2 Wildcats invited to all-star games

OGDEN — The collegiate seasons of two Weber State football players will be extended a bit.

Brady Fosmark (6-foot-3, 265-pound senior defensive end) has been invited to play in both the Las Vegas All-American Classic and the Hula Bowl.

And Paul McQuistan (6-6, 315, senior offensive tackle) will join Fosmark in the Las Vegas All-American Classic and will also play in the East-West Shrine All-Star Game in San Antonio.

The Las Vegas All-American Classic began in 2001 as the Paradise Bowl in St. George and was moved to Las Vegas two years ago. Fosmark and McQuistan are the sixth and seventh players in WSU history to be invited to it.

Fosmark is the fifth Wildcat to get an invite to the Hula Bowl, joining Lew Kamanu (1967), Jamie Martin (1993), Miller Atagi (1994) and Wade Davis (2000). McQuistan is the ninth Weber State player to perform in the East-West Shrine Game, joining former Wildcats Ron McCall (1966), Lee White (1967), Henry Reed (1971), Geoff Mitchell (1991), Jamie Martin (1993), Scott Shield (1999), Wade Davis (2000) and Ryan Prince (2001).

Fosmark and McQuistan each received many honors in 2005. Both players were named First Team All-Big Sky Conference. Fosmark was named Second Team All-America by The Sports Network and Associated Press. McQuistan was named First Team All-America by The Sports Network, The Associated Press and by the American Football Coaches Association.

Fosmark is Weber State's career leader in tackles-for-loss (66.5), quarterback sacks (32.5) and forced fumbles (9). He played and started in 40 games for the Wildcats. During his career he amassed 269 total tackles (142 unassisted). His junior season, Fosmark was named consensus First Team All-America by all four major teams (The American Football Coaches Association; The Associated Press; The Sports Network and The Walter Camp Foundation) and was named the Co-Defensive Player of the Year in the Big Sky Conference.

McQuistan played and started for nearly four full seasons (41 straight games). He was honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference his sophomore and junior seasons. In 2003 he was part of an offensive line which helped the Wildcats to an 8-4 record and blocked for running back Nick Chournos who set a WSU single-season rushing mark of 1,649 yards. That season, WSU led the Big Sky Conference in rushing yards per game (203.2).