Sport Clubs

The UCF Sports Clubs program celebrated its 20th anniversary of the program first being established on Feb. 24.

Jim Wilkening, the executive director of the RWC, said UCF established its sports club program in the spring of 2003. He said this happened when the school created the Sports Club Council, and the RWC took control of existing sports clubs at the school, like rugby and wrestling.

Just like the sport they compete in, the way each UCF sport club receives funding differs from one another.Jim Wilkening, executive director for the RWC, said that this past Friday marked the 20th anniversary of the sport club program being established at UCF — when the Sport Club Council was established and took control of 26 clubs. Today, sports clubs are thriving as Kristofer Newsome, assistant director for Sport Clubs and Risk Management, said there are currently 45 sport clubs classified as registered student organizations. He said that no two

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During the 2021 National Hazing Prevention Week, UCF RWC Sport Clubs came together to lead the charge against hazing. With the support of the Sport Clubs Council, all 43 Sport Clubs were represented by hundreds of club officers and members alike. The clubs marched with hand-made anti-hazing signs from the UCF Reflection Pond to the Student Union where they took part in the anti-hazing pledge signing.

Courtney Smith, Recreation and Wellness Center Graduate Assistant and organizer of the Sport Clubs Anti-Hazing march, stated that seeing all the cl

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