Wesleyan University Sports

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts university with an undergraduate enrollment of 3,385 students that plays a total of 28 NCAA sports, 14 of them for men and 14 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Wesleyan University had a total of 801 NCAA athletes comprising 24% of the total student body.

As a NCAA Division 3 member college, Wesleyan most likely accepted some of their student athletes through either the normal admissions process (Early Decision or Regular Decision) with strong coach support, while others “walked on” to the teams after they were admitted on merits unrelated to sports.

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Here’s the list of sports played at Wesleyan by gender together with their team sizes.

All data compiled from Wesleyan athletic website.

Wesleyan University
Division 3
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	40	-	-	40
2	Basketball	20	Basketball	17	37
3	Cross Country	18	Cross Country	22	40
4	-	-	Field Hockey	27	27
5	Football	91	-	-	91
6	Golf	11	Golf	8	19
7	Ice Hockey	31	Ice Hockey	26	57
8	Lacrosse	55	Lacrosse	35	90
9	Rowing	30	Rowing	34	64
10	Soccer	32	Soccer	35	67
11	-	-	Softball	13	13
12	Squash	15	Squash	11	26
13	Swimming and Diving	40	Swimming and Diving	36	76
14	Tennis	8	Tennis	12	20
15	Track and Field	42	Track and Field	39	81
16	-	-	Volleyball	22	22
17	Wrestling	31			31
Total Sports Played	14		14		28
Total Athletes		464		337	801

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