What are Club Sports?

A sport club is an organized group of students established to promote the interest and skills of its members in a particular physical activity. Sports & Fitness oversees the sport clubs on campus and reserves the right to approve members. Non-competitive sport clubs are primarily instructive in nature tending to focus on learning new skills and developing interest in the activity within the university community. Competitive sport clubs allow members to experience intercollegiate competition beyond intramural sports.

Sport clubs may represent the university in local, regional and national competitions. Team members are expected to possess more advanced playing skills, make commitment to practices, possess a positive attitude, and be supportive of teammates. Tryouts are held where club team coaches select the roster. Sports club members must be current UHD students and meet a UHD cumulative minimum GPA requirement. New incoming students are exempt from this requirement if they are attending their first semester at UHD.

Baseball Club Team

The baseball club team competes against other collegiate club teams in the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II Great American South Region. The conference regular season is normally February through April. Any possible postseason play is May through June. Practices and the tryout period begin with an interest meeting on August 26th and tryouts beginning August 28th. The team won the NCBA Rocky Lone Star South Conference and finished as a regional finalist in 2019.

• *Interest Meeting: Aug. 26
• *Tryout Period: Aug. 28 - Sept. 4
• *Tryout/Practice Dates: Sat. 10am-12pm, Tues. & Thurs. 3pm-5pm
• *Games: Weekends
• *Location: To Be Determined
• *All dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Students must be eligible and are required to register online prior to the interest meeting and tryouts. For eligibility requirements and to register online please visit www.uhd.edu/sportsandfitness

Basketball (Women's) Club Team

The women’s basketball club team competes against other collegiate club teams in the Lone Star Sport Club Conference (LSSCC) and the Houston Club Sports Basketball Conference (HCSBC). The LSSCC season is from September through November while the HCSBC season is February through April. The club is looking for students to take on a leadership role to register and lead the club. The women’s club team won back-to-back LSSCC titles in 2007 and 2008.

• *Interest Meeting: Sept. 8, 2021 at 5pm in UHD Student Life Center
• *Practice/Tryout Dates: To Be Determined
• *Games: To Be Determined
• *Location: UHD Student Life Center
• *All dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Sports & Fitness is looking for students to take on a leadership role to register and lead the club.

Students must be eligible and are required to register online prior to the interest meeting. For eligibility requirements and to register online please visit www.uhd.edu/sportsandfitness

Dance Club Team

The dance club team is an exciting, and spirited collegiate dance squad that competes at collegiate competitions, and performs at UHD events, community events, and club sport games. The squad was developed to promote team spirit and school pride around the UHD community. Dancers are offered an opportunity to express themselves, develop transferable work skills, and to extend social skills. The squad competed in the American Dance/Drill Team Collegiate Nationals in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

• *Prep Classes: Aug. 31 & Sept. 2
• *Tryouts: Sept. 4, 2021 at 10am
• *Prep Class/Practice Dates: Tues. & Thurs. 7pm-9pm
• *Location: UHD Student Life Center Studio
• *Performances: University and community events and parades, and spring competition
• *All dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Students must be eligible and are required to register online prior to the prep classes and tryouts. For eligibility requirements and to register online please visit www.uhd.edu/sportsandfitness

Runners Club

The runner’s club encourages fitness through running. The club offers group running sessions at several times during the week. In addition, the club encourages member participation in various 5Ks, half marathons, and marathons. The club provides opportunities to runners with different levels of experience and different goals such as competition, training, or just for fun. Members are accepted throughout the school year.

• *Interest Meeting: Sept. 14 at 4pm in UHD Student Life Center
• *Practice Dates: To Be Determined
• *Location: UHD Student Life Center
• *All dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Sports & Fitness is looking for students to take on a leadership role to register and lead the club.

Students must be eligible and are required to register online prior to the interest meeting. For eligibility requirements and to register online please visit www.uhd.edu/sportsandfitness

Soccer (Women's) Club Team

The women’s soccer club team competes against other collegiate club teams in the Houston Club Sports Conference and Lone Star Sport Club Conference. The HCSC season is usually early-September through mid-October and the LSSCC season is usually February through April. Practices and the tryout period begins on Tuesday, August 3rd on campus at the UHD Sports Field. The team won the HCSC title in 2018 and earned a bid to the NIRSA Region IV tournament in 2018.

• *Tryout Period: Aug. 3 - Aug. 26
• *Tryout/Practice Dates: Tues. & Thurs. 5pm-7pm
• *Location: UHD Sports Field
• *Games: Saturday afternoons and some Sundays
• *All dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Students must be eligible and are required to register online prior to the tryout period. For eligibility requirements and to register online please visit www.uhd.edu/sportsandfitness

Wrestling Club Team

The club competes against other university club teams in the Southwest Conference of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Division 2. The club finished in fourth place at the 2016 & 2020 NCWA Southwest Conference Championships. The club also finished in fourth place at the 2016 NCWA National Championships and finished with two NCWA All-Americans, and one Academic All-American. In 2017 the club came away with their first ever NCWA female All-American, and also finished with female All-Americans in 2018 and 2019. The NCWA season begins in October and ends in March.

• *Interest Meeting: Sept. 16
• *Conditioning Begins: Sept. 21
• *Mat Practice Begins: Oct. 5
• *Practice Dates: Tues. & Thurs. 7pm-9pm
• *Location: UHD Student Life Center
• *Meets: Weekends
• *All dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Students must be eligible and are required to register online prior to the interest meeting and tryouts. For eligibility requirements and to register online please visit www.uhd.edu/sportsandfitness

Dates: To Be Determined

Homecoming is a UHD tradition now entering its sixth year. This is a time for UHD students, alumni, faculty, staff and the community to come together to celebrate the spirit and pride of UHD. Club teams with past, present and future students will unite to celebrate the common thread that binds all Gators. The main features of Homecoming 2020 are the UHD Pep Rally for club sports teams, the Homecoming women’s volleyball and men’s basketball club games, and of course, Tail-Gatoring. Tail-Gatoring features a festive gathering of student groups, university departments and alumni. Delicious aroma fills the air as the various groups grill their favorite foods for their friends to enjoy while engaging in fun games and activities.