{"id":1147,"date":"2010-09-02T03:57:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T09:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2010-09-02T03:57:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T09:57:24","slug":"saturday-match-up-to-feature-four-nsr-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/saturday-match-up-to-feature-four-nsr-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Match-up to Feature Five NSR Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cal versus UC-Davis Holds Special Meaning to NSR in California\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s grudge match between The University of California<\/a><\/strong> (Cal) and The University of California at Davis<\/a><\/strong> (UC-Davis) holds special meaning for all of us at National Scouting Report<\/strong>,\u00a0but espcially for NSR<\/strong>\u00a0in California.\u00a0 Five former NSR<\/strong> prospects, three from UC-Davis and\u00a0two from Cal, will be on their respective team rosters as the Aggies travel to Berkeley to take on the Bears at Memorial Stadium.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Spencer Hagan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a redshirt sophomore at Cal.\u00a0 The 6’4″ wideout was ranked as the No. 2 receiver in Northern California by ESPN<\/a><\/strong> in 2008.\u00a0\u00a0He finished his high school career at Capital Christian High<\/strong> <\/a>in Sacramento with 145 receptions and 2,629 receiving yards, both all-time school records.\u00a0 Spencer earned first-team All-State<\/strong> honors as a prep senior by both Rivals and MaxPreps, while also being named second-team All-City<\/strong> by the Sacramento Bee<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Alejandro Crosthwaite<\/a><\/strong> is a freshman offensive lineman for the Bears.\u00a0 He hails from Cathedral Catholic High<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in San Diego.\u00a0 Named by Phil Steele<\/a><\/strong> as the nation’s No. 30 offensive lineman prior to this season.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In high school, Alejandro was\u00a0a four-star recruit by ESPN, Scout, Tom Lemming and Rivals, selected as the No. 6 offensive tackle and No. 85 overall player in the nation according to Max Emfinger<\/a><\/strong>, invited to play in the Max Emfinger All-American Bow<\/strong>l, the Offensive-Defensive All-American Bowl and the Aloha Prep All-American Bowl.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Nick Aprile<\/a><\/strong> is a redshirt sophomore at UC-Davis.\u00a0 He is a 6’1″ 210-pound free safety from Escalon High<\/a><\/strong> in Fresno.\u00a0 In 2009, Nick appeared in all 11 games as a reserve defensive back for the Aggies.\u00a0 He was also the ball handler in the team’s variation of the Wildcat formation.\u00a0 He rushed for 123 yards and four TDs on 29 carries.\u00a0 On defense, Nick posted 7 tackles (5 solos, 2 assists) on defense.\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Ian Joseph<\/a><\/strong> is\u00a0an offensive\u00a0lineman for UC-Davis.\u00a0 At 6’6″ and 300 pounds, Ian is likely to see action as a true freshman for\u00a0the Aggies.\u00a0 At El\u00a0Dorado High<\/a><\/strong> in Placerville, CA, Ian was a three-sport standout, playing football, basketball and track.\u00a0 He\u00a0earned All-Pioneer Valley League<\/strong> first-team and Sacramento Bee All-Metro<\/strong> second-team honors as a senior lineman.\u00a0 He was named\u00a0his team’s Most Outstanding Lineman and Bleeding Blue awards.\u00a0 He was also an All-league thrower in the spring, posting personal bests of 50-3 in shot, 141-3 in discus.\u00a0 On the basketball court, he was voted Most Inspirational.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ryan Dimino<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is one of UC-Davis’ most prized recruits in 2010.\u00a0\u00a0The freshman linebacker’s high school career at Del Campo High<\/a><\/strong> in Sacramento made him one of the most\u00a0recruited\u00a0prep stars in the state.\u00a0 He was selected as All-Metro Player of the Year<\/strong> by the Sacramento Bee in 2009, rushing for 2,702 yards and passing for 2,089 more.\u00a0 Ryan accounted for 47 touchdowns (28 rush, 19 pass).\u00a0 He ranked 2nd on team with 60 tackles on defense, while adding an interception.\u00a0 Post season honors include being named\u00a0Old Spice California Player of the Year<\/a><\/strong>, Capital Athletic League<\/a><\/strong> MVP and first-team Cal-Hi Sports<\/a><\/strong> team.\u00a0 Ryan’s team at Del Campo won 42 games and two Sac-Joaquin Section titles during his career.\u00a0 He was a three-time All-CAL<\/strong> honoree and was\u00a0named to Sacramento Bee All-Decade Team<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Ryan was also a National Football Foundation<\/strong><\/a> and College Football Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cal versus UC-Davis Holds Special Meaning to NSR in California Saturday\u2019s grudge match between The University of California (Cal) and The University of California at Davis (UC-Davis) holds special meaning for all of us at National Scouting Report,\u00a0but espcially for NSR\u00a0in California.\u00a0 Five former NSR prospects, three from UC-Davis and\u00a0two from Cal, will be on … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}