Weber State University Athletics
Weber State announces 2015 Hall of Fame Class
1/26/2015 5:15:00 PM | Athletics
OGDEN - Four former standout athletes and one former coach make up the 2015 class of inductees to the Weber State University Athletics Hall of Fame. The WSU Wildcat Club is pleased to announce this year's class of inductees, presented by the Cutrubus Automotive Group.
This year's Hall of Fame inductees are: Dave Arslanian (football coach), Jermaine Boyette (men's basketball), Jeff Carlson (football), Tenille Howe Slack (women's golf) and Stephanie Stanger Hale (women's basketball).
The group will be honored at the Wildcat Club Hall of Fame Banquet on Friday, Feb. 27, at Hub 801 in Riverdale. The class will also be recognized at Weber State's men's basketball home game against Idaho State on Saturday, Feb. 28. For more information about Hall of Fame weekend, contact the WSU Wildcat Club at 801-626-6576.
Dave Arslanian
Coach Dave Arslanian has had a long association with Weber State that began in 1969 when he started his playing career with the Wildcat football team. He later returned for 16 years as a coach at Weber State with nine seasons as the head coach where he became the school's all-time leader in victories.
After graduating from Bonneville High School and attending Dixie Junior College, Arslanian played two seasons at Weber State in 1970 and 1971, playing for his father Sark Arslanian who was the head coach. He recorded four interceptions as a defensive back for the Wildcats in his two seasons.
He began his coaching career in 1973 as a graduate assistant coach under Frank Kush at Arizona State. He then spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Scottsdale Community College before spending five seasons as head coach at Snow College. He then began his 16-year career at Weber State, spending seven seasons as an assistant coach under head coach Mike Price from 1981-88. During that time he helped lead Weber State a Big Sky title in 1987 and a trip to the Division I-AA Playoffs.
In 1989, Arslanian became the head coach of the Wildcats and over the next nine years would lead Weber State to 53 wins, still the most victories in school history. His first four seasons he coached Weber State quarterback Jamie Martin who earned two All-American honors and won the 1991 Walter Payton Trophy as the top player in the country. Arslanian led the Wildcats to an 8-4 record in 1991 and earned a trip to the Division I-AA Playoffs for just the second time in school history. He also guided the Wildcats to a 6-2 conference record that season, finishing second in the league standings. He led Weber State to a top three finish in the Big Sky standings four times.
As head coach of the Wildcats he coached 38 players to All-Big Sky honors. He also coached four players who were drafted in the NFL including Tau Pupua, Cam Quayle and Scott Shields. In 1994, he also helped save the Wildcat football program.
Following his career at Weber State, Arslanian spent two seasons as the head coach at Utah State and also coached in the XFL.
Jermaine Boyette
Jermaine Boyette was a three-year standout for the Weber State men's basketball team and still ranks as one of the top players in school history.
Boyette came to Weber State from the tough streets of Hammond, Ind., a suburb of Chicago. After leading the Hammond High School Wildcats, he signed to play for the Weber State Wildcats and head coach Joe Cravens. Due to his academic situation, he made a detour on his way to Weber State and played one season at Salt Lake Community College during the 1998-99 season. He then came to Weber State where he sat out the 1999-00 season as a red shirt before beginning his three-year career with the Wildcats.
In just his second career game he scored 27 points to lead Weber State to an upset win over nationally ranked Utah in Salt Lake City in December 2000, snapping Utah's 50-game home winning streak. During his sophomore season he averaged 19.1 points per game to finish second in the Big Sky in scoring and earned First Team All-Big Sky honors.
As a junior in 2001-02, he picked up right where he left off and again earned First Team All-Conference honors and led the Big Sky in scoring at 17.1 points per game. He also led the conference in steals and earned All-District honors.
His crowning season came as a senior in 2002-03 when he guided the Wildcats to one of their best years in school history. He again led the Big Sky in scoring, this time at 20.5 points per game and earned Big Sky MVP honors. In the final non-conference game of the season he scored a career-high 37 points to lead Weber State to a home win over BYU. That win started a 17-game winning streak that didn't end until the NCAA Tournament.
He guided the Wildcats to a perfect 14-0 regular season record in 2003, just the second team in Big Sky history to post an undefeated conference record. The Wildcats also captured the Big Sky Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament where the winning streak ended with an 81-74 loss to Wisconsin.
All total for his three year career, Boyette earned Big Sky First Team honors three times, one of just five Wildcats to ever do so. He finished his career as Weber State's career leader in free throws made. He currently ranks fourth in school history in scoring with 1,613 points in his 85 career games. He is still the all-time leader in free throws attempted and ranks third in steals and seventh in assists.
Following his career with the Wildcats, Boyette had a long professional basketball career that took him all over the world. He played in multiple NBA summer league camps and had tryouts with a few NBA teams, including two tryouts with the Utah Jazz. He went on to play professionally in the CBA and as well as in Poland, France, Italy, Venezuela, Israel and Japan.
Jeff Carlson
Jeff Carlson was a four-year standout quarterback for the Weber State football team from 1984-88 and helped lead the Wildcats to one of their best seasons in school history.
Carlson came to Weber State out of Cypress, Calif. He only played in four varsity games for the Wildcats as a freshman and sophomore but exploded in his final two seasons as the Weber State starter.
During his junior season of 1987, he led the Wildcats to a 10-3 overall record, still the best winning percentage in school history. Under head coach Mike Price, Weber State was 7-1 in Big Sky play that season, finishing in a tie for first in the league standings. The Wildcats also advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs for the first time in school history where they defeated Idaho in the first round before falling at Marshall.
During the year Carlson threw for 3,044 yards, at the time the second most in a season in school history. He also threw 19 touchdowns and finished the year seventh in the nation in total offense and eighth in the country in pass efficiency.
As a senior in 1988, he threw for 2,998 yards and 26 touchdowns, at the time a school record. In a win over Southern Utah, he threw for 434 yards, at the time the second most yards in a game in school history. He threw six touchdowns in a game twice that season to set a Big Sky record.
Carlson ended his career as Weber State's career leader in passing yards with 6,147 yards, which now ranks third in school history. He threw for 47 touchdowns in his career with the Wildcats, still third most in school history.
Following his Wildcat career, Carlson was drafted in the fourth round of the NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams, which was the highest a Big Sky quarterback had ever been drafted. He played four seasons in the NFL with Tampa Bay, New England and Denver. He currently resides in the Tampa area.
Tenille Howe Slack
Tenille Howe Slack was a four-year member of the Weber State women's golf team and made history by becoming the first Wildcat to win a Big Sky title and led the 'Cats to their first ever conference championship.
Howe graduated from Fremont High School and only played golf about one year before coming to Weber State.
As a junior in 1999-00, she won individual honors as the low medalist at the Big Sky Championships, at Sunbrook Golf Course in St. George. She is still the only Wildcat to ever win the Big Sky title. She shot rounds of 74, 71 and 78 for a three-day total of 223 to win by two strokes. She was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year that season, the only Wildcat to ever win the award.
As a senior in 2000-01, she led the Wildcats to their first ever team championship. She finished third individually and helped the Wildcats capture the Big Sky title at Valley View Golf Course in Layton. That season Weber State advanced to the NCAA West Region Championships where Howe was WSU's second finisher.
Howe also had a strong amateur golf career and captured the 2000 Utah State Women's Amateur Championship at the Logan Golf and Country Club. She also advanced to the top 16 of match play at the U.S. Public Links Tournament in 2000 and qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2000.
During her time at WSU she earned four Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors and was named the Big Sky Conference Female Scholar Athlete in 2001. She earned four Academic All-American honors and was awarded the NCAA post-graduate scholarship award. She also served as president of the Weber State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Howe married Rob Slack in 2004. The couple has four children and lives in Lehi.
Stephanie Stanger Hale
Stephanie Stanger Hale was a four-year standout for the Weber State women's basketball team and helped lead the Wildcats to their first Big Sky Conference title and trip to the NCAA Tournament. She also became the first Big Sky MVP in Weber State history.
Stanger played four seasons for head coach Carla Taylor and the Wildcats from 1998-2002. She twice earned Big Sky All-Conference honors and as a senior led Weber State to one of its best seasons in school history. She led the Wildcats to a 21-9 record that season, including an 11-3 record in Big Sky play. It marked Weber State's first ever Big Sky Conference title and WSU advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.
During her senior season Stanger averaged 15 points and 4.2 assists per game and knocked down 71 3-pointers, the most in the Big Sky and at the time, the second most in school history. She also shot 85 percent from the free throw line. For her performance that season she was named the Big Sky Conference Most Valuable Player, the first Wildcat to ever earn the honor.
She still ranks 13th in scoring in Weber State history, totaling 1,126 points in her 115 career games. She also ranks fourth in career 3-pointers and is seventh in assists and ninth in steals. Stanger is the Weber State all-time leader in free throw percentage at .842 for her career and holds the single-season for free throw percentage, shooting .895 during the 2000-01 season.
Stanger graduated from Weber State in 2003 with a degree in Secondary Education and spent five seasons as an assistant coach with the Wildcats under coach Taylor. In 2003 she married former Weber State football player Mike Hale.