The Shenandoah Hornets are the athletic teams that represent Shenandoah University, located in Winchester, Virginia, in intercollegiate sports. The Hornets are members of the NCAA's Division III and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC). Shenandoah joined the ODAC in 2012 after previously competing in the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) from 1992-2012.
Shenandoah University competes in 23 intercollegiate varsity sports.
Shenandoah University's baseball program is coached by Kevin Anderson, who was introduced as the programâÂÂs fourth full-time coach in July 2003. In 22 seasons under Anderson, Shenandoah is 644-266-2, has won five conference tournament championships (2010, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022) and made back-to-back NCAA Division III baseball championship appearances in 2009 and 2010.
Shenandoah has won six conference championships in program history â including four as a member of the ODAC (2015, 2018, 2019, 2022) and one each as a member of the USA South (2010) and Eastern States Athletic Conference (1991) â and four NCAA Regional titles (2009, 2010, 2019 and 2023). The Hornets have made 12 NCAA Regional appearances, two NCAA Super Regional appearances (2019, 2023) and two NCAA Division III baseball championship appearances (2009, 2010).
Shenandoah UniversityâÂÂs baseball program plays its home games at Kevin Anderson Field at Bridgeforth Stadium, located in Jim Barnett Park in Winchester, Virginia.
Shenandoah UniversityâÂÂs menâÂÂs basketball program is coached by Nick Doyle, who took over the program in April 2022. The Hornets have won 10 or more games in three straight seasons for the first time since 2007-10. During the 2023-24 season, Shenandoah won 17 games and earned the programâÂÂs first national Top 25 ranking.
Shenandoah University won back-to-back Eastern States Athletic Conference championships in 1989 and 1990, and advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament in 1989.
Shenandoah UniversityâÂÂs womenâÂÂs basketball program is coached by Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft, who took over the program in June 2014. The Hornets have posted a winning record in six of the last seven seasons dating back to 2018-19, with the lone losing season coming in 2020-21 when Shenandoah played just 10 regular-season games. SU, which recorded 10 conference wins in a season just twice from 1988-2019, has won at least 11 ODAC games in each of the last five seasons and is 60-26 in conference play during that span.
Shenandoah won its first ODAC championship in 2019 as the eighth seed, the lowest seed ever to win an ODAC tournament title. The Hornets won their second ODAC championship in 2022, the first of three consecutive ODAC championship game appearances. Shenandoah has won four conference championships in womenâÂÂs basketball â two in the ODAC and two as a member of the Dixie Conference (1996, 2000). The Hornets have made six appearances in the NCAA Tournament (1996, 2000, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2026).
ShenandoahâÂÂs womenâÂÂs basketball team plays its home games in the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics and Events Center.
Shenandoah UniversityâÂÂs football program is coached by Scott Yoder, who was named the Hornetsâ head coach in January 2013. In 13 seasons under Yoder, Shenandoah is 72-55 overall and 43-44 in ODAC play. The Hornets are 36-16 (22-14 ODAC) since 2021 and have won eight games in three of the past four seasons. Shenandoah finished second in the ODAC in 2024 and 2025 while earning back-to-back bowl appearances in the Chesapeake Challenge, a bowl series partnership between the ODAC and the Landmark Conference.
Shenandoah was co-champion of the USA South twice, sharing the title both times with Christopher Newport in 2003 and 2004. Additionally, Shenandoah has made one appearance in the NCAA Division III Football Championship (2004), falling in the first round to Delaware Valley, 21-17.
Shenandoah UniversityâÂÂs field hockey program is coached by Ashley Smeltzer-Kraft, who was appointed the third head coach in program history in February 2013. Excluding the pandemic-shortened 2020 season during which they finished 7-4, the Hornets have won 10 or more games each season since 2012. Shenandoah has posted 12 straight winning seasons since going 10-10 in Smeltzer-KraftâÂÂs first season in 2013, and is 120-29 overall and 56-10 in ODAC play since 2018.
Shenandoah has won the ODAC tournament championship twice (2016, 2024) and has appeared in the conference championship game in three straight seasons. The Hornets have made two NCAA Division III tournament appearances and picked up their first NCAA tournament win in 2024.
Shenandoah UniversityâÂÂs womenâÂÂs lacrosse program is coached by Lindsey Lutz, who was named the programâÂÂs fourth head coach in June 2008. Since joining the ODAC in 2013, the Hornets have posted 10 winning seasons and have finished no worse than third in the conferenceâÂÂs regular-season standings nine times.
Shenandoah reached the ODAC tournament championship game twice (2013, 2025), falling both times to conference powerhouse Washington and Lee. The Hornets made the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in 2024, beating SUNY Canton, 17-9, in their debut to advance to the second round.
Shenandoah won the 2005 USA South Athletic Conference tournament for its lone conference tournament title.
Shenandoah UniversityâÂÂs womenâÂÂs soccer program is coached by Elizabeth Pike, who took over the program in August 2007. The Hornets have posted four straight winning seasons from 2022-2025, and they went 8-2 in ODAC play in 2025, their best conference mark since going 9-1 in 2015.
Shenandoah won the USA South Athletic Conference title in 2011, its final year in the conference before moving to the ODAC in 2012. The Hornets made their lone NCAA tournament appearance in 2011, falling to Rowan in overtime, 1-0, in the first round.
2011<br>Salisbury Regional
<nowiki>*</nowiki>-Denotes Academic All-America