Anthony Avila, assistant athletic director for the University of La Verne, will receive the College Sports Communicators Bud Nangle award in June for donating part of his liver to his mother during the summer of 2025 while keeping up with his responsibilities for the ULV Athletics Department.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association – in compliance with the Trump Administration’s dubious executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” – updated its rules on transgender student-athletes earlier this year.
Materials have been left in preparation for renovations in the new athletic weight room in the Athletic Pavilion. In the meantime, student athletes must train outside near track and field where a temporary outdoor gym has been created.
The athletic department hosted its annual Community Day on March 29 at Campus West. During the event, many students and their families were given a glimpse of the athletic department’s activities and got to watch the baseball and softball teams in action against conference opponents.