Utah State was recognized on March 10 with several Mountain West Conference postseason awards for the 2025-26 men’s basketball season. The Aggies secured three of the six individual honors, had three players named to all-conference teams, and one player selected for the all-defensive team.
Head coach Jerrod Calhoun was named Mountain West Coach of the Year. Junior guard Mason Falslev earned Player of the Year and was also selected for both the all-conference first team and all-defensive team. Junior forward Karson Templin received Sixth Man of the Year recognition. Senior guard MJ Collins Jr. made the second team, while graduate guard Drake Allen received honorable mention.
Calhoun, in his second year leading Utah State, guided the team to a 25-6 overall record and a 15-5 mark in conference play. He is now the third Utah State coach to win Mountain West Coach of the Year since joining Craig Smith (2019) and Danny Sprinkle (2024), and becomes the sixth coach from Utah State to earn such an honor in any conference. Under Calhoun’s leadership, Utah State claimed its second outright and third overall league title since joining the Mountain West in 2013.
Falslev averaged 15.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.9 steals per game during the regular season, ranking among league leaders in each category as well as field goal percentage at 51.9 percent. He is only the third Aggie to be named Mountain West Player of the Year after Sam Merrill (2019) and Great Osobor (2024), making him ninth overall from Utah State to receive a league player of the year award.
Templin contributed off the bench in most games this season, averaging 9.3 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting nearly 54 percent from the field. He joins previous Aggies Alphonso Anderson (2021), Dan Akin (2023), and Josh Uduje (2024) as recipients of Sixth Man of the Year honors.
Collins Jr., who transferred from Vanderbilt for his final collegiate season, led Utah State with an average of 17.6 points per game—fourth highest in conference—and ranked fifth in field goal percentage at just under fifty percent.
Allen finished his career by averaging 7.5 points, nearly three rebounds, almost five assists, and close to two steals per contest; he ranked second in assists and third in steals within conference play while maintaining a strong assist-turnover ratio.
Looking ahead, Utah State will compete as top seed at the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament held March 11-14 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
