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FRENSO, Calif. (KFSN) -- With the calendar turning to 2025, we person present seen a 4th period of past implicit astatine Fresno State.
In this week's Bulldog Breakdown, we fertile the apical 10 Bulldog moments from the past 25 years.
No. 10: Margie Wright becoming the NCAA Softball's all-time winningest Coach
On March 5, 2000, Fresno State Softball manager Margie Wright became assemblage softball's all-time winningest manager with a 1-0 triumph implicit Oklahoma.
That year, the Bulldogs made it to the NCAA Tournament. One of 16 trips successful the past 25 years.
Wright besides ranks 2nd all-time successful vocation victories among NCAA Division I coaches successful each sports.
No. 9: Three-time all-American Nick Watney
Back successful 2003, Nick Watney earned All-American honors for the 3rd clip successful his career.
The golfer was ranked No. 1 successful 2 polls, posting a top-five scoring mean all-time for college.
Five times connected the PGA Tour, moving the Bulldog up to ninth successful the satellite rankings.
No. 8: Wrestler Stephen Abas wins 3rd consecutive nationalist title
On March 23rd, 2002, Stephen Abas won his 3rd National Championship.
Abas, a apical 15 wrestler successful NCAA history, went connected to triumph a metallic medal successful the 2004 Olympics.
No. 7: Jake Haener leads 2021 comeback astatine the Rose Bowl
Down 4 with 54 seconds to play against the 13th-ranked Bruins, erstwhile Bulldogs backmost Jake Haener led a six-play thrust earlier uncovering Jalen Cropper for the game-winning touchdown.
A twelvemonth later, Haener would cement his Bulldog bequest with a triumph connected the blue, clinching a Mountain West championship. The New Orleans Saints would draught Haener that aforesaid year.
No. 6: The grounds breaking Duo of Davante Adams and Derek Carr
The No. 6 spot is rightfully saved for the dynamic duo of 2013.
Derek Carr and Davante Adams led the federation successful passing and receiving. Both acceptable programme records for yards and touchdowns, helping the squad to a ranking arsenic precocious arsenic 15th and a triumph successful the first-ever Mountain West title game, which was held astatine Bulldog Stadium.
No. 5: The emergence of Aaron Judge
Before helium was a first-round draught pick, Aaron Judge was a freshman All-American astatine Fresno State.
On July 3, 2012, helium won assemblage baseball's location tally derby.
Ten years later, he'd interruption Roger Maris' azygous play location tally grounds successful 2022 earlier winning his archetypal MVP successful 2024.
No. 4: Tarkanian's Dogs triumph the 2000 WAC title
Back successful 2000, Jerry Tarkanian had Selland Arena roaring.
On March eleventh, a Bulldog squad led by first-round draught picks Melvin Ely and Courtney Alexander bushed Tulsa 75-72 to triumph the WAC championship. Tulsa mislaid conscionable 4 times that year; 3 were last-minute defeats by Fresno State. The triumph clinched the program's archetypal travel to the NCAA tourney successful 16 years.
No. 3: The overtime triumph connected The Blue successful 2018
2018 saw football's winningest season.
Before a triumph successful Vegas, Jeff Tedford's Dogs won connected the blue.
Ronnie Rivers' touchdown successful the snowfall sealed a 19-16 overtime triumph implicit Boise State to triumph the Mountain West championship.
It was Fresno State's archetypal triumph connected the bluish turf and archetypal triumph astatine Boise State successful 34 years.
No. 2: The goalposts travel down successful 2001 versus Oregon State
In 2001, aft a season-opening triumph astatine Colorado, other seats and a video committee were brought successful for the crippled against preseason No. 1 Oregon State.
On September 2, the biggest assemblage successful the past of Bulldog Stadium saw their squad dismantle the Beavers 44-24, starring to the goalposts coming down.
David Carr would onshore connected the screen of Sports Illustrated earlier getting drafted archetypal wide successful THE 2002 NFL Draft.
No. 1: The Wonderdogs triumph the 2008 College World Series
Our No. 1 is saved for the Wonderdogs.
On June 25, 2008, Fresno State bushed Georgia 6-1 to triumph the College World Series.
Steve Detwiler was the leader astatine the plate, and Justin Wilson was the ace connected the elevation for a four-seeded Diamond Dog squad that staved disconnected elimination six times.
Thousands celebrated the homecoming for a squad that became the lowest-seeded squad to triumph a title successful immoderate sport.
Honorable Mentions
- Water Polo beats 2 #1 ranked teams successful 2024 (4 consecutive NCAA app).
- Save Mart Center being built.
- Bulldog Basketball wins 2016 MW tourney implicit San Diego State.
- 1st circular draught picks successful 2001-02 (Baseball - Ben Fritz, Basketball - Melvin Ely, Football - David Carr)
- Robbie Rouse becomes all-time starring rusher connected 94 gait tally v. Colorado successful 2012.
- Dwayne Wright sets azygous crippled rushing grounds (295 yards v. LA Tech successful 2006.
- 2005 adjacent upset of #1 USC.
- Women's hoops squad makes 7 consecutive NCAA tournaments (2007-14)
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