About Berea Athletics

Berea College offers 16 intercollegiate sports, 8-men and 8-women. During one season of competition in these sports, the student-athlete can participate in the sport for a ¼ academic course credit. For 2005-06 there will be an opportunity for women to participate in intercollegiate golf. Cheerleading is also available with try-outs for the squad of usually 12-14 people taking place early in the fall term.

Varsity Athletics

Berea College athletic teams, as members of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) continue to strive for improvement and to maintain the highly competitive level in conference, regional and national levels. Berea College is a member of the NAIA national organization. During the 2004-05 season members of five teams represented Berea at national level competition and members of women’s basketball, softball, men’s and women’s soccer and cross country achieving recognition as NAIA All-America Scholar Athletes.

Berea offers no athletic scholarships and yet is able to attract top level student-athletes from all over the country.

For additional information about Berea College Athletics, you can call the departmental office at 859-985-3423 or e-mail .