University of Maine at Fort Kent - Athletics

Athletics

UMFK is a member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The university was previously a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Sunrise Athletic Conference until the conference disbanded in 2011. The university has varsity teams in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball. The university also has a number of intramural teams. The varsity men's soccer team won the USCAA National Championship in 2010, with the varsity women's soccer team winning consecutive USCAA National Championships in 2010 and 2011. The UMFK women's soccer team also finished as the runner-up in the 2012 USCAA National Championship Tournament.

In 2002, UMFK signed an agreement with the United States Biathlon Association allowing the USBA to nominate up to five biathletes for a UMFK scholarship program which allows them to attend the university at the Maine in-state tuition rate and gives them access to the university's training facilities. The agreement was also aimed at training possible Olympic contestants at the university.

UMFK also assists with the organization of Biathlon events hosted at the nearby 10th Mountain Ski Center such as the 2005, and upcoming 2009 IBU Biathlon World Cup, March 12-15, 2009, the only U.S. venue on the IBU’s 2008/09 schedule. The 2009 event is expected to host nearly 300 world-class athletes and coaches, draw hundreds of spectators to the St. John Valley, and capture a worldwide television audience for the three-day competition.