SUNY Oneonta Athletics
-Department of Athletics Mission Statement
At SUNY Oneonta, the athletics program is comprised of 21 varsity sports consisting of approximately 450 student-athletes. Each student-athlete devotes anywhere from two to five hours a day during the season to practice and competition. The cumulative GPA of athletes is consistently higher than the GPA of the overall student body, with many teams achieving over a 3.0 cumulative team GPA.
Annually, the athletic teams combined to donate over 5,000 hours of community service through projects such as the Annual Leaf Raking event, Kids in Sports Day, Into the Streets, the Migrant Workers Angel Giving Tree, the Family Services Association Thanksgiving Day project, and many more. Athletes are also required to attend annual educational programs sponsored by SUNY Oneonta’s SAA (Student Athlete Affairs program), developed under the guidance of the NCAA. Program topics include but are not limited to education on alcohol, drugs, nutrition, diversity, career development, and academic excellence.
Greek Life at Oneonta
Students in Greek letter organizations include some of the best and brightest leaders attending SUNY Oneonta. The average GPA for male fraternity members is higher than the GPA for all-university males. Many Greek members are active in Order of Omega, a national Greek honor society. Each group is required to complete a minimum of one community service activity per semester, but most organizations complete far more. In the 2010-2011 academic year our fraternities and sororities completed over 30,000 combined hours of community service.
There are underground groups who damage the reputation of the recognized groups. Unfortunately, many Greek members do not wear their letters for fear they will be pre-judged do to the behavior of the underground groups. The recognized Greeks have many criteria they must complete each semester, including community service and attendance at educational programming, in order to maintain their recognition status. For more information about Greek life please go to greek.oneonta.edu
Recognized Greek Organizations Include:
- Chi Upsilon Sigma Sorority
- Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority
- Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority
- Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority
- Pi Delta Chi Sorority
- Sigma Delta Tau Sorority
- Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority
- Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
- Alpha Phi Delta Fraternity
- Chi Phi Fraternity
- Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
- Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity