Athletics
CSM offers students the opportunity to participate in the following team sports: football, men's baseball, track & field, cross country and swimming and women’s softball, basketball, track & field, cross country, water polo and swimming. The school’s mascot is the bulldog. There is also a modern football stadium for those looking to attend the games.
The CSM women's swimming team won the Coast Conference Championships for the first time in school history in 2011 under Coach Randy Wright who also won Coast Conference Coach of the Year . 4 Women swimmers advanced to the State finals: Andrea Chan, Najelah Najdaweh, Shelbi Oshkoloff-Campbell and Sophia Hommes. All swimmers were named All Americans. Chan and Najdaweh won medals in the finals as well as the 400 Medley relay team with three other relays placing in the top 12. CSM finished in Ninth Place. Masa Oto and Alvaro Andaluz from the men's teams also swam in the state finals.
It is interesting to note that NFL Alumni John Madden, of the Oakland Raiders & Bill Walsh, of the SF 49ers, both played & coached at the College of San Mateo, early in their careers. Bill Walsh was claimed by some to be the best NFL Coach "ever" and later retired from the 49ers to became the Athletic Director at Stanford University. (Ref. the College of San Mateo Football & Sports Hall of Fame websites for info on Walsh, Madden & many others).
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