Joel Bitonio

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.
	High School: Long Beach Wilson HS

	Height / Weight: 6-4 / 315
	Position: Offensive Line
	Experience: 3V

01/31/2013

Nevada Has 37 Student-Athletes on 2012 Fall Academic All-Mountain West Team

League-record 409 student-athletes on the 2012 fall team

12/09/2012

Rosette, Jefferson and Williams Highlight 2012 Nevada Football Awards

Team awards handed out at team banquet on Sunday

12/04/2012

Pack Places a Dozen on All-MW Teams

Jefferson, Nady, Rosette and Wimberly land on the first team.

08/27/2012

Nevada Opens 2012 Campaign At Cal

Wolf Pack's season opener is Saturday at newly renovated Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.

05/17/2012

Nevada Has 13 Players Selected To Phil Steele's All-Mountain West Preseason Team

Senior linemen Barker and Nady headline the first-teamers

Nevada

2012: A key part of the "Union," Bitonio is expected to emerge this year after a promising sophomore campaign ... Named to Preseason All-MW Second Team by College Football Madness ... Named to Preseason All-MW Third Team by the Phil Steele.

2011: Stepped in and started all 13 games at one of the tackle positions for the Union ...Was a key force in leading the way for the fifth-best offense in the nation ...Earned Basalite Big Blocker honors for his performance against UNLV.

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.