Guide to Student Life - Campus Life - Adelphi University

ATHLETICS AND RECREATION
The goal of these organizations is to promote spirit and pride throughout the University
community:
Adelphi cheerleaders
Adelphi dance team
Intercollegiate athletics
aupanthers.com
Center for Recreation and Sports
Campus ext. 4240
Intercollegiate athletics has been part of Adelphi’s educational experience since 1896, when the
women’s basketball and tennis teams both recorded successful initial seasons. Today’s Panthers
are as successful as ever, competing in 22 Division II intercollegiate sports, plus sporting
cheerleading and dance teams.
Baseball: men’s
Basketball: men’s and women’s
Bowling: women’s
Cheerleading: coed (not a competitive sport)
Cross country: men’s and women’s
Dance team: women’s (not a competitive sport)
Field hockey: women’s
Golf: men’s
Lacrosse: men’s and women’s
Soccer: men and women’s
Softball: women’s
Swimming: men’s and women’s
Tennis: men’s and women’s
Track: men’s and women’s (indoor and outdoor track)
Volleyball: women’s
ECAC and Northeast-10 Conference
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Adelphi athletes have included Olympic gold medalists, such as long jump world record-holder Bob
Beamon, runner Mel Pender and softball second baseman Dot Richardson. Over the years, numerous
Adelphi athletes have also found success at the professional level in soccer, basketball, baseball
and lacrosse. In more recent years, basketball players such as Wayne Nelson and Carylisha Hurdle,
lacrosse players Donny Moss, Michael Gongos, Wes Green and Joe Vitale and baseball player Bobby
Lanigan have been drafted to professional teams.
Student-Athletes
The graduation rate of our student-athletes is higher than that of the general student body. Last year, over
73 percent of Adelphi student-athletes maintained a 3.0 GPA or better with more than 51 percent boasting
a 3.5 GPA or better. Grants-in-Aid are offered to deserving student-athletes in most sports.