Utah State placed two players on the first team, three on the second team and one on the honorable mention team of the All-Big West Conference football teams announced Tuesday.
Aggie senior Donald Toomer was named one of the two first-team cornerbacks, and junior Kevin Alexander was named return specialist.Alexander also was named to the second-team offense as one of three wide receivers, and he was joined by fellow junior Abu Wilson, one of three running backs on the second offense. Named to the second-team defense was senior weak safety Paul Gustafson, placed at outside linebacker for all-conference purposes.
Honorable mention went to senior defensive tackle Dave Balls.
Former Aggie coach Chuck Shelton, the Pacific coach the past three seasons, was named co-coach of the year with Jeff Horton of Las Vegas Bowl-bound UNLV. The offensive player of the year is Nevada quarterback Mike Maxwell, and defensive player of the year is Southwestern Louisiana safety Orlanda Thomas.