Students and faculty will soon be able to dodge, dip, dive, duck and dodge.

Dodgeball, the popular playground game that catapulted back into the mainstream after the 2004 release of the popular movie of the same name, is planned to be offered in the fall.

While it is not the American Dodgeball Association of America — the intramural program at Iowa State has chosen dodgeball as one of the new sports it will offer.

“We are always looking for new activities to offer that are either popular somewhere else, or that we think would be popular and fun at Iowa State,” said Garry Greenlee, associate director of intramural sports and recreation services. “Dodgeball is a popular sport that is being offered around the country and we decided to give it a try.”

More than 50 sports are offered in the intramural program at Iowa State, with three to six played during the same time period. Adding a new sport does complicate the calendar, Greelee said.

“We have to remember there are facility limitations on how many activities we offer,” he said.

Usually, Recreation Services tries to add a sport without dropping one, but with staff stretched thin, one sport might have to go, he said.

“We don’t offer any sports that are not popular, so the decision of what to drop to add a sport is difficult,” Greenlee said.

Last year, canoe racing, a second Texas Hold’ em and an adventure race were added without dropping any sports. For the fall, the intramural program wants to add paintball and disc golf in addition to dodgeball. There has not been any decision on whether they will have to drop a sport.

“People like to play,” said Lara Alowonle, sophomore in chemical engineering and intramural sport veteran.

Alowonle participates in soccer and basketball, and her coed broomball team just won the championship game Sunday night.

“I know people who play for fun and they really like it,” she said. “They really take it seriously, so you have the competitiveness and fun. I would definitely play.”

Greenlee said he expects anywhere from 100 to 150 teams for dodgeball, consisting of seven players per team.

“I would absolutely love it and jump at the opportunity,” said Kevin Schroeder, senior in mechanical engineering.

Although Schroeder has not played dodgeball since middle school, he said he is looking forward to playing next fall.

“If you can dodge CyRide, you can dodge a ball,” Schroeder said, playing on the movie quote from “Rip Torn” involving dodging wrenches.

Alowonle cited the movie as reason for the rising popularity of the ball-hurling sport.

“I think the movie reminded people how much fun dodgeball was back in the day, and made it OK to like it as we got older,” Alowonle said.

Recreation Services has not decided when to schedule dodgeball or how to structure games.

A tournament format similar to broomball will most likely be implemented, Greenlee said.