Andrew Celis wasn’t born in Northern Nevada and didn’t grow up here but he's always rooted for the Wolf Pack.
Celis was born in Susanville, a town of about 15,000 people that sits 85 miles northwest of Reno across the California border. The closest big university was Nevada and as an aspiring athlete, Celis was drawn to rooting for the Wolf Pack. As a youth, he’d go to games at Mackay Stadium to watch Nevada play.
“Me and my buddies would have our jerseys on and play football down under the bleachers,” Celis recalled. “Coming out of high school, being recruited here, it was like I was coming back to all the friends I left when I was in grade school.