Mortellaro honored by WAC again
Idaho senior golfer Kayla Mortellaro picked up another Verizon WAC Golfer of the Week Award, this time for the week of March 26 to April 1. It is the 14th time in her career she has earned a golfer of the week or month award. The Phoenix native shot her way to a third-place finish at the Anteater Invitational March 26 and 27 in Dove Canyon, Calif., Mortellaro shot a first-round 75 followed by second and third rounds of 74 and 73 to finish at 222 and tie Michelle Park of UC Irvine for third. Mortellaro trailed the tournament champion by two strokes.
Blaser a Verizon WAC Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week
With a strong showing at last week’s Texas Relays in Austin, Idaho decathlete Andrew Blaser captured a Verizon WAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week Award for the week of March 26 through April 1. The senior finished the decathlon with 7,035 points, good for No. 12 in the nation and eight points shy of his career best. In terms of decathlon events, Blaser’s 110-meter high hurdles time of 14.40 leads the WAC while his pole vault of 16 feet, 0.75 inches ranks second. Idaho’s Ben Ayesu-Attah was also considered for the award after the freshman won both the 200-meter and 400-meter races at the Sam Adams Classic in Spokane.
Iupati returns to Moscow
Former Idaho offensive guard and current San Francisco 49er Mike Iupati returned to Moscow and made a guest appearance at Tuesday’s spring practice in the Kibbie Dome. Iupati, who helped the 49ers reach the NFC Conference Championship game this past season, spoke to the team about the difficulties of playing at the next level.”Just talking about how it’s not easy, how football isn’t easy and you have to work hard at it and take advantage of the opportunity you have here, it’s awesome,” Iupati said. “Being able to have this opportunity to have a great future for whatever you’re trying to do, playing football or doing other things.”