It’s the second time a Top 5 win has earned the UVU redshirt senior the award; he took home the year’s first award after defeating Stanford’s No. 3 Hunter Garvin by decision in November. He finished the opening weekend with a 5-0 record, including winning the 165 pound weight class at the Menlo Open.

Barraclough finished 2-0 last week, including a thrilling victory at Layton High School on Thursday night when he knocked off No. 3 Peyton Hall of West Virginia with a last second takedown to prevent the match from going to overtime. The win was his fifth over a Top 5 opponent and his tenth ranked win of the season.

Against Air Force, Barraclough earned his ninth major decision over the season over Logan Fowler (19-5). This season, he is 22-1 and a perfect 13-0 in dual action and has scored 48 dual points for the Wolverines.

The Wolverines will close out the regular season on Friday, Feb. 14, against (RV) Northern Colorado inside Lockhart Arena at 7:00 p.m. MT. UVU will then prepare for the upcoming Big 12 Championships, which will be held on March 8-9 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

BYU’s Woodall honored for video excellence

The Collegiate Sports Video Association named Brayden Woodall, director of football video and technology at BYU, the 2024-2025 Big 12 Conference Video Coordinator of the Year.

Woodall was selected by his peers in the Big 12 to receive the Conference Video Coordinator of the Year honor.  He is now a finalist for the prestigious Bob Matey National Video Coordinator of the Year award, which will be announced at the annual CSVA banquet on May 21 in Houston, Texas.

The Bob Matey award is presented to the video coordinator who displays innovation, determination, perseverance and technical skill as portrayed by the late Bob Matey, legendary video coordinator from Texas A&M.

Woodall is in his sixth year as BYU’s director of football video and technology on the support staff of head coach Kalani Sitake. Woodall’s responsibilities include managing technology for the football program and implementing and overseeing the various coaches video needs of the program, including filming practices and games for performance scouting purposes and the exchange of NCAA and NFL game film.

This is the second time Woodall has won coordinator of the year, previously earning the honor for independent football programs for the 2021-2022 season. Brayden has been a member of CSVA since 2019.

Prior to his current role at BYU, Woodall served as the assistant video coordinator for the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football from 2018-2019. He previously served as a student video manager for the BYU football team from 2012-2018, including the role of head student manager from 2014-2018.

Before entering college, Woodall learned German and volunteered as a full-time missionary in Germany and Austria for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2009-2011.

Originally from Roy, Utah, Woodall earned a bachelor’s degree in Family Life from BYU in 2018. He met his wife Mikaela at BYU and they were married in April of 2013. They currently live in Provo, Utah.

Cougar star Delany Gibb continues to pile up women’s hoops freshman honors

Delaney Gibb was named the Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week for the seventh time this season, the conference announced on Monday afternoon.

With her seventh weekly award this season, Gibb becomes the sixth player in Big 12 history to earn at least seven weekly freshman honors, joining Brittany Griner (Baylor; 7), Nina Davis (Baylor; 7), Joyner Holmes (Texas; 7), Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (Baylor; 8) and Ayoka Lee (K-State; 12).

BYU athletes have accounted for seven of the last eight Big 12 Freshman of the Week awards with Gibb receiving six and Kambree Barber getting the nod last week after her first career double-double against ASU.

Gibb led all Big 12 freshmen in points, assists, steals and blocked shots per game this week as BYU took down UCF and fell at Baylor. The Raymond, Albert native averaged 20 points, five assists, five rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.0 block in two games this week.

BYU men’s volleyball Teon Taylor earns defensive recognition

Senior middle blocker Teon Taylor was chosen as this week’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday evening.

Taylor led the Cougars through two sweeps against No. 15 UC Santa Barbara, with 12 total blocks. He accomplished an MPSF season-high in blocks on Saturday night with 11 compared to UCSB’s team total of 3.5 blocks. Taylor also recorded zero errors over the weekend, including a blocking average of 2.00 blocks per set.

Taylor leads the Cougars in blocks with 45 this season, averaging 1.13 blocks per set through 12 matches.

This is the third POW honor for the Cougars in 2025, with outside hitter L. Benson and Taylor sweeping both awards in the first week of the season. Overall, this is Taylor’s sixth career honor.