Spartan Brew 5/27: Happy Memorial Day

Today, we're keeping it short & sweet.

⚔️ The Official Newsletter For San José State Athletics

Good morning! Happy Memorial Day! Today, we pause to honor and reflect on those who have served our country and allowed us to have the freedoms we enjoy each and every day.

Today’s Spartan Brew is mini-sized, we’ll be back with a Venti-Brew on Wednesday!

What are we pouring into today’s Brew?

🎥 Catch up on The Charge
🎽 Track & field continues at NCAA Prelims
⚔️ And much, much more!

🎥 THE CHARGE

Catch up on season three of The Charge!

🎥 Episode One: This episode features the Jenkins brothers and their leadership for the football team, men's golf team's trip to Japan, a new partnership with Bay FC and men's water polo capturing the inaugural WCC championship.

🎥 Episode Two: This episode tells the story of Ken Niumatalolo being named the 30th head football coach in SJSU history, men's basketball player MJ Amey overcoming mental health issues to lead the Spartans on the basketball court and former SJSU women's golfer Natasha Andrea Oon earning her 2024 LPGA Tour Card.

🎥 Episode Three: This episode features SJSU's 'Bash Brothers', women's gymnastics team making NCAA Regionals, women's indoor track and field success, and SJSU's third straight community service award.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Tickets Punched. A handful of Spartan track & field athletes punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships over the weekend! Malachi Snow advanced in three events — the men’s 4×100 relay, 110m hurdles, and 100m dash. Demaris Waters also qualified in the 110m hurdles. Jaden Smith was a part of the 4×100 relay squad and advanced in the 400m. Cameron Tarver, Isaac Davis, Jeremiah Walker, and Jared Jones round out the qualifying 4×100 relay crew. Emilia Sjostrand qualified for the triple jump and the long jump.

🔼 Run For It. Spartan baseball went on a run and made it to the Mountain West Championship game for the third year in-a-row! They took down No. 2 New Mexico and No. 1 Air Force to make it to the championship, where they met No. 4 Fresno State. They fell to the Bulldogs, 8-5, on Saturday to force a winner-take-all game on Sunday. The Spartans were unable to complete the comeback, losing 16-11. Hunter Dorraugh hit an SJSU record four home runs with seven RBI and a grand slam.

⛳️ SPARTAN GOLF TOURNAMENT

San Jose State is hitting the links on June 21 for the Spartan Golf Tournament at Cinnabar Hills Golf Club. All proceeds from the event directly benefit SJSU student-athletes. The day begins with 18 holes of golf on the highly rated golf course then rolls into a cocktail hour featuring great raffle prizes. The event concludes with dinner and auction. 

Throughout the day you can mingle with SJSU student-athletes, coaches and staff to learn more about how your support directly affects the Spartans’ success. Not a golfer, but want to support the Spartans? Sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Lily Turner ([email protected]) for more information.

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

Today’s trivia question…

How many seasons in-a-row has SJSU sent athletes to NCAA nationals across indoor and outdoor track & field?

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

📬 SPREAD THE WORD

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Three

⚔️ Have a great Memorial Day, y’all!