Taren Schive

Photo by: Kenna Harbison

Position:
Kicker
Hometown:
Riverside, Calif.
Height:
5-11
High School:
J.W. North HS
Weight:
181
Prev School:
San José State
Class:
Senior
Major:
Exercise, Physical Activity, Sport

CAREER HONORS

Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2023 at San Jose State)
CSC Academic All-District (2023 at San Jose State)
3x Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2021, 2022 at San Jose State, 2024)

SENIOR (2024)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Appeared in 13 games as the team’s primary kickoff specialist…filled in as punter against Utah State, averaging 56.0 yards per punt and recording a long of 71 yards (Oct. 5)...continued punting at Hawai’i, placing both punts inside the 20 (Oct. 12)...had a solo tackle at UNLV (Oct. 25)...recorded six touchbacks and made a tackle against San Diego State (Nov. 1)...notched a tackle and two touchbacks in a win at Wyoming (Nov. 23)...recorded a touchback on all three kickoffs in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 6 Penn State (Dec. 31).

SAN JOSE STATE CAREER
JUNIOR (2023)
Honors: Mountain West Scholar Athlete … CSC Academic All-District.
Top Highlights: Saw action in all 13 games as the team’s kickoff specialist … kicked off 73 times for 3,944 yards, averaging 54.0 yards per kickoff with 15 kicks that registered a touchback and only one going out of bounds … kicked off six times for 354 yards on The Blue at Boise State (10/7), averaging 59.0 yards per kickoff with three touchbacks.

SOPHOMORE (2022)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Finished the season 12-for-18 (.667) on field goal attempts and 37-for-40 on extra point attempts with a long field goal of 43 on the year as he played in all 12 games … Was 6-for-8 on field goal attempts between 20-29 yards, 3-for-5 on attempts from 30-39 yards and from 40-49 yards … also was the team’s kickoff specialist, averaging 51.0 yards on his 66 kickoffs for a total of 3,366 yards with 12 touchbacks and three going out of bounds … Converted his first career field goal attempt with a 33-yard kick at Auburn (9/10) … also connected on attempts from 27 yards and 37 yards, going 3-for-4 in Jordan-Hare Stadium … connected on both field goal attempts against Western Michigan (9/24) … hit a 40-yard field goal at Wyoming (10/1) … registered a career-long 43-yard field goal in a 40-7 win over UNLV (10/7) … converted field goals at Fresno State (10/15), at Utah State (11/19) and against Hawai’i (11/26) … Hit three extra points against Eastern Michigan on The Blue in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (12/20).

FRESHMAN (2021)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Appeared in all 12 games as a kickoff specialist for the Spartans, averaging 59.5 yards on his 55 kickoffs for a total of 3,270 yards with 28 touchbacks and one out of bounds.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Lettered in football (Coach Dennis Brown) and soccer at J.W. North High in Riverside, California … converted 89-of-94 PATs in his three seasons … made 6-of-9 field goal tries his sophomore and junior seasons with a long of 45 yards in 2019 … tallied 31 touchbacks on 69 kickoffs his junior and senior years … a second-team All-Inland Valley League selection his junior season.