Other Recreational Opportunities

Leisure Education
Leisure education classes are for all students, faculty, staff, and community members who are interested in sports, fitness, or general recreation. The classes are designed to provide the participants with quality instruction in a variety of activities, such as aerobics, yoga, swimming, etc.

Outdoor Recreation
Opportunities are available in a number of areas to get outdoors, gain new skills, improve old skills or just get together with friends. Emphasis is on coordination of trips ranging from day hikes to weekend expeditions. Also, unique or unusual experiences such as bicycle trips, cross country skiing, sailing, kayaking, etc. are available.

Club Sports
The Club Sport component of the Recreation program is an exciting and rapidly growing feature, which focuses on student leadership. The Recreation office provides encouragement, guidance, and cooperation, but a club survives and thrives on active student involvement and participation.
The primary purpose of Club Sports is to provide an opportunity for students to pursue an area of special interest and to promote that activity for others. Club sports also help promote socialization among members with a common interest. Competitions often include other colleges in the Northwest.
Club Sports currently active at Seattle University include:
Skiing Men's Volleyball Baseball
Marksmanship Cross-Country Crew
See the CLUB SPORT HANDBOOK for more information.

Special Events
University recreation offers students the opportunity to participate in "unique experiences" held on or off campus. They may range from very elaborate to informal. Examples: skiing, sailing, golf classics, 3 on 3 basketball tournaments, etc.

Intercollegiate Sports
Seattle University supports intercollegiate teams including Women's Volleyball and Softball, Men's and Women's Soccer, Basketball, Swimming, Tennis. Seattle University is a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). All teams are affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Division II. Admission to all home intercollegiate events is free to Seattle University students and staff. Schedules for all intercollegiate games are available at the Connolly Center Front Desk. For further information, call Jason at (206) 296-5915.

Connolly Center
The Connolly Center is a multipurpose facility, open to all students, staff, faculty, and members with current ID cards for unstructured drop-in free play. The facilities, in addition to classroom areas, includes two swimming pools, basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis, handball, squash and racquetball courts, a weight room, and dance area. The multipurpose astro gym has soccer, and tennis areas. (Other outdoor tennis courts are located across from the Connolly Center). In addition to all the workout areas, Connolly Center also rents outdoor recreation equipment (such as backpacks, tents, snowshoes, etc.).
For questions or to reserve outdoor equipment, Tennis courts, sport's fields, or any areas within Connolly center call the Front Desk at (206) 296-6441.