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⚽️: From the Central Valley to the Steel City. From Blue and Orange to Black and Gold. From All-American to professional.
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's Anthony Velarde has signed a contract with the USL's
@RiverhoundsSC
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And the Birdie goes to.....Sean Nealon-Lino!
Sean rehabbed from a torn ACL and became a key player for
@FPU_MBB
, starting 19 games and scoring 24 points in the team’s biggest road win of the year over 17th-ranked Point Loma in
@ThePacWest
play.
🏀 | Aamondae Coleman finished his junior campaign at second in the league in scoring, landing him on the All-Conference First Team on Wednesday afternoon.
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⚽️ | The Fresno Fuego have announced that Jaime Ramirez will serve as the team's Sporting Director effective immediately. He will remain in his current role with FPU as the 'Birds prepare for a season in the spring of '21.
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🤝 | The creation of the FPU Athletes of Color Alliance, a university-sponsored and student-led organization with official club status, was announced on Friday afternoon.
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⚾️:
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announced the 2019 baseball postseason awards on Tuesday with six Fresno Pacific players making the list.
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The Blue and Orange earned a split or better in six of its' eight conference series this season.
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🏃♀️🏆 | The FPU women's track & field team finished 10th at the NCAA DII National Championships, the best finish in program history, while also winning the national title in the 4x400 relay.
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🏀 | After
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picked up its first two wins of the season last week, Jonathan Brown earned his first career honor from
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on Monday.
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The Birds open conference action on Thursday at home.
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Conference released the 2020-21 All-Conference awards for men's basketball on Wednesday afternoon, with Aamondae Coleman, Adrian Antunez and Nate Kendricks making the list for FPU.
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🎓 | 57 Sunbird student-athletes received their degrees as part of FPU's record class this spring, with all 15 athletics programs being represented.
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✍️ | Fresno native Darrin Person has committed to
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, becoming the third member of the signing class for the upcoming season.
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🏀 |
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received big performances from Adrian Antunez (28 pts) and Sean Nealon-Lino (7 3FG 🔥) on Saturday, as the Sunbirds defeated
#17
Point Loma 88-72 in San Diego.
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🏀 | FPU senior Aamondae Coleman was named to the Preseason All-PacWest Team on Thursday afternoon, while the Sunbirds were picked as the top team in the NorCal pod.
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🎓 | With spring schedules being cut short, our London Properties Student-Athlete of the Week award will be temporarily altered to recognize our spring sport seniors. Nic Boatman and Brie Courseault are our first honorees!
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⚽️ | The Fresno Pacific Department of Athletics announced on Monday the appointment of Jaime Ramirez as interim head coach for the women's soccer team for the 2021 season.
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⚽️:
@UnitedCoaches
and
@d2cca
each announced their list of All-Americans on Wednesday afternoon, with Anthony Velarde earning recognition from both organizations.
Velarde becomes FPU's first Consensus All-American since 2015.
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👏🎉 | Members of the FPU Athletics Community gathered for a Sunbird Sendoff as the men’s cross country team departs for Nationals.
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🗣 | This award honors a student-athlete that has tremendous athletic accomplishments and has excelled in academics, team and spiritual leadership, involvement on campus and in the community.
The Birdie goes to... A.J. Kirby!
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head coach C.J. Haydock picked up some off-the-court hardware this week after collecting the university's Inspirational Leadership Award, presented by the university's Staff Executive Committee.
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announced its annual list of Academic All-Conference selections on Thursday afternoon, with a record 122 FPU student-athletes garnering honors.
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FPU has announced Matt Mazzoni as Assistant Athletics Director for External Relations.
“Matt's ability to cultivate genuine relationships, his current connections throughout the Valley and his demeanor make him the right fit for this position.”
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Thank you to all the students who came out for the Bird Squad Block Party!!
We appreciate you and look forward to seeing you at our home opener!
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🏆 | The 4x100 relay team opened the final day of the National Championships with a sixth-place finish, and the 4x400 squad closed out the event in second. All six qualifying Sunbirds picked up All-American status.
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announced the 2019-20 Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll on Tuesday afternoon, with
@FPU_mbb
being picked 6th and Aamondae Coleman earning Preseason All-League honors.
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released its' list of 2021 All-League baseball players on Tuesday afternoon, with Jared Aguilar, Garrett Cooper and Michael Warkentin all picking up honors.
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🎽 | Isaac Davis was one of a handful of strong performances for
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at Saturday's Wildflower Invitational, as he is now 8th on FPU's career list and 12th nationally in the triple jump.
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⚾️ | Garrett Cooper earns Pitcher of the Year and Jordan Smith garners Defensive Player of the Year leading 7 Sunbirds and 9 total selections to the All-PacWest Teams for Fresno Pacific.
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@ThePacWest
Executive Board voted unanimously this week to grant permission for competition to resume as allowed by local and state guidelines.
Competition will begin in January of 2021.
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🏀 | Bre Hurt came off the bench to record her first career double-double on Saturday, helping
@FPUwbb
to their fourth straight league victory.
FPU sits in first place in the NorCal Pod and visits APU on Tuesday.
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has announced the recently approved league pod schedules for soccer and basketball for the upcoming season, with athletics resuming in January.
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🏀: On Monday afternoon, Sean Nealon-Lino became the seventh Sunbird under head coach C.J. Haydock to collect
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Freshman of the Week honors.
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is set to play host to San Jose State on Sunday afternoon, marking the first outside competition for the Blue and Orange since the 2019-20 season finale on February 29.
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⚾️ | FPU shortstop Jack Foote hit .500 over a four-game series last week and was named
@ThePacWest
Freshman of the Week on Monday afternoon.
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The Birds are back at home starting on Thursday night.
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announced on Saturday the addition of Clovis West wing Alex Villi to an already loaded 2020-21 recruiting class.
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⚾️: After picking up two saves and breaking into the top five on FPU's single-season list, Garrett Cooper was selected as
@ThePacWest
Freshman of the Week on Monday.
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The Birds now have three league awards in the last four weeks.
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🏀: The Sunbirds got a big night from Raine McKeython on Tuesday, as his game-high 23 points were enough to send
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to their first win of the season.
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FPU is back in action on Saturday against CSUEB.
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One week ago, at 1:16 pm PST,
@NCAA
informed members of the cancellation of all remaining 2019-20 championships.
We stand united with the decision and support of our student-athletes, programs & fans who are being affected by the current state of affairs.
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🏀 | For the first time in program history, the Fresno Pacific University men's basketball team competes in the PacWest Conference Tournament. The Sunbirds open the tournament against Academy of Art on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
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⚾️ | Yoshida drove in both runs for FPU, including a 10th inning walk-off single, to back a stellar start by the pitchers.
Clement was 3-3 in his collegiate debut & Fuson struck out 10 in five scoreless innings.
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🏀 | Check it out!
Raine McKeython and Mo Holmes got to put in some work on the new outdoor courts at the Special Event Center.
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"As a coach, it’s a great feeling when you show up to work and your players are just as excited to get going as you are. We have a chance to be one of the most well-rounded teams in the West Region." - head coach Oscar Hirschkorn
2020 ⚾️Season Preview 👇
🏃♂️ | Saturday was highlighted by
@FPUtrack
's Bryan Banuelos breaking the school record in the 5,000-meter that had stood for 45 years while setting the top time in NCAA DII this season in the process.
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🏀 | Nate Kendricks knocked down 7-of-8 from the floor and tied Adrian Antunez for a team-high 16 points to help
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take down Holy Names on Saturday evening.
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🗣 | Each year, a talented group of newcomers arrive eager to make an immediate impact on their teams, the university and the community.
Here are the nominees for Male Newcomer of the Year.
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💪 | Five years after being hired as the first strength and conditioning coach in department history, Danny Baladi is moving on to assume the same role at fellow PacWest Conference school Concordia Irvine.
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FPU has been named a finalist for the 2018
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Award of Excellence for its community engagement efforts over the past year!
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🏀 | FPU guard Jessica Malazarte has been voted as a Preseason All-PacWest selection, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.
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🏀 | Behind a career high 42 points from Cassie Pisik,
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picked up a road victory over Academy of Art on Thursday night to remain in the hunt for the PacWest Conference tournament.
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The Sunbirds are back home on Saturday.
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🏊♂️🏊♀️: We're excited to announce Katelyne Herrington as the new head coach of
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! She brings an impressive resume as a coach and former student-athlete to Fresno.
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🗣 | Each year, a talented group of newcomers arrive eager to make an immediate impact on their teams, the university and the community.
Here are the nominees for Female Newcomer of the Year.
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🏀 | Fresno native Nate Kendricks went for a career-high 22 points on Saturday to give
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its' third straight victory in NorCal action.
The Sunbirds are back at home on Tuesday against
@APUCougars
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🏀 | After helping
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to its' first ever 2-0 start in
@ThePacWest
action last weekend, Aamondae Coleman was tabbed as the NorCal Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.
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🎓| More than 50 Sunbird student-athletes graduated on Saturday, with 14 athletics programs being represented.
"This year's graduating class displayed adaptability and perseverance at every step of the way."
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⚾️ | Twice as nice!
Jaylen Rodriguez earns his 3rd straight win, Donte Valdez blasts his 8th homer and Josiah O'Bannon gets his 2nd save of the day and Fresno Pacific takes both games of the double header from Biola.
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🏀: With a W over NDNU and a Chaminade loss on Monday,
@FPUwbb
clinched its' first ever berth in
@ThePacWest
Tournament.
"Our goal since day one was to become a consistent contender in our league, and this proves that we have started that journey."
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Augie Colmenero. Fabricio Codeceira. Andre Maule. Paul Islas. Renato Bustamante. Anthony Velarde.
And now, Fellipe Souza.
For
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, jersey
#10
is more than a number. It’s a legacy.
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🗣 | The Birdie goes to... Nic Boatman!
Boatman battled back from injury to become the all-time strikeout leader (222) in FPU Baseball history. He’s also second in innings pitched (278.1) and 4th in wins (16).
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🏀: Former Sunbird Toby Christensen has inked a contract to play professionally in Ireland, becoming the third FPU player in as many seasons to sign a pro deal.
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🎾 | FPU Athletics announced on Monday the return of the men's tennis program, with competition slated to begin for the 2021-22 season.
The decision comes two years after FPU successfully relaunched the women's program.
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⚽️:
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knocked off 4th-ranked Cal Poly Pomona to open the season Tuesday, giving the 'Birds their first victory over the Broncos since 1986.
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🏀 |
@FPU_MBB
announced on Friday the signing of graduate transfer Jelani Watson-Gayle to the roster for the upcoming season.
"We are thrilled to be adding a winner like Jelani. He's going to elevate our program."
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On behalf of everyone associated with FPU Athletics, we'd like to extend a huge thank you to Dr. Don Diboll, our Faculty Athletics Representative, for all you do!
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⚽️: Anthony Velarde was named a
@d2cca
All-Region selection on Wednesday morning, and he is now eligible for All-American status.
Velarde led the nation in assists while adding 14 goals and leading
#FPUMSOC
to a 14-3-1 record.
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⚽️:
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turned a corner in 2017, going unbeaten in their final nine contests to end the season with the highest finish in program history.
The Birds are in position to turn an even bigger corner this fall.
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🏀 | Basketball. Is. Back.
@FPUwbb
and
@FPU_MBB
returned to the court on Monday, embracing full-contact for the first time since the conclusion of the 2019-20 schedule in March.
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📚 | The PacWest Conference announced its Academic All-Conference honors on Wednesday afternoon, featuring 112 Fresno Pacific student-athletes who earned recognition for their academic performance during the academic year.
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