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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.

Lynsey Whisner Lynsey Whisner ,Assistant Professor, Director of Budget, Camps, and Club Sports

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.

Club Sports & Intramurals

Denison University Club Sports provide opportunities for special recreational interest groups in a variety of sports activities including competitive, non-competitive, recreational and instructional programs. All clubs are open to current students, faculty, and staff. The clubs are student organized and there are opportunities for students to form new clubs if there is enough interest.

Spotlights

A person uses a phone to record a video inside a gymnasium with DENISON in large letters on the wall and a banner for the NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Championship in the background.

The storyteller who took Denison fans on an NCAA title ride

Katie Houpt ’26 gave social-media followers a look inside the women’s basketball team. Her skills, learned at Denison, also helped land her first job.
Three NCAA championship trophies lined up in front of a large red well with the white block letters that say "Go Big Red"

Denison makes NCAA history with three-title run

The Big Red program is the first in Ohio to win three Division III NCAA championships in three different sports in the same year.
A group of Denison alumni, many wearing red shirts and caps, gather and smile around Coach Mike Deegan in the center holding a championship trophy.

‘I wasn’t missing this’: Alumni flock to see Denison win it all

Former Denison baseball players traveled to suburban Cleveland from all over the country to see the Big Red win the College World Series.
Two baseball players in gray uniforms celebrate on the field; one is holding a helmet and smiling, the other is shouting with black face paint. An NCAA official stands behind them. Blue stadium seats are visible in the background.

Cade Nowik ’26 is adding to a family legacy at Denison

Nowik is the great-nephew of a beloved Denison professor. He’s also on the verge of winning an NCAA title with the baseball team.
Two women stand indoors in front of a large Denison University logo. One hands a red sports jersey with the number 26 on it to the other. Both are smiling.
Denison Magazine

Emily Marshall ’10 revels in her Denison ‘dream job’

The former student-athlete returned to campus in 2024 as a faculty member, bringing with her the same enthusiasm and desire to "get things done."
A womens basketball team in red uniforms celebrates together on the court, laughing and cheering. Player number 21 is visible in the center of the group.
Denison Magazine

From doubters to believers

The Denison women’s basketball team won its first NCAA title — stunning the hoops world — with talent, tenacity, and togetherness.
The Denison swimming and diving team celebrates on the podium poolside after winning the national championship.
Denison Magazine

Repeat champions, relentless ambition

The Big Red men’s swimming and diving team won its seventh NCAA title, and second in a row. They’re determined to extend the streak.
A young man in a swimsuit sits on a pool deck, smiling and holding several NCAA diving trophies, with a large "National Champion" trophy in the foreground and a diving board in the background.

Nick Fogle ’26 wants to help others overcome challenges he faced

Diagnosed with ADHD at age 7, the two-time NCAA diving champion thrived at Denison, creating a business plan to open a private practice.
A women's basketball players in a Denison tee shirt that says "Never back down" smiles at practice with other players in the background.

Abby Cooch is making the most of her ‘Denison experience’

A driving force in basketball and data-driven research, the junior point guard is providing MVP efforts on and off the court for the NCAA champions.
A sports team wearing hats raises a trophy together amid falling confetti in an indoor arena, celebrating a championship victory.

Within a few hours, Denison claims two national championships

Athletics program joins rare company, as both the women’s basketball team and men’s swimming and diving team delivered NCAA titles in a single day.

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