American Eagles
| American University Eagles | |
|---|---|
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| University | American University |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Billy Walker |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Varsity teams | 14 (6 men's & 8 women's) |
| Football stadium | Reeves Field[1] |
| Basketball arena | Bender Arena |
| Mascot | Clawed, Z. Eagle |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Fight song | All hail the mighty AU Eagles! |
| Colors |
AU red AU blue |
| Website |
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The American Eagles are the athletics teams that represent the American University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. American is a member of the Patriot League in all sports except wrestling, where it is a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association. Many of the teams have gone on to win Patriot League championships over the years. The school is most likely known for their field hockey, volleyball, and wrestling teams. The team colors are AU red and blue.
Teams
| Men's | Women's |
|---|---|
| Basketball | Basketball |
| Cross country | Cross country |
| Soccer | Field hockey |
| Swimming & diving | Lacrosse |
| Track & field (I/O) | Soccer |
| Wrestling | Swimming & diving |
| Track & field (I/O) | |
| Volleyball |
Conference history
The American Eagles primarily compete in the Division I Patriot League, having previously been members of the East Coast Conference (ECC) from 1965 to 1984 and the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) from 1984 to 2001. The wrestling team is a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA).
Sports facilities
American University has several sports facilities, including Bender Arena, which houses the William I Jacobs Fitness Center; 25-yard, eight-lane pool; the Reeves Aquatic Center, a six-store mini-mall, the campus bookstore, and a 470-car, seven-level parking structure. Bender Arena is also the home of AU's basketball team and AU's nationally ranked wrestling team.
Reeves Field, home to AU’s soccer team, is one of the premier soccer fields in Washington. Reeves Field earned the 2002 College Soccer Field of the Year by the Sports Turf Managers Association, hosted its fifth NCAA Tournament game, and served as the training site for the Uruguayan National Soccer team. FC Barcelona and Blackburn used Reeves Field as a training facility. In the summer of 2000, AU served as the practice site for Newcastle United, one of England's premier professional soccer clubs. Major League Soccer's D.C. United, Miami Fusion and San Jose Earthquakes have also practiced at AU. National teams from the USA, Bolivia and Portugal trained at Reeves in 1996 in preparation for Summer Olympic games held at RFK Stadium.
Reeves Field also features a six-lane track to accommodate the track and field programs at AU and creates a multi-purpose event site. During his term as Vice-President, George H. W. Bush regularly traveled in the morning from his home at the U.S. Naval Observatory, located about two miles from American University, to run the track at Reeves Field.
AU’s field hockey and women’s lacrosse teams play on the field at the Jacobs Recreational Complex, which also features a softball diamond and two outdoor sand volleyball courts. AU's field hockey team earned the right to host the 2005 Patriot League Tournament, where American defeated Lehigh University 7-0 in the semifinals before capturing the league crown for the third straight year by downing Holy Cross 4-2 in the Championship Game.
American University features seven outdoor tennis courts for the use of the intercollegiate tennis teams as well as the University community. Two outdoor basketball courts complete the outdoor recreational facility located next to Reeves Field and behind Bender Arena. AU has hosted three of the last four tennis team championships since joining the Patriot League, with the men's team winning back-to-back titles on the AU hardcourts and setting Patriot League Championship attendance records each year. The women's team last captured the Patriot League title in 2002.
Bender Arena is also the home to the AU Volleyball team which is coached by Barry Goldberg.
All-Americans
Men's basketball (5)
- Willie Jones - NCAA College Division First Team (1960)
- Kermit Washington - Associated Press First Team (1973)
- Gordon Austin - Sporting News Honorable Mention (1983)
- Patrick Doctor - Associated Press Honorable Mention (2002)
- Derrick Mercer - Associated Press Honorable Mention (2009)
Men's cross country (2)
- Gary Cohen (1971)
- Dave Reinhart (1971)
Women's cross country (3)
- Keira Carlstrom (2003, 2004, 2005)
Field hockey (13)
- Julia Behr - Third Team (1995)
- Stacey Siu-Butt - First Team (1996)
- Javiera Villagra - First Team (2004, 2005), Second Team (2003)
- Camila Infante - Second Team (2004, 2005)
- Maureen Daniel - Second Team (2005)
- Irene Schickhardt - First Team (2008)
- Christine Fingerhuth - Third Team (2008) First Team (2010)
- Anne Van Erp - Third Team (2010)
- Tatum Dyer - Third Team (2011)
Men's golf (2)
- James Monkman - Honorable Mention (1970)
- Regan O'Rourke (1982)
Men's soccer (7)
- Kurt Kuykendall (1973)
- Michael Brady (1983, 1984, 1985) [Named National Player of the Year in 1985 by Soccer America]
- Keith Trehy (1985, 1986)
- Scott Pearson (1997)
Swimming and diving
Women (1)
- Gabriella Csepe (1993)
Men (22)
- John Bott (1964)
- Pat Christmas (1964)
- Keith Fleer (1964)
- Rodger Kamuf (1964)
- John Mueller (1964)
- Robert R. Williams, III (1964)
- Ray Crowe (1965, 1966)
- Dave Pearsall (1966)
- Ben Van Dyk (1966)
- Tim Miller (1966, 1967, 1968)
- Bill Suk (1967, 1968)
- Clark Baugher (1968)
- Jim Kelly (1968)
- Sergio Lopez (1990)
- Frederick Hviid (1993)
- Roger Font (1996)
- Dominick Szabo (2003)
- Ethan Bassett (2004)
Track (9)
- Sean Duffy - Indoor DMR, Leg 1 (2003), 1500m (2005)
- Andy Ellerhorst - Indoor DMR, Leg 2 (2003)
- Phil Gaeta - Indoor DMR, Leg 3 (2003)
- Sean O'Brien - 1500m (2001,2002, 2003), Indoor DMR, Leg 4 (2003)
- Dustin Emrani - 800m (2007)
Volleyball (6)
- Karla Kucerkova - Honorable Mention (2003)
- Cutrina Biddulph - Honorable Mention (2004)
- Rubena Sukaj - Honorable Mention (2006, 2007, 2008)
- Angelina Waterman - Honorable Mention (2010)
Wrestling (16)
- Daniel Waters (2005 [8th place])
- Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov (2006 [3rd place])
- Josh Glenn (2006 [4th place], 2007 [National Champion], 2008 [5th place]
- Mike Cannon (2008 [6th place], 2009 [8th place], 2010 [3rd place])
- Kyle Borshoff (2009 [7th place], 2010 [8th place])
- Steve Fittery (2010 [5th place]) (2011 [3rd place])
- Ganbayar Sanjaa (2011 [4th place]) (2012 [6th place])
- Ryan Flores (2011 [2nd place])(2012 [6th place])
University Hall of Fame
- Gordon Austin '83
Basketball Inducted: 2001
- Arthur Beatty, Jr. '68
Men's Basketball Inducted: 2005
- Andrew "Butch" Bell III '69
Track Inducted: 1985
- Michael Brady '92
Men's Soccer Inducted: 1997
- John D. Briggs '51
Swimming Inducted: 1972
- W. James Birthright '28
Basketball, Football Inducted: 1969
- George L. Brown '40
Basketball, Baseball, Track, Football Inducted: 1970
- Joseph P. Carlo '38
Football, Track, Boxing Inducted: 1969
- David Carrasco
Athletics Director, Basketball, Men's Basketball Coach, Baseball Coach Inducted: 1998
- Stafford H. Cassell '36
Basketball, Football, Coach, Athletics Director Inducted: 1970
- Vince Celtnieks '65
Soccer, Cross-Country Track, Crew, Wrestling Inducted: 1985
- Peter Chen '69
Track Inducted: 1997
- Ed Clements '60
Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Track Inducted: 2003
- Gary Cohen '75
Track Inducted: 2004
- John Diffley '89
Men's Soccer Inducted: 2006
- Robert H. Frailey
Teacher, Coach, Administrator Inducted: 1994
- Jacqui Frazier-Lyde '83
Women's Basketball Inducted: 2005
- Bartley A. Fugler '48
Basketball, Football, Baseball, Tennis Inducted: 1971
- Mark L. Grabow '72
Men's Soccer Inducted: 1998
- Brian Gilgeous '95
Men's Basketball Inducted: 2004
- James Hackett '66
Track Inducted: 2000
- Virginia E. Hawke
Teacher, Coach, Administrator Inducted: 1994
- Leroy Ishman '51
Basketball, Baseball Inducted: 1995
- William S. Jones '60
Basketball, Baseball Inducted: 1971
- Bruce R, Kessler, Sr. '29
Basketball, Football Inducted: 1969
- Kurt Kuykendall '74
Men's Soccer Inducted: 1996
- Robert W. Lamon '50
Basketball, Baseball Inducted: 1972
- Sergio Lopez '91
Swimming Inducted: 2001
- Fritz M. Maier '62
Wrestling Inducted: 1973
- William Mason '64
Baseball, Basketball Inducted: 1985
- Peter Mehlert '72
Men's Soccer Coach Inducted: 1998
- Anne C. Monahan '69
Field Hockey Inducted: 1995
- David Nakhid '87
Men's Soccer Inducted: 2005
- Albert Nencioni '49
Track Inducted:1997
- George William Olsen '32
Basketball, Football Inducted: 1971
- Dave Reinhart '74
Track Inducted: 2004
- Barbara Reimann
Administrator, Coach, Professor Inducted: 2001
- Oscar H. Sells '33
Basketball Inducted: 1973
- Hugo "Dutch" Schulze '41
Basketball, Baseball, Football, Coach, Athletics Director Inducted: 1969
- Beth Shearer Clark '88
Basketball Inducted: 1999
- Darsi Smith Wilson '84
Women's Basketball Inducted: 1996
- Ethel Smith '31, '33
Basketball, Field Hockey Inducted: 1996
- Ed Tapscott '80 (WCL)
Men's Basketball Coach Inducted: 2006
- Richard N. Taylor '52
Baseball Inducted: 1972
- Wilbur Thomas '75
Basketball Inducted: 2003
- Keith Trehy '86
Men's Soccer Inducted: 2000
- Jody Thornton Powell '87
Basketball Inducted: 1999
- John Wakefield '50
Basketball, Baseball Inducted: 1973
- Kermit Washington '73
Basketball Inducted: 1985
- Frank Weiss '58, ' 61
Men's Basketball Inducted: 1999
- Jimmy Williams '59
Baseball, Baseball, Men's Basketball Coach & Player Inducted: 2000
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