Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER)

To the cheers of teammates and family on the Weeks Footbridge, the Varsity 8 row by in synch, steadily gaining on Princeton University at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Along with a four-rower boat in lightweight women’s crew, the MIT rowers are about to make program history. Left to right: Chloe Thacker (coxswain), Priya Veeraraghavan (captain), Sharon Wu (captain), Elizabeth Martin, Annika R...

This is how we row

MIT Lightweight Women’s Crew makes history at Head of the Charles.

October 27, 2016

Margaret Guo '16, a decorated MIT swimmer, was named the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year.

Margaret Guo '16 named NCAA Woman of the Year

A decorated swimmer and engineer, Guo is the first MIT student-athlete and just the fourth Division III student-athlete to ever receive the honor.

October 19, 2016

Solar blitz: The MIT Football team practices under stunning skies at Briggs Field.

Scene at MIT: Sundown, touchdown

October 5, 2016

Juniors John Drago and David Hesslink and senior Tori Jensen

MIT student-athletes receive CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in softball and baseball

June 24, 2016

MIT Softball is headed to the College World Series for the first time in program history.

MIT Softball secures a spot in NCAA College World Series

Engineers will go to bat for a Division III national championship for the first time in program history.

May 24, 2016

Left to right: Sabrina Drammis, Margaret Guo, and Nicole Zeinstra

Three student-athletes receive NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships

Drammis, Guo, and Zeinstra among 29 students across all NCAA divisions honored for excellence in academics and winter-season athletics.

May 17, 2016

Gift to MIT will endow director of sports medicine position

Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation receives $2.5 million to establish the Walter C. Price ’70 Family Director of Sports Medicine at MIT.

April 27, 2016

Freshman Cecilia McCormick scored a total of 10 goals in a pair of games for the MIT women's lacrosse team last week.

Sports Shorts for April 19, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Softball stays hot, moves win streak to 19; Women’s Lacrosse goes undefeated on the week.

April 19, 2016

MIT senior Ava Soleimany is an award-winning researcher and captain of the MIT Women's Tennis Team.

An ace on the court and in the lab

EECS senior Ava Soleimany talks about leadership, her research in synthetic biology, and her tenure as captain of the women’s tennis team.

April 12, 2016

Sophomore Zoe Hinton's two-run single in the third tied game two of MIT's doubleheader against Springfield on Saturday. The Engineers went on to win, 4-3, to sweep the two games and remain in first place in the NEWMAC standings.

Sports Shorts for April 11, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Softball extends win streak to 13; Stolzenberg breaks assists record for Men’s Lacrosse.

April 11, 2016

MIT hosted men's and women's tennis teams from Loughborough University for three days of competition.

Sports Shorts for April 4, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

MIT hosts Loughborough University in Trans-Atlantic Challenge; Chang breaks digs record for Men’s Volleyball.

April 5, 2016

Sophomore Douglas Kogut won the 200-yard butterfly event at NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championship for MIT.

Kogut wins 200-yard butterfly national title at NCAA championship

MIT sophomore captures swimming and diving team's second individual national title in program history.

March 23, 2016

Sophomore Douglas Kogut became the second men's swimmer in MIT history to win a national championship, taking the title in the 200-yard butterfly on Friday at the NCAA Division III National Championships.

Sports Shorts for March 21, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Kogut wins national swimming title; Men take fifth, women ninth at NCAA Swimming Championships.

March 21, 2016

Senior Giulio Gueltrini had a career-best showing with a 13th-place finish in epee at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships.

Sports Shorts for March 14, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Virdi wins third-straight national pole vault title; Women’s Track and Field takes fifth at indoor nationals.

March 15, 2016

Senior Cimran Virdi became the first three-time indoor pole vault champion in NCAA Division III history.

Virdi wins third-straight indoor pole vault title at NCAA Indoor Championship

MIT senior sets new school record en route to her third-consecutive national title.