Benedictine Ravens

Benedictine Ravens
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UniversityBenedictine College
ConferenceHeart of America Athletic Conference
NAIADivision I
Athletic directorCharles Gartenmayer
LocationAtchison, Kansas
Varsity teams20
Football stadiumO'Malley Field at Larry Wilcox Stadium
Basketball arenaRalph Nolan Gymnasium
Baseball stadiumLaughlin Field at Olsen Stadium
Softball stadiumAsher Sports Complex
Soccer stadiumJohn Casey Soccer Center
MascotRocky
NicknameRavens
Fight songRaven Fight Song
ColorsBlack, white, and red[1]
     
Websiteravenathletics.com

The Benedictine Ravens are the athletic teams that represent Benedictine College, located in Atchison, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) since the 1991–92 academic year.[2] The Ravens previously competed as an NAIA Independent from 1962–63 to 1990–91; in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIC) from 1937–38 to 1961–62; as an Independent from January 1929 (during the 1928–29 school year) to 1936–37; and in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) from 1902–03 to 1927–28.

The men's college was known as St. Benedict's College (alongside sister institution Mount St. Scholastica College) until a merger in 1971 created co-ed Benedictine College.[3]

Benedictine won NAIA titles in men's basketball (1954, 1967) and women's lacrosse (2022). The Ravens played in the first NAIA basketball tournament in 1937 and the first football playoffs in 1958.

  1. ^ "Benedictine College" (PDF). Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Heart of America Athletic Conference". heartofamericaconference.com.
  3. ^ "Benedictine Heritage | Benedictine College". www.benedictine.edu. August 31, 2018.