Sky Collins returns healthy for Fresno State after last season's championship injury

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno State outfielder Sky Collins is backmost successful the lineup this season, little than a twelvemonth aft suffering a terrible ankle wounded during the 2025 Mountain West championship.

Collins, a erstwhile Buchanan High School and Fresno City College standout, was wounded portion sliding into 2nd basal successful past year's rubric game.

His 2025 play ended arsenic helium was taken disconnected the field, but helium said helium ne'er doubted helium would beryllium acceptable for the commencement of 2026.

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"I ever expected to beryllium connected the tract time 1 and it was a agelong humbling process... 1 week I'd consciousness bully but I ever knew that adjacent if it was a small painful, I'd propulsion done and beryllium retired determination opening day," Collins said.

Collins opened the play arsenic Fresno State's starting halfway fielder and is hitting .370 successful the aboriginal going.

Head manager Ryan Overland credited the program's spot unit for helping Collins return. He besides said encouragement came from a acquainted look successful Fresno State athletics.

"Every clip I spot manager Hill helium brings up manager Hill and seeing Sky successful the value country and helium knows that process of what it takes to get done so... anybody who gives their blessing of toughness and being a Bulldog, there's nary 1 amended than manager Hill," Overland said.

Now healthy, Collins said helium is embracing a enactment relation portion playing successful beforehand of those who watched him turn up.

"Being capable to person my household successful the stands astatine each times - seeing my small brother, my small sister, my grandpa, my grandma... my full household watches maine and not person to question far... it's been a imagination to play connected this tract and to turn up present and to play here," helium said.

Overland said helium hopes to person Owen Faust and Cam Schneider instrumentality this weekend, portion Cayden Munster remains a mates of weeks away.

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