The GW Colonials baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of George Washington University. The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Tucker Field in Barcroft Park, Arlington, Virginia. The Colonials are coached by Gregg Ritchie. George Washington's first baseball team was fielded in 1891.
The GW Colonials men's soccer team competes in NCAA Division 1 Men's Soccer in the A10 along with 13 other teams. The program began in 1967 and has earned two A10 Championships in 2002 and 2004 and two regular-season A10 titles in 1992 and 2011. The team made it to the NCAA Tournament 3 times, including the Round of Sweet 16 in 1989. The GW Colonials men's soccer team has won the DC College Cup twice in 2007 and 2008. The cup is a competition between four Washington, D.C. universities, including George Mason University, American University, and Howard University.
Women's gymnastics
The women's gymnastics team is coached by Margie Foster Cunningham, and assisted by both, Barry Kistler and Jeff Richards. In the 2013–2014 season, the Colonials were led by senior captains, Taylor Henderson, Kayla Carto, and Betsy Zander.
Men's rowing
Men's rowing competes in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association. The program began in 1956 and in 2019 the Colonials First Varsity 8+ placed 13th at the IRA National Championships; the highest end of season national ranking of any GWU athletics program in school history. In 2020, Eric Gehrke became the new head coach for the men's rowing team. He is assisted by GW alumni David Lincoln and Maddux Castle.
George Washington University's football program ran from 1881 to 1966. The final George Washington game came on Thanksgiving Day, 1966, when the team lost to, 16–7. GW ended the season with a 4–6 record and Jim Camp was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year. On January 19, 1967, the Board of Trustees voted to end the football program. Poor game attendance and the expense of the program contributed to the decision. A former GW player, Harry Ledford, believed that most people were unwilling to commute into Washington, D.C., which did not have a metro rail at the time, on Friday nights to RFK Stadium. Additionally, Maryland and Virginia were nationally competitive teams that drew potential suburban spectators away from GW.
