Carroll, Cummard and Plaisted honored

For the second straight year, Utah State's Jaycee Carroll was named an All-District VIII selection by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. District VIII includes schools from the states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

In all, 10 players were named to the team, which include J.R. Giddens (New Mexico), who was named the Player of the Year in the district. Other players honored include Trent Plaisted and Lee Cummard (BYU), Wink Adams (UNLV), Brandon Ewing (Wyoming), Justin Hawkins (New Mexico State), Marcelus Kemp (Nevada), Reggie Larry (Boise State) and Carlos Taylor (Montana State).