As many have predicted since her breakout junior season with the Colonials in 2014-15, two-time Honorable Mention All-American Jonquel Jones was selected sixth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round of the 2016 WNBA Draft on Thursday evening. Jones was later traded to the Connecticut Sun. GW’s first-ever first round pick, Jones finished […]
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Return of Service: Former GW Star is Now Tennis’ Top Man
One of the best parts of interviewing GW alumni is hearing how passionate they are about their time at the university and the things they are accomplishing today. One of the hardest parts is not being able to include every thought, feeling, anecdote, or insight in the final story. Earlier this year, former GW […]
Colonials Win NIT Championship
Kevin Larsen scored 18 points, Patricio Garino added another 14, and the George Washington men’s basketball team capped off the winningest season in program history with a 76-60 victory over Valparaiso to win the National Invitation Tournament championship Thursday. It is GW’s first postseason title. The Colonials (28-10) also set a program record for wins […]
Mentorship Program Teams Up Former and Current Student-Athletes
On the morning of an important GW soccer game, a contractor turned off the electricity and Brian Hoppy, CCAS BS ’90, missed his alarm – and the team bus. He borrowed his roommate’s car, drove to the game, and met his coach in the locker room. “Coach looked at me and said, ‘I knew you’d […]
Alumni Valentines — Kristen & Juan
“You would think that with us hanging out in speedos together 20 hours a week, a relationship wouldn’t take long to begin—but it did.” Kristen (Janeczek) Bocanegra, CCAS BA ’99, and Juan Bocanegra, CCAS BA ’00, SEAS, MS ’04, met on the GW pool deck in August of 1996—she was a sophomore and he was […]
Alumni Valentines — Heather & Avi
They were so close, and yet, so far away. In 1999, both Heather (Kaufman) Rasowsky, GWSPH BS ’06, and Avi Rasowsky, CCAS BA ’05—him, a New York native, and her, a Texas girl—travelled to Mexico City to represent the United States in the Pan American Maccabi Games. Avi was a member the U.S. baseball team, […]
Charles E. Smith Center Turns 40
Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of the Charles E. Smith Center’s dedication. For the past four decades, the Smith Center has been an iconic landmark on GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus, the site of some of GW Athletics’ biggest victories, but also a place full of memories for thousands of Colonials past and present. In honor […]
Video: GW Athletics 2014-15 Season
The Colonials were again champions in the classroom, in the community, and in competition during the 2014-15 athletic season. Relive the successes of the past year in this video compilation.
Fans Cheer on Men’s Hoops in NYC!
When the GW men’s basketball team headed to NYC for the 2014 Atlantic 10 Championship, hundreds of Colonials fans were there to support them. Check out this video to share in the excitment—as one fan says, “there hasn’t been a team like this in years.” Go Colonials! Show your school spirit: @gw_mbb, #RaiseHigh
Alumni Raise High During A-10 Tournament in NYC
On Friday, Mar. 14, GW men’s basketball took to the Barclays Center court as part of the Atlantic 10 Championship — and thousands of alumni, parents and friends were there to support them. At 7:00pm, before the Colonials faced off against the University of Massachusetts, a pregame party took place in the Barclays Center’s 40/40 […]