Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas
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University Claremont McKenna College
Harvey Mudd College
Scripps College
Conference Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
NCAA Division III
Athletic director Erica Jasper
Location Claremont, California
Football stadium Fritz B. Burns Stadium
Basketball arena Robert Pavilion
Baseball stadium Bill Arce Field
Softball stadium Softball Field
Soccer stadium John Pritzlaff Field
Aquatics center Matt M. Axelrood Pool
Lacrosse stadium John Zinda Field
Other venues Biszantz Family Tennis Center
Nickname Stags (men)
Athenas (women)
Colors Cardinal and Gold
    
Website www.cmsathletics.org

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags (men) and Athenas (women) is the joint intercollegiate sports program of Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College, all located in Claremont, California. The teams participate in the NCAA's Division III as a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Individual teams and graduation information

Men's sports Women's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross country
Cross country Golf
Football Lacrosse
Golf Soccer
Soccer Softball
Swimming & diving Swimming & diving
Tennis Tennis
Track and field Track and field
Water polo Volleyball
Water polo
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps competes in 21 men's and women's varsity sports. They have won 7 national championships and 346 SCIAC Championships.

National champions

*NCAA Division III unless otherwise noted.

Men's Golf

  • 2010 – Tain Lee
  • 2013 – Bradley Shigezawa
  • 2016 – Team

Men's Swim & Dive

  • 1967 – Team (NAIA)
  • 1969 – Eric Jones (50y) (NAIA)
  • 1969 – David Tempkin (100, 200 Butterfly) (NAIA)
  • 1970 – Eric Jones (50y, 100y) (NAIA)
  • 1970 – David Tempkin (100, 200 Butterfly) (NAIA)
  • 2014 – Matt Williams (100 Backstroke)
  • 2022 - Frank Applebaum (200 Butterfly)

Men's Tennis

  • 1981 – Team
  • 1992 – Ryan McKee & Chris Noyes (Doubles)
  • 1993 – Ryan McKee (Individual, Doubles), Tim Cooley (Doubles)
  • 2015 – Team

Men's Track & Field

  • 1986 – Carl Giles (Hammer)
  • 1994 – Jason Rhodes (800m), Mike Susank (Hammer)
  • 1997 – Quang Leba (Javelin)
  • 2004 – Matt Roberson (Decathlon)
  • 2006 – Matt Roberson (Decathlon)

Women's Swim & Dive

  • 2002 – Suzy Nicoletti (200 Breast)
  • 2003 – Lisal Smith (400 IM)

Women's Track & Field

  • 1985 – Gwyn Hardesty (3000m)
  • 1998 – Jennifer Culley (400m)
  • 2016 – Tyra Abraham (100m)
  • 2018 – Tyra Abraham (100m)
  • 2018 – Bryn McKillop (5000m)
  • 2018 – Emily Bassett (Hammer)

Women's Tennis

  • 2018 – Team
  • 2019 – Catherine Allen & Caroline Cox (doubles)

Women's Volleyball

  • 2017

Women's Water Polo

  • 1992 (Collegiate II)
  • 2001 (Collegiate III)

Athletic facilities on the Scripps campus

  • Basketball and Volleyball — Roberts Pavilion
  • Lacrosse — John Zinda Field
  • Softball — Softball Field
  • Soccer — John Pritzlaff Field
  • Swimming and Diving — Matt M. Axelrood Pool
  • Tennis — Biszantz Family Tennis Center
  • Track and Field — Burns Track Complex

Rivals

The other sports combination of the Claremont Colleges is the team made up of Pomona College and Pitzer College known as Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens. It is known by the student body as the Sixth Street Rivalry.