ESPN – NIke Rise
Over the weekend of May 14-15, 2011, I attended two great camps that built my skills.
I was invited to the ESPN Rise Nike Elite Camp at Stanford University where I competed against some of the top high school players in the country.
It was a great experience going head to head with the biggest and best and I was pleased with my performance.
Prior to the Nike Elite camp I spent a day at Football University (FBU) at De Anza College in Cupertino CA. This was my second time at an FBU camp and once again the coaches and training were excellent. The FBU camps include both classroom training and on the field drills and really help me improve, and for those practicing other sports like golf, they can find the best equipment for this here.
At this year’s FBU camp, my OL coach was former Denver Bronco Coach David Diaz-Infante was great to work with and really helped me improve my game in advance of the ESPN Rise – Nike Elite session.
O-Line Sled Work at ESPN Rise Nike Camp
NU Season Update – January 2012
2011 Post Season Update:
As the season concluded I was honored to have been named 1st Team Sierra Foothill All League and 2nd team Sacramento Region All Metro Team. I was also named to the Sacramento Region Holiday Classic All Star Team and we played against the East Bay All Stars in Danville California on December 23, and here are some video highlights.
Although we only made it to the first round of playoffs, two teams from our League won section championships: Granite Bay (D1) and Del Oro( D3). Del Oro went on to the California Bowl State Championship D2 game losing to Helix of San Diego.
2011 Season Overview:
The Miners finished the regular season 7-3 and headed for the playoffs in early November. We had a solid year and improved every week.
Here is an article about my team and me as we entered post season play. Earlier in the season our local newspaper did a profile on me that talked about both football and my work with Club Interact at my high school.
On 11-11-11 we played our 11th and final game of the season when we lost in the playoffs to Franklin of Elk Grove. I am proud of our team and to have started every game of my 4 years in high school.
It was exciting in 2009 when we won the CIF Division 1 Section Championship and exciting to be back in the playoffs again this year too. I am looking very forward to the opportunity to continue to play in college next year.
Here’s a shot of me (#54) with other members of the O Line from earlier in the season:
Alec Sarner (54) and members of the 2011 Nevada Union O - Line
Other news:
On August 19th The Sacramento Bee named me to their preseason regional high school Football All Star Team. I was honored to be selected from hundreds of school teams and thousands of players in the greater Sacramento Metropolitan area and beyond. For the complete list of the 30 selected players click here
Also, I attended a number of camps this past summer including the Yale and Princeton Camps as well as Cal and Cal Poly among others.
CLICK HERE FOR CAL CAMP HIGHLIGHTS from the UC Berkeley Camp on JUNE 19, 2011.
About Alec
I am a Senior  and 2nd year starting offensive center for the Nevada Union High School Miners – one of Northern California’s top high school football programs.
I’ve been playing organized sports since I was 6 years old including football, baseball, basketball, volleyball (including participating on the Nor Cal Junior Olympics Club Team) and even travel ice hockey. I also am on the NU Varsity Track Team too. While I love them all – my focus is now on football and specifically the offensive center position.
You can learn more about me here as well as my team on the Nevada Union Football Page on Facebook. I’ve also added a little bit more about me and my extracurricular activities here too.
Thanks again for visiting my site and I can be contacted at alecsarner54@gmail.com
Go Miners!
