Athletics plays an integral role in the student experience at 51³Ô¹Ï.
Over one-third of undergraduate students participate in one of the university's 24 programs. Additionally, many more students, faculty and staff take part in the university's .
Division III Intercollegiate Athletics
Pacific offers 24 intercollegiate athletics programs, which compete as members of .
Men's programs are offered in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and wrestling. Women's programs are offered in basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and wrestling. Junior varsity programs are offered for baseball, men's basketball, softball and volleyball.
51³Ô¹Ï is a charter member of the , which was founded in in 1926. Other member schools are George Fox University, Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, Pacific Lutheran University, the University of Puget Sound, Whitman College, Whitworth University and Willamette University.