Ricardo Ramirez—The Tech
Former Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez steps up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning against the New York Yankees on Sunday, July 27. Ramirez was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a three-way deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates just minutes before the trade deadline on July 31. The Red Sox won 9-2 to avoid being swept in the series.
SPORTS EDITOR
August 27, 2008
On July 16–20, MIT Sport Taekwondo Coach Dan Chuang traveled to Belgrade, Serbia to serve as a US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team Coach. The US Team consisted of five coaches and sixteen athletes (eight men and eight women). The sixteen competitors from the US were part of a field of 285 athletes from 42 nations competing in the 2008 World University Taekwondo Championships.
August 27, 2008
For the sixth straight season the MIT women’s lacrosse team qualified for the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Merit Squad as it posted the third-highest GPA of 56 programs. Bryn Mawr College led the way with an average of 3.49, followed by the University of Rochester (3.453), and the Engineers (3.4).
TEAM MEMBERS
August 25, 2008
On Sunday, June 8, 2008, thirty-two teams of paddlers from greater Boston, New York, and as far away as Canada, raced down the Charles River at the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. Despite the blistering heat, the MIT Eager Beavers, sponsored by United Commercial Bank and the MIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association, paddled to victory, winning the gold medal in the festival’s recreational division.
More Sports
- Volleyball Programs Receive AVCA Team Academic Awards for Second Consecutive Season MIT Collects Eight Individual NACGC/W Academic Awards (8/25/08)
- World’s Top Athletes Converge on Beijing For Olympic Games (8/8/08)
- Bennett Crosses English Channel In Grueling 21-Mile, 11-Hour Swim (8/8/08)
- Wellesley’s Sonia Raman Named New Head Coach of Women’s Basketball (8/8/08)
- ‘Baseball’ Exhibit Shows That Baseball Mirrors Everyday Life (7/9/08)
- MIT Student-Athletes Receive Academic All- America Recognition (7/9/08)
- MIT Theater on Ice Ends Season at International Competition in Vermont (7/9/08)
- Bob, Eveline Roberts Pledge $2 Million To Upgrade Steinbrenner Stadium Turf (7/9/08)
- Outstanding Service Award for MIT Sailing Master and Coach (6/13/08)
- Men’s Lightweights Finish Eighth at Crew Nationals (6/13/08)


