Thank you for helping celebrate CC student-athletes!

Division III Week is an opportunity to share information about Division III athletics, its priorities, and – most importantly – celebrate the accomplishments of our student-athletes. Today, meet Tigers from our Women’s Swim & Dive, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Tennis, and Men’s Track & Field teams and read more about their teams’ academic accomplishments in 2024:

Sport: Women’s Basketball
Major: Business, Economics, and Society
Favorite Class: The Economics of Women’s Sports (Visiting Professor: Mel Auguste ’09)
Top CC Academic Moment/Accomplishment: Being a part of a marketing pitch that was implemented in a company. 
Special Talents/Skills: Juggling
Hobbies: Mahjongg, golf, cards, skiing
Proudest Moment at CC: Winning Freshman of the Year for basketball
Community Service Experience: Centennial Elementary, Edison Elementary, TESSA, Labor Day Lift Off

Sport: Tennis
Major: Film & Media Studies and Economics
Favorite Class: Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking
Top CC Academic Moment/Accomplishment: Writing and directing my own films.
Special Talents/Skills: Phineas, from Phineas and Ferb, impression
Hobbies: Skiing, film photography, singing, fly fishing
Proudest Moment at CC: Making the tennis team as a walk-on.
Community Service Experience: I run a non-profit with my sister focused on reducing single use plastic.

Sport: Swimming
Major: Business, Economics, and Society
Favorite Class: Macroeconomic Theory or Consumer Marketing
Top CC Academic Moment/Accomplishment: Receiving the Elite 19 award at SCAC
Special Talents/Skills: I am a really fast reader.
Hobbies: Reading and writing poetry, sailing, hiking
Proudest Moment at CC: Cheering on my teammates at our championship meet and seeing everyone’s hard work pay off.
Community Service Experience: I lead a volunteer program on campus called Little Catz, where other members of the swim team and I provide swim lessons to kids in the local Colorado Springs area. I have also volunteered for many events through SAAC.

Sport: Men’s Track & Field
Major: Molecular Biology
Favorite Class: Microbiology
Top CC Academic Moment/Accomplishment: Earning Dean's List every semester I have been at CC.
Special Talents/Skills: I’m good at chess.
Hobbies: Yoga, chess, and skiing
Proudest Moment at CC: My proudest moment happened at a track meet in Kearny, NE. I had not made the preliminary travel roster for our SCAC championship meet. During this meet I had my personal best times in both of my events, giving me good enough times to make the official travel roster.
Community Service Experience: I am the co-chair of the CC club START (Sexual Trauma-Informed Advocacy and Resource Team) where we spread awareness and talk with survivors.