Students at Ashland University now have more options for recreation and they're participating in unprecedented numbers.
National figures show the same is also true at other college campuses.
Sean Ries, director of AU's intramural and campus recreation programs, said the growth in participants is expected to continue at the school which has an on-campus enrollment of 2,000 undergraduates. Two years ago, we offered just a few sports in our intramural program. When you look at the number of students who participated in intramurals and recreation, we've gone from 700 participants two years ago to about 2,200 last year. We expect that number to continue to grow as word of our program continues to spread among the students. The growth in the desire for recreational opportunities on college campuses is part of a trend, according to the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association.