The Eastern Washington University athletics department is designed to be an integral component of the university community. The university sponsors 14 intercollegiate sports, six for men and eight for women, both as learning opportunities for its most athletically talented students and as an enhancement to student and community life.
 
Under the control of the university’s board of trustees, intercollegiate athletics is governed by an athletic policy board composed of faculty, students and staff members. The policy board makes recommendations in all matters relating to athletics.
 
Men’s teams at Eastern include football, basketball, cross country, tennis and indoor/outdoor track and field. Women compete in volleyball, soccer, basketball, cross country, tennis, golf and indoor/outdoor track and field.
 
Eastern is a member of the Big Sky Conference, an association of 11 regional schools with comparable enrollments and academic goals. Other member institutions are California State University, Sacramento, in Sacramento, Calif.; Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho; Weber State University in Ogden, Utah; University of Montana in Missoula, Mont.; Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont.; Portland State University in Portland, Ore.; University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo.; Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz.; and University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Two schools, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and the University of California, Davis in Davis, Calif., are in the league for football only.
 
Eastern is affiliated with Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. All EWU teams and individual members can participate in NCAA national championships by qualifying in conference competitions.
 
For general information regarding the athletic department and/or NCAA rules and regulations, please contact Brian Cobb, Associate Athletic Director for Communications, by phone at (509) 359-6333 or via email at bcobb4@ewu.edu. Inquiries may be made in writing to: Department of Athletics, Eastern Washington University, 207 PE Building, Cheney, WA 99004-2476.