Mason Athletics

  • March 21, 2024

    Ali Tyler picked Mason because of its well-regarded Forensic Science Program and proximity to Washington, D.C., a choice that put her on her preferred career path and also allowed her to flourish as one of the Atlantic 10’s best all-around swimmers.

  • March 1, 2024

    Robert “Bobby” Kestyn, a graduate student thrower on Mason’s track and field team, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Becky Hartley Memorial Scholarship.

  • February 28, 2024

    Mason researcher Faith Brown has been using a GPS- and heart rate-based wearable tracker with the Patriots women's basketball team since 2018, before any other women's basketball team in the Atlantic 10.

  • January 10, 2024

    Mason Athletics has announced plans to expand the Recreation Athletic Complex on the Fairfax Campus to provide a modernized academic support venue for Mason’s 500 student-athletes and to improve resources for the men’s and women’s basketball programs.

  • November 15, 2023

    The saying "once a Patriot, always a Patriot" is especially true when it comes to Mason student-athletes.

  • November 7, 2023

    Get to know Mason women's basketball head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis.

  • November 7, 2023

    Get to know Mason men's basketball head coach Tony Skinn.

  • November 7, 2023

    Get to know Mason assistant vice president and director of Intercollegiate Athletics Marvin Lewis.

  • November 7, 2023

    With dynamic new leadership and some Final Four nostalgia, Mason Nation looks forward to another basketball season.

  • October 23, 2023

    In a 16-week study, athletes on Mason's women's lacrosse team were tracked on their total distance run, changes in direction, high speed distance, and heart rate. The study, published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, is believed to be the first to focus solely on the training demands and in-season physical demands of Division I women’s lacrosse players.