idaho State rounded out the standings. MSU’s successful margin over its subsequent closest competitor is the biggest because the Large Sky adopted its present scoring format in 2017.
The latest all-sports winner aside from NAU (no trophy was awarded in 2019-20) was Montana State in 2012-13, whereas the ‘Cats gained titles in 2002-03 and 2004-05. MSU additionally gained all-sports trophies in 1964-65 and 1966-67. MSU’s six males’s all-sports trophies is fourth-most amongst all Large Sky colleges. NAU claims 17, whereas Weber State possesses 16. Former league member Boise State gained seven.
BIG SKY MEN’S ALL-SPORTS TROPHIES
17 – Northern Arizona
16 – Weber State
7 – Boise State*
6 – Montana State
5 – Nevada*
3 – Idaho State
2 – Idaho, Montana
1 – Japanese Washington