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Way to go little bro!

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SUU’s Payne Named Player of the Week

Courtesy: The Summit League
Release: 02/25/2008

Geoff Payne, Southern Utah

Jr., F, 6-7, Sandy, Utah/Alta HS (Snow JC)

Payne earns Player of the Week honors after averaging 32.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game on the road last week. He hit 22-of-29 field goals (76 percent) and 21-of-25 free throws (84 percent). He also averaged 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals. Against ORU, Payne finished with career highs of 35 points and 15 rebounds. His 13 field goals are tied for the second-most in a game in The Summit League this season and the 15 rebounds are the third-most. Against the Gents, he finished with team highs of 30 points on 82 percent shooting, six rebounds, six assists and four steals. He also hit 6-of-6 free throws down the stretch to help seal the win.

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  1. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    Amber, you probably don’t remember me, but I’ve taken several of your wooden letters classes. I just got the email that the store is closing! I am so bummed. I didn’t know if I’d see you before they close and wanted to say “hi” and thank-you for all the work you’ve put into my home-decor, I am so glad to have it. Will you teach somewhere else? I am so glad to have met you and taken your classes! Thank you! Sincerely, Nicole

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  2. ashley jensen Avatar
    ashley jensen

    Congrats to your brother—it seems things have turned around for him and his team since the start of the season. There are a lot of lessons to be learned in regards to team sports carrying over into every day life. With my husband playing college sports some 14 years ago, I see how he’s learned from team play—that you need to be able to know when to take responsibility for the things that you do and when to let go of the rest. That comes with time and experience and maturity. He keeps saying you can’t blame it on the refs, you can’t blame it on the other players, but you have to look yourself squarely in the eye and take responsibility for what you did, good or bad–that’s called being a man. His parents were wise enough to step back and let him learn those lessons–the best gift they ever gave him. They didn’t gear their lives around him and his sports, they didn’t live in his glory, and they didn’t coddle him. They realized that this was his time and that this was his life which allowed him to grow up. They have got to be the best! It allowed me to marry a 26-year-old man instead of a boy. Now, 12 years later, he can teach our two wonderful boys, 6 and 8, how to be courageous and how to stand on their own. You don’t say if your brother has kids or not, but imagine the courage, discipline, joy of success as well as many other lessons that he can teach his kids.

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