Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas

For club and intramural sports at the Claremont Colleges, see Claremont Colleges § Athletics.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas
University	Claremont McKenna College Harvey Mudd College Scripps College
Conference	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[1]
NCAA	Division III
Athletic director	Erica Jasper[2]
Location	Claremont, California
Football stadium	Fritz B. Burns Stadium[3]
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.^[4]

National champions

*NCAA Division III unless otherwise noted.^[5]

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^[6]

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.^[7]

References

1. "CMS Quick Facts". cmsathletics.org.
2. "CMS: Erica Perkins Jasper Named Director of Athletics". thesciac.org. April 19, 2019.
3. "CMS Athletic Facilities". cmsathletics.org.
4. As of Dec 19, 2021. CMS Athletics Home Page (Report). CMS Athletics. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
5. "1946-2021: 75 Years of Great Athletics Moments". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. "CMS Athletic Facilities". cmsathletics.org.
7. Williams, Miller (2 December 2011). "CMS Bans Puck Fomona Shirts at Homecoming". The Student Life. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage of the Stags and Athenas in The Student Life