The Official Athletics Page for the Lincoln University Lions and Lady Lions
Lincoln University has 13 varsity sports: Football, Volleyball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Men's and Women's Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Men's and Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field,
The Lincoln University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics considers athletics to be an integral part of the University community and thus follows and honors Lincoln University’s overall educational values and mission. Lincoln has an excellent academic reputation and its graduates have made significant contributions to this country and the world. Lincoln considers physical education, recreational sports, and intercollegiate athletics an integral part of every student's education. Lincoln supports a competitive athletics program at reasonable cost with equal opportunity for participation of men and women. The President of Lincoln University insures that athletics policy is consistent with the educational goals and objectives of the University, excellence. Lincoln students aspire to excellence in athletics, as in academics. The University seeks to maximize opportunities for student participation as athletes and spectators in a variety of sports. While respecting the policies and procedures of the NCAA, Lincoln University will determine its own athletics policy, with the retention and graduation of student-athletes its primary goal.
Lincoln University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics believes the student-athlete to be a representative of the general student body, with like academic qualifications and the same expectations of success. The individual rights, welfare and academic goals of the student-athlete should not be compromised by the University’s desire to conduct a successful athletic program. We believe that participation in the Intercollegiate Athletic Program, while augmenting the student’s formal education, should lead to the development of a more enlightened individual, who is committed to their physical and emotional well-being, sense of citizenship, dedication to sportsmanship and fair play, the development of individual and team skills, the execution of best effort and the will to win. Athletic personnel and student-athletes understand that their general conduct is reflective of the University and will thus seek to bring credit to the University. This program and the student-athletes representing it will be and are a sense of pride and enthusiasm for all members of the Lincoln University family.
The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics serves as a window of Lincoln University to the surrounding community, the State of Pennsylvania and the nation. In doing this we share a total commitment to the rules and regulations of the NCAA, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Lincoln University. In adherence to this Mission Statement, the Lincoln University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has adopted the following general principles as a guide to our participation in intercollegiate athletics:
1. We are committed to the academic welfare of the student-athlete including admission, satisfactory academic progress, retention and graduation, which is of primary importance to the University and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
2. We are committed to maintaining a student-athlete retention and graduation rate equal to, or better, than the general student body.
3. We are committed to a philosophy of firm institutional control of athletics, and to the academic and financial integrity of our athletic program.
4. We are committed to conducting our intercollegiate athletics program with the highest ethical standards.
5. We are committed to the fair and equitable treatment of male and female student athletes, with regards to scholarships, resources and opportunities.
6. We are committed to encouraging and promoting diversity amongst our staff and student-athletes and to providing a comfortable environment for understanding of, respect for, and sensitivity to diversity.
7. We are committed to marketing the university through athletic competition while maintaining a strong commitment to its established policies and procedures, rules and regulations.
The mission of athletics ultimately, is the mission of Lincoln University itself, to “…provide a quality education and prepare (its students)…to be leaders of the highest caliber.”
