Athletics
at Meredith College
Meredith College Avenging Angels compete at the NCAA Division III level in the USA South conference. Meredith currently offers basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball, with flag football starting in 2026-27.
Avenging Angels student-athletes succeed in their sports and in the classroom. Our teams have won more than 35 USA South Championships with more than 750 USA South All-Academic students. And Meredith is a previous winner of the USA South Women’s President’s Cup.
New Sport Coming to Meredith College!
Why add flag football?
Flag football has been one of the fastest-growing sports in the country. In 2024, more than 700,000 youth participated in NFL FLAG leagues, including nearly 500,000 female athletes. Flag football will also be a sport in the 2028 Olympic Games.
By adding flag football, Meredith College will be part of this growing sport at the collegiate level. At least 65 NCAA schools are sponsoring women’s flag football at either the club or varsity levels this year, with more slated to join in 2026.
At the high school level, interest in flag football is growing. Over the last five years, participation in high school women’s flag football has grown by nearly 15 percent. Twelve states have sanctioned women’s flag football as a championship sport, including Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. North Carolina has pilot programs in the sport.
When will competition begin?
Bryonne Herring has been hired as Meredith’s first flag football coach, and he is actively recruiting the inaugural team and preparing the Avenging Angels for flag football competition starting in the spring of 2027.
Who will the team play?
With Meredith’s Avenging Angels being the first college in the USA South Conference to sponsor flag football as one of it’s official sports, we will play teams outside of the conference and division to start.
What other sports does Meredith offer?
Meredith College Avenging Angels compete at the NCAA Division III level in the USA South conference. Meredith currently offers 11 sports: basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball.
Want more information?
Contact Jackie Myers, interim director of athletics, myersj@meredith.edu.
Interested in playing flag football at Meredith?
Complete Meredith Athletics recruit questionnaire form.
