The Department of Athletics offers 34 NCAA Division I varsity sports – 18 for women, 15 for men and one coed sport – with about 800 students participating in intercollegiate sports. “Home of Champions” is the catchphrase for the Stanford Athletic Department because no other athletic department in the country has experienced the success Stanford has achieved since the 1980s.

Considered the dominant athletic program nationally, Stanford has captured 10 consecutive Directors’ Cup titles (1995–2004), an award that honors the nation’s top overall Division I athletic program. Thirty-four athletes and coaches represented Stanford at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Women’s Varsity Sports: basketball, crew, cross country, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, synchronized swimming, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, volleyball and water polo.

Men’s Varsity Sports: baseball, basketball, crew, cross country, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

Coed Varsity Sport: sailing.

For more information and/or if you are interested in participating in Varsity athletics at Stanford, please visit the Athletic Department website.