Kicking off the school year with intramural sports on campus

SPORTS EDITOR JAMES KIM jamessk4@dailyillini.com

Every year, thousands of high school student athletes hear that whistle for the last time. This sound marks the end of an era for the majority of senior students, as their time playing competitive sports has come to an end.

However, while only a select few are able to continue competing at the Division I level, there is still a great option available for all students on campus. Intramural sports allow students to stay active while o ering healthy competition during the semester.

For Quinn Athas, freshman in Engineering, joining the intramural scene at

Illinois was always the plan after wrapping up four years of high school soccer. While Athas looked forward to continuing to play in college, intramurals also o ered a lot socially.

“The team we had was a lot of my friends,” Athas said. “But it was also just random people we found playing soccer before the season started. It was just a great way of meeting new people from a lot of di erent backgrounds my freshman year.”

For any incoming students looking to get involved in intramurals on campus, there is a signi cant range of sports to choose from.

In addition to soccer, the University o ers football, basketball, volleyball, dodgeball, badminton and a wide variety of other sports and activities that can