Athletics
Mission
The UNC Asheville Athletics Department is committed to:
- Providing a positive collegiate experience for student-athletes
- Fielding teams that compete for championships and appear in NCAA Tournaments
- Upgrading athletics facilities
- Increasing financial resources to accomplish our aspirations
UNC Asheville fields 14 National Collegiate Athletics Association Division I men’s and women’s teams. The intercollegiate athletics program reflects the attitudes and values underlying the university’s overall mission: academic excellence, diversity, equity, integrity, service and accomplishment. The program contributes to the liberal arts culture by fostering a sense of community and pride, competing at the Division I level, developing talented student-athletes who successfully represent the university’s commitment to excellence in competition and academics.
The university adopted a master plan to renovate all of outdoor facilities, which means improved venues for baseball, soccer, tennis and track & field by the end of the decade. The Kimmel Arena, housed in the N.C. Center for Health and Wellness (set to open by 2010), will be the basketball teams’ home court.
Championships
- Baseball—2006 Big South Conference Tournament champions
- Men’s basketball—2003 & 1989 Big South Conference Tournament champions
- 2002, 1998 & 1997 Big South regular-season champions
- Women’s basketball—1984 NAIA National Champions, 2007 Big South Conference Tournament champions
- Women’s cross country—1999, 1998, 1995 & 1994 Big South Conference champions
- Men’s soccer—2001 Big South Conference regular-season champions
- Women’s soccer—2005 Big South Conference regular-season champions, 2006 Big South Tournament champions
- Men’s tennis—1986 Big South Conference champions
- Women’s tennis—1989, 1988 & 1987 Big South Conference champions
- Volleyball—2002, 1992, 1991 & 1990 Big South Conference regular-season champions, 1991 & 1992 Big South Conference Tournament champions
Academic Successes
UNC Asheville student-athletes have one of the highest graduation rates in the NCAA. Our student-athletes on athletic scholarships who play all four years at UNC Asheville have a 99-percent graduation rate. These are just a few recent achievements:
2007: 64 student-athletes appear on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll for the 2006-07 academic year. To be named to the Honor Roll, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.0 GPA or above for the entire academic year.
2006: LaTanya Harris named to Diverse magazine’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2006 track team. Emily Langill and Lauren Wingo (women’s soccer) on ESPN The Magazine’s Academic All-District second team. Rose Butler (volleyball) on ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District third team. Chad Mohn (men’s basketball) named to NACDA I-AAA Athletic Director’s Association Scholar-Athlete Team.
2005: Eighty-five student-athletes named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll (3.0 grade-point average for the year). Six teams earned a perfect score on the NCAA Academic Progress Report (APR). John Chapuis (men’s soccer) earns academic all-region honors.
2004: Micki Logue named Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year (cross country, outdoor track and field) and wins NCAA post-graduate scholarship.
For More Information
Department of Athletics
Justice Center, CPO #2600
UNC Asheville
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804-8513
828.251.6459