Sports

Retired student-athletes Hulett and Jorsling stay involved in their sports

Elizabeth Hulett Elizabeth Hulett (senior), a former outside hitter on the volleyball team, said she became a student coach after competing with Occidental for three...

Tiger Talk puts the mic in athletes’ hands

Tiger Talk is a podcast run by Oxy Athletics that allows student-athletes to share their voices and personalities while promoting their teams across campus....

Competitiveness drives success for Athletes of the Week Wolak and Reyes-Sanchez

Owen Wolak The men’s golf team competed in The Clash, a tournament hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Oct. 19-20. Owen Wolak (senior) tied for first against...

Shum and Gersch achieve SCIAC Athlete of the Week recognitions

Jasmine Shum Volleyball outside hitter Jasmine Shum (sophomore) earned SCIAC Offensive Athlete of the Week honors after leading Occidental to a 2-0 week with wins...

Athletes of the Week

Keenan Leary Keenan Leary (junior) led the men's cross country team to an eighth place finish out of 37 teams at the University of Wisconsin...

Men’s and Women’s cross country both place third at SCIAC Multi-Duals, look towards rest of season

Coming off a pair of third-place finishes at the SCIAC Multi Dual Competition, Occidental's cross country teams aim to increase the intensity as the...

Professor Nartey empowers female athletes in the classroom

Occidental has a queen on campus. Professor Myralyn Nartey was only 15 years old when she joined the Ghanaian women's national soccer team, or...

Occidental Tigers after graduation: Where are they now?

Occidental College graduates a number of athletes every year, and while the transition from DIII to professional sports is not unprecedented, the Weekly caught...

Why you should watch less football and more baseball

Though baseball is "America's pastime," football is by far this country's most popular sport. Television ratings for the MLB All-Star Game have fallen 55...

Athletes of the Week

Ethan Glass Ethan Glass (sophomore) led the Occidental men's soccer team (6-5-1 overall, 5-4 SCIAC) to a 10-1 victory over Caltech by scoring four goals against...

The WNBA and NBA are different — and that is cool

The WNBA is filled with some of the best athletes in the world. Players like Nneka Ogwumike — the newly-minted league most valuable player...

Oxy is Home for Associate Athletic Director Mike Wells

Athletic Director Mike Wells, the athletic department's swiss army knife, embodies what it means to be an Occidental Tiger. Born to a pair of former...