The University of the District of Columbia athletic teams are known as the UDC Firebirds. The university is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and competes at the Division II level as a member of the East Coast Conference (ECC). The university currently fields ten varsity sports, four men’s sports: basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis; and six women’s sports: basketball, cross country, tennis, indoor and outdoor track & field, and volleyball. In 2012, the university announced plans for athletic expansion, with the addition of men’s and women’s lacrosse in 2014 and soon thereafter men’s and women’s swimming.
