Facts about Brown
Athletics
Carrying on an intercollegiate athletic tradition more than 100 years old, the Brown Bears compete in the Ivy League and against other colleges and universities at the NCAA Division I level. Brown has one of the nation’s broadest arrays of varsity teams — 37 in all, 17 for men and 20 for women, the nation's largest athletic program for women.
U.S. News and World Report recently named Brown athletics to the College Sports Honor Roll as one of the nation’s top 20 athletic programs. Brown had 24 teams honored by the NCAA with public recognition awards for academic achievment, the second most in the nation. Brown teams regularly compete in NCAA championships, with the women’s crew team winning five NCAA championships in the last seven years. In addition, men’s soccer, baseball, football, women's basketball, and men’s tennis have made NCAA playoff appearances in the last three years. Both the men’s soccer (17) and women’s soccer (12) teams have won more Ivy League titles than any other Ivy school.
In 2006, Brown athletes achieved at the highest level on an individual basis, with 13 Academic All-Americans, 15 All-Americans, seven national qualifiers, several players drafted by professional leagues, two Ivy League Rookies of the Year, three Ivy Players of the Year, an NCAA top VIII award winner, an NCAA postgraduate scholarship winner, and two national finalists for player of the year in football.