College of St. Scholastica Athletics

The College of St. Scholastica, located in Duluth, MN, was founded in 1912 by a group of Benedectine Sisters who offered college courses to six young women. Today the College educates more than 3,250 men and women and has graduated more than 14,000 alumni.

The 186-acre campus is set on a ridge overlooking Lake Superior. The beautiful St. Scholastica campus provides a small, friendly community that enables each student to participate in a variety of activities. A 13:1 student-to-teacher ratio makes it easy for students to seek individualized academic assistance and encouragement. The College offers 17 intercollegiate athletics programs and more than 50 student clubs and activities.

The College offers 65 undergraduate major and minor programs of study in the following schools: The School of Arts and Letters, The School of Business and Technology, The School of Education, The School of Health Sciences, The School of Nursing, The School of Sciences and The School of Extended Studies. The College also offers graduate programs in Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Media and Technology, Teaching, Computer Information Systems, Exercise Physiology, Health Information Management, Management, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy.

The ‘Saints’ of The College of St. Scholastica compete at the NCAA Division III level in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), except men’s hockey. Men’s hockey competes in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA).

Recent Highlights:

• The 2007 baseball team won their 11th UMAC title in a row and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA D-III national tournament for the third consecutive season.
  
  
• The 2008 men’s hockey team won the Peters Cup quaterfinals; the Saints (11-12-4) will move on to the semifinal game where they’ll play the nation’s top-ranked team, the Green Knights from St. Norbert.
  
  
• On February 16, 2008, skier Bjorn Bakken clinched a spot in the NCAA championships – 9th overall in the Midwest – as St. Scholastica’s first skier to make it to the national championships.
  
  
• The 2006 men’s soccer team won the UMAC Tournament Championship and finished the 2007 with a record of 17-4-0.
  
  
• The Saints men’s and women’s track teams each claimed the 2007 UMAC outdoor titles. The accomplishment was especially satisfying for the men’s team, in just its third year of existence. It is the third straight conference title for the women.
  
  
• The women’s soccer team captured the 2007 UMAC Tournament championship and earned a bid to the NCAA Division III national tournament.

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