Our Athletic Program Prioritizes Collaboration and Sportsmanship
Athletics play an integral role in the NSA experience. Every interested student has an opportunity to become involved in the athletic program as a player, manager, statistician or athletic training student aide. While exploring their passions, students are able to develop important life skills, such as responsibility, leadership, perseverance and working with others toward a common goal. Our highly-qualified, compassionate coaches emphasize respect, teamwork, courage, integrity and determination on and off the field and courts. Discover how NSA athletics can help your student excel.
Being part of a team has taught me responsibility and accountability. Everyone else on the team is counting on you to fulfill your role. If one person isn’t doing their job, the whole team will suffer because of it. Sports have also taught me how to face and overcome adversity. A lot of times in sports, not everything is going your way, but you must continue to play and figure out how to succeed."
Walker Wood ’20
Fast Facts
85%
of students in grades 6-12 compete in athletics
50+
Teams
15
Sports
3
State championships since 2015
16
Conference championships since 2015
TCIS
Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools
VISAA
Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association
47
Saints have moved on to the collegiate level in the last five years
In the News
It may not feel like spring, but the Office of Athletics is already getting ready for spring sports!
Congratulations to the student-athletes who were recognized by the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association for their outstanding achievements this fall!
The nationally-ranked Christopher Newport women's basketball team picked up a dominant, season-opening victory over Averett University (0-1) on Nov. 8, 92-39.
The calendar says fall just started, but the Office of Athletics is already getting ready for winter sports!
Get ready to cast your vote! The Suffolk News-Herald has launched an Athlete of the Month contest, and NSA student-athletes need your support!
Final Score: Nansemond-Suffolk Academy 56, Blue Ridge 49
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy's field hockey team notched two wins last week.
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy's varsity girls' tennis team notched another victory after beating Catholic High School 8-1 Thursday at home.
George Pettaway '22 wasted no time making a name for himself at the college level.
Madison Inscoe '22 capped off her high school softball career in stellar fashion.
USA Lacrosse is recognizing two NSA players with national awards.
NSA student-athletes don’t just shine in athletic arenas. Four alumni have been named to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s 2021-2022 All-Academic team.
Five NSA students were part of local PONY league teams that qualified for the World Series tournaments this summer.
Fall sports will soon be in full swing!
We're looking forward to getting all our student-athletes back on campus.
Congratulations to the student-athletes who were recognized by the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association for their outstanding athletic achievements this spring!
The Saints won their third straight Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II softball title, beating Isle of Wight Academy 1-0 in a pitchers' duel Friday afternoon.
NSA sailed to the #1 spot at the MASSA Silver Fleet Regatta on May 14-15, securing the championship!
The Office of Athletics, along with family, faculty, teammates, coaches and friends, recently celebrated seven seniors who committed to continuing their athletic careers next year.
On Sunday, April 24, Leila Pfrang ’25 and Madison Bivins ’25 competed for the 11th annual VISA Girls Championship at Youth Sailing Virginia on Mill Creek.
David Russell, a senior on Nansemond-Suffolk Academy’s top-ranked lacrosse team, recently scored his 100th goal during a game against The Covenant School in Charlottesville.