News Release

December 21, 2006

FIESTA FEVER: In anticipation of the upcoming Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Boise State University’s Office of Communications has identified story ideas that would be of interest to the community. Following is one of these stories. Feel free to use as written, or contact the sources listed at the bottom for more information.

Korey Hall Brings Skills in Football, Construction Management, to New BSU Indoor Training Facility

For Bronco linebacker Korey Hall, the new Caven-Williams Sports Complex at Boise State University is more than just a place to run drills in preparation for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1 against the Oklahoma Sooners.

Hall, the Western Athletic Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year, actually helped build the $9.5 million indoor athletic training facility that opened last February. He did so as part of an internship with McAlvain Construction of Boise.

“It was neat to be able to be a part of something like that,” said Hall, who graduated earlier this month with a bachelor’s degree in construction management. “All my teammates kept asking me how it was going. It’s unusual to get work experience on a project that is so personal.”

Hall completed a variety of tasks as part of the internship, from reading blueprints to helping set up the job site office to quality control monitoring. The 78,000-square-foot complex includes a full-size football field, offices and storage area, and is considered one of the most impressive buildings of its kind in the country.

Building the new indoor training facility was a complex and technical undertaking, as Hall and others working on the project can attest. According to Hall’s supervisor — who just happens to be a former Bronco standout himself — Hall did a great job.

“Korey was very dedicated and very willing to learn. He was interested in every aspect and every phase of the project. He’s just a great kid,” said Mike Wilson, job site superintendent for McAlvain Construction, and a Bronco wide receiver from 1989-1993.

Hall, who is from Glenns Ferry, Idaho, said he was always interested in building things. After being offered a scholarship and a chance to play football, he decided to enroll at Boise State.

The decision turned out to be a good one. Not only has Hall received accolades from his construction management professors for his solid academic performance, but he has excelled on the football field as well. A four-year starter and defensive captain for the Broncos, Hall has earned many honors. In addition to being named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year, he was named a second-team All-American by the Sporting News, earned first-team All-WAC honors, and was named the Broncos’ most outstanding defensive player.

“Korey is outstanding both on and off the football field,” said Casey Cline, a Boise State construction management professor and an avid Broncos fan. “He’s going to go far.”

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Contact: Janelle Brown, University Communications, (208) 426-1790, jbrown2@boisestate.edu

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