Over 250 student-athletes are part of Smith Athletics' 11 varsity sports teams. Any injury, rehabilitation process, practice and game coverage or mental support needed for these athletes are directed towards the Athletic Training (AT) Department. The department is run by Deb Coutu and Kelli Steele, the only AT’s on staff this year after the loss of the graduate assistant position due to a 2015 policy change by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA).
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Originally published in the April 2023 print edition.
The Smith Athletics Department engaged in an unprecedented conversation on Cromwell Day. Amongst suggestions to increase diversity in the recruited classes, to search for recruits…
Some colleges manage to generate profit with their athletics departments; does Smith? How is our athletic department relate to the larger financial structure of Smith, and where does the money come from?
Top-seeded Smith basketball suffered a bitter defeat this Saturday in the NEWMAC semifinal, falling to Massachusetts Institute of Technology 51-64.
Top-seeded Smith basketball suffered a bitter defeat this Saturday in the NEWMAC semifinal, falling to Massachusetts Institute of Technology 51-64.
Elizabeth Muirhead ’20 is a member of the Smith College Ice Hockey team and ice hockey correspondent for The Sophian.
The Smith College Swimming and Diving team travelled to Worcester, Massachusetts last Friday to compete in a triple dual meet with Babson College, Brandeis University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
As the leaves outside die and the air gets colder, the approach of winter slows everything down – everything except the Smith Athletic Teams.
After the Smith field hockey team’s win against its Pioneer Valley rival Mount Holyoke this past weekend, the team is 8-8 for the season. Smith field hockey team has played six of the national top 15 teams and their schedule ranks among some of the toughest in the nation. Led by a core of upperclassmen, they returned 10 out of 11 starters and have seen significant contributions from returners and first-year players.