Utah State point guard Elijah Perryman became the second Aggie to earn Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors this season, joining forward Adlan Elamin who earned the distinction last week. The two are the latest in a very solid line of freshmen contributors to the program and reflect much of the potential of their forebears. Aggie basketball fans are quite familiar with having freshmen contributors on their team over the years. Since joining the Mountain West, a total of 17 Utah State freshmen have logged at least 350 minutes (the rough baseline to being a regular rotation player). Those meeting that qualifier range from guys just inside the rotation as freshmen, like Sean Bairstow and Brock Miller, or players that were stars in their first year, such as Kobe McEwen and Neemias Queta. Future stars also saw small or medium roles as freshmen, like Sam Merrill, Justin Bean, Jalen Moore and Mason Falslev. Those 17 freshmen went on to be selected to 16 All-Mountain West teams, six All-MW Defense teams and earn two Freshman of the Year awards and one Player of the Year trophy (with Falslev expected to add to these tallies this season). And barring an early