Registration for the second session of fall RecSports at UND has officially been opened, starting Monday, Oct. 6 and running until Thursday, Oct. 16. The registration portal can be found online through the UND Wellness Center website, underneath the “RecSports” tab.
The second session of fall RecSports will run from Oct. 20 to Dec. 11 and has four different sports on offer: basketball, ice hockey, cornhole and spikeball. Students must pay a registration fee in order to participate in RecSports, and the amount varies by sport due to the different costs associated with hosting them. Hockey is the most expensive, at $110 per player; basketball is $50 per player, and cornhole and spikeball are each $15 per player.
Students interested in participating may want to sign up as soon as they are able. With this semester breaking the university record for student enrollment, RecSports team spots may go fast.
“The [RecSports] registration increase appears to be following the increasing size of our student body,” said Stephanie Hoffman, the assistant director of programs at the UND Wellness Center. “However, we also added in some additional promotional efforts to get out in front of students earlier to create awareness and excitement, especially during the incoming freshman orientation held over the summer and at the Welly Takeover event during Welcome Weekend this year.”
Hoffman’s statements follow what she said was a very active and successful first half of fall RecSports.
“For Volleyball, we filled 88% of the available spots for teams, so almost filled to the current capacity, and our Pickleball league is at 92% capacity,” she said.
According to the Wellness Center, 880 unique students participated in RecSports in the fall of last year, and that number is on track to be broken before this semester is over. As of Oct. 2, the first half of fall RecSports in 2025 has had 596 unique participants across pickleball, volleyball, bowling and badminton. Volleyball has proven especially popular, with 440 students forming 56 teams to compete, according to statistics provided by the Wellness Center. In contrast, badminton and bowling saw ten students participating in each sport, meaning there is still plenty of room for those looking to play.
With student enrollment trends expected to continue upwards, Hoffman’s hope is to ensure that an increased student body will not translate to a lack of opportunities for any student who wishes to participate in UND RecSports.
“We are already looking into how we can expand for more opportunities for students in future years to make sure we don’t have to turn anyone away and everybody has a chance to play,” she said.
Quinn Berg is a Dakota Student Section Editor. He can be reached at [email protected].
