West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats
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| West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats | |
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| University | West Virginia Wesleyan College |
| Conference | Mountain East |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Location | Buckhannon, West Virginia |
| Varsity teams | 21 |
| Football stadium | Cebe Ross Field |
| Basketball arena | Rockefeller Center |
| Baseball stadium | Hank Ellis Field |
| Softball stadium | Culpepper Field |
| Nickname | Bobcats |
| Colors | Orange and black[1] |
| Website | wesleyanbobcats |
TheWest Virginia Wesleyan Bobcatsare the athletic teams that representWest Virginia Wesleyan College,located inBuckhannon, West Virginia,inNCAA Division IIintercollegiate sports. The Bobcats compete as members of theMountain East Conferencefor all twenty-one varsity sports.
Varsity teams
[edit]List of teams
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Men's sports (9)
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Women's sports (12)
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Individual sports
[edit]Football
[edit]One of the earliest sporting traditions at Wesleyan wasfootball,which was introduced in the pre-college seminary in 1898. The school colors of orange and black go back to that very first game, when fullback and team captain Frank Thompson wore a turtleneck sweater inPrinceton University's orange and black to honor two football greats of that university whom he especially admired. A more comprehensive athletic program was formally organized at the collegiate level in 1902. Early sports included football, baseball, basketball, and gymnastics, all for men only.
Many WVWC alumni have gone on to play professional sports. Among them, two alumni have been inducted into thePro Football Hall of Fame-Earl "Greasy" Neale'15 of thePhiladelphia Eaglesin 1969 andCliff Battles'33 of theWashington Redskinsin 1968.
National championships
[edit]Team
[edit]| Association | Division | Sport | Year | Opponent/Runner-up | Score |
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| NAIA | Single | Men's Soccer(5)[2] | 1984 | Fresno Pacific | 3–2 (OT) |
| 1985 | Fresno Pacific | 4–3 (OT) | |||
| 1989 | Boca Raton | 1–0 | |||
| 1990 | Boca Raton | 3–1 | |||
| 1994 | Mobile | 4–2 |
References
[edit]- ^"Graphis Standards Manual"(PDF).RetrievedAugust 17,2023.
- ^"NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History"(PDF).NAIA.Retrieved6 March2022.
