Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA · private, nonprofit · 1,881 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Washington and Lee University field?
Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, VA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Both rosters carried the same number of players, 13, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Washington and Lee University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 12 in 2022 and as high as 15 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 13. That 2025 roster is in line with the NCAA Division III median of 12, and about the same distance from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median. Washington and Lee University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 6.5 players per coach, 22% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.3.
Washington and Lee University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 11 players in 2020 to 13 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of 9, by 53%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Washington and Lee University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 6.5 players per coach, well above the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of 5, by 30%.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Washington and Lee University fund its athletes?
Washington and Lee University reported 588 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 345 men and 243 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $28,182 for men's sports and $9,272 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $82 and $38 per athlete.
What is Washington and Lee University like academically?
Washington and Lee University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 14% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1498, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $87,000 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $23,781 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 73% of the sticker price on average.
94% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 97% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $94,810, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Washington and Lee University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 32% of degrees, followed by Social Sciences (15%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (10%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (94 degrees)
- Economics (69 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (69 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (37 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (28 degrees)
- Mathematics (26 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (26 degrees)
- Biology, General (24 degrees)
- History (19 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (18 degrees)
What is Lexington, VA like to live in?
Washington and Lee University sits in Lexington, a town well outside any metro area of about 7,420 people in Lexington city, Virginia.
The median household in Lexington earns about $89,598, which is about the Virginia median ($90,974) but above the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $275,300, 24% below the Virginia median and a typical rent of $985 a month is 35% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 12 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 31% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 25% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.9 times the national share, and the median age of 23 is younger than the country's 39.
57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Virginia average of 42%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Washington and Lee University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Washington and Lee University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Old Dominion Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Old Dominion Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Washington and Lee University?
- Washington and Lee University is in Lexington, VA, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Washington and Lee University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $87,000 a year, and an average net price of $23,781 after grants and scholarships.