Macalester College Athletics

Twenty-five Scots earn fall sport Academic All-MIAC recognition

01.29 | General, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Men's Golf, Volleyball

Twenty-five Macalester fall sport student-athletes have earned Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Academic All-Conference honors, as announced by the conference office today. The MIAC recognized 302 student-athletes who represented the conference’s thirteen institutions. Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior, or senior with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale to qualify for MIAC Academic All-Conference recognition.

Former Mac golfer works for President Obama

11.17 | Men's Golf

On President Barack Obama’s 100th day in office, Ben Finkenbinder ’07 took off on Air Force One at 7 a.m. with the nation’s 44th president for a town hall meeting later that morning in Missouri. Finkenbinder, one of Obama’s assistant traveling press secretaries, returned to Washington that afternoon to get ready for a primetime press conference about Obama’s first months in office. Work wasn’t over until 11 p.m. It was just another day at the office for Finkenbinder, 24, who was called by Vanity Fair (February 2009) one of Obama’s “whiz kids” and featured in a photo by Annie Leibowitz. Read the article on Ben Finkenbinder

Coach Nause creates blog from Florida

11.11 | Women's Golf, Men's Golf

Coach Martha Nause blogs about her practice and tournament experience at the Legends Tour Championship in Innisbrook, Florida, this week and next. Nause, who also blogged from her Legends Tour experience a few weeks ago in Hawaii, will play this week in the Legends Tour Open Championship Nov. 20-22 at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club. Read Coach Nause's blog from Florida

Coach Nause keeps blog from Legends Tour in Hawaii

10.21 | Women's Golf, Men's Golf

Macalester men's and women's golf coach Martha Nause is playing this weekend the the Legends Tour of the LPGA in Hawaii and is sharing her experiences through her blog. Coach Nause is playing in the Kinoshita Pearl Classic Classic Friday through Sunday, Oct. 23-25 in Honolulu. Click here to view Nause's blog