page_title: Avila University
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Avila University / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: Daktronics scoreboard installed in 2011 at Avila University
context_page_description: Avila University is a private Roman Catholic university in Kansas City, Missouri. It is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. Its 13 buildings are situated on a campus of 50 acres in Kansas City. The school enrolled 1,527 students in 2019.
context_section_description: Avila athletic programs participate in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Avila fields 12 varsity sports including Football, Baseball, Softball, Men's and Women's Soccer, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, and Women's Volleyball. Avila also has award-winning Cheer and Dance Teams.
  Avila athletic teams were originally known as the Avalanche, but teams became known as the Eagles beginning in 1990. In 1994, Avila became a charter member of the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference. In 1999 Avila announced the addition of intercollegiate football to the athletic program, and Tim Johnson was hired as the program's first head coach. Avila joined the Heart of America Athletic Conference in 2000, and football began its first season of competition in Fall 2001.
  In 2011, the athletic complex was expanded to provide facilities for football and soccer games to be played on campus. A 194,000 square foot multi-purpose athletic field was constructed, featuring a Shaw Sportexe Legion synthetic turf system. The field included a new press box, new bleachers, and a Daktronics scoreboard. Avila's football team played its first on campus game on September 17, 2011 against Missouri Valley College.
caption: The scoreboard on the south side of the athletic field, installed in 2011