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Joel Bitonio
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05/17/2012 Nevada Has 13 Players Selected To Phil Steele's All-Mountain West Preseason TeamSenior linemen Barker and Nady headline the first-teamers 01/17/2012 20 Student-Athletes Named Academic All-WACConference announces honorees for fall sports Nevada 2011: Is expected to compete for a starting job on the offensive line, likely at one of the tackle positions. 2010: Emerged as a redshirt freshman to be a valuable reserve on the Union ... Played throughout the regular season as a tackle and on some special teams ... Saw action in all 14 games. 2009: Redshirted his first season in the program but made the travel squad for the Sheraton Hawai`i Bowl ... Won the Offense's Full-Speed,?Effort and Habit Award as the Scout Team Player of the Year. High School A graduate of Long Beach (Calif.) Wilson Classical High School ... Was a three-year letterman for coach Mario Morales ... Was a two-sport star as a three-year letterwinner in basketball as well ... As a senior, was named to the Long Beach Telegram's Dream Team for football and basketball ... Was a two-time all-league selection and was the Moore League Lineman of the Year as a senior ... Was a first-team all-conference selection and was named second-team all-state by maxpreps.com ... Also lettered in track as a senior and led the league in the shot put. Personal Born Joel Michael Bitonio on Oct. 11, 1991 in San Pedro, Calif. ... Son of Debbie and the late Mike Bitonio ... Has an older sister, Katie, and a younger brother, Lucas ... Is majoring in civil engineering ... Sports hero is Kobe Bryant ... Choose Nevada because of the direction of the program, the atmosphere and the academic reputation of the school ... Was also recruited by Fresno State and San Jose State, among others ... Enjoys playing basketball, watching movies, listening to music and going to the beach in his free time. |
 
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