This week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) celebrates Division III Week.

As one of the faculty athletics representatives at CC, I am excited to spend this week celebrating the academic, athletic, and co-curricular accomplishments of our student-athletes and sharing information on Division III athletics.

Every other day this week, I will be sending out short emails highlighting CC student-athletes. Today, we’re highlighting student-athletes from our Women’s Track & Field, Volleyball, Men’s Basketball, and Men’s Swim & Dive teams. Read more about their teams’ academic accomplishments in 2024:

Finally, to celebrate DIII Week, our student-athletes are hosting a drive for TESSA, whose mission is to help individuals and their children achieve safety and well-being while challenging communities to end sexual and community violence. 

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me or my fellow faculty athletics representative, Kat Miller-Stevens.

Enjoy this showcase of our student-athletes and go Tigers 🐯!

Sport: Women’s Track & Field
Major: Business, Economics, and Society
Favorite Class: Economics of Sports
Top CC Academic Moment/Accomplishment: Completing my thesis on gendered pay disparity for Division I female head track coaches.
Special Talents/Skills: I can play the piano.
Hobbies: Watching sports, reading, weightlifting
Proudest Moment at CC: Breaking the women’s shot-put record
Community Service Experience: I have spent time volunteering at local soup kitchens, cleaning up trails, running a basketball camp for elementary school students, and volunteering at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

Sport: Men’s Swimming
Major: Molecular Biology
Favorite Class: The Science and Ethics of Genome Editing
Top CC Academic Moment/Accomplishment: Maintaining a good GPA while completing pre-med requirements.
Special Talents/Skills: I can waterski on one leg.
Hobbies: Fly fishing, canoeing, hiking, biking, camping
Proudest Moment at CC: The Men’s Swim & Dive program winning SCAC for the first time in program history.
Community Service Experience: Little Catz Swim Program Co-Leader, Volunteer Adapted Fitness Instructor, SAAC Member

Sport: Volleyball
Major: Neuroscience with a minor in Spanish
Favorite Class: Spanish 305/306 (taught in Soria, Spain!)
Top CC Academic Moment/Accomplishment: Doing well in the two-block Neuroscience class during the peak of Volleyball season with the support of my professors, coaches, and teammates who quizzed me in the airport and kept me company during the hours of studying.
Special Talents/Skills: thrifting, finishing TV shows, and spending money on boba  
Hobbies: drawing, traveling, skiing, and reading 
Proudest Moment at CC: Realizing that through my internship experiences and building my own network of connections I have the resources and knowledge to pursue an interesting interdisciplinary thesis project. Through the Psychology Department and the volleyball team, I have the opportunity to combine my personal interests with my academic interests including neuroscience, psychology, art, and volleyball. 
Community Service Experience: Through the SAAC and the Center for Community Engagement, I have had the opportunity to work with a variety of different organizations including TESSA, Team Impact, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Neuroscience Outreach, and hopefully more new opportunities to come! Some of my unpaid research experiences have also involved using art as a care modality in hospital settings!

Sport: Men’s Basketball
Major: English, Creative Writing with a poetry focus
Favorite Class: Museum Studies. It was a really interesting class, and I found out a lot of very unusual information that one might not even think about.
Top CC Academic Moment/Accomplishment: Finishing with a 4.0 my junior year and being named to the Dean’s List.
Talents/Skills: I play the trumpet, dance salsa, bachata, and merengue, and I wear a size 18 shoe.
Hobbies: I love fashion, going on walks, taking pictures, making Tik Toks, and truly just spending time with friends.
Proudest Moment at CC: One of my proudest moments at CC was beating Trinity, when they were ranked number 8 in the country, in the second round of the playoffs to send us to the championship for only the third time in program history.
Community Service Experience: I have worked with TESSA, and Children’s Hospital during my time at CC.