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    Student athletes feel 'tossed aside' after Whittier College ends NCAA Division III sports

    Student athlete Caroline Valle, 20, started playing golf competitively at age 6 and was the first in her family to attend college. Like many others, she chose Whittier College because it was close to home and had a reputation for academic and athletic success. As early as last summer, the private liberal arts college boasted 21 NCAA sports teams. But then in the fall parents and students began ...
    by Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times Nov 27, 2022 5 minutes
    Former lacrosse captain Alex Coco, with teammates Kale Lanza, left, and Noah Tobias, said he put in personal time to support younger players.“ We have really... wound up taking the brunt of this workload, while also being college kids.”.

    Student athlete Caroline Valle, 20, started playing golf competitively at age 6 and was the first in her family to attend college.

    Like many others, she chose Whittier College because it was close to home and had a reputation for academic and athletic success. As early as last summer, the private liberal arts college boasted 21 NCAA sports teams.

    But then in the fall parents and students began hearing rumors about impending cuts to several sports programs. They were told that the programs were safe.

    Then a week before Thanksgiving break, the school announced it would end its NCAA Division III football, lacrosse and golf programs. The decision affected 120 student athletes and about a dozen coaches who were part of the Whittier College Poets sports family.

    "I feel like my whole life's work has just been undermined," Valle said.

    Student athletes, like Valle, are still reeling from the news and are

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