Athletics and Naz Spirit

Whether you're a hardcore athlete, a competitive intramural player, an avid exerciser, or a spectator on the sidelines, Nazareth has something for everyone.

COMPETITIVE TEAMS

• Newest: Women's rowing (2019), men’s rugby (2019), women's hockey (2018)
• Competition: Nazareth competes in the Empire 8 Conference for most of its sports, with Alfred, Elmira, Hartwick, Houghton, Keuka, Medaille, Russell Sage, St. John Fisher, and Utica. The men's volleyball team competes in the United Volleyball Conference and the hockey teams compete in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference.

MODERN FACILITIES

Golisano Training Center (opened fall 2019) provides a 200-meter indoor track, 4 multi-purpose courts (tennis, basketball), a turf field, fitness center, and group exercise space.

The 2,200-seat Golden Flyer Stadium on campus has a grass game field and a 400-meter track.

CHAMPIONS

• In 2023-2024, Nazareth won six Empire 8 championships in women's soccer, women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track and field, women's swimming and diving, and women's outdoor track and field. And the women's hockey team won its third straight United Collegiate Hockey Conference. In addition, Nazareth student-athletes excelled in the classroom and community, with countless Academic and Scholar All-America selections. In the spring semester of 2024, 498 Nazareth student-athletes averaged a 3.48 GPA.
• Individual All-Americans in recent years: women's hockey, men's hockey, women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's volleyball, men's lacrosse, men's basketball, women's swimming & diving, men's track and field, women's track and field, and rugby.
• National champs: Men's lacrosse won the NCAA Division III national championship in 1992, 1996, and 1997 and reached the national title game in 1995, 1998, and 2004. Nazareth won the Molten Division III national title in men's volleyball in 2011 and was runner-up in 2013.