United States Coast Guard Parent Guide
Athletics
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is devoted not just to the intellectual, character and professional development of cadets, but also to cadets’ physical health and wellness. A daily sports period, physical education classes, and required co-curricular physical activity are considered key in the overall development of outstanding leaders.
USCGA offers most mainstream sports and several especially suited to an aquatics-based service academy and boasts an intercollegiate program that is one of the broadest in NCAA Division III with eleven men’s, nine women’s and three co-educational varsity sports.
In addition to varsity intercollegiate opportunities, USCGA offers a variety of club sports. This program provides exposure to an expanded number of team and individual sports while at the same time promoting physical activity, teamwork, and leadership development.
Cadets may choose to participate in one of these as their primary (mandatory) sports activity or play in the off-season of their intercollegiate sport. In recent years, several club sports have achieved regional and national recognition in their field of play.
Further, there are athletic activities such as bowling, boxing, fencing, golf, scuba, ski and snowboard and surfing, which are offered outside the intercompany and club sports programs that are considered leisure activities.
