Athletics at Oglethorpe
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ATHLETICS Oglethorpe University is home to 16 Division III NCAA sports. OU athletes face fierce competition in the Southern Athletic Association, TEAMS squaring off against opponents from Berry College, MEN WOMEN Birmingham-Southern, Centre College, Hendrix Baseball Basketball College, Millsaps College, Rhodes College, and Basketball Cross Country Cross Country Golf Sewanee: University of the South. Golf Lacrosse Lacrosse Soccer Soccer Tennis Tennis Track & Field 30% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ATHLETES Track & Field Volleyball 85% OF STUDENT ATHLETES RECEIVE MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS The OU Mascot is Petey the Stormy Petrel. Stormy petrels are tough seabirds known for flying low to the ocean, even crashing through waves, to look for food. The stormy petrel is also said to be the inspiration for Oglethorpe’s motto: Nescit Cedere, translated as “He/She does not know how to give up.” Hermance Stadium, which now hosts our baseball games, was INTRAMURAL SPORTS Flag Football once a football venue. Completed Soccer in 1920, its front gates feature the Tennis scores of our historical wins against Dodgeball Georgia and Georgia Tech. Co-ed Volleyball Basketball Dorough Field House, home to the Whiffle Ball basketball and volleyball teams, features a (changes year-to-year) unique “blacktop” surface on its Pinholster Court. The new look was revealed in Intramural sports are open to November 2015. students, faculty, and staff. Interested in playing a sport at Oglethorpe? Let us know! OFFICE OF ADMISSION 1. Visit GoPetrels.com. 4484 Peachtree Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30319 2. Find your sport in the top search bar. Toll-free: 800-428-4484 3. Under “More” click the “Recruiting Main: 404-364-8307 Fax: 404-364-8359 Questionnaire.” Oglethorpe.edu 4. Complete the questionnaire and connect with your coach! GoPetrels.com.