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The Impact of Travel: How Division I Athletes Cope

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If the stress of balancing academics and high-level athletics wasn’t enough, Division I athletes must also factor travel commitments into their schedules. Travel can exhaust athletes while pushing them behind in school, but it can also help bond a team together as a family, multiple Pepperdine athletes said. “I always say traveling impacts our schedule very heavily,” said … [Read more...] about The Impact of Travel: How Division I Athletes Cope

Tanner Gardner Brings New Era of Athletics

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Ed Schilling. Katie Faulkner. Tyler LaTorre.These three are the newest additions to the Pepperdine Athletics Department – all thanks to the work of one man: Athletic Director Tanner Gardner. Within two weeks of officially starting at Pepperdine, Gardner had hired three new head coaches in an attempt to take Pepperdine’s programs to the next level.“I think you … [Read more...] about Tanner Gardner Brings New Era of Athletics

Pepperdine Women’s Tennis Player Receives Conference Honors

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Winning seems to run through the veins of members of the Pepperdine Women's Tennis Team. For Nikki Redelijk, Pepperdine women's tennis alumna (‘24), winning was common on the court and in the classroom. In May, Redelijk was in Stillwater, Oklahoma playing in the 2024 NCAA Tennis Championship tournament when she found out she was the 2023-24 West Coast Conference's Mike … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Women’s Tennis Player Receives Conference Honors

A Look From Waves in Paris

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Clarification: A sentence in the article was changed to clarify the students had a month long session of classes while being granted the freedom on their weekends to attend and experience the Games.  Pepperdine offered students the chance to travel to Paris for the Olympic Games under the 2024 Paris Olympics Program, according to the Pepperdine Community website. From July 16 … [Read more...] about A Look From Waves in Paris