Homegrown Utah
Utah's best sports stories don't only come from Salt Lake and Provo. A homegrown lane for athletes from Milford, Benson, Spanish Fork, Orem, and the small towns feeding college rosters. Elevating every sport in Utah.
Last updated June 21, 2026
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Uintah's Summer Diamond has four goals and ten points through ten starts for a 7-2-1 Utah State side, finishing at nearly double her career rate and sitting tied for ninth in program history with six game-winning goals.
Sami Blackett has 106 kills, 12 aces and 129.5 points through nine matches, leads Utah State in three statistical categories and is the only Aggie in the team's top five in all five.
Todd Phillips is 66-34 with two straight WAC titles and two consecutive 25-win seasons. Utah Valley secured its head coach through March 2030 as the Wolverines begin their first Big West season.
Southern Utah freshman Saylar May won the Wolverine Invitational by three shots at 8-under 208, while host Utah Valley closed with a two-shot team victory at TalonsCove.
Tessa Treanor hit .500 with a career-high 20 kills against San José State, then added a 10-kill, 12-dig double-double at UC Irvine. On September 14 the Big Sky made the Salem Hills graduate the first Trailblazer named Big Sky Player of the Week.
Utah Tech's men finished second and its women third at the NAU George Kyte Classic, with Ryan Hatch and Averie Perriton leading the Trailblazers' first 2026 results.
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Chase Roberts is a former BYU wide receiver from Highland, Utah and American Fork High School who signed with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2026. He caught 52 passes for 854 yards at BYU in 2024, served as a 2025 team captain, and earned third-team All-Big 12 honors as a senior before reaching the NFL.
Logan Fano is a former Utah defensive end from Spanish Fork and Timpview High School who signed with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2026. After transferring from BYU, he posted 44 tackles, 7.5 for loss and 4.5 sacks as a senior and earned second-team All-Big 12 honors, then joined the Browns alongside his brother Spencer, Cleveland's first-round pick.
Alyssa Blanck is a 6-foot-2 forward from Salt Lake City who transferred to Montana as a redshirt senior for 2026-27 after three seasons at Utah and a redshirt year at BYU. An Olympus High School product and former KSL-TV Class 5A MVP, she appeared in 23 games across her Utah career before joining the Lady Griz through the transfer portal.
Sami Blackett is a 6-1 junior outside hitter from Orem who leads Utah State in kills, service aces and points in the Aggies' first Pac-12 season. The 2023 Utah 4A State Player of the Year and a two-time First Team All-WAC selection at Utah Valley, she is the only Aggie ranked among the team's top five in all five statistical categories, and produced a season-high 20 kills against her former program on September 17, 2026.
Bryson Barnes is a former Utah State quarterback from Milford, Utah who signed with the CFL's Ottawa Redblacks in May 2026 after a rookie minicamp with the Cleveland Browns. A former Utah walk-on, he was the Aggies' every-game starter in 2025 and earned second-team All-Mountain West honors as a fifth-year senior.
Mason Falslev is a 6-foot-4 Utah State junior guard from Benson, Utah and Sky View High School. Utah State's own April 2026 releases named him the Mountain West Player of the Year and a CSC Academic All-American, the first Aggie men's basketball player to earn Academic All-America honors since Justin Bean in 2022.
Brayden Wilson is a former Weber State defensive end from Kaysville, Utah and Farmington High School who transferred to Wyoming. A two-time All-Big Sky selection, he led the Big Sky in tackles for loss in 2024 and finished his Weber State career with 138 tackles, 30 for loss and 12.5 sacks.
Bronson Barron is a former Southern Utah quarterback from American Fork, Utah who started 11 games for the Thunderbirds in 2025 as a redshirt senior. He is no longer on SUU's roster after finishing his college eligibility, having also played at Weber State and Western Kentucky.
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