Lakewood Lynx



The University of Lakewood is most renowned for their large high-end stadiums utilized by the schools athletics programs whose mascot is the Lynx. The sports teams at Lakewood have a high reputation due to their national-championship titles, though it can be speculated that the sports programs at Lakewood had it better off financially than any other universities in the region due to the school inheriting a fortune from the founder after his death.

The first athletic team that emerged in Lakewood history was “American style” water polo during 1912, after the school's first swimming pool was established, which would later on become the swimming stadium in the 60s. Since the 1910s, water polo’s popularity has dwindled due to the stricter rules placed on the sport, due to the violence that began to increase internationally during the 1940s to 1950s. In 1967, as the private college slowly sprawled into a large university, the schools sports branded themselves as the Lynx, more sports were introduced, which were football, the schools marching band, and swimming and diving to replace rugby and water polo. Eventually in 1981, basketball and cheerleading became more increasingly popular throughout the states and Lakewood established their teams, the basketball team was an immediate success and would prove themselves state and national level champions every single year.

Today, in 1992, the elected university’s athletic director is Damon R. Wright. The University of Lakewood’s athletic program is at its peak potential with prestigious teams for football, basketball, cheerleading, and others. The university offers many scholarships for elite athletes looking for excellence not only in athletics, but also in education.

The university's mascot is Langston the Lynx, he was introduced around the same time the cheerleading team was.

 Available Varsity Teams : Football Basketball Volleyball Cheerleading Squad Baseball Softball Track

 Private Club Teams:  Boxing