Intramural sports in the spring | Daily Titan

An integral part of most college campuses are their athletics and sports programs. However, not all student-athletes are competing in front of thousands of people, or are on national television. Some just play strictly for the love of the game.

The Student Recreation Center at Cal State Fullerton is offering students, faculty and staff the opportunity to participate in sports activities on a competitive or recreational level through the Titan Recreation Intramural Sports program. Activities like coed softball, dodgeball, flag football, men?s and women?s soccer, 5 by 5 basketball, 4 by 4 volleyball and bowling are all being offered for the spring season.

Intramural Sports Coordinator Farron Fowler says the reason this league is set up is to have fun and give students the chance to play the sports they love and have a passion for.

?Intramural sports is completely for the love of the game and the excitement that students bring to it,? said Fowler. ?Everything that we do is engineered toward having fun and enjoying ourselves.?

League registration is processed through a first-come, first-served basis. To sign up, each team must pay a fee depending on which sport they?re planning to compete in. ?Basketball is the most expensive at $70 per team. Softball, flag football, soccer and volleyball are all $60 per team. Rounding out the lot is dodgeball and bowling with fees of only $50 per team. For those who do not have a team, the free-agent process makes it possible to get picked up by a team.

So far there are about 300 students already signed up in the basketball and soccer leagues alone. Many students are fired up and can?t wait to get the games underway.

?This is my first time out there and I?m pretty excited,? said Kyle McCain, 23, a communications major who will be joining the 5 by 5 basketball league. ?I can?t wait to get out there and play and see what the competition is like.?

Although there is no cash prize awarded to the winners of each championship, pride and bragging rights is a big incentive to a lot of these players. Losing is the last thing on their minds.

?Last year we made it to the playoffs, but we lost in the first round, so I?m hoping we win it this time,? said John Abueg, 25, a business finance major who is participating in the 5 by 5 basketball league. ?Go big or go home ? I?m pretty competitive and I hate losing.?

Playing in these intramural leagues can also be a bonding experience for a lot of the players on each team. The life of a college student isn?t what most would call ?laid-back,? so having some free time away from school or work is welcomed by players like McCain.

?I actually heard about the league from some of my fraternity brothers. I don?t see them a lot because we?re all busy with school and other things, so it?s a good time to be out there together,? he said.

While basketball and soccer has generated a lot of interest, Fowler hopes to see all women?s sports garner more participants. Although women do seem to be signing up for the coed sports on a consistent basis, Fowler hopes to see more women sign up to the point where they can develop their own leagues and teams with enough participation.

The goal of Titan Recreation Intramural Sports is for all athletes to play and have fun, but the experience of the program is also a priority.

?Our motto right now is to ?expect greatness,? so that?s what we want to provide for you and expect as a student,? Fowler said.

Source: http://www.dailytitan.com/2012/02/intramural-sports-in-the-spring/

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