the baseball team in 2008. Some international students have participated in NCAA sports, with as many as nine different nationalities representing the school on the sports field. Two members of the Yeshiva Maccabees Baseball team were drafted out of college by professional teams of the Israeli Baseball League. Pitcher Aryeh Rosenbaum, celebrated a championship with his team in the IBL's first year. Yeshiva's Men's Basketball team is an annual playoff contender. The best era for Yeshiva basketball in recent history has been the first few years and last few years of the 1990s. Banners hang in the Max Stern Athletic Center commemorating seasons from both eras. The 2007–2008 season had particular note as Yeshiva was home to the Skyline Conference's Rookie of the Year. In 2018, the team won the Skyline Conference title in a game against SUNY Purchase, earning its first-ever NCAA berth and considerable media coverage.Braziller, Z. (27 February 2018) Since 2010, the Men's Cross Country and Men's Volleyball teams have won multiple championships. Many of the Maccabees have gained attention nationwide, like Sam Cohen won an individual championship as well as Capital One Academic honors. Other attention grabbers come from Women's Basketball and Women's Fencing. In 2014, the Men's Tennis team won the Skyline Conference championship, becoming the first team in school history to advance to the NCAA tournament in any sport. In 2015, the Men's Tennis team repeated as Skyline Conference champions and went back to the NCAA National Tournament, advancing to the 2nd round. They lost to the defending National Champions Amherst College. In 2016, the Men's Tennis team completed an epic three-peat by winning the Skyline Conference a third year in a row and advancing to the NCAA D3 National Tennis Tournament again. The Men's Tennis team repeated as Skyline Conference champions in 2017 and 2018 to extend this streak of success to five consecutive NCAA National Tournament appearances. NCAA tournament appearances Men's Basketball: 2018 (NCAA Tournament First Round) Women's Tennis: 2018 (NCAA Tournament First Round) Men's Tennis: 2018 (NCAA Tournament Second Round) Men's Tennis: 2017 (NCAA Tournament Second Round) Men's Tennis: 2016 (NCAA Tournament First Round) Men's Tennis: 2015 (NCAA Tournament Second Round) Men's Tennis: 2014 (NCAA Tournament First Round) Conference championships Women's Tennis2017 - Skyline Conference Champions 1999 - Skyline Conference Champions 1987 - IAC ChampionsWomen's Cross Country2013 - HVIAC ChampionsMen's Basketball2018 - Skyline Conference ChampionsMen's Tennis2018 - Skyline Conference Champions 2017 - Skyline Conference Champions 2016 - Skyline Conference Champions 2015 - Skyline Conference Champions 2014 - Skyline Conference Champions 1996 - IAC Champions 1995 - IAC ChampionsMen's Fencing1999 - Middle Atlantic College 1996 - IAC Champions 1995 - IAC ChampionsMen's Cross Country2014 - HVIAC Champions 2013 - HVIAC Champions 2012 - HVIAC Champions 2011 - HVIAC Champions 2010 - HVIAC ChampionsMen's Volleyball' 2015 - HVIAC Tournament Champions 2014 - HVIAC Tournament Champions 2013 - HVIAC Tournament Champions 2010 - HVIAC Tournament Champions Notable alumni Author Chaim Potok (B.A. 1950) Diplomat Daniel C. Kurtzer (B.A. 1971) Former Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver (B.A. 1978) Former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean (M.D. 1978) Triple Crown-winning racehorse owner Ahmed Zayat (B.A. 1983) Baseball executive David Samson (J.D. 1992) Restaurateur and writer Eddie Huang (J.D. 2008) Attorney Nicolas Muzin Nobel laureate Paul Greengard Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk Max Stern (businessman) American Democratic Party politician Herbert Tenzer David Azrieli Ari Shaffir AVN Award-winning filmmaker Eitan Levine Law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School A. Leo Levin (B.A. 1939) Rabbi and author Harold M. Schulweis (B.A. 1945) See also Orthodox Judaism References External links Official website Category:Orthodox Jewish universities