Earlier this month, the SCIAC released its 2020-2021 All-Academic Team. The SCIAC All-Academic Team recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a grade point average (GPA) of 3.40 or higher and must have completed one full calendar year at their current institution. Chapman scored 259 student-athletes on the All-Academic Team – the highest number of student-athletes on

A familiar name around Chapman Athletics, Gregg Murphy just finished his 15th season as the Associate Head Coach of the Santa Clara University women’s soccer team. That’s right – the team that just won the 2020 National Championship back in May. To get to know Gregg a little better, we have to re-wind to his

How long have you been working at Chapman / how did you get here? I grew up in the City of Orange, graduating from Orange high school. After high school I attended Golden West College before transferring to Chapman to play volleyball.  After graduating from Chapman College in 1986, I stayed at Chapman as an

How long have you been working at Chapman / how did you get here? I have been working here at Chapman since 2010. After graduating I was given the opportunity to stay on as an assistant coach on the Men’s Lacrosse Team. From there moved over to Women’s Lacrosse Assistant Coach in 2014 then moved

Kent Paisley’s path to his current job was non-linear and took him all over the country, but he wouldn’t have it any other way. Now a writer for Golf Digest covering the LPGA, Kent has made his way through Northern California, Texas, New York and Florida in just the last six years. After earning his

For just the second time in program history, a women’s golfer represented Chapman University at the NCAA National Championships. Freshman Kaila Higgins earned the honor after ranking No. 9 in the nation, travelling to the campus of Michigan State in East Lansing, MI for the tournament. Kaila helped the Panthers jump into the national rankings

How long have you been working at Chapman / how did you get here? I have been at Chapman since 1994, so this fall will be my 28th season. Prior to that I was coaching at Whittier College. Ken Visser, the Head Coach at Whitter was offered the job as Head Coach at Chapman and

Sophomore Maddie Mirro did not miss a beat as she returned from nearly a year-long break in activity to compete this spring for the Chapman University track and field team. In just her second meet back since the Panthers’ return to competition, Maddie shattered yet another school record, this time in the 1500m. Maddie broke

If you followed the women’s basketball or volleyball programs in the late 2000s, you know the name Linda Ly. A two-sport athlete, Linda tore up the court in both sports, writing her name in the record books. She remains Chapman’s career digs leader in volleyball – a record she broke during her sophomore season. She