Athletics

  • Bigger than all of us

    Bigger than all of us

    Baseball Coach Dan O’Brien goes old school. He wants players—and fans—to rekindle a love affair with the game.

    Spring 2012

  • Good Samaritans save community college football program

    Good Samaritans save community college football program

    A selfless act by Albert "Rocky" Pimentel '77 reminds us of the importance of helping people who first help themselves.

  • Sweetness

    Sweetness

    On New Year’s Day 1937, a team from a little Jesuit school in the Santa Clara Valley stunned the sports world with an upset that won them the Sugar Bowl. And put their home on the map.

    Winter 2012 | HISTORY & TRADITION

  • The Keeper

    The Keeper

    Third-generation Bronco Bianca Henninger '12 earned accolades this fall from ESPN.com as being the best goalie in the country. And she made All-American.

    Winter 2012

  • Sweet Sixteen Season

    Sweet Sixteen Season

    In the season ending in April 2011, women's rugby was ranked nationally for the first time since its establishment.

    Fall 2011

  • Broncos win! Broncos win!

    Broncos win! Broncos win!

    Men's basketball wins a postseason championship and finishes nationally ranked.

    Summer 2011

  • Service ace

    Service ace

    For volleyball phenom Tanya Schmidt '12, her assists happen on the court, in the Tenderloin, and with missionaries in Peru.

    Summer 2011

  • Tree still stands tall

    Tree still stands tall

    Dennis Awtrey '70 loomed tall over the golden era of SCU's men's hoops.

    Summer 2011

  • Big Kicks

    Big Kicks

    A conference championship, 100 career victories, and coach of the year for Cameron Rast '92.

    Spring 2011

  • Near post

    Near post

    Soccer legend Brandi Chastain '91 says farewell to the pros ... and comes back to SCU.

    Spring 2011

Winter 2013

Table of contents

Features

To catch a thief

A young mathematician at SCU has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?

How to avoid a bonfire of the humanities

A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs—and wants—folks who know how to tell a story.

The play’s the thing

Kurds, Arabs, countrymen: Shakespeare Iraq brings the Bard to Ashland like you’ve never heard him.

Mission Matters

Heart of the matter

A statue that’s gazed on the Mission Gardens for 130 years gets a much-needed restoration. As layers of paint are peeled away, stories of the past emerge.

All work and all play

They make Erik Hurtado ’13 WCC player of the year and the No. 5 pick in pro soccer’s draft.

Got MOOC?

There’s global interest in a Massive Open Online Course in business ethics.