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Ivy Foursome Named to Academic All-District Squad
Four Ivy men's basketball players have been named to the the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team. As members, Brown's Matt Mullery, Columbia's Patrick Foley and the Cornell duo of Geoff Reeves and Chris Wroblewski are now eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
Four Ivy Women’s Hoopsters Named Academic All-District
Columbia’s Kathleen Barry and Judie Lomax, Cornell’s Virginia McMungial and Dartmouth’s Betsy Williams were named District 1 selections on the annual ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams for women’s basketball announced by CoSIDA.
Cornell Garners Top 25 National Ranking
The Cornell men's basketball team has become the first Ivy team since 1997-98 to sit among the nation's top 25 teams as the Big Red enter the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll today at No. 25. It is the program's first national ranking in 59 years.
Kent Austin Named 26th Football Head Coach at Cornell
Kent Austin, who spent five years as a successful coach in the Canadian Football League and the last two years as offensive coordinator at the University of Mississippi, has been named The Roger J. Weiss '61 Head Coach of Cornell Football by Andy Noel, the Meakem*Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education.
Ivy Women's Basketball Midseason Media Teleconference
Listen to the audio from the Ivy League women’s basketball midseason media teleconference featuring the head coaches from all eight schools.
Ivy Men's Basketball Midseason Media Teleconference
Listen to the audio from the the Ivy League men’s basketball midseason media teleconference featuring coaches from all eight schools.
Cornell's Jim Knowles to Lead Duke Defense
Jim Knowles '87 has resigned his position as The Roger J. Weiss '61 Coach of Football at Cornell and has accepted the defensive coordinator position at Duke University. He took over the position at his alma mater in January 2004, becoming the 25th head football coach at Cornell and posted a 26-34 record and a 16-26 mark in Ivy play in six years.
Six Ivies Named for Ice Hockey Olympic Champions
Five former players and one current Ivy League student-athlete have been named by Hockey Canada as representatives of the Canadian Women’s Team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The host Canadians are the two-time defending Olympic Champions.
Akpan and Keat Brace for All-American; 12 All-Region
Harvard's Andre Akpan and Dartmouth's Daniel Keat were honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as All-America selections for the 2009-10 season. Akpan earned his third first-team selection and Keat landed a third-team nod. In all, 12 Ivy Leaguers were recognized.
Fall Academic All-Ivy -- 2009-10
The Ivy League released its list of student-athletes selected for Academic All-Ivy honors in fall sports for the 2009-10 season. The 80 men and women were starters or key reserves on an officially recognized varsity team with 3.0 or better cumulative grade point averages.
All-Ivy Football -- 2009
Brown senior wide receiver Buddy Farnham (pic.) and Penn senior linebacker Jake Lewko share the Asa S. Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Football Player of the Year for the first time since the trophy was initiated in 1970.
Ivy Weekly Football Teleconference – 11/17
This week’s Ivy Football Weekly Media Teleconference is now available. Penn head coach Al Bagnoli (pic.) talks about his team’s chance to claim the 2009 Ivy Football title outright with a win over Cornell in the Quakers’ season finale.
SIRIUS Football Game of the Week Change for Nov. 14
The Ivy League Football Game of the Week for Saturday, November 14 has been changed to the Penn at Harvard game, which kicks off at Noon and can be heard on SIRIUS Channel 130.
Former Cornell Soccer Player Named NEC Commissioner
1987 Cornell graduate and former two-time women's soccer co-captain Noreen Morris has been named Commissioner of the Northeast Conference, as announced by the NEC Council of Presidents.
CoSIDA Names 8 Ivies in Football All-District
The Ivy League boasted eight student-athletes on the annual ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams for football announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Ivy Weekly Football Teleconference – 11/3
This week’s Ivy Football Weekly Media Teleconference is now available. Yale head coach Tom Williams (pic.) talks about his Bulldogs’ come-from-behind win over Columbia and previews his team’s home matchup with Brown.
CoSIDA Names 10 Ivies in Men's Soccer All-District
The 2009 CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Teams for Men's soccer have been selected. Not surprisingly, the Ivy League — traditionally strong in the University Division selections — has put forth a formidable group of 10 candidates to this year's squads, including four first team selections.
2009-10 Ivy Basketball Central
The 2009-10 Ivy League Basketball season is here and Ivy League Basketball Central is the one-stop source for all the information for the official start to the 2009-10 season, including the announcements of the preseason men’s and women’s media polls, the 2009-10 Ivy Basketball Media Guide and audio from the Ivy Men’s Basketball Preseason Media Teleconference.
Ivy Weekly Football Teleconference – 10/27
This week’s Ivy Football Weekly Media Teleconference is now available. Princeton head coach Roger Hughes (pic.) talks about his Tigers hosting Cornell on Halloween in Princeton.
Ivy Weekly Football Teleconference – 10/20
This week’s Ivy Football Weekly Media Teleconference is now available. Dartmouth head coach Buddy Teevens (pic.) talks about his Big Green hosting Columbia this Saturday for homecoming in Hanover.
Dolgikh Leads US Veterans to 10 Medals in Moscow
Cornell University women’s fencing coach Iryna Dolgikh recently traveled to Moscow, Russia, to serve as a coach of the U.S. National Veteran's Fencing Team, and helped lead the squad to 10 medals at the 2009 World Veteran Championships.
Three Ivies Named Senior CLASS Nominees in Ice Hockey
Cornell's Colin Greening, Dartmouth's Peter Boldt and Yale's Ryan Donald have been named three of the 20 national candidates for the 2009-10 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for Men’s Ice Hockey.
Ivies Earn Preseason Ice Hockey Recognitions
The 2009-10 season looks to be another successful one for Ivy men’s and women’s ice hockey teams as the national and ECAC Hockey preseason honors pour in. Harvard senior goaltender Christina Kessler, a first-team All-Ivy selection a year ago, highlights the League’s preseason recognitions.
The Ivy League Mourns Passing of NCAA's Myles Brand
The Ivy League mourns the passing of NCAA President Myles Brand, who died Wednesday from a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Cornell Trio Take Silver at Worlds
Three Cornell rowers — Andrew Diebold ’06, Matt Kochem ’08, and Kerry Quinn ’10 — won silver medals this weekend as they represented the United States as members of men’s lightweight-8 boat at the World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland.
Cornell's Dolgikh to Lead US National Veterans
Cornell University women’s fencing coach Iryna Dolgikh has been named a coach of the US National Veteran's Fencing Team, as it prepares for the World Championship in Moscow, Russia. The tournament takes place from Sept. 23-27, 2009.
Tewaaraton Award Presentation Show Available Online
Video from May's Tewaaraton Award Presentation Show -- where Cornell senior
Max Seibald took home college lacrosse's most prestigious award -- is now available online.
Ivies Fare Well at USA Championships
Six former Ivy athletes finished in the top six at last weekend's USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., including Princeton grad Tora Harris (pic.), who won the national title in the high jump.
Seven Ivies in Action at FIL Women's World Cup
Seven women with ties to the Ivy League either as players or as coaches are in action in Prague, Czech Republic for the Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup. Five of the seven were in action as top-seeded USA defeated defending champion Australia, 10-9, in pool play.
Cornell's Tambroni Named USILA Coach of the Year
After taking his team within seconds of a national title, Cornell head men's lacrosse coach Jeff Tambroni has won the Morris Touchstone Award as the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association’s Coach of the Year.
Seven Ivies Become Track & Field All-Americans
Seven Ivy League track and field student-athletes earned All-America status at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at McDonnell Field on the University of Arkansas campus.
CoSIDA Names Six Ivies Academic All-Americans
Dotting some impressive Ivy resumes, Brown's Dan Ricketts and Columbia's Jeff Spear can now add ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's at-large first team. In all, six Ivy student-athletes were named at-large Academic All-Americans.
Ivy Women’s Rowers Garner CRCA Postseason Honors
Ivy League women’s rowers garnered a bevy of postseason All-America and National Scholar-Athlete honors from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.
Bernson Named Cornell Head Volleyball Coach
Sarah Bernson has been named the head coach of volleyball at Cornell after serving as an assistant coach the past five seasons. Athletic Director Andy Noel, announced Bernson’s promotion as a replacement for Deitre Collins-Parker.
Nieuwendyk Tabbed as Dallas Stars' General Manager
Joe Nieuwendyk, a 20-year veteran of the National Hockey League and a former Cornell men's hockey player, has been named general manager of the Dallas Stars. The post reunites him with the club where he won his second of three Stanley Cup titles and the Conn Smythe Trophy.
Spring Academic All-Ivy -- 2008-09
The Ivy League released its list of student-athletes selected for Academic All-Ivy honors in spring sports for the 2008-09 season. The 80 men and women were starters or key reserves on an officially recognized varsity team with 3.0 or better cumulative grade point averages.
Ivies Fare Well in Women's Lacrosse Awards
The IWLCA and US Lacrosse have honored 48 student-athletes in Division I with a selection on one of the All-American teams. Six student-athletes, including two first-team selections, lead the charge for the Ivy League. The League also had 20 players selected to IWLCA Regional teams for the 2008-09 season.
Max Seibald Wins Tewaaraton Trophy
Cornell senior men's lacrosse player Max Seibald has been named the winner of the 2009 Tewaaraton Trophy, the premier award in collegiate lacrosse. He becomes Cornell’s first recipient of the award.
Cornell Falls in National Final
After controlling much of the game, Cornell surrendered a 9-6 lead in the final 5:31 of regulation, as the Big Red would go on to suffer a devastating 10-9 overtime loss to Syracuse in the men's lacrosse National Final.
Cornell Steamrolls No. 1 Virginia; Earns Title Shot
Cornell used three goals from both Rob Pannell and Ryan Hurley to run away from Virginia, 15-6 in the Men's Lacrosse National Semi-final. The Big Red will now face in-state rival Syracuse in the NCAA Championship game on Monday.
Cornell Set for Championship Showdown
Check inside for all the game details, features and photos as the Cornell men's lacrosse team gears up to take on top-ranked Syracuse for the national title now! ... LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
Cornell Bows out of NCAA Softball Regionals
The Big Red softball team concluded its season on Saturday with a 3-1 loss to Sacred Heart in its second game of the NCAA tournament. Cornell ends its 2009 campaign with a 42-13 record.
Cornell Outlasts Princeton, On to Final Four
For the second time this season, Ivy co-champs Cornell and Princeton battled it out, with the Big Red besting the Tigers once again, 6-4, in front of more than 11,000 at Hofstra.
Cornell Softball Drops First Game in NCAAs
Cornell fell to No. 24 UMass, 8-0, in the first round of the double elimination NCAA regionals in Amherst, Mass. The Big Red play Sacred Heart, Saturday afternoon at 5 pm.
EAWRC Sprints Preview
The Ivy women’s rowing title is on the line Sunday, May 17 as EAWRC teams converge on Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J., for the 2009 Eastern Sprints.
Cornell Softball to Face UMass in NCAAs
The Cornell softball team will play UMass in the first round of the NCAA tournament held at Amherst, Mass. on Friday, May 15. The championship field of 64 was released on ESPNU on Sunday night.
Cornell Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals
The Cornell men's lacrosse team got a hat trick from Ivy Rookie of the Year Rob Pannell, as the Big Red advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals with an 11-8 victory over Hofstra on Saturday evening at Schoellkopf Field.
Seibald Named Tewaaraton Trophy Finalist
Four-time men's lacrosse first team All-Ivy Max Seibald of Cornell has been named one of five finalists for the 2009 Tewaaraton Trophy, as was announced by the Tewaaraton Award Foundation.
EARC Sprints Preview
The Ivy heavyweight and lightweight titles are on the line Sunday, May 10 as EARC teams converge on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., for the 2009 Eastern Sprints.
Ivies Score High Yet Again
After having the highest scores in the NCAA's APR ratings two weeks ago, the Ivy League has scored big again as the NCAA has released its sport-by-sport progress report today. Of the Ivy sports that are also NCAA sports, the League has the nation's top APR average in nearly 70 percent (20 of 29).
Cornell Takes Game Three to Win Softball Title
With the game tied 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Cornell used a huge three-run home run by junior infielder Elise Menaker to go ahead for good and claim the Ivy Softball Championship, with a 6-1 win over Dartmouth.
Cornell, Dartmouth Split in Softball Championship
Dartmouth bounced back from a 4-0 loss in Game One of the Ivy Softball Championship series with a 5-1 win in Game Two, setting up a decisive Game Three. Click here
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Cornell and Dartmouth All-Square on Diamond
The 2009 Ivy Baseball Championship will be decided in the third game of a best-of-three series on Sunday, May 3rd at 1 pm. Dartmouth took the opening game 8-6, before Cornell forced the deciding game with a 14-12 win. The winner will be the Ivy League Champion and the representative at the NCAAs.
All-Ivy Men’s Tennis -- 2009
Harvard senior Chris Clayton culminated his Crimson career as the unanimous choice for the Ivy Men’s Tennis Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy.
All-Ivy Women’s Tennis -- 2009
Harvard senior Beier Ko was rewarded for her perfect Ivy season with a unanimous selection as the Ivy Women’s Tennis Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy in singles and doubles.
Cornell Emerges in Gehrig Divisional Playoff
Cornell used a flurry of offense in the early innings and strong pitching throughout to defeat Princeton, 9-0, in the Gehrig Divisional Playoff. Corey Pappel opened the game and went six strong innings, striking out 11 and allowing just two hits. The Big Red will now travel to Dartmouth for the best-of-three Ivy League Baseball Championship.
Ivy Student-Athletes On Top Again
Ivy League student-athletes again have the nation’s most commendations in the annual NCAA Division I Academic Progress Report (APR) ratings, as highlighted in today's official NCAA release, with 144 Ivy teams recognized.
Four Ivies Win Gold at IIHF Women’s World Championship
It was gold for Team USA and for the Ivy League as four current and former Ivy standouts helped lead the U.S. to the gold medal at the 2009 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Hameenlinna, Finland.
Winter Academic All-Ivy -- 2008-09
The Ivy League released its list of student-athletes selected for Academic All-Ivy honors in winter sports for the 2008-09 season. The 80 men and women were starters or key reserves on an officially recognized varsity team with 3.0 or better cumulative grade point averages.
12 Ivies Crowned All-Americans at NCAA Fencing
There are no first place team trophies residing in school trophy cases following the conclusion of the NCAA Fencing Championships Sunday, nor any individual gold medals. Instead, the League earned the respect of fans this weekend, displaying the impact that the League has on the NCAA Fencing landscape.
Ivy Women Charge into Prominence in NCAA Fencing
The first two days of the NCAA Men's and Women's Fencing Championship, held at Penn State, consisted solely of men's fencing. The men were all but forgotten, though, as the Ivy League women made a strong impact on the national scene.
Nickerson Wins National Title at 125 lbs.
Three time All-American Troy Nickerson won the 2009 NCAA championship at 125 pounds on Saturday night with a 2-1 tie breaker win over Paul Donahoe of Edinboro. Nickerson previously placed third and second in 2007 and 2006 respectively. The Big Red finished in fifth place as a team.
Cornell's Nickerson Goes For NCAA Wrestling Title
Big Red wrestling's Troy Nickerson has advanced to his second career finals at the NCAA tournament. Nickerson defeated the defending champion Angel Escobedo of Indiana in the semifinals at 125 pounds. Cornell sits in sixth place as a team, only a half a point out of fifth.
Ivies Wrestling Well at NCAAs
After a full day of competition has been completed in St. Louis, Mo., the 20 Ivy League wrestlers have been pared down considerably. However, a handful of athletes are still competing for All-America status and individual titles.
50 Ivy Fencers Prepare for NCAA Spotlight
The NCAA Men's and Women's Fencing Committee has announced the field of 145 competitors that will participate in the 2009 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships. In total, 50 Ivies will be in the field at Penn State University in University Park, Pa. starting March 19th.
Field Set for Arch Madness; 20 Ivies Get Invites
The NCAA recently announced 52 at-large selections to the 2009 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Four Ivy Leaguers earned selections via this process and will join the 16 automatic qualifiers in St. Louis, Mo. for the Championships. Action for all 330 wrestlers in the field begins March 19th.
Cornell Takes Down Third-Straight EIWA Title
Cornell wrestling won its third-straight EIWA tournament on Sunday evening and crowned four individual champions at the meet. Additionally, the Big Red had seven automatic NCAA tournament qualifiers.
Big Red Sweep Indoor Heps Titles
The Cornell Big Red have done it again, winning both the men’s and women’s championships at the Ivy League Heptagonals Indoor Track & Field Championships in Cambridge, Mass.
Cornell's Lucky Number Seven
The Big Red wrestling team won its seventh-straight Ivy title this past Saturday with a 34-9 victory over Harvard. The Big Red finished its dual season by pinning down a 12-2 record and was a perfect 5-0 against the Ancient Eight.
Cornell's Niemand Named Order of Merit Inductee
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame has announced that Cornell’s Arno Niemand ’56 has been chosen as an Order of Merit inductee. The award is given to a person who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of wrestling, other than success as an athlete or coach.
What Happens in Vegas... Makes National News
Ivy wrestlers fared very well at the 27th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational over the weekend. The League had three champions — Penn's Rollie Peterkin (125), Harvard's Corey Jantzen (141) and Cornell's Mack Lewnes (165). No. 4 ranked Cornell finished in second in the 44-team field.
Fall Academic All-Ivy -- 2008-09
The Ivy League released its list of student-athletes selected for All-Ivy Academic honors in fall sports for the 2008-09 season. The 80 men and women were starters or key reserves on an officially recognized varsity team with 3.0 or better cumulative grade point averages.
Three Ivies Named Silver Anniversary Recipients
Cornell volleyball coach Deitre Collins-Parker, Harvard ice hockey standout Mark Fusco and Yale basketball star Earl Graves, Jr. will be honored at the 2009 NCAA Convention in Washington, D.C.
Cornell Names Bill Walkenbach to Lead Baseball Team
Bill Walkenbach, a former player and assistant coach at Cornell, has been named the Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball at his alma mater. Walkenbach succeeds Tom Ford, who moved into the role of associate head coach with the Cornell baseball program.
Cornell's Halim Soars to National Title in Triple Jump
For a second year in a row, a student-athlete from Cornell has come away from the NCAA Track and Field Championships with the National title. Senior tri-captain Muhammad Halim had a remarkable series of jumps and reached a new school record (wind aided). His triumph came a year after Rayon Taylor won the title for the Big Red.
Cornell Collects Double Win
The Cornell men's and women's track & field teams kept their tight grips on the John Baxter Taylor and Lynn Jennings trophies with huge team victories at the Outdoor Heptagonal Ivy League Championships at Dwyer Track in New Haven, Conn. Video of Heps is available here.
Cornell Earns Ivy Automatic NCAA Bid
With Brown’s 6-5 victory over Princeton this afternoon, the No. 8 Cornell men’s lacrosse team became the Ivy League’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA tournament by virtue of its victory over co-champs Brown last weekend.
Leen Wins National Title
Cornell 157-pounder Jordan Leen has won the national title by beating Illinois' Michael Poeta, 5-4, at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo. The No. 8 seed in the tournament completed his unlikely run by knocking off the top two seeds en route to capturing the title.
Leen Advances To National Final
Cornell junior captain Jordan Leen defeated Stanford's Josh Zupancic in the semifinals to advance to the finals at the 157-pound weight class at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, Mo., on Friday.
Cornell Leads EIWAs
On the first day of the EIWA Championships, Cornell and Penn have broken from the pack and look to be in fine shape for Sunday's finals. The Big Red has eight semifinalists while the Quakers boast of seven.
Cornell Takes Title
Cornell won its sixth consecutive Ivy League wrestling championship by closing the season with a 31-9 victory over Harvard. The Big Red finished unbeaten in Ivy matches and with an eight-match winning streak overall.
Cornell 2006 Senior Awards
Cornell University has awarded its coveted senior awards for the 2005-06 season and the recipients of the major awards are NFL draftee Kevin Boothe and heptathlete Jamie Greubel.
Ivy Olympics - Torino Day 5
Day 5 of the Olympics featured just one Ivy athlete in freestyle mogul skier Travis Mayer. The Cornell student, who won silver at the Salt Lake City Games, finished in seventh place just behind favorite Jeremy Bloom.
Cornell Joins The Fray
Cornell's Travis Mayer, one of four former Olympic medal winners among 14 athletes on the 2006 Olympic Freestyle Team, has become the 23rd Ivy Leaguer to earn a spot at the Torino Games.
Ivy Schools Rack Up Track Honors
Cornell, Dartmouth and Yale, as well as 15 individual student-athletes, were cited for their academic excellence by the National Collegiate Track and Field Coaches Association.
Academic All-America List Continues To Grow
Cornell gymnast Rachel Goldberg was voted to the Verizon Academic All-American At-Large third team, making her the ninth Ivy Leaguer so named this season. The At-Large teams are comprised of crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rifle, skiing and swimming and diving athletes.
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Role Player
No matter the role, Cornell’s Kevin Boothe is ready to do his part either on the football field for the New York Giants or bringing smiles to children during the holiday season.
Help From Above
The Greeks learned to hate it. Aristotle wrote severely of it. Later generations, counting Shakespeare and Nietzsche among their ranks, followed suit in railing against the deus ex machina, the ancient Greek plot device in which a crane — literally, ‘the machine of God’ — would either pluck a character off the stage and out of trouble or help a god descend to the rescue. Enter Jaro Zawislan of Cornell Men's Soccer.
Sport and Service
Former Cornell hockey player Ken Dryden (pic.) and Princeton basketball player Bill Bradley are two of the Ivy League's all-time greatest athletes and most distinguished alums. The pair recently headlined a panel discussion titled “Lives on the Run: Sports, Service and Leadership” held on the Cornell campus.
Inside Lacrosse Summer Sessions
Over the course of the past month, Inside Lacrosse has caught up with some of college lacrosse's brightest stars as part of their weekly Summer Session Podcasts. Three Ivy laxers made the cut.
Big Red in Kenya Follow-up
Earlier in the summer, we brought you the story of Cornell assistant track coach Kevin Thompson, and his mission of bringing members of the Big Red track team to launch service projects in Kenya in conjunction with his non-profit Cross World Africa, Inc. The Cornell Chronicle recently featured a piece on the 10-day trip.
Taking Down Cancer
Cornell's Adam Frey, competing against his hardest opponent ever, is still in high spirits and surrounded by people willing to help him. On July 12, the wrestling community in New Jersey came together for a clinic and exhibition match at Rider University, which netted $15,000 for Frey’s medical costs in his battle against cancer.
Big Red in Kenya
After making a splash at the NCAAs in Arkansas with two All-American performances last weekend, it’s on to Kenya, where the ‘Big Red Travel Team’ will launch projects designed to bring opportunities to Kenyan youth and their families.
Cornell 2009 Athletic Awards
Here are Cornell's end of the year Athletic Awards recipients for 2008-09.
Beating the Odds
On the eve of Cornell's Final Four bout with top-ranked Virginia, a video feature on the Big Red's inspirational leader — senior Alex Cocoziello.
Max Seibald Video Feature
On the eve of the pivotal matchup between a pair of Ivy unbeatens — top-ranked Princeton and No. 5 Cornell — Big Red senior Max Seibald has been featured as part of ESPNU's Campus Connection. Click inside for the video link.
Big Red Hero
Three years after suffering a career-ending injury, Cornell senior Khaliq Gant reflects on his long journey and the road ahead. Click inside for the Cornell Chronicle feature.
A David Amongst Goliaths
Dan Ackman of The Wall Street Journal recently did a feature story on the Cornell University wrestling program in preparation for the march to Arch Madness in St. Louis, Mo. on March 19th. Could this be the year for a team title?
Cornell 2008 Athletic Awards
Here are Cornell's end of the year Athletic Awards recipients for 2007-08.
Defender of the Sea Turtle
Katie Bradshaw of the Cornell field hockey team knows a few things about defense. Over the summer she found herself defending at a slightly different venue — preserving the loggerhead sea turtle population at Fort Fisher State Recreation Area in N.C.
Cornell 2007 Senior Awards
Here are Cornell's Senior Awards recipients for 2006-07.
Q&A With A National Champ
On Saturday Cornell's Rayon Taylor, a Clifton, N.J., native, took the final leap of his college career and soared 53 feet, 8 1/2 inches to win the NCAA triple jump championship, becoming the first Big Red athlete to win a national track title since 1951.
Ivy@50 - 4/17
Maybe its because she connected on 58 home runs as her Big Red teams won 133 games in her softball career, but Cornell's Lauren May has abandoned her undergraduate major to pursue a career in college sports.
Ivy@50 - 3/20
He didn't know it at the time, but as Ed Lu trained as a wrestler at Cornell, he was also preparing for his future job -- as a space-walking astronaut for NASA. On the side, Lu's hobby is trying to save the world from asteroids.
Ivy@50 - 2/28
Between his high school and college years, he won a championship at the highest level five times. Now former Cornell wrestling standout Travis Lee is in pursuit of his sixth... this time at the Olympics.
Ivy@50 Update
One of our early profiles, on former Cornellian Stephen Machooka, has generated a lot of interest and now there is the chance to make a difference for aspiring runners in Africa in his name.
Walk or Run
Cornell's Nyam Kagwima has big plans for the future. She plans to research the HIV/AIDS virus in Kenya and is setting her course to get there.
Ivy@50 - 11/3
Golf was at the center of his life during his college days at Cornell and he has since turned the sport into his profession. Now Rick Lipsey wants to help turn kids in Bhutan into good golfers and better people.
Crash Course in Cornell
Missed out on the 2005-06 season of Cornell athletics? Or just preparing to head to Ithaca for your freshman year? If so, let Cornell Daily Sun Sports Editor Olivia Dwyer give you a crash course on what to look for — and who to know — for 2006-07.
2005 Cornell Senior Awards
Each year, the eight Ivy League schools honor the top graduating senior student-athletes with traditional annual awards. Cornell's 2005 awardees are Travis Lee and Lauren May.
Big Red Relief
Cornell senior gymnast Danielle Inwald has led the charge in organizing 'Big Red Relief,' a benefit concert for the victims of December's tsunami disaster. One of the goals of the event is to sell out 5,000-seat Barton Hall on Sunday, April 3.
Cornell's 2003-04 Awards
Each year, the Ivy schools release their annual awards and this year at Cornell, Hannah Garrity and Ryan Vesce took home the top prizes.
Big Red Pull Together
The Cornell men’s lacrosse team faces off with Navy next weekend after a season that saw the Big Red face the heartbreaking loss of a teammate. The courageous story of Cornell’s season following this tragedy was recently featured in USA Today. Please click below for the story.
The Bo You Didn't Know
Bo Roberson may not be the most well known "Bo", but he may have been the most talented. Click below for the story of the multi-dimensional Roberson, the only person to ever earn an Ivy degree, an Olympic medal and a doctorate AND play in the NFL.
Big Red Planet
We've been known to break from the norm here on the Ivy League website. But today we are really stepping away by highlighting the ongoing deeds of Steven Squyres, a Cornell scientist who studied under the late Carl Sagan.
The Balancing Game
On the field, Kevin Rooney clearly exhibits his values every day, but he's found a multitude of ways to do so off the gridiron as well...
Cornell End of the Year Awards
A host of Cornell athletes were presented with the Charles H. Moore award for outstanding athletes of the year after their senior seasons with the Big Red.
Physics Future
Cornell Chronicle scribe Tom Britton '04 tells the story of Derek Kingrey, a dominating force on the football field until he put down his pads to devote more time in the physics lab. Now on the doorstep of an undegraduate degree, Kingrey is making a beeline for his Ph.D.
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