Roy’s Flint, Ogden’s Webber headline Weber State’s 2024 Hall of Fame class
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- In this 2015 photo, MaCauley Flint pitches for Weber State softball in Ogden.
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- Ogden native Dick Webber is seen skiing in this undated photo.
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- Weber State’s Joel Bolomboy dunks against Xavier on March 18, 2016, during the NCAA Tournament in Saint Louis.
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- In this photo from Sept. 19, 2009, Weber State receiver Tim Toone (81) runs the football against Idaho State.
Roy native MaCauley Flint is one of five new members joining the Weber State Athletics Hall of Fame, the school announced Thursday.
Flint, still one of the best softball players to play at WSU, joins Joel Bolomboy (men’s basketball), Sariah Long (track/cross country), Tim Toone (football) and Ogden native Dick Webber (Reed K. Swenson Award) in the 2024 Hall of Fame Class.
The Wildcat Club is hosting a banquet for the 2024 class induction on Friday, Sept. 27, at the Eccles Conference Center in Ogden. The five will also be honored at halftime of the home football game against McNeese the next night.
Those interested in the weekend can call the Wildcat Club at 801-626-6576.
MaCAULEY FLINT
One of several softball-twirling Flints, the Roy High alum put her mark on WSU softball’s history despite only two seasons in the pitching circle.
After two years at Salt Lake Community College, Flint pitched at Weber State in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, leading the Wildcats to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015.
Flint was a two-time All-Big Sky First Team selection. She’s still the program’s all-time leader in ERA at 2.56 over 275 1/3 innings pitched. Her 273 strikeouts in two seasons are still second in program history.
Flint started 31 of the team’s 57 games in 2015, throwing 12 complete games (including four shutouts) while striking out 127. Weber State went 38-19 overall and 13-6 in the Big Sky.
MVP of the 2015 Big Sky Tournament, Flint went 3-0 and allowed four runs in 17 innings. The Wildcats defeated No. 2 seed Sacramento State twice, including once by run rule, and run-ruled No. 1 Idaho State on its home field to claim the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth.
JOEL BOLOMBOY
Bolomboy (2012-16) is a former Big Sky MVP in men’s basketball and holds Weber State’s program records for rebounds and blocked shots.
His 1,312 rebounds over four seasons are a record for Weber State, the Big Sky and any college basketball program in Utah. He also blocked 179 shots.
A three-time All-Big Sky selection, Bolomboy was conference MVP in 2016, averaging 17.1 points and 12.6 rebounds per game while leading the Wildcats to the regular-season and tournament championships, and the NCAA Tournament.
His 130 games played are fourth-most in men’s basketball program history.
SARIAH LONG
Long (2005-08) was a two-time All-American and five-time Big Sky champion in cross country and track and field.
Her All-America honors came in the outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase. She won the Big Sky title for that event in 2006 and 2008, and finished in the top 10 at the NCAA national meet in 2007 and 2008.
Long won the 2007 Big Sky cross country championship, winning the title race by more than 25 seconds.
In 2008 she won the mile race and the 3,000 meters at the Big Sky outdoor championship meet.
TIM TOONE
Toone (2006-09) is Weber State football’s all-time leader in career receiving yards (3,607) and career receptions (206), holds the record for longest punt return, and ranks in the all-time top 10 in several other categories.
His 95-yard punt return in 2009 is the school and Big Sky record, and he returned three punts for touchdowns that season.
He had 83 catches for 1,109 yards and 10 touchdowns in his 2009 senior season.
Weber State’s FCS Playoff bids in 2008 and 2009 to close Toone’s career were only the third and fourth times WSU had ever qualified for the playoffs. Toone was an All-American and first-team All Big Sky selection in both seasons.
The Detroit Lions selected Toone with the 255th and final pick of the 2010 NFL Draft, earning him the title of Mr. Irrelevant.
DICK WEBBER
The Ogden native and former skier at Weber Junior College (1956-57) receives this year’s Reed K. Swenson Award, given to those “who have made significant impacts as athletes, donors, administrators, coaches, trainers, and managers associated with Weber State,” the university says.
In 1956, Webber led Weber College to victory over the University of Utah and his friend and fellow Ogden High graduate Spencer Eccles. Webber attended Denver University after Weber, and he was selected for the US men’s ski team in 1958 and the US Olympic men’s alpine training squad in 1960.
Webber played a pivotal role in skiing and real estate, organizing the first ski racing school at Snowbasin and developing the area’s real estate, including Park West. He co-owned a real estate company in Park City and contributed to designing the downhill course at Snowbasin for the 2002 Winter Olympics.