Fresh off
his appearance in the Super Bowl as the San Francisco 49ers' starter, former Wolf
Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick joined First Lady Michelle Obama, a host of
other prominent athletes and thousands of school children and teachers in
Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 28 to launch the Let's
Move! Active Schools program, an initiative to bring physical activity back
into schools.

(the above picture was tweeted by the First Lady)
Kaepernick
is the second Wolf Pack student-athlete to join the First Lady's initiatives to
fight childhood obesity and improve the health of children in the nation. He is sponsored by Nike and the company donated $50 million to the initiative. Former Wolf Pack basketball star Tahnee Robinson is
involved in the Let's Move! In Indian Country initative, joining Michelle Obama
for a clinic at the White House and filming a public service announcement. Click here to watch her PSA.
Kaepernick did a great interview with the NFL Network this week, talking about his experience with the First Lady (he taught her to "Kaepernick" with her) as well as his thoughts on the Alex Smith trade.
More information about Let's Move! Active Schools is available at LetsMoveSchools.org.

Air Force Captain Katie Jannazo guided the Nevada women's basketball team on a tour of the academy Thursday before an afternoon practice. The team got a chance to walk inside the Air Force chapel and also got an inside look of the dorms that the cadets live in.Jannazo filled the team in on some of the daily routines the cadets go through and provided a lot of history of the academy. Nevada will face Air Force Saturday afternoon at Clune Arena. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Wolf Pack women's basketball guard Danika Sharp currently holds the Nevada high school girls basketball state record for points scored at 2,803. Sharp broke the record as a member of the West Wendover High School team and was honored during halftime of a boys varsity game. The junior's jersey number was retired and the banner pictured above was hung in the rafters to commemorate her achievement. Sharp is currently second in scoring for Nevada this season at 13.4 ppg. The West Wendover native has scored in double figures in 15 out of Nevada's 20 games and recorded a career high 28 points in a win over Cal State Los Angeles earlier this season. Sharp and the team are currently on the road for two games, facing Colorado State Wednesday night and Air Force on Saturday.





