George Washington Revolutionaries
George Washington Revolutionaries | |
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GW Tennis Center | |
Mascot | George, the Colonial |
Nickname | Revolutionaries |
Fight song | Hail to the Buff and Blue |
Colors | Buff and blue[1] |
Website | www |
The George Washington Revolutionaries are the athletic teams of George Washington University of Washington, D.C. The Revolutionaries compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports.
They were formerly known as the George Washington Colonials.[2] On June 15, 2022, the board of trustees announced that George Washington University would drop the "Colonials" nickname because it "no longer does the work that a moniker should—namely, unifying the campus behind our academic and athletic institutional aspirations." Potential new nicknames were initially narrowed down to “Ambassadors”, “Blue Fog”, “Revolutionaries”, and “Sentinels”, with the new name being announced as the Revolutionaries on May 24, 2023.[3][4][5]
While most teams play their home games in D.C., some teams, including GW baseball,
Sports sponsored
Men's sports | Women's sports |
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Baseball | Basketball |
Basketball | Cross country |
Cross country | Gymnastics |
Golf | Lacrosse |
Outdoor track and field | Rowing |
Soccer | Soccer |
Swimming and diving | Softball |
Water polo | Swimming and diving |
Tennis | |
Track and field† | |
Volleyball | |
† – Women's track and field includes both indoor and outdoor |
Baseball
The GW Revolutionaries baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of George Washington University.
George Washington's first baseball team was fielded in 1891.
Men's basketball
The GW Revolutionaries men's basketball team plays its home games in the
Soccer
The GW Revolutionaries men's soccer team competes in
The GW Revolutionaries men's soccer team has won the DC College Cup twice, in 2007 and 2008. The cup is a competition between four Washington, D.C. universities, including George Mason University, American University, and Howard University.
Women's gymnastics
The women's gymnastics team is coached by Margie Foster Cunningham and assisted by both Barry Kistler and Jeff Richards. In the 2013–2014 season, the Colonials were led by senior captains Taylor Henderson, Kayla Carto, and Betsy Zander.
Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track and Field
The Men's and Women's track and field program is coached by Terry Weir, and assisted by, Matthew Lange. George Washington competes in the Atlantic-10 conference. The Women's Cross Country team finished runner-up in the 2019 Atlantic 10 team championship. They have been represented at the NCAA National Championship five times since 2009: Megan Hogan twice in cross country (2009, 2010), Suzanne Dannheim in cross country (2019) and outdoor track (2019), Carter Day in outdoor track (2018), and Matthew Lange in outdoor track (2018).
Other sports
The gymnastics team competes as a member of the East Atlantic Gymnastics League
The men's water polo team compete as members of the
Discontinued teams
In July 2020, George Washington University announced plans to drop seven sports to help offset an estimated $200 million budget shortfall amid economic fallout due to COVID-19.[8] Three NCAA sports (men’s indoor track, men’s tennis and women’s water polo) and four non-NCAA sports (men’s rowing, men’s and women’s squash, and sailing) were discontinued.[9]
Football
George Washington University's football program ran from 1881 to 1966.
The final George Washington game came on
Facilities
Source[12]
Sport | Men | Women | |
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Baseball | -
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Basketball | Charles E. Smith Center | ||
Cross Country | - | ||
Gymnastics | -
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Charles E. Smith Center | |
Golf | Laurel Hill Golf Club
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Lacrosse | -
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Mount Vernon Athletic Fields
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Rowing | -
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Thompson Boat Center | |
Soccer | Mount Vernon Athletic Fields | ||
Softball | -
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Mount Vernon Athletic Fields | |
Swimming | GW Swim Center
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Tennis | -
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GW Tennis Center
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Volleyball | -
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Charles E. Smith Center | |
Water Polo | Charles E. Smith Center
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References
- ^ "Athletics logo - George Washington University". July 23, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ^ Tumin, Remy (May 24, 2023). "George Washington University Drops Colonial Moniker". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ Staff Writer (June 15, 2022). "GW to Discontinue Use of Colonials Moniker". GW Today. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ^ "It's Revolutionaries!" (Press release). George Washington University. May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ "Tucker Field at Barcroft Park - Home of GW Baseball".
- ^ "George Washington Colonials". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ^ "University Efforts Streamline GW Athletics". George Washington University Athletics. July 31, 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ Goff, Steven (July 31, 2020). "George Washington University will drop seven sports amid economic fallout". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ When we played football: the GW boys of fall, 1890-1966 Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, The GW Hatchet, August 30, 1999.
- ^ When we played football: the GW boys of fall, 1890-1966 Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, The GW Hatchet, August 30, 1999.
- ^ "Facilities". gwsports.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved October 18, 2009.