the NCAA Division II and is a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
Slippery Rock University's official mascot is Rocky the Lion.
=== Varsity sports ===
Men's teams:
Baseball,
basketball,
cross country,
football,
soccer,
indoor track & field, and
outdoor track & field
Women's teams:
Basketball,
cross country,
field hockey,
lacrosse,
soccer,
softball,
tennis,
indoor track & field,
outdoor track & field, and
volleyball
The announcement of Slippery Rock's football scores is a tradition at University of Michigan Football games, started in 1959 by Michigan Stadium's public address announcer Steve Filipiak. The tradition spread to other stadiums as well—during a 1970 game at the University of Texas, the announcer failed to read Slippery Rock’s score, which resulted in the crowd demanding to know said score.
=== Discontinued sports ===
The varsity wrestling program competed from the 1958–59 to 2005–06 academic years at the university.
=== Club sports ===
In 1995, the women's water polo team …
