Guilford College Athletics

Guilford College is described by Fiske Guide as one of the nation’s “best kept secrets” and is named as one of America’s 25 “Hottest Colleges” in the Kaplan/Newsweek How to Get Into College Guide, 2006 edition. Guilford stresses breadth and rigor in its academic program. As a Quaker-founded college, it offers an educational experience that emphasizes the study of human values and the inter-relatedness of the world’s knowledge and cultures. Guildford is located in Greensboro, NC and enrolls 2,682 students with a 16:1 student to faculty ratio.

Guildford offers 39 majors programs of study; Guilford also supports students in creating individualized programs and in selecting studies which will best contribute to their own development and interests. Faculty advisers readily assist students in exploring their interests and abilities and in relating their courses of study to future plans. Guilford deliberately offers a selection of educational experiences: courses combining lectures with discussion or laboratory; seminars demanding more direct participation by the student; and opportunities for independent study.

Guilford College athletics offers eight varsity sports for women and eight varsity sports for men. The athletic teams at Guilford compete in the NCAA Division III Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

Recent Highlights:

• The Guilford baseball team won over 20 games for the sixth straight season and set the school standard with a .337 team batting average.
  
  

• Rob Bittner earned College Division All-State baseball recognition from the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA). Bittner, a senior captain and 2005 all-state pick, also received Second Team American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-South Region and First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) kudos this spring. He hit .372 with a school record-tying 13 homers in his fourth and final Guilford campaign. The first baseman set school marks for runs batted in (54) and putouts (362) in a season. Bittner led the league in home runs and stood fourth among the ODAC's best with his team-high .718 slugging percentage.
  
  

• The men’s basketball Quakers finished the 2005-06 season with a 13-14 overall record, 10-8 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC). Guilford earned its highest ODAC Tournament seed (4th) since joining the league in 1991.
  
  

• The women’s basketball finished the 2005-06 season with a 11-16 overall record, 9-11 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The Quakers reached the ODAC Tournament semifinals before falling to eventual champion Randolph-Macon. Nine student-athletes are expected to return for the 2006-07 season.
  
  

• The 2005 Quaker football team went and shared second place in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
  
  

• The golf team placed fifth at the 23-team 2006 NCAA Division III Championship.

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