Lewis & Clark College

The 2025 men's basketball team won Lewis & Clark's 107th conference title

There is a proud history of winning on Palatine Hill. With the addition of championships in women's rowing and baseball in 2023 and men's basketball in 2025, Lewis & Clark teams have won 107 total Conference Championships in 18 different sports. Men's track, women's volleyball and men's basketball have each won 14 titles throughout the years. 

In addition to team championships, individual athletes have also won championships for the Pioneers. In 2005, cross country runner Carla McHattie was the first-ever female Pioneer to win a Northwest Conference Cross Country Championship. Since then, Ilana Livstrom (2011), Emily Thomas (2012) and Riley Buese (2023 and 2024) have won the NWC Cross Country Title. Lewis & Clark has had the top male runner at the cross country championships five times, a feat twice accomplished by Chris Miller (1963, 1965) and current Pioneer coach David Fix (1967, 1968). In track, the Pioneer men have won 191 individual conference titles. The women have amassed 58 including seven conference titles from Riley Buese between 2022-25. 

Men's swimming's quartet (clockwise from top left) of Ezra Billings, Sam LoCurto, Micah Rysavy and Zach Martin won the 400 Free Relay at the 2025 NWC Championship Meet
 

In the pool, junior Ezra Billings won three individual titles and was a part of the 400 Free Relay Team that took gold at the NWC Championship. He was the first Lewis & Clark men's swimmer to win a conference title since 2006 (Justin Lawton) and the first to win four golds at the same NWC meet since 1988. Kassi Kometani was the last Lewis & Clark women's swimmer to win an event at NWCs. She took gold in the 100 Free in 2019.  In all, the Pioneer men have been event champions 84 times at the Conference level and the women 59. A complete list of all the swimming and diving event champions can be found below.
 
Men's Team Championships
 
Women's Team Championships
 
Individual Men's Track & Field Event Championships
 
Individual Women's Track & Field Event Championships

Individual Cross Country Championships

Swimming and Diving Male Event Champions
 
Swimming and Diving Women's Event Champions
 
The next time you are on campus, we invite you to stop by the Pamplin Sports Center and visit the Hall of Champions, a tribute to the winning tradition of Pioneer Athletics. In the meantime, please click on the provided links to see listings of the various Pioneer Champions. Please also visit the history section for more information about the winning Pioneer tradition.