Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Sunbirds sign five

Fresno - Five soccer student-athletes have signed letters of intent to attend Fresno Pacific University in August. The announcement was made today by FPU head coach Jaime Ramirez.

The list includes two local players and three foreign students.

Nehemias Blanco and Antonio Gonzalez, both midfielders, have local connections.

Blanco is a first cousin FPU's Milton Blanco who recently signed with USA Chivas. Nehemias Blanco will be a freshman. Like his older cousin, he is a product of the Roosevelt Revolution Soccer Club and a graduate of Roosevelt High School.

Gonzalez, a junior, has played one season each at Fresno City College and Cal-State Stanislaus. Gonzalez is a graduate of San Joaquin Memorial High School.

Andres Kristiansen (Denmark) and Fernando Vaca (Cordoba, Argentina), both freshman, will bring an international flavor to the FPU midfield.

Sophomore striker Amaury Nunes (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) transfers to FPU after one season at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

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Fresno Pacific University offers undergraduate and graduate programs that stress solid academic preparation and a strong ethical foundation. Each year more than 2,000 traditional and adult students attend classes on the 42-acre main campus in southeast Fresno or centers in Visalia and Bakersfield. The university also reaches 12,000 students across the nation and around the world through professional development studies programs. The only four-year Christian university in the Central Valley, FPU is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and ranked in the top quarter among Western universities master’s category by U.S. News & World Report.