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Pepperdine fields a Division I swimming program in the MPSF, with the Waves representing the school across the modern era of college athletics. The Waves bring 31 swimmers into the MPSF competition this season. Pepperdine swimming is tracking toward the current meet schedule as the season unfolds. Pepperdine enters 2026 with 31 athletes on the roster. The Waves host home meets on the Pepperdine campus. The Waves' meet schedule will be updated as results are posted. Willie the Wave anchors Pepperdine swimming identity, with "Fight For Pepperdine" as the program's fight song. When fans fuel a Wave athlete on RallyFuel, 90% lands directly with the athlete — funding training, recovery, and the realities of college sports.
Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the West Coast Conference. The school fields 17 varsity teams, eight for men and nine for women. Men's volleyball and women's indoor track and field compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
According to the school, Pepperdine has 14 team national championships, 10 of them at the NCAA level. Men's volleyball leads with five NCAA titles, in 1978, 1985, 1986, 1992 and 2005. Men's golf won NCAA titles in 1997 and 2021. Baseball won in 1992, men's water polo in 1997, and men's tennis in 2006. The other four are a 1952 NAIA title in men's tennis, AVCA titles in sand volleyball in 2012 and 2014, and a 1947 small-college football title. The school also counts 12 individual national champions, including five at the NCAA level.
Pepperdine Athletics says 59 alumni have taken part in the Olympics as players or coaches, with medals in 18 competitions since 1964: nine gold, eight silver and six bronze. Craig Buck won volleyball gold for the U.S. in 1984 and 1988, Dain Blanton won beach volleyball gold in 2000, and Kim Hill won volleyball gold at Tokyo. Lynn Williams won soccer gold at Paris in 2024. International medalists include Simon Aspelin of Sweden, silver in tennis doubles in 2008, and Luisa Stefani of Brazil, bronze in tennis doubles at Tokyo.
Firestone Fieldhouse opened in 1973 and hosts basketball and women's volleyball. Eddy D. Field Stadium, also opened in 1973, is home to baseball. Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool opened in 1975 for swimming and water polo, and Tari Frahm Rokus Field has hosted soccer since 1993.
President Batsell Baxter chose the Waves nickname to avoid the many animal names in college sports, and he also chose the blue and orange colors, a nod to the Pacific Ocean and California oranges. The mascot is Willie the Wave, who first appeared in 1952.