Athletics

At San Francisco Waldorf School, our Athletics program is an integral part of our commitment to helping students develop into well-rounded, confident people who cultivate relationships, leadership skills, and make a difference in the world.

Playing in leagues across the city and the region, our student athletes embrace our school values of teamwork, fair play, and integrity, and our competitive spirit has propelled our teams to multiple championships. 

Our Athletics program in the 2025-26 school year is made up of nine varsity teams and two sub-varsity teams: 11 teams total, across five sports, including baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, and volleyball. About 60 percent of our students in our High School and 80 percent in our Middle School participate on our inclusive, hard-working sports teams. Our coaches, most from collegiate Division I-III, share a love of their sport with their teams and model dedication to the ideals of teamwork, discipline, and integrity.

Go Wolverines!

Philosophy

The Athletics Program at San Francisco Waldorf School is an integral component of the middle school and high school educational experience. In a developmentally appropriate way, Athletics aims to support physical, emotional, and social development of each student-athlete through relationships with classmates, coaches, teachers, and administrators. Through athletics, students develop and expand a sense of fairness, discipline, grit, resilience, responsibility, collaboration, and respect for others.

Read our full Athletics Program Overview here.

Athletics Spotlight

Boys Basketball: 2023 State Champions 

Our High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team earned the 2023 Division VI state championship title! 

Volleyball: Five Titles in Six Years

Our Varsity Volleyball Team has the most titles of any school in any sport in the league, as BCL Champions in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019 and North Coast Section (NCS) champs in 2022 and 2024.  

Girls Basketball: 2024 NCS Champions

Boys Soccer: 2024 NCS Champions

Well-Rounded Achievement

“A few years back, our baseball team went straight from a game to perform in the school play. The same group sang a capella at graduation, performing as a club they created. Their versatility was impressive: they were great at, and engaged in, each activity.”

Alumni Parent

Facilities: Our Home Court 

Learn more about our David Bushnell Center for Athletics and Community, which hosts high school and middle school games, as well as athletics camps.

Meet our Athletic Director, Bryan Anderson

Bryan Anderson was a student-athlete at the University of Chicago, where he played football and graduated with a degree in Economics. After college, he spent 10 years working for hedge funds before he joined the staff at San Francisco Waldorf School, where he was first hired as assistant baseball coach in the spring of 2010. The following school year, Bryan became the Assistant Athletic Director while also coaching boys basketball. Bryan was promoted to SFWS Athletic Director in the 2012-2013 school year and has since coached the girls soccer, girls basketball, and baseball teams. He is a Registered Athletic Administrator with the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. In his free time, Bryan enjoys spending his free time with his wife exploring the outdoors in the Russian River Area and riding his motorcycle.