If there was one play that summed up my baseball career, it was when I was 11 years old, playing third base, when I went to catch a pop fly — but instead of catching it — I missed and the ball hit me directly in the face. I was taken out of the game and left with two black eyes for a couple weeks. Whether it was breaking my wrist on the first play of the season or getting … [Read more...] about Good News: Sports Journalism Leads to Fulfillment
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Women’s Volleyball Remains a Step Behind USC, Falls on Opening Night
Reigning WCC Champions Pepperdine Women’s Volleyball fell to the No. 21 USC Trojans 3-0 on opening night Aug. 30, at Firestone Fieldhouse. This loss put the Waves at 0-1 on the young season. The Waves remained neck and neck throughout the match, but USC remained one step ahead and was able to complete the sweep. The leading scorers for Pepperdine were graduate opposite … [Read more...] about Women’s Volleyball Remains a Step Behind USC, Falls on Opening Night
Multiple Pepperdine Sports Seek Another Chance at WCC Title
As the season ended for Pepperdine’s fall sports — one team won the conference, another were co-winners, and another just missed it. This year, those teams said they want another shot at that glory. As the fall season is now underway, members of Pepperdine Women’s Soccer, Women’s Indoor Volleyball and Men’s Water Polo said while they are gearing up for another run at a WCC … [Read more...] about Multiple Pepperdine Sports Seek Another Chance at WCC Title
Pepperdine Track Runs by Six School Records
Pepperdine Track has broken a total of six school records so far this season. In fact, it’s no longer the question of if they will break one, it's now a question of how many will they break, graduate sprinter Brendan Fong said. Fong has broken four of the records, and in the women's indoor track season, senior distance runner Elle Shrader broke one record, and freshman … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Track Runs by Six School Records
Pepperdine Appoints New Athletic Director
Pepperdine has appointed Tanner Gardner, former deputy AD for external affairs for Rice University, as the new director of Athletics, effective June 1, President Jim Gash wrote in a March 25 email to the Pepperdine community. “Tanner brings an impressive breadth of experience in visionary strategic athletic leadership at the collegiate level that will add renewed energy to … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Appoints New Athletic Director