Simon Fraser University becomes U SPORTS’ 59th member university
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Simon Fraser University has been accepted as the 59th U SPORTS member during the organization’s annual general meeting, Thursday.
Based in Burnaby, B.C., Simon Fraser University is the third-oldest university in British Columbia and has had a long record of athletic and academic achievement since its establishment in 1965.
Starting in 2027, SFU has will compete as a member of the Canada West conference, which last month approved their participation in men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, indoor track and field, soccer, swimming and wrestling.
SFU first joined U SPORTS (then known as Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union) in 2000, when they left the U.S.-based NAIA, where they had competed since the university’s establishment. They subsequently joined the NCAA. Between 2000-10, SFU won 13 national championships: six in women’s wrestling, five in women’s basketball and two in men’s wrestling. They also produced 202 Academic All-Canadians during that span.
