Intercollegiate athletics is an
integral part of campus life at Marymount University. Its 12
athletic
teams compete in the highly competitive Capital Athletic
Conference. The
men’s teams include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse,
soccer
and swimming. The women’s teams include basketball, cross
country, lacrosse,
soccer, swimming and volleyball. In addition, Marymount will add the sports of baseball, men's volleyball and men's and women's triathlon beginning in the 2013-14 season.
Marymount is one of the founding
members of the Capital Athletic Conference which includes
Frostburg State
University, University of Mary Washington, St.
Mary’s College
of Maryland, Salisbury University; Wesley
College
and York College of Pennsylvania. The CAC will add future members Christopher Newport University, Penn State Harrisburg and Southern Virginia University on July 1, 2013.
Our national affiliation is with
the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Division
III. Athletic
scholarships are not awarded at Division III member
institutions.
MARYMOUNT
UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT
Marymount University Athletics
Department is a member of the NCAA Division III and the Capital
Athletic
Conference. As such, the department endeavors to support the
mission of
the University and follow the philosophy of the NCAA Division
III schools.
Student-athletes should know that
it is a privilege to be a member of a Marymount athletic team.
The athletic department strives
to enhance the overall collegiate experience by
• paying
attention to
the individual
• developing each
student-athlete
to his or her full potential
• fostering good
sportsmanship
and developing a strong code of ethics
• providing an
opportunity
to succeed
• maintaining a
balance
between academics and athletics
• instilling
volunteerism
and community service and making student-athletes “citizens of
the world”
• developing the
student-athletes
as ambassadors for the university and their sport
• developing the
student-athletes
as leaders
• developing and
fostering
healthy lifestyles
• preparing the student-athletes
for life after college
MARYMOUNT
PHILOSOPHY OF ATHLETICS
Marymount University is a Division
III member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Marymount
follows the purpose of the NCAA to initiate, stimulate and
improve our
intercollegiate athletics program for our student-athletes and
to promote
and develop educational leadership, physical fitness, athletics
excellence
and athletics participation as a recreational pursuit. As an
institution,
Marymount supports the principles of amateurism.
Athletics help meet the goals of
the University and address directly the mission statement of the
Student
Life. Some benefits are readily apparent, such as developing the
student
athlete physically and promoting further social and cultural
development.
The concepts of team play, cooperation, responsibility and
working for
common goals are also prevalent in the athletic arena and they
are ones
that will be needed and used after college days are complete.
The extra
hours that student athletes must commit to practice and games
during the
season, and to off-season training and conditioning help them to
develop
lifelong time management skills.
Marymount Athletics embraces the
standards and purposes of both the NCAA and the Capital Athletic
Conference.
These include fairness, competitiveness, good sportsmanship and
ethics.
These embrace and reinforce the goals of encouraging exploration
and living
with ethical values.
Athletics at Marymount also allow
student athletes to develop leadership skills, to develop human
relationships,
to clarify career goals, to develop a sense of identity and to
encourage
self-development. And they have fun – a not so unimportant part
of athletics
and university life.