About Andy Backstrom

Andy served as the sports editor and managing editor of The Heights, wrote over 450 articles, covered hundreds of Boston College sporting events, and made lifelong friends in McElroy 113. Like what you see? Follow him on Twitter @andybackstrom.

Lift Off BC women's basketball's return to national relevance isn't a story about one resurgent season—it's a four-year journey led by three Eagles who rose from the depths of the ACC.

February 29, 2020

Her Final Stop Rachel Hall is best known for leading the nation in saves as a freshman, but she’s made a lot of other stops throughout her college lacrosse journey—and Chestnut Hill is her final one.

January 31, 2020

Unfinished Business Kobay White withdrew his name from the transfer portal, Max Richardson passed up on the 2020 NFL Draft, and Hunter Long returned—all to jumpstart the Hafley era.

November 19, 2019

Heights Sports While adapting digitally, the section continues to adhere to its print standards.

Redefining Not Rebuilding Thanks to head coach Jason Kennedy, BC volleyball—a program that’s never made the NCAA Tournament and hasn’t had a winning season since 2004—finally has an identity.

One-Track Mind A dual-sport athlete her first three years at BC, graduate student Kenzie Kent is now solely focused on the sport of lacrosse in what is her last chance to bring a national title to Chestnut Hill.

October 17, 2018

Whiplash In back-to-back years, Logan Hutsko sustained a C6 vertebrae fracture and a bipartite patella, only to return to the ice last fall and finish the season as the Eagles’ leading scorer.