Saint Paul’s College, in Virginia, Will End Intercollegiate Sports

May 10, 2011, 10:53 pm

Saint Paul’s College, in Lawrenceville, Va., will shut down its intercollegiate athletics program on July 1 to help ease “longstanding financial problems,” the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The 123-year-old college, which enrolls about 600 students, is a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and currently fields 14 teams, seven for men and seven for women.

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Tarkio

If the school website management is indicative in any way of the overall management, the place is in real trouble. I couldn’t find any sort of virtual tour, few pictures of the campus or facilities. Some athletic teams had no pages whatsoever. No roster, no scores, no stories. Some of their sports still list schedules from 2008 and haven’t been updated since. Very odd for a school that is NCAA Division 2.

Another article I read cited 517 students, 85% of whom are athletes. I went to a small tuition driven institution which had a lot of athletes, so I understand the need for recruiting to keep seats full. But 85% seems pretty high. If 85% of students are there for athletics and they drop athletics and are already on probation from SACS, I doubt they will be around another year. Sad.
jffoster

Perhaps St. Paul’s College should consider ending, period.
john_deupree

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