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Valparaiso fields a Division I swimming program in the MVC, with the Beacons representing the school across the modern era of college athletics. The Beacons bring 28 swimmers into the MVC competition this season. Valparaiso swimming is tracking toward the current meet schedule as the season unfolds. Valparaiso enters 2026 with 28 athletes on the roster. The Beacons host home meets on the Valparaiso campus. The Beacons' meet schedule will be updated as results are posted. Beacon and Blaze anchor Valparaiso swimming identity, with "Valpo's Fight Song" as the program's fight song. When fans fuel a Beacon athlete on RallyFuel, 90% lands directly with the athlete — funding training, recovery, and the realities of college sports.
Valparaiso University, known as Valpo, competes in NCAA Division I in Valparaiso, Indiana. The Beacons play in the Missouri Valley Conference, which Valpo joined in 2017 as the league's 34th full member after ten years in the Horizon League.
Our records list 19 varsity teams: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball.
Men's and women's basketball and volleyball are played at the Athletics-Recreation Center, known as the ARC, which opened in the fall of 1984 and seats 5,000 in its arena. The arena court is named Homer Drew Court, dedicated in October 2010. In summer 2023 the arena added a new video board, LED lighting and side scoreboards.
Hilltop Gym, inside the ARC, is the practice home for basketball and volleyball. Its two-year renovation, finished in 2018, added air conditioning and new lighting.
Outdoor venues named by the athletics department include Brown Field, used for football and women's soccer, Emory G. Bauer Field for baseball, and the Valpo Softball Complex. The department also lists a tennis complex, the ARC Pool and the Valparaiso Aquatic Center.