Skip to main content
Homepage News

Maryville University announces addition of women’s swimming and diving for Fall 2013

By January 19, 2012January 7th, 2022No Comments

1/19/12

Maryville University announced today that it will add women’s swimming and diving to its athletics mix for the academic year that begins in August 2013.

“This marks the beginning of another exciting chapter in Maryville’s growth,” said Maryville University President Mark Lombardi, PhD.  “It will provide a new option for young women who are looking for an excellent undergraduate education in St. Louis and who want the benefits of competing in intercollegiate athletics at the NCAA Division II level.

Maryville has not set a schedule for beginning its search for a head coach. Maryville does not have an aquatics facility, but will explore arrangements for the team to compete and practice at a nearby site.

Maryville, a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, joins Drury University, the University of Indianapolis, Lewis University and William Jewell University in sponsoring women’s swimming and diving. The Drury University women have won the NCAA National Division II championship each of the last three years.

Caldwell said expanding options for student-athletes helps develop Maryville’s undergraduate student body. “Students who participate in athletics hone time-management and develop teamwork skills that serve them well beyond the classroom,” she said. Maryville now sponsors 19 sports at the NCAA Division II level: men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, indoor men’s and women’s track and field, outdoor men’s and women’s track and field, baseball, softball, women’s volleyball and men’s wrestling.

Maryville University, founded in 1872, moved to the national universities category of U.S. News & World Report this year.  It is one of three institutions in the Greater St. Louis Area ranked in the division. In October, Maryville was named one of the Top 100 Private Universities in the U.S. for Best Value by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.

Catherine Boelhauf