Hornet Awards Spring 2011
May 10, 2011
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Wallace won best female athlete in the Hornet Awards.
Wallace was twice named Big Sky Track Athlete this season as well
as breaking record after record.
“I am extremely honored to be selected,” Wallace said. “For me,
this award marks the dedication, determination and commitment to
excellence that underlies Sacramento State Track and
Field.”
second-fastest 1500 times in the NCAA Division I, recorded the
fastest 800 time to be done by an American woman (being an amateur
or professional), ranked as the ninth-fastest 800 runner in the
world, and beat her own school record in the 800 by nearly three
seconds. Wallace is also the national leader in the 800-meter run
after producing a time of 2:02.95.
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sophomore year, senior track athlete Ronald Brookins has been once
again honored by our staff as the Best Male Athlete.
Valuable Athlete and also was named the meet’s Most Outstanding
Performer with his time of 7.79 seconds in the 60-meter
hurdles.
50-meter and 60-meter hurdles in the indoor and 110-meter hurdles
in the outdoor.
most improved was in my sophomore year so to come back in my senior
year and get best male athlete says a lot about the work I put in
over the years,” Brookins said.
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official Hornet baseball roster shortly before the spring of
2010.
Christiansen in the form of a fall season tryout.
my shot. I was fortunate enough to get another shot, so I tried to
make the best of it this year. Nobody is at fault but yourself so
I’m just glad that I got another shot,” he said.
baseball go by. In the fall of 2010, Maas was out on the field
again trying out for a spot on the roster.
leads the team in innings pitched and ranks the second lowest on
the team in ERA.
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team expected good things from freshman pitcher Taylor Stroud.
Wasting little time she displayed dominance on the mound earning
her best female freshman of the spring semester.
strikeouts, and leads the team in each category. She has also
posted the team’s second best ERA of 2.44 so far this
season.
especially coming into conference and playing a team four times in
a row,” Stroud said. “But a lot of the girls have been helping me
through it.”
pitcher on Feb. 12. She went 6.2 innings, struck out four batters,
and allowed one unearned run on a throwing error from the
catcher.
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A redshirt
freshman in the spring of 2010, David Del Grande has stood out for
the Hornets this year.
Del Grande
admits he was not in a position to play last season. He knew he had
work to do to prepare for his Division I debut.
“(I had to
overcome) quite a bit. Last year was a lot of work — I wasn’t
quite ready,” Del Grande said. “I put everything I had last year
into getting better for this year – the time in the cages, time on
the field, all this extra work you have to do.”
Del Grande
has provided a large amount of pop and solid defense for the
Hornets. Del Grande ranks second on the team in batting average
(.253), with one long ball. His glove is among the team’s most
consistent: Del Grande claims a .967 fielding
percentage.
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Samantha Saffold won most improved female athlete in the Hornet
awards.
This Hornet
has showed Sac State time and time again that she can handle any
circumstance that appears on the golf course. This season she has
been named the Black Clover Co-Big Sky Conference Golfer of the
Week, was the tournament medalist after winning a one-hole playoff,
and became the first Hornet golfer to finish in the top 10 of the
Big Sky Championships all four years.
In the 2011
Big Sky Championship, Saffold was over par but was able to finish
in the top 10 because of a birdie on the 18th hole. She is not only
an example of an improved athlete: she is also the example of a
dedicated athlete.
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been named our Best Coach by leading both the men and the women to
become the Big Sky
February.
three consecutive indoor titles and the men have won three titles
in the last five years.
Raske was also named the Big Sky Men’s and Women’s Coach of the
Year.
nice to be always recognized for what you do and it’s great also
for our entire staff because it’s truly a collective
effort.”
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the Sac State men’s and women’s tennis teams have won the award for
the best storyline.
Both teams have had more wins than losses and made it to the NCAA
Tournament.
campus for many years,” said William Campbell, the director of both
tennis teams.
Big Sky Tournament title and received automatic berth into the NCAA
Tournaments. With both titles, that makes six league championships
won by the Hornets this year.