Athletics

2012-13 Stars of the Week

April 28-May 5
Brad Gerig
Baseball

Gerig batted .533 (8-for-15) with four runs scored, four doubles, a triple, a home run and drove in six on the week. In Nevada's series against San Diego State, he batted .455 (5-for-11) with three runs scored, three doubles, a triple, six RBI and a game winning walk-off home run on Sunday. Tuesday versus Sacramento State he collected hits in his first three plate appearances. Gerig was 3-for-4 with a run scored and had a double.


April 22-27
Nikki Prichard
Women's Golf

Prichard finished tied for fourth in her first Mountain West Championship. She was also a big reason for the Wolf Pack's fourth place team finish. Prichard battled tough weather and carded three great rounds after consistently hitting good shots to get on the green. She finished with a nine-over 225 for the tournament, two shots out of first place.


April 15-21
Ryan Mulvany
Men's Golf

Junior Ryan Mulvany recorded his sixth Top-20 finish of the season at the Winchester Classic, co-hosted by UC Davis and Nevada. Mulvany finished the tournament tied for 11th after shooting a three-over 75 in the final round. Mulvany finished one stroke out of breaking the Top-10. This is Mulvany's second straight Top-20 finish.

"Ryan had a good tournament," said head coach Jacob Wilner. "He is really close to breaking through in a big way."


April 8-14
Megan Dortch
Softball

Dortch pitched a marathon game against CSU on Sunday, helping Nevada win the series with a stellar performance. In 12 innings, she gave up only two earned and struck out 12. She stranded 16 base runners and threw an even 200 pitches to help the Pack take the series from the Rams 2-1. The game was the longest in the history of Hixson Park. For the week, she gave up six earned in 13.2 innings and was 1-1.


April 1-7
Emma Verberne
Women's Tennis

Verberne rolled past the competition this weekend, picking up three victories without losing a set. Her winning streak is now at 12 matches, and she hasn't lost since Feb. 8.


March 25-31
Bradey Shipley
Baseball

Bradey Shipley allowed one run on eight hits and struck out eight in eight innings as the Pack defeated Fresno State 5-3 in the series opener on Thursday night. With the victory he improved to 4-0 on the season. After allowing a first inning run he pitched seven shutout innings. The Pack bullpen allowed the two runs in the ninth. He walked just one in the game and struck out the side in the second inning. The right-hander had at least one strikeout in five of the eight innings in which he pitched.


March 18-24
Karlyn Jones
Softball

Jones went 2-0 at the Wolf Pack Classic, surrendering five runs in 12 innings pitched ... For the week, she struck out seven and walked two ... The two wins Jones earned at the WPC put her at 13-4, which already has her in the top 10 in wins for a season at Nevada ... She now leads the Nevada pitching staff in ERA, wins, appearances, complete games, shutouts, innings pitched, strikeouts and batting average against.


March 11-17
Deborah Amoah
Track & Field

Amoah won the triple jump event at the Hornet Invitational, setting a new school record with a jump of 12.98m. The mark is currently a Mountain West outdoor season best. It also is ranked No. 2 in the country for NCAA Division I and a West Region leading mark.


March 4-10
Sara Parsons
Softball

Sara Parsons started five games in center field, leading the Pack to a 4-1 record in five games at the Mustang Classic. She was 10-for-18 on the weekend with three extra-base hits and eight RBI. In Nevada's only loss of the tournament, Parsons hit her third home run of the season, a three-run blast over the left-field fence. She had four multi-hit games, including three hits in Nevada's win over NIU and loss to Sac State. For the week, the junior slugged .833 and had an OBP of .600.


February 25-March 3
Austin Byler
Baseball

Austin Byler hit .615 (8-for-13) with five runs scored, three doubles, three home runs, walked three times and drove in 13 as the Pack went 3-1 during the week. The sophomore infielder twice delivered game winning hits in the Holy Cross series as the Pack swept the Crusaders. In game two of Saturday's doubleheader his three-run homer in the eighth inning was the game winning hit and in series finale he delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth.

He exploded in game 2 of the doubleheader going 4-for-5 with three runs scored, a double, three home runs and nine RBI. Byler completed his outstanding weekend with a game-winning bases loaded RBI walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to break a 6-6 tie and give the Pack the 7-6 victory to sweep the series. With one out he hit the 1-0 pitch off the center field wall to score the winning run.


February 18-24
Stephanie Hansen
Swimming & Diving

Hansen took home yearly honors after the 2013 Mountain West Championships on Saturday, when she was named the conference's Diver of the Year.

Hansen won the one-meter and platform events this week and added a second-place finish in the three-meter event, cementing her position as the best diver in the Mountain West. She scored 306.99 to win the 1m, 337.83 points to finish second to teammate En Tien Huang in the 3m and 270.27 to win the platform event.


February 11-17
Robert Allan
Men's Tennis

Allan won three singles matches to bring his undefeated singles streak to nine. He defeated opponents from Lamar, UTSA and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.Allan also teamed up with Victor Ouvrard to win a doubles match over the weekend.


February 4-10
Malik Story
Men's Basketball

Story averaged 23.5 points, three rebounds, 1.5 assists and shot 46.9 percent as Nevada split a pair of MW home games. Story began the week scoring a game-high 31 points against Colorado State making 11-of-17 shots, 7-of-11 from behind the arc and 2-of-4 free throws. In the victory over Air Force he went scoreless in the first half for the first time this season but scored 16 points in the second half to help the Pack to the win. His two 3-pointers in the second half set the school record with 228 made in his career.


January 28-February 3
Amanda Jenkins
Spirit Squad

Amanda was named Miss Nevada Teen for 2013 and will compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant in July in the Bahamas. She is a Community Health Sciences major with a 3.74 GPA.


January 21-27
Anita Momodu
Track & Field

Momodu took first place in section one of the 200 meter dash over the weekend at the UW Invitational in Seattle, Wash., finishing with a time of 25.32. The time places Momodu tied for tenth place on Nevada's all-time list with Analisa Serrano (2007).


January 14-20
Malik Story
Men's Basketball

Story scored a game-high 24 points in leading Nevada to its first Mountain West win, 68-61 at Fresno State. Story made 5-of-12 shots from the field including 3-of-6 three-pointers. He was good on 11-of-12 free throws. The 11 free throws made and 12 attempted were both career highs. Of his 24 points 17 came in the second half. The 24 points moved him into 17th place on Nevada's career scoring list.


January 7-13
Kerri Simmons
Track & Field

Simmons had strong marks in the shot put and weighted throw events. She won the shot put event with a mark of 14.61m, which is good for the program's third best distance. The junior placed second in the weighted throw with a mark of 16.28 for Nevada's seventh best all-time mark.


December 10-16
Jordan Burris
Men's Basketball

Burris averaged 12 points, six rebounds, two assists and shot 50 percent from the field as the Pack won two home games. Against Cal Poly he scored 13 points grabbed five rebounds, dished out three assists and shot 57.1 percent from the field. Versus San Francisco he totaled 11 points and tied for team-high honors with seven rebounds. From the field he made four-of-nine shots. It was the first time in his career he has posted back-to-back double figure scoring games.


December 3-9
Danika Sharp
Women's Basketball

Sharp helped Nevada split a pair of road games in the state of Oregon this past weekend with two strong outings. The junior recorded a career high 25 points in a 70-61 loss to Portland on Friday, knocking down a career best six shots from beyond the three point line. Sharp's scoring and defensive pressure allowed the team to snap a three-game losing streak with a 77-73 win at Oregon Sunday afternoon. The West Wendover, Nev. native scored 16 points, was a perfect 5-5 from the free throw line, and had a career high nine steals in the win over the Ducks in 34 minutes of action. Sharp came up with multiple steals late in the game to help preserve Nevada's first win on Oregon's home court.


November 19-25
Emily Burns
Women's Basketball

Burns carried the offensive load for the Pack in the opening half of the team's 86-79 Nugget Classic win over Cleveland State last Friday. Burns poured in a career high 13 points to give Nevada a 43-36 lead at halftime. The sophomore recorded her third career double-double, finishing the game with 13 points and 10 rebounds and was named to the Nugget Classic All-Tournament team.


November 12-18
Deonte Burton
Men's Basketball

Burton averaged 17.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.3 steals as Nevada went 3-0 to win the World Vision Classic. He hit two game winners in back-to-back games versus Cal State Fullerton and Green Bay, including this shot (link).


November 5-11
Terilyn Moe
Women's Basketball

Freshman Terilyn Moe recorded a game high 20 points in Nevada's regular season opening 76-72 win over Cal State Fullerton Friday night. The Daly City, Calif. native was also a perfect 13-13 from the free throw line in her Wolf Pack debut. Moe connected on several attempts from the charity stripe late in the game to help preserve the home opening win for Nevada.


October 29-November 4
Taylor Knoll
Men's Golf

Knoll shot a 14-under 202 at the Pacific Invitational to help lead the the Wolf Pack to two school-record breaking rounds. During the tournament he went on to shoot eight consecutive three's which included six birdies and two eagles.


October 22-28
Mengjiao "Jojo" Mi
Swimming & Diving

Mi won five of the six individual events she swam in during two Nevada meets this week. Leading the Pack to a 2-1 record with stellar finishes in the pool, Mi missed a clean sweep of the week by less than a second in the 200 free against Pacific. In total, Mi earned 50 points as an individual, and anchored Nevada's winning 400 free relay team in the final event against Fresno State and Fresno Pacific (3:29.88, winning time by 1.99 seconds), helping the Pack seal the victory over the Bulldogs.


October 15-21
Brandon Wimberly
Football

Wimberly scored two touchdowns in the Wolf Pack's 39-38 loss to San Diego State. They were his first since the Pack's appearance in the 2009 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24 of that year. It was part of a career night for Wimberly, who had a career-high 10 catches for 132 yards - just three yards off his career high of 135 set earlier this year against Texas State. It was the most receptions by a Nevada player since Rishard Matthews had 12 in a game last year against Idaho.


October 8-14
Dana Moreno
Soccer

Moreno recorded consecutive shutouts in Nevada's two road wins at Wyoming and Air Force this past weekend. The Los Angeles, Calif., native grabbed seven saves in the Wolf Pack 1-0 win over Wyoming Friday night and 1-0 win at Air Force Sunday. The back to back shutouts gives Moreno a total of five on the year. Moreno came up with huge saves late in both wins to help Nevada snap a four-match losing streak and notch its first road conference win.


October 1-7
Victor Ouvrard
Men's Tennis

Ouvrard won the his consolation finals matches in both singles and doubles at the UC Davis Fall Invite. In the singles consolation finals, he defeated Toki Sherbakov of UC Davis 6-4, 1-6, 1-0(7), and in the doubles consolation finals, he and partner Fernando Sunago defeated the team of Sherbakov and Adam Levie of UC Davis 8-2.


September 24-30
Allen Hardison
Football

Hardison connected on all four extra points and booted a pair of field goals in Nevada's 34-21 win at Texas State. Hardison connected 24 yards out in the first half to give Nevada a 10-7 lead. Later in the half, Hardison his from 41 yards out (a season long) to move the Pack within one of the Bobcats.


September 17-23
Stefphon Jefferson
Football

Junior running back Stefphon Jefferson broke Nevada and Mountain West records and tied the NCAA mark for most touchdowns scored with seven TDs in the Wolf Pack's 69-24 win at Hawai'i. Jefferson, who did not play in the fourth quarter, had six touchdowns and 170 yards rushing on 31 carries and also caught three passes for 76 yards and another score. His seven scores tied the NCAA record held by three players (Arnold "Showboat" Boykin, Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State, Dec. 1, 1951; Marshall Faulk, San Diego State vs. Pacific, Sept. 14, 1991; Rashaun Woods, Oklahoma State vs. SMU, Sept. 20, 2003). He also set the school and Conference single-game records for points scored (42), rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns. Five of Jefferson's seven TDs came in the first half, beginning with a 55-yard reception for the first score of the game. The Visalia, Calif., native then reeled off rushing scores of three, two, one and five yards in the second quarter to set a Nevada record for most touchdowns in a half. He added scoring runs of eight and one yards in the third quarter for his sixth and seventh touchdowns of the contest. Jefferson, who was named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week for his performance, has topped the 100-yard mark in all four games this season and leads the nation with a 174.8 rushing average.


September 10-16
Sarah Schmeda
Soccer

Senior Sarah Schmeda scored her first two goals of the season in Nevada's overtime win against Weber State Friday night. The Littleton Colo. native provided a huge spark for the Nevada offense in the second half, scoring her first goal in the 73rd minute to tie the game at 2-2. In the overtime period, Schmeda scored her second goal of the night on a breakaway within the first two minutes of the period, giving Nevada a 3-2 win to keep the team undefeated at Mackay Stadium this season.


September 3-9
Sam Diaz
Cross Country

Diaz became the first Nevada Wolf Pack member to capture the individual title at the Nature's Bakery Nevada Twilight Classic with a course record performance to lead the Wolf Pack to a second place finish to nationally ranked BYU. The Wolf Pack put up a real battle with the Cougars, running 1-2 until late in the race.


August 27-September 2
Chrisalyn Fonte
Soccer

The sophomore scored a team leading fourth goal in Nevada's 1-0 win at TCU Sunday afternoon. The Union City native clinched the win for Nevada in the 63rd minute, scoring a goal on an assist from Lauren Braman. Fonte has scored in four of Nevada's six matches this season.


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