Keiser University will add men's and women's lacrosse, and men's and women's swimming to its slate of varsity athletic programs, with intercollegiate action beginning during the 2016-17 academic year.

Adding these sports will bring the total number of varsity teams on campus to 20. The Seahawks will compete in the NAIA with the traditional season of lacrosse in the spring, and swimming in the winter. Currently in lacrosse, there are 27 schools that sponsor men's lacrosse and 30 schools that sponsor women's lacrosse. In swimming there are 26 schools that sponsor men's programs and 29 that sponsor women's programs.

NAIA Lacrosse is currently in Invitational Stage which means that 25 or more institutions have declared intent to participate in postseason competition and the National Administrative Council has approved the sport's request. Once the sport has over 40 or more institutions, lacrosse can apply to become a Championship Sport. The first Invitational for men's and women's will be held in May 2016 in Greenville, SC.

The NAIA swimming and diving championships consist of 20 events for men and 20 events for women. Preliminaries are conducted in the morning and finals in those same events are conducted in the evening. The 2016 National Championship meet takes place March 2-5 at the Columbus Aquatic Center in Columbus, Georgia. Last year, Oklahoma Baptist won National titles in both men's and women's.

The Sun Conference, which all other Seahawks teams are currently affiliated, does not recognize lacrosse or swimming as an officially sanctioned sport. Keiser will become the third Sun Conference institution to sponsor at least one lacrosse program, following Ave Maria and SCAD-Savannah. Keiser will also become the third conference school to sponsor men's and women's swimming along with Thomas and SCAD-Savannah.

National searches for head coaches for these sports are underway.