CALDWELL, Idaho – College of Idaho athletic director Reagan Rossi has announced that men's lacrosse has been moved from a club sport to varsity status for the 2018 season.
Lacrosse will become the tenth men's varsity sport – joining baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, skiing, soccer, swimming and track & field. It marks the first varsity men's lacrosse team in the State of Idaho – and joins the University of Providence (Mont.), Marymount (Calif.) and Westminster College (Utah) as the only small college varsity programs west of the Rockies.
Student-athletes will have the ability to earn athletic-based aid, while budgets for the program have shifted from student fees to the athletic department.
"We are excited to have lacrosse move to a varsity sport," Rossi said. I feel this is the best transition for student-athletes and our department. The leadership that Matt Gier has provided will make this a natural transition and will continue to enhance the student athlete experience on our campus."
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WAVERLY, Iowa—Wartburg College will add women’s lacrosse as a varsity sport with plans to begin competition in the spring of 2015.
This marks the first new program since men and women’s soccer was added in 1989, bringing Wartburg’s total to 20 varsity teams- 10 each for women and men.
NCAA Division III has 215 women’s lacrosse varsity programs.
“Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the Midwest,” said Rick Willis, Wartburg College athletic director. “Offering lacrosse allows us to provide additional participation opportunities while also giving additional high school students another reason to consider attending Wartburg.”
Several other schools in the Central region have recently added lacrosse programs, including the University of Dubuque and Loras College in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The program will compete as an independent program as lacrosse is not an IIAC- sponsored sport. Wartburg will begin the hiring process of a full-time coach this spring.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College is continuing its tradition of being a pioneer in women's athletics by creating a varsity women's lacrosse team, to begin play in the 2013-14 school year.
Augsburg will be the first college or university in Minnesota to sponsor a varsity women's lacrosse program. Augsburg continues to lead the field in adding athletic opportunities for women; in 1995, Augsburg was the first college or university in the Midwest to sponsor a varsity women's ice hockey team.
“I am proud that Augsburg is once again willing to be the leader in bringing a varsity women's program to Minnesota,” said Augsburg Athletic Director Jeff Swenson. “As we were pioneers in 1995 when we were the first Midwestern school to have a varsity women's hockey program, we continue to be committed to be a strong leader for women's athletics.”
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