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A decade-and-a-half after powering Hamilton’s women’s lacrosse to the College’s only team national championship, Kaillie Briscoe Kelly ’09 has returned to the Hill as successor to her former coach and mentor Patty Kloidt.

The men’s and women’s tennis teams placed in final 2024-25 DIII rankings, individual athletes earned All-American and NESCAC honors, and senior awards capped the spring athletics season. See photographer Josh McKee's favorite photos below.

With 10 teams in, action, the spring sports semester was a busy one, capped off with honors for senior athletes. Here’s a look at some of photographer Josh McKee's favorite action shots from the spring. To read more about Hamilton's successes during the spring sports season, visit the Athletics site.

Chloe and Olivia Chiota came to Hamilton four years ago as a package deal. The identical twins from Southborough, Mass., knew they wanted to play lacrosse together and be challenged academically. Several NESCAC colleges made their list, but one thing stood out about Hamilton.

Hamilton students kept busy during spring break, exploring their passions at places far and near. Eighteen seniors traveled to Nepal to trek the Himalayas; the College Choir toured Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and West Virginia, where they performed with other college singers; Alternate Spring Break groups did volunteer work in Kentucky, Delaware, North Carolina, and Syracuse, N.Y. Athletic teams competed in the NCCAs and during trips to Florida, and the Curling team made it to nationals.

Women’s basketball guard Kelcie Zarle ’22 and football defensive lineman James Ball ’22 were honored as Hamilton College's top athletes from the Class of 2022 at the Jack B. Riffle Celebration for senior varsity athletes on Tuesday, May 17.

COVID-19 put a pause on Hamilton College athletics for almost 13 months, but when the NESCAC decided sports could begin again with competition in early April, the Continentals responded with some outstanding individual performances.

Women's basketball guard Kelcie Zarle '22 (Wellesley Hills, Mass./Wellelsey HS) and football defensive lineman James Ball '22 (Saugerties, N.Y./Saugerties HS) were honored as Hamilton College's top athletes from the Class of 2022 at the Jack B. Riffle Celebration for senior varsity athletes on Tuesday, May 17.

Women's track & field athlete Cat Berry '19 (Mansfield, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy) and men's basketball swingman Peter Hoffmann '19 (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Haldane HS) received the 2019 Jack B. Riffle Awards at Hamilton College's senior varsity athlete awards celebration on Tuesday, May 21.

It isn’t all play and no work for Hamilton College students during their spring break, March 15 to 31. From Alternative Break volunteer service trips in Baltimore and South Carolina to a trek over the Himalayas in Nepal, Hamilton students are pursuing their academic, charitable, and athletic interests all over the globe.