Meet the Aggies ARTICE NELSON
ATLAS SMITH
Linebacker 6-3 • 200 • Freshman Citrus Heights, Calif./Del Campo HS ’11
Tight End 6-4 • 225 • Freshman Santa Ana, Calif./Segerstrom HS ’11
DEL CAMPO HS ’11: Claimed first-team All-Capital Valley Conference accolades and Sacramento Bee All-Metro honorable mention as both a junior and senior... Posted 112 tackles and 9 interceptions in 2010, stepping up from 90 stops and 4 picks the previous year... Helped Cougars to 13-1 record and Sac-Joaquin Section Division III championship as a junior... DCHS went 8-3 and capture a second straight CVC title in 2010. PERSONAL: Born in Sacramento, Calif.... Majoring in communication... Mother is Latunya Nelson... Career highlight was Del Campo’s section title... Attests to being “very helpful when it comes to hard times.”
JUSTIN NUNES Quarterback 6-2 • 200 • Freshman Upland, Calif./Upland HS ’11 UPLAND HS ’11: Garnered All-Baseline League distinction as a senior, throwing for 1,931 yards and 18 touchdowns... Won Foothill-Citrus Athletic Direcors Association Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors... Boosted team to 12-2 record and Southern Section title as a junior... Finished with better than 4.0 GPA, earning CSF Lifetime membership, seven Highlander Education Foundation awards and Baseline League Outstanding Senior honors... Member of Academic Decathlon team. PERSONAL: Born in Whittier, Calif.... Majoring in animal science... Parents are Tim & Debbie Nunes... Older brother, Josh, plays quarterback for Stanford... Hopes to earn his Ph.D. and become a veterinarian.
CONNOR PEARSON Tight End 6-5 • 215 • Freshman Turlock, Calif./Turlock HS ’11 TURLOCK HS ’11: All-Central California Conference honoree in both football and basketball... Added Modesto Bee All-District first-team acclaim as a senior tight end/linebacker... Won team’s Most Outstanding and Coaches’ Award... Helped team improve from 0-10 in 2009 to 8-3 and a section playoff run in 2010... Made All-CCC second team in basketball as a senior, helping Bulldogs to 23-7 record and conference title... Captured CCC All-Academic honors in both sports. PERSONAL: Born in Turlock, Calif.... Pre-managerial economics major... Parents are Greta & James Pearson... Event in history he would have liked to witness was Franz Klammer’s victory in the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbuhel during the 1976 Olympics.
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SEGERSTROM HS ’11: Selected as school and Golden West League Athlete of the Year as a standout in football, basketball and track & field... Captured All-GWL honors as a junior and senior, adding a Defensive Player of the Year nod as a defensive end in 2010... Finished with 46 tackles, including 9 sacks... Voted Most Improved in 2009... Honored as National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete... Won Coaches’ Award in basketball, averaging 10 ppg as a senior... Selected as track team’s Thrower of the Year. PERSONAL: Born in Santa Ana, Calif.... Has yet to declare a major... Mother is Sheryl Mulkey, who he lists as his non-sports hero... Proudest personal accomplishment: making his mom proud... Second of four siblings, along with Ashton, Autaija and Aires.
PARKER SMITH Center 6-4 • 290 • Freshman Los Altos, Calif./Archbishop Mitty HS ’11 SEGERSTROM HS ’11: Selected as West Catholic Athletic League Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior... Also made San Jose Mercury News All-Area and San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro first teams... Selected as team captain and Most Valuable Defensive Lineman... Tallied 42 tackles with a sack and 2 pass breakups in 2009... Helped team to 10-1 record and WCAL title that year... National Honor Society and CSF Lifetime Member, won school’s Walter Hainger Student-Athlete Award. PERSONAL: Born in Los Altos, Calif.... Majoring in economics... Parents are Steve & Jennifer Smith... Steve played football at Pacific... Lists Anthony Munoz as his sports hero, Richard Pryor as his non-sports hero.
BRADY STUART Kicker 5-11 • 163 • Freshman Newhall, Calif./West Ranch HS ’11 WEST RANCH HS ’11: Ranked 16th nationally in placekicking by Chris Sailer Kicking... Captured first-team All-Foothill League honors as a senior... Successful on 5-for-6 field goals, 40-for-41 PATs in 2010... Averaged 44.9 in punting... Four-time Special Teams MVP... Won kickoffs title at 2011 CSK National Las Vegas Kicking Event... Also won Event Elite field goal accuracy and 10th-annual Snap, Hold and Kick competitions... Voted Offensive MVP and team MVP in soccer as a striker/midfielder... Earned Scholar-Athlete honors in both sports. PERSONAL: Born in Santa Clarita, Calif.... Majoring in communication... Parents are Mike & Teri Stuart... Continued a family tradition by playing at a UC school; all five siblings and both parents attended either UC Santa Barbara or UC San Diego.
2011 UC DAVIS FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE