University of Delaware Athletics
To Our Blue Hens Family,
It is hard to believe it’s already been seven years that I’ve had the pleasure of leading Delaware Athletics, Community and Campus Recreation. This seventh season was filled with many incredible accomplishments and many improvements, both small and large, that contributed to greater student-athlete experiences for our Blue Hens!
We won five CAA Championships, had a pair of NCAA Tournament victories, sent one individual and one doubles pair to NCAA Tournaments, won an ITA Regional Championship for the first time ever, and won three spirit national championships. We had 91 All-CAA honorees, 14 CAA major award winners, six national players of the week, and nine All-Americans. We currently sit 108th out of 294 schools in the Learfield Directors Cup, leading all schools in the CAA for the second-straight year!
Our Blue Hens posted the highest annual GPA ever at 3.286. The group posted posted a cumulative 3.0 GPA for the ninth-straight year and 19th-consecutive semester. Our student-athletes participated in a number of community service initiatives and represented the 302 with pride.
As part of our initiative to engage the community, our student-athletes and staff kicked off the annual 302 Tour in which we traveled the great state of Delaware. The trip consisted of service projects, community engagement initiatives, and some fun, too!
Between our athletic competitions, recreation offerings, events, ice arena programs and pools, we had over a million visits to our campus facilities by community members for the second-straight academic year!
There is so much to celebrate and I know we will continue to make everyone proUD!
Go Hens!
Chrissi Rawak
Director of Athletics, Community, and Campus Recreation
University of Delaware
SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE PLAYING SURFACE
With almost 700 student-athletes representing the University of Delaware in 21 varsity sports and spirit programs, the Hens hail from all over the country and the world. There are 96 Fightin’ Blue Hens from right here in Delaware, 520 from other states in the US, and 77 international student-athletes representing 29 countries.
Delaware student-athletes had an incredibly successful 2022-23 in the classroom. Representing 83 different undergraduate majors and 23 graduate programs, student-athletes amassed a 3.2 GPA - the ninth-consecutive year and 19th-straight semester with a GPA above a 3.0.
There were a record 124 student-athletes inducted into the National College Athlete Honor Society by posting a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher. This comes after a record setting 118 last year. Eleven programs posted a perfect single-year APR score of 1,000, demonstrating our commitment to academic excellence and retention.
