In this episode of The Sideline Sitdown, we welcome a friend of the show, Manny Lopez. In high school, he was a middle infielder before deciding to reinvent himself as a pitcher in college. Coming out of his high school days, Manny Lopez was a kid from Brea who worked his way through two junior colleges, Cerritos and Fullerton College, trying to prove he belonged. Now in his first season as a Chico State Wildcat, he earned honors as First-Team All-CCAA, First-Team All-West Region, and an NCBWA All-American, Chico State’s first since 2022.