The Student Handbook and Code of Student Life is the primary source of information regarding university regulations and campus life. The university holds membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Eastern College Athletic Conference, Southern Conference, and the Colonial Athletic Association. Varsity intercollegiate teams are fielded for men in basketball, cross country, baseball, golf, soccer, tennis, swimming and diving, and track and field. Varsity intercollegiate teams for women are fielded in basketball, softball, tennis, volleyball, swimming and diving, golf, cross country, track and field, and soccer. The mission of the Department of Athletics, based on and consistent with the purpose of the university, is to encourage student scholarship and sportsmanship with emphasis placed on helping students make appropriate progress toward completing their chosen academic degree program.
Academic integrity is a basic element of all athletic programming decisions.
This ensures that the educational values, practices and mission of UNCW set the standards for the program. UNCW's Athletic program is characterized by its quest for student excellence not only in competition, but also and especially in the academic setting. The university is committed to continually improving this program which is an integral part of campus life and one of several university focal points for building student and regional involvement and support. Athletics provides opportunities for students to utilize their athletic skills through competition at the appropriate intercollegiate level and to have the university represented by men and women whose conduct and sportsmanship reflect positively on the institution. It seeks to field disciplined and competitive athletic teams dedicated to observing all applicable rules and to provide superior trainer and medical support to all intercollegiate athletics.