Durham Academy - Athletics

Athletics

Durham Academy's athletic offerings include field hockey, volleyball, cross-country, tennis, soccer, swimming, basketball, lacrosse, softball, track and field, baseball and golf. Durham Academy had the first high school boys lacrosse program in Durham County. Eighty-two percent of the students in grades seven through twelve participate in athletics. The school has won 15 varsity state championships since 2000 and several teams have won multiple state championships. Most recently, the varsity girls field hockey team won the 2012 North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association championship. In addition, several Durham Academy athletes have gone on to Division I programs, including Duke University, University of Vermont, U.S. Naval Academy, Wake Forest University, Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Among those athletes are Mollie Pathman, the 2009-2010 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player, who played on the U.S. women's Under-20 national team at the 2012 World Cup, and Evan Fjeld, a McDonald's All-American nominee who graduated from the University of Vermont and has played professionally in the NBA D-League as well as in Malta and Switzerland.