Athletics
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Dare to Be First: The inside story of Vanderbilt volleyball’s first recruiting class
Reese Animashaun, Maddy Bowser, Taryn DeWese, Hailee Mack, Giovanna Mason and Rachel Ogunleye are the first new volleyball Commodores. Head coach Anders Nelson and assistant coaches Lauren Plum and Russell Corbelli worked together to recruit Vanderbilt’s first class for volleyball since the program was paused in 1980. Read MoreMar 20, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Double ’Dore Cameron Robinson moves from football field to mission field
WATCH: Find out how former Commodore football player Cam Robinson is combining a passion for healing, a love of people, and his Divinity School education to change lives. Read MoreJan 11, 2024
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Vanderbilt Athletics opens SEC’s first sensory rooms
Furthering Vanderbilt’s commitment to creating an inclusive game-day experience for everyone in Commodore Nation, the university has announced the installation of sensory rooms inside Memorial Gymnasium and FirstBank Stadium. Read MoreAug 1, 2023
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WATCH: Student-athletes embody Vandy United on and off the field
Vanderbilt student-athletes in the Class of 2023 showcase collaboration, leadership and integrity in the classroom and on the field of play. Read MoreMay 5, 2023
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Class of 2023: Bowler Mabel Cummins turns childhood dreams into championship excellence and opportunities
Class of 2023: Read how NCAA bowling champion and National Player of the Year Mabel Cummins is using her intellect and competitive spirit in neuroscience and medicine. Read MoreMay 3, 2023
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Class of 2023: VandyBoys blueprint helps bullpen ace Thomas Schultz excel in a double major
Class of 2023: Read how Thomas Schultz, VandyBoys pitcher and double major in human and organizational development and medicine, health and society thrives with humility on and off the field. Read MoreMay 2, 2023
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Class of 2023: Vanderbilt helps student-athlete Nate Clifton launch lifelong journey of self-discovery
Class of 2023: Read how Commodores defensive lineman Nate Clifton found confidence in the classroom and on the field. Read MoreMay 2, 2023
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Class of 2023: Women’s basketball student-athlete Marnelle Garraud turned transfer opportunity into a lifelong connection with Vanderbilt
Class of 2023: Read how basketball powerhouse Marnelle Garraud combined her leadership and collaboration skills to thrive in the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read MoreMay 2, 2023
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Claims to Fame: Carolyn Peck’s road to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame began at Vanderbilt, on and off the court
Carolyn Peck, BA'88, was a standout student-athlete who helped the Commodores beat Pat Summitt’s mighty Lady Vols. She also was the first Black women's basketball coach to win an NCAA Division I women’s basketball national championship—and, at 33, she was the youngest women’s basketball head coach to win a Division I title. These days she can be found behind a microphone for ESPN and the SEC Network. Read MoreApr 11, 2023
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Competitive Edge: World champion axe thrower Mark Mirasol, MEd’17, aims for success as he builds a business around the up-and-coming sport
World champion axe thrower Mark Mirasol, MEd’17, aims for success as he builds a business around the up-and-coming sport. Read MoreJun 20, 2022
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Class of 2022: Quentin Millora-Brown willing to play his role in engineering climate change solutions
Quentin Millora-Brown, a senior forward on the men’s basketball team, had his best individual season this year. A starter in 30 games, he led Vanderbilt in blocked shots and was second in rebounding. Perhaps even more importantly, he helped create the culture of succes. Off the court, Millora-Brown knows that camaraderie alone won’t solve society’s most pressing issues, such as the climate crisis—a problem he is passionate about. But he believes the same team approach in pursuit of a larger goal will make a difference. Read MoreApr 27, 2022
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Class of 2022: Jordyn Cambridge emerges from adversity as a servant-leader
On the basketball court, Jordyn Cambridge excels at making those around her better. A point guard who played the most minutes for a team that reached the third round of this season’s Women’s National Invitation Tournament, she finished third in assists in the mighty SEC. Little wonder that the Nashville native gravitated toward human and organizational development at Vanderbilt. For as long as she has played basketball, she has studied the subtleties of human interaction. Read MoreApr 22, 2022
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Starting Blocks: Althea Thomas looks to build the track and field program into something special
Althea Thomas has hit the ground running as she looks to build the track and field program into something special. Read MoreApr 20, 2022
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Class of 2022: Brianne Gross is an unlikely lacrosse star and a born engineer
Growing up in California, where lacrosse had yet to take hold to the same extent as on the East Coast, Bri Gross discovered her athletic passion almost by accident. But the first time she picked up a lacrosse stick was far from the first time she was intrigued by how something worked. Never far from her dad’s side in his garage workshop, she was and remains an inveterate tinkerer. Read MoreApr 20, 2022
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Creating Change: First Minority Baseball Apprenticeship Awarded
Jabari Brown is the first recipient of the Maggie Corbin Minority Baseball Apprenticeship at Vanderbilt, a privately funded internship for a minority candidate who wants to coach baseball as a profession. Read MoreFeb 15, 2022
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‘Nothing Bigger:’ Bowling Coach Wins U.S. Open Championship
Josie Earnest Barnes, BS'10, former VAnderbilt student-athlete and current associate head coach of the Commodores bowling team, won the 2021 U.S. Women's Open in dramatic fashion in August, edging Singapore's Cherie Tan 198-194 in a tense 10-frame contest. Read MoreFeb 15, 2022
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The pioneer behind Shea Ralph: A mother and daughter’s basketball journey tells the story of a new era of equality
Years before Vanderbilt basketball head coach Shea Ralph’s generation helped set a standard for women who aspire and act to change the world through sports, her mother, Marsha Lake, traveled to the Soviet Union as part of a team that represented the United States on the world stage for the first time in the Title IX era. Read MoreNov 23, 2021
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Theory and Practice: Teeing up data to drive results for the Vanderbilt men’s golf team
Moments after Vanderbilt defeated Alabama to reach the final of the 2021 SEC Men’s Golf Championship at Sea Island Golf Club in Georgia, Scott Limbaugh served up a seemingly innocuous answer to a question posed in a television interview. “We liked our matchups a lot,” Vanderbilt’s head coach told the… Read MoreOct 7, 2021
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Leaps and Bounds: Former Vanderbilt pole-vaulter Meagan Martin jumps feet first into ‘American Ninja Warrior’ stardom
Martin, the first female rookie to complete the American Ninja Warrior course, will be competing in her eighth season of the popular NBC show this summer. Read MoreMay 19, 2021
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Black (and Gold) Magic: ‘Vandy Voodoos’ team claims World TeamTennis National Championship
Vandy Voodoos, a team that included three former Commodore student-athletes, swept through the Open Division of the 2020 World TeamTennis National Tournament last fall to claim the championship at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. Read MoreApr 22, 2021