Amanda Kessel led Minnesota to a national championship last season, but won’t be returning to the ice this year. Instead, she’ll be fighting for gold in Sochi alongside America’s best, though she plans on returning to school to finish her degree and chase one more national title next year.
When Kelsey Phinney was a child, her father motivated her to ski farther despite fatigue. Today, he motivates her interest in neuroscience at Division III Middlebury College.
For nearly two decades, and only 40 miles apart, two girls lived in parallel worlds. One, just old enough to start making memories, returned from chemotherapy and played nurse to heal her ailing dolls. The other, who’d received a new heart...
By Gary Brown Carnegie Mellon Athletics Director Susan Bassett was watching a Tartans tennis match when No. 1 singles player Katie Cecil joined her in the stands. Cecil, who had already vanquished her opponent, watched her teammates with...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org Carnegie Mellon Athletics Director Susan Bassett was watching a Tartans tennis match when No. 1 singles player Katie Cecil joined her in the stands. Cecil, who had already vanquished her opponent, watched her...
By David Pickle NCAA.org It’s a familiar story. Girl meets boy. Girl marries at 18, has a family and then divorces. Girl is without a college education and supporting three children. Girl becomes a college president. Maybe it’s not so...