ATHLETICS

Hilbert will enter its 33rd season as a Division III member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the start of the 2024-25 academic year. Hilbert offers nineteen (19) intercollegiate programs which compete in one of three athletic conferences. The Hawks Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Women's Bowling, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Golf, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, and Men's and Women's Volleyball compete for an automatic bid in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) which would advance their participation in the NCAA postseason tournament. Hilbert Football joined the Empire 8 Conference and the Men's and Women's Track and Field teams joined the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) at the start of the 2024-25 academic year. The Hilbert Women's Ice Hockey program, which began NCAA competition in 2022-23, will join the United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) in 2025-26.

The athletic program serves as an opportunity for students to be successful contributors to their communities while enhancing their physical, social, and intellectual growth and development.  Our student-athletes will graduate with the skills necessary to be affluent leaders, humble winners, and responsible professionals.

Participation in intercollegiate athletics affords students an opportunity to understand the concepts of respect, compassion, good sportsmanship, and accountability. Competitions help to create a strong sense of loyalty and community among students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends.

The organization, the direction and the administration of the athletics program, as well as the supervision of the coaching staff and administration is the responsibility of carefully selected senior staff. The entire athletics department embraces diversity and inclusion and is responsible for implementing and maintaining standards of performance that are consistent with Hilbert’s goals of academic excellence and personal development.