Take a look back at San Jose State University Athletics' spectacular year in 2012. There were so many terrific accomplishments and events that highlighting one dozen (12) is not enough.

            So, here are 2x12 for 2012 with the www.sjsuspartans.com link back to the main article. Click on the date for the highlight.

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February 25 - Women's swimming wins it first conference championship in school history; Head coach Sage Hopkins & junior Marisa DeWames are honored.

March 5 - Tim La Kose is named the Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

April 7 - Women's tennis wins a school-record 12 consecutive dual matches.

April 7 - Gymnast Thomasina Wallace and women's gymnastics coach Wayne Wright are honored as the NCAA West Regional Gymnast and Coach of the Year, respectively.

April 25 - Women's golf makes it four WAC Championships in a row. John Dormann is the Co-Coach of the Year.

May 2 - Men's golf wins WAC Championship; Jay Myers is the medalist and the WAC Golfer of the Year; John Kennaday WAC Coach of the Year.

May 6 - San Jose State accepts an invitation to join the Mountain West

May 10 - San Jose State NCAA champion Ron Davis is named the head coach for men's and women's cross country and women's outdoor track and field

May 24 - Gene Bleymaier named athletics director after Tom Bowen accepts University of Memphis A.D. job.

June 14 & June 26 - Volleyball (995), women's soccer (972) and football (959) are among nine teams to hit an all-time APR high; women's golf & women's swimming earn APR Public Recognition Awards

June 27 & June 25 - Second-team All-WAC outfielder Michelle Cox is one of several Spartans competing in major summer competitions. Five San Jose State swimmers head to the U.S. Olympic Team trials.

June 29 - Dani Curran becomes the Spartans first four-time All-American in women's water polo and is honored along with teammates Meagan Minson and Anna Natalizio.

July 4 & September 5 - Sam Piraro retires after 25 seasons as baseball coach and Dave Nakama is appointed as his successor.

November 21 & November 7 - San Jose State is ranked #23-nationally in the Endless Pools Top-25 Division I women's swimming and diving poll. The Spartans reached the top-25 for the first time in school history on November 7.

November 24 - San Jose State wins 10 regular-season games for the first time in 25 years with a 52-43 win over Louisiana Tech.

November 25 - San Jose State is listed in the Bowl Championship Series standings for the first time in school history.

November 29 & December 6 - Soccer defender Nick Murphy and football defensive end Travis Johnson are Capital One Academic All-America honorees.

November 30 - BCS#25-San Jose State accepts a bid to the Military Bowl in Washington, D.C.

December 2 - For the first time, San Jose State finishes a regular season in football listed in the BCS standings and is ranked in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls Top-25.

December 11 - Kent Baer named interim head football coach for the Military Bowl after Mike MacIntyre accepted the University of Colorado job on December 10.

December 17 - Ron Caragher named new head football coach.

December 21 - The NCAA applauds San Jose State for forging ahead academically and achieving success in football at the same time.

December 27 - San Jose State wins the Military Bowl.

December 31 - Men's basketball opens WAC play with two road wins for the first time as a conference member.