Newsletter AD Fall 2025
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The State Hornet
The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet
Newsletter AD Fall 2025
The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet
Ryan Lorenz

Ryan Lorenz, Sports Editor

(he/him)

Ryan Lorenz is a senior journalism major and is returning for his third semester at the State Hornet, this time as co-sports editor. He has a strong passion for sports and plans on having a career in sports media.

All content by Ryan Lorenz
Sacramento State senior quarterback Kaiden Bennett pre-snap against the Fresno State Bulldogs. The Hornets’ final FBS matchup of the season ended in a 46-30 loss.

Sac State gets chewed up by the Bulldogs

Hornets unable to build momentum, convert 4 of 14 third down attempts
Ryan Lorenz, Sports Editor
September 8, 2024
Sacramento State Hornets have a rough outing against the Fresno State Bulldogs in their Central Valley football matchup.
Sacramento State football scrimmaging at their first day of practice with full tackling Aug. 8, 2024. The team will unveil their starting offense and defense on Thursday, Aug. 29 when they go against the San Jose State Spartans.

‘It’s all about us’: Hornets look inward before 2024 campaign

Transfers retool defense as offense prepares to be explosive
Ryan Lorenz, Sports Editor
August 26, 2024
The Big Sky Conference’s 2024 Sacramento State football players Kaiden Bennett, Jackson Slater, head coach Andy Thompson and the rest of the Hornets prepare for their first match against Mountain West Conference’s San Jose State Spartans.
Sacramento State men’s tennis team won a share of the Big Sky Conference regular season after defeating Eastern Washington on April 14 and the women’s tennis team won their share of the Big Sky Conference regular season after ousting Portland State on April 20. This was the first time either team has won a share of the regular season title in over a decade. (Photos courtesy of Sacramento State Athletics, graphic created in Canva by Jahson Nahal)

Tennis teams drop rackets for trophies

Men’s and women’s tennis ended a decade-long title drought respectively.
Jahson Nahal and Ryan Lorenz
April 24, 2024
Sacramento State tennis teams dominated the regular season and both men’s and women’s ended over a decade-long drought to win Big Sky Conference titles.
Sophomore Adam Chodur getting ready to return in his singles match against Northern Arizona University freshman Semen Agynskyy on Friday, March 15, 2024. Chodur won his singles match after winning a tiebreak in his second set, but the Hornets would lose the match 4-3.

First tennis home loss comes from rival’s rackets

Hornets lose against NAU, but defeat Seattle U in dominating fashion
Ryan Lorenz, Staffer
March 20, 2024
Sac State men’s tennis lost their first game at home against Big Sky Conference rival Northern Arizona University on Friday, but had a dominating win against Seattle University on Sunday.
Professors Molly Dugan, Harvey Stark, Sahar Razavi and Jaime Jackson at the faculty roundtable Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Each of the professors spoke on part of their area of expertise.

Faculty roundtable is met with mixed responses

‘You have to start somewhere’: students left the roundtable with mixed emotions
Ryan Lorenz, Staffer
October 19, 2023
In an attempt to bring students together, CSUS faculty members held a roundtable about the Israel/Palestine conflict that received a wide array of responses from the attendees.
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