Four head coaches at Bowdoin—Nathan Alsobrook ’97 of Nordic skiing, Marissa O’Neil ’05 of women’s hockey, Frank Pizzo ’06 of sailing and Megan Phelps ’15 of women’s basketball—are Bowdoin alums. In interviews with the Orient, Alsobrook and Pizzo reflected on …
Over the summer, the Athletic Department hired Matt Taylor as the new assistant director of athletic communications. Taylor joins the Bowdoin community, having most recently worked as the director of athletic communications at Michigan Technological University. With a career in …
On Monday afternoon, Director of Athletics Tim Ryan ’98 emailed all student athletes to share the Athletics Department’s updated policy on transgender student-athlete participation. Ryan wrote that these changes apply to all National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports separated by …
Dance music, cheers and whoops filled Farley Field House on Sunday. For the first time, all 17 women’s sports teams participated in the National Girls and Women in Sports Day event hosted by the College. Around 100 girls in first …
On Monday, the Department of Athletics and the Leadership and Empowerment through Athletic Principles (LEAP) initiative brought former Division I basketball player Kaleb Joseph to campus to talk about mental health and student athletics. In his speech titled “From Pain …
On Wednesday, Bowdoin students gathered in Kresge Auditorium to hear Noelle Lambert speak about her life as a college and professional athlete after losing her leg in a moped accident after her first year at University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Former NBA star and sports analyst Jalen Rose visited campus to speak to the community about his life, career and the common good. The talk, which took place in Pickard Theater, was in Q&A style with Max Staiger ’13 moderating. …
The Bowdoin athletics department recently released its updates to the Building and Supporting an Inclusive and Diverse Athletic Community Action Plan as it enters its fourth year. The plan has released four updates since its advent in October 2020, and …