Today, Emory University announced that it will not have varsity athletics competitions or athletically-related activities for any program during the fall 2020 semester (athletics info for fall 2020). There will also be no club sports or intramurals during this period.  

"The university and the athletics department have been working tirelessly to explore scenarios for a return to intercollegiate competition, club sports and intramurals, while keeping the health and safety of our students, coaches and staff as the primary focus,” stated Vice President/Clyde Partin Sr., Director of Athletics Dr. Michael Vienna.  “With that as our guiding principle, we cannot appropriately return to sport at this time.  As more  information regarding COVID-19 emerges, we determined the most effective way to mitigate risk of exposure to our campus community was to suspend all athletically-related activity for the fall semester.

“In the very near future, more information will be shared by our coaches, staff and the Eagle Edge Program to students on virtual engagement opportunities,” Vienna said.

For up-to-date coronavirus information from the university, please visit Emory Forward.