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{{Short description|Intercollegiate sports teams of Drexel University}}
{{Infobox college athletics
| name = Drexel Dragons
| logo = Drexel Dragons logo.svg
| logo_width = 200
| university = [[Drexel University]]
| conference = [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]] (primary)<br>[[Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association|EIWA]] (wrestling)<br>[[Intercollegiate Rowing Association|IRA]] (men's rowing)<br>[https://csasquash.com/ CSA] (squash)
| association = NCAA
| division = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| director = Maisha Kelly
| location = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| teams = 18
| stadium =
| basketballarena = [[Daskalakis Athletic Center]]
| icehockeyarena =
| baseballfield = Ramp Playground Field
| softballstadium = Vidas Athletic Complex
| soccerstadium  = Vidas Field
| lacrossestadium = Vidas Field
| natatorium = [[Daskalakis Athletic Center]] Pool
| arena2 =
*Kline & Specter Squash Center<br />(Squash)
*[[Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth]]<br />(Alternate Baseball field)
| mascot = Mario the Magnificent
| nickname = Dragons
| fightsong = [[Drexel Fight Song]]
| pageurl = https://drexeldragons.com/
| altlogo   = [[file:Drexe dragons wordmark 2012.png|150px]]
}}
[[File:CAA logo in Drexel colors.svg|thumb|200px|Colonial Athletic Association logo in Drexel's colors]]
The '''Drexel Dragons''' are the athletic teams of [[Drexel University]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. The school's athletic program includes eighteen [[NCAA Division I]] sports including nine men's and nine women's teams, with most sports teams competing in the [[Coastal Athletic Association]] (CAA). Drexel's athletic department was ranked first in gender equity by U.S. News.<ref name="median">{{cite web| date =March 10, 2002| url =https://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/020318/archive_020357_3.htm| title =The fairness factor| publisher =U.S. News| access-date =2007-09-04| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135744/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/020318/archive_020357_3.htm| archive-date =2007-09-29| url-status =dead}}</ref> The university has demonstrated a high level of student-athlete academic performance, with a 10-year NCAA graduation rate of 91% compared to a national average of 85%.

==National championships==
Drexel has two recognized National Titles: the [[Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association#ISFL .2F ISFA College Soccer National Champions|1958 Dragon Soccer team]], which was voted number one in a year end poll, and the [[2012–13 Drexel Dragons women's basketball team]], which won the [[2013 Women's National Invitation Tournament]].

Drexel's women's rifle team won 5 national championships before the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] sponsored rifle as a sport in 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, and 1954.

Drexel's karate team won eleven total [[Intercollegiate sports team champions#ISKA Shotokan|National Collegiate Karate Association]] championships in team kata and kumite between 1988 through 2004.<ref name="iskf-alaska.net">{{cite web|title=Current and Past Journals of the National Collegiate Karate Association|url=http://www.iskf-alaska.net/ncka.asp|access-date=2009-09-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914125111/http://www.iskf-alaska.net/ncka.asp|archive-date=2009-09-14}}</ref>

== Athletic teams==
{| class="wikitable" style= "
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Drexel Dragons|Men's sports|Women's sports}}
|-
|[[Drexel Dragons men's basketball|Basketball]] ||[[Drexel Dragons women's basketball|Basketball]]
|-
| Crew || Crew
|-
| Golf || Field hockey
|-
|[[Drexel Dragons men's lacrosse|Lacrosse]] || Lacrosse
|-
|[[Drexel Dragons men's soccer|Soccer]] || Soccer 
|-
|[[Drexel Dragons men's squash|Squash]] || Softball
|-
| Swimming & diving || Squash
|-
| Tennis || Swimming & diving
|-
|[[Drexel Dragons wrestling|Wrestling]] || Tennis
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Drexel Dragons }}" |
|}

Drexel is one of the only 5 NCAA Division I schools that doesn't sponsor volleyball or baseball (The other 4 being [[Boston University Terriers|Boston University]], [[Detroit Titans|Detroit Mercy]], Saint Joseph's University, and [[Vermont Catamounts|Vermont]]).

==Facilities==
In addition to the [[Daskalakis Athletic Center|DAC]] which is located inside the [[Drexel University Main Campus|Main Campus]], Drexel utilizes fields located at 43rd and Powelton Avenues, the Vidas Athletic Complex.<ref>{{Coord|39.96057|N|75.20817|W|display=inline,title}}</ref>

==Athletics history==

===Men's basketball===
{{main|Drexel Dragons men's basketball}}
[[File:DrexelBasketballTeam.18941895.jpg|thumb|The first Drexel basketball team, fielded for the 1894–95 season]]
Drexel's first intercollegiate event was a basketball game played against [[Temple University|Temple College]] in January 1895, a game that Drexel won by a score of 26 to 1.<ref>{{cite news|title=Did You Know That|url=https://services.library.drexel.edu/static_files/triangle/Drexel-Triangle_1937-01-29.pdf|access-date=20 July 2015|agency=The Triangle|date=January 29, 1937|page=3}}</ref>  The Dragons joined [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] in 1973. Drexel has received bids to five [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]]s in [[1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#West region|1986]], [[1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#East region|1994]], [[1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey|1995]], [[1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#West region|1996]], and most recently in [[2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2021]].

During the 1996 tournament, [[Malik Rose]] led the team to their only second round NCAA appearance after an upset of fifth-seeded [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|Memphis]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/17/sports/ncaa-tournament-west-georgia-exposes-purdue-as-a-paper-tiger-no-1.html |title=N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: WEST|date=March 17, 1996|work=New York Times|access-date= 2010-05-01| first=Tom | last=Friend}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1996-03-14-drexel.html|title=Memphis vs. Drexel Box Score, March 14, 1996 {{!}} College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref>

Prior to this, Drexel had appeared in four Division II NCAA tournaments in 1957, 1960, 1966 and 1967, including the very first Division II tournament in 1957.

Drexel's men's basketball team was ranked as high as 35th nationally in 2007, finishing the season with a 23–9 record while making the [[2007 National Invitation Tournament|National Invitational tournament]] for the fourth time in the prior five years.

All Time Record achievements include 1,293 wins, 1,145 losses (through [[2018–19 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team|2018–19 season]]), and 8 tournament Appearances.

===Women's basketball===
{{main|Drexel Dragons women's basketball}}

In 2009, Drexel women's basketball team ended [[Old Dominion University]]'s NCAA record 17-year reign as CAA champion with a 62–41 victory in the conference semifinals. Behind Colonial player of the year [[Gabriela Marginean]], Drexel captured its first-ever CAA Basketball championship with a 64–58 victory against [[James Madison University]]. This was the Dragon's first CAA tournament title in any sport since joining the conference in 2001–02 and it represented the first NCAA tournament berth for Drexel women's basketball since going Division I in 1982. The win also marked the team's 16th straight since starting off the season with an 8 and 8 record. The Dragons received a number twelve seeding in the [[2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament#Raleigh Regional - Raleigh, NC|2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament]] where they lost to Kansas State 68–44.

The [[2012–13 Drexel Dragons women's basketball team|2012–2013 Drexel Dragons]] finished third in the CAA with a 13–5 conference record and were invited to the [[Women's National Invitation Tournament]]. They won six straight games in the NIT postseason tournament, beating Iona (59–50), Harvard (82–72), Bowling Green (50–47), Auburn (56–43), the Lady [[Florida Gators women's basketball]] team 67–57, and finally the Lady Utah Utes, 46 to 43, to win the WNIT Championship title.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.drexeldragons.com/news/2013/4/6/WBB_0406133908.aspx?path=wbball |title=Women's Basketball Captures the 2013 WNIT Championship|date=April 6, 2013|work=Drexel Dragons Online}}</ref>

===Field hockey===
Drexel's field hockey team won the 2012 CAA Title for the first time in program history with a 2–1 overtime victory against Northeastern, getting the automatic NCAA tournament bid. In 2009, women's field hockey reached a number of program milestones. The team won the CAA regular season title, earned its first NCAA Tournament berth and picked up its first NCAA Tournament victory. The team's 19 victories broke their 2008 record of 16 wins. The Dragon's defeated No. 5 University of Connecticut, 3–2, in the first round of the [[NCAA Women's Field Hockey Championship]]. They reached the 'round of eight' before losing to No. 1 ranked and undefeated University of Maryland. In 2008, Drexel was also ranked at 14th in the nation, before losing in the CAA semi-finals to Old Dominion.

===Men's lacrosse===
{{main|Drexel Dragons men's lacrosse}}
In 2014, Drexel scored in the third overtime as the Dragons came from behind to defeat Hofstra 11–10, to win its first Colonial Athletic Association championship and earn their first-ever [[NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship|NCAA tournament berth]]. Drexel trailed by three with five minutes to play in the fourth quarter, but rallied to force the overtime, earn the automatic NCAA bid and win their eighth straight game.
 
In 2010, men's reached their highest ever ranking at number 7 in the nation, following a win over then number three [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse|Notre Dame]], the eventual [[2010 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship#Tournament bracket|NCAA Division I tournament]] runner up.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drexeldragons.com/news/2010/4/14/MLAX_0414102724.aspx?path=mlax|title=First Place on the Line When No. 7 Drexel Visits Towson on Saturday|date=2010-04-17|work=Drexel Archives}}</ref> In 2008 the Dragons were ranked 15th and reached the Colonial Tournament finals before losing 10–9 in overtime to Hofstra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=10980|title=Hofstra Tops #11 Drexel in OT to Win CAA Championship|date=May 4, 2008|work=LaxPower|access-date=2008-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxpower.com/polls/matrix_poll.php?pollDate=all&pollType=USILA&pollDiv=I|title=2008 Matrix for USILA Coaches' Poll for Division I|date=May 5, 2008|work=LaxPower|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807020023/http://www.laxpower.com/polls/matrix_poll.php?pollDate=all&pollType=USILA&pollDiv=I|archive-date=August 7, 2007}}</ref>

In 2007, Drexel lacrosse defeated [[Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse|University of Virginia]], ranked number one at the time and the defending National Champion, Drexel's first victory over a number one ranked Division I team in any sport.<ref name="best">{{cite web |date=January 12, 2007 |url=http://www.thetriangle.org/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=7bd0215a-8891-4ad0-8add-d7b723e79de4 |title=Drexel basketball ranked 35th in nation |publisher=The Triangle |access-date=2007-01-29 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Drexel's 1998 lacrosse squad finished the year with a then school record of twelve wins against two defeats. The season included a 14 to 10 defeat of a top 20 team, [[Towson University]], eleven straight wins to start the season and a number 19 ranking. This win total has since been eclipsed by the 2008 lacrosse team which had 13 victories. In 72 seasons, Drexel has had 44 lacrosse [[USILA All-American Team|All-American]]s since beginning the sport in 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxpower.com/all-amer/aa_historical_men_list.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716054416/http://www.laxpower.com/all-amer/aa_historical_men_list.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2008|title=Men's All-Americans Since 1922|access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> Prior to 2014, Drexel had not appeared in the [[NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship]], but the team did get an invitation to the 1972 and 1973 USILA small college tournament.

===Women's lacrosse===
Women's lacrosse completed 2011 with their first ever Colonial Tournament appearance after a fourth place conference finish. The season included a total of three Colonial conference wins, the most since 2007. Charlotte Wood in 2011 was the first Drexel women's lacrosse player to be named to the [[Tewaaraton Trophy]] award list, which is composed of the top lacrosse players from all three collegiate divisions. 

In 41 seasons, Drexel has an all-time record of 282 wins, 351 losses and 3 ties, with four straight NCAA tournament appearances (2021-2022-2023-2024).

=== Women's Ultimate Frisbee ===
The team competes in tournaments and scrimmages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drexel.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/club_womens_ultimate|title=- DragonLink|website=drexel.campuslabs.com|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref>

===Rifle===
Drexel fielded both men's and women's rifle teams from 1919 through 2003, when the program was shut down by the administration due to public safety concerns, a lack of leadership, and the need for expensive renovations to the rifle range.  The women's rifle team won National Championships in 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, and 1954.

===Rowing===
Drexel has also had success participating in the [[Dad Vail Regatta]], the largest regular [[College rowing (United States)|intercollegiate rowing]] event in the US, held on the [[Schuylkill River]]. At the 2000 Dad Vail, Drexel placed second in the Men's Second Varsity 8 event. Their rowing teams have won gold medals in the 1997 Men's Frosh/Novice and Men's JV Eight, silver in the 2000 Men's JV Eight, as well as bronze in the 2005 Women's Varsity Heavyweight Eight. The 2005 Women's Varsity Heavyweight Eight participated in the Women's [[Henley Regatta]] competing for the Jeffries Cup. However they were eliminated in the first round of duals by Neptune Rowing Club of Ireland.{{citation needed|date = March 2016}}

Recently, the Drexel Rowing program has made significant strides in the rowing community. In the 2010 spring season at the Dad Vail Regatta, the Men's Second Varsity eight and the Men's Varsity pair took gold medals; while the Men's Freshman eight came across the line with a silver medal. The Women's Varsity eight placed third overall and the Women's Second Varsity eight finished just shy of a medal in fourth. The Women's Varsity eight then continued their success a few weeks later at the Royal Henley Woman's Regatta on the Thames River in England, finishing in first place to claim the Elite 8 championship title and the Sports Council Cup.{{citation needed|date = March 2016}}

===Rugby===
In 2009, the Drexel women's rugby team won the National Women's Collegiate [[Intercollegiate sports team champions#Rugby|Division IV championship]] in 2009, and was runner-up at the [[NSCRO Women's National Championship|Division III championship]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | title=National Small College Rugby Organization: Brackets & Results | url=http://www.eteamz.com/NSCRO/handouts/ | access-date=2009-08-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305215010/http://www.eteamz.com/NSCRO/handouts/ | archive-date=2012-03-05 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1988, the men's rugby team won the National Collegiate Sports Festival rugby championship.

===Shotokan Karate===
From 1988 through 2004, Drexel won eleven [[Intercollegiate sports team champions#ISKA Shotokan|National Collegiate Karate Association]] team kata and kumite championships.<ref name="iskf-alaska.net"/>

===Soccer===
{{main|Drexel Dragons men's soccer}}
Drexel has one major [[Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association#ISFL .2F ISFA College Soccer National Champions|National Championship]] to its credit. In 1958 with a 12–0–0 record, coached by United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame member Donald Y. Yonker, the men's soccer team was awarded the national title by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association of America, then the governing body of men's college soccer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1958.html|title=The Year in American Soccer – 1958|work=USA Soccer Archives}}</ref> This occurred the year before the NCAA instituted a playoff system and so Drexel's championship is not officially recognized today by the NCAA. The 1963 men's soccer team at 10–3–1 and the 1972 team at 9–5–0, subsequently earned NCAA tournament berths. Men's soccer has a Division I Record of 448–356–78 in 60 seasons.

Drexel won the CAA regular season title in 2007, finishing at 11–5–3 in a tie for first with Old Dominion and reaching then CAA tournament semifinals. It also won the CAA regular season outright in 2012, finishing 12–4–3 and earning the program's first [[NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship|NCAA tournament]] berth since 1972.

Drexel Soccer alumni [[Jeff Parke]] played 10 years of professional soccer, most recently for Major League Soccer's [[2014 D.C. United season#Appearances and goals|D.C. United in 2014]].

In 2013, Drexel soccer won the CAA tournament, earning the conference's No. 1 seed for the first time, and also again earning an [[2013 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship#Regional 3|NCAA tournament]] berth. Drexel lost to Old Dominion 5–1 in the NCAA's first round.

* All Time Record – 448 wins, 356 losses, 78 ties
* Tournament Appearances – 4

===Squash===
{{Main|Drexel Dragons men's squash}}
Squash is an emerging sport at Drexel University, with the men's and women's varsity squash program established in 2011.<ref name="drexeldragons.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.drexeldragons.com/news/2011/4/25/GEN_0425112921.aspx|title=Drexel Adds Men's and Women's Squash as Varsity Sports, Selects John White to Lead the Program|access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> The men's club team was founded in 2005 by Evan Cyrkin and Justin Burkholder and the women's by Violetta Shubayeva in 2007. Both, the Drexel Men's and Women's Squash teams, compete in the intercollegiate circuit (governed by the College Squash Association) as well as the [[Philadelphia Squash Racquets Association]]. On April 25, 2011, the Drexel Athletics Director, Dr. Eric Zillmer, announced the addition of men's and women's squash as varsity programs that will begin competing in the 2011–12 academic year. It was also announced that former world number 1 [[John White (squash player)|John White]] will lead both the men's and women's programs as head coach.<ref name="drexeldragons.com"/>

The Drexel Squash Club also has strong ties through volunteer work with Squash Smarts, a Philadelphia Youth Enrichment Program, which combines the sport of squash with academic tutoring and mentoring of under-served urban youth, in order to develop self-esteem and discipline through academic, athletic and personal achievement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.squashsmarts.org/ |title=SquashSmarts|access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref>

===Wrestling===
{{main|Drexel Dragons wrestling}}
In Wrestling, Coach Jack Childs became just the fifth coach in NCAA history to reach 500 career wins, spending more than 30 years at Drexel. Childs coached the school's first NCAA All-American in 2004 when Rob Rebmann placed 7th at the NCAA Tournament. In 2013, Drexel's wrestling team joined the [[Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association]] after the CAA ceased sponsorship of the sport.

===Golf===
In 2016, [[Chris Crawford (golfer)|Chris Crawford]] qualified for the [[2016 U.S. Open (golf)|2016 U.S. Open]], becoming the first Drexel golfer to qualify for the tournament.

===Football===
{{main|Drexel Dragons football}}
Drexel fielded a [[College football|football]] team from 1895 to 1973, with the sport being discontinued after the 1973 season in order to increase funding for other sports teams.  In 1927, Drexel hired [[Walter Halas]] as their coach for football, basketball, and baseball. Halas had been a backfield coach under [[Knute Rockne]] and [[George Gipp]] at Notre Dame, and his younger brother was the Hall of Fame coach and founder of the Chicago Bears [[George Halas]]. In Halas's second year as coach in 1928, the team won eight out of nine games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football records |url=http://archives.library.drexel.edu/collections/ur07002.html |publisher=Drexel University |access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref>

Since 2005, the name "The Drexel Football Team" has been used by the universities comedy improv team whose proper name is The Drexel Football Comedy Improv Team. Members of the former Drexel Football Team have on occasion visited the university to attend the new team's shows, even vocally praising the team for continuing its legacy in a new and creative way.

==Notable athletes==
;Basketball
* Drexel basketball teams have included both locally and nationally known players such as '''[[Michael Anderson (basketball)|Michael Anderson]]''' and '''[[Malik Rose]]'''. Besides Rose and Anderson, the only other Drexel alumnus to play in the NBA is '''[[Damion Lee]]'''.  Several other Drexel alumni have been drafted by NBA teams including: '''Randy Burkert''' (9th round of 1982 draft by Philadelphia 76ers), '''Rich Congo''' (7th round of 1984 draft by Philadelphia 76ers), '''Michael Mitchell''' (9th round of 1984 draft by Philadelphia 76ers), and '''[[Len Hatzenbeller]]''' (8th round of the 1981 draft by the Indiana Pacers).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/draft.cgi?college=drexel|title=Players Drafted From Drexel University|work=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*'''Nicole Hester''' – 2008 [[Philadelphia Sports Writers Association]] "Most Courageous" Award
*[[Gabriela Mărginean]] – 2009 Philadelphia Sports Writers Association "Outstanding Amateur Athlete"
*In March 2012, [[Bashir Mason]], a four-year starter on the men's basketball team was named the 18th head coach of the [[Wagner Seahawks]] basketball team.  At the time of the announcement, this made Bashir Mason the youngest head coach in the NCAA at 28 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bashir Mason Named Wagner College Head Men's Basketball Coach|url=http://www.wagnerathletics.com/news/2012/3/26/MBB_0326125955.aspx?path=mbball|work=wagnerathletics.com|access-date=2012-03-30|archive-date=2012-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525041613/http://www.wagnerathletics.com/news/2012/3/26/MBB_0326125955.aspx?path=mbball|url-status=dead}}</ref>

;Football
*[[Fox Stanton]] was football captain at Drexel in 1892 as a freshman and later went on to have a successful coaching career
*[[Jim Ostendarp]] played for two seasons on the football team from 1946 to 1947 and later went on to play for the [[New York Giants]] and become head coach at [[Amherst College]] for 33 years<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Ostendarp|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OsteJi20.htm|website=Pro Football Reference|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

;Field hockey
* Head Coach '''Denise Zelenak''' was a member and captain of the United States Women's Indoor Field Hockey Team, leading them to a silver medal in the Pan American games.  After retiring as a player she was named head coach in 2011.

;Lacrosse
* Former Drexel lacrosse head coach '''Chris Bates''' played professionally for the [[Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)|Philadelphia Wings]] tallying 29 goals and 49 assists in 73 games, winning [[National Lacrosse League|NLL]] championships in 1994, 1995 and 1998 with the club, and making the All-Pro team in [[1996 MILL season#All-Pro Teams|1996]]. In 2009, Bates was named head lacrosse coach at Princeton University, replacing legendary coach [[Bill Tierney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=15751|title=Chris Bates Named Head Lacrosse Coach at Princeton|date=2009-06-29 |work=Laxpower.com}}</ref>
* '''Scott Stewart''', who played one year of lacrosse at Drexel and graduated in 2001, was the third overall pick in the [[National Lacrosse League entry draft#2001 NLL|2001 NLL draft]] and had tabulated 151 goals with 162 assists in his career through 2012. Also '''Jeff Spano''', another 2001 graduate, played professionally from 2003 to 2008 with the [[Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)|Philadelphia Wings]] and the [[New York Titans (lacrosse)|New York Titans]], accumulating 28 goals and 78 assists for 106 points in 80 games.
*'''Robert Church''' was the fifth overall selection in the [[National Lacrosse League entry draft#2013 NLL|2013 NLL entry draft]].
*'''[[Ben McIntosh]]''' was the first overall selection in the 2013 [[Western Lacrosse Association]] Draft.

;Rowing
* In the sport of rowing, [[Mark Gerban]] (who swam for Drexel) was the first person in history to represent Palestine at the 2005 World Championships in [[Gifu Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. Competing in the Lightweight Men's Single, he also had the highest placed World Championship finish (16th) of a Palestinian Athlete in any sport.

;Soccer
*[[Jeff Parke]] was drafted by the [[Major League Soccer]] [[MetroStars]] in 2004 and won [[List of U.S. Open Cup finals|U.S. Open Cup]]s with Seattle in 2010 and 2011.

;Swimming & diving
* In 2008, '''Kate Hynes''' became Drexel's first women's swimming & diving All-American when she placed 13th on the three-meter board at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. On the one-meter board, Hynes finished 20th at the national championships.

;In general
* Other notable athletes include '''Lynn B. Ferguson''', who was an All-American in both football and lacrosse during his time at Drexel; as well as '''Dennis Fink''' who earned the university's first-ever Division I All-America honor for lacrosse, was the first Drexel player to lead the nation in scoring, and currently remains among the all-time leaders in several [[NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records#Points Per Game 2|NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records]] categories. Also, [[Ray Greene (lacrosse)|Ray Greene]] who played on one of the first Drexel lacrosse teams is one of only two Dragons in the [[National Lacrosse Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palacrosse.com/halloffame.php?playeridselected=6 |title=Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame – Philadelphia Lacrosse Association |date=15 February 2012 |access-date=9 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215045050/http://www.palacrosse.com/halloffame.php?playeridselected=6 |archive-date=15 February 2012}}</ref>

==Fight song==
The '''Drexel Fight Song''' was written by Gay V. Piercy 1939 and Todd Groo 1941 and first appeared in print in a 1938 edition of the ''Drexel Athletic News''. In the 1950s, the song was recorded by the Drexel Bands and combined Glee Clubs; this recording was lost but rediscovered in 2006, sparking a revival of its use.

==Mario the Magnificent==
Mario the Magnificent is the Mascot for all Drexel University athletic teams.  Mario gets his name from a Drexel alumnus, Mario V. Mascioli of the class of 1945, who didn't miss a Drexel game for more than 20 years.   Just like the man he is named for, Mario is an enormous fan of both Drexel and Drexel Athletics.  He can be seen rooting on teams from the sidelines, dancing on the court during timeouts, and causing general lighthearted mayhem around campus.<ref>[http://drexeldragons.com/sports/2006/9/15/Mascot.aspx Mario the Magnificent]</ref>

==DAC Pack==
The DAC Pack is the [[student cheering section]] for men's and women's basketball games at [[Drexel University]]. "DAC" refers to the [[Daskalakis Athletic Center]], the arena in which the men's and women's home games are played. Founded in 2002, the DAC Pack has grown from 10 people its first year, to a group that consistently fills the sideline and baseline student seating areas at home games. In the final months of basketball off-season, a contest is held for Drexel students to design the official DAC Pack T-shirt for the upcoming season, with the winning design then printed on over 3,000 shirts given out for free to students at basketball games. The DAC Pack also funds and organizes the annual Midnight Madness concert event to kick off the season. Previous performers at Midnight Madness have included [[Dev (singer)|Dev]], and rap-duo [[Chiddy Bang]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philahoops.com/drexels-dac-rocks-for-midnight-madness-photos/ |title=Childish Gambino to Headline Drexel Midnight Madness |publisher=Philahoops.com |date=2013-10-07 |access-date=2014-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131140116/http://www.philahoops.com/drexels-dac-rocks-for-midnight-madness-photos/ |archive-date=2013-01-31 }}</ref> In addition to filling the stands for home games, the DAC Pack also organizes road trips for away games, such as at rivals [[Penn Quakers men's basketball|Penn]] and [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens|Delaware]], as well as the [[Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament|CAA tournament]] in Richmond, Virginia.

For the 2011–2012 basketball season, the DAC Pack was named one of the top 16 student sections in the country as a semi-finalist in the national Naismith Student Section of the Year Award.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}<!--Facebook is NOT a reliable source --> Additionally, the DAC Pack was picked as the top student section in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philahoops.com/results-in-drexels-student-section-topped-city-in-2011-12/ |title=Drexel's Williams wins CAA Rookie of the Week |publisher=Philahoops.com |date=2014-02-17 |access-date=2014-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201020340/http://www.philahoops.com/results-in-drexels-student-section-topped-city-in-2011-12/ |archive-date=2013-02-01 }}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Edward J. Burke|Eddie Burke]]
*[[City 6]]
*[[Bill Herrion]]
*[[Lacrosse in Pennsylvania]]
*[[Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Thayer|first=William|title=Drexel Lacrosse: A History of the Heart|year=2004|publisher=Drexel University|oclc=57453239|url=http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/502|access-date=2009-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616132154/http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/502|archive-date=2010-06-16|url-status=dead}}

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