New Fresno State football coach Tim DeRuyter said Thursday that his coaching staff is nearing completion and he expects to make an announcement next week.

DeRuyter, who replaced the fired Pat Hill in mid-December but was preoccupied most of last month while finishing out his duties as Texas A&M's interim coach, still has three assistant vacancies to fill, all on the offensive side.

DeRuyter hired six assistants earlier this month, including offensive coordinator Dave Schram and defensive coordinator Nick Toth. Still to be filled are Fresno State's offensive line, running backs and receivers coaches.

DeRuyter is preparing for his first group of recruits who'll make official visits to Fresno State this weekend.

Former Fuego Hedrick drafted by Kansas City

Former Fresno Fuego midfielder Cyprian Hedrick was taken in the second round of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft as the 30th overall pick of Eastern Conference champion Sporting Kansas City.

Hedrick played for the Fuego the past three years and in 2011 helped the team post an unbeaten Premier Development League regular season.

He left the team in mid-July to complete his senior season at Coastal Carolina, where he made All-Big South Conference for the Chanticleers, who went 9-0 in conference, reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament and finished No. 16 in the nation.

Fresnan races to first Super Series crown

Jacob Hagopian of Fresno won his first Oval Express Formula 500 Super Series championship Sunday in Victoria, Australia.

Hagopian beat teammate Matt Brown by six points in the standings of the micro winged sprint-car series of eight races over 10 days.

On hand to present Hagopian the winner's trophy was Jason Meyers of Clovis, the two-time World of Outlaws championship.

Hagopian won two feature runs and two heats, and finished seventh in the series final Sunday to nail down the title for the Matt Brown Racing Team.