Early Days of Sport

Before the dawn of technology, members of Trinity Greek Life needed a consistent medium for spreading the word about campus events and parties. Socialization during this time was entirely done face-to-face, so the different organizations needed to decide where to rendezvous. The nightly intramural games was the ultimate rendezvous point for Greek Life since many of the organizations had teams playing already. Haynes-Smith described it as the default meeting place for the sororities and fraternities to plan the next move. This led to more and more students attending and participating in intramurals whether or not they were even in a Greek organization.

Aside from the socialization that would take place between Greeks at intramurals, the sororities and fraternities were highly active in participating in intramurals. The All-University Championship award is given each year to the organization that allocated the most amount of points through playing in and winning different leagues throughout the year. Plaques in the Intramural office detail years and years of Greek organizations winning the All-University Championship. Moreover, many students who were awarded the Jim Potter Sportsmanship award were members of fraternities or sororities. Interestingly, from 1961-2017, forty of the fifty-six Mirage yearbooks published over this time span prominently feature members of Greek organizations participating in Trinity Intramurals. It’s safe to say that one of the reasons Trinity Intramurals was so successful during Coach Potter’s time is the amount of spirit, effort, and camaraderie members of Trinity Greek Life put into the program.