Bulletin

The Thumann triplets — Cade, Cole, and Caitlin — arrived together at Colorado College as a family. They added a second one by joining the Tigers’ swimming and diving program. “Choosing to go to the same school was one of the best decisions that I have made,” says Cade Thumann ’22. “We have the same…

Nick Mystrom ’94 died unexpectedly on Sept. 25 at age 48. He was raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and graduated from Colorado College with a degree in economics. He was a standout athlete and the all-time leading scorer in CC football history. Nick went on to play professional football. After his playing career, he became a real…

Marty Sertich ’06 came to Colorado College in the fall of 2002 with some lofty expectations, and those were just from his family. The son of former CC great Steve Sertich ’74 and grandson of both Hall of Famer Tony Frasca ’76 and Mark Sertich, for whom the city of Colorado Springs ice rink in…

St. Louis Blues hockey player Jaden Schwartz ’14 became the third former Colorado College hockey player to win the Stanley Cup when the Blues defeated the Boston Bruins, 4-1, on June 12 in Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final. Schwartz, who had two assists in the series-clinching victory, is the first former Tiger…

Lesley Irvine had a choice to make in 1998. The recent college graduate could stay in her native England and teach or take the less conventional route of moving to Iowa to play field hockey while earning a master’s degree. Choosing the latter set the tone for a series of career moves that led to…

Horst Richardson coached men’s soccer at Colorado College for 50 years, with his wife Helen serving as the team’s surrogate mother, game-day chef, and documentarian from almost the very beginning. So it is no surprise that in retirement, they hung in there for more than three years to complete “The History of Men’s Soccer at…

Note: This article is the full version of Krueger’s capstone project for his journalism minor, in which Alan Prendergast ’78 served as his advisor. An excerpted version ran in the Spring 2019 issue of the Bulletin. In 1874, the “College Boys” represented Colorado College as they competed against the Active Club of Colorado Springs in…

John’s coaching career started when his football coach at Trinidad (Colorado) High School was drafted into World War II, and his teammates asked him to fill in. He wound up coaching there for four years, until St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs offered him its coaching job — and free tuition to CC. After…

“Soccer’s always been a thing in my life, since I was a little kid, so having the opportunity to keep that stoke alive …  for kids … it’s like getting back to my roots,” says Alexander Makic ’19. “[Soccer] got me here so I don’t see why not to give back.” A physics major with…

ESports, or competitive online gaming, is thriving at CC with a new team competing in “Overwatch” and “League of Legends.”