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Ticket Punched! Gaels Secure Outright West Coast Conference Title and Automatic Bid to NCAA Regional with 3–2 Win over Broncos

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Saint Mary’s has won the WCC three years in a row and secured an invite to NCAA Regional for the third time in program history and the second time in three years.

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Saint Mary’s Softball Is Headed to Eugene for NCAA Regional as a No. 3 Seed. They Face Mississippi State on Friday

The Gaels are making their third trip to the NCAA Regional. They earned an automatic bid by winning the WCC Title outright.…

Softball player Braxton Brown scores against Santa Clara in May 2026

West Coast Champion Gaels Make Even More History, Reach 40 Wins with 11–3 Win at Santa Clara

Saint Mary’s finishes the season in true winning fashion, taking two out of three against the Broncos. Now the Gaels head into postseason…

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In Their Own Words: Behavioral Technician Jacquelyn Neuner ’25 on Finding Purpose and Building a Career

Professors like James Macaulay and SMC’s Career Center helped Neuner find her path to MeBe, a behavioral therapy clinic in San Jose, where…

Saint Mary's Softball team celebrates winning the WCC title in May 2026

Back-to-Back-to-Back West Coast Conference Softball Champs! Gaels Pick up Senior Day Victory over Lions to Secure Third Straight Title

With a 6–1 win over LMU, Saint Mary’s locks up at least a share of the WCC title. SMC has already set a program record for wins in a season,…

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Scholar at Work: James McCauley on Autism, Acceptance, and Building Community

Saint Mary’s hosted a meeting of the Bay Area Autism Consortium this spring—with SMC scholars, alumni, and students showcasing their…

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From Gael to Gold Bar

Top-ranked ROTC cadet Dylin Ganassin ’26 prepares for Commencement, commissioning as a Second Lieutenant, and a future of Army service.…

Sonya Schuh and students in the lab in December 2022

The Documentary ‘The Plastic Detox’ Is Sobering and Startling. Research by Sonya Schuh and Her Students Helps Explain Effects of Compounds Known as Potent ‘Endocrine Disruptors’

The film traces six couples who are struggling to conceive a child and take steps to remove plastics from their lives. It also features…

Saifo Haddad and Sara Alhejazin pose on campus

In Their Own Words: Saifo Haddad and Sara Alhejazin on Identity, Leadership, and ‘Passing the Torch’

Saifo Haddad ’27 and Sara Alhejazin ’26 grew up in the same Jordanian-American circles. They’re now co-presidents of SMC’s Middle Eastern…

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Recognizing Coach Miles McAfee, a Boundary-Breaking Champion of ‘Hard-Nosed Baseball’

The first Black D-1 baseball head coach at a non-historically Black institution. The program’s winningest coach for decades. And a mentor to…

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McDonald's All American Darius Bivins commits to Saint Mary's. He's the first McDonald's All American in SMC Men's Basketball program history and an early statement for first-year head coach Mickey McConnell

ESPN

KCBS' Holly Quan looks at Pope Leo's First year and what we've learned. She talks with SMC's Tom Poundstone for insight

KCBS Radio

Saint Mary's John Damozonio Named a College Baseball National Pitcher of the Year Semifinalist

College Baseball Hall of Fame

Saint Mary's Odhi Vasquez Once Again Wins West Coast Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week. The Gaels are 33–12 and lead the WCC

WCC Sports

The Common Reader: In his forthcoming volume, ‘A Third Commonness,’ the California Book Club’s April author, Robert Hass ’63, connects the dots between writing and reading

Alta Journal

The Plastic Detox: This eye-opening documentary follows six couples with unexplained infertility as they lower their exposure to plastics in hopes it helps them conceive. It features research by SMC's Sonya Schuh and her students

Netflix

Whiting Foundation names its 10 emerging authors of 2026 — including SMC Visiting Writer Carvell Wallace

NPR

WATCH: As the US President Criticizes Pope Leo on Political Terms, SMC's Tom Poundstone Talks with KTVU to Provide Insight from a Catholic Perspective

KTVU News

WATCH: Gael Rugby Defeats Colorado State 69–10 in Round 1 of Playoffs

Gael Rugby YouTube

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