| Athletics are an integral part of life at Rensselaer.
RPI has 23 varsity teams — both men’s and women’s sports — along with more than 50 intramural and club sports, fraternity and sorority match-ups and all sorts of sports-related organizations from billiards, to bowling, to squash and volleyball, plus much more.
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Men's Varsity Sports:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Ice Hockey
- Indoor Track
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Swimming & Diving
- Tennis
- Track and Field
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Women's Varsity Sports:
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Field Hockey
- Ice Hockey
- Indoor Track
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming & Diving
- Tennis
- Track and Field
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The men’s hockey team competes at the Division I level and in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) hockey league. The women’s hockey team plays as an independent in Division I, and will join the ECAC Hockey League for the 2006-07 season. The remaining teams play in Division III. In three sports, Rensselaer also fields junior varsity teams. Rensselaer is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the ECAC, NYSWCAA, and the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association.
The department trains and employs student trainers, lifeguards, and equipment room attendants. Several varsity teams sponsor student managers that assist in all matters of team operations.
Athletic Clubs
Club sports sponsored by the Rensselaer Union include:
- Aikido
- Archery
- Badminton
- Cheerleaders
- Chung Do Kwan
- Crew
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Gymnastics
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- Ice Skating
- Isshinryu Karate
- Judo
- Outing Club
- Paintball
- Racquetball
- Rifle Marksmanship
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Scuba
- Skiing & Snowboarding
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- Ski Team
- Squash
- Table Tennis
- Tae Kwon Do
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Wrestling
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For more information, see Rensselaer Union Sports Organizations.
Intramural and Recreational Programs
An extensive intramural athletic program offers competition in 20 sports: basketball, billiards, bowling, golf, gym hockey, ice hockey, indoor soccer, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, touch football, track, badminton, aerobics, water polo, baseball, wallyball, wiffleball, and volleyball. Two intramural leagues are subdivided into as many divisions as necessary to accommodate all who are interested and to provide a level of competition commensurate with abilities.
Recreational opportunities of all descriptions, either planned or unstructured, are available to all students.
Facilities
Rensselaer’s athletic fields include five illuminated for practice after dark and one with seating for 3,000. The Ned Harkness Field and Track, a synthetic turf field and track, was opened in 1994.
The ’87 Gymnasium contains two general-purpose gymnasiums, a swimming pool, seven four-wall combination handball and squash courts, a weight room, an indoor track, and a wrestling room.
The Rensselaer Alumni Sports and Recreation Center houses the Robison Gymnasium, which has an indoor track; a physiotherapy room; basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts on a resilient surface; and locker facilities. The Robison Pool has eight lanes for competitive swimming as well as three-meter and one-meter diving boards.
The Houston Field House has an ice rink, locker and team rooms, and permanent seating for 5,300 spectators.
The Mueller Center houses cardiovascular, weights, aerobics, and other fitness activities.
Learn more about Rensselaer Athletics.
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