Assumption College has had a long and unique history in sports dating back to the first baseball game in 1912. Long renown for its men's basketball program, which has garnered 29 postseason berths since 1954, the College's athletics department has always been just slightly ahead of its time.

The College competes as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in Division II. It is a charter member of the Northeast-10 Conference now with American International, Bentley, Bryant, Franklin Pierce, Le Moyne, Massachusetts Lowell, Merrimack, Pace, Saint Anselm, Saint Michael's, Saint Rose, Southern Connecticut State, Southern New Hampshire and Stonehill Colleges.

Six Greyhound teams play in a new lighted multi-sports stadium with A-turf (dedicated October 1, 2005) (football, men and women's soccer, field hockey and men and women's lacrosse). Additional facilities include recently renovated baseball and softball fields and six recently resurfaced tennis courts, while the Laska Gymnasium provides seating for 2,500 as one of the premier spectator arenas in the region. The Plourde Recreation Center opened its doors in January 1993 providing students with one of the most modern and fully equipped facilities in the region.

Historically, the College is perhaps the ONLY institution in the nation that can boast two baseball Hall of Famers (Jesse Burkett and Rube Marquard) on its staff at the same time (1931-32); its former basketball coach, Joe O'Brien, was the former Executive Director of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and finally, many of its athletes have been drafted and signed by pro teams.

The mens basketball team has produced countless all-Americas, including six cited for academic work and in 2000 its Bryan Moore became the 12th player to be honored by the N.A.B.C. as an all-America. Its women's basketball program was the first regionally to offer grant-in-aids to its prospective athletes, while its Katelyn Dwyer celebrated all-America status and Northeast-10 Conference Player-of-the-Year status in 2003-04. The women gained their first two N.C.A.A. berths in 2000 and 2002.

The baseball team with nine all-Americas since 1973 has participated in six postseason tournaments and won the Northeast-10 title six times since 1981. The team plays a full fall-exhibition schedule and annually travels to Ft. Myers, Florida (spring home of the Boston Red Sox) for its spring trip.

Softball has made big strides recently winning six conference titles in the last 14 years, advancing to the N.C.A.A. playoffs 1998 and 2000 and winning the E.C.A.C. tournament in 1999. Softball also travels to Fort Myers, Florida annually (they did go to Tucson, AZ in 2003) for its southern trip, while the cross country program annually competes against one of the more prestigious Division II slates. Its Caitlyn Clark competed in the N.C.A.A. Nationals in November 2005. Clark became the first female student-athlete to participate in two N.C.A.A. individual sports in the fall of 2006 competing in the N.C.A.A. indoor track 1,500-meter event.

Ice hockey, which competed in the Northeast-10 Conference for the first time in 2003-04, has been in 18 post-season tournaments in 24 years and produced the first 200-point defenseman (Tom Schofield) in Division II history in the mid 1980s. Its Bob LoConte won the coveted Hobey Baker Award in 1981 as the nation's outstanding player.

Golf has been represented individually at the NCAA nationals twice (Pat Dunn, Frank Vana) and in 2002 and 2007 the team finished in the NCAA Super Regional. Field hockey, women's soccer, softball and men's soccer have all won the ECAC Division II Championships in the last few years. And, finally, the women's rowing team competes on one of the world's premier courses---Lake Quinsigamond, the annual host for both the Eastern Sprints and Olympic trials.

the MEN'S BASKETBALL team has been invited 30 tournaments since 1954-55 . . . more than anyone in New England history. The 1970-71 U.P.I. National Championship Team was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame on September 24, 2004!

the BASEBALL team has been very successful over the years in the Northeast-10... winning titles in 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1992 and 1994.

the SOFTBALL team is one of the winningest teams in the Northeast-10 and New England, with league titles in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998 and 2000. They advanced to the N.C.A.A. playoffs in both 1998 and 2000 and won the ECAC tournament in 1999.

the WOMEN'S ROWING team has finished as high as third in the nationals on the Connecticut River.

the GOLF team has hosted the Worcester City Championship and the ECAC Championship Qualifyer numerous times. The first Assumption College Shoot Out hosted at Blackstone Country Club was won by the Greyhounds in the fall of 2006. They have competed in the NCAA regionals in 2002 and 2007.

the WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL team has won as many as three in-season tournaments in a single year and was the most improved team in New England 1998 and they won the Worcester City title for the eighth time in 2006.

the CROSS COUNTRY team has been to the N.C.A.A. regional competition 18 times since 1977 and hosted the Northeast-10 Conference championships in 1999.

the College is unique in its claim to have had two BASEBALL Hall of Famers---Jesse Burkett and Rube Marquard---on its staff at the same time in 1931-32.

all-American BASKETBALL player Jake Jones (1967-71) is one of three New England Division II players to have played in the NBA after his collegiate career. He played for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Cincinnati Royals.

the MEN'S BASKETBALL program played in 15 straight NCAA tournaments from 1963-77, last hosting the event in 1991. They were the most improved team in the nation in 2001-02 finishing 24-6 as a regional finalist.

all-star defenseman Tom Schofield (1982-86) is the ONLY Division II-III defenseman in collegiate HOCKEY history to reach 200 career points.

two-time Northeast-10 SOFTBALL Player-of-the-Year Barbie Barrett is believed to be the first 200-hit person in collegiate history. Softball captain Stephanie DeLucia led the nation in hitting in 1998 while teammate Julie Phipps followed in 1999.

SOFTBALL standout Shonda Becker, BASEBALL all-America Mike O'Keefe and 1997 all-star outfielder Adam Frauton and MEN'S TENNIS standouts Sean Kenney '03 (Northeast-10 Conference Player-of-the-Year four times!), Jason Speirs '03 and Michael Goldman '06 (NE-10 Player-of-the-Year twice) are among a rare group in Northeast-10 history to be named an all-star an amazing FOUR times!

BASEBALL has a cumulative team batting average of .338 since 1973 and finished second in the nation (.361) in '95, while SOFTBALL led the nation in '92 at .370.

HOCKEY star Bob LoConte 83 won the Division III Hobey Baker Award as the nation's premier player in 1982.

seven (7) former Hounds have been drafted by NBA or ABA teams to play pro BASKETBALL, while at least eleven (11) former Hounds have played pro BASEBALL! Two former basketball players---Brian Robinson and O McGee-Sharp---are currently playing professionally in Europe and Hawaii!

two Hounds' GOLFERS, Frank Vana (1986) and Pat Dunn (1988) have played in the N.C.A.A. Division II National Championship. Vana has played in the U.S. Amateur seven times including 2004 and has been the Massachusetts Amateur Golfer-of-the-Year the last FIVE of the last SIX years. The Hounds' Eric Naglieri '03 was named the New England Golfer-of-the-Year in 2002 and Jeff Furtado '06 was the 2004 Northeast-10 Conference medalist.

the MEN'S TENNIS team finished as the first undefeated team in Greyhounds' history in 1999 (24-0) and has won the Northeast-10 Conference regular-season and tournament titles in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. The team has earned N.C.A.A. regional berths in 2000, 2001, 2002 (advanced to the nationals), 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Entering the 2007-08 season they will try to improve on their amazing 117 straight wins (including 22 straight in the postseason) in the Northeast-10 Conference!