The Grand Valley State Lakers are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Grand Valley State University.[3] The GVSU Lakers compete at the NCAA Division II level and offer 20 varsity sports including 11 for women and 9 for men.[3] The university participates in and is a founding member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).[3] Grand Valley's varsity athletic teams have won 15 national championships in seven sports and have been national runners-up thirteen times in eight sports. GVSU has also won the prestigious National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Directors' Cup for NCAA Division II schools thirteen times: in 2004-2011, 2014-2017 and 2019.