I bet Morgan is eyeballing the 6 foot mark and, with a couple more years of jumping, she just might go higher. The 6'10" world record by a 5'11" tall athlete is truly amazing.

Not to disparage the world record holder but, considering the amount of illegal drug use by the Eastern European countries and, in particularly, Russia, in recent years, it makes me wonder if there was any reliable testing back in 1987? It's a real shame that there has been so much doping in the olympic sports and in professional sports of all kinds.

Morgan Bertsch showed how athletically talented she is as she just broke the school record in the high jump by clearing 5'10". Morgan gets a late start to the track and field season due to the length of the women's basketball season but that doesn't seem to slow her down.

Congrats to Morgan on her record jump!

http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/c-track/recaps/042917aaa.html

Stefan Gonzalez shot 51.7% from 3 in high school and 48% while he was at St. Mary's. As per D1 transfer rules he must sit out next season before joining the Aggies with 2 years of eligibility left.

Official Aggie Athletics announcement: http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042717aac.html

Mikey Henn will be transferring to Cal Baptist. The Lancers are an up and coming DII program located in Riverside, CA, and play in the PacWest Conference. They have a very young roster, are coming off a 26-5 season and have transfers coming in from Portland and Santa Clara this year also. It has been rumored that they are interested in moving to D1 at some point and that they have interest in the Big West but the Big West has not shown any recent interest in expanding.

I expect that he will do very well at Cal Baptist and wish him good luck. Aggie fans are sorry to see him go.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/mikey-henn

Johnson played in 3 games last year as a freshman at Georgetown. He was 22 0f 41 passing for 188 yards and 3 INT's.

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/cfb/players.asp?id=270254

BaD, do you have a link that shows the fundraising amounts?

Outstanding! This should be mandatory viewing for all the UCD administrators, faculty and staff about the publicity power of great college athletics.

PA...I think this video deserves its own thread.

No matter how you cut it, it's still a thorough beat down! >:)

I think Gonzalez is a great addition for the Aggies. I know that Les tends to be guard heavy but Gonzalez appears to have the ability to be a proficient and prolific shooter. I remember Coach Les saying that something he learned from Kansas coach, Bill Self, was to never let your team become "guard poor." That said, I'd like to see us bring in a big, strong PF or C that will be able to fill the shoes of Chima after next year.

He's very agile for being 6'9 - 6'10 and moves his feet well on defense. He can also drive the ball to the hoop which is impressive for a player his size. I think Coach Les probably likes is ability to defend since he emphasizes defense first and foremost.

From a discussion about Russell on the Portland Pilots forum it seems that the Aggies recruited Russell out of high school as a preferred walk-on but he went to Portland on a scholarship. Then, after very limited minutes in his freshman year, it appears that the Portland coach decided that Russell no longer fit into his plans so Russell left for Casper College. He recently visited NAU and was offered and also made a visit to Hawaii before visiting UCD.

http://www.pilotnation.net/t5754-colin-russell-to-transfer

He looks to be quite agile for 6'9 and has nice post moves in the paint and is versatile with either hand. None of his highlights show him scoring from anywhere but in the paint though. On the down side, his FT shooting leaves a lot to be desired and, given that Garrison Goode is also poor from the line, the pair of them on the floor at the same time could leave a lot of points at the FT line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQF_qrZNXgM

I think that Mikey Henn is a significant loss for the Aggies. He's was big body with a good inside/outside game and he was a hard worker who wasn't afraid to mix it up inside. Hopefully, with two years of college basketball experience under his belt, Russell will come in as a mature player ready to give us some needed help in the paint and on the boards with Henn and Hewitt both leaving.

CAF, I think we should just make this the official 2018 FB recruiting thread and just let the thread I started fade away. You always do such a great job with staying on top of our football recruiting. (Y)

Thanks, CA Forever. (Y)

Here is the official announcement by the Athletics Department about Delveion Jackson signing with UCD:

Excerpt: “Delveion is a do-it-all type player,” said Centennial High School head coach Josh Apperspach. “He can score, pass and rebounds very well for a guard. The thing I love most about him is that he loves to play defense; he’s long, athletic and creates problems for teams. He will be a good fit at UC Davis.”

http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041317aaa.html

The bar is set very high for Aggie athletes in terms of personal character and academics, and Brynton is a prime example of of why it is so easy to be an Aggie sports fan. Thanks for posting this link, DrMike.

Wow, this is very surprising and disappointing news. He seems very gracious in his twitter announcement. I wonder why he has made this decision?

https://twitter.com/mikey_henn?lang=en

My understanding is that a "preferred walk on" player is guaranteed a position on the roster even though they were not given a scholarship whereas a "walk on" player has to go through tryouts in order to try and make the team. Both types of "walk ons" could eventually earn a scholarship.

New recruit (not sure if he has been listed here before):

Jake Dunniway QB 6'1 195 from St. Mary's of Stockton has accepted a preferred walk-on to the Aggies. This kid threw for 4066 yards and 48 TD's last year and was named All CIF San Joaquin Section Player of the Year and All NorCal All State. He had offers/interest from Cornell, Harvard, Yale and UCSD.

https://twitter.com/JakeDunni7

He sounds like a kid who totally flew under the radar and has a lot of potential:

http://www.recordnet.com/sports/20161206/rams-qb-flying-under-radar

It seems that Irvine HC, Russell Turner, gets his name tossed around quite a bit in the coaching, post-season merry-go-round. Some folks on the Big West Forums have speculated that he has interest from Akron, New Mexico and Florida Gulf Coast. Akron is a million dollar job.

Over the past few years there has been quite a bit of speculation about various schools joining the Big West. All of the following schools have been tossed around for discussion by Big West fans: UCSD, Grand Canyon, Denver, Seattle, CSU Bakersfield and Sac State. I've never read anything official from the Big West administration about future expansion. UCSD has been the most talked about by BW fans recently though.

Is there a source that you are referring to, 69aggie?