Year in Sports
MEN'S LACROSSE: Trio of Losses to End Year Dooms Postseason Hopes
It was a disappointing end to a season in which the Harvard men’s lacrosse team never gained the momentum it had hoped for.
COACH OF THE YEAR: Tim Murphy
Murphy cemented his place as one of, if not the greatest coach in Crimson football history.
Almost Murph-ect
In his 18th season as Harvard football coach, Tim Murphy led the Crimson to a 9-1 record and his sixth Ivy League championship.
MALE BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR, RUNNER-UP: Colton Chapple
Few could have predicted Chapple’s success.
COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Collier Winters
Coming into the 2011 campaign, it was all but assumed that Winters, the returning starter, would lead the Crimson attack, but a week-one matchup against Holy Cross forced the Harvard football team to change its plans.
TEAM OF THE YEAR, RUNNER-UP: Football
The Harvard football team generally sets two goals at the start of each season: to go a perfect 10-0 and to win an Ivy championship.
Winters Storm
After missing weeks two through five with a hamstring injury, Collier Winters exploded in his week-six return, throwing for 403 yards and five touchdowns in the Harvard football team’s win over Princeton. On the year, Winters completed a program-record 68.6 percent of his passes.
FOOTBALL: Crimson Sets Program Points Record
At the end of the year, the Crimson had recorded a school record 374 points, while Ortiz won Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and 16 others made All-Ivy teams.
MALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, RUNNER-UP: Zach Boden
Excelling in one sport your freshman year is hard enough. In two? That’s almost unheard of.
Zach Attack
Freshman running back Zach Boden’s biggest game of the year came against Dartmouth, when the rookie scampered for 112 yards.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Harvard Enjoys Best Season in Almost 20 Years
While most of the school will remember 2012 as the year Harvard basketball first entered the national spotlight by entering ...
SEASON RECAP: Rising Stars Boost Water Polo
You can usually expect it to take some time for a team full of young talent to get its footing, but in the case of Harvard women’s water polo, it took almost no time at all to prove its prowess in the pool.
SEASON RECAP: Lightweights Race To Sprints Success
The fourth-ranked lightweight crew (4-3) also began its dual season with high expectations, but unlike its heavyweight counterpart, the Black and White found considerable success on the waters of the Charles.
