VMI Keydets | |
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University | Virginia Military Institute |
Conference | Southern (primary) MAAC (women's water polo, men's lacrosse) America East (swimming & diving) |
NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
Athletic director | Jamaal Walton |
Location | Lexington, Virginia |
Varsity teams | 16 |
Football stadium | Alumni Memorial Field |
Basketball arena | Cameron Hall |
Baseball stadium | Gray–Minor Stadium |
Soccer stadium | Patchin Field |
Lacrosse stadium | Alumni Memorial Field |
Mascot | Kangaroo (Moe) |
Nickname | Keydets |
Fight song | "The Spirit" |
Colors | Red, white, and yellow[1] |
Website | vmikeydets |
The VMI Keydets are the athletic teams that represent the Virginia Military Institute. All sports participate in the NCAA Division I, and all but three compete in the Southern Conference (the exceptions being men's and women's swimming and diving in the America East Conference, and women's water polo in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. VMI fields teams in sixteen different sports, ten for men and six for women.[2]
Notably, VMI is one of only two Division I schools that do not sponsor women's basketball. The other is fellow Southern Conference member and senior military college: The Citadel.