Sports

Who to watch: Senior Tanya Ho has been here before.

Who to watch: Sophomore Tim Honeycutt has been coming on strong for the Aggies lately.

Who to watch: Junior Nick Lopez has had a long season.

Who to watch: Hurler Dana Waldusky currently sits at fourth in the Big West Conference with 80 strikeouts, after sitting down 20 batters who struck out looking.

Who to watch: Kiara Reed ran her fastest 800 of her collegiate career last week in the Mathis Invitational.

Who to watch: In a season full of strong freshmen play, no first-years have had a larger presence than Anna Geissbuhler.

Who to watch: Lia D’Angelo has been the coxswain of her boat all season and often controls the rhythm and chemistry of her team’s rowers.

Who to watch: Sophomore Ariel Feeney did all she could to help the Aggies in their 7-5 loss to Pacific last weekend.

Who to watch: Dahra Zamudio picked up the team’s only individual win on Tuesday.

There’s dominance and then there’s Paige Mintun. The junior out of Valley Center, Calif. was rewarded for her stellar performance when she was named to the All-Big West Conference first team for the second consecutive year. “People might not know how difficult it is to win that award once, let alone twice in two years,” said coach Sandy Simpson.

Not only is Katie Yamamura the first UC Davis freshman to break the 39-point barrier in the all-around, she is also the first Aggie to pass that mark more than once. After winning the floor exercise (9.750) and placing second both on balance beam (9.600) and in the all-around (38.575) in her college debut, Yamamura was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week for the first time. She received the same accolades three more times throughout the season – Feb. 9, Mar. 16 and 23.

Junior wrestler Barrett Abel had a strong junior season on the mat as he finished No. 14 in the country and won the Aggies’ first individual Pac-10 title since 2007 at the 149-pound slot. This feat cashed Abel’s ticket to his second straight national championship tournament.