Athletics
Cardinal Sports
Find the latest sports
news, team
schedules and information about tickets
at GoStanford.com, where there
also is material about Stanford's athletic
facilities. Cardinal has been the color of Stanford athletic teams
since 1892 and was adopted in 1972 as the official name for Stanford sports.
Home of Champions
Stanford has won 70 NCAA
team championships since 1980, as well as nine
consecutive NACDA director's cup titles, awarded
annually to the nation's most successful athletics
program. From 1990 to 2002, Stanford athletes won
47 Olympic
Medals and 39 individual NCAA championships.
Athletic Department
Interim athletic director Bill Walsh leads a department that employs more than 80 coaches and assistants
for about 800 student-athletes. Contact the department by telephone,
or find information about recruiting
and giving
to athletics.
Recreation
The recreation
schedule lists when athletic facilities are open to the Stanford community.
The Athletic Department also offers physical
education classes and summer youth
sports camps. Club
sports offer competition for students, faculty and staff, and intramural
sports encourage participation from the entire student body.
Fan Zone
The Stanford Cardinal Fan Zone offers "The
Insider," a weekly e-mail newsletter about Stanford athletics,
online diaries
from student-athletes and information about the Team Cardinal for children 14 and under.
Stanford Stadium
Nothing embodies the Cardinal's rich tradition of academic and athletic excellence more than Stanford
Stadium, where the Stanford community gathers for both Commencement and football games. Check in on the major renovation
of Stanford Stadium,
currently under way and scheduled to be completed for the 2006 football season.
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