Athletics & Recreation

Big Red Athletics

For all student-athletes at DU, participation in intercollegiate sports is an integral part of their overall educational experience. Athletic teams at Denison are consistently competitive on the conference and national levels. The tradition of excellence associated with Denison athletic programs is due, in part, to the winning heritage which has been established over more than a century of intercollegiate competition.

Nan Carney-DeBord ’80,Associate Vice President, Director of Athletics, Professor

Lynsey Whisner,Assistant Professor, Director of Club Sports, Intramurals and Student …

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Mitchell Recreation and Athletics Center

740-587-6580

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Varsity Sports

The university is committed to a broad-based program of intercollegiate athletics, sponsoring 26 varsity sports — 14 for women and 12 for men.

Over the past decade, more than a two-thirds of these sports at Denison have been represented in the NCAA’s national rankings, postseason tournaments or championship meets. Denison’s swimming & diving program has won seven NCAA Division III national championships and eight programs (women’s soccer, field hockey, women’s tennis, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, women’s cross country, men’s swimming & diving and women’s swimming & diving) have logged top-eight national finishes.