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Fitzgerald named to All-NESCAC field hockey team
Nov 13, 2019 HADLEY, Mass. -- Bates senior Grace Fitzgerald received Second Team All-NESCAC honors on Wednesday, as the New England Small College Athletic Conference released its 2019 NESCAC Field Hockey All-Conference team. A midfielder and two-...
Nov 15, 2019, 11:39am EST

Video: A first-gen student from Maine, Ryan Lizanecz '20 found a home at Bates
For video content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1P6CqRcoIo Published on October 10, 2019 When Ryan Lizanecz '20 first came to Bates, "I was anxious, I was curious, I was scared," he says. "Literally every feeling I could possibly feel at the ...
Oct 17, 2019, 10:28am EDT

Fitzgerald selected to compete in Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Division III Senior Game
Oct 16, 2019 GILBERT, Ariz. -- Senior Bates field hockey captain Grace Fitzgerald has been selected to compete in the 2019 Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Division III Senior Game, taking place this November in conjunction with the NCAA Division III Fiel...
Oct 17, 2019, 9:21am EDT

Announcing Bobcat339: a student-invented molecule with pharmaceutical promise
Invented by Bates students in their professor's lab, a molecule with a Bates-inspired nickname carries enough pharmaceutical promise that Bates has filed a provisional patent application for the molecule. Synthesized in 2017 in the lab of Assistant ...
Oct 8, 2019, 2:29pm EDT

Protti named NESCAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week
Protti named NESCAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Sep 09, 2019 HADLEY, Mass. -- Bates sophomore Luke Protti was named the first NESCAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week of the season Monday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, fo...
Sep 10, 2019, 10:11am EDT

Women's swimming places five on Scholar All-America list
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Five students from the Bates women's swimming and diving team were honored with 2019 Scholar All-America awards from the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) on Monday, with the women's and men's...
Jul 3, 2019, 10:30am EDT

Steenstra and 19 Bates rowing student-athletes earn NIRC honors
Steenstra and 19 Bates rowing student-athletes earn NIRC honors Jun 18, 2019 Head coach Peter Steenstra (top) and 19 Bates student-athletes were honored by the National Invitational Rowing Championships on June 17, 2019. (File photo by Justin Taf...
Jun 24, 2019, 11:49am EDT

Martin named NESCAC Baseball Coach of the Year; Arend, Beal, Collins named First Team All-NESCAC
May 15, 2019 HADLEY, Mass. -- The Bates College baseball team won several honors, including three First Team honors and Coach of the Year, as the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced its year-end awards Wednesday. Junior catche...
May 30, 2019, 8:53am EDT

NEILA names Chlastawa, Fantoni, Knapton to All-New England squad
May 14, 2019 HADLEY, Mass. -- Bates men's lacrosse captains Matt Chlastawa, Rocco Fantoni and Curtis Knapton were all named to the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's Division III All-New England squad on Tuesday, actually receiving t...
May 30, 2019, 8:50am EDT

Women's rowing lands six on All-NESCAC squad; Steenstra repeats as Coach of the Year
May 15, 2019 HADLEY, Mass. -- After capturing their fifth NESCAC championship in the past six years, the Bates women's rowing team had six team members receive All-NESCAC recognition from the New England Small College Athletic Conference on Wednesda...
May 30, 2019, 8:44am EDT