Intramural Sports & Recreation

Shaw University Intramural Sports program offers a variety of competitive and non-competitive activities for students, faculty, staff, and the university community.

This program provides the university community with the opportunity to participate in organized individual and team sports. The activities do not require the intense training and high degree of skill associated with varsity athletics. Therefore, individual playing ability is not considered as important.

Our goal is to provide an enhancement of professionally administered activities and services designed to improve student life and development in which the entire university community can develop leadership, social and personal skills they will need throughout and beyond their years.

The mission of Intramural Sports is to:

• Provide the campus community with the opportunity to participate in a variety of intramural sports and recreational activities.
• Provide a clean and safe atmosphere to participate in intramural sports and recreational activities.
• Provide structured and organized programs that promote basic human needs such as: socialization, relaxation, character growth, maintenance of physical fitness and most importantly, having fun.
• Provide the university community with a friendly non-antagonistic environment with friendly competition.

Shaw University recognizes participation in the Intramural Sports Program as a proper extracurricular educational activity. Because this activity may require physical activity with risk of personal injury or damage to property, it is the policy of Shaw University to require participants to execute this Release Form. As conditions of participating in this activity, I agree to the following:

1. In consideration of being granted the opportunity to participate in this activity I do hereby release and forever discharge all officers, fellow student, employees, and all faculty members, employees, and agents of Shaw University who arranged, advised, or supervised the scheduling, travel, or any other function of this activity for myself and my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns from all claims, demands, actions, and causes of action for personal injury or any other damage now existing or which may arise out or be in anyway related to their negligence or other conduct associated with this activity.
2. Participants are reminded that their participation in all facets of the program is on a voluntary basis and must be within their personal health status. It is therefore recommended that all participants have a medical examination prior to participation and carry their own appropriate insurance coverage.
3. Team members must be registered current students, staff, faculty members or staff members. Completed team registration form needed to participate available online.
4. Not more than two former varsity basketball/football/tennis/softball/track/baseball/volleyball players are permitted to be on a team.
5. All individual and team sports will be played under the rules assigned by the Intramural Competitive Sports program.
6. Once having played with a team the player cannot change to another team.
7. I understand and meet all the eligibility requirements of Intramural Sports and hereby warrant that I am eligible for Intramural Sports at Shaw University. Moreover, I attest that I am at least 18 years of age or, if I am under 18 years of age, I have informed my parents of the above conditions.
8. Returning students must have a 2.00 cumulative grade point average to participate.

For more information, contact Coach Montague at 919-546-8596 or wmontague@shawu.edu.