As Yale Athletics commemorated 100 years of the Yale Bowl the football team posted its best season in recent years.

Finishing 8-2 overall, 5-2 in the Ivy League, the season fittingly came down to The [final] Game for a share of the Ivy

Title. While the end result wasn’t in the Bulldogs favor, their position in the league and strong season show great

progress. Many would agree this is thanks in large part to the work of senior running back Tyler Varga who scored a

school-record 26 total touchdowns and averaged 6.1 yards per carry and 142 yards per game. Varga was named first

-team All-Ivy and won the prestigious Bushnell Cup for the Ivy League Player of the Year. As part of the celebration

of the historic home of Yale Football, members of the All-Era team were invited back to the final home game against

Princeton and were honored at halftime. You can view the entire All-Era team here: http://news.yale.edu/2014/11/06/

legends-bowl-return-season-s-final-home-game .

The Ray Tompkins Associates Athletic Directors Excellence Fund addresses the most urgent needs across all sports.

Please consider making an additional gift in support of the RTA Fund. To do so, you can mail payment and the appeal

form included with this newsletter to Yale Athletics P.O. Box 1844, New Haven, CT 06508-1844, or make a gift online

at www.yalebulldogs.com/give.html. Thank you for supporting Yale Athletics!

Yale Volleyball won a record setting fifth straight Ivy Championship

and earned its fourth straight appearance in the NCAA

Tournament. The Bulldogs finished the season 18-8 overall and 12-

2 in the league. The team lost to the No. 14 Arizona Wildcats in the

first round. Notably, senior captain Mollie Rogers was named Ivy

League Player of the Year. After 12 seasons head coach Erin

Appleman has guided the Bulldogs to seven Ivy League

Championships, five NCAA Tournament appearances, five 20-plus

win seasons.

Senior forward Matt Townsend was

named a Rhodes Scholar, just the

fourth basketball player in Yale

history to earn the honor. Last year

he started a career-high 22 games

and finished fifth on the team in

scoring.

Senior running back Tyler Varga

received the Bushnell Cup as the Ivy

League Offensive Player of the Year.

Varga is third on Yale's career

rushing TD list with 31, fourth in

career rushing yards with 2,985 and

fifth with 529 rushing attempts in

just 24 games .

Yale Basketball stunned a crowd of nearly 10,000 people at

Gampel Pavilion on Friday, December 6th when Jack

Montague's three-pointer from the corner with 1.7 seconds

left lifted the Bulldogs to a shocking 45-44 victory over

defending national champion UConn. The loss snapped

UConn's streak of 68 consecutive victories against in-state

opponents.

To view the video, click here!

The mission of Yale varsity athletics is to attract outstanding student athletes,

who aspire to undertake the challenge of a high-level education while proudly representing Yale University in the pursuit of

championships. Through exceptional facilities and coaches, Yale Athletics ensures that our students learn the important values

of leadership, integrity, discipline and teamwork. The aspiration is that in the course of preparation and competition, students

enter a co-curricular laboratory for learning that will fit them to lead in all of their future endeavors.

Basketball Association Golf Outing Baseball Association Alumni Game

Field Hockey Association Alumnae Day 1989 Football Reunion

Craig W. Johnson ‘68 HW Crew Head Coaching Dedication Soccer Association Alumni Day

Lacrosse Association Alumni Game Hockey Association Golf Outing

Football Association Golf Outing Dernell Every Fencing Alumni Day

Men's Cross Country Kevin Dooney - All-American; 1st Team All-Ivy Women’s Cross Country Kira Garry - 1st Team All-Ivy Samantha Glass - 1st Team All-Ivy Field Hockey Nicole Wells - Honorable Mention All-Ivy Kelsey Nolan - 2nd Team All- Ivy Heather Schlesier - Honorable Mention All-Ivy Football Team - "Big Game National Team of the Week" honor from the Football Writers Association of America Jason Alessi ’18 - Ivy League Rookie of Week (Nov. 2); CSM Ivy Defensive Player of Week (Nov. 2); ECAC Rookie of Week (Nov. 2) Ben Carbery ’15 - First-Team All-Ivy; First-Team All-New England Hayden Carlson ’18 - Ivy Rookie of Week (Oct. 5) Kyle Cazzetta ’15 - First-Team All-Ivy; First-Team All-New England; 2-time Ivy Special Teams POW; USA College Football Honors (Nov. 2) Cole Champion ’16 - HM All-Ivy Will Chism ’15 - Second-Team All-Ivy Charles Cook ’15 - Second-Team All-Ivy Leo Haenni ’17 - HM All-Ivy Luke Longinotti ’16 - Second-Team All-Ivy Foyesade Oluokun ’17 - Second-Team All-Ivy Matthew Oplinger ’18 - Ivy Rookie of Week (Oct. 27) Deon Randall ’15 - First-Team All-Ivy; Dream Bowl Honors (Sept. 29) Candler Rich ’17 - HM All-Ivy; CFPA Honors (Nov. 2) Morgan Roberts ’16 - Second-Team All-Ivy; 3-time Ivy Offensive Player of Week; 2-time NEFWA Gold Helmet pick; CSM National Player of Week (Oct. 5); ECAC Offensive Player of Week (Oct. 5); CFPA National Player of Week (Oct. 27) Copache Tyler ’17 - Second-Team All-Ivy Tyler Varga ’15 - Invite to 2015 Reese’s Senior Bowl; Bushnell Cup Winner (Ivy Offensive MVP); First-Team All-Ivy; 2014 NEFWA Gold Helmet; First-Team All-New England; 3-time Ivy Offensive Player of Week; TSN National Player of Week (Sept. 29); ECAC Offensive Player of Week (Oct. 20); NFF & Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete; GCGB Swede Nelson Award

Grant Wallace ’15 - First-Team All-Ivy; First-Team All-New England; CFPA HM (Oct. 27) Men's Soccer Henry Flugstad-Clarke ’17 - 2nd Team All-Ivy Women's Soccer Melissa Gavin ’15 - 2nd Team All-Ivy; CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Team Meredith Speck ’15 - 1st Team All-Ivy; CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Team Elsie Wilcox ’15 - Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year; 1st Team All-Ivy; CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Team; Ivy League Player of the Week (Oct. 20); CollegeSportsMadness.com Ivy League Player of the Week (Oct. 7) Muriel Battaglia ’15 - 1st Team All-Ivy; 1st Team Capital One Academic All-District 1 Frannie Coxe ’15 - CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Team; 1st Team Capital One Academic All-District 1 Ally Grossman ’16 - CollegeSportsMadness.com 1st All-Ivy League Team Sarah McCauley ’18 - Rookie of the Week (Nov. 10) Carlin Hudson ‘18 - Honorable Mention All-Ivy; Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 6) Volleyball Kelly Johnson ’15 - 1st Team All-Ivy; Yale Invitational All-Tournament team; Mollie Rogers ’15 - ACVA Division I East All-Region; Ivy League Player of the Year; 1st Team All-Ivy; Villanova Classic All-Tournament team; Ivy League Player of the Week (Sept. 30, Oct. 14, Nov. 11, 18); Capital One Academic All-District 1 second team; Maya Midzak ’16 - 2nd Team All-Ivy; Maddie Rudnick ’15 - 1st Team All-Ivy; Kaitlyn Gibbons ’18 - Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 7) Kelsey Crawford ’18 - Ivy League Rookie of the Year; 2nd Team All-Ivy; Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 11, 18); ECAC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 12)

Carl Knobloch ‘51 has made a $3 million gift to Yale Fencing which will endow the Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.

Class of ’51 Director of Fencing, supporting the program’s annual budget in perpetuity.

Thank you to all of the generous donors who have

helped us make progress towards goal of fully endowing our entire varsity sport operation. To view all of the naming opportunities for

endowment and capital support visit http://giftguide.yale.edu/beneficiary/show/1