The Wagner Seahawks are composed of 23 teams representing

Wagner College Wagner College is a private university in Staten Island, New York. It was established in 1883 and, as of the 2023–2024 academic year, it enrolled approximately 1,932 students, including 1,592 undergraduates and 340 graduates. Its theatre prog ...

in intercollegiate athletics. Sports sponsored for both men and women are basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, tennis, track & field (both indoor and outdoor, which the NCAA classifies as two separate sports for each sex), and water polo. Sports sponsored only for men are baseball and football. Women-only sports are fencing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, and triathlon, and field hockey. The Seahawks compete in the

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athlet ...

Football Championship Subdivision The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (F ...

(FCS) and are members of the

Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...

for all sports except water polo, in which the women compete in the

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, ) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I. Its current 13 full members are located in five Northeastern states: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachuse ...

and the men compete in the

Collegiate Water Polo Association The Collegiate Water Polo Association is a conference of colleges and universities in the Eastern United States that sponsor 19 men's teams and 17 women's teams that compete in varsity water polo. The winners of the conference tournaments earn ...

, and triathlon, in which all currently competing NCAA institutions are officially classified as independents.

Teams

A member of the

, Wagner sponsors teams in 11 men's and 14 women's NCAA-sanctioned sports.

Notable alumni

* Andrew Bailey, former Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher * P.J. Carlesimo, NBA Head Coach, Wagner Basketball Head Coach 1976-1982 *

Nick Dini Nicholas Carl Dini (born July 27, 1993) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals in 2019. Early life and amateur career Born on Staten Island, NY, Dini later moved ...

, Major League Baseball catcher for the

Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team ...

Cam Gill Cameron Gill (born December 14, 1997) is an American professional football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wagner Seahawks. College career Gill was a member of the Wa ...

, National Football League linebacker for the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (colloquially known as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC S ...

References

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