In a town full of bicycles and environmental friendliness, it’s refreshing to remember that there are still red-blooded, meat-eating, beer-drinking, sports-loving Americans out there. For people suffering from this nostalgia, the recently inaugurated Davis Motorsports Club is proof that not everything has been lost to this organic-solar-powered-renewable-new-age California nonsense. DMC’s official mission statement is to maintain motorsport enthusiasm in the Davis community. How do these patriots carry out their stated goal? Try waking up at 6 a.m. on weekends to attend autocross rallies – autox for short – all over the state of California.

In a season where the Aggies went young with a senior-less roster, it was only appropriate that a star freshman led the way. From carrying the weight of the men’s basketball program’s first official Division I season to running the team’s new Princeton offense, redshirt freshman point guard Mark Payne rose to every challenge in the 2007-2008 season. It’s an awful lot to ask out of a freshman, but he’s progressing and maturing so much, said head coach Gary Stewart. He’s going to be a dominant Big West player by the time he graduates.

Jessica Campbell owns the UC Davis women’s basketball record books. A senior out of San Marcos, Calif., Campbell is among the program’s all-time leaders across the board, ranking third in points (1,413), seventh in blocks (57) and ninth in rebounds (590) and assists (274). Campbell led the Big West Conference with an 88.9 percent free throw percentage this season. She also ranked second in the conference in scoring (15.3 points per game), field goal percentage (53.9 percent) and minutes played (32.8 minutes per game), earning a spot on the first-team All-Big West Conference team for her efforts.