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Comeback Kings Late rallies punctuate the Panthers' drive to a third NCAA baseball national championship.

Culminating a season full of hard work and mythic comebacks, the Panthers captured the greatest prize a college baseball team can claim – a national championship. Chapman University earned the title by sweeping the best...

September 5, 2019
Stephanie House
baseball team

Chapman Baseball Wins NCAA DIII National Championship

For the first time in 16 years, Chapman University’s Men’s Baseball Team has won the NCAA DIII Baseball National Championship. Led by head coach Scott Laverty, the Panthers crushed Birmingham-Southern College in Game 2...

June 4, 2019
Stephanie House
Chapman University baseball player

Chapman Baseball Heads to the National Championship Series Watch them live at campus viewing party.

It’s official—Chapman baseball is headed to the Division III National Championship Series. Join us in the cheering on the Panthers tomorrow morning starting at 9 a.m. for a live game watch party in Argyros Forum...

June 3, 2019
Stephanie House
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Chapman Baseball Catches Some Dreams and Heads to the Division III College World Series After winning the NCAA Division III Super Regional, the Panthers take on Washington and Jefferson

The current Chapman baseball season is full of excitement for fans. After defeating Concordia University of Texas 3-2 in the NCAA Division III Super Regional, Chapman Baseball will advance to the Division III College...

May 29, 2019
Stephanie House

Alumni in the Outfield Nicole Provansal ’07 (MBA ’09) finds her dream job at Angel Stadium, where “Think Chapman First” is second nature to team leaders.

As a child, Nicole Provansal ’07 (MBA ’09) loved it when her dad would take her out to the ballgame. She grew up in San Diego, so she and her dad were Padres fans, and she would pepper him with questions about baseball...

February 5, 2019
Dennis Arp

Change Agent Diana Day (JD ’07) leads a fast break with history to earn a position of power in the male-dominated world of pro sports.

Photographed on the sidelines with NBA star James Harden, Diana Day (JD ’07) occasionally has been confused by gossip-hungry fans for a girlfriend. That is part of the background of sexist assumptions Day has overcome...

February 5, 2019
Robyn Norwood

Chapman Athletics

Panthers Win SCIAC Titles Spring was a season of success for Chapman’s athletic programs, two of which won conference championships. For the women’s basketball team, the Panthers’ first Southern California...

July 10, 2018

Olympic Training

Think of Kelli Stavast ‘02 before you complain about the temperature in your cubicle. She spent two weeks as an NBC broadcaster at the blisteringly cold Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Stavast’s true...

July 10, 2018
Robyn Norwood

The Boys of ‘68 – Buoyant moments mingle with the bittersweet during a 50-year reunion of Chapman’s first national championship team. Buoyant moments mingle with the bittersweet during a 50-year reunion of Chapman’s first national championship team.

Fifty years have gone by, but the memories of a 3-2 count or a hanging slider haven’t faded. Hitter by hitter, pitch by pitch, players from the 1968 baseball team that won the first national championship in the history...

May 29, 2018
Robyn Norwood

Kelli Stavast ’02 Takes on Olympic Assignment for NBC

For the next two weeks, Kelli Stavast ’02 has a glamorous job as an NBC broadcaster at the Winter Olympics. Think of her before you complain about the temperature in your cubicle or your car. Stavast’s assignment is...

February 6, 2018
Robyn Norwood