OUR MISSION

Earlham College is committed to excellence in athletics as part of an overall commitment to excellence in education. Earlham seeks to attract students who want to excel in both athletics and scholarship in equal measure. In its commitment to provide the highest quality undergraduate education in the liberal arts and sciences, Earlham expects all of its students to develop their intellectual, spiritual and creative capabilities, and to deepen their understanding of the purposes to which these capabilities may be put in service. From this foundation, we encourage our students to experience the disciplines and joys of athletic striving and competition.

We aspire at Earlham to engage in athletics in a way that accords with our mission to improve human society. Successful athletic performance requires disciplined teamwork by people of different races, religions, ethnicities, nationalities, economic backgrounds, political persuasions and sexual orientations. Differences are both honored and transcended in the pursuit of team goals. We expect our athletes to collaborate effectively while maintaining high moral standards of personal conduct — and thereby model for all to see the possibility of a cooperative human society.

Earlham's aspirations commit us to offering a model of college athletics in which academics are fully complementary. We believe in creating an inclusive, tolerant and socially responsible community.

Earlham athletes are student athletes in the fullest sense. They receive the same care as non-athletes throughout the admissions process and in the classroom.

The Values We Bring to Athletic Competition
We expect Earlham student athletes and Earlham athletic teams to strive for excellence. We expect them to play consistently with intelligence, intensity, teamwork and confidence. Our athletic teams are a profound and visible model of the learning communities we nurture across the college.

We expect Earlham student athletes and athletic teams to play to win. We celebrate the students who win graduate fellowships, the students who are admitted to medical schools, and the students who perform many hours of volunteer service. These achievements are signs that Earlham is achieving the excellence it values. Athletic victories are no different; they are benchmarks of excellence.

Victory is sweet and defeat is bitter. We celebrate victories, all of us feeling lifted by these accomplishments. In addition, victories bring all members of the community (including the alumni) together in a spirit of joy and community pride. Perhaps best of all, victories bring feelings of deep satisfaction to the athletes themselves. Victories become life-long memories — but so do defeats. We experience with our athletes the frustrations and disappointments of defeat. For teams that have tried their best and treated each other with respect and affection, all memories become good ones.  

OUR VISION

Cultivating resilient leaders and champions in an inclusive global community.

TOP PRIORITIES

• Health, Safety, Wellness and the development of the individual
• Academic Success
• Winning

AREAS OF DISTINCTION

Student Development

• Encourage and facilitate student-athletes to fully participate in all aspects of the dynamic curricular and co-curricular experience at Earlham College

Academic Success

• To develop and graduate scholar athletes and lifelong learners.

Competitiveness

• To be perennial contenders at the conference, regional and national level.

VALUES

• Creating and providing an environment which is led by three areas of distinction in student development, academic success and competitiveness
• Encouraging and facilitating an environment where our student-athletes are fully integrated, participate and succeed within the college’s open-minded, cooperative learning environment. 
• Modeling and demonstrating our commitment to diversity, inclusivity and equity
• Engaging in ethical conduct, integrity and good sportsmanship
• Creating a morally sensitive, ethical and resilient leaders who will have a positive global impact on the future of society
• Pursuing excellence relentlessly through holistic programming that serves and represents the interests of our diverse student body