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Show 16 | MyWeberMedia.com| Waldo’s World 2017 WEBER STATE GREATS Weber State University has been home to many incredible athletes over the years. Athletes who call themselves Wildcats bleed purple and breathe white. They strive for greatness and achieve the undeniable success they know this hallowed institution deserves. Here are a few of our greatest legends. LINDSEY ANDERSON Lindsey Anderson, No. 10. Lindsey Anderson is a former Weber State University track-and-field athlete and the first WSU athlete to ever qualify to compete in the Summer Olympics. She is a nine-time Big Sky Conference champion and a two-time NCAA AllAmerican. Anderson, a Utah native, began her Wildcat career in 2004. By the time she entered her senior year, she had achieved multiple all-conference honors, won the Big Sky championship in the steeplechase and had been named WSU track and field team MVP. In her senior year, Anderson became a Weber Weber State Athletics State legend, taking first place in not only the Jeremy Senglin was a member of the steeplechase but also the 5,000 meters and men’s basketball team through the 2016– 10,000 meters. That made Anderson the first 17 season. athlete in Big Sky history to win all three of Senglin broke the Big Sky and Weber those distance events at the same championState records for single season and career ship. 3-pointers in the 2016–17 season. He Anderson’s crowning achievement came earned First Team All-District honors from in 2008 when she competed for team USA at the National Association of Basketball the Beijing Summer Olympics. She qualified Coaches (NABC). by beating her personal record in the 3,000Senglin scored a season total of 719 meter steeplechase by over nine seconds. points, the second most in Weber State Anderson is now an assistant coach for the history. He scored in double digits in all but four games over the 2016–17 season. WSU track-and-field team. DAMIAN LILLARD Jim Cowsert/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) attempts a shot past Dallas Mavericks center Salah Mejri (50) during overtime on March 20, 2016, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Damian Lillard is a former member of the Weber State University men’s basketball team. He is best known as a two-time NBA All-Star and the unanimous 2013 NBA rookie of the year. As a Wildcat, Lillard began to shine as soon as he hit the court. He was first-team All Big Sky and was named Big Sky freshman of the year. Lillard was named the Big Sky Player of the Year as a sophomore. Following a year off due to an injury, Lillard led the nation in scoring for most of JEREMY SENGLIN WSU’s Jeremy Senglin passes Black Hills State players on Nov. 5, 2016. The Signpost Archives Senglin also scored at least 20 points in 25 of this season’s games. Senglin received national attention during the 2016–17 season for his high volume 3-point shooting. He finished the season second in the nation in 3-pointers per game and sixth in the nation in 3-point percentage. His record 132 3-pointers during the 2016–17 season set new Weber State and Big Sky records. Senglin also holds the WSU and Big Sky record for career 3-pointers at 345. ALFRED PUPUNU The Signpost Archives Alfred Pupunu played football at Weber in 1990–91 before playing in the NFL for 10 years. Alfred Pupunu is a former member of the year as a redshirt junior. He was named the Weber State University football team. once again as the Big Sky Player of the year. Pupunu transferred to WSU before his junior Lillard was selected by the Portland year and played with the Wildcats in 1990 Trailblazers as the number six overall pick and 1991. in the 2013 NBA Draft. He was the highest Pupunu was a tight end and set the Weber drafted player ever out of Weber State. State and Big Sky record for most receptions Lillard is also known for his skill as a in a single year with 93. That record was the rapper and hip-hop artist. He released his best in the NCAA Division I-AA, now called the debut album in 2016, entitled “The Letter Football Championship Subdivision. O.” In one of the tracks, “Wasatch Front,” Pupunu was named as an NCAA All-Amerhe opens up about his journey at Weber ican his senior year. He was drafted by the State. Kansas City Chiefs in 1992. Pupunu played for 10 years in the NFL for four different teams. He scored a touchdown for the San Diego Chargers in the 1995 AFC title game, and he caught four passes in Super Bowl XXIX with the team. Pupunu was inducted in the Weber State University Hall of Fame in February 2005. He is entering his first year as the tight ends coach at Weber State. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com |