Campus Recreation

Campus Recreation is committed to the Jesuit ideal of developing the whole person through a broad range of recreational, educational, and competitive opportunities that seek to enrich the lives of students, faculty, and staff. Informal recreation opportunities include drop-in use of the weight and cardiovascular equipment and gymnasium in the Pat Malley Fitness and Recreation Center, lap swimming in the Sullivan Aquatic Center, playing tennis at the Degheri Tennis Center, and throwing a football on Bellomy Field. Fitness classes are also provided for free to all registered SCU students. There are 10 - 20 different classes available per week.  Classes include yoga, barre, and cycling. Organized intramural sports leagues provide competitive opportunities in flag football,  volleyball, badminton, basketball, soccer, table tennis, spikeball, and softball against fellow current Santa Clara students, faculty, and staff. In addition, there are a variety of Intramural Sports Tournaments each quarter for 3 on 3 basketball, chess, dodgeball, pickleball, and many other sports.

We have 22 competitive club sports teams, open only to students, representing Santa Clara against teams from other colleges and universities. Current club sports include bowling, boxing, club golf, club tennis, equestrian, men’s club baseball, men’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rugby, men’s and women’s club soccer, men’s and women’s Ultimate Frisbee, men’s and women’s club volleyball, sailing, Shotokan karate, swimming, club tennis, triathlon, and women’s field hockey.