As Yale Athletics commemorated 100 years of the Yale Bowl the football team posted its best season in recent years. Finishing 8-2 overall, 5-2 in the Ivy League, the season fittingly came down to The [final] Game for a share of the Ivy Title. While the end result wasn’t in the Bulldogs favor, their position in the league and strong season show great progress. Many would agree this is thanks in large part to the work of senior running back Tyler Varga who scored a school-record 26 total touchdowns and averaged 6.1 yards per carry and 142 yards per game. Varga was named first -team All-Ivy and won the prestigious Bushnell Cup for the Ivy League Player of the Year. As part of the celebration of the historic home of Yale Football, members of the All-Era team were invited back to the final home game against Princeton and were honored at halftime. You can view the entire All-Era team here: http://news.yale.edu/2014/11/06/ legends-bowl-return-season-s-final-home-game .
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Senior forward Matt Townsend was named a Rhodes Scholar, just the fourth basketball player in Yale history to earn the honor. Last year he started a career-high 22 games and finished fifth on the team in scoring. Senior running back Tyler Varga received the Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. Varga is third on Yale's career rushing TD list with 31, fourth in career rushing yards with 2,985 and fifth with 529 rushing attempts in just 24 games .
Yale Volleyball won a record setting fifth straight Ivy Championship and earned its fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs finished the season 18-8 overall and 122 in the league. The team lost to the No. 14 Arizona Wildcats in the first round. Notably, senior captain Mollie Rogers was named Ivy League Player of the Year. After 12 seasons head coach Erin Appleman has guided the Bulldogs to seven Ivy League Championships, five NCAA Tournament appearances, five 20-plus win seasons.
Yale Basketball stunned a crowd of nearly 10,000 people at Gampel Pavilion on Friday, December 6th when Jack Montague's three-pointer from the corner with 1.7 seconds
left lifted the Bulldogs to a shocking 45-44 victory over defending national champion UConn. The loss snapped UConn's streak of 68 consecutive victories against in-state opponents. To view the video, click here! The mission of Yale varsity athletics is to attract outstanding student athletes, who aspire to undertake the challenge of a high-level education while proudly representing Yale University in the pursuit of championships. Through exceptional facilities and coaches, Yale Athletics ensures that our students learn the important values of leadership, integrity, discipline and teamwork. The aspiration is that in the course of preparation and competition, students enter a co-curricular laboratory for learning that will fit them to lead in all of their future endeavors.
Basketball Association Golf Outing
Baseball Association Alumni Game
Field Hockey Association Alumnae Day
1989 Football Reunion
Craig W. Johnson ‘68 HW Crew Head Coaching Dedication
Soccer Association Alumni Day
Lacrosse Association Alumni Game
Hockey Association Golf Outing
Football Association Golf Outing
Dernell Every Fencing Alumni Day
Men's Cross Country Kevin Dooney - All-American; 1st Team All-Ivy
Grant Wallace ’15 - First-Team All-Ivy; First-Team All-New England; CFPA HM (Oct. 27)
Women’s Cross Country Kira Garry - 1st Team All-Ivy Samantha Glass - 1st Team All-Ivy
Men's Soccer Henry Flugstad-Clarke ’17 - 2nd Team All-Ivy
Field Hockey Nicole Wells - Honorable Mention All-Ivy Kelsey Nolan - 2nd Team All- Ivy Heather Schlesier - Honorable Mention All-Ivy
Women's Soccer Melissa Gavin ’15 - 2nd Team All-Ivy; CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Team
Meredith Speck ’15 - 1st Team All-Ivy; CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Team Football Elsie Wilcox ’15 - Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year; 1st Team Team - "Big Game National Team of the Week" honor from the All-Ivy; CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Team; Ivy Football Writers Association of America League Player of the Week (Oct. 20); CollegeSportsMadness.com Ivy Jason Alessi ’18 - Ivy League Rookie of Week (Nov. 2); CSM Ivy League Player of the Week (Oct. 7) Defensive Player of Week (Nov. 2); ECAC Rookie of Week (Nov. 2) Muriel Battaglia ’15 - 1st Team All-Ivy; 1st Team Capital One Ben Carbery ’15 - First-Team All-Ivy; First-Team All-New England Academic All-District 1 Hayden Carlson ’18 - Ivy Rookie of Week (Oct. 5) Frannie Coxe ’15 - CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Kyle Cazzetta ’15 - First-Team All-Ivy; First-Team All-New England; 2- Team; 1st Team Capital One Academic All-District 1 time Ivy Special Teams POW; USA College Football Honors (Nov. 2) Ally Grossman ’16 - CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Cole Champion ’16 - HM All-Ivy Team Will Chism ’15 - Second-Team All-Ivy Sarah McCauley ’18 - Rookie of the Week (Nov. 10) Charles Cook ’15 - Second-Team All-Ivy Carlin Hudson ‘18 - Honorable Mention All-Ivy; Ivy League Rookie of Leo Haenni ’17 - HM All-Ivy the Week (Oct. 6) Luke Longinotti ’16 - Second-Team All-Ivy Foyesade Oluokun ’17 - Second-Team All-Ivy Volleyball Matthew Oplinger ’18 - Ivy Rookie of Week (Oct. 27) Kelly Johnson ’15 - 1st Team All-Ivy; Yale Invitational All-Tournament Deon Randall ’15 - First-Team All-Ivy; Dream Bowl Honors (Sept. 29) team; Candler Rich ’17 - HM All-Ivy; CFPA Honors (Nov. 2) Mollie Rogers ’15 - ACVA Division I East All-Region; Ivy League Morgan Roberts ’16 - Second-Team All-Ivy; 3-time Ivy Offensive Player of the Year; 1st Team All-Ivy; Villanova Classic All-Tournament Player of Week; 2-time NEFWA Gold Helmet pick; CSM National team; Ivy League Player of the Week (Sept. 30, Oct. 14, Nov. 11, 18); Player of Week (Oct. 5); ECAC Offensive Player of Week (Oct. 5); Capital One Academic All-District 1 second team; CFPA National Player of Week (Oct. 27) Maya Midzak ’16 - 2nd Team All-Ivy; Copache Tyler ’17 - Second-Team All-Ivy Maddie Rudnick ’15 - 1st Team All-Ivy; Tyler Varga ’15 - Invite to 2015 Reese’s Senior Bowl; Bushnell Cup Kaitlyn Gibbons ’18 - Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 7) Winner (Ivy Offensive MVP); First-Team All-Ivy; 2014 NEFWA Gold Kelsey Crawford ’18 - Ivy League Rookie of the Year; 2nd Team AllHelmet; First-Team All-New England; 3-time Ivy Offensive Player of Ivy; Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 11, 18); Week; TSN National Player of Week (Sept. 29); ECAC Offensive Player ECAC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 12) of Week (Oct. 20); NFF & Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete; GCGB Swede Nelson Award
Carl Knobloch ‘51 has made a $3 million gift to Yale Fencing which will endow the Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Class of ’51 Director of Fencing, supporting the program’s annual budget in perpetuity. Thank you to all of the generous donors who have helped us make progress towards goal of fully endowing our entire varsity sport operation. To view all of the naming opportunities for endowment and capital support visit http://giftguide.yale.edu/beneficiary/show/1