ATHLETICS
We Are Warriors
Classic Athletic Competition
Warrior athletes experience the heart of a champion, winning on the field and excelling in a rigorous academic environment. They’ve gained a national reputation for athletic prowess, academic achievements and service to others. Caring and capable coaches prepare athletes for challenges facing them in competition, in the classroom and after graduation, encouraging them to strive for excellence in every area of life.
Words from Student-Athletes
Being a student-athlete | The one thing that has remained |
Elevate
Elevate, the first official podcast in Westmont Athletics history, is now streaming on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
This podcast, hosted by Jacob Norling, takes you behind the scenes by sharing interviews that showcase the passion of those who have found a home inside the Westmont Athletics community.
In our pilot episode Jacob, and Westmont’s Director of Athletics, Robert Ruiz, discuss Westmont’s full membership at the NCAA level and why this summer’s news was extra special to the Class of 2025.
Westmont Warrior teams will be eligible for postseason play beginning with the 2024-25 season in both the PacWest and NCAA Division II championships. Additionally, Westmont student-athletes and coaches are eligible for awards and honors, and teams become eligible for regional and national rankings.
WARRIORS ARE CHAMPIONS
T H E Y W I N O N T H E P L A Y I N G F I E L D
A N D E X C E L I N T H E C L A S S R O O M .
106CONFERENCE TEAM | 10STRAIGHT (2012-13 THROUGH 2021-22) | 637NAIA ALL-
| 10NAIA NATIONAL 33 NATIONAL | 59SCHOLAR- |
Five times, Westmont has placed in the top 10 of the Learfield Directors’ Cup final standings. The award measures overall strength and success of collegiate athletic programs at national champion-ships. Westmont ranked sixth in 2017-18, eighth in 2016-17, and seventh in 2001-02 and 1998-99.
The Warriors have captured ten straight Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) All-Sports awards for best overall finish in the regular season standings.
Warrior athletes succeed in Westmont’s rigorous academic environment.
- 12 of Westmont’s 17 programs were named 2021-22 Scholar-Teams.
- 59 Warriors earned honors as 2022-23 Scholar-Athletes.
Westmont earned the NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Award, the top honor for excellence in character, competition and academics.
Mission
Westmont College Athletics is a community committed to cultivating maturity of mind, body and spirit through the rigorous pursuit of athletic excellence, integrated learning and Christ-centered leadership.
Committed to Developing the Whole Person
Westmont challenges student-athletes to strive for excellence in every area of life. In 2021-22, 12 teams earned the Scholar-Team Award with combined GPAs exceeding 3.0 Westmont has produced 606 Scholar-Athletes with GPAs of 3.5 through the 2022- 23 season.
Athletes benefit from beautiful, high-quality facilities
Westmont’s beautifully designed athletic fields offer spectacular mountain and ocean views and attract elite athletes, including Olympians, who come to train. Award-winning facilities have hosted several events, including the MLB Area Code Tryouts, where Major League scouts and college coaches select players for the prestigious five-day competition in August.
Coaches
Outstanding coaches provide personal guidance on the field and in life. These caring and capable mentors prepare athletes for challenges facing them in athletic competition, in the classroom and in life after graduation.
Endeavoring to excel as a student-athlete at Westmont will stretch you outside your comfort zone as you challenge your body, mind and soul to maximize your talents both in and out of the athletic arena. You develop the skills, habits and character that will stay with you long after your athletic career has ended.
–Kirsten Moore, Women’s Basketball Head Coach
Athletics can be an integral part of a liberal arts education as it adds breadth and depth to a student’s life. Athletics is about relationships which develop through a shared commitment to strive for excellence in sports competition. A coach is the most successful when they help to transform a student’s perspective about their self-worth through the physical, emotional, social and spiritual development involved in the athletic training process.
–Russell Smelley, Men’s and
Women’s Track and Field Coach
Financial Aid and Scholarships
Each Warrior team offers athletic scholarships to outstanding recruits. Coaches use a variety of criteria in awarding this aid. Athletes may also qualify for academic or need-based assistance through a combined financial aid package. Westmont encourages everyone to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
95% of first-year and transfer students at Westmont receive academic scholarships, talent-based and athletic scholarships and/or need-based grants.
