Wayne State College is adding two new varsity sports and one club sport to its resume. The school is adding beach volleyball, women's golf as varsity sports. The school will also add a club e-sports team. 

Beach Volleyball will begin this fall. Wayne State Athletic Director Mike Powicki said it's a sport the College has been considering adding for the past couple years. The team will be coached by current Wayne State volleyball coach Scott Kneifl. Powicki said the school is converting the Carlson Natatorium, which currently houses an unused pool, into an indoor practice facility that can be used for beach volleyball and other sports like baseball and softball. 

"It's something that Coach Kneifl has been passionate about for a long time," Powicki said. "We think it's something that's going to benefit the recruiting process to Wayne State College and support not only our core program, but to bring more female opportunities to Wayne State College." 

Women's golf will start in 2020. The previous women’s golf team was suspended at the end of the 2012-2013 season, shortly after Powicki was hired. He said ultimately the decision to suspend the sport came down to funding.

"I remember my first year I was athletic director, I was driving the golf team around, and while I love the game of golf, I'm by no means qualified to be coaching them on the course," Powicki said. 

Powicki said he is excited the team will make a return. He will hire a coach this year and the coach will spend the upcoming school year recruiting. The team will play at the nearby Wayne Country Club. 

"It just made a lot of sense to us," Powicki said. "We've got a great course in town and we were able to align to resources, the appropriate resources, to support them the right way. We felt this was a great time to bring it back."

The Wildcats will also enter the world of e-sports, offering it as a club sport. Powicki said he wasn’t initially on board, but his attitude on it has changed.

"If you would have asked me a few years ago, I think I would've kind of poo-pooed the idea of e-sports a little bit," Powicki said. "I think that was really my lack of familiarity of e-sports and what it entailed."

Powicki said the college hopes to add a facility for the team. He believes the addition will show Wayne State as a progressive institution.

"E-sports is not something that's going away," Powicki said. "It's growing every year. To meet that need, I think, is really important and it will be a great win for us."