Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University

ATHLETICS AND RECREATION

The University maintains a well-balanced program of intercollegiate and recreational sports and is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the West Coast Conference (WCC).

Santa Clara fields one of the top athletic programs for a school of its size and scope. Its teams regularly appear in NCAA post-season playoffs, including a national championship won by the women’s soccer team in 2001.

The University also offers a range of club sports (men’s boxing, men’s volleyball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s rugby) and an extensive program of recreation and intramurals (basketball, soccer, volleyball, flag football, badminton, tennis, and softball). Lifetime classes include instruction in aerobics, kickboxing, swimming, weight and fitness training, and yoga.

Informal recreation offers unstructured use of facilities for weight training, cardiovascular conditioning, lap swimming, and gym sports. The Pat Malley Fitness and Recreation Center offers a 9,500-square-foot weight training and cardiovascular exercise room and houses all recreation, intramurals, lifetime fitness, and club sport programs. In October 2008, the new Sullivan Aquatic Center for lap swimming and water polo opened to the SCU community. The renovated Leavey Center features a new roof surrounded by spectacular 23-foot glass walls, a new floor, new bleachers, and a new suspended scoreboard.

The Degheri Tennis Center features nine lighted championship courts with seating for 750 spectators. Stephen Schott Baseball Stadium, which opened in 2005, is one of the finest college baseball facilities on the West Coast, with state-of the-art facilities and seating for 1,500 people. Rounding out the other athletic facilities are 12 acres of intramural athletic fields, and the soccer complex of Buck Shaw Stadium.