Athletics
Known as the Lake Erie College Storm, the College is currently a member of NCAA Division II and joined the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). Lake Erie College was formerly a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) of Division III through the 2007-08 academic year and completed the process of moving to Division II at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 academic year.
LEC offers 23 varsity teams. The College offers basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track & field, lacrosse and volleyball for women and baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, lacrosse, tennis, indoor and outdoor track & field and wrestling for men. 20 teams participate in the GLIAC, men's and women's lacrosse competes in the East Coast Conference and wrestling competes as an independent DII team. A newly heated Rivalry (sports) has begun with Ashland University a two hour drive away in Ashland, Ohio.
In 2006-07, the Storm had six of a possible seven teams make it to the conference playoffs, with men's basketball earning an AMCC regular season championship and conference tournament championship for the second consecutive season. The nationally-ranked men's basketball team, coached by former Ohio High-School coach of the year, Cliff Hunt, also made it to the second round of the NCAA Championship while being ranked as the number one team in the Great Lakes Region throughout the entire year.
Lake Erie also offered football at the club level until the team earns full-fledged varsity status in the fall of 2008. The 2007 Storm football team had Lake Catholic High School as its guest halftime band. The Fall of 2007 marked history as the college added football to its list of varsity athletics. Men's and women's lacrosse was added for the 2009-2010 season.
In the spring of 2010 the Lake Erie track and field team boasted the first NCAA division II All Americans in school history when Ethan Snyder finished 7th in the nation in the 400 meter intermediate hurdles and Chris Burrows finished 8th in the nation in the 200 meter dash.
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