Sacramento State senior setter Kennedy Kurtz, middle, celebrates with teammates after a kill by senior outside hitter Shannon Boyle in set five against North Dakota at Colberg Court in the Nest on Thursday,...

Sacramento State senior setter Kennedy Kurtz celebrates a 3-1 victory in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament Thursday, Nov. 16 2017 at Colberg Court. Kurtz led the nation in assists for the Hornets.

Senior center Joshua Patton goes up for a shot against UC Davis on Nov. 21, 2017. Patton averaged 13 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game as a junior.

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...

Former Sacramento State wide receiver Andre Lindsey was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday after the 2019 NFL Draft. Lindsey came to Sac State after transferring...

Everything was prepped for the 6 p.m. kickoff between Sacramento State football and Northern Arizona University on Nov. 10 of last year. Sac State Director of Ticket Operations and Fan Engagement Dallas...

The lights were out at TD Garden in Boston as fans waited anxiously to see their favorite Disney characters and stories brought to life on ice. The night before, the Boston Celtics, making their playoff...

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaking during a forum hosted by the Campaign for College Opportunity as he runs for governor of California. Newsom declared a state of emergency on March 4 in response...

Folsom High School football went 14-1 and won a California State championship in 2018. Now, five of those players have committed to continue their academic and athletic careers at Sacramento State. This...

In 2018, Troy Taylor was one of 146 assistant football coaches at Division 1-A schools who, according to USA Today, earned at least $500,000 per season. On Dec. 17, 2018, Taylor agreed to a seven-year...

Sacramento State has bought a building on Folsom Blvd. for $4.5 million that will become the gymnastics team’s new training facility. For the past seven years, the Hornets have practiced nearly 19...

Sacramento State gymnastics lost five seniors with postseason experience to graduation after the 2018 season. When the team opened the 2019 season Jan. 6, they stepped up to the uneven bars and it became...

When Troy Taylor was hired as the head football coach of Sacramento State on Dec. 17, 2018, he knew he would be coaching in a stadium where he had championship wins as the head football coach at Folsom...

Junior Alexis Belkoff set career highs on bars and beam while nearly setting a career high on vault as the Sacramento State gymnastics team finished with a score of 189.950. While Belkoff performed...

Less than a month after Troy Taylor was named the head football coach at Sacramento State, questions that surrounded the 2019 season are starting to be answered. Taylor has set his coaching staff and...

Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen was told at a Big Sky Conference meeting that convincing University of Utah offensive coordinator Troy Taylor to be the Hornets next head coach wouldn’t be possible....

Sacramento State football named former University of Utah offensive coordinator Troy Taylor head coach on Monday. Taylor will replace Jody Sears, Sac State’s former head football coach, who lost...

Sacramento State fired Jody Sears on Monday after he went 20-35 in five seasons with the Hornets. In three of those seasons, the Hornets won just two games. RELATED: Sac State fires head football coach...

Sacramento State senior point guard Marcus Graves hit a game-winning basket with 10.1 seconds to give Sac State a 58-55 win over University of California, Davis Tuesday at the Golden 1 Center. Sac State...

The University of California, Davis athletic department announced Friday that the 65th Causeway Classic has relocated to Mackay Stadium at University of Nevada, Reno on Saturday due to poor air quality....

Due to air quality concerns, Sacramento State has postponed both men’s and women’s basketball games planned for Friday.   The women’s basketball game was postponed by Ohio State at 1 p.m. Thursday....

Sacramento State has cancelled its football game against Northern Arizona Saturday night due to poor air quality, caused by smoke from the Camp Fire near Chico. The air quality index was recorded at...

My favorite sporting event ever happened on Halloween in 2001. It was the fourth game of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks. I was trick-or-treating dressed...

A suspect has been identified in the 2017 theft of 35 Dell Latitude laptops out of a Sacramento State classroom. The suspect, Nicholas MacKenzie, 39, has not been apprehended and currently has three...

When Megan Kyle stuck her landing on the balance beam on Jan. 29, 2017, she did something she had never done before. It was Kyle’s third season competing for Sacramento State gymnastics and her first...

Sacramento State had trouble stopping Cal Poly’s triple-option offense, losing 41-27 to the Mustang’s on Saturday at Hornet Stadium. While the Hornets (2-3, 0-2 Big Sky Conference) scored touchdowns...

Since Jody Sears arrived at Sacramento State in 2014, 72 players have left the Sac State football program — with most leaving after the 2016 season. A total of 28 players who were underclassmen in...

While eating at Chili’s before their game against Sacramento State on Thursday, the van that belongs to Southern Utah University’s volleyball team was broken in to, according to Hornet Athletics. The...

Mikaela Nocetti talks about recording her 1,000th career kill on Saturday, her injury and the team's home matchups this weekend against Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. RELATED: Hornet Volleyball...

Sacramento State sophomore running back Elijah Dotson talks about averaging more than five yards per carry, the game against Northern Colorado and the upcoming game against Montana on Saturday. RELATED:...

Sacramento State senior defensive back Mister Harriel talks about the San Diego State game, the defense as a unit, and his second interception of the game in the fourth quarter against SDSU. RELATED:...

Despite leading 14-13 against San Diego State, Sacramento State allowed a touchdown with 4:05 to play and lost 28-14. The Hornets (1-1) had a chance to put the game away when the Aztecs (1-1) went for...

Sacramento State volleyball fell to UC Davis in four sets Tuesday at Colberg Court in the Causeway Classic. The Hornets (3-5) played three games over the weekend and failed to come out with the same...

Without Sacramento State head coach Jody Sears, the Hornets still rolled their way to a 55-7 win over St. Francis (IL.) to open the season Saturday at Hornet Stadium. Assistant head coach Paul Wulff...

Sac State finishes second in the Hornet Invitational. They took a set against University of Arizona. RELATED: Sac State volleyball finishes second in Hornet Invitational

The Sacramento State volleyball team finished second in the Hornet Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Colberg Court to open its season. The Hornets won their opener against Utah State in four sets...

Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen gave his fall address on Thursday in the University Union ballroom. In his address, he said that the Graduation Initiative 2025 is still the school’s “top funding...

Jody Sears, George Obinna and Kevin Thomson give their thoughts on the upcoming season. The Hornets are coming off a 7-4 season in 2017. RELATED: Senior-heavy Sac State football team begins season...

Losing to North Dakota in the Big Sky Conference Tournament championship game in five sets was not how the Sacramento State volleyball team wanted to end the 2017 volleyball season. The heartbreak from...

Winning wasn’t something the Sacramento State football team was used to — but now, winning is expected. After consecutive 2-9 seasons in 2015 and 2016, the team came together and won seven games...

In an email sent to all students and faculty on Tuesday, the Office of Information Resources and Technology reported that “there were approximately 600+ compromised accounts between Friday afternoon...

Six gymnastics teams coming off postseason appearances in April will compete against Sacramento State in the upcoming 2018-2019 season, according to head coach Randy Solorio. The Hornets will open...

Black Women United led a group of almost all black women from Crocker Park to the west steps of the State Capitol Saturday June 9 in support of black women. The theme of the march “Can I Live?”...

Parking Structure V will open Thursday after it was originally set to open at the beginning of the fall 2018 semester. An email sent out to all students by the Office of the Vice President of Administration...

Parking Lots 9 and 10 could utilize a parking tracker, created by five mechanical engineering students, in the upcoming fall semester at Sacramento State. The group has worked on this project since...

Heading into the 2018 season, senior gymnast Annie Juarez never imagined she would have a campaign that would lead her to being named ‘Best female athlete’ in The State Hornet’s Best of Sac State...

The Sacramento State volleyball team won its first Big Sky Conference regular-season title since 2007 and was voted as the “Best team” in The State Hornet’s Best of Sac State poll. Sac State coach...

The Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to picket at Sacramento State on Tuesday over the University’s support for the LGBTQ+ community. A news release sent out by the Westboro Baptist Church...

Sacramento Chief of Police Daniel Hahn will not attend the May 9 awards banquet where he was to be honored by Sacramento State’s College of Business Administration. Hahn has received push back from...

Nearly eight years ago, University of Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford walked across the stage at Radio City Music Hall to shake NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s hand after being chosen as the No. 1...

The Sacramento State football schedule includes a trip to compete against San Diego State on Sept. 8, five home games and a short trip across the Yolo Causeway to close out the regular season against UC...

Have a stack of unopened Monopoly game pieces from Safeway that keeps growing higher before it topples over to consume the entire table? Is the thought of going through each piece daunting? Well, you...

Nana Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana, received the African Peace Leadership Award at the 27th annual Africa Awards dinner on April 28 at Sacramento State. The award is annually given to someone who...

The Sacramento State women’s golf team entered the season as reigning Big Sky Conference champions with four of its five starters returning, but now it appears as if the season has come to an end. The...

An audit by the California State Auditor’s office has found that the California State University system has not provided acceptable safety measures for students and employees working with unsafe chemicals....

Three Sacramento State alumni were awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for their work covering the wildfires in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County at The Press Democrat. Derek Moore, Jim Sweeney and Martin...

As the Sacramento State gymnastics team left the University of Alaska Anchorage and its negative-nine degree weather on Feb. 3, it seemed like the Hornets’ season was completely turned around. Sac...

With the spring football season finished and fall approaching, Sacramento State junior safety Immanuel Anderson thinks about the trio of current running backs on the roster who are entering their sophomore...

With Sacramento State pushing its 2025 Graduation Initiative, which is aimed at helping students graduate in four years, we asked students if they think graduating in four years is a realistic goal....

The Sacramento State Office of Information Resources and Technology sent an email on Thursday warning students of a potential phishing attempt through Sacramento State’s email platform. “We are...

While the Science II construction project is still on track to open on time for the fall 2019 semester, the University Union renovation project now joins Parking Structure V among Sacramento State construction...

Four Sacramento State senior gymnasts will perform for what is likely to be the final performances of their careers at the NCAA Regional on Saturday at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. Annie Juarez...

All that stood between a trip to the NCAA Regional in front of more than 15,000 fans and Sacramento State senior Annie Juarez’s career ending was a score of 9.150 or above on the uneven bars in her last...

After the announcement that Parking Structure V won’t be completed until at least May 8, we asked students how surprised they were that this project has been delayed multiple times after originally...

Sacramento State senior gymnasts Annie Juarez, Caitlin Soliwoda and Courtney Soliwoda all qualified for a spot in an NCAA Regional after the regular season ended at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation...

Some social media users are calling for an upcoming awards banquet honoring Sacramento Chief of Police Daniel Hahn to be canceled until the officers responsible for the shooting death of 22-year-old Stephon...

The completion of Parking Structure V, which will house 1,750 parking spaces, has been delayed until at least May 8, according to Sacramento State. “Basically all they have to do is pour concrete...

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke about higher education in a forum at Sacramento State on Thursday in a series hosted by the Campaign for College Opportunity. Newsom, who is running for governor,...

There was hardly a dry eye on the floor or in the crowd as senior night wrapped up for the six Sacramento State gymnastics seniors performing for the final time at the Nest on Friday. The Hornets recorded...

On Feb. 16, the Sacramento County Environmental Management Department discovered three major health code violations among a total of 14 violations while performing an official health inspection of...

On Feb. 16, the Sacramento County Environmental Management Department discovered three major health code violations among a total of 14 violations while performing an official health inspection of The...

Six seniors will compete in their final home meet as the Sacramento State gymnastics team hosts No. 13 Oregon State, No. 17 Arizona State and UC Davis on Friday at the Nest. Seniors Jennifer Brenner,...

Sacramento State gymnastics didn’t record a fall in any of its 24 routines and had its second highest score of the season in front of a loud crowd on Friday at the Nest. This positive energy helped...

Sacramento State Associated Students, Inc. President Mia Kagianas discussed the potential tuition increase of $228 per semester. ASI will host a forum on Feb. 8 to discuss the possible changes.

olan Jolly’s day started early and it started with stress. From waking up in a trailer that didn’t always have heat, he would then fight traffic through his 40-mile commute to campus that began in...

Sacramento State gymnastics has competed in eight meets this season and that story can be told in two parts. In the first four meets of their turbulent season, the Hornets struggled with injuries —...

The McAuliffe Baseball Fields, located at the corner of College Town Drive and State University Drive, will be turned into on-campus housing for approximately 1,100 students beginning in mid-2019, according...

The Sacramento State gymnastics team recorded a season-high 195.400 in a win over San Jose State (194.050) and Seattle Pacific (189.200) on Friday night at the Nest. The Hornets have now scored 194.400...

The Sacramento State men’s basketball team held a late 64-63 lead before ultimately falling 67-64 to Idaho State on Thursday night at the Nest. The Hornets (6-20, 3-10 Big Sky Conference) trailed...

Although it’s been nearly 3 1/2 months since the Sacramento State women’s golf team played its last round of golf in a competition, the Hornets — which were projected on Jan. 30 to win the Big Sky...

All it took was a short trip across the Causeway for the Sacramento State gymnastics team to get its season back on track in a tri-meet against Utah State and the host, UC Davis. Not only did the Hornets...

California State University Chancellor Timothy White and 22 out of 23 CSU presidents will be receiving a raise in 2018, according to documents obtained by The State Hornet — even as students face a potential...

On a cold night in April not only was the sky pouring in Seattle, but an ovation also rained down from the rafters as Sacramento State senior gymnast Lauren Rice twisted through the air to finish her floor...

Although the Sacramento State gymnastics team posted its lowest score of the season in a 194.425-191.775 loss to San Jose State on Friday night, the team’s performance had some bright spots. Balance...

On a hot summer day as a 14-year-old in New York, Hannah Friend prepared to head to the YMCA for another day of basketball. Friend, who is currently a sophomore guard for the Sacramento State women’s...

For at least the first two months of school this semester, Parking Structure V will remain under construction. The construction was delayed last semester and is now projected to be completed in March according...

Through three meets this season, the Sacramento State gymnastics team hasn’t gotten off to the start that it visualized due in large part to the injuries of seniors Lauren Rice, Caitlin Soliwoda and...

Whether you spent the winter intersession with family, hard at work or taking courses and wandering the frigid, desolate Sacramento State campus — here are some stories you might have missed since final...

Faculty are being asked to make several classroom accommodations in light of this year’s flu epidemic, according to a list of directives sent to faculty by Sacramento State Student Health and Counseling...

After trailing 9-2 to start the game, the Sacramento State men’s basketball team got into gear and defeated Montana State 87-68 on Saturday night at the Nest. The Hornets (5-13, 2-3 Big Sky Conference)...

The injuries continue to mount for the Sacramento State gymnastics team after senior Lauren Rice wasn’t able to put any pressure on her right leg at the end of the Hornets’ 195.350-191.500 loss to...

Updated on Jan. 19 at 12:53 p.m. A $170.9 million funding gap between California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed 2018-2019 budget and the California State University Board of Trustees’ budget may lead...

The NorCal Classic did not go the way that Sacramento State gymnastics coach Randy Solorio expected it to on Monday at Stanford. The Hornets had low scores on the uneven bars and on-vault finishing...

The Sacramento State gymnastics team kicks off its season as underdogs in the NorCal Classic on Monday at 6 p.m. at Stanford. Cal, San Jose State and UC Davis will join the Hornets and Cardinals in...

The Sacramento State women’s basketball team lost its second Big Sky Conference game of the season against Eastern Washington 83-72 on Saturday after picking up its first league win versus Idaho 79-64...

The Sacramento State men’s basketball team roared back from a 16-point deficit in the first half to defeat Portland State 80-75 in the Big Sky Conference opener Saturday at the Nest. It took time...

Sacramento State police said Tuesday that they are “pretty confident” that an eBay listing of 35 Dell Latitude laptops is related to the October theft of 35 of the same laptops from a Calaveras Hall...