Athletics

Carnegie Mellon Qatar students work hard, but there are also plenty of opportunities to play hard. Whether you’re a serious competitor or just enjoy hitting the gym with friends, there are countless ways to stay active on campus. Students can try out for our officially recognized sports teams, which are part of the Education City Sports League, or anyone can join the recreational teams that typically consists of faculty, staff, and students.

Men’s Football

Coach
Andreas Karatsolis
akaratsl@qatar.cmu.edu

Captain(s)
Mohamed Hussain
mhussain@qatar.cmu.edu

Khalifa Al-Thani
kthani@qatar.cmu.edu

Season
Fall league
Spring tournament

Teams in League:

• Texas A&M
• Georgetown
• ABP
• Cornell
• Northwestern
• Virginia Commonwealth

Past Accolades:

• ECCFL Spring 2010 Tournament Champs and Runners-Up
• EC Ramadan Tournament 2009 Champs
• ECCFL 2007 Champs
• TAMUQ 12th Man Mini-Tournament Champs 2007

Men’s Basketball

Coach
Jarod Mock
jmock@qatar.cmu.edu

Captain
Edmond Abi-Saleh
eabisale@qatar.cmu.edu

Season
Spring league

Teams in League:

• Texas A&M
• Georgetown
• Cornell
• Northwestern
• American School of Doha
• Qatar Academy

Past Accolades

• Catfish Classic 2009 Winners
• Catfish Classic 2010 Winners

Women’s Basketball

Coach
Melissa Deschampes
meldes@qatar.cmu.edu

Captain
Aliah Dehdary
adehdary@qatar.cmu.edu

Season
Spring league

Teams in League:

• Texas A&M
• Georgetown
• Northwestern
• VCUQ
• American School of Doha
• Qatar Academy
• College of the North Atlantic

Past Accolades:

• Gulf Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament (Bahrain) 2007 Champs

Cricket

Coach
Basit Iqbal
basitiqbal@gmail.com

Captain
Swapnil Joshi
sdjoshi@qatar.cmu.edu

Season
Fall & spring league

Teams in League:

• Texas A&M
• Georgetown
• Cornell
• QF Staff

Facilities on Campus

The Carnegie Mellon building has a fitness room on the 2nd floor of the building with a small collection of treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical machines, and free weights along with a locker room.

The Qatar Foundation Recreation Center is a large complex with abundant facilities including: 50m swimming pool, fitness room (with treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical machines, weight training machines and free weights), women’s fitness room (with treadmills and free weights), 2 multipurpose courts, fitness class rooms, and squash courts along with multiple locker rooms.

The new Student Center has multiple facilities in addition to the Recreation Center which include a large multipurpose, dividable court space that can accommodate football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, and other sports on up to 4 courts simultaneously; men’s and women’s fitness rooms, locker rooms, a billiards and game room, and a bowling alley.