NYU Violets is the name of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University. The colors are the trademarked^{[citation needed]} hue "NYU Violet" and white and the school mascot is the bobcat. The Violets compete as NCAA Division III teams in the University Athletic Association conference. The university sponsors varsity sports as well as several intramural and club teams. Image File history File links NYU bobcat mascot. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... NCAA redirects here. ... Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. ... The University Athletic Association (UAA) is an athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) Division III. Member teams are located in Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York. ... The term intramural is most commonly associated with sports teams organized within a school. ...

History

NYU formerly competed in Division I athletics. NYU left NCAA Division I athletics in 1981 at the urging of then president Dr. L. Jay Oliva. Exceptions are men’s volleyball, which competes in the Division I Eastern Collegiate Volleyball Association. The fencing team also participates in Division I. The National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) was founded by NYU freshmen Julia Jones and Dorothy Hafner. Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... // Organization Three women collegiate fencers, Julia Jones and Dorothy Hafner of New York University and Elizabeth Ross of Cornell University, founded the NIWFA in 1929. ... Julia Jones Pugliese - May 9, 1909 - March 6, 2003 Born Julia Jones, married Anthony Pugliese. ...

Although the nickname for the university’s sports teams has always been "The Violets", the need was felt for a mascot to appear at athletic competitions. In the 1980s, the Department of Athletics began using a Bobcat as the mascot. The choice was derived from the abbreviation then being used by the Bobst Library computerized catalog — short: Bobcat.^[1]

While NYU had many All American football players (most outstanding among them Hall of Famer Ken Strong '56), NYU has not had a varsity football team since the 1960s. The sale of the University Heights campus in 1971 further hampered attempts to create a football team, due to scant recreational space downtown. Several other valiant but ill-fated attempts have been made to revive football at NYU at club level, both as an intramural activity and as an intercollegiate sport. From 1964-1966, NYU participated with Georgetown in NYU’s first attempt to play non-division I football, reviving Georgetown football but not doing the same for NYU.^[2] The same fate was met after club "competitions" with Fordham about two decades later. ^[3] As recently as 2003 several students created a football club but struggled to find extra funding to defray expenses, find supporters, or reliable participants for practices and games (held at the surprisingly convenient) East River Park football fields at 6th and FDR.) ^[4] Elmer Kenneth Strong (April 21, 1906 - October 5, 1979) was an outstanding college and professional American football player. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... East River Park, part of the New York City Parks Department, is a public park located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. ...

Intercollegiate sports at NYU had moments of importance beyond anything shown by a scoreboard. In the 1940 season, before a football game between NYU and Missouri, students protested against the "gentlemen's agreement" to exclude Black athletes (at Missouri's request). The protest against this practice is the first time such protests were recorded to have occurred^[5] The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri–Columbia. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... The University of Missouri-Columbia (abbreviated UMC and nicknamed Mizzou) is an institution of higher learning located in Columbia, Missouri and is the main campus in the University of Missouri system. ...

The university's men's fencing team won the most NCAA Division I championships or co-championships prior to the NCAA's establishment of coed team competition in 1990. The twelve titles were earned between 1947 and 1976.^[6] The women's fencing team has been national champions ten times-- the women's foil team won the NIWFA's Mildred Stuyvesant-Fish Trophy from 1929 to 1933, in 1938, from 1949 to 1951, and in 1971.^[7]

NYU, in its short history in NCAA Division III, has won two national team championships (and many league championships). The basketball program has enjoyed a good deal of success since its return to intercollegiate competition. In 1997, the women’s basketball team, led by head coach Janice Quinn, won a championship title over the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and in 2007 returned to the Final Four. NYU men's basketball and head coach Joe Nesci appeared in the Division III National Championship game in 1994. In 2007, the Violets captured the ECAC Tournament Championship. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (also known as UW-Eau Claire or UWEC) is a public university in west-central Wisconsin, United States. ... Joe Nesci is the head men’s basketball coach at New York University. ...

In 2007, the men's cross country team, led by head coach Nick McDonough, captured the NCAA Division III team championship at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.

NYU men's and women's swimming teams, under head coaches Bob Sorensen and Lauren Smith respectively, have done well in recent years capturing consecutive (2004-2005) Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. The women and men’s track and field teams, under their respective coaches Jeff Smith and Nicholas McDonough practice at both Coles and the 169th St Armory. Christian Majdick of the men’s track and field team captured the NCAA Division III championship for the triple jump in 2003. Lauren Henkel, one of the most successful athletes in NYU track and field history, and the current assistant coach of the men's track and field team, acquired All-American status three times for High Jump under the tutelage of Jef Smith. The men's and women's soccer teams, under their respective coaches Joe Behan and Werner Dasbach practice at Riverbank State Park in Harlem. (Intramural clubs also practice at the East River Park soccer fields.) In 2003, the women's soccer team competed in the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen (top 16). The men’s soccer team won its league ECAC championship in the 2005-2006 season. However, the men’s soccer team’s most successful campaign came in the 2006 season, as the team set many records including total wins and longest streak without conceding a goal. Further, the team qualified for the Division III NCAA tournament for the first time in more than 30 years, reaching their first Final Four before losing to eventual champions Messiah College. They followed that up with a second consecutive NCAA appearance in 2007. The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a College Athletic Conference comprising schools that compete in 35 mens and womens sports. ... All-American, a Broadway musical with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams, opened in New York on March 19, 1962, and played 80 performances. ... Riverbank State Park is located in Manhattan, New York in the USA. The park is within New York City and is the only state park in Manhattan. ... East River Park, part of the New York City Parks Department, is a public park located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. ... Messiah College is a Christian liberal arts college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences with approximately 3,000 undergraduate students in over 60 majors/courses of study, located in the rolling hills of south central Pennsylvania in the United States. ...

Many NYU students also compete in several "club" (which may or may not compete on an unofficial intercollegiate basis) and intramural sports, including lacrosse, crew, squash, rugby union, badminton, ice hockey, baseball, softball, equestrian, martial arts, ultimate, and triathlon. The Coles Sports and Recreation Center serves as the home base of several of NYU's intercollegiate athletic teams, including basketball, wrestling, and volleyball. Coles is considered the center of recreational and athletic needs for the university's students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Coles has plenty facilities, such as weight rooms, squash courts, tennis courts, 25 meter swimming pool, basketball courts, and a rooftop running track. It also offers nearly 130 classes, serving about 10,000 members of the university community. For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... CREW (acronym) may refer to: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Concurrent Read Exclusive Write, access model for Parallel Random Access Machine Coherent Radiation Emission Weapon, see Directed-energy weapon, Coined by Iain M Banks Categories: ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... This article is about the sport. ... Soft ball is also a sugar stage Softball is a team sport popular around the world but especially in the United States. ... A young rider at a horse show in Australia. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Ultimate (sometimes called ultimate Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name) is a non-contact competitive team game played with a 175 gram flying disc. ... The three components of triathlon: Swimming, Cycling, Running A triathlon is an athletic event consisting of swimming, cycling and running over various distances. ... The entrance on Mercer Street. ... This article is about the sport. ... Ancient Greek wrestlers (Pankratiasts) Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons, in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of their opponent. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ...

Many of NYU's varsity teams sometimes play their games at various facilities and fields throughout Manhattan because of the scarcity of space for playing fields in that borough. The soccer teams play their home games at Van Cortlandt Park, and the track and field teams have their home meets at the New Balance Track and Field Center. The golf team does not have a home golf course in Manhattan, but they often practice at the Chelsea Piers Athletic Facility and at various country club courses that have a relationship with the team and university in New York City. Van Cortlandt Park is a large urban park in the Bronx, NY. It has an area of 1,146 acres (4. ... Chelsea Piers as seen from the air. ...

In 2002, NYU opened the Palladium Athletic Facility as the second on-campus recreational facility. This facility's amenities include a rock-climbing wall, a natatorium with a 25-yard by 25-meter swimming pool, basketball courts, weight training, cardiovascular rooms, and a spinning room. The Palladium, erected on the site of the famous New York nightclub bearing the same name, is home to the university's swimming and diving teams and water polo teams. A natatorium is, stricta sensu, a structurally separate building containing a swimming pool. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... For other uses, see Dive. ... Water polo is a team water sport. ...

Rivalries

NYU’s rival, dictated by history and geography has been Columbia University, though it appears from older fight songs that Rutgers University were also NYU’s rivals at some point. NYU's annual football game against Fordham University was known as the Manhattan Subway classic.^[8] Currently, the University of Chicago, which, similar to NYU, is a member of the University Athletic Association, serves as a rival of sorts. Alma Mater Columbia University is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... “Rutgers” redirects here. ... Fordham University is a private, coeducational research university[3] in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. ... For other uses, see University of Chicago (disambiguation). ... The University Athletic Association (UAA) is an athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) Division III. Member teams are located in Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.nyu.edu/athletics/clubs/mascots/history.html
2. ^ HoyaSaxa.com: Georgetown Football History
3. ^ 175 Facts About NYU
4. ^ http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/dphi/documents/flyers/ball0803
5. ^ Origins: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
6. ^ http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/winter_champs_records_book/2002/discontinued2.pdf
7. ^ National Intercollegiate Womens Fencing Association
8. ^ N. Y. U. Drops Football. Time Magazine (March 9, 1942). Retrieved on 2007-10-02.

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External links

• NYU Athletics Official Site
• NYU Athletics Hall of Fame