Shenandoah Hornets
The Shenandoah Hornets are the athletic teams that represent Shenandoah University, located in Winchester, Virginia, in intercollegiate sports. The Hornets are members of the NCAA's Division III and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Shenandoah joined the ODAC in 2012 after previously competing in the USA South Athletic Conference from 1992-2012.
Varsity teams
Shenandoah University competes in 23 intercollegiate varsity sports.| Men's sports | Women's sports |
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Cross country |
| Cross country | Field hockey |
| Football | Golf |
| Golf | Lacrosse |
| Lacrosse | Soccer |
| Soccer | Softball |
| Tennis | Tennis |
| Track and field | Track and field |
| Volleyball | Volleyball |
| Wrestling |
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Baseball
Shenandoah University’s baseball program plays its home games at, located in Jim Barnett Park in Winchester, Virginia. The Hornets are coached by Kevin Anderson, who was introduced as the program’s fourth full-time coach in July 2003. In 22 seasons under Anderson, Shenandoah is 644-266-2, has won five conference tournament championships and made back-to-back NCAA Division III baseball championship appearances in 2009 and 2010.Shenandoah has won six conference championships in program history — including four as a member of the ODAC and one each as a member of the USA South and Eastern States Athletic Conference — and four NCAA Regional titles. The Hornets have made 12 NCAA Regional appearances, two NCAA Super Regional appearances and two NCAA Division III baseball championship appearances.
Women's basketball
Shenandoah University’s women’s basketball program is coached by Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft, who took over the program in June 2014. The Hornets have posted a winning record in six of the last seven seasons dating back to 2018-19, with the lone losing season coming in 2020-21 when Shenandoah played just 10 regular-season games. SU, which recorded 10 conference wins in a season just twice from 1988-2019, has won at least 11 ODAC games in each of the last four seasons and is 49-21 in conference play during that span.Shenandoah won its first ODAC championship in 2019 as the eighth seed, the lowest seed ever to win an ODAC tournament title. The Hornets won their second ODAC championship in 2022, the first of three consecutive ODAC championship game appearances. Shenandoah has won four conference championships in women’s basketball — two in the ODAC and two as a member of the Dixie Conference. The Hornets have made five appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
Shenandoah’s women’s basketball team plays its home games in the .
Football
Championships
- Shenandoah's football team was co-champion of the USA South twice, sharing the title both times with Christopher Newport in 2003 and 2004. Additionally, Shenandoah has made one appearance in the NCAA Division III Football Championship, in 2004, when the Hornets were defeated in the first round by Delaware Valley, 21-17.
Field hockey
Championships
The Shenandoah University Field Hockey Program captured its first ODAC Championship in the fall of 2016 after defeating Washington & Lee University. SU earned an automatic bid to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Hornets claimed the 2024 ODAC Championship after defeating Lynchburg 4-1.NCAA Appearances
2016| Division III | First Round | Rochester (NY) | L 0-2 |
2024
| Division III | First Round | Westfield State | W 11-0 |
| Division III | Second Round | Messiah | L 1-2 |
Women's lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team captured its first-ever conference championship in the spring of 2005 after defeating Methodist, 17-13, in the USA South Athletic Conference championship match.NCAA Appearances
2024| Division III | First Round | SUNY Canton | W 17-9 |
| Division III | Second Round | Ithaca | L 6-18 |
Women's soccer
Championships
In the fall of 2011, the women's soccer team won the USA South Conference championship for the first time in school history. The team also played in the first round of the NCAA tournament for the first time.NCAA Appearances
2011| Division III | First Round | Rowan | L 0-1 OT |
Softball
Championships
- In the spring of 2008, the women's softball team captured its first-ever USA South Athletic Conference regular-season championship in school history, finishing with a record of 30-12.
- In the spring of 2011, the softball team won the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament Championship, the first in school history. SU defeated Christopher Newport University 4-1 and 4–2, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Regional Tournament.
NCAA Appearances
2011Salisbury Regional
| Division III | First Round | Rowan | W 4-1 |
| Division III | Second Round | Salisbury | L 0–4 |
| Division III | Elimination Game | Kean | W 6–1 |
| Division III | Elimination Finals | Rowan | L 1–8 |
| Division III | - | - | - |
Shenandoah Hornets championships
NCAA championships
| Sport | Years | |
| Track and field | 2 | 2023, 2024 |
| Track and field | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
| Track and field | 5 | 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2024 |
| Track and field | 4 | 2012, 2014, 2015, 2024 |
Conference championships
| Sport | Conference | Titles | Winning years |
| Baseball | USA South | 2 | 2010, 2011 |
| Baseball | ODAC | 4 | 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022 |
| Basketball | ESAC | 3 | 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| Basketball | Dixie | 1 | 1996 |
| Basketball | Dixie | 2 | 1996, 2000 |
| Basketball | ODAC | 2 | 2019, 2022 |
| Cross country | USA South | 1 | 2010 |
| Field hockey | ODAC | 2 | 2016, 2024 |
| Football | USA South | 2 | 2003, 2004 |
| Lacrosse | USA South | 1 | 2005 |
| Soccer | USA South | 1 | 2011 |
| Softball | USA South | 2 | 2008, 2011 |
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Shenandoah Hornets NCAA appearances
| Sport | Years | |
| Baseball | 9 | 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 |
| Basketball | 3 | 1989, 1991, 1996 |
| Basketball | 5 | 1996. 2000, 2019, 2022, 2024 |
| Cross country | 11 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2023 |
| Cross country | 17 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Field hockey | 2 | 2016, 2024 |
| Football | 1 | 2004 |
| Lacrosse | 1 | 2024 |
| Football | 1 | 2004 |
| Soccer | 1 | 2011 |
| Softball | 1 | 2011 |
All-America/Academic All-America List
Facilities
| Venue | Sport | Ref. |
| Shentel Stadium | Football Soccer Lacrosse | |
| Aikens Stadium | Lacrosse Field hockey | |
| James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics & Events Center | Basketball Volleyball Track and field Wrestling | |
| Bridgeforth Stadium | Baseball Softball | |
| Lowry Courts | Tennis | |
| Kaye & JJ Smith Track | Recreational |