Athletics

Wake Forest proudly competes in the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference. As a founding member of the ACC, Wake Forest Demon Deacon teams have won eleven national championships in five sports: women’s golf, field hockey, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, men’s golf, and baseball.

The smallest school in the ACC—or any of the NCAA’s top four conferences, for that matter—has the biggest heart. And lungs. Across the sporting spectrum, Demon Deacon teams are cheered on by the Screamin’ Demons, the largest student organization on campus.

Wake Forest offers 18 Division I men’s and women’s teams. Visit our official athletics website for more information on all of our teams.

Want to be part of the action but not as an athlete? Wake Forest University Athletic Bands consist of the Marching Band and Pep Bands and are collectively known as the Spirit of the Old Gold and Black.

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Wake Forest University is known for its distinctive combination of world-class academics, unrivaled campus experience, intimate learning environment and Power 4 athletics in a top-growing metro market.

A charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Wake Forest has won 59 conference titles and 11 NCAA Division I team championships. It is the only school with fewer than 5,500 undergraduates (Fall 2024) to have won team titles in six or more sports. Additionally, Wake Forest anchors the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point television market, which has a population of 1.76 million and is among ESPN’s top 10 markets nationally in viewership.

Oh, and we have a highly decorated debate team too, winners of six – six! – ACC Debate Championships: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023, and 2025.

The Sutton Sports Performance Center offers strength and conditioning facilities dedicated for most of our athletic teams. It connects to the 24,000-square-foot Shah Basketball Complex, which includes regulation courts for men’s and women’s basketball.

In addition to strength and conditioning facilities dedicated for football and men’s and women’s basketball, there is a strength and training area shared by men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, track & field, men’s and women’s golf, field hockey and volleyball.

Christian McCreary Nutrition Zone

There’s also the Christian McCreary Nutrition Zone, which helps fuel proper diet for our student athletes around the clock, with foods marked for either pre-workout or recovery.

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