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Going from a Wave to an Olympic Gold Medalist

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Pepperdine alumna Kim Hill won gold with the U.S. Women’s Volleyball team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was the first female Olympic gold medalist to graduate from Seaver. Hill visited Pepperdine’s campus for Founder’s Day 2021 and sat down with the Graphic to share her story.

Episode 1: Austin Hurwitz

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As a baseball enthusiast, marketing professional and rookie father, alumnus Austin Hurwitz doesn’t shy away from sharing his two cents on what it takes to be successful in sports marketing and the life lessons he’s encountered along the way.

Episode 6: Arthur Puu

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SportsWaves’s original host, Arthur Puu, returns to the show to talk shop with the new hosts. Now at ESPN, Puu talks about where he’s been, where he’s at today, and the state of L.A. sports.

Alumnus Makes Most of Unique Opportunity

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Photo courtesy of Elam Mangum The prestigious Leadership Fellow role was not something Elam Mangum, a 2015 graduate, applied for, but for which she was chosen. President Andrew K. Benton and his office staff are taking an opportunity to invest in her, which she said is a great opportunity for her and is why she […]

Pepp Alumnus Snags Oscar Nomination

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Photos by Carissa Mosley Pepperdine alumnus Taylor Johns has been nominated for an Oscar for his documentary “Last Days in Vietnam,” which is to be shown at the Reelstories Film Festival on Jan. 30. Johns graduated from Pepperdine in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies and Sports Medicine with an emphasis in […]

Out of the ‘Bu and into the Wild

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Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine Athletics At the crossroads of life, unsure of what the future holds? Go climb a mountain; that’s what Pepperdine alumnus Greg Vernovage did. The 1995 graduate is one of a small circle of people to have reached the highest point on Earth – Mount Everest. And that isn’t the only title that […]