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Baseball has been awarded Sacramento State’s Male Team Performance of the Year\u2026Jakob Poturnak<\/a> homered and plated two while seven different Hornet hitters drove in runs as Sacramento State picked up its first-ever win over a top ranked team with a 9-6 victory at No. 1 UCLA\u2026the nine runs were the most allowed by the Bruins and they were defeated for just the fourth time all season (the game was played on April 26)\u2026the nine runs were also the most UCLA allowed since a 9-5 defeat against LSU in the 2025 College World Series.<\/p>\n ———<\/p>\n Basketball – The Hornets finished 10-4 in the brand new Hornet Pavilion, the most home wins for the program since the 2019-20 season\u2026the average attendance of 2,758 fans per home game set a school record\u2026that includes a crowd of 3,116 in a win over Montana on Jan. 31 – the largest crowd to see a basketball game on campus in program history (1948-pres.)\u2026the Hornets drew crowds of 2,500+ fans in eight of the nine home conference games.<\/p>\n Golf – The Hornets claimed the Big Sky Conference championship with a convincing nine-stroke win\u2026the Hornets finished the tournament at 23-under par which broke the previous school tournament record by eight strokes\u2026Sacramento State was helped by a second round 18-under par total of 270 which set the tournament record and set the school single-round record for all tournaments\u2026the Hornets’ Jai Bahl and Gabriel Smith both had the top individual scores of the tournament.<\/p>\n Tennis – In the biggest match of the year, and regular season finale, Sacramento State came through with a 5-2 home win over Portland State\u2026both the Hornets and Vikings entered the match knowing what was at stake\u2026the winner would claim the sixth and final spot into the Big Sky Conference Tournament, while the losing team’s season would come to an end\u2026the Hornets received singles wins from Freddie Healey, Nick Bowles, Doni Gashi and David Dai to help secure the win.<\/p>\n Track & Field – The Hornets dominated UC Davis, 97-79, in the Causeway Classic Dual to improve to 15-4-1 all-time at the meet\u2026the men combined to win 10 individual events, including the 100, 200, 400, 1500, 110H and 400H\u2026Gianni Miles (100) and Nathan Rider (400) both had school top-10 performances during the meet\u2026Brock Gross had a top two finish in both the 110-hurdles and 400-hurdles\u2026Brandon Moreno won the 1500 by nearly three seconds\u2026both the 4×100, and 4×400 teams were victorious.<\/p>\n ———<\/p>\n AWARD TIMELINE<\/p>\n June 12 – Male Freshman of the Year – Jamar Andrews, Jr.\u00a0(t&f)<\/a>
\nJune 13 – Female Freshman of the Year – Keonahi’ilani Solaita\u00a0(vb)<\/a>
\nJune 14 – Male Newcomer of the Year – Gianni Miles (t&f)<\/a>
\nJune 15 – Female Newcomer of the Year – Victoria Marthaler (vb)<\/a>
\nJune 16 – Male Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Nathan Rider (t&f)<\/a>
\nJune 17 – Female Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year – <\/a>Jamisen Rasmussen<\/a> (row)
\nJune 18 – Male Individual Performance of the Year – Ryan Ellis (bsb)<\/a>
\nJune 19 – Female Individual Performance of the Year – Madison Evers-Lyles (sb)<\/a>
\nJune 20 – Men’s Academic Team of the Year – Baseball<\/a>
\nJune 21 – Women’s Academic Team of the Year – Golf<\/a>
\nJune 22 – SAAC Award – Jamisen Rasmussen (row)<\/a>
\nJune 23 – Male Team Performance of the Year
\nJune 24 – Female Team Performance of the Year
\nJune 25 – Team of the Year
\nJune 26 – Coach of the Year
\nJune 27 – Male Hornet Award
\nJune 28 – Female Hornet Award
\nJune 29 – Male Student-Athlete of the Year
\nJune 30 – Female Student-Athlete of the Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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