Davidson College Sports

Davidson College, a liberal arts college with an undergraduate enrollment of 1,973 students, plays a total of 19 NCAA sports, 10 of them for men and 9 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Davidson College had a total of 532 NCAA athletes comprising of the total student body.

Davidson is likely to have recruited many of the athletes on its NCAA sports teams through the Division 1 athlete recruitment process, enabling these recruited athletes to leapfrog the normal admissions process. It is our best estimate based on team profiles that about 50% to 75% of their teams comprise of recruited athletes while the remaining athletes are “walk-on” athletes who were admitted to Davidson College on merits unrelated to sports.

How Top Colleges in Division 1 Select their Athlete Recruits

The table below lists the NCAA and varsity sports played at Davidson College and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from Davidson College athletic website.

Davidson College
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	40	-	-	40
2	Basketball	15	Basketball	15	30
3	Cross Country	21	Cross Country	26	47
4	-	-	Field Hockey	21	21
5	Football	96	-	-	96
6	Golf	9	-	-	9
7	-	-	Lacrosse	36	36
8	Soccer	29	Soccer	33	62
9	Swimming and Diving	25	Swimming and Diving	31	56
10	Tennis	10	Tennis	8	18
11	Track and Field	35	Track and Field	44	79
12	-	-	Volleyball	15	15
13	Wrestling	23			23
Total Sports Played	10		9		19
Total Athletes		303		229	532

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