Calvin Knights

The Calvin Knights are the Calvin College athletics teams. Calvin College fields eight men's and nine women's varsity intercollegiate teams that participate in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III level.[1]

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Teams

There are currently both men's and women's athletic programs in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, diving, tennis, and track and field.[1] In addition, there are men's athletic programs in baseball and women's athletic programs in softball and volleyball.[1]

Calvin also fields teams in three club sports which are "student led and funded": men's ice hockey and men's and women's lacrosse.[2][1]

History of the name

Between 1920-21 and 1926–27, the school's athletic teams were known as the "Calvin-ites.[3] The first reference to the "Calvin Knights" appeared in 1926-27.[3]

Calvin–Hope rivalry

Main article: Calvin–Hope rivalry

In 2005, ESPN polled its staff about what they thought were the nation's greatest college basketball rivalries, and the Calvin–Hope rivalry was voted fourth in all college basketball.[4][5]

Championships

Calvin has won nine NCAA Division III national championships and one club sport (ACHA Division III) national championship.[1]

Year Sport Association
2010 Women's Volleyball NCAA III
2006 Men's Cross Country NCAA III
2004 Men's Cross Country NCAA III
2004 Men's Ice Hockey ACHA III
2003 Men's Cross Country NCAA III
2000 Men's Cross Country NCAA III
2000 Men's Basketball NCAA III
1999 Women's Cross Country NCAA III
1998 Women's Cross Country NCAA III
1992 Men's Basketball NCAA III

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "About Calvin Sports". Calvin College. http://www.calvin.edu/sports/about.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-19. 
  2. ^ "Club Sports". Calvin College. http://www.calvin.edu/academic/pe/clubsports/. Retrieved 2010-03-19. 
  3. ^ a b "Why the Knights?". 125th Anniversary Year Celebration. Calvin College. http://www.calvin.edu/125th/knights.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-19. 
  4. ^ Behm, Jon (February 26, 2010). "The Calvin–Hope Rivalry: from obscurity to national limelight". Chimes (Calvin College Student Newspaper). http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/article.php?id=4660. Retrieved 2010-03-18. 
  5. ^ Reynolds, Lauren (July 24, 2007). "No hate, just heat in Hope-Calvin rivalry". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2948245. Retrieved 2010-03-11. 

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