Tim Plough earned his first career win at the helm of the 嘿嘿视频 football team at its home opener against Texas A&M-Commerce Saturday (Sept. 7) as the .
Also on display were twists on familiar attractions, like Cori the kickoff tee-retrieving dog being helped by a student athlete and a student making her debut in the role of Maggie the Aggie.
Connections abound
Cori, the Labrador retriever owned by Lisa Tell 鈥87, DVM 鈥91, a professor of medicine and epidemiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine, is scheduled to retrieve kickoff tees at every regular season home game this year. In her season debut, she got help from Jason Hanson, a history major and baseball player. Cori has also retrieved bats at baseball games.
鈥Jason did a fantastic job at the game,鈥 Tell said. 鈥He was a real natural and she was super comfortable with him since she knows him well.鈥
Tell said she appreciates that Cori is growing even more connected to campus sports, with familiar student-athletes like baseball players and returning kicker Angelo Genetti.
Cori will take the field again at the Sept. 21 football game against Utah Tech. Kickoff for that game, which carries a back to school theme, is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Another Aggie who made a splash at last week鈥檚 game was Maggie the Aggie, the student in Western regalia who leads the team out 鈥 on horseback 鈥 before home games. This year, junior communications major and equestrian team member Nicole Shroyer will take over in the role.
Kendal Scheiner, who served as Maggie the Aggie last season, has graduated but is still spending time on campus as the equestrian team鈥檚 reining coach.
鈥淚鈥檝e always watched Kendal do it and it always looked so cool,鈥 Shroyer said, adding that she was especially excited for the community aspect of the role, as Maggie the Aggie and her horse pose for photos with fans on the concourse of 嘿嘿视频 Health Stadium.
Shroyer and Scheiner knew each other before coming to 嘿嘿视频 鈥 the two grew up on the same street in Novato and attended the same high school a few years apart, Shroyer said.
She praised the work of her horse, a 12-year-old Quarter Horse named Red, in their debut.
鈥淢y horse was not scared of anything and did great,鈥 Shroyer said. 鈥淚t felt great to ride out on the field.鈥
NEXT HOME GAMES
- Saturday, Sept. 21 鈥 7 p.m. kickoff vs Utah Tech (Back To School Day)
- Saturday, Sept. 28 鈥 7 p.m. kickoff vs University of Idaho (First Year Field Storm and celebration of Chicanx & Latinx Heritage Month)
, , and individual tickets are , by calling the Aggie Ticket Office at 530-752-2471 or by email.
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