⚔️ The Official Newsletter For San José State Athletics

Good morning! The Spartans have had a success week in the eyes of the Mountain West. Five Spartans have received conference honors this week, keep reading to find out who!

What are we pouring into today’s Brew?

🤸‍♂️ Four Mountain West honors
🏀 Freshman of the Week
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Our Conference. The first-ever Mountain West Gymnasts of the Week awards were announced yesterday and four Spartans were honored! Lauren Macpherson was named the Mountain West Gymnast of the Week after scoring a 38.850 in the all-around. The Freshman of the Week honor went to Marissa Ashton, she was the top freshman in the conference with a 9.825 on beam. The Vault Specialist of the Week was Madison Kirsch, who scored a 9.850. The Spartans round out with Jada Mazury earning the Co-Bars Specialist of the Week thanks to her team best score of 9.875.

🔼 Down To The Wire. The men’s basketball team went toe-to-toe with No. 19 San Diego State last night, but eventually fell 81-78. The Spartans fought hard with four players scoring in double figures. Alvaro Cardenas led the team with 21 points and six assists. Myron Amey Jr. was right behind him with 20 points and added two steals. Tibet Görener was 50% from beyond the arc and scored 15 points. Trey Anderson led the team with six boards and added 11 points. The Spartans will be back in action on Saturday at Air Force.

🔼 Rookie Love. Women’s basketball player Jyah LoVett was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week! The guard averaged 23.5 points in her first week of conference play. She shot 18-of-21 from the field and 6-of-8 from three-point range. Jyah scored a career-high 26 points against Fresno State and 21 points against Utah State. This is her second Freshman of the Week honor!

The women’s basketball team will be back in action tonight at UNLV for a 6:30 pm Mountain West matchup.

⚔️ ONE BIG THING

Twelve Spartan football players were named to Phil Steele’s 2023 Postseason Mountain West All-Conference Team.

• First Team: Chevan Cordeiro, Kairee Robinson, and Soane Toia

• Second Team: Nick Nash, Tre Smith, and Jay’Vion Cole

• Third Team: Anthony Pardue and Bryun Parham

• Fourth Team: Quali Conley, Jordan Pollard, Andrew Gonneville, and Fernando Carmona Jr.

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

Today’s question…

How many NCAA team championships has San José State won?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 THIS WEEK IN SPARTAN ATHLETICS

Tuesday 1/9

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. San Diego State | Loss, 78-81

Wednesday 1/10

🏀 Women’s Basketball at UNLV @ 6:30pm | Mountain West Network

Friday 1/12

🎽 Track & Field at Cougar Classic Invite/Spokane Indoor Challenge

🏊 Women’s Swimming & Diving at Cal State East Bay @ 1:00pm

🏊 Women’s Swimming & Diving at Bruin Diving Invitational

Saturday 1/13

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Nevada @ 2:00pm | Tickets | Mountain West Network 

🏊 Women’s Swimming & Diving at Bruin Diving Invitational

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Air Force @ 6:30pm | Mountain West Network | Listen 

Sunday 1/14

🤸‍♂️ Gymnastics at Sacramento State @ 2:00pm

🏊 Women’s Swimming & Diving at Bruin Diving Invitational

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 10

The Spartans have won NCAA championships in boxing, men’s cross country, men’s golf, men’s outdoor track and field, and women’s golf.

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, y’all!