CMS Athletics Summer Newsletter (2018)

CMS has another record year in the Directors’ Cup standings
CMS has another record year in the Directors’ Cup standings

May 31, 2018

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics is ranked third in the 2017-18 Division III Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, the program’s highest finish ever. This is the second-straight year that CMS has finished in the top-5 in the country.

CMS Athletics won the SCIAC All-Sports Trophy for the 10th-straight year this season.
CMS Claims 10th-Straight SCIAC All-Sports Trophy

May 09, 2018

For the 10th-straight year and 30th time in program history, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletic Department claimed the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Combined All-Sports Trophy. The Athenas earned 94 points this season and won the All-Sports Trophy on the women’s side by a 19-point margin, claiming their eighth-straight and 23rd overall. The Stags finished third in the standings on the men’s side with 65.5 points. Pomona-Pitzer won the men’s All-Sports Trophy.

Jack Katzman finished his freshman season as the National Runner-Up in singles. (photo credit: Alisha Alexander)
Katzman Finishes Freshman Campaign as National Runner-Up

May 26, 2018

Jack Katzman’s run through the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Singles Championships came to an end on Saturday morning in the National Championship Match. Katzman finished his freshman season as the runner-up to Bowdoin’s Grant Urken, who earned a straight-set victory over Katzman by a 6-3, 6-2 final.

CJ Novogradac (L) and Briana Halle (R) were both named Academic All-Americans on Tuesday.
Halle and Novogradac Named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

June 05, 2018

On June 5, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division III Baseball and Softball teams. Among the student-athletes honored were CJ Novogradac (CMC) and Briana Halle (CMC). Both Novogradac and Halle earn the first Academic All-America nods of their career with Novogradac earning First Team as a designated hitter and Halle picking up Second Team honors as an infielder.

Tyra Abraham
Abraham Named Academic All-American

June 19, 2018

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's track and field's Tyra Abraham (SC) was named to the 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-America Women's Track/Cross Country Second Team by CoSIDA on June 19.

Steve Graves (middle left) and Betsy Hipple (middle right)
Betsy Hipple, Steve Graves become CMC Alumni Association honorary members

April 26, 2018

Betsy Hipple and Steve Graves, two long-time members of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics program, are now honorary members of the Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association (CMCAA).