Anita Barker takes a victory lap
March 25, 2019
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Sports, Track and field, Volleyball
The job of an athletic director is often thankless. There's a lot of work behind the scenes that go unnoticed. However, this is not the case for Chico State's Athletic Director, Anita Barker. Due to Barker's constant hard work and the rejection of mediocrity, she has been honored as the Division II...
Chico State raises thousands on Giving Tuesday
November 30, 2017
Filed under Campus, Community, News
Chico State raised a total of over $214,910 through a campus wide, 24 hour long, giving day fundraiser Tuesday.Community members, alumni, students and faculty of the university took part in the all day national event. Chico Cares, Support Your Favorite Wildcat Team? and Miles For Teaching Fund were participating cam...
Language matters and internet trolls are proving it
November 9, 2016
Last week the Chico State Athletics Department released a campaign put together by the student athletes. The campaign featured students in their uniforms with a pull-quote next to them that identified what word or phrase they saw as offensive and why they choose to not use that word or phrase. The...
Women’s volleyball swept by Cal State LA
September 21, 2015
Filed under Sports, Volleyball
The Wildcats' great start to the 2015 season sputtered in Los Angeles as they were swept by the Golden Eagles in three sets. Sophomore outside hitter Olivia Mediano led Chico with 12 kills while junior setter Torey Thompson had a team high of 33 assists. Even with great play from both 'Cats, the ...
An essential guide to understanding sports lingo
May 12, 2015
Filed under Sports
While "putting some mustard on it" and a "can of corn" might sound like requirements for a cooking recipe, the terms mean something completely different in sports. Throughout the years, athletes and coaches have developed a sports lingo that only savvy sports fans, coaches and players can understan...
Top-notch basketball recruit signs with Chico State
May 1, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
Wildcat cub Justin Briggs will be joining the Chico State men’s basketball team in the fall. The 6 foot 9 inch power forward of River City High School in West Sacramento signed his Letter of Intent to become a Wildcat on April 20. Briggs was a top-notch recruit and was receiving attention fr...
Pioneers pillage ‘Cats
April 29, 2015
Stretching zero runs to the seventh inning, the Chico State baseball team lost their Friday night home opener against the visiting Cal State East Bay Pioneers. The game started off scoreless in the first inning. Leading off the second inning, Cal State East Bay squeezed in a run to open up the...
Wildcats struggle in 10-2 loss
April 18, 2015
Filed under Baseball
The Chico State Wildcats struggled on offense and defense during a 10-2 loss in Turlock against Cal State Stanislaus. With only six hits and 14 base runners left on base, the ‘Cats only scored two runs in nine innings of play. The Wildcats first scored in the 5th inning with a single up the middl...
4×400 relay team generates synergy on the track
April 12, 2015
Filed under Sports, Track and field
For the four men on Chico State's track and field 4x400 relay team, it is the collective mindset and support within the quartet that makes them successful. The four-man band consists of: junior hurdler Tristan Lake, junior 400-meter runner Geoff Brown, sophomore decathlete Lane Andrews and juni...
Wildcat transfer claws his way to top of pack
April 8, 2015
From Cougar to Wildcat, junior transfer Andrew Carrillo is playing a major role on the Chico State baseball team for the 2015 season. In his first year as a Wildcat, Carrillo has earned his spot as the starting second baseman and No. 2 hitter in the team's batting order. So far he has been a consistent playe...
‘Cats score zero dropping both games of double-header
April 5, 2015
The Chico State softball team went toe-to-toe against the formidable UC San Diego Tritons Friday at University Softball Stadium. Game 1 The Wildcats and the Tritons dueled the length of seven standard-time innings sharing zero runs in the process. It wasn’t until the extra inning where UC San Diego sn...
Men’s rugby breaks away from pack, secures playoff spot
March 28, 2015
Filed under Sports
The Chico State men's rugby team has clawed its way to a successful season, locking in the second place spot for playoffs set to take place in April.The team made its way into the No. 2 spot in the Pacific West Conference with major wins in March over Stanford and University of Nevada, Reno, which put...
