Georgetown Hoyas

Georgetown Hoyas
Georgetown Hoyas
University	Georgetown University
Conference	Big East Conference (primary); Patriot League (football, women's heavyweight rowing); EARC (men's rowing); EAWRC (women's lightweight rowing); MAISA (sailing); CSA (women's squash)
NCAA	Division I (FCS)
Athletic director	Lee Reed
Location	Washington, D.C.
Varsity teams	29 (13 men's, 15 women's, 1 co-ed)
Football stadium	Cooper Field
Basketball arena	Capital One Arena (men's); McDonough Gymnasium (women's)
Baseball stadium	Shirley Povich Field
Softball stadium	Washington Nationals Youth Academy
Soccer stadium	Shaw Field
Lacrosse stadium	Cooper Field
Rowing venue	Thompson's Boat Center
Sailing venue	Washington Sailing Marina
Other venues	Yates Field House
Mascot	Jack the Bulldog
Nickname	The Hoyas
Fight song	There Goes Old Georgetown
Colors	Blue and gray;
Website	www.guhoyas.com

The Georgetown Hoyas are the collegiate athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C. Georgetown's athletics department fields 24 men's and women's varsity level teams and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Big East Conference, with the exception of the Division I FCS Patriot League in football and women's heavyweight rowing. The University also fields 5 non-NCAA varsity teams in men's heavyweight and lightweight rowing, women's lightweight rowing, women's squash, and sailing. In late 2012, Georgetown and six other Catholic, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the Big East for a new conference.^[2] The rowing and sailing teams also participate in east coast conferences. The men's basketball team is the school's most famous and most successful program, but Hoyas have achieved success in a wide range of sports.

The team name is derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa" (meaning "What Rocks"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name "Hoyas" came into use in the 1920s. Their mascot is an anthropormorphic bulldog. Most teams have their athletic facilities on the main campus of Georgetown University. The men's basketball team plays most of their home games at the Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, D.C., and the baseball team plays at Capital One Park in Tysons, VA. Lee Reed took over as the school's athletic director in April 2010.

^ "Colors & Visual Identity". Georgetown Athletics Brand & Visual Identity (PDF). September 18, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
^ "Seven schools leaving Big East". ESPN. December 15, 2012. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.

[1] "Colors & Visual Identity". Georgetown Athletics Brand & Visual Identity (PDF). September 18, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.

[Seven_leaving-2] "Seven schools leaving Big East". ESPN. December 15, 2012. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.

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