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Basketball player Harry Wessels shoots against Seattle in January 2026

Huge Second Half Powers Gaels to 93–76 Victory Over Seattle U

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In front of a raucous crowd in Moraga, Paulius Murauskas scores 30 points and earns honors as West Coast Conference Player of the Week. WCC Freshman of the Week Dillan Shaw scores 20, and Harry Wessels serves up 15.

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Basketball player Paulius Murauskas shoots against Portland in January 2026

Three and ‘D’ Leads the Gaels to a 21 Point Win over Portland

Saint Mary’s lights up the court with 10 three-pointers and shuts down the Pilots with a suffocating defense. Paulius Murauskas shines with…

Basketball player Liam Campbell drives against Pepperdine in December 2025

Gaels Put on Defensive Clinic in 72–45 Win at Pepperdine

Paulius Murauskas leads the way with 19 points. The Gaels are now 13–2. And they’re off to the best start to a season in more than five…

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Saint Mary’s in the News: Highlights from 2025

From Aquatics to Nursing, basketball to Swan Lake, baseball to movies, Yosemite to being a first-generation college student—media coverage…

Saint Mary’s Brings Home Top Honors in Writing and Photography in Bay Area Journalism Awards

Theologian Tom Poundstone recognized for a dispatch from Rome on the election of Pope Leo. Photographer Joe Oliver captures “The Goose” mid…

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Embracing the Moment: The Top Stories from 2025

The launch of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and the announcement of Division I Aquatics. History-making wins in Baseball, Softball, and…

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Saint Mary’s Professor Sheila Hassell Hughes Invited to Global Summit Reimagining the Future of Higher Education

She is one of only 30 thought leaders worldwide to participate in this global gathering in Malaysia in December.…

Rosana Barragan portrait in a creek in Colombia

Performing Artist at Work: Rosana Barragán on Returning Home to Colombia as a Fulbright Specialist

She directs the MFA in Dance Program and traveled to Bogotá in late 2024 to lead a Fulbright project focused on sacred water sources. It was…

Diver near ancient pottery at Uluburun dive site

Christopher Baker ’26 Spent the Summer Studying a 3,300-Year-Old Shipwreck in Turkey. Then He Headed for Rome

Through SMC’s Liberal Arts Bridge Program, Baker worked with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, studying artifacts from a Late Bronze…

Women's Soccer Head Coach Theresa Romagnolo in fall 2025

West Coast Conference Women’s Soccer Top Awards: Saint Mary’s Theresa Romagnolo Named Coach of the Year and Kate Plachy Goalkeeper of the Year

The Gaels led a magical and historic campaign, recording 12 wins, a second place conference finish, and just narrowly missing out on an at…

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Paulius Murauskas from Saint Mary's Named USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week

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Paulius Murauskas Wins West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week

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LISTEN: California Colleges Fear Loss of Federal Funding for Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Student Vanessa Perez Rojas Talks with KQED Producer Blanca Torres About the Important Support She has Found as a First-Generation Student at Saint Mary's

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SMC's Dillan Shaw Wins West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week

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Undiagnosed ADHD in Black Americans: Insights from Jessiah Jones ’27

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2025 Men’s and Women’s Soccer CSC Academic All-District Teams: Saint Mary’s Gaels Earn Ten Selections

College Sports Communicators

Share the Spirit: Hijas del Campo uplifts farmworkers in east Contra Costa County. With their support, Mayra Jimenez Almaras enrolled at Saint Mary's College and is graduating with a degree in Finance in December

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Saint Mary’s beats Wichita State 70-65 at the Battle 4 Atlantis

Associated Press

NCAA Basketball Top 25 Power Rankings: Saint Mary's No. 25. The Gaels have been awesome in recent years and certainly have gotten this year started on the right foot

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