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Intramural Sports

Get Involved, Compete, & be a Champion.

Contact Us

202-885-3050

Fax: 202-885-1007

[email protected]

Monday - Friday: 10am-5pm

Contact:
Joey Nihill
Competitive Sports Coordinator

Sports Center, Room G-03 on a map

Recreational Sports & Fitness 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 United States

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The Intramural Sport program provides a range of different sport opportunities in which participants may compete against themselves or others. Our mission is to increase the quality of life for the AU Community through the promotion of social, emotional, and physical well-being within an environment that promotes respect, integrity, character, and pride.

Program Offerings

Intramurals offers league and event programming to students, staff and faculty of American University. Participants will have the opportunity to select their competition level and the day of the week in which their games will be scheduled when creating their team.

Leagues: Create or join a team in one of our league offerings. League sports are scheduled for a minimum of four (4) games and have a registration fee of $50 per team.

Events: There are tournaments that participants can register for online, or competitions that accommodate drop in participation. All events are free to students, faculty, and staff though space may be limited.

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Fall 25
Spring 26

Leagues Fall 2025 Intramural League Offerings

To signup, visit imleagues.com! Registration for each league is first come first serve.

This Fall, we are offering Flag Football, Sand Volleyball, and Futsal. Important dates and information for each league are below:

Flag Football

  •  Registration: 8/25 - 9/11
  • Season: 9/15 - 10/10
  • Games will be played on Mondays from 6 - 7 PM and Friday's from 5 - 7 PM

Volleyball

  • Registration: 8/25 - 9/18
  • Season: 9/24 - 10/14
  • Games will be played on Wednesdays from 6 - 10 PM

Futsal 

  • Registration: 9/18 - 10/26
  • Season: 10/20 - 11/20
  • Games will be played on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays from 5:45 - 10:45 PM

Each league is offered with three divisons: Open Skilled, Open Social, Co-Rec.

Tournaments Fall 2025 Intramural Tournaments

Signup on Imleagues.com! All tournaments are FREE one day events. 

Tournaments

Spikeball

  •  Registration: 9/4 - 9/26
  • Tournament: 9/28
  • Location: Sand Volleyball Courts

Pickleball

  •  Registration: 9/5 - 10/6
  • Tournament: 10/7
  • Location: Bemder Arena Court D

3v3 Basketball

  •  Registration: 9/9 - 10/13
  • Tournament: 10/14
  • Location: Bemder Arena Court D

Texas Hold 'Em

  •  Registration: 10/20 - 11/12
  • Tournament: 11/6
  • Location: Bender Arena

Leagues Spring 2026 Intramural League Offerings

To signup, visit IMLeagues.com! Registration for each league is first come first serve.

Basketball

  • Registration: 1/5 - 1/29
  • Season: 2/2 - 3/2

Innertube Water Polo

  • Registration: 1/5 - 1/29
  • Season: 2/3 - 2/26

Beach Volleyball 

  • Registration: 2/16 - 3/21
  • Season: 3/23 - 4/27

Outdoor Soccer 

  • Registration: 2/16 - 3/21
  • Season: 3/23 - 4/27

Flag Football

  • Registration: 2/23 - 3/20
  • Season: 3/24 - 4/21

Tournaments Spring 2026 Intramural Tournaments

Signup on IMLeagues.com! All tournaments are FREE one day events.

Handball

  • Tournament Date: March 20
  • Registration Ends March 19

Dodgeball

  • Tournament Date: April 3

  • Registration Ends April 3

Badminton

  • Tournament Date: April 5

  • Registration Ends April 3

Spikeball

  • Tournament Date: April 12

  • Registration Ends April 10

Capture the Flag

  • Tournament Date: April 26

  • Registration Ends April 24

Intramural Sports Referees

Employment

With flexible hours, both federal work study and non-federal work study available, and no prior experience needed, everyone can join our team!

Employment Opportunities