SPORTS PODCAST: Top 10 sports stories of the semester
December 12, 2019
From Sac State football's first year in the playoffs to the careers of former Sac State students Deuce and Mo, the sports section here at The State Hornet has had a lot to cover this semester. Here’s sports Editor Shaun Holkko’s top 10 sports stories of the semester on this week's episode the State...
Sac State softball head coach builds players into winners
October 17, 2019
About 20 years ago, you could have found current head softball coach Lori Perez in her first year at Sacramento State as a softball player, fielding grounders at Shea Stadium. Today, you can still find Perez there, now the one hitting the practice grounders to her players. Perez concluded her six...
Sac State athletes have mixed opinions on Senate Bill 206 becoming law
October 1, 2019
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 206 into law Monday, allowing college athletes in the state to profit off their names and likenesses. The bill, also known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, will not go into effect until Jan. 2023. Story continues below tweet. Colleges reap billions f...
Sac State softball pitcher throws first no-hitter in Big Sky Conference championship history
Thomas Frey, Sports editor
May 10, 2019
Facing elimination in the 2019 Big Sky Conference softball tournament, Sacramento State senior pitcher Savanna Corr threw a no-hitter as the Hornets defeated Idaho State 15-0 in five innings. The game was the first no-hitter in Big Sky Conference tournament history and Corr’s second no-hitter of...
Savanna Corr wins Big Sky Conference Pitcher of the Year
May 7, 2019
Sacramento State senior pitcher Savanna Corr won the Big Sky Conference Pitcher of the Year award after finishing her final season as a Hornet with a 19-12 season record. The announcement was made on the Big Sky Softball’s Twitter account early Tuesday morning. “Coach Perez called me right before the announcement and I actually started crying,” Co...
Sac State softball team defeats UC Davis for first time in 3 years
May 1, 2019
The Sacramento State softball team beat University of California, Davis for the first time in three years Tuesday, seizing an early lead over the Aggies and never looking back, winning 6-1. The Hornets (29-20, 9-5 Big Sky) scored first after a sacrifice fly by junior Suzy Brookshire brought home by ...
Senior outfielder having career season after rough college start
April 28, 2019
Sacramento State senior outfielder Nene Alas, in her fourth and final softball season as a Hornet, has gone from struggling in her first two years to having the second highest batting average on the team. “I didn’t initially perform the way I wanted to or get the results I wanted and how I chan...
Sac State softball team uses superstition to gain mental edge
April 22, 2019
Former first baseman for the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees Jason Giambi was famously known for slipping on a gold thong whenever he was mired in a hitting slump. While not as eccentric as Giambi’s strange choice of in-game undergarment, Sacramento State’s softball players use their own bran...
Softball player Suzy Brookshire voted Sac State’s ‘Best Female Athlete’
April 11, 2019
Just weeks after Sacramento State junior softball player Suzy Brookshire set the program record with her 36th career home run, she was voted “Best Female Athlete” in the State Hornet’s third annual Best of Sac State poll. Brookshire currently leads Sac State’s softball program in all-time home runs (...
Sac State softball team falls to Boise State 5-2
March 12, 2019
The Sacramento State softball team had an early 2-1 lead against the Boise State Broncos, but lost with a final score of 5-2 in the first round of the Louisville Slugger Softball Tournament at Bill Simoni Field on Friday. Sac State (8-8) failed to score after the second inning following a solo-shot ho...
