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Johnny Hill, Curran Walsh re-join USU men’s basketball staff | Sports

LOGAN – Two former Utah State men’s basketball staff members, Johnny Hill and Curran Walsh, are returning to Logan in similar roles to their previous stints. Hill will serve as an assistant coach and Walsh will be the director of player personnel and analytics. Hill’s addition replaces the loss of assistant coach Eric Daniels, who left to take the same position at the University of Utah under its first-year head coach Alex Jensen. Hill spent one season at Utah State, having followed Danny Sprinkle from Montana State to Logan, and served as an assistant coach and director of player development under Sprinkle. In the 2024-25 season, Hill was an assistant coach at University of Illinois Chicago, focusing on defense, scouting and player development. Prior to his first stint at USU, Hill served in assistant roles at Montana State, Grand Canyon and Northwestern Ohio. “We’re very excited to bring Johnny and his wife back to Logan,” USU head coach Jerrod Calhoun said in the university’s press release about the hirings. “He was a part of one of the greatest teams in Utah State history. He comes highly recommended by Matt Painter, Rob Ehsan and Danny Sprinkle. When trying to establish a staff,

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Two Ridgeline stars headed to national contenders | Sports

Anne Wallace is to Utah’s high school softball what Emilee Skinner is to girl’s basketball.  Lorene Hale They are the best in the state. They were both elite athletes at Ridgeline High School; Thursday the state’s high school coaches voted Wallace “Ms. Softball” for all high school classifications while Skinner was “Ms. Basketball” the last two years, and again that is for all of the state’s six classifications. Wallace helped the Riverhawks — coached by Michael Anderson — to two state 4A softball championships in her time there. Girls basketball coach Ainsli Jenks guided her last three Ridgeline teams to 4A state titles. It is obvious these two aim to carry forward the standard they’ve set during unparalleled high school careers. Lorene Hale As a junior at Ridgeline Wallace committed a year ago to play at the University of Texas which means when she reports to campus in Austin, Aug. 21, her name will be part of the roster of the defending national champion Longhorns. She has played catcher and third base throughout her high school career. Wallace finished her high school career as Utah’s record setter in home runs and RBIs. Her 27 home runs as a sophomore is

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