won the intercollegiate national championship conducted by USA Water Polo.
In 1987, the women's judo team, a varsity sport team at the time, won the intercollegiate national championship conducted by the National Collegiate Judo Association.
Slippery Rock ice hockey joined other colleges and universities in the region to form the College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA) in 2006. In 2020, the university suspended the hockey program for the indefinite future.
Slippery Rock men's rugby won the 2024 7s rugby National Championship at the Collegiate Rugby Championship in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2024.
== Student life ==
=== Aebersold Student Recreation Center ===
The Aebersold Student Recreation Center is an 82,000-square-foot (7,600 m2) on-campus student recreation center.
=== Student media ===
SRU has a student newspaper called The Rocket, the radio station 88.1 WSRU-FM, and the literary magazine SLAB.
== Demographics ==
== Notable alumni ==
Matt Adams – baseball player
Janet Anderson – golfer
Cheryl Bailey …
