3 percent of Lamar University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 3 percentage of Lamar University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Lamar University has 9,268 undergraduate students, of which 58 percent are women and 42 percent are men, and a total student body of 14,506 students. Of these students, 247 men and 183 women represented the school by participating in one or more of the sports with teams at the school.

This total does not include students playing intramural sports.

According to NCES, 4.3 percent of students enrolled at institutions of higher education with sports teams were on teams.

The sports at Lamar University with the most participants are all track combined (155), football (105) and baseball (33).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
All Track Combined
72
83
155
Football
105
0
105
Baseball
33
0
33
Basketball
14
16
30
Soccer
0
28
28
Softball
0
22
22
Golf
13
8
21
Volleyball
0
18
18
Tennis
10
8
18