Tanner's 2023-2024 Basketball Season Utah Tech

Pictures from summer practice

The schedule is out!!!

Service project-picking up trash

Team day at the lake

Tanner and Caleb being ball boys at the Utah Tech football game

Coach Judkins

Tanner and Noah were on the WAC media day broadcast

The team goes to elementary schools and reads to the students.  Tanner sometimes reads in Spanish.  All of Emilie's nieces and nephews love it when Tanner comes to their school.

Tanner gets to go back to his number. Go #32!

Team Photo

Media Day

NIL commercial

Teammates

Coaches

Support Staff

November 1st VS Staton University (Exhibition game)  W, 99-40

November 8th VS Santa Clara L, 69-77
7 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists

November 11th VS Jacksonville State W, 81-79
26 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks

November 17th VS Youngstown State L, 68-75
16 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks

Emilie, Jen, Dave, Megan, Hayden, Kallie, and Cash came to watch the game and cheer Tanner on.

Kirt and I watched the game on the sailboat in the Caribbean

November 18th VS Lake Erie College W, 81-69
9 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block

Emilie' family came to this game too.  Cash just loved watching Tanner play.  He cried when the game was over. 

November 24th VS Washington State L, 53-93
5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks

Tanner played at WSU the day after Thanksgiving.  He had a huge crowd at the game watching.  He had 28 family members at the game plus lots of other friends.  We were so excited to cheer him on.  Unfortunately, it was a rough game, but it was still so fun to watch him play.

Family in attendance: Mom, Dad, Emilie, Garret, Grammy, Pompa, Marsha, Jen, Dave, Josh, Grandma Leavitt, Grandpa Leavitt, Ryan, Angela, Kathleen, Cody, Jon, Michelle, Nixon, Sadie, Ike, Scarlett, Cameron, Rachelle, Maddie, Ollie, Ender, and Finn.

Emilie brought one of Tanner's uniforms from last year for her and Garret to wear.

Warm ups

Let the game begin!

Tanner's high school coach, Garrick Phillips, and assistant coach, Ty Fowler, came to the game.  

Ward members that came to the game: Carrie Tolley, Michael Tolley, Drew Fry, Cary Fry, Austin Fy, Delphia Fry, and Jon Tolley. (Not pictured: Shannan Skidmore, Allen Skidmore, and Niklas (Skidmore's exchange student)

Coach Fowler and his son

David, Tanner's biggest fan from his days at the University of Idaho.  He was in the singles ward with Tanner and he came to all of Tanner's games and cheered for him. 

November 27th VS Lindenwood W 73-66
20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block

His team went to the St Louis arch when they were in town for the Lindenwood game. This is a view from the top of the arch.

Tanner couldn't stand up inside the arch

December 2 VS Utah Valley W, 65-53
10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist

December 6 VS Cal Baptist W, 72-69
5 points, 4 rebounds

Kinsley Barrington plays for Cal Baptist.  She was playing at Utah Tech the same night that Tanner was playing at Cal Baptist.  She took a picture in front of Tanner's locker.  I tried to get Tanner to go and take a picture in front of her locker, but he didn't.

December 9 VS University of Idaho L, 62-63
18 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists

Emilie got to participate in the half time competition

December 11 VS Cal State Northridge L, 75-80
13 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks

December 16 VS University of North Dakota L, 62-79
6 points, 5 rebounds, 4 blocks

Visiting the Southern Utah Veterans Home

December 21 VS University of Colorado L, 71-98
 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 blocks

December 30 VS Florida International W, 96-92 (OT)
15 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks

January 4 VS Seattle University L, 53-70
16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist

Kirt and I drove over to Seattle to watch Tanner's Seattle U game.  Jon and Michelle were going to ride with us but Jon ended up having to go to Boise that morning because his co-worker that was supposed to go got sick.  Michelle decided she was still going to come, but she was going to fly over because she could get a cheap ticket.  She flew over, rode the tram to downtown Seattle and was supposed to take an Uber to the gym.  But she was having phone troubles and ended up walking the mile plus through dark downtown Seattle by herself.  I was so mad at her.  At least she made it.  She did ride home with us. It was a fun ride home.  At least it didn't snow on the pass which I was worried it would, but it was so foggy from Moses Lake to Yakima and we had to drive slowly.  We finally made it home at 2:30am.  But we were glad we got to go watch Tanner play!

Kirt's focus mate friend Jared and his friend came to the game.

January 6 VS Grand Canyon L, 65-75
4 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks

January 11 VS Stephen F Austin W, 75-70
7 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal

January 18 VS Southern Utah L, 65-75
12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist

January 20 VS Utah Valley L, 71-84
15 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 blocks

Tanner had a huge showing at his game.  25 fans from Kirt's family came to the game.  

Travis, Sam, Nicole, and Cindy

Kari, Dave, Brianna, and Cayden

Jayna, Clara, Kim, Aaron, Beckham, and Calvin

Mason, Tami, Avery, Owen, Ben

Not pictured-Brett, Kristie, Carson, and Blake

Tanner and Emilie-Emilie went to the game with Bear's girlfriend

January 25 VS Abilene Christian L, 60-82
15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 blocks

Leaving on the bus to the Vegas airport to fly to Texas

There was no photographer at this game.

January 27 VS Tarleton State L, 68-86
1 point, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal

There was no photographer at this game.

February 1 VS UTRGV W, 81-64
11 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks

Tanner on the coaches show after the game

If you look really closely, you can see Tanner being interviewed by a reporter in the tunnel.

February 3 VS UT Arlington L, 66-87
11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks

February 8 VS Southern Utah W, 70-68
7 points, 7 rebounds,  5 assists, 1 block,  1 steal

February 10 VS Cal Baptist W, 85-78
9 points, 4 rebounds,  4 assists,  1 steal

February 15 VS Grand Canyon L, 61-73
18 points, 10 rebounds,  5 assists

Emilie and Caleb fiancee Carly went down to the game together.

Practice at GCU the day before the game

February 17 VS Seattle U L, 65-66
12 points, 6 rebounds,  1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal

February 24 VS UT Arlington L, 77-89
9 points, 5 rebounds,  2 assists

February 29 VS Tarleton L, 74-85
14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks

March 2 VS Abilene Christian L, 79-86

15 points, 7 rebounds,  2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal

Tanner's Senior Night

March 7 VS UTRGV W, 79-74
19 points, 9 rebounds,  5 assists, 1 block

March 9 VS Stephen F Austin  L, 71-84

6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal