2020-21 Tartan Women's Basketball News

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128 Carnegie Mellon Student-Athletes Earn Winter Academic Honors

March 03, 2021

A total of 128 Carnegie Mellon University student-athletes were named to the University Athletic Association’s (UAA) All-Academic Recognition list for the winter sports teams, as announced Wednesday, March 3.

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Four Athletes Honored as Andrew Carnegie Society Scholars

January 21, 2021

Every year beginning in 1975, Carnegie Mellon University has honored a select number of undergraduate seniors as Andrew Carnegie Society (ACS) Scholars. This year, four athletes are included on the list of 40 honorees who represent the top two percent of their graduating class – Stefanie McMillan (Vancouver, Wash./Skyview) of women’s swimming and diving, Parvathi Meyyappan (Cupertino, Calif./Monta Vista) of women’s cross country and track and field, Nicole Shi (Hong Kong, China/Phillips Exeter Academy) of women’s cross country and track and field, and Chloe Yan (Singapore/Hwa Chong Junior College) of women’s basketball.

Thirty-Four Tartans Honored as Top Academic Athletes
Thirty-Four Tartans Honored as Top Academic Athletes

December 09, 2020

Although the traditional fall and winter seasons haven’t been on display for Carnegie Mellon University this year, the excellence of the university’s student-athletes is still impacting the entire community. Each winter for the past six years, the CMU Department of Athletics has celebrated its top academic athletes at the Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Celebration during finals week. And while an in-person celebration is on hold for now, the highest-performing junior and senior student-athletes in each undergraduate college and on each team are still being recognized for their academic performance.

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Women's Basketball Alum Jacki Cortese: Senior Manager of Civil Space Government Relations

December 07, 2020

Jacki Cortese had been obsessed with space since she wrote a book report about the space shuttle in second grade. Between her sophomore and junior year, Cortese received an internship through the Pittsburgh Foundation, which sponsored one student per summer to intern in DC through a partnership with Marquette University.

Tartan Women’s Basketball Releases 2020-21 Roster
Tartan Women’s Basketball Releases 2020-21 Roster

November 12, 2020

While the 2020-21 season has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carnegie Mellon University head women’s basketball coach Jacquie Hullah, who is in her 10th year at the helm of the Tartans, has released the roster for the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Statement on 2020-21 UAA Winter Scheduling; Carnegie Mellon Continues to Strive Towards Competition

October 27, 2020

The University Athletic Association (UAA) Presidents Council has unanimously approved a resolution to cancel all formal UAA winter sport competition for the 2020-21 season. Carnegie Mellon University is one of eight institutions that form the UAA along with Brandeis University, Case Western Reserve University, Emory University, New York University, University of Rochester, University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis.

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Tartan Careers - Kendra Wong

September 28, 2020

Women's basketball freshman Kendra Wong spent the 2020 summer as an intern at Stanford Children's Motion Analysis and Sports Performance Laboratory where she has interned since 2018.