New Coach Jay Johnson Signs 16 New Players

16 players have signed a letter of intent with the Wolf Pack Baseball team for the 2014 season. This is nearly half the amount of players the wolf pack usually signs per years. The new players consist of eight college freshman and eight junior college transfers.

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Michael Blasko was a part of the last
3 State Championship teams at Bishop
Gorman in Las Vegas. The past two
seasons he earned All-League, All-State
and All- American Awards.

Coming from Junior Colleges:
Chris Stolo (P/OF) Western Nevada CC
Robert Anderson (P) West Valley College (Calif.)
Grady Caldwell (1B) West Valley College (Calif.)
Jared Gaspard (OF) New Mexico Junior College
Sam Held (P) Delta College (Calif.)
Alex Lott (P) Delta College (Calif.)
Cameron Rowland (P) Chabot College (Calif.)
Zachary Wilkins (P) Palomar College (Calif.)

Coming out of High School:
Michael Blasko (C/IF) Bishop Gorman High School (Nev.)
Charlie Brooks (P) Buena High School (Calif.)
Jedd Fagg (IF) Williams Field High School (Ariz.)
Robert Fennell (IN, P) Scripps Ranch High School (Calif.)
Cole Krzmarzick (OF) Bishop Gorman High School (Nev.)
Jordan Pearce (IF, P) El Camino High School (Calif.)
Joseph Romero (P) Oxnard High School (Calif)
Cal Stevenson (P/OF) Newark High School (Calif)

Fall 2013 Graduation at the University of Nevada!

(photo taken from @UNRNews Twitter)

CONGRATULATIONS NEVADA STUDENTS!

December 7th was a great day for many University of Nevada, Reno students--it was commencement for the fall graduating class of 2013! Among these 1,461 students were 33 student-athletes, representing a staggering 13 different sports all together. 

These students have majors all over the board as well--from neuroscience to finance to criminal justice.

In the last nine years, our school has seen 567 of it's student-athletes graduate--holding our graduation percentage rate for athletes at a high 78%.

We thank you, as students at the University of Nevada, for all your hard work and dedication--both academically and as part of our Wolf Pack!

 

Nevada Football Team Awards

Wolf Pack Football announced its team awards on Sunday for the 2013 season. Senior Brandon Wimberly won the team’s most prestigious award, the Golden Helmet Award (MVP). Wimberly ended his college football career last Saturday with 269 career receptions. He has also had at least one reception in all of his college games, thats only two games short of the NCAA record.

Brandon Wimberly. MVP
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Additional Awards:

Outstanding Offensive Player: Cody Fajardo

Outstanding Defensive Player: Brock Hekking

Co-Outstanding Special Teams Players: Chase Tenpenny, Gabe Lee

Outstanding Freshman: Brent Zuzo

Big Blocker: Joel Bitonio

Striker Award: Joel Bitonio

Scout Team Players: Dante Mayes, Kevin Sundberg

Full Speed Effort: Brock Hekking, Jeremy Macauley

Captains’ Awards: Joel Bitonio, Cody Fajardo, Jordan Dobrich, Jordan Hanson

Congratulations to the men who received awards and the entire team and coaches for a good season.

San Jose State Takes Down UNDEFEATED #16 Fresno State!

Photo: Tony Avelar, AP

What a game for the Mountain West Conference!

Did San Jose State (now 6-6) really just hand #16 Fresno State (now 10-1) their first loss of the season? With a combined total of 1,392 yards, Fresno QB Derek Carr passing for 519 yards and David Fales for SJSU a total of 547 yards passing, these numbers were getting a little out of hand--not to mention the final score of 62-52, the lack of defense on both sides left a quite a few baffled.

One of the biggest upsets in NCAA Division 1 football to hit home for us Wolf Pack fans would be this--since Fresno took us down on it's hopeful path to a perfect season, San Jose State was our last win after a five-game skid (and the last game we played) before our final of the season, which is tomorrow. So how did SJSU take down #16? You tell us, I don't think it's sunk in yet!

This loss ended Fresno State's chances to beat out Northern Illinois for a spot in a prestigious BCS game.