Former UC Davis defensive tackle John Faletoese has signed a free-agent contract with the Buffalo Bills while offensive guard Jonathan Compas has done the same with the Oakland Raiders, it was announced on Monday. Both players earned All-America and All-Great West Conference honors for the Aggies during the 2008 season while also serving as team capt... More
The UC Davis football team will conclude spring practices on Saturday morning when the Aggies host their annual Spring Game at Aggie Stadium. Admission is free for the scrimmage which begins at 10:15 a.m.
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UC Davis All-America offensive guard Jonathan Compas was named on Thursday to the 2009 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society, an honored bestowed for outstanding academic achievement.
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The UC Davis football team continues the start of spring drills this week in preparation for the 2009 football season which begins on Sept. 5 at Western Athletic Conference member Fresno State.
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Matchups against Western Athletic Conference members Fresno State and Boise State, along with an early-season home game against NCAA Division I FCS runner-up Montana, highlight the 11-game 2009 UC Davis football schedule announced on Wednesday. The most ambitious schedule in school history, which...
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UC Davis football coach Bob Biggs announced on Wednesday that 12 outstanding student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Aggies' program as its heads into its third official season at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level.
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Jonathan Compas, Jake Jondle, Ramsey Moyer and Patrick Michelier have each been named to the Great West Conference Academic All-Conference football team with Compas earning honors for the third consecutive season, it was announced on Tuesday by the league.
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Former UC Davis standout offensive lineman Elliot Vallejo lives a dream when he joins his Arizona Cardinal teammates in Super Bowl XLIII against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Vallejo has been with the team for two seasons after finishing with the Aggies in 2006.
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Former Aggie quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan, currently a member of the San Francisco 49ers, will be one of six award winners that will be recognized by the Cal Aggie Alumni Association on Saturday night.
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UC Davis defensive tackle John Faletoese and offensive lineman Jonathan Compas have each been named to the 2008 Sports Network All-American Division I FCS team while also being selected to the College Sporting News Fabulous Fifty All-American squad, joining center Tommy Hernandez who was named ho...
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Standout defensive tackle John Faletoese has been invited to play in the 84th East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 17 at the University of Houston, becoming the eighth UC Davis football player to play in the prestigious all-star game and the first since 2005.
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Sam Paneno Gives Back More Than He Lost
Sam Paneno doesn't do self-pity.
"Why me?" never crossed his lips.
Or his mind.
"I was always taught to look at life from different perspectives," the former UC Davis running back says, "and that you have a choice on how you react to things."
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Spotlight Aggie: Heidi Kucera
Balancing a varsity sport and a full schedule of classes is a challenging task for any student-athlete. Adding a second varsity sport to that mix makes things even more hectic. But UC Davis junior Heidi Kucera finds a way to excel in water polo and swimming, using complementing skills to help contribute in both.
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Spotlight Aggie: Austin Graham
The numbers - 86 and 63 - make more sense as the high-low temperatures on a typical fall day in Davis than they do as back-to-back rounds of golf.
But there they were, seemingly polar-opposite figures, staring up from Austin Graham's first-day scorecard on Oct. 13 at The Prestige at PGA WEST, co-hosted by UC Davis and Stanford.
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Spotlight Aggie: Renee Ibekwe
UC Davis has long held a belief that athletics plays an integral role in the educational process. A student-athlete, as the term suggests, is a student first. A coach is a teacher. Playing a sport - even at the highest collegiate levels - remains at its core a learning experience.
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