High expectations and high performance characterize Hamline athletes and coaches.
Athletes choose Hamline for many reasons:
- They love their sport.
- They want to play in a competitive environment.
- They want coaches who push them to their highest level of achievement while respecting the fact that they have other interests and commitments.
The dedication of both athletes and coaches has been evident throughout Hamline’s history.
- There is more than a century of athletic tradition at Hamline. In 1890, the University’s first football team won its first game, beating the University of Minnesota.
- In 1895, Hamline played the world’s first intercollegiate basketball game and introduced five-man (as opposed to nine-man) basketball.
- Hamline athletes have turned in over 250 All-American performances or been named All-American
- The average grade point average for Hamline athletes--men and women--is above a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Hamline has produced one major league baseball player, two NFL football players, and seven NBA basketball players, plus Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Vern Mikkelson and Raymond Kaigh. (Kaigh played in the first basketball game in 1891, held in Springfield, Massachusetts, and came to Hamline in 1894.)
Today, Hamline also offers athletes top-notch athletic facilities:
The $7.1 million, four-level Klas Center, dedicated on September 11, 2004, is a multi-use university facility, replacing the old Norton Stadium built in 1922, and will provide an improved stadium for athletics, as well as new classrooms, gathering and meeting spaces. The multi-use facility integrates athletics and academic life at Hamline. The Klas Center was a gift to celebrate Hamline's 150th year.
The $8.5 million Lloyd W.D. Walker Fieldhouse is an excellent example of the commitment the University has made to its sports programs and to the fitness of all Hamline students.
Hamline’s expansive facilities contain a swimming pool, track, practice courts for basketball and volleyball, racquetball courts, a weight room, an aerobics room, and a training room that provides the most up-to-date equipment for hydrotherapy treatment, taping, and rehabilitation. The new Pat Paterson Fields include a state-of-the-art soccer field and fastpitch diamond, one of only three such fields in the country.
Hamline’s conference, the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, is one of the most competitive in the nation. Hamline fields a total of 19 intercollegiate teams in men’s and women’s sports.
| Men
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Hockey
Soccer
Swimming and Diving
Tennis
Track and Field |
Women
Basketball
Cross Country Fastpitch Softball
Gymnastics
Hockey
Soccer
Swimming and Diving
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball |
