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Athletics
Stevens Institute of Technology is a member of the Empire 8 Conference, Eastern College Athletic Conference and NCAA Division III.

Stevens has won X national championships, {INSERT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS}, and the 2008 Men's Soccer team reached the Div. III NCAA championship game. Its athletic teams have collectively won XX Empire 8 championships since switching to the conference in 2007. In the fall 2010 season, Stevens was one of only two Div. III schools in the nation with four teams competing in post-season NCAA tournaments that season.

During the 2000s, the school undertook a concerted effort to build a nationally competitive sports program, adding nine new varsity sports programs for a total of 26. In 19XX, the school built the Schaefer Athletic and Recreation Center, which features an NCAA competition-sized pool and indoor soccer, basketball, volleyball, squash and racquetball courts. The Schaefer Center construction was part of a $23 million investment in new facilities that also included renovations to Walker Gym, and installation of a new turf field. The effort succeeded in attracting more women to apply to Stevens and expanding recruitment for athletes across the country.

Stevens effort to build a top athletic program while maintaining its high academic standards was epitomized in former soccer goalie Zach Carr receiving All-American and Academic All-American honors in 2010. Carr led the nation in a 2010 with a .927 save percentage and maintained a 3.92 grade-point average. During the course of his career, he held the second longest scoreless streak in NCAA history and held an unofficial record of 55 shutouts.

Individual recognition exemplifying the school's commitment to athletics was furthered in 2011 when Laura Barito, a 22-time All-American in swimming and track and two-time NCAA national champion, was awarded the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year. Barito, who also named by CoSIDA/Capital One to the Academic All-America First Team, was only the second Division III athlete in the award's 21 years.

The Stevens athletic department has received several accolades, including: ranked 13th in the 2011 Learfield Sports Division III Directors’ Cup, the 2008 Jostens Institution of the Year by the Eastern College Athletic Conference , and the 2007 Jostens/NADIIIAA Community Service Award of Merit.

The sports teams are called the Ducks and their mascot is Attila the duck.