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Pitzer Student Samuel Fox ’15 Wins SCIAC Baseball Athlete of the Year

Claremont, Calif. (May 12, 2015)—Pitzer College senior and Sagehen shortstop Samuel Fox ’15 was named the 2015 SCIAC Baseball Athlete of the Year in a vote of the league’s coaches. A four-year starter at shortstop, Fox saved his best season for last, hitting .425 with six homers and 40 RBI to lead the Sagehens to
[Read More...] May 12, 2015
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Sagehen Roundup for the Week of May 4, 2015

This week in Sagehens Athletics saw the Women’s Lacrosse team win its first-ever NCAA Tournament game, while Men’s Tennis and Women’s Tennis both advanced to the NCAA regional finals before falling to CMS. Women’s Lacrosse scored seven unanswered goals to turn a 3-0 deficit late in the first half into a 7-3 lead midway through
[Read More...] May 11, 2015
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Pitzer Student-Athlete Ashley Morello ’15 Earns First-Team All-SCIAC Honors

Claremont, Calif. (May 8, 2015)—Senior outfielder Ashley Morello ’15 earned first-team All-SCIAC honors in a vote of the conference’s coaches. Morello batted a career-best .421 this spring, which included .438 in conference games. She had 53 hits from her leadoff spot in the batting order, giving her 186 in her four-year career, setting a new Sagehens
[Read More...] May 8, 2015
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Samuel Fox ’15 Earns Capital One Academic Honors

Claremont, Calif. (May 8, 2015)—Pitzer College senior and Sagehen shortstop Samuel Fox ’15 was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 8 team in a vote of the district’s sports information directors. A four-year starter at shortstop, Fox saved his best season for last, hitting .425 with six homers and 40 RBI to lead the
[Read More...] May 8, 2015
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Pitzer Student-Athletes Wow the Water Polo World

Claremont, Calif. (May 6, 2015)—Pitzer College student Alyssa Woodward ’15 is officially SCIAC Women’s Water Polo Athlete of the Year and Ahsha Earwood ’17 now belongs to the All-SCIAC first team. Woodward, a three-time Division III All-American, led the Sagehens in scoring for the fourth year in a row with 65 goals, finishing her four-year career
[Read More...] May 6, 2015
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Sagehen Roundup for the Week of April 27, 2015

Claremont, Calif. (May 4, 2015) – This week in Sagehens Athletics saw Women’s Lacrosse add the SCIAC Tournament title to its regular season championship and earn an NCAA Tournament bid, while Men’s and Women’s Tennis both earned NCAA berths as well after runner-up finishes in the conference tournament. Women’s Lacrosse entered the SCIAC Tournament finals
[Read More...] May 4, 2015
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Pitzer students Gabriela Ornelas ’17 and Sara Roschdi ’17 Selected as Mellon Mays Fellows

Claremont, Calif. (May 4, 2015)—Pitzer College students Gabriela Ornelas ’17 and Sara Roschdi ’17 have been selected as Pitzer’s first Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program fellows. An initiative of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MMUF aims to increase faculty diversity by supporting underrepresented students who want to pursue careers as professors. Ornelas and Roschdi
[Read More...] May 4, 2015
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Pitzer Student Maria Krol-Sinclair ’15 Wins Princeton in Asia Fellowship

Claremont, Calif. (April 30, 2015)—Pitzer College student Maria Krol-Sinclair ’15 has been awarded a Princeton in Asia Fellowship to teach English at a teacher’s college in Jishou, Hunan Province in China. Krol-Sinclair will be working with first- and second-year students as well as running a weekly language lab. Most of her students will return to
[Read More...] April 30, 2015
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Sagehen Update for the Week of April 20, 2015

Claremont, CA (April 27, 2015) This seek in Sagehen Athletics saw Women’s Lacrosse win a dramatic triple-overtime game against Redlands in the SCIAC Tournament semifinals to clinch its first-ever conference championship. The Sagehens entered the SCIAC Tournament as the top seed after winning the regular season by three games. With the SCIAC’s point system of
[Read More...] April 27, 2015
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Nepal Earthquake Updates

UPDATE: 12 p.m., May 29, 2015 Dear Pitzer Community, A magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred today near Kathmandu at 09:59 local time. We are grateful that Pitzer in Nepal staff and families in Kathmandu and Simigaun report no additional damages. I am pleased to report that gifts to the Support Pitzer in Nepal Relief Fund to date total $83,871.25. This figure clearly
[Read More...] April 25, 2015