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Every year, over half a million student-athletes compete across over one thousand colleges, per the National Collegiate Athletics Association. Every year, each of Brandeis’ 19 sports teams seek to answer one main question for their prospective recruits: what makes Brandeis University special?
In the afternoon of May 19, graduate students of the Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis International Business School and Rabb School of Continuing Studies gathered in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center, where they celebrated the university’s 73rd commencement exercises. Giving the Graduate Student Address was Peter Thabet, a graduate of the International Business School, earning a masters in business administration.
The National Basketball Association’s playoff games have been an ever-changing sporting event, with the first official final taking place in 1947, concluding the 1946-47 season. The first round has previously been shorter than present day, functioning as a best of three series. When the playoffs expanded to include a fourth round of games, the first round transitioned to a best of five style competition.
As the National Hockey League season comes to an end, the organization has announced some major changes taking place in the Western Conference. The beloved Arizona Coyotes will be moving to Salt Lake City, Utah over the summer and beginning the upcoming season anew.
As the National Hockey League season comes to a close, The Justice will reflect on the history of the sport’s championship games and review the predictions for this year’s potential winners.
There aren’t many individual accolades in National Collegiate Athletics Association lacrosse, but one of the most coveted is the Tewaaraton Award. At the end of every postseason tournament, only the players with the best performance, from both the men’s and women’s across all three divisions, will be announced as the recipient of the Tewaaraton Award for that year.
This year’s upcoming Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in Paris, France from July 26 to Aug. 11; the Paralympic Games will be held shortly after, starting on Aug. 28 and ending on Sept. 8.
Mitchell Baruchowitz '96, a former Brandeis tennis star-turned cannabis industry investor, was awarded a United Soccer League franchise in Westchester County, New York this year. The team, currently dubbed the Westchester Soccer Club, will play in USL League One, a Division III professional league operated by USL, at Memorial Field in Mount Vernon, New York. To serve as a developmental pipeline, Baruchowitz also plans to create a youth system by merging with a local soccer academy in Westchester. The team will play their inaugural game on March 1, 2025, and has shared plans to start a women's team in the coming years.
— Editor's Note: Sports editor Rani Balakrishna ’25 is a member of the Brandeis softball team and did not contribute to any part of this article.
After an illustrious 45-year coaching career, Tara VanDerveer, the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s winningest basketball coach, with an extraordinary 1,216 victories, has announced her retirement on April 9, leaving a legacy that transcends the bounds of collegiate sports. Stanford University, where she crafted champions, made the official announcement, marking the end of an era in women's basketball.
“Jury Duty” is a weekly column that spotlights different Brandeis student-athletes. Please email sports@thejustice.org if you would like to nominate someone. We hope to bridge the gap between student-athletes and non student-athletes by highlighting relatable content to make the community feel more approachable. If you see a highlighted athlete around campus, introduce yourself! Or head to Gosman and cheer them on.
In the tennis world, there are four major tournaments, affectionately referred to as the Grand Slam tournaments. The Australian Open is in January; the French Open starts in late May; Wimbledon is in June; and the U.S. Open closes out the season from late August into September.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics released a new policy on April 8 regarding transgender male-to-female student-athletes that comes close to preventing any of them from participating on women’s teams. The NAIA is comprised of 241 small colleges across the United States and oversees approximately 83,000 athletes.
While Brandeis is praised for its strong academic programming, students need more than just amazing professors to live successful and well rounded lives. One important aspect of a healthy lifestyle is physical fitness, something that college students often struggle to balance with academic pressures. This board would like to acknowledge some challenges faced by students who are not varsity athletes who try to maintain healthy lifestyles through the utilization of athletic spaces for both personal and club activities.
Varsity athletes are arguably some of the most hard-working students of the Brandeis community. They balance being on an intercollegiate team, being full-time students, being involved in other areas on campus and often holding jobs. Despite being a selling point Brandeis highlights to prospective students, varsity athletes are not being adequately supported by the university.
Three players on the Brandeis basketball teams were named to the College Sports Communication (CSC) Academic All-District Team for the 2023-2024 season. On the men’s side, Ryan Power ’24 was honored, and on the women’s team, Francesca Marchese M’25 and Katherine Vaughan ’26 both took home the award.
The recent trials and tribulations that the Brandeis women’s basketball team has gone through is a moving, heartbreaking story. I encourage all readers to read the news article on page one titled “Despite allegations of racism and misconduct, Carol Simon reinstated” covering head coach Carol Simon’s reinstatement and allegations regarding her reported racist and abusive misconduct. The Brandeis women’s basketball team’s story is well worth the read, and the article is meant to educate the Brandeis community regarding the recent investigation that concluded and shed light on the topic.
“Jury Duty” is a weekly column that spotlights different Brandeis student-athletes. Please email sports@thejustice.org if you would like to nominate someone. We hope to bridge the gap between student-athletes and non student-athletes by highlighting relatable content to make the community feel more approachable. If you see a highlighted athlete around campus, introduce yourself! Or head to Gosman and cheer them on.
On March 24, 2023, the Brandeis Judges opened up University Athletic Association conference play against Carnegie Mellon University on Marcus Field. Ragini Kannan ’26, a first-year right-handed pitcher for the Judges, gave up a home run to Koko Sagae of Carnegie Mellon in the second inning to snap her 20-inning scoreless streak. Despite this setback, Brandeis would go on to shut down Carnegie for the remainder of the game. Kannan completed the rest of the game giving up one run, giving her a dominant stat line of six innings pitched, one run given up, and seven strikeouts. Brandeis went on to sweep Carnegie in all four games that weekend.
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