⚔️ The Official Newsletter For San José State Athletics

Good morning! One of our Spartan football players received a scholarship this week, see who it is and how he got it!

What else are we pouring into today’s Brew?

🏈 On island time
⚾️ Courage Award
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Ticket To Paradise. The Spartans are in Hawaii this weekend! They’ll play the Rainbow Warriors at 9pm PT on Saturday and it can be watched live on Spectrum Sports. The Spartans are looking for their third-straight win. This will be a homecoming for quarterback Chevan Cordeiro, who grew up in Honolulu and spent his first four years playing for Hawaii. Chevan became the Mountain West all-time leader in touchdowns responsible for with 104, surpassing players like BYU’s Max Hall and TCU’s Andy Dalton.

🔼 Island Tee Time. The men’s golf team is also in Hawaii at the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational through Saturday! After one round, the Spartans sit in third-place out of 20 teams. Ivan Barahona sits tied for second to lead the team. The tournament is raising money to help Maui’s wildfire victims, you can donate a flat donation or a per-birdie pledge. Click here to donate!

🔼 Vegas, Baby. The men’s soccer team clinched their spot in the WAC Tournament for the 7th-straight season! The tournament is in Las Vegas, Nevada and will take place November 5-11.

🔼  Downed The Dawgs. The volleyball team fought till the very end to get the 3-2 win at Fresno State! Nayeli Ti’a led the team with 17 kills and recorded 10 digs, earning her fourth double-double of the season. Brooke Slusser was incredible, racking up 26 assists, 10 digs, 5 kills, and a service ace to win the match. They’ll head to Nevada on Saturday for a 1pm match on the Mountain West Network.

🔼 Nik’s The Pick. The October recipient of the CalHOPE Courage Award is our very own Nik Trapani. Nik plays baseball here and was a big part in winning the Mountain West last season. The award honors student-athletes at California schools who have overcome the stress, anxiety, and mental trauma associated with personal hardships and adversity. Nik is the second Spartan to receive the award, women’s soccer player Jennah Loggins was honored in September.

🎥 Hear Nik’s story

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

Today’s question…

Coach Brennan is in his 7th season at San José State, tied for second all-time.

Which two coaches led the Spartans for 8 seasons?

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

Thursday 10/26

⚽️ Men’s Soccer at UT Rio Grande Valley | Loss, 2-3

🏐 Volleyball at Fresno State | Win, 3-2

⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Fresno State | Loss, 0-3

Friday 10/27

⛳️ Men’s Golf at Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational @ 8:00am

🎽 Cross Country at Mountain West Conference Championships @ 11:00am

🎾 Women’s Tennis at Saint Mary’s Fall Invite

🥎 Softball vs. Cal St. East Bay @ 4:00pm

Saturday 10/28

⛳️ Men’s Golf at Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational @ 8:00am

🏊 Swimming & Diving vs. UC Santa Barbara @ 11:00am

🥎 Softball vs. Santa Clara @ 12:15pm

🏐 Volleyball at Nevada @ 1:00pm | Watch

🤸‍♂️ Gymnastics Meet the Spartans @ 2:00pm

🥎 Softball at West Valley College @ 2:30pm

🏈 Football at Hawaii @ 9:00pm | Spectrum Sports

Sunday 10/29

🤽 Men’s Water Polo at Pacific @ 1:00pm

⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Mountain West Championship

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Dudley S. DeGroot (1932-39) and Robert Titchenal (1957-64)

⚔️ Have a great weekend, y’all!