SALT LAKE CITY -- At the Mountain West Conference pre-championship banquet, six Cougars earned recognition from MWC coaches for their standout play during the 2003 conference season.
Taking home the top conference honors were BYU's Aleisha Rose and Utah's Amber Brower, who were named the MWC Defensive and Offensive Players of the Year, respectively.
This is the second time that Rose has won the player of the year award in her career with the first honor coming in her sophomore year.
Being recognized for their strong play on the field were Rose, junior Krissa Campbell and senior Jennifer Fielding, who were named first-team All-MWC after leading the Cougars to a 4-2-0 record and runner-up in the MWC regular season.
This is the fourth time that Rose has received All-MWC first-team honors, while Campbell and Fielding each picked up their first citations. As one of the most dominant players in the country, Rose lead BYU to a 12-5-2 regular season finish with Campbell and Fielding providing much of the offensive punch for the team.
Senior Terra Bigelow and freshmen Claire Thomas and Nicole Jensen garnered second-team All-MWC citations. Bigelow ranked first in the MWC in goals with four strikes on the year while Thomas and Jensen teamed up to help anchor the BYU defense which gave up only six goals in MWC play.
BYU and Utah led all MWC teams garnering six all conference selections apiece while each placed three athletes on the first-team and three more on the second-team.
BYU will vie for its fifth-straight MWC crown as the Cougars battle the rest of the MWC in the conference tournament held Wednesday, Nov. 5, through Thursday, Nov. 8, at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah.