Athletics – Join Our Team! with Christine

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Now it’s time to meet Christine. Christine is a junior majoring in conservation and wildlife management. Her passion however is soccer. Christine is gonna tell us about the athletics here at DelVal. Christine, please take it away.

Hey everybody, I have the privilege of being, Delaware Valley University’s Women’s Soccer Team captain. Here at DelVal, we have 24 intercollegiate men’s, women’s and coed athletic teams. We even have women’s wrestling. DelVal competes within the NCAA Division Three Middle Atlantic Conference, or MAC as we call it. What’s even cooler is DelVal is one of the 443 schools that participates in D three athletics, which is a largest division. Our football team has won not one, not two, but seven MAC Championships in the past 15 years, amongst other championship wins of course.

A quick flashback to my freshman year. I was so flattered to be recognized as honorable mention for the women’s soccer MAC All Conference Team. That year MAC DelVal women’s soccer’s eighth season in a row of at least one player, making an All Conference Team appearance. What I love most about playing soccer at DelVal is the priority of academics over athletics. Because after all advancing your education is what we’re here for. When I was a senior in high school, I had no idea if I wanted to play a sport, but I knew I wanted my education to be a priority. And I quickly realized DelVal was a perfect fit for me.

Listen, college is not easy. It’s a new world. And thankfully for you, I’ve been in your shoes before as a high schooler, trying to figure out which path to pursue. I know what it’s like to feel intimidated, scared and overwhelmed. But the beautiful thing about athletics is you have a family to lean on when you arrive at school.

Through DelVal athletics, I found a group of friends who pushed me to be my best by studying together, getting good grades and being a strong support system on and off the soccer field throughout my entire college experience. There’s also teamwork between teams. In addition to being a soccer captain, I’m also a representative on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee or SAAC as we call it. SAAC is a community of DelVal’s athletic teams, where we lean on one another, celebrate each other’s victories and support one another through events like D Three Week. This is where we get the entire campus involved in fun activities to cheer on our teams. This year, we got the community involved in a clothing drive, interactive fundraisers and competitive athletic events for prizes.

My college experience has been tremendously improved by my teammates and coaches support, accountability and competitiveness along the way, which are qualities you can be sure to find at each at each of DelVal’s athletic teams. Over to you, Alex.

Great job, Christine. I love hearing about comradery and support between athletic teams on campus. You sure found the right fit too. That was fantastic. Thanks Christine.