Intramural Sports

Intramural Sports provides a quality recreation experience for the NIU student, faculty and staff Recreation members.  The program emphasizes participation and fun through tournaments, leagues, and special events, while fostering a healthy spirit of competition, sportsmanship, teamwork, and friendships.

Whether you were a varsity star, a fifth-string quarterback, or have never participated in a sport, the intramural sports program is the perfect way to be active and involved, meet new people, and have fun.  Students participate in the program and also officiate and supervise the activities. 

More than 40 intramural sports and activities for men's, women's, and co-recreational leagues of play are offered in the fall and spring semesters.  Different divisions include A for the competitive team and B for the recreational team. 

Team sport activities find their origin in the basic need for the spirit of play. Winning and losing are mere outcomes of this play spirit. Abusive language and manipulation of the rules are not a part of the game. What is part of the game is the pure satisfaction of participation, getting fit and enhancing friendships. Without your opponent, there is no game, no contest, no memories, and no fun. You are indebted to them as they are to you. The spirit of play is then based upon cooperation. Upholding high standards of integrity and fair play acknowledges this idea of cooperative competition. All players are encouraged to use good judgment in caring for the safety of others as well as themselves. The goal of lifetime sports for all players may have more meaning that of a win or loss, the memory of which often fades quickly. All players are asked to participate within the context of this SPIRIT of PLAY.

For more information contact:

Rhonda Hampton
Assistant Director of Intramural Sports and Sport Clubs
rhampton3@niu.edu 
815-753-0516

David Wiley
Graduate Assistant of Intramural Sports
dwiley@niu.edu
815-753-9389