Student-Athlete of the Week - May 31, 2007
Ryan Angel
Name: Ryan Angel
Sport: Baseball
Year: Senior
Position: First Base
Angel, a fourth-year senior out of Rocklin, Calif., and Rocklin High School, was competing in his second and final WAC Tournament. He was named to the 2007 Western Athletic Conference All-Tournament team at first base.
Angel led all players in both batting average and in hits over the duration of the four-day event. He batted .556 with 10 hits in 18 at-bats, producing a pair of four-hit games to match his career best, against Louisiana Tech in the Spartans’ tournament opener on Thursday, May 24, and against Nevada in his final appearance in a Spartan uniform on Saturday night, May 26. Angel was second in the tourney with 16 total bases, tied for second with three others, including freshman teammate Kyle Bellows, with two home runs, and tied for third with five runs scored.
Angel led fourth-seeded San Jose State to an 11-1 defeat of third-seeded Louisiana Tech on the tournament's first day, going 4-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored and three RBI. He then went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in a 5-1 win over host Nevada on Friday night, May 25. Following a 6-2 loss to top seed and eventual champion Fresno State on Saturday afternoon, May 26, Angel was 4-for-5 with his team-leading eighth home run of 2007, two runs scored and one RBI in an 11-9 loss to Nevada in an elimination game that same night. His home run was a solo shot with one out in the ninth to move the Spartans to within three at 11-8. It would prove to be his final collegiate at-bat, as Angel fell one hit shy of former teammate and current San Francisco Giant Kevin Frandsen's all-time school hits mark of 246. He ends his Spartan career first on the all-time chart in doubles (55) and at-bats (796), second in hits (245) and tied for second in games played (214).
Past 2006-07 Spartan Foundation Student-Athletes of the Week
August 28 - Jessie Shull - Women's Volleyball
September 5 - Tiffany Hall - Women's Cross Country
September 11 - Yonus Davis - Football
September 18 - Jennifer Sentfleben - Women's Volleyball
September 25 - Dwight Lowery - Football
October 2 - Adam Tafralis - Football
October 9 - Nicole Irwin - Women's Soccer
October 16 - Marissa Dayton - Women's Soccer
October 23 - Nicole Irwin - Women's Soccer
October 30 - Yonus Davis - Football
November 6 - Patrick Perry - Football
November 13 - Jessie Shull - Women's Volleyball
November 20 - Ashley Vrieze - Women's Swimming
November 27 - Waylon Prather - Football
December 4 - Christopher Owens - Football
January 2 - Alisha Hicks - Women's Basketball
January 8 - Lauren Mar - Women's Swimming
January 16 - Carlton Spencer - Men's Basketball
January 22 - Myosha Barnes - Women's Basketball
January 29 - Veronica Porte - Women's Gymnastics
February 12 - Deanna Lowry - Women's Water Polo
February 19 - Ashley Vrieze - Women's Swimming
February 26 - Alisha Hicks - Women's Basketball
March 5 - Veronica Porte - Women's Gymnastics
March 12 - Jenelle Gomez - Women's Golf
March 19 - Michelle Minotti - Women's Gymnastics
March 26 - Steven Vidal - Baseball
April 2 - Scott Sobczak - Baseball
April 9 - Tanya Torres - Women's Water Polo
April 23 - Kelly Harrison - Softball
April 30 - Erica Moston - Women's Golf
May 7 - Rosco Valentine - Men's Golf
May 14 - Marcus McKimmy - Baseball
May 21 - Chris Balatico - Baseball
May 31 - Ryan Angel - Baseball